WEBVTT - Try a one-off book club

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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 to try a one off book club. If

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<v Speaker 1>you love reading and discussing books with friends but aren't

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<v Speaker 1>in a book club that meets regularly, consider rallying people

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<v Speaker 1>to read one book of shared interest and get together

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss. Even if you are in a normal book club,

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<v Speaker 1>you might enjoy the occasional one off book club as

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<v Speaker 1>well to broaden your reading horizons and discuss things with

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<v Speaker 1>new people. I am sure we have all had the

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<v Speaker 1>experience of reading a book and wanting to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it with others. That's why lots of people start book

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<v Speaker 1>clubs well, and it is fun to hang out with friends.

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't need a formal, ongoing book club to

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<v Speaker 1>discuss a book. All you need is another willing person

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<v Speaker 1>or two, So consider organizing more one off book clubs

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<v Speaker 1>in your life. Perhaps you know that you and a

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<v Speaker 1>friend both read everything from a particular thriller author. If

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<v Speaker 1>that person has a new book coming out, decide in

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<v Speaker 1>advance that you will both read it and meet up

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<v Speaker 1>for a drink to discuss it two weeks after publication.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe a good friend has mentioned that a certain

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<v Speaker 1>literary classic is next on her TBR list. You might

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<v Speaker 1>move it up your list and suggest discussing it as

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<v Speaker 1>you both weighe through it. You might also try a

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<v Speaker 1>one off book club for professional matters. Maybe you work

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<v Speaker 1>in marketing and you are always hearing people reference Chip

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<v Speaker 1>and Dan Heath's book Made to Stick. You've never actually

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<v Speaker 1>read it yourself, so you could invite a few colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>to read it and get together to talk about it

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<v Speaker 1>and figure out how you can imply insights to your work.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you and your team would all like to

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<v Speaker 1>improve your time management practices. I would be thrilled if

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<v Speaker 1>you read one of my books together and discussed it.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me know if you do. Of course, you may

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<v Speaker 1>not always anticipate in advance that a book is one

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<v Speaker 1>you will want to discuss. That's the cool thing about reading.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes a book totally seizes us and we really want

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<v Speaker 1>to recruit others to read it too. So do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Send a text to your group chat saying how much

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<v Speaker 1>you are enjoying a book and ask if anyone else

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<v Speaker 1>wants to start reading it. Next thing you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>will have an impromptu one off book club and be

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<v Speaker 1>having a lot of fun reading something cool with friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Ongoing book clubs are great, but for a variety of

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<v Speaker 1>reasons that might not be right for your life right now.

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<v Speaker 1>A one off book club can serve some of the

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<v Speaker 1>same purpose and the barriers to entry are a lot lower,

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<v Speaker 1>So why not give it a try. If you try

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<v Speaker 1>a one off book club, I would love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about it. You can reach me at Laura at Laura

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<v Speaker 1>Vanderkam dot com. 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.

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