1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: tip is that if you love your work, you can 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: glean insights for it from all kinds of sources. Everything 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: is research. I had a great time interviewing writer Serena 6 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: Bowen for Before Breakfast last year. Serena is amazingly prolific 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: and has written literally dozens of novels, mostly romance and thrillers. 8 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: She has a devoted fan following who love being drawn 9 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: into the worlds and stories she creates. In our interviews, 10 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: Serena mentioned taking ice skating lessons to learn how ice 11 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: skating coaches talk. What motivated the lessons. A character in 12 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: a book she is working on is an ice skating 13 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: coach and she needed to be able to write realistic dialogue. 14 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: Serena explained, everything is research. She said that's true for writers, 15 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: but I would say that's true in lots of other 16 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: fields too. The world offers up all sorts of ideas 17 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: if we are willing to pay attention. Personally, when I read, 18 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: or listen to podcasts, or even interact with friends and family, 19 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: I pick up strategies for streamlining daily life and building 20 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: and meaning and fun. Some of these strategies find their 21 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: way into my podcasts or blog posts or books. So 22 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: for me, listening to podcasts and reading magazines about spring cleaning, 23 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: or talking with other parents about birthday party hacks all 24 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: count as research. For an HR professional, reading and hearing 25 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: about people's experiences of work is research. What they learn 26 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: about what frustrates people or what gives them, a sense 27 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: of satisfaction and accomplishment, what attracts them to potential workplaces, 28 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: and so forth can all inform how the HR professional 29 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,239 Speaker 1: approaches his own work. For an English teacher, pleasure reading 30 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: is research. A teacher might have occasion to teach the 31 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: literature she reads, of course, either in its entirety, but 32 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: perhaps also just as an excerpt to illustrate a particular 33 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: literary device. If you work in marketing for a bakery, 34 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: hearing about the pain points in people's daily lives could 35 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: help you market your products. You could promote kishe for 36 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: a nice but easy breakfast. When you have house guests, 37 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: you could highlight chocolate peanut butter bars or lemon ice 38 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: box pie as desserts you can buy a couple days 39 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: ahead of time before a dinner party. When you understand 40 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: people's needs, you can figure out how your baked goods 41 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: could meet those needs. There was even a story on 42 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: National Public Radio recently about a physicist who heard a 43 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: game show question about polar bears not showing up on 44 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: infrared cameras and was inspired in her scientific research by 45 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: the anti freeze properties of polar bears fur. Truly, everything 46 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: can be researched, even a game show. Well, it's certainly 47 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: important to do things in your life besides work. When 48 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: you love your work, you can gain insights from all 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: kinds of sources if you're paying attention. So pay attention. 50 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: You can learn a lot about the world just by 51 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: being in it. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks 52 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. 53 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, 54 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura 55 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. 56 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, 57 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.