WEBVTT - Don't play jump or dive

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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 don't play jump or Dive with your schedule.

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<v Speaker 1>Make plans with adequate lead time so you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to do too much on the fly. If you grew

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<v Speaker 1>up with access to a backyard pool, you may have

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<v Speaker 1>played the pool game jump or Dive. One person stands

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<v Speaker 1>on a diving board, and after that person launches himself

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<v Speaker 1>into the air, his friends shout either jump or dive.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the person, who is by now mid air maneuvers

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<v Speaker 1>to either jump or dive in accordance with his friend's directions.

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<v Speaker 1>You can probably guess that this usually results in a

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<v Speaker 1>belly flop, which is kind of a cross between a

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<v Speaker 1>jump and a dive. Now, this doesn't sound like my

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<v Speaker 1>idea of fun, and I think most adults would agree

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<v Speaker 1>with me, but a lot of kids find it hysterical.

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<v Speaker 1>That said, I have noticed that plenty of adults played

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<v Speaker 1>jump or Dive with their schedules. When you leave things

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<v Speaker 1>undecided until the last minute, you are often setting yourself

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<v Speaker 1>up for stress or wasted time, or an otherwise suboptimal situation.

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<v Speaker 1>But you usually don't have to do that. Suppose you

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<v Speaker 1>are planning to run with a friend tomorrow morning at

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<v Speaker 1>six am, but there is a seventy percent chance of rain.

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<v Speaker 1>You could wake up at five point forty and then

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<v Speaker 1>decide whether or not to run. But wouldn't you be

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<v Speaker 1>happier if you decided the night before that you will

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<v Speaker 1>cancel so you can sleep in. Or you could agree

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<v Speaker 1>that you will run together if it's not raining, but

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<v Speaker 1>get together at Starbucks to hang out if it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Either way you avoid the early wake up at half

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<v Speaker 1>asleep text exchange and deciding whether or not to run.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're planning to go out with a colleague for

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<v Speaker 1>a drink after work but realize you will almost certainly

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<v Speaker 1>have to work late because a big project just landed

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<v Speaker 1>on your desk, you could make a call at five

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<v Speaker 1>point fifteen about whether or not you can pause your

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<v Speaker 1>work for drinks, but it might be more considerate to

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<v Speaker 1>reach out in advance to see if you can shift

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<v Speaker 1>drinks to another day, or maybe go a little later

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<v Speaker 1>that day. You can skip this avoidable pivot. I know

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<v Speaker 1>plenty of people who make plans that are vague, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a variation on jumper dive. They'll plan to meet

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<v Speaker 1>up with a friend for brunch on Saturday, but what

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<v Speaker 1>does that even mean? Ten o'clock one o'clock and where

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<v Speaker 1>the specific location might add thirty minutes of time for

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<v Speaker 1>travel and parking. Depending on the options in your town,

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<v Speaker 1>your attire might need to be different. Will you be

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<v Speaker 1>eating indoors or outdoors? Instead of planning on brunch on Saturday?

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<v Speaker 1>Make specific plans with the time and place so you

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<v Speaker 1>are not holding each other's Saturday's hostage and figuring out

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<v Speaker 1>whether to jump or dive on the fly. Now to

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<v Speaker 1>be sure, there are some occasions when leaving things vague

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<v Speaker 1>on timing for at least a little while might be

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<v Speaker 1>the way to go. Lots of you let me know

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<v Speaker 1>that you enjoyed my interview with Kristen the Frugal Girl

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<v Speaker 1>on this podcast a few weeks ago. Both of us

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<v Speaker 1>generally like to make our plans ahead of time, but

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<v Speaker 1>the week I was looking to interview her, she had

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<v Speaker 1>jury duty, so we agreed that she would text me

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<v Speaker 1>in the evening if she found out that she didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have to go in for her duty on the next day,

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<v Speaker 1>since her day would suddenly be completely free. In this case,

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<v Speaker 1>we could choose a half hour block that happened to

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<v Speaker 1>be free for me. I almost always have one of

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<v Speaker 1>those somewhere. Being flexible on timing worked out for us there.

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<v Speaker 1>But even in that case, we weren't truly playing jump

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<v Speaker 1>or dive. That would be like trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>where six people can go eat dinner when you are

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<v Speaker 1>all hungry and a lot of the restaurants are full.

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<v Speaker 1>In most cases, you know that people get hungry at

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<v Speaker 1>regular intervals, So if you have got a group, best

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<v Speaker 1>to plan for that, and in general, if you need

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<v Speaker 1>to adjust plans, doing it as soon as you know

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<v Speaker 1>means that no one is left lurching as they jump

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<v Speaker 1>off the diving board. Best not to schedule a meeting

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<v Speaker 1>right after another meeting that always runs over, and just

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<v Speaker 1>hope that everyone can move the second meeting forward when

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<v Speaker 1>that's needed. You want to know if you are jumping

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<v Speaker 1>or diving before you get to the edge of the

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<v Speaker 1>diving board. 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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