WEBVTT - One size fits some

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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 don't have to figure out every

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<v Speaker 1>situation from scratch. A few templates that can work in

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<v Speaker 1>common situations may be just what you need to make

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<v Speaker 1>the people in your life feel cared for. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>even if one size doesn't fit all, one size may

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<v Speaker 1>fit some. This tip comes from Will Guidara, the former

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<v Speaker 1>General mantager of eleven Medicine Park and the author of

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<v Speaker 1>the book Unreasonable Hospitality. He was recently interviewed by gathering

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<v Speaker 1>expert Priya Parker. Over the years, eleven Madison Park became

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<v Speaker 1>known for extraordinary thoughtfulness think provide a sled to diners

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<v Speaker 1>seeing New York snow for the first time so they

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<v Speaker 1>could go sledding after dinner. But, as Quidar explained, one

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<v Speaker 1>size fits one hospitality is hard to scale. It is

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<v Speaker 1>hard to constantly come up with new extravagant ideas, so

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<v Speaker 1>he suggested looking for patterns in what happens and how

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<v Speaker 1>you can respond to fit those patterns. He offered the

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<v Speaker 1>example that lots of people got engaged at eleven Madison park,

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<v Speaker 1>the restaurant team got the jeweler Tiffany to give them

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<v Speaker 1>champagne flutes and Tiffany blue boxes. Then when couples got engaged,

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<v Speaker 1>the restaurant served champagne in those flutes. After the toast

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<v Speaker 1>staff washed the flutes and gave them to the couple

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<v Speaker 1>in the blue box to take home as a memento

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<v Speaker 1>of the moment. Champagne flutes in a special box wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>make sense for everyone, but one size fits some, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were a good gift for newly engaged couples without

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<v Speaker 1>having to come up with some new way to delight

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<v Speaker 1>every newly engaged set. Even if you are not the

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<v Speaker 1>manager of a special occasion restaurant, one size fits some

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<v Speaker 1>is a helpful tip to remember. For instance, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>decide that a large proportion of people you know would

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<v Speaker 1>love a monogrammed LLBean boat bag as a gift, or

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<v Speaker 1>seize chocolates as a gift. Now, obviously for people who

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<v Speaker 1>are allergic to chocolate, or who work for LLBean and

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<v Speaker 1>don't need any more boat bags, you come up with

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<v Speaker 1>something else. But one size fits a good number, even

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<v Speaker 1>if not all One size fits some. For notes, too,

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<v Speaker 1>the same phrase can convey gratitude and thank you note

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<v Speaker 1>after thank you note. For most sympathy cards, the same

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<v Speaker 1>basic structure and a core sentence of condolence will get

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<v Speaker 1>you eighty percent to complete. You change the thing up for

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<v Speaker 1>very unexpected circumstances, but you generally don't have to start

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<v Speaker 1>from a blank page. One size fits some for food,

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<v Speaker 1>have a few go to dinner party meals, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will be able to host a party and delight your

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<v Speaker 1>guests without overthinking it. One size fits sum for entertainment, too,

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<v Speaker 1>Develop a menu of perhaps five destinations in your area

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<v Speaker 1>that friends and family visiting from out of town might enjoy,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps museums, restaurants, parks, historical sites, or special shops when

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<v Speaker 1>they are planning a trip to your area, and ask

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<v Speaker 1>for your suggestions. All you need to do is copy

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<v Speaker 1>and paste the destinations that are good fit for them

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<v Speaker 1>and hit send. I think the wisdom of one size

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<v Speaker 1>fits some is that it is not one size fits all.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not trying to shoehorn every person or experience

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<v Speaker 1>into a single response. But you also realize that, given

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<v Speaker 1>the pace of life, one size fits one solutions are

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<v Speaker 1>probably not practical. You don't have the time to start

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<v Speaker 1>from scratch and figuring out how to respond to every

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<v Speaker 1>person and experience with one size fits some. You are

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<v Speaker 1>developing great responses to common patterns and getting a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of mileage from these responses. When a unique situation comes up,

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<v Speaker 1>you can come up with a unique and thoughtful response,

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<v Speaker 1>but much of the time your menu of existing responses

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<v Speaker 1>will equip you to respond with care. 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 our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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