WEBVTT - Check if you'll need to reschedule

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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 that if you have recurring appointments, do yourself

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<v Speaker 1>a favor and check if you'll need to reschedule any

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<v Speaker 1>future ones. If you do this during your current appointment,

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<v Speaker 1>you will save yourself some time and hassle and potentially

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<v Speaker 1>money for places with late cancelation fees. So in general,

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<v Speaker 1>recurring appointments are a wonderful idea. There is no reason

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss when you will meet with your trainer each

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<v Speaker 1>week or when your cleaning service comes. Likewise, setting up

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<v Speaker 1>a regular Saturday morning run with a friend makes it

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<v Speaker 1>a lot easier to see your friend and get some exercise.

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<v Speaker 1>When things always happen at the same time, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>waste time finding a mutually convenient time, because everybody reserves

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<v Speaker 1>the time in advance. The one trick with recurring appointments, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is that sometimes you need to reschedule them. I was

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about this recently because our cleaning service comes every Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>but I realized we wouldn't need them while we were

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<v Speaker 1>at the beach, so I used the occasion of them

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<v Speaker 1>being there on a Thursday morning to remind myself to

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<v Speaker 1>cancel those two visits when we would be out of town.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have a monthly meeting with a client every

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<v Speaker 1>fourth Thursday at eleven o'clock if you are in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, you will almost certainly need to reschedule the

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<v Speaker 1>November meeting because it's going to fall on Thanksgiving. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a standing appointment with a direct report or a recurring

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<v Speaker 1>FaceTime lunch with a friend falls on a day you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be at a conference, you will need to adjust. I

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<v Speaker 1>find it helpful to use the occasion of the recurring

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<v Speaker 1>appointment to nudge my brain to look ahead to the

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<v Speaker 1>next one or two. The further ahead you look, the

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<v Speaker 1>easier it will be to reschedule if you need to.

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<v Speaker 1>And since the appointment is happening right then you will

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<v Speaker 1>likely be with the people who could make a rescheduling happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is far more efficient than trying to reschedule over

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<v Speaker 1>email or texts later. Of course, if something does happen

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<v Speaker 1>frequently enough, I think it's generally best to cancel an

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<v Speaker 1>occasion rather than reschedule it. If you are off for

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<v Speaker 1>a work holiday, just pick things up the next time.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't need to have my house cleaned three times

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<v Speaker 1>in a week when I got home from two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>at the beach. Most people don't mind a little extra

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<v Speaker 1>time in their calendars if they are given advance notice,

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<v Speaker 1>But do give people notice. You probably know if you

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<v Speaker 1>are on vacation to tuesdays from now, so why wait

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<v Speaker 1>until a day before to let people know that check

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<v Speaker 1>if you will need to reschedule or cancel, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will make life a little easier for everyone 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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