WEBVTT - Read, see, cook, do 

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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>Today's tip is to make a mini bucket list for

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<v Speaker 1>one of what you most want to read, see, cook,

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<v Speaker 1>and do. By being very focused in your goals, you

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<v Speaker 1>vastly increase the chances that a year from now you'll

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<v Speaker 1>have made a lot of progress. Bucket Lists or lists

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<v Speaker 1>of a hundred dreams, are great for generating ideas of

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<v Speaker 1>special experiences you'd like to have. You should definitely make big,

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<v Speaker 1>long lists, but as you're thinking about how to tackle

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<v Speaker 1>next year, you might aim a little smaller. Create a

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<v Speaker 1>mini bucket list with just four items, something you want

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<v Speaker 1>to read, see, cook and do. Here's what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>The read aspect is pretty self explanatory. What book do

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<v Speaker 1>you most want to read? Sure you'll probably read lots

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<v Speaker 1>of books next year, but by setting an intention around

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<v Speaker 1>one book in particular, you increase the chances that you

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<v Speaker 1>will actually read it. Lots of people go through life

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<v Speaker 1>intending to read Tolstoy's War in Peace, Sir James Joyce's Ulysses,

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<v Speaker 1>or Tony Morrison's Song of Solomon sometime, but never get

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<v Speaker 1>around to actually reading them. This could be the year

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<v Speaker 1>you turn sometime into now, but you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>go the classics route. If there's a more practical book

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to read, like The Seven Habits of Highly

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<v Speaker 1>Effective People, or Your Money or Your Life Great, Or

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<v Speaker 1>you could choose a book you hear people referring to frequently,

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<v Speaker 1>like Carol Dwex Mindset or Susan Kin's Quiet. Wouldn't it

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<v Speaker 1>feel great to get into the conversation instead of only

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<v Speaker 1>hearing what other people think about a book. As for

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<v Speaker 1>the second element, it identify a place you want to see.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be a nearby city, a museum in your

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<v Speaker 1>hometown you've never been to before, or a natural wonder

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<v Speaker 1>like the fall leaves in New England. You'll certainly visit

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<v Speaker 1>lots of places in but the mini bucket list will

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<v Speaker 1>help ensure that you visit this one particular place. As

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned in a previous episode, lots of us succumbed

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<v Speaker 1>to what Elizabeth Dunne and Michael Norton call the Big

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<v Speaker 1>ben problem in their book Happy Money. That is, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't see the attractions near us, just like people who

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<v Speaker 1>have lived in London for a while don't find their

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<v Speaker 1>way to Big Ben. If you live in London, make

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<v Speaker 1>this the year you go to Big Ben or the

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<v Speaker 1>Big Ben equivalent for people living anywhere else. After you

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<v Speaker 1>have a plan for what you'll read and see in,

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<v Speaker 1>decide on something you'll cook, a dish you'd like to master.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of people have dishes that they

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<v Speaker 1>love to eat but have never cooked themselves, perhaps beef

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<v Speaker 1>tender loin or crime brulet or chocolate mouse. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of these special dishes are easier to make than you

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<v Speaker 1>might assume. And even if the dish you choose is difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay. You can do hard things. Plus, what's the

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<v Speaker 1>worst that can happen? If your beef tender loin is

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<v Speaker 1>terribly overdone, you can always order pizza and try again

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<v Speaker 1>some other time. Chances are you'll in the year being

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<v Speaker 1>able to whip up that crime broulet whenever you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the mood. The final component of the mini bucket list

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<v Speaker 1>is learning something to do. Think of a skill you'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to pick up or improve upon. Perhaps it's speaking French,

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<v Speaker 1>or sewing or video editing. A year is a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>If you decide now that by the end of next year,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll want to be able to have a conversation in

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<v Speaker 1>French or ham your own pajama bottoms. You are absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>capable of achieving that goal. Now, maybe you won't be

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<v Speaker 1>able to master many new skills by next December, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you put your energy into one, well that is doable.

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<v Speaker 1>It's easy to have a mental list of things we

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<v Speaker 1>intend to do or learn one of these days and

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<v Speaker 1>then time passes without any progress. By making a list

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<v Speaker 1>that is ridiculously short, one thing each that you want

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<v Speaker 1>to read, see, cook, and do, and focusing on that

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<v Speaker 1>list for a whole year, your odds of success are good.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you finish your list before the year is over,

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<v Speaker 1>well you can make a new list if you want.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no need to leave resolutions just for January.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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

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