For decades, the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold, with law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene.
It uses terror to extort people.
But the murder of Carmi Galante marked the beginning of the end.
It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.
Listen to Law & Order Criminal Justice System on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, 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 for the folks who are big on organizing things.
When you are considering starting something new, put a toe in the water and see how it feels.
Trying out something in a small way can provide insight into whether you'd like to pursue it in a bigger way.
I know a lot of people are building back their routines these days after a long time of having our old ways of life suspended.
In this make up for loss time frame of mind, we often get really ambitious.
It can be fun to imagine, let's say, forming a supper club with three other couples, with a different couple hosting everyone for dinner in their home each month.
Getting to see friends every month and hosting a lot of dinner parties sounds great.
So why not get it on the books?
And certainly, it could be amazing.
But if you have never done a supper club before, and particularly not with these folks, it might also prove to be cumbersome to coordinate everyone's schedules.
Do you need to cancel your November and December gatherings for the holidays?
And what about the summer when people's schedules tend to be different?
What about dietary considerations?
You may have just signed yourself up for dealing with a lot of logistics.
And when things peter out because you didn't do it in the summer, and then one of those couples seems to travel a lot in September and can't be nailed down, you might feel like you failed.
So instead, why not just put a toe in the water?
Invite those three couples to dinner at your home this month and enjoy it.
If someone suggests that it would be fun to do it again, encourage that idea.
You could certainly float the supper club concept or suggest putting two months on the calendar to see how it goes.
But you don't necessarily need to formalize it forever at this point.
Just see how it feels and go from there.
Or maybe you've been thinking about how nice it would be to have a running buddy.
Before you invite a friend to run with you every Tuesday at 5 .15 a .m.
from now until the end of time, why not invite her to run with you this Tuesday and try it out?
Do you enjoy the time together?
Do you run at about the same pace?
Does the time work for you both?
And do you have similar attitudes about punctuality?
Plan the run as a one -off event.
Enjoy it as such. And if you want to do it again, do it the next week.
After a few Tuesday at 5 .15 runs, you can decide to always run together.
Well, probably not always.
If Tuesday is Christmas or one of you is in Australia, but a lot of Tuesdays.
However, if you realize that 5 .15 feels too early to run or your friend is a lot faster than you, you can just do the runs occasionally.
No need to commit to multi -year plans.
In advance, whatever the group, a bridge club, a book club, a play group, try planning a single gathering and seeing how it goes.
Now, to be sure, I am a huge fan of recurring gatherings.
People who do see their friends regularly are absolutely the ones who have a standing date for an early Tuesday run, or who always get together for supper on the first Friday of the month.
Recurring gatherings ensure that we get together with people we care about more frequently and with a lot less tedious planning.
But you can't always predict the chemistry ahead of time.
So before you invest in creating a long -term commitment, give it a try a time or two first to see whether it's actually something you want to do every week or every month.
By putting a toe in the water, you can get a feel for whether the recurring activity would live up to your hopes.
If it will, wonderful, plan away.
And if it may not, well, just enjoy it occasionally and seek out other waters where you may want to dip your toes.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
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For decades, the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold, with law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene.
It uses terror to extort people.
But the murder of Carmi Galante marked the beginning of the end.
It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.
Listen to Law & Order Criminal Justice System on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Jessica Acevedo, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series, Dancing for the Devil, The 7M TikTok Cult.
And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church.
And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed.
Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church.
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