WEBVTT - Second Cup: Solve one nagging problem today

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to solve one nagging problem today. Don't let

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<v Speaker 1>something that is not quite right be a drain on

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<v Speaker 1>your energy. Tackling just one thing means you'll get it done,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll also make your life a little better. I

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<v Speaker 1>am guessing that a lot of us have nagging problems

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<v Speaker 1>that regularly irk us. For instance, for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>the door on my four year old's bedroom squeaked if

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<v Speaker 1>I was slipping out after he fell asleep. I worried

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to wake him or this. To get

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<v Speaker 1>from our front door to the path to the pool,

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<v Speaker 1>you had to cross a patch of gravel that is

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<v Speaker 1>fine and choose, but bad with bare feet. That was

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<v Speaker 1>a problem for barefooted kids coming to and from the pool,

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<v Speaker 1>who sometimes then needed to be carried. I'd realized recently

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<v Speaker 1>that I'd bought my seventeen year old a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>movie posters years ago, and they were still in the

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<v Speaker 1>mailers they'd come in. I kept getting junk email from

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<v Speaker 1>some company in a foreign language, and it was not

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<v Speaker 1>obvious to me which link was the unsubscribed one, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'd just hit delete and punt it forward, getting more

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<v Speaker 1>newsletters the next day. Problems like these don't seem like

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and

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<v Speaker 1>they aren't. But they also aren't that hard to solve.

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<v Speaker 1>With a little time or maybe a little money, most

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<v Speaker 1>of these problems could be solved quite easily. So today,

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<v Speaker 1>pick one nagging problem in your life and solve it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just one. If you like me, get spam newsletters in

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<v Speaker 1>a language you don't speak, learn the word for unsubscribe

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<v Speaker 1>in that language, and find it in the emails. I

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<v Speaker 1>am guessing you can do this in a minute with Google.

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<v Speaker 1>Two minutes in the can of WD forty that is

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<v Speaker 1>in your garage can eliminate most squeaks. Of course, some

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<v Speaker 1>nagging issues are a little more complicated, but maybe not

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<v Speaker 1>very A handful of planters solve the problem of a

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<v Speaker 1>painful gravel path. A frame store can frame art or pictures,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you or someone you hire can hang those up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd recommend choosing one of those nagging issues to get

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<v Speaker 1>on today's to do list, or when you next encounter

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<v Speaker 1>the problem in your life, just deal with it instead

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<v Speaker 1>of getting annoyed or resorting to your usual workaround. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no need to bite off more than you can chew.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to solve all your nagging problems today.

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<v Speaker 1>You're busy. I know the thought of doing it all

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<v Speaker 1>is probably overwhelming, so don't. But solve it thing. One

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<v Speaker 1>problem today will for sure remove one sort of friction

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<v Speaker 1>from your life. Then maybe tomorrow or maybe next week,

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<v Speaker 1>you can solve another. New ones will pop up, but

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<v Speaker 1>in general the direction will be right. I'd love to

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<v Speaker 1>hear what nagging problem you solve today. Can you let

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<v Speaker 1>me know what you choose. You can reach me at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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