WEBVTT - Buy extra tickets

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to buy extra tickets for events you are

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<v Speaker 1>excited about. If it is financially feasible for you to

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<v Speaker 1>grab an extra ticket or two, doing so will encourage

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<v Speaker 1>you to invite others, even if those people don't like

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<v Speaker 1>to plan too far ahead. So some events are quite pricey.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't need to talk about how much my family

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<v Speaker 1>spent on tickets to Taylor Swift concerts during the Eras tour,

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<v Speaker 1>but many events are not. A lot of local performing

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<v Speaker 1>arts events or art exhibits, or fundraisers or sports games

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<v Speaker 1>are relatively accessible in the grand scheme of things. You

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy one of those things, and you have some extra

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<v Speaker 1>money in your budget, consider buying an extra ticket or too.

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<v Speaker 1>If you would go by yourself, buy two tickets. If

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<v Speaker 1>you would go with your partner, buy four. With the

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<v Speaker 1>extra tickets in hand, you will get the event on

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar, and then when the date gets closer, you

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<v Speaker 1>can invite friends to join you. Now, obviously you could

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<v Speaker 1>try to rally friends before you buy the tickets, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think this approach has some merits first. Coordinating people

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<v Speaker 1>far ahead of time is often logistically complex. You may

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<v Speaker 1>spend a lot of time waiting to hear back from people,

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<v Speaker 1>and not everyone likes to plan that far in advance,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly for things that they are not personally that familiar with.

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<v Speaker 1>So the benefit of this approach is that you can

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<v Speaker 1>plan as early as you want to, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to extend an invitation awkwardly early. For instance, as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as the calendar for the symphony comes out, you

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<v Speaker 1>may know that you want to hear the concert featuring

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<v Speaker 1>Debusys Works, even if it is four or five months away.

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<v Speaker 1>You are ready to commit. Your friends, on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>may not be quite so enthusiastic about Debusy as you are,

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<v Speaker 1>so it might feel weird to ask if they want

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<v Speaker 1>to go half a year in advance. So just buy

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<v Speaker 1>the tickets and in a few months extend an invitation

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<v Speaker 1>to people who you think might want to join you.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe the people at the top of your list aren't available,

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<v Speaker 1>but that is an occasion to branch out and deepen

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<v Speaker 1>your relationship with others. Another benefit of buying extra tickets

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<v Speaker 1>is that it lets you introduce friends to sports teams

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<v Speaker 1>or performing arts groups or nonprofits that you love but

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<v Speaker 1>they might not know about. Maybe professional soccer is new

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<v Speaker 1>to me your area, or maybe your city has a

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<v Speaker 1>new community theater that you love but hasn't gotten a

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<v Speaker 1>huge fan base yet. Buying tickets and inviting others to

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<v Speaker 1>go as your guests creates an occasion to expand the

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<v Speaker 1>audience and introduce your friends to something new. If you

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<v Speaker 1>have friends for whom money is tight, buying extra tickets

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<v Speaker 1>and then inviting them creates a not awkward way for

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<v Speaker 1>you to pay for their tickets. You might not feel

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable inviting someone to go to an event and then

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<v Speaker 1>offering to buy their ticket, but it feels perfectly natural

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<v Speaker 1>to invite someone to go as your guest when you

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<v Speaker 1>already have the tickets. The other person may even feel

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<v Speaker 1>like they are doing you a favor, like, oh, please

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<v Speaker 1>take these tickets. They will go to waste. Otherwise, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all part of your plan. An added benefit of buying

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<v Speaker 1>extra tickets is that your friends may reciprocate and invite

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<v Speaker 1>you to join them for a game, performance, or event.

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<v Speaker 1>So get time with them, Anne, we'll get introduced to

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<v Speaker 1>a new team or organization as well. I was thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about the benefits of extra tickets. Recently, when I was

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<v Speaker 1>looking forward to the Sarah MacLaughlin concert, I had bought

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<v Speaker 1>four tickets, thinking maybe some friends from out of town

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<v Speaker 1>would be around, and as it happened, they weren't. But

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<v Speaker 1>I convinced my two teenage boys to come with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you that they were just about the

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<v Speaker 1>only teen boys in the audience Pray Sarah MacLaughlin concert.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe the quote from my oldest was that every

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<v Speaker 1>woman in the audience was my age, but they enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>the music cause it's really good music, and we all

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<v Speaker 1>had a good time to gather. So I was glad

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<v Speaker 1>i'd gotten the tickets, because they certainly would not have

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<v Speaker 1>asked me to buy them. Now, if you are hearing

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<v Speaker 1>all this talk of buying extra tickets ahead of time

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<v Speaker 1>and you're thinking it doesn't apply to you because you

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<v Speaker 1>never buy tickets in advance, even for yourself, I did

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<v Speaker 1>invite you to reconsider that approach. Buying tickets in advance

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<v Speaker 1>is a commitment device to ensure you actually attend the

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<v Speaker 1>cool stuff you hear about and contemplate doing. If you delay,

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<v Speaker 1>tickets may sell out or life might get busy. With

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<v Speaker 1>less special stuff. So buy the tickets, get the event

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<v Speaker 1>on your calendar, and start looking forward to it. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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