WEBVTT - Second Cup: You can win the year in October

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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 you can win the year in October.

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<v Speaker 1>People tend to best remember what happened recently, so you

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<v Speaker 1>can use that insight to your advantage. I know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of organizations do annual reviews toward the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar year. You sit down with your manager or

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<v Speaker 1>you sit down with your direct reports and talk about

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<v Speaker 1>people's successes and opportunities for growth or whatever your euphemism

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<v Speaker 1>happens to be. Theoretically, an annual review is supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>be just that, annual. What happened in February matters as

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<v Speaker 1>much as what happened in October. But let's be real.

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<v Speaker 1>How much of February do you remember come November? Unless

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<v Speaker 1>you kept meticulous notes and go back and really relive

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<v Speaker 1>those experiences, the answer is probably not much. Whereas the

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<v Speaker 1>project you just finished is fresh in your mind, it

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<v Speaker 1>is naturally going to feel bigger than whatever happened in

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<v Speaker 1>the past. So if that is the case, If you

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<v Speaker 1>would like to shine in this year's annual review, you

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<v Speaker 1>need a big win to happen shortly before the review.

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<v Speaker 1>If you get reviewed in November or December, that means

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<v Speaker 1>you can win the year in October. So think about

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<v Speaker 1>how you would like to be seen. What story can

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<v Speaker 1>you tell about yourself and your contributions? What could you

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<v Speaker 1>do over the next few weeks to reinforce the story

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<v Speaker 1>that you would like to tell about yourself? Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>landed a huge new client in February. To reinforce the

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<v Speaker 1>story that you are someone who lands new work, you

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<v Speaker 1>can talk about that and all the additional work this

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<v Speaker 1>client has brought in since then, but then also show

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<v Speaker 1>what you have done in October to reach out to

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<v Speaker 1>similarly large potential clients. the big game hunter story now

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<v Speaker 1>has multiple points of evidence. She didn't just kill a

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<v Speaker 1>mastodon in February that we have been eating ever since.

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<v Speaker 1>She is the kind of person who will kill another mastodon, too.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you've got a track record of having very

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<v Speaker 1>little turnover on your team. Perhaps you also lost a

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<v Speaker 1>team member in September, which totally happens. Rather than risk

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<v Speaker 1>that being the story, In October, you do some new

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<v Speaker 1>initiative to help your people shape their careers within your organization.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they've all got the story of how proactive you are.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is the story that they will tell to

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<v Speaker 1>your evaluator. You can win the year in October on

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<v Speaker 1>the personal front, too. Maybe you set a New Year's

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<v Speaker 1>resolution to get in better shape. Maybe, for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 1>that didn't happen. But if you start working out with

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<v Speaker 1>a trainer twice a week in October, you are still

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<v Speaker 1>going to remember this as the year you took a

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<v Speaker 1>major step for your physical health. It doesn't really matter

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<v Speaker 1>that it didn't happen until Q4. So think about how

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to portray this year. What would make

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<v Speaker 1>it feel successful in the eyes of your employer and

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<v Speaker 1>in your own eyes, too? My guess is that you

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<v Speaker 1>could do something in October to reinforce the story that

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<v Speaker 1>it was a good year. And when you do, since

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<v Speaker 1>it happened close to the time that we tend to

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<v Speaker 1>reflect on the year, this will be what you remember.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything else just seems far in the past. 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 Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If

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