WEBVTT - Start a goal club

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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 if you are working toward a goal,

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<v Speaker 1>you should consider forming a club with other people pursuing

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<v Speaker 1>their goals. Even if they're pursuing different goals, you can

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<v Speaker 1>all support each other as you try to succeed. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's no secret that many of us fall by the

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<v Speaker 1>wayside with our goals. You meant to train for that

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<v Speaker 1>half marathon, or eat five servings of fruit and vegetables,

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<v Speaker 1>or apply to go back to school, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>life gets busy. We tend to prioritize the things that

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<v Speaker 1>we know other people care about or expect. A goal

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<v Speaker 1>club helps create that accountability. Think of something like weight watchers. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the organization has provided education and such, but the group

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<v Speaker 1>meetings are a big reasons some people find it effective.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not trying to lose weight on your own, You're

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<v Speaker 1>doing it with a group of people who share your

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<v Speaker 1>goals and who are cheering you on. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a goal that you are perhaps struggling with, consider

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<v Speaker 1>forming a goal club of people who can help you

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<v Speaker 1>in your pursuit. This could look different for different situations,

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<v Speaker 1>but one possibility is to recruit a group of friends

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<v Speaker 1>or colleagues who share the same goal as you. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you and two of your colleagues are all trying to

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<v Speaker 1>save up for down payments for your first homes. You

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<v Speaker 1>can check in with each other weekly to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you are keeping spending reined in and that you have

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<v Speaker 1>moved the proper chunk of each paycheck into a savings account.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you and two friends are all trying to

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<v Speaker 1>write books. That's the goal club I am familiar with.

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<v Speaker 1>For fiction or memoir, you can check in weekly on

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<v Speaker 1>how many pages you have written, or perhaps for nonfiction,

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<v Speaker 1>the steps you have taken toward producing a proposal, finding

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<v Speaker 1>an agent, and so forth. You could also have a

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<v Speaker 1>goal club composed of people working toward different goals. Your

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<v Speaker 1>goal might be to save up for a down payment

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<v Speaker 1>on a house within three years. One friend might be

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<v Speaker 1>looking for another job, another might be trying to declutter

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<v Speaker 1>her house. But all of you are setting a goal,

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<v Speaker 1>identifying action steps, and tracking your efforts and progress, so

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<v Speaker 1>you are well positioned to encourage and support each other.

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<v Speaker 1>You can meet up for coffee once a week or so,

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<v Speaker 1>and discuss what you've done, or else text or email

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<v Speaker 1>your encouragement. For busy people, goal pursuit can fall to

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of the to do list, But if you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're getting together with a goal club, you won't

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<v Speaker 1>want to go to the gathering unprepared, so you are

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<v Speaker 1>more likely to take the goal related actions you intended

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<v Speaker 1>to do. When you encounter obstacles or get discouraged, a

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<v Speaker 1>team of people is there to help you keep from

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<v Speaker 1>giving up. To make this work, it might help to

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<v Speaker 1>have a recurring agenda to keep your gatherings focused. First,

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<v Speaker 1>every one reports on the intentions they set at the

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<v Speaker 1>last meeting and what they've done since. Then, next, people

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<v Speaker 1>take turns reporting on any obstacles they've encountered, as well

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<v Speaker 1>as any questions or challenges they want feedback on. For

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<v Speaker 1>a smaller group, people could troubleshoot right after each person reports.

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<v Speaker 1>For a larger group, you could rotate which person you

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<v Speaker 1>troubleshoot for as a group during the session. Then every

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<v Speaker 1>one can set their intentions for what they'll do before

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<v Speaker 1>the next meeting. You may be wondering how a goal

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<v Speaker 1>club is different from the organic support you'd get from

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<v Speaker 1>your friends as you pursued a goal. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>the main way to think about this is to consider

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<v Speaker 1>a book club. You could just get together with friends

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe discuss books or maybe not, but people join

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<v Speaker 1>book clubs in order to know that everyone is expecting

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<v Speaker 1>to read the same thing and that they will be

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<v Speaker 1>getting together to discuss what they have read. In a

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<v Speaker 1>goal club, you meet regularly and with an agenda to

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<v Speaker 1>focus on your goals. You are not catching up on

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<v Speaker 1>life in general and maybe discussing your goal pursuits and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not. Everyone is aligned on why you are getting

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<v Speaker 1>together and how you'll spend your time, and that makes

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<v Speaker 1>it more likely that you will achieve your goals. If

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<v Speaker 1>you create a goal club, I'd love to hear about it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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