WEBVTT - What can you do now?

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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.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to take time to recognize and celebrate

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<v Speaker 2>your own growth. What can you do now that you

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't do.

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<v Speaker 1>A year ago? When you expand the time frame from

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<v Speaker 1>day to day, progress might be more apparent than it

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<v Speaker 1>is in the moment. As kids hit the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the school year, many will look back and see what

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<v Speaker 1>they can do now that they couldn't do in September.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's writing their name, or setting the table, tying

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<v Speaker 1>their shoes, reading, staying home alone, making a basket when

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<v Speaker 1>the basketball goal is at full height, finding the area

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<v Speaker 1>under a curve, driving. Sometimes my kids have presented portfolios

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<v Speaker 1>of their work at the end of the year. It

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<v Speaker 1>is really cool to see how even something like a

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<v Speaker 1>self portrait can improve with time. It is satisfying for

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<v Speaker 1>adults too, to reflect on new knowledge and skills. Progress

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<v Speaker 1>often happens gradually, but when we focus on a specific

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<v Speaker 1>and long time frame, like a school year, we might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to recognize and celebrate our own growth. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>when you started this year, you could barely run a mile,

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<v Speaker 1>and this spring you ran a five k. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>started a new job in late summer and felt a

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<v Speaker 1>little overwhelmed, but you just got a positive performance review

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<v Speaker 1>and shared some insider knowledge with a new hire. How

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<v Speaker 1>cool is that. Maybe you've set up regular deposits to

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<v Speaker 1>your retirement account and you've actually stuck with a journaling habit.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you have finally hired enough people for your team

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<v Speaker 1>and trained them so well that work is starting to

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<v Speaker 1>feel less stressful. All of these are really big deals,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are hard to see in the moment. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel much different to run one mile or one

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<v Speaker 1>point one miles. Maybe your job stress has fluctuated quite

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<v Speaker 1>a bit over time. Because of that, it can be

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<v Speaker 1>hard to say day to day that things are truly

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<v Speaker 1>getting better. But when we zoom back out to a

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<v Speaker 1>longer time horizon, progress often becomes more apparent. You never

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<v Speaker 1>have to do much, You just have to keep going,

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<v Speaker 1>and in the long run, a lot of little steps

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<v Speaker 1>add up now to be sure, maybe you don't see

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<v Speaker 1>progress on some things in life. A child who is

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<v Speaker 1>having academic trouble at the beginning of the year is

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<v Speaker 1>still struggling. Maybe a series of crises means your finances

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<v Speaker 1>are actually in worse shape than they were a year ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Unlike in school, life doesn't always move forward and set

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<v Speaker 1>steps with eighth grade following seventh grade like day follows night.

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<v Speaker 1>But if that is the case, maybe we just need

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<v Speaker 1>to zoom the time horizon out a little more. Life

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<v Speaker 1>goes up and down, and it is quite possible that

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<v Speaker 1>in another six months or a year things will be better.

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<v Speaker 1>So keep your eye on that and keep trying. You

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<v Speaker 1>just might have something to be proud of by the

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<v Speaker 1>time the next school year ends. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening and to making the most

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<v Speaker 1>of our tasks. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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