JC explores the idea of enoughness applied to planning, recounting a sparsely planned live show with a Polish rock star and a comedian to examine when people plan for comfort instead of aiming for success.
The host opens the video from his car, greets the audience, introduces himself as JC, and explains that Cadre Today is a daily series sharing different ways to be well. He sets a friendly, familiar tone and frames the episode's intent.
The host explains the concept of enoughness — being sufficient in the present moment — and clarifies it isn't complacency but empowers action. He transitions to today's twist on the idea: planning enough rather than overplanning.
JC recounts performing on a show called Living the Dream with notable performers, noting that despite limited planning the event felt well-orchestrated. He observes that sometimes people plan for comfort instead of creating conditions for success.
He clarifies he's not against planning but insists on leaving room in schedules for being present with others, asserting that the real product is the person and their in-the-moment interactions which can't be fully planned.
JC lists his day's commitments—helping with an audition, driving to lead a ropes course, getting a haircut—and points out that after certain obligations he intentionally left the rest of the day open to 'feel it out' and be present.
Hey, Cadre. Happy, happy Saturday. How are you doing? I'm sitting in my car and it's kind of chilly. Tis the season for chilly mornings in the automobile. You know, tomorrow I'm filling in at one of my old jobs where for about two years, every single Sunday morning, Cadre today was in my automobile in a gas station parking lot. m. So a little throwback right there. But today in the car as well. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know the things I know and I care about you. My name is JC.
If we've never shared time and space together before, I'm here every darn day to remind you that there's lots of ways to be well and you can hear people contributing their voices and their stories and their histories right here to show you all those ways. Quite often on Saturdays I talk about this idea of enoughness. Enoughness is the idea that you are already indeed in this moment enough, that you don't have to become something else in order to have impact and to do some pretty remarkable things.
And that's not a complacency mechanism, it's actually the opposite, right? It's saying right now you're capable of doing something, where quite often like progressive always need to be better mentality says once you are X, then you'll be able to Y. Enoughness says you are X, so you can do Y. Good morning, Cole. Nice to see you, my friend. Yesterday I started a live stream talking about planning enough. So it's a little different take on enoughness today rather than you as a person being enough, something you create, and that is the plans that you bring into this world being enough.
That's what we're going to talk about right now. Thursday night I had the opportunity to put together a little show with a gentleman who has a diamond record in Poland. His song has had over 320 million plays. So I was one of the three people in the show. And the other guy in the show was the opening act for Louie Anderson, world renowned comedian who's passed away a handful of years ago. You may know Louie Anderson from the cartoon Life with Louie or from all the different TV shows that Louie Anderson was on and won Emmy Awards for and all the things.
So I have a Polish rock superstar and Mr. Funny Guy. And then there's me. And we were doing this show called Living the Dream. And it was a show about having a dream and our our best moments and our worst moments and why we continue to to to attempt to find the dream or to live the dream. And the three of us are pretty busy. So the amount of planning that we did was less than one would expect because the show happened and it was beautiful and it seemed like it was all planned out. Sometimes we plan for our comfort, not for our success.
Let me say it again. Sometimes we plan for our comfort, not for our success. We plan to go, okay, I know everything that's going to happen, which ends up creating less success than we would have if we allow ourselves to be in the moment going, huh, so where are we? And again, I'm a precise speaker, so I'm not saying don't plan anything. I'm definitely not saying that. But what I am saying is make sure you leave space. for the thing that is actually your product, and that is you being in the moment with other people.
All of a sudden you go, yeah, that's right. What I'm putting into this world is me being with others. Right now I'm slowing down to go, am I doing that? Am I being with you right now? Am I giving myself right now? It's the reason why every single cadre today starts with me saying, here is where I am. Here is what I'm thinking about. Here is what I'm feeling. Because that's part of the product, and you can't plan that. My invitation for you today is to plan enough. I have to go help a young person prepare for an audition, and then I have to drive about an hour south to a place where I'm going to be leading a team through some low ropes course later on this week.
And then the rest of the day, I need to get a haircut. As you can see, my bangs are longer than they've ever been in my entire life, but I kind of like it. My dog's nails are all kind of long, and I have things to do and places to be. But after that meeting down in Jordan, Minnesota, I don't have anything else planned. I'm going to feel it out. I'm going to see what I need to do. So then I can be with the people and in the moments that I'm in. That's my invitation for you today. Plan enough. Not too much.
Plan enough. Bye.
