WEBVTT - Aim for better

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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 that when it comes to good habits, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to aim for perfection or even a big

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<v Speaker 1>jump from where you are now in order to see improvement.

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<v Speaker 1>Just aim for better and that should be good enough.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are, like a lot of people probably listeners

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<v Speaker 1>to this show, you have some self improvement goals. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to exercise more often, or build more social

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<v Speaker 1>connection into your life, eat better, or save more money.

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<v Speaker 1>It can feel appealing to set lofty goals, but in

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<v Speaker 1>many cases, when something requires a huge change, it just

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<v Speaker 1>won't happen. Our lives as they are for a reason.

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<v Speaker 1>So instead of aiming for perfection or dramatic improvement, just

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<v Speaker 1>aim for better. Little tweaks stand a much better chance

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<v Speaker 1>of sticking. So if you track your time and see

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<v Speaker 1>that you are generally exercising once a week and this

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel like enough to you, just try to get

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<v Speaker 1>to twice. If you are doing twice, aim for three

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<v Speaker 1>times a week. After all, three times a week is

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<v Speaker 1>a habit, And if you don't exercise at all, just

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<v Speaker 1>try for once one more time per week than whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you are doing is meaningful progress. Once that rhythm becomes established,

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<v Speaker 1>you can always nudge the goal up a bit higher

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<v Speaker 1>if you want, but even if you don't, you will

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<v Speaker 1>still be in a better spot just by aiming for

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<v Speaker 1>better than what was happening before. If it is social

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<v Speaker 1>connection that you are hoping to increase, figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>you are doing currently and then just aim for a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit better. If you currently do something social approximately

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<v Speaker 1>once a month, see if you can add something else

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<v Speaker 1>little in Maybe it's having coffee with a colleague, or

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<v Speaker 1>going to an event at your house of worship or

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<v Speaker 1>that your neighborhood association is hosting. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>become a social butterfly. Going from once a month to

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<v Speaker 1>twice a month is doubling your social occasions but doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>require making a huge change. If you want to eat

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<v Speaker 1>more healthfuly, that doesn't mean you have to eat fish

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<v Speaker 1>and kale at every meal. Just aim for better. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you decide on a few healthy breakfasts that you rotate

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<v Speaker 1>through an aim for healthy brown bag lunches twice a

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<v Speaker 1>week or so. You don't worry yet about everything else.

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<v Speaker 1>It can come in time if you want it to.

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<v Speaker 1>When we aim for better than before, we can make

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<v Speaker 1>progress at a rate that is sustainable. When goals are

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<v Speaker 1>impossibly high for life as we actually live it, we

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<v Speaker 1>may give up or at least feel discouraged. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you have a goal that you haven't made much progress

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<v Speaker 1>on in the past, try reframing it. You don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to reach for perfection to make progress, just aim for

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<v Speaker 1>better in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,

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<v Speaker 1>or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura

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