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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is that when there is a call for nominations

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Speaker 1: for an award, respond you know a winner, so nominate them.

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Speaker 1: These people in your life might be recognized for their awesomeness,

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Speaker 1: but even if not, you will feel better and they

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Speaker 1: will likely feel better from you having made the effort.

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Speaker 1: So there are various awards out there in the universe,

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Speaker 1: and sometimes random people can nominate anyone for them. For instance,

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Speaker 1: it appears that you can likely nominate someone for the

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Speaker 1: Presidential Medal of Freedom. Now, of course the president gets

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Speaker 1: to choose that one, and probably a lot of people

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Speaker 1: are in the running, But there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: smaller awards that are closer to home, and my guess

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Speaker 1: is that not that many people get nominated for these.

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Speaker 1: For instance, maybe your high school awards and outstanding a

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Speaker 1: lum award annually. Maybe your favorite local restaurant has an

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Speaker 1: employee of the month, your local newspaper names a student

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Speaker 1: athlete of the week. A local nonprofit might recognize a

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Speaker 1: volunteer of the year. When you see one of these awards, somewhere,

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Speaker 1: perhaps because you see someone else has won it, make

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Speaker 1: a note, look up the deadline, put it on your calendar,

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Speaker 1: then commit to nominating someone you know the next time

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Speaker 1: around or for ongoing awards like employee recognition programs, do

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Speaker 1: it this week. In many cases, this is not going

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Speaker 1: to be all that hard. Many big organizations do recognize

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Speaker 1: individual contributors in various ways, or at least they'd like to.

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Speaker 1: As with much in life, lots of people complain about

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Speaker 1: things going wrong. Most people do not write in about

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Speaker 1: things that go right. So trust me, corporate headquarters is

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Speaker 1: going to love your letter talking about how amazing the

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Speaker 1: cashier at the grocery store was, or how helpful an

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Speaker 1: associate at that chain retailer was, or how smiley your

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Speaker 1: barista is every morning. Even if these places don't have

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Speaker 1: specific awards, these notes are going to get read and

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Speaker 1: they will likely result in the employee you mentioned receiving

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Speaker 1: some sort of recognition. You have the power to make

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Speaker 1: this happen. How cool is that. As for places that

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Speaker 1: do have formal awards, the nomination process is often not

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Speaker 1: going to be that lengthy. So why not nominate a

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Speaker 1: favorite school employee for a district award, or you could

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Speaker 1: nominate a friendly personal care assistant at your dad's retirement

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Speaker 1: home for a system wide award. Here's the thing. For

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Speaker 1: a lot of awards, there are probably not that many

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Speaker 1: people getting nominated. Very few people make the effort. So

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Speaker 1: the person you nominate may have a decent chance of winning.

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Speaker 1: If they do, how wonderful for them to be recognized

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Speaker 1: and for you to know that you played a role

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Speaker 1: in it happening. But even if they don't, you'll have

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Speaker 1: a reminder of a special person in your life. And

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Speaker 1: that is a prize too. You know, a winner, and

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Speaker 1: it's good to remind ourselves and them of that. In

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Speaker 1: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's

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Speaker 1: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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Speaker 1: to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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