Monday Motivation

Good morning, Cadre crew. Here we go. Monday motivation. We are back in the saddle. I'm super, super excited about today. I have a story that I'm so pumped to share with you that I hope goes with you and goes with you for a while in your life. But we'll just give it a minute here. Just want to make sure the notification pops so up. Everybody can have that little blue black Cadre that hits their phone and we can go from there. And there it is. Hey, care. But, gosh, you know, really, really excited about, you know, this one today.

You know, I was asked in this weird question on Friday, last Friday, you know, what, if anything, you know, in your house, outside of, like, your children and yourself, you know, what would you, what would you grab, you know? And I have, I have this box, you know, right next to my bed, and it's got some things I'm going to share with you today. So number one is the obituary of my mentor that he's doctor George busy Smith. And I'm going to read just a little bit of this to you because this will all come around of you're going to understand more of my why and my purpose and all those other things, but.

So doctor George Smith was born on February 14, 1920, in South Dakota. Blanche and Ralph and their three children moved to Hutchinson in 1930. Hutchinson, where I'm from, George Norton, by the nickname Buzzy by his family and friends, attended Hutchinson public schools and was a very proud Eagle scout before the age of 15. Buzzy loved the outdoors and spent as much time as he could fishing and hunting. He was a talented athlete and played on the high school's football, basketball, and baseball teams.

Buzzy was confirmed in the first congregational church and during his senior year joined the United States, excuse me, the Minnesota National Guard, Company G, 135th interest infantry, in which he served until 1939. Buzzy graduated from high school in 38 and attended Carleton College in Northfield, where he was awarded full scholarship for his academics. He was a strong scholar, majoring in chemistry, was also very involved with athletic and social activities. His sister in law Jappy, a Carleton classmate, said that Buzzy was a popular football player.

His sense of humor was unmatched. He was always the life of the party. During his senior year, on December 8, 1941, the day after the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Buzzy enlisted in the Navy. He graduated from Carleton, at which the Navy placed him a special program that allowed him to attend medical school at the time at the University of Minnesota. While medical school, Buzzy met Marie Betty, an RN teacher from Hancock, Michigan. On April 28, they married. After his 1946 graduation from med school, Buzzy continued his medical training at the John Seely Hospital in Galveston.

He was one of the admitting doctors during the Texas city disaster of April 1947, the worst industrial disaster in us history that resulted in more than 500 mortalities. I know all about this story. I know literally everything about it to how it treated, all the things. After completing his training in Texas, Doctor Smith practiced rural medicine for 18 months in lemon, South Dakota, and then he returned to Hutchinson in 1949 to practice medicine in association with Doctor EW Lippmann. In 1953, during the Korean War, Doctor Smith was recalled to serve as a captain in the medical corps in the US Air Force, serving in both Wyoming and Iceland.

After his discharge in 55, he returned to Hutchinson to continue his medical practice. In 58, he co founded the Hutchinson Medical center and served as the chief of staff during the planning stages in construction in 1970. The Hutchinson Hospital beginning in 58, Smith was a member of the planning committee for the Aging, which was responsible for the nursing home Burns Manor. Beginning the seventies, Doctor Smith worked with the U of M to establish the Rural Medicine association program and mentored students in that program for decades.

He was recognized as a 50 year member of the Minnesota Medical association in 96. In addition to his medical career, Doctor Smith was a director on the Minnesota State American Automotive association and member of the Masonic Order, chapter Commandery and the Zero Temple, and a lifetime member of the Hutchinson American Legion and Veterans for Foreign Wars. Doctor Smith was an active and dedicated member of the board of directors for both the telephone company, the Citizens bank that he served several decades.

He was passionate about giving back to the Hutchins Community bank to make a better place to live and serve. Several terms as a trustee on the IJ Burich Family foundation in Hutchinson. In 1998, he was named Mister Hutchinson. Throughout his life, Buzzy was an avid sportsman. Blah blah blah blah. In 85, Doctor Smith returned from his actors practice of medicine following the passing away of his beloved wife. After 40 years, he continued his service to medicine by volunteering in the international medical corps and working in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the russian conflict.

