Second Cup: Skip the optional arguments

Before Breakfast

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Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Life is more pleasant when you choose your battles

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.2	Run a business and not thinking about podcasting.
0:06.9	Think again.
0:07.5	More Americans listen to podcasts than adds supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora.
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0:15.7	Learn how podcasting can help your business.
0:17.6	Call 844-844-I-Hart.
0:22.8	Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio.
0:28.6	Good morning.
0:30.5	This is Laura.
0:32.6	Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
0:36.4	Today's tip is to skip the optional arguments.
0:42.0	There are times when the stakes of a decision are high and the ethics or consequences require
0:48.4	you to engage. But often, you don't have to argue with people, and you will likely be happier if you skip
0:58.0	the optional arguments. Today's tip is inspired by Elizabeth Passarella's new collection of
1:06.4	personal essays. It was an ugly couch anyway. As she puts it, what happens as you get older is that you
1:14.5	have to slog through so many mandatory arguments and difficult relationships that you stop
1:21.1	choosing optional ones. This is something I am trying to keep in mind on the argument front.
1:29.0	With five kids, there are definitely arguments I have to engage in
1:33.0	when it comes to keeping them safe and healthy.
1:37.2	The toddler really does need to be strapped into his car seat.
1:41.4	The teens do need to surrender their phones at night
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