WEBVTT - Schedule yourself first

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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 schedule yourself first. Identify what needs to

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<v Speaker 1>happen for your life to run smoothly and for you

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<v Speaker 1>to achieve your goals. Then schedule those activities first before

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<v Speaker 1>committing to anything else. So you have probably heard the

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<v Speaker 1>classic financial advice to pay yourself first, to save money

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<v Speaker 1>for your own future needs before you pay for everything else.

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<v Speaker 1>Money goes to your retirement account or emergency fund before

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<v Speaker 1>it goes to clothes or dinners out or anything discretionary.

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<v Speaker 1>If you wait to save what is left over, there

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<v Speaker 1>might not be anything left over. But if you pay

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<v Speaker 1>yourself first, one way or the other, you'll get through

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<v Speaker 1>to your next paycheck and you will build wealth at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time. As is so often the case, what

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<v Speaker 1>is wise for money is wise for time. Two. Just

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<v Speaker 1>as people who are smart with their money set aside

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<v Speaker 1>savings for their future needs before they spend on other things,

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<v Speaker 1>people who are smart with their time figure out how

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<v Speaker 1>much time they need to invest in maintaining their well

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<v Speaker 1>being and for achieving their goals. They put that time

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<v Speaker 1>on their schedule first before they commit to spending time

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<v Speaker 1>in other ways. The most obvious category this works with

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<v Speaker 1>is sleep. If you need seven and a half hours

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<v Speaker 1>of sleep per day, then you should carve out seven

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<v Speaker 1>and a half hours of time each day during which

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<v Speaker 1>you can sleep. Since my guess is that you need

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<v Speaker 1>to wake up at set times most days for work

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<v Speaker 1>or family responsibilities, that means going to bed at a

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<v Speaker 1>reasonable time. Doing that instead of trying to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of your bottomless inbox, amounts to paying yourself first.

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<v Speaker 1>Maintaining good health also requires time for physical activity. If

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<v Speaker 1>you have an active job, great, But if you sit

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<v Speaker 1>all day, then you need time devoted to moving your body,

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<v Speaker 1>and you need that more than you need that marginal

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<v Speaker 1>extra meeting block it in. Schedule yourself first so you

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<v Speaker 1>reap the rewards over time. You can also schedule yourself

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<v Speaker 1>first by devoting time to those long term projects that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to die not having done. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is for you, but lots of people

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<v Speaker 1>want to do things like start a business, or write

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<v Speaker 1>a book or read war and peace. If that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like you, then paying yourself first means putting time for

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<v Speaker 1>those things on your schedule before you take care of

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<v Speaker 1>everything else demanding your attention. For many people, the best

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<v Speaker 1>time is first thing in the morning. I am here

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you that if you get up and read

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<v Speaker 1>one of the very short chapters of War and Peace

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<v Speaker 1>every morning, which will probably take less than ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>you will get through the book in a year. You

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<v Speaker 1>won't really notice those ten minutes in the grand scheme

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<v Speaker 1>of things, just like you don't have to save incredible

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<v Speaker 1>amounts per day to have a reasonably secure retirement. But

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<v Speaker 1>all that time does add up, so it goes for

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<v Speaker 1>all things. If you want to explore entrepreneurial ideas, schedule

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<v Speaker 1>in an hour Monday morning Wednesday morning and stick to it.

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<v Speaker 1>See how it goes. If you find the time is fruitful,

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<v Speaker 1>you can start adding to it. But if nothing else,

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<v Speaker 1>having that time on your calendar will get your brain

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<v Speaker 1>in that mindset you might start having ideas and moving

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<v Speaker 1>yourself forward. And if you don't schedule yourself first, well,

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<v Speaker 1>all time passes, just like money has a way of disappearing.

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<v Speaker 1>Best to schedule yourself first, like you pay yourself first,

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<v Speaker 1>and you will be far richer in the end. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura, thanks for listening and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd

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