"Haves" And The "Have Nots"

Good morning, Cadre. I was out golfing with my son last night. I was out golfing with my son last night. We golf nine holes together with him and my nephew. It was just an awesome little family outing of golf. And I just have to tell you the story that I think resonates with a lot of us today. So, you know, my ten year old, you know, struggled a little bit with the golf game, and he was, you know, going up and down and, yeah, you know, just. Just, you know, missing some easy putts, hitting some good ones, all of it.

Right. But, you know, when we were done, you know, this is what he said to me. He goes, well, you know, so and so has a golf swing coach. So and so and so has the new clubs. So and so, you know, does this. So and so has the opportunity to golf at all the best golf courses. Right? And so, you know, again, it's almost like resources. Well, they have. They have the resources to be able to do this. They have the resource to do that. They have. They have the haves, you know, and consider us the have nots, right?

And so it's like, I think it goes for everything. I think. I think it just goes for everything in this world. Is your mindset of, is that who you want to be? Is that who you want to be? Does that. Is that what my son wants to do? He wants to compare himself at ten years old to somebody who has a swing coach, to somebody, that this is all they do for eight straight hours, that this is this. This is this. Right. And I think it goes back to, you know, even. Even running a company, even taking your next step in goals, you know, working with individuals who got the promotion.

Right. It's. I think we live in a life of comparison, and we consistently compare ourselves to others. And I think you gotta be really careful about that game and the haves and have nots. Right. It's really easy at 42 years old to see some individuals with a beautiful, big, massive lake home and this brand new vehicle and all these other things and say, oh, I wish that was me. And, you know, have that jealous bone and all those other things. Or you can be really happy for the haves, you know, or, excuse me, the have nots of what you do have.

What you do have. It's hard not to. It takes a lot. That's right. But, you know, it's in anything we do, you know, I was just thinking about, like, the business today, right? Like, so, you know, I'm comparing ourselves, let's say, Cadre versus, you know, the rest of these, you know, mental health and wellness platforms out there, you know, the haves versus the have nots, right? And so, you know, they are venture capitalist funded. They have XYZ, they have this, they have this. And, you know, we're us.

We're us, you know, with. We're running from little to no funding. We're running our tails off with the team that we have. We have an amazing, passionate group of people behind it, you know, and I'm going to take the have nots any day of the week. I want to work with this group of individuals to create and build the most amazing platform versus a group that has $50 million sitting in the bank account. And the only thing they care about is their return on their investment of their margins. I care on the amount of heartbeats that we change in this world.

I care about the amount of individuals that we change their lives. And so again, it goes back to my son. I really, really encourage you, and I want you to focus about how you wake up when you are the underdog, when you don't have the resources that other people have, when you may be driving a little older vehicle and everybody else is having new. When you don't have the new house or you still haven't bought a home and you're still renting or, you know, that's okay. That's okay. And I think that what it does in the long run is it allows for you to be humble.

I think it allows for you to be. Wow, there it is. Risa makes you grittier, more grateful, and keeps you humble. That's right. On the money. And so where I'm coming from you today is this like, I just had this conversation with my son late last night and we were just talking about the haves and have nots. And I just think it's really important that we start educating, informing kids, you know, at a young age as well as us, as adults, you know, of what really haves and have nots really are. It's only money, it's only resources.

None of that s***'s going with you when you're dead and gone. None of it is. But what will is your integrity, your identity, your legacy, what you left behind, whose lives you've changed, who you've affected, stories that you can go on, how you've been memorable. So I just want you encourage to think about those things as we move forward through the weekend. I hope you have a great weekend. I got a big step weekend. What does that mean? I have goal this weekend of how many steps I'm going to accomplish and get wrapped up, which I will do, no doubt about it.

And I hope you guys have a great weekend, too. And just really take this message to heart. To think about is the very first reaction that you have of the resources you don't have versus the resources that you do. Because if you got 2ft, if you're healthy, you're able bodied, you got a mind upstairs, you can accomplish anything that you want. Go get it. Y'all have an amazing weekend. Bye.