Be proactive about your volunteer roles
Before Breakfast
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Figure out how to give back in a way that's fun for you too
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| 0:36.4 | Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:42.2 | Good morning. |
| 0:44.2 | This is Laura. |
| 0:45.9 | Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. |
| 0:49.4 | Today's tip is to be proactive in choosing your volunteer roles. |
| 0:55.5 | Don't find yourself voluntold to do something you are not excited about, |
| 1:00.3 | and then find yourself looking for an opportunity to quit. |
| 1:04.6 | Instead, reflect on how you want to contribute. |
| 1:09.3 | Then get intentional about finding a volunteer role that is a great fit for you. |
| 1:16.1 | I know of a woman who has capable, energetic, and sociable, |
| 1:20.6 | and so she often gets asked to serve on boards and committees. |
| 1:25.2 | She has great ideas. People like her. |
| 1:28.9 | Isn't you the perfect candidate? |
| 1:37.9 | Well, not quite. As she puts it, I don't like meetings. So she doesn't agree to volunteer in ways that involve a lot of meetings. Well, I am sure some folks would disagree with that philosophy. |
| 1:48.6 | I get it. And I think it is good to know yourself. |
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