WEBVTT - Finishing boosts confidence

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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 that finishing boosts confidence. If you've got some

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<v Speaker 1>projects that could get done with a push, consider doing

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<v Speaker 1>just that. Knowing that you can finish what you set

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<v Speaker 1>out to do can make all challenging things in life

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<v Speaker 1>feel more doable. Today's tip was inspired by my interview

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<v Speaker 1>with Kim Purcell, who was recently a guest on this show.

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<v Speaker 1>Her new book, Write a Novel in 100 Days, is

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<v Speaker 1>about how to take your story from idea to rough draft. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the draft will need some work. That is the reality

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<v Speaker 1>of rough drafts. But with the right structure in place,

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<v Speaker 1>your book probably won't need to be completely rewritten. When

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<v Speaker 1>we were talking, Kim mentioned that finishing boosts confidence. And

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. A lot of motivational literature is about starting things.

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<v Speaker 1>A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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<v Speaker 1>But I actually don't think people need inspiration to start things.

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<v Speaker 1>Starting things is relatively easy. What's hard is sticking with them,

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere around the 800,000th step, when the beginning is far

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<v Speaker 1>in the rearview mirror, and you can't yet see the

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<v Speaker 1>finish line. But all things end, and if you make

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<v Speaker 1>steady progress on most things, you will finish. Knowing you

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<v Speaker 1>can persist through that mushy middle makes all hard things

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<v Speaker 1>seem doable. So identify some projects you've got that are

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle and think through what it would take

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<v Speaker 1>to get to the end. Could you finish that photo book?

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<v Speaker 1>Clean out the home office so it can become your

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<v Speaker 1>actual home office? Complete the prescribed training plan and run

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<v Speaker 1>a 10K? Figure out what it would take and then

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<v Speaker 1>carve out the time to do the steps to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get just close to the end. Get to the

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<v Speaker 1>actual end. Get that photo book shipped to you. Work

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<v Speaker 1>your first shift in the home office at a real desk.

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<v Speaker 1>Sign up for the 10K. And get yourself to the

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<v Speaker 1>finish line. When you do these things, you will realize

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<v Speaker 1>that all big projects are really just a series of

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<v Speaker 1>smaller steps. Sometimes those small steps are tricky or uncertain,

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<v Speaker 1>but anyone who has finished any sort of big project

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<v Speaker 1>has had to complete smaller steps to get there. They

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<v Speaker 1>did it. You can too. And when you do, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>realize that you can do big things. Your next big

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<v Speaker 1>project will also just be a series of small steps

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<v Speaker 1>that you can finish in sequence. Time passes one way

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<v Speaker 1>or another. Keep moving forward, and you will get there.

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<v Speaker 1>So look at what you have going on right now

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<v Speaker 1>and see if there is something in progress that you

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<v Speaker 1>could get to done. What would that look like? How

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<v Speaker 1>many steps stand between you and finished? How long would

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<v Speaker 1>those steps take? Can you do them? Do you need

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<v Speaker 1>more resources? How can you find them? You might be

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<v Speaker 1>best off focusing on one thing at a time and

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<v Speaker 1>pushing it over the hill. Then you can go back

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<v Speaker 1>and put all your effort into the next thing. knowing

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<v Speaker 1>you have a track record of success. Finishing boosts confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever the next thing is, you can do this. After all,

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<v Speaker 1>you know you have done it before. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making

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

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at laura at lauravandercam.com. Before Breakfast is a production

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