WEBVTT - You made it happen 

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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 that you don't have to do everything yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you make sure it gets done. As

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<v Speaker 1>long as you work within any budget constraints, you can

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<v Speaker 1>use all the resources available to you to fulfill your responsibilities.

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<v Speaker 1>Back when people had potlock parties, I know of one

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<v Speaker 1>savvy woman who responded to the inevitable question, oh did

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<v Speaker 1>you make that? With I made it happen. I love

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<v Speaker 1>that if she promised to bring a pie, she did

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<v Speaker 1>not promise that the pie would be homemade. She simply

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<v Speaker 1>promised to make a pie happen, and that she most

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<v Speaker 1>certainly did. Similarly, by shifting our focus from what we

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<v Speaker 1>personally need to do to what we need to get done,

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<v Speaker 1>we can alleviate a little pressure and give ourselves some

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<v Speaker 1>freedom and how we fulfill our responsibilities. So, if dinner

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<v Speaker 1>is your responsibility in your household, that doesn't mean you

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<v Speaker 1>have to cook from scratch every night. It means you

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<v Speaker 1>get dinner on the table. Some days it will be

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<v Speaker 1>a homemade feast, and some nights it might be a

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<v Speaker 1>rotisserie chicken in a bagged salad grab from the supermarket

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<v Speaker 1>on the way home. No, you didn't exactly make dinner,

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<v Speaker 1>but you made dinner happen. I think we are more

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<v Speaker 1>okay with this concept at work. No one is under

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<v Speaker 1>any delusion that the executive who presents a big report

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<v Speaker 1>did all the work herself. It is understood that while

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't make all of those findings personally, she made

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<v Speaker 1>them all happen. She did her part, which was making

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<v Speaker 1>sure that the big report was delivered. She did indeed

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<v Speaker 1>do the work she was responsible for doing, even if

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<v Speaker 1>other people did a lot of it too. But we

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes feel more conflicted about this in our personal lives,

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<v Speaker 1>and partly that's for financial reasons. Our executive in the

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<v Speaker 1>previous example probably works for a big company where people

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<v Speaker 1>are employed to help her. Households operate under different constraints,

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<v Speaker 1>but we might have more leeway than we think. If

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<v Speaker 1>you set a budget for food and then you aim

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<v Speaker 1>to work within that budget, well you can make choices.

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<v Speaker 1>That means that if you eat leftovers one night, well

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<v Speaker 1>some other night there's extra funds for a pre made dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you have a very cheap omelet based dinner

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<v Speaker 1>one night, and voila, you've bought yourself some space for

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<v Speaker 1>takeout on another evening. It still works. You didn't make it,

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<v Speaker 1>but you made it happen. Being responsible for something does

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<v Speaker 1>not always mean having to do all of it yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>If you take responsibility for seeing that the task gets

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<v Speaker 1>done well, then you have done your part and this

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<v Speaker 1>can leave you with the time and mental bandwidth to

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<v Speaker 1>do the things that only you can do, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is a big win. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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