WEBVTT - Create some momentum

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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 to create your own momentum. When you

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<v Speaker 1>are feeling stuck on a challenging project, do whatever small

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<v Speaker 1>steps you know you can do. A clever fellow once

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<v Speaker 1>noted that a body in motion tends to stay in motion.

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<v Speaker 1>So create some motion. Chances are you'll be able to

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<v Speaker 1>keep going. We all get stuck sometimes when we are

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<v Speaker 1>doing challenging work. We're staring at an empty document when

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<v Speaker 1>the words won't come, or scrolling through a huge set

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<v Speaker 1>of data with no evident starting point for making sense

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Sound familiar. At moments like these, it's easy

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<v Speaker 1>to start to leading emails, anything seemingly productive to distract

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<v Speaker 1>yourself from feeling stuck. But by the time the email

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<v Speaker 1>is deleted, where your office is fully organized, you will

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<v Speaker 1>still be just as stuck, and time you could have

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<v Speaker 1>devoted to your important project has passed with little to

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<v Speaker 1>show for. It much better to figure out a way

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<v Speaker 1>to make progress rather than avoid the project altogether. As

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<v Speaker 1>the familiar saying goes, just start by starting. There is

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<v Speaker 1>surely some small step you know you need to take,

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<v Speaker 1>So take that step and another one. Once you find

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<v Speaker 1>a way to create some momentum on the project, you

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<v Speaker 1>will almost certainly see many more little steps you can

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<v Speaker 1>take to keep moving forward until eventually you are well

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<v Speaker 1>on your way getting something done. Anything done well unlock

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<v Speaker 1>the door to making real progress. So if you need

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<v Speaker 1>to write a report but can't craft an opening sentence,

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<v Speaker 1>just type the headings for each section. Then type ideas

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<v Speaker 1>you have for any section. No need to start from

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning. Write down bullet points or an outline with

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<v Speaker 1>information to include phrases to use that one paragraph you

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<v Speaker 1>know you will need. Whatever comes to mind, anything is

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<v Speaker 1>fair game. Then see whether you can transform some bullet

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<v Speaker 1>points into sentences. String some sentences together step by step,

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<v Speaker 1>you will get unstuck. If you are stuck on a

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<v Speaker 1>slide deck, create titles for each slide. Then you will

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<v Speaker 1>surely think of something that needs to go on some slide,

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<v Speaker 1>which will spark your thinking about something else that belongs

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<v Speaker 1>on another slide. Just like that, you are in motion.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are feeling stuck on planning a big event

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<v Speaker 1>at work, go ahead and set up those meetings you

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<v Speaker 1>know you will need with the facilities manager and the

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<v Speaker 1>catering manager. The questions they ask will point you towards

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<v Speaker 1>specific plans you need to make. Review your notes from

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<v Speaker 1>previous year's events. Does that trigger any memories of next

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<v Speaker 1>steps you can take? Ask yourself, is there one little

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<v Speaker 1>thing I know I can do? Of course, the answer

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<v Speaker 1>is yes. It is always yes, So do that thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask yourself the same question again, and do that next

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<v Speaker 1>little thing you come up with. It doesn't really matter

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<v Speaker 1>what your first step is as long as it builds

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<v Speaker 1>your momentum. Once you are moving, it is pretty easy

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<v Speaker 1>to stay moving. So make some progress, no matter how small,

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<v Speaker 1>and before long you will find yourself unstuck and headed

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<v Speaker 1>in the right direction. 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. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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