WEBVTT - Blues Clues in the kitchen and life

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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 to approach any new skill the way

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<v Speaker 1>kids used to approach the puzzles on Blues Clues. Keep

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<v Speaker 1>repeating your way through it until you feel familiarity and mastery.

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<v Speaker 1>Blues Clues is an educational cartoon where preschoolers help Blue

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<v Speaker 1>the Dog solve puzzles with three clues. When this chauf

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<v Speaker 1>first started, and this was back before people recorded everything,

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<v Speaker 1>each episode ran five days in a row before a

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<v Speaker 1>new episode aired. The thinking was that preschoolers appreciated becoming

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with an episode, recognizing the characters and setting and story.

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<v Speaker 1>As they watched the same episode over and over again,

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<v Speaker 1>they understood what was happening and they were able to

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<v Speaker 1>figure out the mysteries, which felt really satisfying and fun.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to build your skills and confidence in anything,

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<v Speaker 1>you might consider the Blues Clues method too. One obvious

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<v Speaker 1>application skills in the kitchen. A lot of people have

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<v Speaker 1>been challenging themselves to cook more during the pandemic. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>the way most of us do this, as we find

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<v Speaker 1>some recipe, try it once and then either decide we

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<v Speaker 1>like it or we don't. If we don't really like it,

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<v Speaker 1>we abandon it. If we do, we might cook it

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<v Speaker 1>on occasion in the future, but probably not for a

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks. In the meantime, we're trying half a dozen

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<v Speaker 1>other recipes, trying to find some favorites there too, But

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<v Speaker 1>this is a missed opportunity. Everything improves with practice, and

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<v Speaker 1>practice is at least partially about frequency. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>to learned to make bread, make the same bread every

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday morning, again and again until you consistently nail it.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you can add a new bread to the rotation.

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<v Speaker 1>Same thing with that new baked chicken recipe. Your family

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<v Speaker 1>probably doesn't want to eat it five nights in a row,

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<v Speaker 1>but every Monday for the next month or so. Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>too much to ask By the end of the month

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<v Speaker 1>that baked chicken will always be good. Then, if you want,

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<v Speaker 1>you can add a new dish to your repertoire. When

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<v Speaker 1>you try something new and keep doing it, you'll build familiarity, mastery,

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<v Speaker 1>and confidence, just like the kids watching Blues Clues. This

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<v Speaker 1>is true for skills out of the kitchen too. If

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<v Speaker 1>you are learning to knit. Why not aim to make

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<v Speaker 1>a dozen Infinity scarves, one after another. Whatever problems you

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<v Speaker 1>encounter in the first one, you will work out by

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<v Speaker 1>the twelve. I know that when I've built several flat

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<v Speaker 1>pack bookshelves or chairs in a row, I'm far more

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<v Speaker 1>confident in the last one, and my alan winch wielding

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<v Speaker 1>skills are much better than they were for the first one.

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<v Speaker 1>In Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming, she writes of her childhood

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<v Speaker 1>piano teacher forcing her to practice only one song at

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<v Speaker 1>a time, over and over again until she mastered it.

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<v Speaker 1>It drove this young pupil crazy, but the teacher wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>wrong that it was a very good way to improve

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<v Speaker 1>at the piano. Variety is great, but our general sense

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<v Speaker 1>that we are supposed to pursue variety can slow down

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<v Speaker 1>our progress, and we will get to the variety eventually.

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<v Speaker 1>Blues Clues does have more than one episode, I can

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<v Speaker 1>assure you, but aiming for variety over a longer time

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<v Speaker 1>horizon rather than right away is probably the way to go.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are trying new skills in the kitchen,

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<v Speaker 1>or new hobbies or new skills at work, don't try

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<v Speaker 1>something new too quickly. Go all in on something and

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<v Speaker 1>learn it well. Then you can move on in time,

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<v Speaker 1>secure in the knowledge that you just figured out blues

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<v Speaker 1>clues or something like that. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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