1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: tip is that getting started on pursuing a goal can 4 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: be hard, but once you have taken even a baby step, 5 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: sticking with your goal pursuit make it easier. So gently 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: invite yourself to start and watch your goal get rolling 7 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: from there. Today's tip comes from psychology professor Johanna pets 8 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: and the Character Lab newsletter. As Pete explains, it's often 9 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: harder to get started than to keep going on a task, 10 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: and the closer you get to achieving a goal, the 11 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: easier it gets. So you could argue that the hardest 12 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: part of reaching a goal is getting started. Given that, 13 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: she advises making it easier to begin your goal pursuit 14 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: by accepting even a small step as an adequate start. 15 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: She suggests telling yourself today is a good day for 16 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: getting started. That phrase, today is a good day for 17 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: getting started, and the freedom to take a small step 18 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:38,279 Speaker 1: are very encouraging. There are times when setting ambitious goals 19 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: and flying out of the starting gate can be helpful, 20 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: but when your schedule or your spirits means a fast 21 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: start is not doable. Accepting and celebrating even little steps 22 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: can be a way of making some progress when you 23 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: might not begin at all if the first step seem daunting. 24 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: Maybe you need to prepare for a big moved, but 25 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: you can't bear to face packing up your closet, much 26 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: less the entire basement. Today is a good day for 27 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: getting started, and getting started might mean just procuring packing supplies, 28 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: or maybe even just some tape. Maybe you want to 29 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: get fit, even though you haven't exercise since your last 30 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: baby was born six years ago. Today is a good 31 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: day for getting started, perhaps by downloading the couch to 32 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: five k app or even just going for a ten 33 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: minute walk. Maybe you want to find a new job. 34 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: Today is a good day for getting started, so you 35 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 1: could decide to review your most recent resume and identify 36 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: content that you want to add when you update it. 37 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: Once you've taken that first step, you can continue to 38 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: encourage your progress with gentle invitations to take doable next steps. 39 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: As Pete suggests, you might say today is a good 40 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: day to get started on step two, but the point 41 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: is simply to do something today. If most things get 42 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 1: easier over time, than what you do today is helping 43 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: towards your bigger goals. As long as you choose to 44 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: do something today, you can choose to do something on 45 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: all the other today's. But no need to worry about 46 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: that just yet. Just knowing today is good is fine. 47 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 48 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody, 49 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 50 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. 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