Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that for anything high stakes, it is wise
Speaker 1: to do a trial run. When you get one chance
Speaker 1: to nail something important, it pays to practice at least
Speaker 1: once or twice beforehand so you are confident the big
Speaker 1: event will go well. Anybody who has done theater, dance,
Speaker 1: or musical performances knows how important rehearsals, including dress rehearsals,
Speaker 1: can be. You have to be sure that you can
Speaker 1: execute the performance well, not just in your rehearsal space
Speaker 1: in your ordinary clothes, but on the actual stage in
Speaker 1: costume and with lights and sound. But rehearsals and trial
Speaker 1: runs aren't just for the arts. For instance, if you
Speaker 1: are giving a big presentation, you should probably run through
Speaker 1: it in your venue at least once. That's because preparing
Speaker 1: a presentation isn't just a matter of putting together a
Speaker 1: great PowerPoint deck, or even putting together a deck and
Speaker 1: planning your talking points. You want to think about what
Speaker 1: your audience is seeing and experiencing. When you are sitting
Speaker 1: at your desk reviewing your slides, you may think you
Speaker 1: can deliver the presentation well. But once you get into
Speaker 1: the presentation space and see that you'll want to be
Speaker 1: looking at your audience and not back at your slides
Speaker 1: or even at a confidence monitor, you may realize you
Speaker 1: need to practice just a little bit more, or you
Speaker 1: may realize that the font that you feared would be
Speaker 1: awkwardly big is actually a bit small for people sitting
Speaker 1: in the back of the room. After a trial run,
Speaker 1: you could tweak the slides and rehearse more so that
Speaker 1: you are well prepared and confident for the real thing.
Speaker 1: If you are going back packing, do a trial run
Speaker 1: to be sure that the gear you are intending to
Speaker 1: carry all fits into your bag hand that you can
Speaker 1: carry that bag even up a hill. Oh, you want
Speaker 1: to make sure there is hiking boots fit as well.
Speaker 1: If you are hosting your family for Easter and planning
Speaker 1: to make lamb for the first time, don't instead do
Speaker 1: a trial run by making lamb for a first time
Speaker 1: a couple weeks beforehand. See you can make sure you
Speaker 1: understand the recipe and get good results. If you are
Speaker 1: okay with ordering pizza, if things don't pan out, then
Speaker 1: that is fine, but it might be worth reducing the
Speaker 1: stress by knowing how your chosen menu comes together. For
Speaker 1: anything where it is important to you that it goes well,
Speaker 1: don't just leave things to chance. Do a trial run
Speaker 1: so you can see what might go wrong and figure
Speaker 1: out solutions ahead of time. Some troubles simply aren't foreseeable,
Speaker 1: but a great many are. A trial run will reveal
Speaker 1: them so they won't be a problem when it really
Speaker 1: counts in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas,
Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura
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