Second Cup: It's not always your job

Before Breakfast

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Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 5 June 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Pace yourself through challenging times

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0:00.0	If you really want to know what's going on in this country heading into the 2024 election,
0:03.9	you have to get away from the extremes and listen to the middle.
0:07.2	Hi, Jan here in Kansas City, Missouri.
0:10.3	On the podcast The Middle with Jeremy Hobson, I'll take calls live every week,
0:14.4	elevating the voices of Americans who are so important when it comes to
0:17.6	whos in power and what gets done.
0:19.5	My name is Venkat, I'm calling you from Atlanta, Georgia.
0:22.7	Listen to The Middle with Jeremy Hobson on the iHeartRadio app,
0:26.0	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.6	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
0:39.2	Good morning. This is Laura.
0:42.1	Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
0:44.8	Today's tip is to realize that noticing a need doesn't mean you have to meet it.
0:50.2	It's not always your job.
0:53.5	In his book, Tyranny of the Urgent, author Charles Hummel writes,
0:57.3	The need itself, however urgent, is not the call for us to meet it.
1:02.3	Just because you notice a need or just because you acknowledge a need that someone brings to
1:06.4	your attention doesn't mean that you have to solve this problem.
1:10.8	This is true in all spheres of life.
1:13.5	At work, maybe a colleague is having computer issues, or there's some extra service your
1:18.1	company could theoretically offer. At home, maybe you see a burned out light bulb in your spouse's
1:23.2	office, or that your son's baseball glove is in his dresser, and he'll need it for practice
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