On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, five -year -old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was found off the coast of Florida.
And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba?
Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home, and he wanted to take his son with him.
Or stay with his relatives in Miami.
Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.
Listen to Chef's Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.
Good morning. This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.
Today's tip is to make hay while the sun shines.
When you've got a good opportunity, you can shift your normal processes a little.
Not too much, but some.
So you've got enough metaphorical hay to last the winter.
Today's tip was inspired by an episode of Before Breakfast that you will hear soon, in which I interview Tracey Davidson, the co -anchor of Philadelphia's NBC 10, four o 'clock and five o 'clock newscasts.
She mentions in our upcoming interview that currently, as in during the fall of what is an election year, her station is running three and a half minute outbreaks versus the normal two and a half minutes.
The reason for this is that Pennsylvania, where Tracey and I both live, is a swing state in America's presidential elections.
We also have a competitive Senate race and some others.
There is just a huge market for TV ads right now.
So her station is making hay while the sun shines.
Of course, there is a limit to this.
You can't make hay 24 hours a day over the summer and likewise, people would stop watching the news if the ads were 30 minutes long, leaving no time for watching Tracey.
But an extra minute per ad break increases revenue during this narrow stretch of time when the revenue is there to be had.
I think this is smart and there might be applications in other fields.
Maybe your organization planned to hire five new college grads for your office this year, but you've got a really, really good crop of applicants.
Is there a good reason not to make an extra offer or two?
Perhaps if budgets are really tight, but entry -level folks are probably relatively cheap and they might be able to take on a lot.
If the opportunity is there, it might be wise to expand a little more than you thought you would.
You can make hay while the sun shines.
My university actually expanded the size of their incoming classes a while ago because they realized that they were turning down a lot of really good applicants.
When there is no difference between the last 100 people you took and the first 100 people you rejected, maybe you can build in some more space or acquire some more buildings and bring them in.
I think this philosophy can also apply to something like exercise.
Some days you just do the basics.
But if you are out for a run and you're feeling really good and the sun is shining, maybe you go for a little further than you planned.
Not much more, but a little.
You can seize the opportunity.
Again, there's no need to go overboard with 30 -minute ad breaks or hiring 100 people when you meant to hire five.
But when conditions are good, sometimes we can deviate a bit from the plan in order to seize the opportunity.
Come mid -November, all those political ads will be gone.
So good to make the revenue when you can.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
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 .lauravandercam .com.
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On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, five -year -old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, was found off the coast of Florida.
And the question was, should the boy go back to his father in Cuba?
Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him.
Or stay with his relatives in Miami.
Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.
Listen to Chef's Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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