In recent years, Doctor Smith enjoyed spending time with his family and friends traveling the world. He especially loved the scenery and the wildlife of Minnesota, Montana, but also traveled to Iceland, Kenya, Thailand and many countries in both Europe and South Africa. He treated his grandchildren. Doctor Smith sincerely, deeply valued his close relationships and friendship with his family, friends and colleagues. He was the ultimate host, providing his guests with the best in food, drink and genuine hospitality.

He will be lovingly remembered for his deep intellect and sharp memory, wonderful sense of humor and amazing storytelling skills, all of which, and it goes a little bit deeper. So in this book, in this box, Doctor Smith has always been my number one mentor in my life. He would always write all of these anytime he's gone, in Africa, the Alamo, you name it. He would always write me postcards. Okay. And these postcards, I would get all these postcards from him. And so I kept these and I saved every one of them.

And I just graduated from college, right? I just graduated from college. Excuse me, I just graduated from my, I just finished up my MBA, my second masters, and I was going to be going off to doctorate pro doctorate school. And he writes me this letter and you know, it's, dear Luke, I spent a considerable amount of time to find a birthday card for you, but it was with the strictest sense of it that it was not possible to find one to do it justice. This card is a lot to know how much happiness and pride that I have for you and that people that know, and especially you, who you are.

I'm overflowed with pride for joy. If one of the regrets is that I will not be able to progress in your great career. Love, Buzzy. So this card was given to me and I had no idea what he meant with that last sentence. That I will not be able to progress in your great career. Love, Buzzy. And naturally, I called him up on the phone and I said, hey, Buzzy, thank you so much for the card, appreciate it. But can you give me a little bit more? And he said, luke, I'm dying of cancer. And I was like, oh my gosh, that was just a gut punch.

But to still do these things, to send out the cards, to think of others, to put other people in front of you. And so I went out and I visited with him. He was laying in bed, I sat and chat with him and I talked about his life, right? We went over everything, what he did, what he didn't do, all the other things. And I'll never forget this saying that he had. See, exactly what he said. It's four words. And if you remember any of this with Doctor Smith, you're going to remember these four words for the rest of your life, said Luke.

Some can and some can't. Let me say that again. Some can and some can't. And it doesn't matter what it is in your life. The reality is some individuals can and some individuals can't. And you can talk about grit, perseverance, you can talk about everything under the sun. I mean, I don't have to read this again to show you all the things that he went through. Meanwhile, having a father that committed suicide and all those things. And so when people ask things of, like, your why and your purpose and how you are wired differently, it's because some can and some can't.

And I'm a ken guy all day. And what are you gonna do to make sure that you're a can person, that you can do things, you can get things done, you can overcome, you can be fulfilled, you can find your purpose? I can. I can. I can. The can't people in your life, get rid of them. Get rid of them as fast as you possibly can. Surround yourself with the cans, get rid of the can'ts. And I'm tell you, your life will be forever better like that. You know why? You can draw inspiration. You can draw motivation.

You can draw things of meaning and matter. So when I think about my life at 42, right. Soon to be 42, May 27. Let's go. I encourage you to. To think about where you are right now and are you a buzzy for somebody? Are you a buzzy for somebody in this world that ten years later, after they're dead and gone, that they revisit things like this that are in their boxes, right? All these things that are in their boxes. Because you've impacted somebody's life to that extent for free. Doesn't cost anything.

Be a buzzy number one. Number two, four words. Some can, some can't. Never forget that. Have an amazing week. We have an incredible live sessions on the docket this week. We have some amazing people coming on live. We're going to be wrapping up another month, right? So we got march wrapping up quarters, almost wrapped up. So as you go into April, you're going to be seeing our April Cadre commitments. Those are amazing. See what you can do to fulfill those commitments and goals. Each and every month we have these bite sized nuggets that can maybe even put you outside your comfort zone.

Give it a go. I think you're going to find yourself enjoying those moments of uncomfortability as you continue to progress in this life. Our live streamings are everything. I hope to see you all on the live streams. I'll be on. I can't wait. On this Thursday, I'm going to talk about tales. Every Thursday will either be tales of leadership or tales of entrepreneurial ship. This one's going to be a leadership about making sure that you're seen. I want to talk about that sometimes as managers, directors, leaders with individuals that report to you how to be seen, how to be noticed, how to be seen.

I'm going to talk about that. I think that's really, really important. So at any rate, have an amazing day. Have a better week. Some can, some can't. Never forget that. Take care of you guys. Thank you. Bye.