Monday Motivation

Good morning, Cadre crew. It's an amazing Monday here. We're off and running yet again. My name is Luke Wendtlandt. I'm your chief motivational officer and leadership coach here at Cadre. I love seeing people see the light bulb moments in their life, and I hope this is another one of those opportunities for you again today. I have two stories that I'm gonna share with you this morning, and I hope both of them resonate with you to be able to see how you may act in a moment like this if it happens in your life, which I guarantee it will.

So here's two different stories from two different celebrities that I guarantee you both know. Number one, Sylvester Stallone was a struggling actor, right? The Italian strat, the italian stallion, struggling actor. They were just filming godfather. They were asking for a bunch of extras, right? Good morning, Katie. They were asking for a bunch of extras, and there was a hundred extras that they needed for the godfather in the, the dinner scene with all the Italians and the big mob scene, right?

And so Sylvester Stallone was talking to the agent about, you know, could I be an extra? How much money I need the work, all the other things. And he got a call back and say, you don't look italian enough. We need individuals who look and stick out that are more italian. And he writes, he didn't write back on the phone. He said, what's more italian than me? A pizza. And so, at any rate, so here's Sylvester Stallone. And he didn't get that job on the godfather, but ultimately, that casting agent ended up working for Sylvester Stallone years later down the road, right?

And his comment was, she worked for me down the road, and I ended up firing her. Right? So that's the first one. Like, and I got you moment. You put me down. And here I'm going to show you who I am, and I'm going to show you who's boss. And I got you, right? I mean, we all, we all know these times in life the I got you moments, right? But now here's the second story. Okay? So Adam Sandler, if anybody knows this, went to, you know, theater school in college, right? So he went to theater school and college, and it was his first year.

His first year was just wrapping up, and his professor grabbed him after class and said, would you be willing to have a beer with me? I want to share some information with you. So. Or whatever. He's just 21, so he said yes. You know, they go, they meet up, they talk things through. The professor looks at Adam Sandler and says, you don't have to look. You don't have the voice. You aren't the right fit. I'm just going to save you a lot of time in your life. Like, I don't see how this is going to work.

You're struggling in the classes now. You're struggling to, going up to being an improv. You're struggling, you're struggling, you're struggling. And I would just highly suggest that you don't waste three years at this ridiculous cost of tuition. And, you know, when you find something else, Adam, right? So fast forward 15 years or whatever it was, and he's out for dinner. And it's Adam Sandler, David Chappelle, Chris Rock, all of his group of comedians, David Spade, they're all together having dinner at this great, great place close by the college and what, in New York City.

So they're there doing their thing. The professor comes in with his wife, right? So imagine this, the four or five biggest names in comedy that have made it to the upper echelon. I mean, my gosh, they're the basically the Mount Rushmore of comedy outside of Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. And here the professor walks in, this is the ultimate I got you moment. I mean, the ultimate. And so he waves, he sees a professor and they make eye contact. He waves them over, brings them over, and he said, I just want to introduce you to my friends.

This is the only, this is the only professor that ever bought me a beer. Look at how different those two individuals addressed the situation and showed up for the individual that kind of, quote unquote, didn't believe in him. Right? And there's all these stories of, you know, no's. And there's all these stories of individuals saying, you know, counselors of, you know, I don't think this is right for you. And those stories exist everywhere. But I just think those two, you know, just to show everybody and show the world, like, when we have the I got you moments, it could be anything in life.

It could be in work, it could be in profession. It could be whatever. I'm not saying you're, you know, reaching CEO levels or starting your own companies or, you know, often being a celebrity and in the world and being an actor, that, that's, that's not what I mean. But anybody, you could be an educator having I got you moment with a student. You could have a, you know, peer supervisory role at work, and you have an I got you moment. And you can make somebody feel dumb and embarrassed or you can make somebody feel included and a part of something even in your own journey, in a good way, in a positive way.

So even at Cadre, there's been individuals that I've talked to about this platform that have shared what we're going to do and how we're going to do it, why we're going to do it. I'm not saying I got laughed out of the room, but lack of belief is an understatement. So the most important thing twofold, if you're ever on the receiving end of the I gotcha. Just figure out how you're going to show up and if you're on the other side, sometimes all somebody needs is a little push or a little kick or a little belief that they can do it too.

So never forget those things. I think that level of emotional intelligence in this world is so vital and critical that you can establish not only who you are and what you are and why you're that, but also to resonate that with the other individual that you know that maybe didn't believe or didn't believe in you or didn't believe in the thing. And that's okay too. So everybody have an amazing week. We got a killer schedule of live set up. Abby Mallard, Katie Donovan, Chris Edrington, the whole crew here.

Girls mentorship, Reese Acostas, all the teams going live, Nick Hanson, doctor Everett, we have lots of lives here for you this week. Please engage in the community feed. If there is anything that we can do to maybe its messaging, maybe its content that you would like to see or maybe its just post to engage in the community. Thats why were here and were here for you. So we look forward to working with you all this week. Have an amazing week. Cadre crew and we'll talk to you soon. I personally will see anybody who wants to on Wednesday afternoon with sport group.