Weekend Roundup: 3 Thoughts

Good morning, Cadre crew. Here we are, baby. We are. It's Monday morning. It is a great day. It's going to be an incredible week. Number one, for those individuals that love the fall time and falls coming, and for those individuals in areas that you may see weather changes or the leaves change, it's just, it's a beautiful, beautiful time for those individuals. Haven't been in northern Michigan, Minnesota, different areas around here, we always start to hit like our peak weather time with leaves right about now.

So if you haven't went up north and drove your vehicle up there, I highly suggest doing it. It is utterly incredible this time of the year. So I had a roundup of the weekend with three thoughts. So whenever I run and I go on my big runs, I usually either jot down these notes. Like I literally note them to myself. What up, Amy Ramey? Happy Monday. It's going to be a great day. But I always, like, note these to myself, either voice message or I text them to myself when I'm on my runs. So here's my three thoughts from this weekend that I wanted to share with you all.

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My number one was helping others, helping others, helping others. You can never go wrong with helping somebody else. It not only makes yourself feel good, but it makes the individual that you're helping feel really good as well. And it's not about like getting something in return. It's just about helping, like, genuinely giving your heart to somebody and supporting somebody. So over the course of the last three months now on Sunday nights, we've had our Cadre aa meeting. And it started with our onesies, twosies and fours, fives, sixes, and we had twelve individuals.

We had two decks, two different bays at Topgolf that we all got together last night. And there was, like I said, twelve of us here in St. Paul, Minneapolis. We hope as this continues to expand and the Cadre movement continues to expand that. We have a variety of different events, hopefully throughout our country. But right now in Minneapolis St. Paul, we had an awesome event last night where twelve individuals showed up together. So if it's something that you want to try to take the step in your life and you want to try to take a jaunt of ultimately sobriety or taking a chance even for the moment, or for today, by all means, on Sunday night, join our meeting.

m. We're going to be there to support and help others. So, number one, help others. It was an amazing night. It was an incredible evening of just fellowship, joy laughs and hitting some good golf shots, or for some people, not me. My next one is putting yourself out there. So I have to share a story about my son. So we're moving school districts from White Bear Lake to Matamedi, which is going from a really, really big district to a smaller district. And when you go from a really big district, you're kind of, you know, one of many.

And then in a smaller school district, you're kind of like the big fish in a pond. And if you're not the big fish, you're kind of left out in the pond more often than not. Well, I just. I just wanted to tell the world just how, how proud I was of my son for putting himself out there and trying out for basketball. Not knowing anybody in a school of, let's call it 200 size, where a lot of those individuals have been together season over season over season, and now he's the odd man out, coming in and trying out for the team.

So whether the result is what we want or not, I'm just so proud of him for putting himself out there and giving it a go and trying. I think that's sometimes just half the battle in this life, is putting yourself out there and trying. And so it also allows you to help meet new people. Good morning. Good morning. I always love when I see love before hate on here. But I want to circle this back to an event that I had this summer, and it forever changed my life. So we were by this, this pool, and we were sitting there by this pool, and I thought I recognized an individual.

And sure enough, it was him. And so my wife's like, why don't you go introduce yourself? And so that's exactly what I did, right? So I went over and I shook his hand. I said, mister so and so. It's so nice to meet you. My name is Luke Wendtland, and blah, blah, blah. And he's like, why don't we, why don't we try golfing sometime? And so we golfed. And before you know it, now I have a friendship with an individual who ultimately, when it comes to Cadre here now and our growth and where we're going with Cadre, you know, I can't wait to, you know, see what that looks like.

For his specific business on the hospice side of the world. I wrote down and I manifested something two years ago in my goals that I want to help the hospice space one way or another because hospice is really the only other thing for end of life. And, you know, here we are and kind of like how the worlds collided all within two months. So its really exciting to see what that might turn out to be. It might turn out to nothing. It might turn out to be something really amazing. And the last but not least is, so again, number one is helping others.

