Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to find your finish line. When you
Speaker 1: are working toward a goal, let a special event create
Speaker 1: a meaningful deadline. This will make it easier to get
Speaker 1: going and gain momentum. Lots of us create vague goals
Speaker 1: for ourselves. We want to declutter the house, update our wardrobes,
Speaker 1: get in shape. Sometimes folks who read goal setting literature
Speaker 1: figure out that it helps to make goals specific, So
Speaker 1: then we get ideas like run three miles without stopping.
Speaker 1: That is definitely better than just get in shape, but
Speaker 1: still it's the kind of goal that is easy to
Speaker 1: push forward. You would have gone for a run on Saturday,
Speaker 1: but you know, life got busy. It was humid, or
Speaker 1: it was raining, you had to go shopping for light bulbs.
Speaker 1: There's always next Saturday, right, Instead, find your finish line.
Speaker 1: If you want to run three miles without stopping, choose
Speaker 1: a specific five k race to train four. You could
Speaker 1: decide to run in your town's Turkey Trot the morning
Speaker 1: of Thanksgiving. Invite your aunt to run it with you.
Speaker 1: Register post your registration on social media to make a
Speaker 1: public commitment of it. Now you have an authentic deadline.
Speaker 1: You have a reason. You'll need to be able to
Speaker 1: run three miles without stopping by a specific date. It
Speaker 1: will be much more motivating to work towards that goal.
Speaker 1: F Ending your finish line can work for other aspects
Speaker 1: of life beyond races. Maybe you feel like your work
Speaker 1: wardrobe is kind of fromp Maybe your workplace has dictated
Speaker 1: that people need to be back in the office three
Speaker 1: days a week by January three. Well, there's your finish line.
Speaker 1: You will create a sophisticated and flattering wardrobe that makes
Speaker 1: you feel your best by January three. If you want
Speaker 1: to declutter your house or redecorate your dining room, invite
Speaker 1: your relatives to Thanksgiving dinner at your place. Now you've
Speaker 1: got a real deadline of late November to get it
Speaker 1: all done. You could even throw a party just to
Speaker 1: give yourself a finish line for getting your home looking
Speaker 1: its best. Do you think you could have everything spiffed
Speaker 1: up in a month, then invite friends for a party
Speaker 1: one month from today. It becomes fun to tackle those
Speaker 1: nagging tasks when the finish line is a gathering with
Speaker 1: friends in a home that you are proud of. It
Speaker 1: is easier to stay motivated when you find a finish
Speaker 1: line because the goal and the deadline no longer feel arbitrary.
Speaker 1: You are working towards something real and specific that you
Speaker 1: care about, and that is a great reason to keep going.
Speaker 1: So today, consider whether there is a goal that you
Speaker 1: would like to make progress on. Can you find or
Speaker 1: create an authentic deadline for your efforts. If you find
Speaker 1: a finish line for one of your goals, I would
Speaker 1: love to hear about it. You can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vander Kim dot com. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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