WEBVTT - Find a formula

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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 find a formula. A good rule

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<v Speaker 1>of thumb can make seemingly complex decisions a lot less challenging.

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<v Speaker 1>I was thinking of this topic recently after reading Kendra

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<v Speaker 1>Adachi's new book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen. Kendra talks about

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<v Speaker 1>strategies for having the right gear, meal planning, and so forth.

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<v Speaker 1>One of her tips is about how to never run

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<v Speaker 1>out of food at a party. Just follow this formula

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<v Speaker 1>six bites per hour per person and three choices pretend people.

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<v Speaker 1>That means if you have twenty people over for a

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<v Speaker 1>three hour reception, you need twenty times three times six bites.

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<v Speaker 1>That is three D sixty bites. Since you have twenty

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<v Speaker 1>people and need three choices pertend people, this means you

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<v Speaker 1>need six kinds of food. Six kinds of food at

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<v Speaker 1>three D sixty bites means sixty bites of each option. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are getting this party catered, the caterer will

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<v Speaker 1>do that math for you. But if you are doing

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<v Speaker 1>it on your own, you can be fairly confident that

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<v Speaker 1>you will neither run out of food, or be dumping

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly good food afterwards because your fridge and freezer are

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<v Speaker 1>already over stuffed with leftovers. Formulas like this make complex

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<v Speaker 1>decisions less challenging. It's not perfect, because nothing, ever is.

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<v Speaker 1>You could have several guests who eat like birds. You

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<v Speaker 1>could have a handful of guests who eat everything in sight.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have to base your decisions on something, and

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<v Speaker 1>a good rule of thumb can help with that. If

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<v Speaker 1>you think about it, you are probably already using some

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<v Speaker 1>formulas in your life. A child's packed lunch needs five components,

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<v Speaker 1>with at least one being a protein and one of

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<v Speaker 1>fruit or veggie. The trip to the airport takes thirty

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<v Speaker 1>minutes unless it is raining or rush hour, in which

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<v Speaker 1>case add another fifteen to figure out compound interest. Divide

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<v Speaker 1>seventy two by the rate, and you get the number

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<v Speaker 1>of years it takes for your principle to double. If

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<v Speaker 1>you think of temperatures in fahrenheit and you wind up

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere that people talk in degrees celsius, just know that

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<v Speaker 1>zero is phrasing, ten degrees is chili, twenty is pleasant,

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty is hot. All these formulas mean you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to keep doing complex calculations and decision making in

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<v Speaker 1>your head. Indeed, you might try to figure out formulas

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<v Speaker 1>that can help make complex matters a bit more clear

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<v Speaker 1>in other areas of life. How much time does each

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<v Speaker 1>extraneous person add to a meeting's length good to know

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<v Speaker 1>to help let go of meeting fomo. Maybe you can

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<v Speaker 1>process one emails in an hour if some of them

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<v Speaker 1>are junk, it will take a different amount of time

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<v Speaker 1>if they are not. Maybe you can read fifty pages

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<v Speaker 1>in an hour, or maybe your number is different, but

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<v Speaker 1>knowing the number will let you know how long that

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<v Speaker 1>book will take you, or how long it will take

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<v Speaker 1>to get that inbox number down, and so you can

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<v Speaker 1>make decisions about how to best spend time. Figure these

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<v Speaker 1>form is out and you can make more rational decisions

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<v Speaker 1>with time and other resources. You are not just guessing.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got a starting point and can modify from there.

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<v Speaker 1>But at least you're likely clothes and often that is

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<v Speaker 1>good enough. 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. Hey, everybody,

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