Number two is putting yourself out there. And then my last one, good morning, Chris. My last one is keep working hard and never stop. And im going to tell you why this was so important to me. So over last week, we had three different messages from individuals who want to be part of Cadre, whether it is a creator, where somebody filled out our creator form, whether it's reaching out on our instagram or otherwise. And I just finished up with a call this morning from somebody who's running a half marathon in Chicago, who works in the mental health space, who's been dreaming of something more holistically.

And she's LADC and an LPCC, so she helps people all day long, which is exactly, you know, what we were talking about, about helping others. But it's crazy how you start, when you start something. This is why, again, keep working hard and never stop. Because when you start something you're trying to sell, like as one of the founders or one of the individuals that are early on, you're trying to sell your idea really at the end of the day, right, because execution still really hasn't existed yet. So you're trying to sell, sell, sell.

So I'll give you an example. Like when start an organization several years ago, you know, with, with Northstar behavioral health, right? So you're kind of selling who we are, what we are, what we intend to do, and then, you know, you get your first wave of employees, and before you know it, your first wave of employees, and then you have the next individuals that hear about you, right? They hear about you. They want to be involved. Why work with you? And so now you're not selling the mission vision values of the organization.

What you're actually doing is listening to somebody who wants to be involved. How can you use their zone of genius for the organization? Because they're already passionate. They're inspired by the work. They can't wait to be involved. They wanna be a part of it. You're not trying to do anything in your power to get somebody motivated to be a part of something. They're already there. They're already there now. It's the biggest difference is, you know, the transition is they want to be involved and not somebody else trying to force for somebody to be involved or having to find ways to overcompensate or otherwise.

So when you're at this part of the game is when you're in the really, really fun part. So what I want to tell you is, if you're in. If you're starting a company or you're starting a business, or you're taking a leaf leap, or you are getting to a point in your life that you want to try something or work with somebody or establish your own practice or do whatever, there will come a point where somebody's going to hear about you, where someone's going to hear about you, and they're going to give you a call.

And I encourage you to meet them right away, talk to them right away, and all those things, because there's something out there in this world that they want to be a part of it with you and with the team and with Cadre and all the other things. m. Thank you. That was one of the best calls that I've ever had. And to hear your passion and energy behind what you want to do and why you want to do it is just incredible. m. Calls like that first thing on a Monday morning from individuals that are so intrinsically motivated to make a difference and seeing the world differently.

So thank you very, very much for that call. That was awesome. So, again, rounding up here. Number one, putting yourself out there, continue to put yourself out there. Make changes in the world by putting yourself out there. Meet new people, and who cares about the result? Who cares if you look dumb? It doesn't matter. Go out there, put yourself out there. Number two, keep working hard and never stop. Keep working hard and never stop. Because you never know who. Who you're gonna run into that's ultimately gonna help change your life or change the trajectory of your business or whatever that might be next is helping others.

We had just an unbelievable event last night, 630 at Topgolf. Twelve individuals showed up. It was our first one. I will post the picture in our community feed here at Cadre. But it was just. It was one of those events that's kind of like full circle that you start with one person. I remember being on the call, and it was me and one other individual when we started. And before you know it, you build momentum, and you build momentum. So if you or somebody you know that's struggling from alcohol or substances and want to try to take the first step and be part of an AA meeting on Sunday nights, we're here for you, and we'll do everything in our power to support or help, maybe even guide to the resources that you might need.

There's a lot of people, you know, on the Cadre family here that. That knows people or knows maybe where to send you for the right reasons at the right time. So, at any rate, have an amazing week. I'm taking way too much of your time. Have a great Monday. Thanks all for tuning in. Amy, awesome. Katie, love before hate. I love it. Chris, always good to see you on here. You guys take care. Have the best week. Be good to one another, and remember those four things, but the most important one is always help others.

Bye.