WEBVTT - Wash the blueberries

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to make your resources usable immediately. Do

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<v Speaker 1>whatever prep work is necessary right away, so your resources

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<v Speaker 1>can provide the value you were intending when you sought

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<v Speaker 1>them out. In other words, wash the blueberries as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as you get home from the grocery store. Perhaps you've

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<v Speaker 1>noticed this same phenomenon that I have in my house.

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<v Speaker 1>If we wash the blueberries as soon as we buy

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<v Speaker 1>them and put them in an easily accessible bowl, they

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<v Speaker 1>get eaten. If we just shove them in the fridge

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<v Speaker 1>fruit drawer, well, they often wind up spoiled and have

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<v Speaker 1>to be thrown away. Now, if you think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>this doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>take much time to pull out a handful of blueberries

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<v Speaker 1>from a drawer and wash them, but somehow these extra

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<v Speaker 1>steps become barriers to enjoying them, just as a whole

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<v Speaker 1>carrot seems much more intimidating to wash, peel, and slice

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<v Speaker 1>versus grabbing a baby carrot or a pre cut carrot stick.

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<v Speaker 1>So knowing this about ourselves, we can commit to doing

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of prep work up front, or to

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<v Speaker 1>spending the cash to have someone else do it while

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<v Speaker 1>we're thinking about it. With any resource, build this prep

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<v Speaker 1>work into the acquisition step. While this does take a

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<v Speaker 1>bit of extra effort, it can be the difference between

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<v Speaker 1>a purchase being used and enjoyed or the purchase being

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<v Speaker 1>completely wasted. There are lots of applications to this tip.

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<v Speaker 1>When you get new clothes, cut off the tags, wash

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<v Speaker 1>your iron them if you need to, and if there's

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<v Speaker 1>something that needs to be altered, take it to the

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<v Speaker 1>tailor right away. There is never going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>better time to do this. Indeed, once your pants sit

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<v Speaker 1>in the closet for a while, they're just going to

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<v Speaker 1>become part of the scenery. Better to consider the trip

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<v Speaker 1>to the tailor to be part of the shopping experience

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<v Speaker 1>so you'll actually get to wear your pants. The same

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<v Speaker 1>thing goes for services you seek out. If you upgrade

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<v Speaker 1>your alarm system so that you can get alerts when

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<v Speaker 1>the front porch camera is triggered, invest the five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>to set up the alerts as soon as the installation

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<v Speaker 1>is done. If it's worth paying the extra money for

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<v Speaker 1>the service, it's worth investing the time so that you

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<v Speaker 1>can actually use it. If you don't, the money is wasted.

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<v Speaker 1>I see this issue all the time with staffing. An

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunate number of organizations are terrible at onboarding new employees.

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<v Speaker 1>What happens, Well, you've got a heavy workload, so you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you urgently need to hire new staff. But

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<v Speaker 1>once the new people show up at work, the workload

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<v Speaker 1>feels too heavy for you to spend the time training them.

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<v Speaker 1>They waste time and you still feel overwhelmed. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you wash the blueberries in this instance, or actually plan

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<v Speaker 1>out your new employees first few days with every hour

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<v Speaker 1>given in an objective, well, in both cases you'll actually

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<v Speaker 1>get the value you were seeking in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is a huge to win. So when would

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<v Speaker 1>you benefit from a little bit of prep work? What

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<v Speaker 1>small investment of time can you make today to make

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<v Speaker 1>life work better 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. Hey, everybody,

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