WEBVTT - Make space for goal setting

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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 to make space for goal setting. If you

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<v Speaker 1>want to succeed in reaching your goals, you should make

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<v Speaker 1>sure these goals are well chosen and well thought through.

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<v Speaker 1>Figuring all that out requires time, but it is generally

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<v Speaker 1>time well spent. So I am writing this a few

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<v Speaker 1>weeks after I returned from a goal setting retreat in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>My Best of Both Worlds podcasts co host Sarah hart

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<v Speaker 1>Unger also runs a podcast called Best Laid Plans, which

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<v Speaker 1>is about all things planning. She hosted the retreat where

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<v Speaker 1>about twenty of us came together to plan out the

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<v Speaker 1>next year. Now, I know not everyone can carve out

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<v Speaker 1>three days of their lives for planning, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>that the next year will happen whether I set goals

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<v Speaker 1>or not. Some of my goals might not happen for

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<v Speaker 1>reasons I can't control. That said, thinking about how I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to spend my time over the next year vastly

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<v Speaker 1>increases the chances that what I want to have happen happens.

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<v Speaker 1>With that, not all goals are created equal Sometimes people

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<v Speaker 1>set goals like lose weight or get in shape, but

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<v Speaker 1>what does that mean? Life is lived in hours. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you intend to use your hours to achieve these goals?

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<v Speaker 1>What steps will be involved? What will you be doing

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<v Speaker 1>on an average Tuesday to work toward these goals. When

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<v Speaker 1>I set my goals for the past year, I spent

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<v Speaker 1>some time thinking through what I would actually do. I

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<v Speaker 1>have long wone to write a collection of sonnets, but

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<v Speaker 1>I had never followed through on that desire. Then this

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<v Speaker 1>past year I realized I could commit to writing two

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<v Speaker 1>lines anyambic pentameter every day. Two lines a day is

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen a week, which is a sonnet every week. Because

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<v Speaker 1>I figured out the logistics and figured out how this

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<v Speaker 1>goal would be doable, I did it, and I have

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<v Speaker 1>now written as many sonnets as there have been weeks

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<v Speaker 1>in the year. But I had to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 1>Things don't always just pop into our heads. We need

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<v Speaker 1>time and space to think about them, and to think

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<v Speaker 1>about what goals are appealing and which aren't, and of

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<v Speaker 1>the appealing goals, how we can actually structure daily life

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<v Speaker 1>to make them happen. So today's tip is to give

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<v Speaker 1>yourself that space. Figure out when in your life. You

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<v Speaker 1>can take at least a few hours to think through

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<v Speaker 1>any goals you would like to set for yourself. When

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<v Speaker 1>can you get a few hours apart from the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of your life. What sort of setting would be conducive

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<v Speaker 1>for this? You might think through some prompts so you

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<v Speaker 1>aren't just staring at a blank page or computer screen

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<v Speaker 1>the whole time. Think through your career goals. Picture yourself

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<v Speaker 1>at an annual review a year from now. What would

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<v Speaker 1>you like to be celebrating. Picture what you will be

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<v Speaker 1>telling friends and family about your amazing life. Next holiday season,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you toasting? Think through any pain points in

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<v Speaker 1>your life. Are there steps you could take to solve

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<v Speaker 1>these pain points? What practically might work? How would these

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<v Speaker 1>things fit into your life? Give yourself the space to

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<v Speaker 1>think through your goals, and you will probably come up

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<v Speaker 1>with better ones that if you just give it a

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<v Speaker 1>passing thought on December thirty first, you will emerge with

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<v Speaker 1>a better plan. It won't just be I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>write some poems. It will be twenty syllables in a

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<v Speaker 1>certain rhyming scheme every day. The latter feels a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more likely to happen. 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. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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<v Speaker 1>Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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