WEBVTT - Complete the phrase

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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 about a little trick you can use

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<v Speaker 1>to stay motivated to achieve monthly goals. Making progress toward

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<v Speaker 1>any goals can be challenging. That's why we're always looking

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<v Speaker 1>for ways to be more disciplined and consistent. A few

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<v Speaker 1>episodes ago, we talked about the ten minute trick. Whenever

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<v Speaker 1>you're resisting doing something a workout, practicing the piano, writing

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<v Speaker 1>your novel, challenge yourself to do it for ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're still unhappy, you can quit. Most likely momentum

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<v Speaker 1>will take over and you'll keep going, but even if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't, ten minutes is better than nothing. Today's tip

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<v Speaker 1>is about another little trick for making progress. This one

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<v Speaker 1>comes from Before Breakfast listener Elizabeth. She writes that she

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<v Speaker 1>wants to work out five times a week each month.

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<v Speaker 1>That works out to times depending on how the dates fall.

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<v Speaker 1>So she says she makes up a phrase with the

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<v Speaker 1>appropriate number of letters letters. Each time I work out,

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<v Speaker 1>I earn a letter towards that phrase. The month she

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<v Speaker 1>wrote me about this tip, her phrase was you will

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<v Speaker 1>own this workout. That's twenty one letters in case you're counting.

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<v Speaker 1>Each workout brings her one letter closer to completing the phrase.

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<v Speaker 1>As you can imagine, she hates to end the month

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<v Speaker 1>with the phrase stuck at you will own this war,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it gives her a little kick to keep

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<v Speaker 1>going so she can assign herself the next letter. I

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<v Speaker 1>love this idea. You could come up with lots of

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<v Speaker 1>motivational phrases in the arrange. That means that this is

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect match for things you intend to do several

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<v Speaker 1>times a week, be that exercising, meditating, using a language app,

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<v Speaker 1>writing in a journal, doing morning pages, or another freewriting habit.

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<v Speaker 1>Here are a few sample phrases. I am always getting stronger.

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<v Speaker 1>The world needs this story. My mind is calm amid chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>So come up with the phrase. Then find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to physically give yourself a letter for each completed session.

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<v Speaker 1>You could use those magnetic letters that kids play with

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<v Speaker 1>on refrigerators. Each time you look at the fridge, you'll

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<v Speaker 1>see yourself getting a little closer to phrase completion. Or

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<v Speaker 1>write each letter on a chalkboard or whiteboard. When you

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<v Speaker 1>complete the phrase, take a little time to savor your

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<v Speaker 1>accomplishment and then dream up the next phrase. Ideally, your

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<v Speaker 1>goals have their own intrinsic rewards, but it never hurts

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<v Speaker 1>to get a little extra push. Do you have a

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<v Speaker 1>trick that helps you stay motivated. I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about it. You can email me at Before Breakfast podcast

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<v Speaker 1>at I heart media dot com. In the meantime, this

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

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