WEBVTT - Look for raindrops

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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 look for rain drops. After a while,

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<v Speaker 1>small signs of success will show themselves if you are

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<v Speaker 1>paying attention. Today's tip, like others this week, comes from

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<v Speaker 1>my friend Dory Clark's new book The Long Game, How

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<v Speaker 1>to be a long term thinker in a short term world.

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<v Speaker 1>Dory teaches strategic patients most people aren't willing to stick

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<v Speaker 1>with things for any length of time. If you are,

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<v Speaker 1>your small winds will eventually add up and you will

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<v Speaker 1>be far ahead of the competition. But of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>reason most people aren't willing to stick with things or

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<v Speaker 1>any length of time is that it is really, really

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<v Speaker 1>hard to keep doing things without obvious signs of progress.

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<v Speaker 1>We love the story of the overnight success, but no

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<v Speaker 1>one is an overnight success. That breakthrough pop hit likely

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<v Speaker 1>came after years of playing in smaller clubs too bigger

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<v Speaker 1>and bigger crowds, So you need to be prepared for

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<v Speaker 1>the long call. Dorry has studied thousands of people's careers,

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<v Speaker 1>and as she notes, to gain notice in your field

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<v Speaker 1>it often takes two to three years of effort before

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<v Speaker 1>you see any results. However, at that point, you'll often

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<v Speaker 1>start to see rain drops, small intermittent signs of progress.

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<v Speaker 1>These rain drops, as Dory calls them, can be incredibly encouraging,

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<v Speaker 1>but you have to look for them. So look. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's the first time you get double digit sign ups

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<v Speaker 1>to your newsletter in the course of a week. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's the first time you land a speaking gig because

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<v Speaker 1>someone in the audience at another speech heard you and

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<v Speaker 1>liked you enough to hire you. Maybe it's the first

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<v Speaker 1>time a potential client reaches out to you. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>the first time you see that an article you wrote

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<v Speaker 1>for an industry publication has sparked a real discussion. It

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<v Speaker 1>can even be a heartfelt email someone writes you about

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<v Speaker 1>how much they enjoyed something you did. Celebrate these little successes,

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<v Speaker 1>because guess what, the world isn't exactly going to offer

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<v Speaker 1>them up easily. But if you can survive on these

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<v Speaker 1>little successes, that will help keep you motivated for a

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<v Speaker 1>few more years, and that is when the true breakthroughs happen.

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<v Speaker 1>As Dorry writes, by year five, you've opened up an

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<v Speaker 1>almost insurmountable distance between yourself and the competition. When potential

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<v Speaker 1>clients type a term into a search engine, it's your

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<v Speaker 1>articles that come up. When they listen to a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>about your area of expertise, you're the guest. And when

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<v Speaker 1>they want to hire a speaker, or a high level

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<v Speaker 1>employee or an expert consultant to advise them, you're the

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<v Speaker 1>only logical choice. So be prepared to be patient. Keep

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<v Speaker 1>doing the work, but make sure to look for rain

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<v Speaker 1>drops along the way. Those raindrops can keep you motivated

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<v Speaker 1>when many other people would quit, and when you don't quit,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reap the outsized rewards of strategic patients. In

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

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

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