Tales From Entrepreneurship

Hello, Cadre crew. Another amazing day in paradise here in Minnesota. It's a great day. My name is Luke Wendtland. I'm going to be talking to you today about my tales from entrepreneurship. So on Mondays, I'm going to continue to show up and talk about Monday motivation. I'm always going to have a story to be able to share with you. On Thursdays, I'm always going to come and talk about. Maybe it's a tale of leadership, tale of entrepreneurial ship, tale of something that I believe can provide you value, you know, as you continue to evolve and grow, you know, in this life.

But I wanted to tell you about a story about seven, eight ish years ago that I think is really, really important, about embracing the unknown and learning through all obstacles that come in your way, you know, as you're building a business, as you're taking on new endeavor or whatever that might look like for you in your life. But. So I was opening a residential treatment program in St. Paul, Minnesota. And through the. Through the process, you have to go through a variety of different inspections.

There's fire inspections, Minnesota Department of Health department, Human Services, you name it. There's a bunch of. Of different things that you have to roll through in order to have approvals as you continue to move forward. Hey, Nick. Hey, Katie. Junk food junkie. I love you, man. But. So, who would have thought that I would become an expert in fire rated, right? And fire rated information in a building? Okay, so I knew nothing prior to this journey whatsoever about drywall Sheetrock, fire ratings.

What the fire ratings are fire retardant paint. Understanding the burn time between different levels and why is because in order to achieve your licensure, in order to move forward, you have to have a fire department evaluate your life safety plan, and you have to go through your life safety plan, which ultimately means you have to work on your fire plan, which then means you have to have a fire inspection to finally pass. So when you look at a door, the next time that you look at a door, this is how I know you've listened to this.

The next time you look at a door and it's a metal door and it's a fire rated door, open the door, they'll have a rating on the door, and it'll actually. Thank you. Junk food junkie. Drop ceilings. Elsa. That's right on. But there actually be a rating on your door for the burn rate. Time on the door. Sometimes it's 45 minutes. Sometimes it's 2 hours. Sometimes it's 4 hours. Right. So there's there's. There's a method to the madness behind the fire department, and it's meaningful. But so here's another one with this fire stuff, from going from level one to level two, there's a separation that you have to have on a fire rating separation that covers x amount of time.

So if you put a half inch drywall, that gives you a burn time of x. If you have a three, four inch drywall, it gives you a burn time of x. And then if you have fire retardant paint that has x mils of thickness, then that gives you x amount of time frame of coverage. Again, I had no clue of any of this whatsoever. But my point is, and this is just a story that I want to share along the journey, is when you're starting something and when you're growing something, whether it's a business of here or there, wherever you're going to come in against all these obstacles that you're going to have to learn what it means, what it means for you, how are you going to figure it out and what's next, right?

So every time you're on your entrepreneurial journey, it's much like life. Like there's another pin that gets popped up and you knock it down. Another pin that gets popped up, you knock it down. And that's just, that's just what you need to do. So it's crazy to say this, but I would argue today, you know, whether it's through structural engineering, whether it's the build of the fire ratings of a building, whether it's the window qualifications that you need to have in the sizes, the length of distance from AdA requirements, where everything has to fall, the life safety plan of exits and intros into properties is probably one of the most amazing experience I had.

And when I go into look at new properties today, I'm seeing all those things, right? You know, the ratings of the doors and where things are. And so, you know, embrace those unknowns. And when you have those things that come up in your journey of entrepreneurial ship, like take them as an amazing opportunity to learn. Take them as an amazing opportunity to learn. You never know how that might change your life. You may build a house someday. You may work in a project that involves construction, you never know.

But on the development of the app front, I work very closely with an individual that I think you guys have actually seen him live before, Alec DeWitts, where he's had to learn so much on this journey. To be able to even have this opportunity to speak in front of you all on this live stream here at Cadre. I want all of us to embrace the many unknowns in uncertainty that will be coming with you when you enter the journey that is entrepreneurship. So use those as growth moments. Use those to learn.

And, yes, some of the information that you might learn might be one and done. Like I said, fire retardant. Who knows? I'll see that again. But so, two things he could take away from this. The next time that you go in to any gymnasium or anything like that, and you look up on the top and you see. And you see, like, up on the top and you see all the different stuff that's covered in a gymnasium, you'll see that it's all fire retardant. Right. So the next thing that I want you to say is, anytime that you see, uh uh, wah.

Your doors and the doorway, have those inside, you'll be able to see exactly what the ratings are. So take a peek at those things. Gordon, going forward, the my amazing gals of golden heart. I love you guys so much. You have. You have no idea how much that I care about your wellness journey and what you're doing. Continue to live, eat, and breathe wellness. I know you guys are taking so many different steps in your entrepreneurial ship journey, and I'm watching. I'm watching what you're doing. It's amazing.

Absolutely amazing to see it. I can't wait to see what another pin you knock down. Embrace that uncertainty. I love you guys a lot. Any questions or anything that people have that they've seen or that one of the stories that they have that they could write in, potentially. But I'd love to, you know, answer any questions or hear from you if there's some things that have popped up on your journey, because those are kind of some of the most exciting times. I'll give it a second here. But you're right.

Junk food, junkie, the drop ceilings on the fire retardant rating of those that have their own specific rating, too. But hopefully, this story that I shared today, not an architect, not a structural engineer, sure as h*** know nothing about the fireside of things prior to eight years ago. But I learned so much. And when you take these leaps of faith and your journey, you know, it's going to be rather amazing to see what that's going to look like for you. So, Nicole, thanks for your excited. I'm so excited.

Nicole, you're. You're just a. You're just an incredible soul. You and Christine are amazing. I know from installing office googles that you have to allow third. That's correct. That is absolutely right. There's always the three foot path and life safety. It can grow. It also goes down to the height of I have to learn about the water dispensers and to see where those had to flow is crazy for wheelchairs through Ada. Here's another one. Junk food junkie with the Ada with wheelchairs. For every twelve inches.

For every twelve inches it could go up one quarter of an inch. So for every twelve inches across, it can go up one. So for every 24 inches it can go up half an inch. For every 3ft, they can go up three quarters of an inch to keep that grade for wheelchairs. So they test for that as well. Something I who the h*** would have known? But at any rate, you all have an amazing day. I hope that you'll be inspired to listen to tales of entrepreneurial ship and leadership. I'll be again. Mondays and Thursdays will be my days.

I'm jacked. I can't wait to always show up on live streams and share. I hope, sometimes emotional, sometimes funny, sometimes trying, sometimes informative or stories with you that I ultimately hope will change your lives for the good. So take care of y'all. Have an amazing rest of your week. Do right by somebody today. Take care. Bye.