WEBVTT - Little tweaks, big results

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This week's episodes are all about habits. Today's tip is

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<v Speaker 1>really a few tips, a few tiny tweaks to your

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<v Speaker 1>life that can have a big impact over time. One

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<v Speaker 1>of my biggest discoveries in life is that small things

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<v Speaker 1>done repeatedly truly do add up. We've talked about the

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<v Speaker 1>quote before that dripping water hollows the stone. A little

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<v Speaker 1>water here, a little water there, and eventually you've got

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<v Speaker 1>the Grand Canyon. In his book Atomic Habits, writer's James

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<v Speaker 1>Clear talks about the compounding results of just one percent improvements.

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<v Speaker 1>A one percent improvement seems tiny, almost imperceptible at first,

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<v Speaker 1>but for example, a baseball player who figures out how

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<v Speaker 1>to get one person better here and there will eventually

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<v Speaker 1>sore over someone who, through the natural ravages of time,

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<v Speaker 1>hold steady or gets one percent worse. So what are

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<v Speaker 1>some tiny one percent improvements you can make? Here's one pace.

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<v Speaker 1>Will you brush and floss your teeth if you take

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<v Speaker 1>one extra steps in the morning and one extra steps

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<v Speaker 1>at night, That is extra steps a week. If you

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<v Speaker 1>brush daily, and I hope you do. That's about seventy

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<v Speaker 1>three steps a year, which is thirty extra miles. You

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<v Speaker 1>could add the same amount by going to a bathroom

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<v Speaker 1>that's slightly further from your office twice a day, or

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<v Speaker 1>parking a mirror one hundred steps further from the door

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<v Speaker 1>of anywhere you happen to visit. Or here's another one. Recently,

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<v Speaker 1>social media was all a buzz with news about the

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<v Speaker 1>app that shows what you or anyone else would look

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<v Speaker 1>like in a few decades. Some aging is inevitable, but

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<v Speaker 1>a reasonable amount is sun damage. We know to put

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<v Speaker 1>sunscreen on for the beach, but if you put a

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<v Speaker 1>bottle by the door and put it on your face

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<v Speaker 1>and hands every morning, this twenty second ritual could take

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<v Speaker 1>a decade off your appearance over time. Something else to

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<v Speaker 1>help with health eating more vegetables. Most people don't get enough,

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<v Speaker 1>so challenge yourself to always have vegetables with lunch. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're already packing a produced filled lunch or buying salads

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<v Speaker 1>at restaurants, that's awesome, but even delis or convenience stores

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<v Speaker 1>often have packets of baby carrots or carrots and celery

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<v Speaker 1>package with hummus. Or you could buy baby carrots and

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<v Speaker 1>bulk at your grocery store, keep baggies of them in

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<v Speaker 1>your office fridge, and carry one with you as you

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<v Speaker 1>head out to that fried chicken joint. You're not depriving yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just adding one tiny good for you thing. Tweaks

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<v Speaker 1>aren't just about health. They matter for your career too.

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<v Speaker 1>We talked in a previous episode about sending one note

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<v Speaker 1>to reach out to a new person daily. You can

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<v Speaker 1>renew times for established ties, but taking five minutes to

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<v Speaker 1>do this on every work day means you've sent about

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<v Speaker 1>two fifty missives out into the universe in a year.

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<v Speaker 1>I get excited just thinking of all the amazing things

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<v Speaker 1>that could come from that. Another great habit, before you

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<v Speaker 1>leave the office for the day, list your top three

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<v Speaker 1>priorities for tomorrow. If your office lost power by noon,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you need to have done? Now put this

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<v Speaker 1>list somewhere you'll see it. You've set yourself up for

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<v Speaker 1>a day that's definitely going to be at least one

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<v Speaker 1>person better than it would have been. And just one

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<v Speaker 1>final tweak, commit to reading ten minutes a day, or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're already reading a lot, commit to reading ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes more. Reading is one of the best ways to

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<v Speaker 1>grow your mind and expand your world. College and graduate

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<v Speaker 1>school are expensive, but so much of the world's knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>is in books, and you can get those for free

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<v Speaker 1>from the library. Ten minutes isn't much at all. All

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<v Speaker 1>your coffees bring in the morning, praps a little before bed.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't really matter when. But ten minutes a day

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<v Speaker 1>is five hours a month or sixty hours a year.

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<v Speaker 1>That's enough to read twelve to fifteen normal books or

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<v Speaker 1>war in peace twice. What little habits have made a

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<v Speaker 1>big difference in your life. I'd love your suggestions. You

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<v Speaker 1>can email me at Before Breakfast podcast at i heeart

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<v Speaker 1>media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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<v Speaker 1>your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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