WEBVTT - Break it into pieces

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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 for what to do when you need

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<v Speaker 1>to devote big chunks of time to something and you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have big chunks of time, break it into pieces.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing little bits at a time can be pretty similar

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<v Speaker 1>to doing the big thing and can allow you to

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<v Speaker 1>keep moving forward. My husband and I are both training

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<v Speaker 1>for a fall half marathon, but fitting both of our

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<v Speaker 1>weekend two hour long runs around kid activities and other

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<v Speaker 1>commitments can be challenging because the weeks have been busy.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been taking one of my kids to a Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>at nine a m karate class. It's challenging to get

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<v Speaker 1>a two hour long run in before taking him to

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<v Speaker 1>that when I have kids who stay up late as well.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if I can't run really long, I can

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<v Speaker 1>run some. The Saturday before I wrote this, I got

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<v Speaker 1>up at six forty and was out running at seven am.

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<v Speaker 1>I ran from seven am to eight am, at which

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<v Speaker 1>point I collected my son and my coffee. We were

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<v Speaker 1>in the car. At eight I got him to his

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<v Speaker 1>nine am karate class, and then I ran for another

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<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes in that neighborhood, so my total for the

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<v Speaker 1>morning was an hour and forty five minutes. Would it

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<v Speaker 1>have been better to run those on five minutes consecutively, Probably,

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<v Speaker 1>but I figured doing the second run was better than

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<v Speaker 1>not doing the second run. Breaking the run into pieces

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<v Speaker 1>allowed me to get a lot of time on my feet.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been doing the same thing with practicing my new

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<v Speaker 1>speech material. I've been doing some talks based on the

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<v Speaker 1>material in my forthcoming book, Tranquility by Tuesday. Since the

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<v Speaker 1>material is new, I need to practice a lot so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm confident up on stage. But running through the whole

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<v Speaker 1>speech takes about forty minutes. That is certainly doable, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have done it. But I've also increased the volume

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<v Speaker 1>of practicing by breaking the speech down into six parts.

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<v Speaker 1>Each part takes five to eight minutes. I can run

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<v Speaker 1>through one section while running an errand, and then run

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<v Speaker 1>through a different section on a different car trip. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>you likewise have projects that are demanding quite a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of time. Uninterrupted time is wonderful when we can get it,

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<v Speaker 1>but if we can't get it, that doesn't mean you

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<v Speaker 1>have to give up and decide you can't do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>With these chunks of minutes, the perfect does not need

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<v Speaker 1>to be the enemy of the good. So see if

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<v Speaker 1>you can break your big project down into smaller chunks.

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<v Speaker 1>See when you can fit those chunks in. Life offers

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<v Speaker 1>lots of chunks once you start looking. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>we need to fill every minute, but if you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to make progress on something big, those minutes can be valuable.

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<v Speaker 1>Break things into pieces and you might be able to

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<v Speaker 1>get more done 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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