WEBVTT - Planning is like GPS

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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 planning is like GPS. Even if circumstances

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<v Speaker 1>change and you need to change your root, having a

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<v Speaker 1>plan will still help you get where you are going.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip comes from Rebecca Roch's podcast. On a recent episode,

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<v Speaker 1>she compared planning to GPS. She said, making a plan

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<v Speaker 1>for how to get to your goal is like using

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<v Speaker 1>Google Maps to work out a root for somewhere you

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<v Speaker 1>need to be. You know it's giving you what looks

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<v Speaker 1>like the best route at the time, but you also

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<v Speaker 1>know the root it gives you might change as you

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<v Speaker 1>go along. That's part of the deal. I love that analogy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it does a few things. First, it established,

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<v Speaker 1>which is that plans are valuable even if not everything

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<v Speaker 1>goes according to plan. Without a planned route, getting to

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<v Speaker 1>a destination you are unfamiliar with will be tricky. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe there will be signs, maybe it will work out,

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<v Speaker 1>but the odds are reasonable that you will get lost

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere and log way more travel time than required, even

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<v Speaker 1>if you do ultimately get where you are going. Similarly,

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<v Speaker 1>having a plan for how you are going to write

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<v Speaker 1>a book, or go back to school, or even how

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<v Speaker 1>to get everyone to their activities this weekend drastically increases

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<v Speaker 1>the chances that these things happen. Second, thinking of a

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<v Speaker 1>plan as being like GPS means acknowledging that you might

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<v Speaker 1>need to recalculate the route. Perhaps a road will be closed,

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<v Speaker 1>or GPS will pick up a traffic jam that didn't

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<v Speaker 1>exist when you left the house. If so, the GPS

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<v Speaker 1>can help you adjust. Same with a plan, as you

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<v Speaker 1>encounter varying conditions or challenges, you can adjust parts of

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<v Speaker 1>it as necessary to help you get where you are going.

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<v Speaker 1>And Finally, thinking of plans as being like GPS acknowledges

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<v Speaker 1>that plans are a tool. The ultimate goal is to

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<v Speaker 1>get to your destination. GPS is a really cool tool

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<v Speaker 1>to help you optimize getting where you are going. Likewise,

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<v Speaker 1>plans are a smart way to make sure that goals

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<v Speaker 1>are achievable. The plans themselves are not the most important part.

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<v Speaker 1>If you plan to train for a ten k by

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<v Speaker 1>running on your treadmill in the morning before work, and

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<v Speaker 1>you drop a long list of prescribed morning treadmill workouts,

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<v Speaker 1>and you come to realize that you cannot stand the

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<v Speaker 1>boredom of being on your treadmill, you can come up

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<v Speaker 1>with a different plan. Instead of running four miles on

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<v Speaker 1>the treadmill in the morning, you run four miles outside

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<v Speaker 1>at lunch. On a work from home day, you take

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<v Speaker 1>your running closed to the office and run the prescribed

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<v Speaker 1>three miles outside after work before it gets dark. The

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<v Speaker 1>plan was one way to achieve your goal. There are

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<v Speaker 1>probably others. GPS can often give you multiple routes, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can choose based on what matters to you. What

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<v Speaker 1>I especially like about this analogy is that it answers

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<v Speaker 1>the common criticism that life doesn't go according to plan

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<v Speaker 1>or go there is no point planning. This is just silly.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are trying to get to a meeting in

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<v Speaker 1>another city and along the way your GPS system encounters

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<v Speaker 1>a closed road and recalculates, this doesn't mean there is

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<v Speaker 1>no point in GPS. I mean, hey, we should just

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<v Speaker 1>get in the car and see where life takes us.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the drive. I mean I enjoy the drive a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more when I have a reasonable sense where I

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<v Speaker 1>am going. Same with plans 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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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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