WEBVTT - List the skills you'll need

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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 figure out what skills you'll need if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to try something big and new in the

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<v Speaker 1>next year. It might help to brainstorm the skills that

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<v Speaker 1>will make this big thing feel a little more doable.

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<v Speaker 1>I recently sent my eleven year old off to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>away camp for a few weeks. This was his third

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<v Speaker 1>year going and he has had a great time in

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<v Speaker 1>the past. His little brother could go next summer when

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<v Speaker 1>he's seven and a half years old, and he is

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<v Speaker 1>definitely interested in the idea. Well, I feel like seven

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<v Speaker 1>and a half might be a bit young for camp.

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<v Speaker 1>This would also be the one year that his older

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<v Speaker 1>brother would be at the same camp, so there would

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<v Speaker 1>be some significant up sides to that. As my youngest

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<v Speaker 1>has been pondering this, he decided to make a checklist

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<v Speaker 1>of things he would need to be able to do

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<v Speaker 1>to go to sleep away camp. Definitely, my kid here,

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<v Speaker 1>what skills would he need to be away from home

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<v Speaker 1>for a little bit. Now, Obviously there would be adults

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<v Speaker 1>helping him. The counselors would be there, but there would

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<v Speaker 1>probably be less help than he gets at home. We

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<v Speaker 1>talked about things like showering independently, brushing your teeth well

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<v Speaker 1>on your own, being able to get completely dressed and

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<v Speaker 1>undressed on your own, even with twicky things like wet swimsuits,

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<v Speaker 1>serving your own food from a cafeteria, et cetera. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm pondering this, I can think of other things

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<v Speaker 1>like applying your own sunscreen and bug spray. He has

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<v Speaker 1>been dutifully working on his checklist over the last few weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>doing things like showing me that he can brush his teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not sure if he will go to overnight

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<v Speaker 1>camp next summer or not, but if he does, he

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<v Speaker 1>will have a lot of practice on these skills of independence.

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<v Speaker 1>It occurred to me that this might be helpful for

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of big new undertaking. When you haven't done

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<v Speaker 1>something before, you can think of the skills that might

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<v Speaker 1>be helpful and figure out if there are ways that

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<v Speaker 1>you can practice them. For instance, maybe you've been invited

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<v Speaker 1>to be interviewed for local television about your topic of expertise.

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<v Speaker 1>You might study what skills are helpful for television interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>How do people sit, what do they wear, what questions

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<v Speaker 1>will you likely be asked? How long are the answers

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<v Speaker 1>that other people give in interviews? You could practice giving

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<v Speaker 1>short answers to the most likely questions about your work,

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<v Speaker 1>and practice sitting in a way that isn't distracting on camera.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you plan to moderate a panel at a conference,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is something you have done much before, you

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<v Speaker 1>could make a list of helpful skills, like making sure

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<v Speaker 1>all your panelists stay on topic, shifting between them so

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<v Speaker 1>no one person dominates, vetting audience questions, or interpreting the

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<v Speaker 1>strange ones that come in dealing with any conflict. You

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<v Speaker 1>could watch how other people do these skills in recordings

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<v Speaker 1>of past panels and talk with your panelists about what

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<v Speaker 1>you will ask. You could perhaps practice dealing with conflict

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<v Speaker 1>with colleagues, doing a mock panel with you and causing

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<v Speaker 1>trouble just for fun. Knowing what skills you might need

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<v Speaker 1>will make you a far more thoughtful moderator. Now, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>for many things in life, it is possible to wing it.

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<v Speaker 1>We will deal with situations as they come to us

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<v Speaker 1>and learn from that. In many cases a lot can

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<v Speaker 1>be figured out. I am guessing that even if my

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<v Speaker 1>child had never practiced serving himself food from a cafeteria,

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<v Speaker 1>he could watch someone else and do what they do.

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<v Speaker 1>He also goes to school and could probably extrapolate from

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<v Speaker 1>that cafeteria situation to other cafeteria situations. But listing skills

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<v Speaker 1>and practicing them can help with confidence, and often that

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<v Speaker 1>is more than half the game. New situations can always

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<v Speaker 1>cause anxiety, so being prepared can make the experience more calm,

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<v Speaker 1>which in general will make it go better. In the meantime,

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

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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