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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 one way to make big goals

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<v Speaker 1>seem less overwhelming. You can make elaborate plans, but sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you just want to start by starting. I've seen the

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<v Speaker 1>advice to start by starting attributed to various people and

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<v Speaker 1>collections of quotes on the internet, but whatever the original source,

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<v Speaker 1>it's good counsel. All too often people invest a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time and energy developing elaborate plans, and there's nothing

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with this. I love planning. Developing a thoughtful plan

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<v Speaker 1>for making a change or reaching a goal can be smart.

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<v Speaker 1>When I write books, I set many deadlines for chapter

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<v Speaker 1>drafts and word count targets for each week. If I'm

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<v Speaker 1>training for a race, as schedule in each week's workouts

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<v Speaker 1>and backup slots for anything that has to happen. Trust me,

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<v Speaker 1>I am not anti planning. However, I have noticed in

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<v Speaker 1>life that sometimes we don't implement our plans or we

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<v Speaker 1>abandon them because the idea of making a huge life

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<v Speaker 1>change or doing something every day according to a formal

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<v Speaker 1>schedule forever seems daunting. But the good news is that

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<v Speaker 1>we don't always need a universal lifelong solution. You can

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<v Speaker 1>also just position yourself toward your destination and start walking.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to exercise more, you don't need to

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<v Speaker 1>buy books on a thirty day Challenger, sign up for

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<v Speaker 1>a ninety day boot camp. You don't even need to

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<v Speaker 1>think about tomorrow. Instead, forget all the expectations of baggage

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<v Speaker 1>and just try going for a walk after work today.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever happens in the rest of your life, that walk

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<v Speaker 1>will be energizing, and tomorrow can deal with itself. If

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<v Speaker 1>you want to build relationships with your neighbors and you

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<v Speaker 1>know if they've made a standing invitation to join them

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<v Speaker 1>for neighborhood drinks on Friday's, why not show up this Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't really matter if Friday is generally a good

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<v Speaker 1>day for you or not, or if one of your

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<v Speaker 1>kids is about to start an activity that will meet

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<v Speaker 1>on future Fridays or whatever. If this Friday works, go

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<v Speaker 1>see what happens. Some people really enjoy developing five year

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<v Speaker 1>career plans, and it's not a bad idea to talk

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<v Speaker 1>with your manager about your goals. But if you think

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<v Speaker 1>you might like to be in management some day, You

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<v Speaker 1>can also just read some books and articles on management

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<v Speaker 1>and take notes on the major points. You start by

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<v Speaker 1>starting and figure out the rest of the equation later

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<v Speaker 1>as you look ahead to the rest of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>What are your hopes, who do you want to be?

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<v Speaker 1>Rules around, what do you want your life to look like?

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<v Speaker 1>In his book Atomic Habits, author James Clear rights, decide

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<v Speaker 1>the type of person you want to be, and then

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<v Speaker 1>he continues, prove it to yourself with small winds. Those

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<v Speaker 1>small winds are the things like the walk after work today,

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<v Speaker 1>the visit with your neighbors on this Friday, or reading

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<v Speaker 1>a book on management. And yes, the steps are small,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's something and that's almost always better than nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>So start by starting and don't make it any more

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<v Speaker 1>complicated than that. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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<v Speaker 1>your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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<v Speaker 1>that's B the number four then Breakfast p o D.

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