WEBVTT - Make it a challenge

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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 about one way to respond to constraints.

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<v Speaker 1>Make the constraint a challenge. How we frame our circumstances

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<v Speaker 1>matters a lot for how we feel about them. Framing

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<v Speaker 1>a constraint as a challenge creates an opportunity for fun,

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<v Speaker 1>even if the constraint itself isn't exactly what we hoped for.

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<v Speaker 1>So I have no doubt that you can reel off

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<v Speaker 1>a list of constraints that you've experienced over this past year.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps your refrigerator went out and you had to wait

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<v Speaker 1>days for the part that was needed because of shipping delays,

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you wanted to upgrade your work from home

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<v Speaker 1>set up, but you didn't want to spend a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money. You hope to celebrate a family birthday, but

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<v Speaker 1>the need for social distancing limited your options, or the

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<v Speaker 1>all two obvious constraint that I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people are dealing with. You have a job to do

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<v Speaker 1>and no child care or in person school for your kids.

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<v Speaker 1>These are all non ideal situations, but trying to view

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<v Speaker 1>them as challenges can open up new ways of thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>While you wait for your fridge to be repaired, you

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<v Speaker 1>could see how many delicious pantry meals you could make.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you could imagine that you're testing out meals for

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<v Speaker 1>your next camping trip when you won't have a fridge available.

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<v Speaker 1>Or rather than feeling limited by a meager home office budget,

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<v Speaker 1>you might imagine that you're part of a decorating challenge

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<v Speaker 1>on the do it Yourself network. Repurpose furniture from elsewhere

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<v Speaker 1>in your house, ask for cast offs from friends, by

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<v Speaker 1>a few cheap accessories, and voila, you can enjoy the

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<v Speaker 1>grand reveal. You could even document your decor aiding challenge

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<v Speaker 1>on social media if that would make it seem more exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't throw a big party, get creative about

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<v Speaker 1>the purpose. Ask the birthday boy how he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>feel at his celebration, then see how many ideas you

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<v Speaker 1>can come up with that would create this feeling. In

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<v Speaker 1>our family, for instance, we learned that one of the

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<v Speaker 1>fun parts of a kid's birthday party is getting those

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<v Speaker 1>relatively cheap but random gifts that come from friends. Craft kids,

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<v Speaker 1>plastic figurines, you know what I'm talking about. So we

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<v Speaker 1>elected to buy a few more of those for our

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<v Speaker 1>kids than we otherwise would have. As for working at

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<v Speaker 1>home without childcare, Okay, do not turn off this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I have five kids and I know full well that

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<v Speaker 1>this is far from a fun challenge. But if that

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<v Speaker 1>is the situation you are currently stuck in and you

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<v Speaker 1>have exhausted your options for changing it, then you need

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<v Speaker 1>to get creative of identifying the ways you can add

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<v Speaker 1>the most value to your organization. How can you knock

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<v Speaker 1>your bosses socks off with your great work as efficiently

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<v Speaker 1>as possible? If you can only work for four hours

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<v Speaker 1>a day, maybe while your partner can cover, what can

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<v Speaker 1>you do best in that time? Nobody plays tennis or

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<v Speaker 1>volleyball without a net. The fun and lots of games

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<v Speaker 1>comes from the need to beat the clock. Boundaries like

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<v Speaker 1>these fuel strategy, innovation, and performance. In real life, constraints

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<v Speaker 1>aren't all fun and games, not by any means. But

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<v Speaker 1>if we can reframe constraints as challenges, maybe we'll feel

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<v Speaker 1>energized to find solutions rather than just give in to

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<v Speaker 1>the disappointment that would otherwise result. In the meantime. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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