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

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is about one way to make big goals seem less overwhelming.

You can make elaborate plans, but sometimes you just want to start by starting. I've seen the advice to

start by starting attributed to various people in collections of quotes on the

internet but whatever the original source it's good counsel.

All too often people invest a lot of time and energy

developing elaborate plans.

And there's nothing wrong with this.

I love planning.

Developing a thoughtful plan for making a change or

reaching a goal can be smart. When I write books I set many deadlines for chapter

drafts and word count targets for each week. If I'm training for a race,

I schedule in each week's workouts and backup slots for anything that has to happen.

Trust me, I am not anti-planning.

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