WEBVTT - Time solves many problems

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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 time solves many problems. There is a

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<v Speaker 1>reasonable chance that your current problems will be overtaken by

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<v Speaker 1>events or will work themselves out. Not with everything, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but sometimes it is best just to be patient. So

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<v Speaker 1>this episode was partly inspired by a random question I

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<v Speaker 1>got from a listener who was wondering what I thought

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<v Speaker 1>of a particular approach to potty training that she was

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<v Speaker 1>considering using with her toddler. Now I had not heard

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<v Speaker 1>of this particular approach, but I imagine some guru is

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<v Speaker 1>now making their living off selling courses or videos about

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<v Speaker 1>this method of getting kids to use the bathroom. I

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<v Speaker 1>did not use any particular branded method with my five kids.

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<v Speaker 1>They learned at different points and with different amounts of

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<v Speaker 1>stopping and starting in the process, but they all learned

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<v Speaker 1>time and encouragement turn out to work perfectly fine. So

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<v Speaker 1>it goes with many things. Time solves all sorts of problems.

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<v Speaker 1>A really sour person might be making your life difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>and then at some point they are simply no longer

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<v Speaker 1>in your life for whatever reason time solves the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of minor injuries and illnesses simply clear up

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<v Speaker 1>on their own. A kid who is unhappy about a

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<v Speaker 1>camp learns to be happy or else. In a week

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<v Speaker 1>or two. The camp is over. Life feels unsustainable during

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<v Speaker 1>your work busy season, and then the busy season ends.

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<v Speaker 1>A cantankerous client is creating miserable demands and then they

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<v Speaker 1>get distracted by something else. No one now needs to

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<v Speaker 1>worry about creating that document that they've decided they won't

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<v Speaker 1>be using anyway. Sometimes when people realize how many problems

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<v Speaker 1>time can solve, they deliberately delay taking action. A manager

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<v Speaker 1>might wait to weigh in on a thread from a

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<v Speaker 1>team because the odds that they work it out on

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<v Speaker 1>their own are reasonable. Someone asks for something, but then

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't respond in the next ten minutes, they

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<v Speaker 1>go find it on their own. Hey, problem solved now.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously this isn't the case with everything. Sometimes things start

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<v Speaker 1>moving in the wrong direction, then it might pay to intervene.

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<v Speaker 1>Modern medicine can solve various problems that don't get better

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<v Speaker 1>on their own, thank goodness. But if something generally is

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<v Speaker 1>moving in the right direction, then time and patience might

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<v Speaker 1>solve the problem completely. Wisdom is about recognizing this and,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than doing something, deciding to just roll with it.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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