1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to consider setting quarterly resolutions instead of 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: the usual annual New Year's ones. I love setting New 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: Year's resolutions. There's something about the clean slate of a 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: new calendar year that makes me want to set new goals. 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: But like many people, my excitement about bright, shiny New 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: Year's goals often exceeds my actual capacity to implement these changes. 9 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,639 Speaker 1: And that's why I love the idea, which I got 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: several years ago from an entrepreneur named Angelo Gia Kim, 11 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: to set quarterly resolutions. Basically, the idea is that instead 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: of focusing only on the stuff you'll try in January, 13 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: you set goals for each quarter of the year. You 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: get a clean slate in January, April, July, and October. 15 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 1: There are several upsides to this concept. For starters, you 16 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: can set more goals. I tend to identify twelve, one 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: for each quarter in the categories of career, relationships, and 18 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: self even if you'd only set one or two each quarter. 19 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: Though this can broaden the scope from the handful of 20 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: things you tackle as new Year's resolutions. Even as you're 21 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: setting more goals, though you can be more focused on 22 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: each habits are always hardest at the beginning. Setting too 23 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: many intentions means you dilute what might already be limited. 24 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: Willpower better to go all in on, say, eating vegetables 25 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: at lunch and dinner for ninety days and then tackling 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: exercise first. Trying to work out and eat vegetables and 27 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: get enough sleep and give up sugar sweetened drinks all 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: at once. You've got a much better chance of actually 29 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: sticking with something if it's the only change you're trying 30 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: to make. Setting quarterly goals allows you to pace your self. Yes, 31 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: you're acknowledging that exercise is important, and there's a time 32 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: when you will address exercise, namely starting in April, not 33 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: right now, while you're doing your best to add broccoli 34 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: and kale to your grocery cart and menu rotation. Finally, 35 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: ninety days might feel like a more doable time frame 36 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: than a year for something that's more of a challenge 37 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: than an actual ongoing resolution. For instance, I might set 38 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: a career goal to revise a novel in Q two 39 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: and come up with a new book idea in Q three. 40 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: Both of these will eventually be done, and by assigning 41 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: a time over the course of the year, I know 42 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: I will get to both. And sometimes resolutions are better 43 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: fits for some parts of the year than others. I'll 44 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: talk in an upcoming episode about my resolution to get 45 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: outside for twenty minutes a day. I really have no 46 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: trouble doing this from say, July to October, when the 47 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: weather is amenable, but its a lot harder from January 48 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: to March, which is why this is a Q one 49 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: resolution that I won't worry about so much once spring 50 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: and summer come. In any case, if you like this idea, 51 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: to take some time today to think about dividing what 52 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: might be your annual New Year's resolutions into quarterly ones. 53 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,639 Speaker 1: Which will you tackle first, what's better suited to later 54 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: parts of the year. Of course, if you're going to 55 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: make quarterly resolutions, then you should probably write them somewhere 56 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: where you'll be able to see them later. Maybe send 57 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: yourself a calendar reminder for the last week of each 58 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: quarter so you'll be able to handle the logistics necessary 59 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: for tackling each resolution at its appropriate time. If you 60 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: set fourth quarter goals and then completely forget about them 61 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. That makes this a slightly less 62 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: useful exercise, although it must be said sometimes life changes 63 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: enough that revisiting goals each quarter makes sense because they 64 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: know longer makes sense for your life. Maybe you plan 65 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: to renovate your house in the fourth quarter, but you've 66 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: got a great new job in the second quarter that's 67 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: going to require moving, so it goes we can change. 68 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: But in general I find that while people overestimate what 69 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: they can do in the short run, they underestimate what 70 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: they can do in the long run. By setting small 71 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: quarterly goals, these can become cumulative. A year from now, 72 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: you could be in great shape, or on track for 73 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: getting out of debt, or no longer smoking, or all 74 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: of the above. And given how many people don't keep 75 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: annual New Year's resolutions, that would be a pretty impressive outcome. 76 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: Do you set quarterly goals? I'd love to hear about it. 77 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: You can email me at Before Breakfast podcast at i 78 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: hurt media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura. 79 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 80 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: our time. 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