Monday Motivation: Do What You Say You Are Going To Do

Good morning, everybody. It's Luke Wentlandt here, your chief motivational officer. I got just wrapped up with a big run. I woke up super early this morning. I was up at like three or something or whatever it was. I was just wide awake. Sometimes when I go to bed super early, I get up early. And so I got up early this morning and just went after it and got after a big run today, so it felt really great just to get going this morning. And then, of course, got my coffee and I'm ready to attack the week, so I'm pumped about it.

But after you get a good start to the morning, get your energy going, get a good run, all the things feels absolutely phenomenal stepping into this week. So I feel really, really great about what's ahead, but I just want to share a story with you, and I think it's going to put a lot of things into perspective in your life. My wife's been an educator now for almost 20 years, and this year is a little different for her. She's teaching her 6th grade classroom, and there's this girl from the Ukraine, refugee from Ukraine, and her, she, in 6th grade, is here, her mom is here, and her grandma is here, and her two brothers and her dad are still in the Ukraine because their age and fighting and etcetera.

So if you're a male, 18, and up in the Ukraine, you can't leave. So you're ultimately stuck in the Ukraine, fighting for your country. And if you take a peak, here's the daughter, the twelve year old mom, grandma, that are in our country, in the United States, doing the best they can, knowing that they're fighting a war and everything. So just imagine three years ago, just living a normal life and whatever suburb or wherever you may be, and now you're completely uprooted and, you know, sitting in a different country some three years later, you don't know the language, you don't know the communication style.

It's a different, completely different culture. And you're starting school, and that is a girl in my wife's class. And so next time you think you have it hard, just put that into perspective. That's number one. Number two, you know, there's a very important person in my life, you know, growing up, that always said, you know, do what you say you're gonna do, you know, so where I think it's always important is when you don't is to either text message that person, let that individual know, communicate with that person that you missed.

Right? That you missed. I'm sorry, I was supposed to call you. I'm sorry. I was supposed to follow up. I'm sorry. You were supposed to get that document. I'm sorry. You're supposed to receive that payment. You know, when you do what you say you're going to do, you know, that's a form of following through and discipline. And so, you know, there's a couple individuals that, you know, I didn't fall through with last week and do what I say I was going to do. So that one just kind of hits you in your heart, and you got to make sure you handle that appropriate and do what you say you got to do.

So that's number two. Number three, I just want to talk about energy right now. Right. You know, there's a big, big impetus of importance of energy. Stealing your energy, taking your energy. Your energy is your energy, right? Nobody else's. If somebody's sucking the energy out of you, do not give somebody that power. Number one, to even say it. Don't even say that. Like that person stealing all my energy, that's not true. Number one, it's not. Nobody steals 100% of your energy. And number two, how on earth would you possibly give somebody else that power to allow somebody steal your energy from you?

So I really think you got to rephrase that to, you know, this individual is harboring a little bit of my energy, and I got to make sure that I make a good decision. So my energy is used to good, done. Right? But don't, don't, let's not fall into that victim mindset with your energy. Your energy is your energy, how you use your energy, how you choose to yours. Choose to use your energy, make the decisions to use your energy. And then last but not least is this one, don't post about it. Be about it.

I see so much stuff on social media, Instagram, I'm not on Facebook, but all the different social media channels. And all I can think about is, like, while I scroll as I just go fake, fake, fake, fake, fake. I just encourage you to really just be about it, whatever it is in your life, and just really stop before you hit that post button and to say, like, who am I doing this for? Am I doing it for somebody else? Am I doing this for me? Am I, am I, am I trying to be somebody I'm not? Am I living a life that's maybe fake and phony, you know, on social media compared to what it actually really is?

So I just, I encourage you to think about it. You know, I always say, just, just be about it. Don't post about it. So that's my last one. So those are my four for you today. Okay? So get off. Attack this world. Go make the most of it. Be about it. Don't post about it. Do what you say you're gonna do. Don't let individual stealers app your energy. And somebody always has it a little worse. So when you think about it, like, your circumstance and what's going on in this life, take a moment to take a step back and say, I got this.

So have an amazing week. Take care, everybody. Do what you say you're going to do, and your energy is your energy. And don't let anybody ever zap it. Have an amazing week, y'all. Take care. Bye.