WEBVTT - Choose a rain date

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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 choose a rain date. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got anything important coming up and there is a chance

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<v Speaker 1>that life might intervene, figure out when else it can happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This increases the chances that it does happen, even if

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<v Speaker 1>not when you originally planned. So. Lots of schools are

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<v Speaker 1>having their graduations these days, and many of these ceremonies

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<v Speaker 1>happen out of doors, but much can go predictably wrong outside.

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<v Speaker 1>The weather might not cooperate, and no one wants to

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<v Speaker 1>stand outside for two hours in a cap and gown

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<v Speaker 1>in the pouring rain. That's why many organizations schedule an

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<v Speaker 1>official rain date. If the weather is bad on the

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<v Speaker 1>original date, then the event will be rescheduled. You even

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<v Speaker 1>know when it will be rescheduled, there is no question

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<v Speaker 1>of if or when. You know not to put anything

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<v Speaker 1>unmovable in the rain date slot. Most likely it won't

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<v Speaker 1>be needed. Despite the perception, it does not always rain

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<v Speaker 1>on graduation ceremonies, but having a rain date vastly increases

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<v Speaker 1>the chances that a graduation ceremony will happen, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you do want it to happen, that increased certainty is

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<v Speaker 1>a good thing. So it goes for much in life.

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<v Speaker 1>We can put important things on our schedules, then life intervenes,

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<v Speaker 1>stuff comes up. This can be aggravating, but it is

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<v Speaker 1>far less aggravating if you have already secured a back

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<v Speaker 1>up slot. Anything important needs a rain date. If the

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<v Speaker 1>first time doesn't work, when else can you do it?

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<v Speaker 1>I am serious about extending this rein date consideration to

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<v Speaker 1>anything important. This is truly how effective people make progress

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<v Speaker 1>on their goals. Maybe you plan to give more celebratory

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<v Speaker 1>feedback to your employees. You schedule time on Thursday to

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<v Speaker 1>meet with someone who really needs the encouragement. Then your

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<v Speaker 1>biggest client has a crisis requiring everyone to deal with that.

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<v Speaker 1>It will probably bump the feedback. But if it is

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<v Speaker 1>important to you to be a responsive employer who gives

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<v Speaker 1>celebratory feedback, it shouldn't bump it forever. When is the

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<v Speaker 1>rain date? Do you and your employee know exactly when

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<v Speaker 1>that feedback will be rescheduled for automatically? If you know,

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<v Speaker 1>then this process can be far more motivational. Same with

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<v Speaker 1>for instance, one on one time with kids. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have planned a special day with a child, both of

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to look forward to it. But what

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<v Speaker 1>if one of you gets sick or there's rain when

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<v Speaker 1>you plan to go to the amusement park. Don't let

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<v Speaker 1>disappointment rain as it were, figure out a rain date.

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<v Speaker 1>When your first choice day doesn't happen, when can you

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<v Speaker 1>go instead. People often lament that they have good intentions

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<v Speaker 1>and then life derails them. That's life. Something always comes up.

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<v Speaker 1>But something coming up doesn't have to derail us from

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<v Speaker 1>our goals. Set a date for anything important, and most

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<v Speaker 1>likely that important thing will happen not when you originally planned,

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<v Speaker 1>but it will happen because you did plan for how

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<v Speaker 1>life really works 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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