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Before Breakfast

Celebrate milestones along the way

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Don't wait for the lifetime achievement award to celebrate what goes right

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Chelsea Peretti. Do you feel chronic existential dread but love talking about delicious snacks? Call me! My podcast is relaunching!

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0:13.4

about wild animal attack survivors or those who succumb to attack, call in!

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We can also discuss reality shows and emergency room footage.

0:21.4

Listen to call Chelsea Perretti on Will Farrell's Big Money Players Network on the I Heart

0:25.6

Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.1

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

0:37.0

Good morning.

0:40.0

This is Laura.

0:42.0

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:44.0

Today's tip is to celebrate milestones along the way.

0:48.0

You don't have to wait for that lifetime achievement award

0:52.0

to have a sense of accomplishment.

0:54.3

You can identify and celebrate small wins on your way there.

0:59.5

This tip comes from Chip and Dan Heath's book, The Power of Moments. The Heath brothers build on work by Steve Camp to point out how video games

1:08.0

do a great job of giving players feelings of progress and accomplishment when they get to a new level.

1:15.2

You enjoy playing and want to keep playing because you've experienced success.

1:20.3

And I'm not much of a gamer myself, but I know that when my kids have reached new levels in their favorite games,

1:26.0

there has been widespread rejoicing in our house, and more game playing, because progress is motivating.

1:34.0

When you've reached a new milestone, you feel fired up and excited to see what you can

1:39.3

accomplish next.

1:41.0

The Heats point out that the Couch to 5K app and the Boy Scouts with their badges do something similar.

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