1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: Today's tip is that you don't have to do everything yourself, 4 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: as long as you make sure it gets done. As 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: long as you work within any budget constraints, you can 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: use all the resources available to you to fulfill your responsibilities. 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: Back when people had potlock parties, I know of one 8 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: savvy woman who responded to the inevitable question, oh did 9 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: you make that? With I made it happen. I love 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: that if she promised to bring a pie, she did 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: not promise that the pie would be homemade. She simply 12 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: promised to make a pie happen, and that she most 13 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: certainly did. Similarly, by shifting our focus from what we 14 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 1: personally need to do to what we need to get done, 15 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: we can alleviate a little pressure and give ourselves some 16 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: freedom and how we fulfill our responsibilities. So, if dinner 17 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: is your responsibility in your household, that doesn't mean you 18 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: have to cook from scratch every night. It means you 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: get dinner on the table. Some days it will be 20 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: a homemade feast, and some nights it might be a 21 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: rotisserie chicken in a bagged salad grab from the supermarket 22 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: on the way home. No, you didn't exactly make dinner, 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: but you made dinner happen. I think we are more 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: okay with this concept at work. No one is under 25 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: any delusion that the executive who presents a big report 26 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: did all the work herself. It is understood that while 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: she didn't make all of those findings personally, she made 28 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: them all happen. She did her part, which was making 29 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: sure that the big report was delivered. She did indeed 30 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: do the work she was responsible for doing, even if 31 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: other people did a lot of it too. But we 32 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: sometimes feel more conflicted about this in our personal lives, 33 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: and partly that's for financial reasons. Our executive in the 34 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: previous example probably works for a big company where people 35 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: are employed to help her. Households operate under different constraints, 36 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: but we might have more leeway than we think. If 37 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: you set a budget for food and then you aim 38 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: to work within that budget, well you can make choices. 39 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,399 Speaker 1: That means that if you eat leftovers one night, well 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: some other night there's extra funds for a pre made dinner. 41 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: Or maybe you have a very cheap omelet based dinner 42 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: one night, and voila, you've bought yourself some space for 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: takeout on another evening. It still works. You didn't make it, 44 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: but you made it happen. Being responsible for something does 45 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: not always mean having to do all of it yourself. 46 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: If you take responsibility for seeing that the task gets 47 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: done well, then you have done your part and this 48 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: can leave you with the time and mental bandwidth to 49 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: do the things that only you can do, and that 50 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: is a big win. In the meantime, this is Laura. 51 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 52 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: our time. 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