the unimaginable. Season 2 of the Unimaginable hones in on individuals who have led unimaginable

lives by following their instinct from guests like TycoYTT to your vision of what you're

trying to do. It's just more pure. The failure is more pure and the success is more pure.

This season delivers behind-the-scenes conversations about the many roads to success.

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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to let people know you have received and understood their message.

Whenever there might be ambiguity. Knowing something is in process or approved can cut down

on a lot of worry. So in radio and military communication it is common to acknowledge a message

by saying Roger. It used to be that Roger was the word in the phonetic alphabet to signify the

letter R, although it now seems to be Romeo. With Roger standing in for R as in received, saying

Roger means you got the message. That is especially important for radio communication which can

often be garbled. But we also need to say Roger, if not literally, for other forms of communication.

Your colleagues and friends want to know that their message was heard and that plans are unfolding

in the ways they expect. So when you receive a message about information you need to know

and take action upon, acknowledge it. If a colleague sends an agenda for a meeting, say,

thanks, see you Monday. That will let him know that you are on the same page about the meeting.

He doesn't need to worry that you will be sending an email Monday morning frantically asking

where the agenda is. He can also be reasonably sure that the agenda is okay. Saying Roger

isn't the same as saying everything is approved. But if you got it, he can rest assured that it is

on you if you don't look at it before Monday. So he feels better about life in general.

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