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 that for many areas of life, you
Speaker 1: only need one good solution to be fine. Don't worry
Speaker 1: if you're not naturally talented or interested in something. You
Speaker 1: can reach the level of fine with one go to answer.
Speaker 1: If you have ever experienced job seeking or dating, as
Speaker 1: I imagine most of us have, you know that both
Speaker 1: of these processes can get discouraging. So it's helpful to
Speaker 1: remember that you don't need to find a lot of
Speaker 1: great options in both of these categories. One great job
Speaker 1: and you're employed, one great significant other and you're partnered.
Speaker 1: That's enough. You don't need to find five amazing significant others. Really,
Speaker 1: one good one is what we are aiming for. Sometimes
Speaker 1: remembering this is comforting, the search process feels far more doable. Now.
Speaker 1: There are obvious differences between partners and say, holiday gifts,
Speaker 1: but I do think this mindset can be helpful for
Speaker 1: many aspects of life. If there is an aspect of
Speaker 1: your life where you are not confident or just not interested,
Speaker 1: all you really have to do is find one way
Speaker 1: to be reliably successful, and then you can be satisfied
Speaker 1: with that. So, for instance, if cooking is not your thing,
Speaker 1: you can get by with just one dish that you
Speaker 1: know you can make any time you have company. Unless
Speaker 1: you are having the same people over every week, no
Speaker 1: one cares that you are serving lasagna again. And if
Speaker 1: your lasagna is really good, that's probably better than getting
Speaker 1: worked up about trying to make some sort of fancy
Speaker 1: beef stew. Just go with the lasagna. It's all good.
Speaker 1: You can also have a go to holiday gift. Maybe
Speaker 1: you always order gift baskets from your favorite local food store,
Speaker 1: or you send flowers from your favorite local florist. Just
Speaker 1: think of something that almost everyone would be fine with,
Speaker 1: and then there is no need to stress out over
Speaker 1: gift shopping ever. Again, all you need is one great gift.
Speaker 1: For those of us who aren't in the fashion business,
Speaker 1: we might only need one special outfit. If I am
Speaker 1: speaking somewhere formal, chances are are I am wearing a
Speaker 1: blue shift dress. If it's business casual and it might
Speaker 1: be cold, I've got a dressy pink sweater, black pants
Speaker 1: and heels. I know I'll feel confident and appropriately dressed
Speaker 1: when I am wearing these things and I won't have
Speaker 1: to spend time in my closet deliberating about what to wear.
Speaker 1: You need only one response to some common questions. Anytime
Speaker 1: someone asks you to share a fun fact about yourself,
Speaker 1: you can use the same fun fact. You can give
Speaker 1: the same response anytime you have a job interview and
Speaker 1: are asked to tell us about yourself or what is
Speaker 1: your greatest weakness. You do not get bonus points for novelty,
Speaker 1: trust me on this one, So just use the same
Speaker 1: go to responses again and again. Now, if it excites
Speaker 1: you to think of lots of cool facts to share
Speaker 1: about yourself, or you love trying different outfits than by
Speaker 1: all means do so. But for many of us it's
Speaker 1: better just to simplify. In these areas, all you need
Speaker 1: is one. If you've got a surefire winner, just be
Speaker 1: happy with that. Save the mental energy you'd spend trying
Speaker 1: to get some more variety on something you truly care about.
Speaker 1: You'll probably be happier as a result. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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