1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: tip is to give yourself the gift of success. Even 4 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: in the last few days of the year, it might 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: be possible to fulfill some of your goals for the year. 6 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: It is wonderful to know that you can trust yourself 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: to do what you set out to do. With a 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 1: little push, you can give yourself that gift. This episode 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: is first airing in December. I know many people have 10 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,959 Speaker 1: long forgotten whatever last year's New Year's resolutions might have been. 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: They've moved on mentally to the next year. But it 12 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: might be worth reviewing what this past year's goal were. 13 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Most likely, you set those goals for a reason, and 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: they might still be relevant. I heard from someone recently 15 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: who had set a goal to do one hundred strength 16 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: workouts and read twelve novels over the course of the year. 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: As of mid December, she decided to count up where 18 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: she was. It turned out she was at eighty eight 19 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: workouts and nine books. In other words, she wasn't quite there, 20 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: But by reviewing her goals and seeing where she was 21 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: in connection with them, she was inspired to try to 22 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: make it. In the last three weeks of the year. 23 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: It was certainly going to be possible to do twelve 24 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: workouts and read three books. It wouldn't be easy, but 25 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: it would be possible, and so that is what she 26 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: set out to do. Now. Of course, on some level, 27 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: all of this is completely arbitrary. Doing one hundred workouts 28 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: a year is two a week, so continuing at her 29 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: regular pace would get her to ninety four workouts or so. 30 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: There is no appreciable difference between working out ninety four 31 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: times a year and one hundred times. Likewise, one is 32 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: not appreciably more learned by reading twelve novels instead of ten. 33 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: But I still think it is worth it to push 34 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 1: to hit the original goal if it is possible. That's 35 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: because self discipline is a critical component of success and satisfaction. 36 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: When you truly want to do something, you want to 37 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: be able to trust that you will do your best 38 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: to make it happen, even if it is sometimes difficult 39 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 1: or unpleasant. Part of building that discipline muscle is keeping 40 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: promises to yourself, even if the promise is somewhat arbitrary. 41 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: Fulfilling the promise shows that you are a person of 42 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: your word. I know most people listening to this keep 43 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: their promises to others. Keeping your promises to yourself is harder, 44 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: but it is how you get big things done. Now. 45 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: To be sure, you do need to be reasonable. If 46 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: you set a goal in January to run a marathon 47 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: before the end of the year and you didn't wind 48 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: up training for it, setting out to run twenty six 49 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: miles is probably going to invite failure or injury. Some 50 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: goals are not within our control, but some are. So 51 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: review your goals for the year see if you can 52 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: still hit some of them, if you can, consider going 53 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: for it, even if that will involve a push. In 54 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: my case, I wanted to start a daily newsletter, and 55 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: I had been procrastinating about it. Then in late November, 56 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: as I was writing and recording various things about goals, 57 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: I saw that goal and remembered that goal and decided 58 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: to do it. Now I am a few weeks into 59 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: publishing the newsletter called vander Haacks over at substag. I'm 60 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: happy to see people reading it, but I am also 61 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: really happy that I kept this promise to myself. If 62 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: you've got a goal that you are still interested in, 63 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: why not give yourself the gift of success. The year 64 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: isn't over until it's over. I am guessing that you 65 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: can still do a lot in the meantime. This is Laura. 66 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 67 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've 68 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at 69 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a 70 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit 71 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 72 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.