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 ten minutes still counts, So if you
Speaker 1: want to do something, don't do nothing just because you
Speaker 1: can't do as much as you wish you could. Today's
Speaker 1: tip originally comes from coach Leo Babada and his advice
Speaker 1: about starting to form a habit. Make it so easy
Speaker 1: you can't say no, he said. So, for instance, if
Speaker 1: you want to build an exercise habit, start by just
Speaker 1: going to the gym in athletic attire. Even if you
Speaker 1: don't exercise, do one stretch and anything that happens after
Speaker 1: that is up to you. If you want to drink
Speaker 1: more water, take away water bottle to work. No need
Speaker 1: to promise yourself you'll drink sixty four ounces of water
Speaker 1: every day. Yet, when you start by asking something of
Speaker 1: yourself so doable that it would be ridiculous to say no,
Speaker 1: you're on your way to forming a new habit, which
Speaker 1: you can then scale up. Making it so easy you
Speaker 1: can't say no has implications beyond habits too. When there's
Speaker 1: a difficult project you want to take on, take a
Speaker 1: tiny first step. If you want a new job, start
Speaker 1: by reading your old resume today, then maybe tomorrow you
Speaker 1: can begin to update it. If you want to develop
Speaker 1: a stronger community in a town you've just moved to tonight,
Speaker 1: just say hi to one person in your yoga class
Speaker 1: who seems friendly. If you want to learn Spanish so
Speaker 1: you can communicate with your Puerto Rican in laws, download
Speaker 1: Duo Linga today. That is all you have to do.
Speaker 1: You don't have to aim high, and you don't have
Speaker 1: to start strong. You don't even need a long term plan.
Speaker 1: Just take one step ahead in the direction you want
Speaker 1: to go. It's also true that when there's leisure you
Speaker 1: want more of in your life, you don't need to
Speaker 1: concede that you have no time for it, even if
Speaker 1: you are busy. Instead, you can recognize that even small
Speaker 1: bits of time still count. Decide that you will read, draw, cook, knit,
Speaker 1: or whatever you enjoy this weekend, even if you only
Speaker 1: have ten minutes to do it. You'll enjoy the little
Speaker 1: bit of time you do have, and when you think
Speaker 1: about it, you may even find a little more time
Speaker 1: for it too. The ten minutes you commit to may
Speaker 1: end up leading to another ten minutes. The next day,
Speaker 1: and another ten minutes the next day, and maybe you
Speaker 1: find twenty some other day. Who knows. If you find
Speaker 1: yourself saying no about a habit, goal, pursuit, or leisure,
Speaker 1: consider whether there is a small version of the experience
Speaker 1: you could say yes too. When you recognize that just
Speaker 1: a little bit of time time ten minutes still counts,
Speaker 1: you can start making progress toward forming habits or pursuing
Speaker 1: goals a little bit at a time. You may not
Speaker 1: be able to spend a whole day lost in a book,
Speaker 1: good as that might sound, but reading a chapter that
Speaker 1: can still be meaningful and enjoyable. So why not get
Speaker 1: started 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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