WEBVTT - Best year yet

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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. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to try going into the new year repeating

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<v Speaker 1>the phrase best year yet. You just might find yourself

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<v Speaker 1>leading a bigger and more fulfilling life. Over the past

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<v Speaker 1>few days, we have talked about lots of different ways

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<v Speaker 1>for setting goals and defining the new year. I think

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<v Speaker 1>certain structures make goals more likely to happen than otherwise.

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<v Speaker 1>But one small tweak that can take time from great

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<v Speaker 1>to awesome is to go into the year with the

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<v Speaker 1>mindset that this will be your best year yet. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>why not. Some year has to be your best year yet,

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<v Speaker 1>and a year is a very long time. Maybe many

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<v Speaker 1>of your previous years have had some good elements. I

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<v Speaker 1>certainly hope that they have, But I am guessing that

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<v Speaker 1>you weren't thinking about optimizing the full eight thousand, seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred sixty hours. Even if there aren't big, cool things

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<v Speaker 1>happening this year. I am guessing that by focusing on

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<v Speaker 1>elevating day to day life, you might make the sum

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<v Speaker 1>total of happiness as large as it has ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>So think about how you might remind yourself of this

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<v Speaker 1>phrase and how you might incorporate it into your planning

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<v Speaker 1>and your daily mindset. As you think about your long

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<v Speaker 1>term planning, like blocking in vacations or summer plans, you

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<v Speaker 1>might think best year yet and think about what that

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<v Speaker 1>would mean during your best year yet. You might go

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<v Speaker 1>out on a limb and suggest renting a place at

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<v Speaker 1>the beach with those friends that you truly enjoy hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out with during your best year yet. You might sign

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<v Speaker 1>up for that pottery class that you have been eyeing

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<v Speaker 1>for months. You could also build it into your weekly

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<v Speaker 1>planning process, which is often where real time decisions get made.

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<v Speaker 1>If you think best year Yet while planning your week,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you decide to reach out to your work friend

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<v Speaker 1>to suggest getting coffee, or you suggest that you draft

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<v Speaker 1>an agenda to make that Tuesday morning staff meeting a

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<v Speaker 1>little less awful. You can also just repeat best year

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<v Speaker 1>yet in any given moment to shift your mindset. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you are stuck in traffic on a dreary commute, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is your best year yet, darn it. So you'll

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<v Speaker 1>think about happy memories, or listen to your favorite album

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<v Speaker 1>from your teen years, or call someone you love many

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<v Speaker 1>many moments are put through this rubric of it being

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<v Speaker 1>the best year yet. Well, it's just possible it will

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<v Speaker 1>be the best year yet. Now I know that no

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<v Speaker 1>one can predict life. Sometimes life comes at us, Tragedy happens,

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<v Speaker 1>things fall apart. You may not be able to convince

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<v Speaker 1>yourself it is the best year yet in those cases,

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<v Speaker 1>and I am not saying that you should try. But

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<v Speaker 1>it is also possible that nothing truly terrible will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This would naturally be just kind of a ho humier

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<v Speaker 1>as they often are. But in those cases, it is

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<v Speaker 1>possible to take normal life from okay to a lot better,

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<v Speaker 1>or even from great to awesome by setting the expectation

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<v Speaker 1>that it will be. I am hoping that this will

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<v Speaker 1>be my best year yet. How about you? In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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