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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that 10 minutes still counts.

So if you want to do something, don't do nothing just because you can't do as much as you wish you could.

Today's tip originally comes from coach Leo Babata and his advice about starting to form a habit.

Make it so easy you can't say no, he said. So for instance, if you want to build an exercise

habit, start by just going to the gym in athletic attire, even if you don't exercise. Do one stretch,

and anything that happens after that is up to you. If you want to drink more water, take a water

bottle to work. No need to promise yourself you'll drink 64 ounces of water every day yet.

When you start by asking something of yourself so doable that it would be ridiculous to

say no, you're on your way to forming a new habit, which you can then scale up.

Making it so easy you can't say no has implications beyond habits, too.

When there's a difficult project you want to take on, take a tiny first step.

If you want a new job, start by reading your old resume today.

Then maybe tomorrow you can begin to update it.

If you want to develop a stronger community in a town you've just moved to,

tonight, just say hi to one person in your yoga class who seems friendly.

If you want to learn Spanish so you can communicate with your Puerto Rican in-laws,

download Duolingo today.

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