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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to let people know you have received

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Speaker 1: and understood their message. Whenever there might be ambiguity, Knowing

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Speaker 1: something is in process or approved can cut down on

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Speaker 1: a lot of worry. So in radio and military communication,

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Speaker 1: it is common to acknowledge a message by saying Roger.

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Speaker 1: It used to be that roger was the word in

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Speaker 1: the phonetic alphabet to signify the letter R, although it

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Speaker 1: now seems to be romeo, with roger standing in for

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Speaker 1: R as in received. Saying roger means you got the message.

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Speaker 1: That is especially important for radio communication, which can often

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Speaker 1: be garbled, but we also need to say roger, if

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Speaker 1: not literally, for other forms of communication. Your colleagues and

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Speaker 1: friends want to know that their message was heard and

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Speaker 1: that plans are unfolding in the ways they expect. So

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Speaker 1: when you receive a message about information, you need to

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Speaker 1: know and take action upon acknowledge it. If a colleague

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Speaker 1: sends an agenda for a meeting, say thanks, see you Monday.

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Speaker 1: That will let him know that you are on the

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Speaker 1: same page about the meeting. He doesn't need to worry

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Speaker 1: that you will be sending an email Monday morning frantically

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Speaker 1: asking where the agenda is. He can also be reasonably

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Speaker 1: sure that the agenda is okay. Saying Roger isn't the

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Speaker 1: same as saying everything is approved. But if you got it,

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Speaker 1: he can rest assured that it is on you if

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Speaker 1: you don't look at it before Monday, so he feels

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Speaker 1: better about life in general. When you acknowledge a message,

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Speaker 1: you don't leave the sender wondering whether their message was

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Speaker 1: overlooked or misdirected to spam. You let them know you

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Speaker 1: are in sync. Now. I know that sometimes when people

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Speaker 1: receive a message with an assignment or a question, they

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Speaker 1: delay responding until they have done whatever it is that

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Speaker 1: the message is requesting, and this does make sense because

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Speaker 1: it means fewer messages. We all want fewer messages. But

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Speaker 1: unless you know you will fulfill the request really quickly,

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Speaker 1: the sender will appreciate a response in the meantime To

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Speaker 1: let them know you are on it. Something simple can

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Speaker 1: suffice like got it, will do? Or great question, I'll

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Speaker 1: look into it and get back to you, or if

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Speaker 1: you'd like to give the person a time frame this

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Speaker 1: is an added bonus good question. I plan to get

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Speaker 1: you some answers Tuesday. Now, I am not saying you

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Speaker 1: have to reply to everything. Some stuff is just out there,

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Speaker 1: and you know, if you are one of hundreds of

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Speaker 1: people receiving something, or if it is a pitch that

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Speaker 1: you never asked for from someone you don't know, then

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Speaker 1: you don't have to acknowledge that. But if it is

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Speaker 1: someone you deal with frequently, even just a double tap

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Speaker 1: thumbs up or okay can reduce the ambiguity. And as

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Speaker 1: an added benefit, if you almost always do this and

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Speaker 1: one particular message does get sit into spam so you

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Speaker 1: don't see it and acknowledge it, the person is going

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Speaker 1: to follow up and you will appreciate the extra outreach.

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Speaker 1: So as you process your messages, let people know you

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Speaker 1: got it. This doesn't have to go on forever. Once

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Speaker 1: you send a thanks, they don't have to send a

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Speaker 1: you're welcome please. We have to stop somewhere, but before that,

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Speaker 1: everyone will feel good knowing they are on the same page.

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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Speaker 1: That's b E the number four, then Breakfast p o D.

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Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much,

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