November 23, 2025 • 5 mins
Practice your goals to increase the chances of success
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Today's tip is that the next few weeks are the
preseason for resolutions. If you get a lot of New Year,
New Ye sorts of energy, consciously using the next few
weeks to practice your goals will get you in shape
to start the New year strong. So I love self
(00:39):
improvement in general, of course, which means I am fascinated
by the concept of New Year's resolutions. The traditional and
perhaps jaded thinking is that most of them fail, but
that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the concept. Honestly,
I just think most people do it wrong. There's a
(01:00):
lot of delusional thinking out there. Sometimes people set goals
that they don't actually want to do. Sometimes people haven't
thought through the constituent steps of their goals and the
logistics required to fit those steps into their lives. And
sometimes we believe that we will become entirely different people
(01:23):
on January first, somehow capable of doing feats that seemed
hard before. As someone who has kept a number of
New Year's resolutions, I do think it's quite possible to
set goals and follow through. But and this is a
big bud, we have to be realistic. New habits often
(01:45):
take a lot of practice, figuring out what works, what
is compelling, what fits with life, and doing these things
over and over again until they seem more rote. You
can ramp that up on January first, but if you'd
like to start out strong in the new year, another
(02:08):
option is to use these next few weeks as practice time.
For lots of sports, the official season is preceded by
a preseason. The teams practice and sometimes do some competitions
that don't officially count. The purpose of all of this
is to get in shape for the actual season by
(02:29):
approximating a lot of what happens when it's game time.
We can do this for resolutions as well. What could
you do in the next few weeks to get in
shape for your goals? How can you engage in the
behavior you are hoping to adopt in a low key way.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
One of my goals for twenty twenty four is to
listen to all the works of Bach. So these days
I am creating a calendar of what I need to
listen to each day, and I'm also experimenting with how
the listening will fit in my life, when can I
listen to thirty to forty minutes of Bach each day?
(03:08):
I have started listening to a few pieces while driving
around or while doing my daily stretching. I'm practicing what
it will be like to truly move forward with this resolution. Likewise,
I am resolving to do my back exercises every day
in order to strengthen my core in my back and
hopefully solve some back pain that I have been experiencing.
(03:32):
So since I know that is my resolution, I have
gone ahead and started it. Now, doing ten to fifteen
minutes of exercises and stretches each day, I see where
it can fit in. I have learned to put it
on my daily to do list so I don't forget it.
By the time New Year's Day rolls around, I will
have been doing these stretches for approximately six weeks in
(03:55):
a row, which means that turning it into a New
Year's resolution will mostly be about continuing the habit. How
might you treat the next few weeks as goals preseason?
How could you practice your resolutions so that come January
first you will be well positioned for success. There's absolutely
(04:19):
nothing magical about January first, but there also is something
magical about January. First, that said, it won't be magical
if you don't set yourself up to succeed. Treating the
next few weeks as your resolution preseason just might get
you in the right mindset. In the meantime, This is Laura.
(04:43):
Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
(05:10):
production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to
your favorite shows.
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Today's tip is that the next few weeks are the
preseason for resolutions. If you get a lot of New Year,
New Ye sorts of energy, consciously using the next few
weeks to practice your goals will get you in shape
to start the New year strong. So I love self
(00:39):
improvement in general, of course, which means I am fascinated
by the concept of New Year's resolutions. The traditional and
perhaps jaded thinking is that most of them fail, but
that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the concept. Honestly,
I just think most people do it wrong. There's a
(01:00):
lot of delusional thinking out there. Sometimes people set goals
that they don't actually want to do. Sometimes people haven't
thought through the constituent steps of their goals and the
logistics required to fit those steps into their lives. And
sometimes we believe that we will become entirely different people
(01:23):
on January first, somehow capable of doing feats that seemed
hard before. As someone who has kept a number of
New Year's resolutions, I do think it's quite possible to
set goals and follow through. But and this is a
big bud, we have to be realistic. New habits often
(01:45):
take a lot of practice, figuring out what works, what
is compelling, what fits with life, and doing these things
over and over again until they seem more rote. You
can ramp that up on January first, but if you'd
like to start out strong in the new year, another
(02:08):
option is to use these next few weeks as practice time.
For lots of sports, the official season is preceded by
a preseason. The teams practice and sometimes do some competitions
that don't officially count. The purpose of all of this
is to get in shape for the actual season by
(02:29):
approximating a lot of what happens when it's game time.
We can do this for resolutions as well. What could
you do in the next few weeks to get in
shape for your goals? How can you engage in the
behavior you are hoping to adopt in a low key way.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
One of my goals for twenty twenty four is to
listen to all the works of Bach. So these days
I am creating a calendar of what I need to
listen to each day, and I'm also experimenting with how
the listening will fit in my life, when can I
listen to thirty to forty minutes of Bach each day?
(03:08):
I have started listening to a few pieces while driving
around or while doing my daily stretching. I'm practicing what
it will be like to truly move forward with this resolution. Likewise,
I am resolving to do my back exercises every day
in order to strengthen my core in my back and
hopefully solve some back pain that I have been experiencing.
(03:32):
So since I know that is my resolution, I have
gone ahead and started it. Now, doing ten to fifteen
minutes of exercises and stretches each day, I see where
it can fit in. I have learned to put it
on my daily to do list so I don't forget it.
By the time New Year's Day rolls around, I will
have been doing these stretches for approximately six weeks in
(03:55):
a row, which means that turning it into a New
Year's resolution will mostly be about continuing the habit. How
might you treat the next few weeks as goals preseason?
How could you practice your resolutions so that come January
first you will be well positioned for success. There's absolutely
(04:19):
nothing magical about January first, but there also is something
magical about January. First, that said, it won't be magical
if you don't set yourself up to succeed. Treating the
next few weeks as your resolution preseason just might get
you in the right mindset. In the meantime, This is Laura.
(04:43):
Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
(05:10):
production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to
your favorite shows.
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