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 figure out what specifically makes an
Speaker 1: experience good for you and the others who are participating.
Speaker 1: That way, you can be sure to build those features
Speaker 1: into the experience every time. There are certain activities we
Speaker 1: do solely because they are supposed to be fun. If
Speaker 1: we have planned this Saturday at an amusement park, it's
Speaker 1: easy to assume that everyone will enjoy the day. But
Speaker 1: not everyone enjoys the exact same things the most, and
Speaker 1: the presence or absence of those things can change someone's
Speaker 1: experience of the day a lot. So it's worth asking
Speaker 1: a few questions to find out what specifically will make
Speaker 1: everyone feel like the a Mint Perk trip was a success.
Speaker 1: Is it riding a roller coaster that goes upside down?
Speaker 1: Eating a funnel cake, getting to ride on dad's shoulders,
Speaker 1: buying even the smallest trinket at the gift shop. A
Speaker 1: quick question on the car ride what is everyone looking
Speaker 1: forward to? Can help you make sure that everyone's vision
Speaker 1: of the day comes to pass. The reason to do
Speaker 1: this is that we might not actually know what people
Speaker 1: are most looking forward to. I'm sure we have all
Speaker 1: gotten unexpected thank yous about highlights that we wouldn't have guessed.
Speaker 1: Maybe an older relative who comes to visit thanks you
Speaker 1: as she leaves for letting her assist the kids with
Speaker 1: their bedtime routine. You thought she was helping you, and
Speaker 1: she was, but getting to help also made her feel
Speaker 1: like she was participating and contributing, which felt good. Now
Speaker 1: you know, so in the future you can make a
Speaker 1: point of asking her to help and narrating just how
Speaker 1: much you appreciate her efforts. Or maybe a junior colleague
Speaker 1: thanks you for letting her work the registration desk at
Speaker 1: your company's annual event. What may have seemed like an
Speaker 1: uninteresting task to you was special to her since she
Speaker 1: got to interact with senior colleagues as she handed them
Speaker 1: their name tags. Now you know, so you can make
Speaker 1: sure she gets the opportunity to manage similar processes in
Speaker 1: the future. Kids, in particular, often zero in on unexpected highlights.
Speaker 1: I know from long experience that you can take a
Speaker 1: kid to an amazing show or concert, and often what
Speaker 1: they will talk about later is getting to buy a
Speaker 1: snack at intermission. Now It might be tempting to get
Speaker 1: upset about this. Are you really paying hundreds of dollars
Speaker 1: for the opportunity to buy a water and Eminem's that
Speaker 1: you could have bought for four dollars at a drug store.
Speaker 1: But a better a coach is to realize that you
Speaker 1: can make a special day even more special by giving
Speaker 1: the kids some cash to hit the refreshment stand. In fact,
Speaker 1: once you know what really excites the kids, you could
Speaker 1: decide to get slightly cheaper tickets and be even more
Speaker 1: generous on the concession front. Your goal is a good experience.
Speaker 1: This allocation of spending, we'll make it one and pay
Speaker 1: attention to what makes experiences good for you too. When
Speaker 1: our family vacations at the beach, I want to get
Speaker 1: in at least a few runs with a view of
Speaker 1: the ocean. I dearly love my two year old. But
Speaker 1: when I go out for an evening of adult fund,
Speaker 1: what makes it even better is when I come home
Speaker 1: late enough that I don't have to be the one
Speaker 1: doing the bedtime routine. I do that routine approximately three
Speaker 1: nights a year. That extra little breaks the cherry on
Speaker 1: the Sunday. So pay attention to what makes an experience
Speaker 1: good for you and make it happen and ask other
Speaker 1: people what they are most looking forward to as well
Speaker 1: or their favorite parts of when you did the experience
Speaker 1: in the past. When we know what people value, we
Speaker 1: can make sure it happens and maybe not obsess over
Speaker 1: what doesn't really move the needle. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
Speaker 1: from you. You can send me your tips, your questions,
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