Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that you don't have to jump at every opportunity,
Speaker 1: wait for ones you like. By taking the opportunities you
Speaker 1: are most excited about, you will commit yourself to pursuits
Speaker 1: you are most likely to see through. If any of
Speaker 1: the kids in your life have played baseball, you may
Speaker 1: have heard their coaches remind them when they're going up
Speaker 1: to bat to wait for a pitch you like. It's
Speaker 1: similar council to you don't have to swing at every pitch,
Speaker 1: but I like how it is positively framed and hopeful.
Speaker 1: Wait for one you like implies that sooner or later
Speaker 1: there will be a pitch you like, one you want
Speaker 1: to swing at, one that gives you a chance to
Speaker 1: get a run. Until then, be patient. You can't wait forever,
Speaker 1: or you just might wind up like Casey at the bat,
Speaker 1: striking out. But you can also be judicious on offerings
Speaker 1: that are merely okay. I have been thinking about this
Speaker 1: lately as I try to come up with my next
Speaker 1: book idea. Now, coming up with ideas is not the problem.
Speaker 1: We get lots of ideas. But to write a book,
Speaker 1: I need an idea that is big enough to justify
Speaker 1: seventy thousand words and two years of my life. In
Speaker 1: other words, it's wise to be patient and keep thinking
Speaker 1: until I get an idea that I really like. Wait
Speaker 1: for one you like. As good advice and many other careers.
Speaker 1: Even if you are ready to move on from your
Speaker 1: current job, you don't have to take the first job
Speaker 1: off or you get if you are not excited about
Speaker 1: the offer, and if you have reason to believe you'll
Speaker 1: get an offer you like better soon enough. You can wait.
Speaker 1: When you are out clothes shopping. Unless you literally do
Speaker 1: not have enough clothes to make it to laundry day,
Speaker 1: you are probably better off buying what you love and
Speaker 1: nothing else. Wait for what you like. Don't fill your
Speaker 1: closet and deplete your budget with items that aren't that great.
Speaker 1: Wait for items that are what you want or need now.
Speaker 1: Wait for one you like doesn't mean wait until you
Speaker 1: find something perfect. Nothing is perfect in this world, at least,
Speaker 1: and sometimes we just need to go for something reasonably good.
Speaker 1: We can like it, not love it. If you've been
Speaker 1: meaning to get back into music and your local community.
Speaker 1: Orchestra has a spot for you. Even if your passion
Speaker 1: is jazz. Maybe it's worth doing the orchestra for six
Speaker 1: months or a year. You can try it out. In
Speaker 1: doing so, you might meet a handful of other musicians
Speaker 1: who want to form a jazz quartet with you. A
Speaker 1: reasonable thing can lead to something that's a pitch you
Speaker 1: truly like. But if you form that jazz quartet and
Speaker 1: you get offered an inconvenient gig six months, hence it's
Speaker 1: fine to turn that one down. A better one is
Speaker 1: likely to come up, or maybe even several better ones,
Speaker 1: and then you will have more space to take them.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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