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Before Breakfast

Second Cup: Big goals, little steps

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Education, Self-improvement

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Conquer procrastination by breaking a big goal into small chunks

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0:00.0

Something that's makes me crazy is when people say,

0:02.3

well, I had this career before, but it was a waste.

0:05.1

And that's where the perspective shift comes,

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that it's not a waste that everything you've done

0:10.4

has built you to where you are now. This is She Pivots. The podcast where we explore

0:16.5

the inspiring Pivots women have made and dig deeper into the personal reasons behind them.

0:21.1

Join me Emily Tish-Sussman every Wednesday on She Pivots.

0:24.8

Listen to She-Pivots on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:28.9

podcasts.

0:30.8

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

0:37.0

Good morning. This is Laura.

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Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

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This is the second episode in my five-part series on procrastination.

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Today's tip is to conquer a task you've been resisting

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by breaking it into very small steps.

0:55.8

There's been a lot written about success over the years,

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but I think one of the most profound insights is this.

1:01.9

Small things, done repeatedly, insights as the

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the poet Avid once put it once put it dripping water hollows stone

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later writers added their addendum to this quote, not by force, but by

1:18.0

persistence. If you think about it, the Grand Canyon is the result of a river subtracting just a little

1:24.6

bit from the hills at a time.

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