Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that we don't always get the perfect resources
Speaker 1: for jobs we need to do. Sometimes we can figure
Speaker 1: out how to get what we need. Other times, though,
Speaker 1: we get what we get, and as the saying goes,
Speaker 1: we don't get upset, or at least, there is no
Speaker 1: point in getting upset when there is a job that
Speaker 1: needs to be done. So we have probably all faced
Speaker 1: projects where the resources were less than ideal. Maybe you
Speaker 1: are filling in for a colleague who is unexpectedly out
Speaker 1: and we'll have to miss a big client meeting, but
Speaker 1: all you have to go on is a vague meeting
Speaker 1: agenda and de meandering voicemail from the colleague that doesn't
Speaker 1: really shed light on anything. Maybe you signed up to
Speaker 1: lead the team preparing food at a community kitchen one night,
Speaker 1: and you were told there would be other volunteers, But
Speaker 1: when you arrive, your volunteer team is a Brownie troop
Speaker 1: with lots of enthusiasm, but they are also seven years old.
Speaker 1: Time to make dinner for dozens of people. It would
Speaker 1: be easy to get upset in these scenarios you simply
Speaker 1: do not have the resources that would allow you to
Speaker 1: do your best work. But being indignant isn't going to
Speaker 1: help soothe things over with clients who are no doubt
Speaker 1: unhappy as well, even if they are sympathetic with your
Speaker 1: colleaguess emergency, and even if you didn't plan to supervise
Speaker 1: children in the kitchen. People are relying on the community
Speaker 1: kitchen to eat. We get what we get and we
Speaker 1: don't get upset. A lot of unhappiness in life comes
Speaker 1: from butting our heads up against reality. Reality is unlikely
Speaker 1: to change, but it is quite possible to hold multiple
Speaker 1: thoughts in mind. Sure a scenario is non ideal, and
Speaker 1: maybe in the future you can figure out a way
Speaker 1: to ensure better resources. You can also make the best
Speaker 1: of a situation without adequate resources. We get what we
Speaker 1: get and we don't get upset. Indeed, this resourcefulness can
Speaker 1: often wind up creating good feelings and a sense of accomplishment.
Speaker 1: If you are filling in for a colleague and you
Speaker 1: really have no idea what is going on, you can
Speaker 1: show up as a humble listener and take lots of
Speaker 1: notes and ask people to describe to you any challenges
Speaker 1: and updates and assure them that you will make sure
Speaker 1: those problems are solved. You can figure out which of
Speaker 1: your seven year old chefs has helped in the kitchen,
Speaker 1: give them simple tasks and have others do things like
Speaker 1: color the place mats. The folks visiting the community kitchen
Speaker 1: may be happy to hang out with a bunch of
Speaker 1: cheerful seven year olds. In any case, even if the
Speaker 1: carrots aren't all cut neatly, we get what we get
Speaker 1: and we don't get upset in the long run. It
Speaker 1: is good to advocate for what we need and want.
Speaker 1: In the short run, sometimes we have to run with
Speaker 1: it and we buy a lot of goodwill by just
Speaker 1: letting everything go as it goes. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach
Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast
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