WEBVTT - Second Cup: What does ‘Done’ look like? 

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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 create a very clear picture of

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<v Speaker 1>what done looks like. You'll be more motivated to achieve

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<v Speaker 1>your goals if you can see vividly what the outcome

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<v Speaker 1>will be. Today's tip, like another this week, comes from

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<v Speaker 1>Greg McEwen's new book Effortless. This book looks at ways

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<v Speaker 1>to make important actions automatic or at least easy. Gregg

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<v Speaker 1>points out that we often set very vague goals, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the sort, lose weight, read more books. The problem is

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<v Speaker 1>that we have no idea what done looks like, and

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<v Speaker 1>so it's hard to feel a motivating sense of progress

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<v Speaker 1>an accomplishment. So he suggests creating a vivid image of

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<v Speaker 1>what done would look like for you. For instance, someone

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<v Speaker 1>trying to lose weight might picture done as I look

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<v Speaker 1>down at the weighing scale and see the number one

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<v Speaker 1>seven staring back at me. Someone trying to read big

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<v Speaker 1>important books might say done is on my digital reader.

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<v Speaker 1>It will say finished next to war in Peace. Someone

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<v Speaker 1>trying to walk more might decide that done is to

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<v Speaker 1>reach ten thousand steps a day on my fitbit for

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen days in a row, Greg writes, and someone trying

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<v Speaker 1>to launch a product might instead view an intermediate version

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<v Speaker 1>of done, as have ten beta users try the app

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<v Speaker 1>for a week and give feedback. The upside of these

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<v Speaker 1>visions of done is that they are very, very specific.

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<v Speaker 1>By giving your mind clear instructions, Greg says, things click

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<v Speaker 1>into gear and you can begin charting, of course toward

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<v Speaker 1>that in state. The good news is that creating this

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<v Speaker 1>vision really doesn't take long, Greg betts, you can do

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<v Speaker 1>it in about sixty seconds. So think of a goal

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<v Speaker 1>you've been pondering for a while. Launching a podcast, eating healthier,

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<v Speaker 1>building a better relationship with your neighbor. These are all

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<v Speaker 1>great ideas in any case, take one or two of

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<v Speaker 1>them and write them down. Then, next to this nice,

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<v Speaker 1>but let's face it, vague goal, write a specific vision

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<v Speaker 1>for what done would look like. Maybe done for eating

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<v Speaker 1>Healthier is that you've eaten five servings of fruits and

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<v Speaker 1>vegetables every day for a week. Or with the better

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with the neighbor, you chat with your neighbor for

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<v Speaker 1>at least ten minutes each week and make a point

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<v Speaker 1>of saying hello every time you see him. When you

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<v Speaker 1>have a picture of done, you'll also know when you

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<v Speaker 1>are done. Then you can decide to re up the

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<v Speaker 1>goal if you want change it, or maybe be content

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<v Speaker 1>with where you are. But either way you'll get a

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<v Speaker 1>sense of accomplishment and that can motivate you to two

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<v Speaker 1>more great things in the future. 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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