Monday Motivation On A Tuesday

Happy 2024, Cadre crew. So exciting to have this live stream today. I'm pumped beyond words as we jump into 2024. Renew, rebirth, regeneration, rejuvenation, life, excitement, encouragement, love, support, kindness. All different words, I'm sure individuals talk about as they think about 2023 and what they would like to see happen in their lives and why. One thing that my wife and I actually did, it's my wife's new year's birthday. So she's one. One, which is amazing. So we had a new year's birthday for my wife, and one thing that we did that we wanted to talk about and connect with is we went for a big long drive together in the vehicle yesterday.

We spent better part of 2 hours in the car, and we talked all things, goals, goals, dreams, ambitions, what we want, how we want them, why we want them. And we got together and it was, it was just very energizing. And we were also confined and limited to a space where, you know, there's always this life that's going all around us all the time. And, you know, we have, you know, our kids, we have work, we have other relationships, friendships, you know, school, you name it, activities. And how could we make the biggest bang for our buck as far as family is concerned?

My wife and I, to connect, you know, and even sometimes at the dinner table, to connect can be difficult because, you know, things happen, right? Like I said, maybe my son or daughter gets into a little tiff or, you know, you have this tv in the background that catches your attention, whatever. So, like I said, we went for a drive. We got into our dry car yesterday, and we just cruised and cruised and cruised for better part of two plus hours. And we got into amazing flow. We got into amazing flow where we talked about exactly what we wanted to do.

We were vulnerable. We pushed each other in. You know, em pushed me on some things, on wellness. I pushed her on some things that, that she really wanted to do. She said, you know, there's, you know, what I'm good at is idea, ideation and coming up with ideas, but what I'm really not necessarily that good on is, you know, executing on a strategy or executing on an idea. Will you help me with that? And I, on the other hand, over here am saying, you know, this is what I really, really want to, you know, potentially get in out of this year.

Will you help me, you know, try to achieve my goals? And so, like I said, like, we spent literally 120 plus minutes in a car together, and she drove for some of it. I drove for some of it. And sure, it cost us gas. There's no denying that fact. But it was probably the best new year's day I've ever had was just spending a little time with my wife and being in a vehicle and having a remarkable conversation that really challenged each other and having my partner challenge me and me challenging my partner to be better, that we can show up in all areas of life that we want to.

And I encourage you, if you have never done this before with your significant other, with your partner, with. With ways in which maybe you're struggling with all things life as well, to go for a drive, go for a drive, turn off the radio, get a cup of coffee each, or tea, whatever your thing, pop, and just go deep. Go deep with each other and ask the hard questions. And we did that. And it was like this just amazing moment, and it still has my brain spinning. And what I love about my wife is she actually, she doesn't just tell me what I want to hear.

She kind of, like, hits me in the mouth with brutal honesty. I'm not saying David Goggins esque honesty, but she'll hit me in the mouth with brutal honesty, and I love it. And so, again, I really encourage you to sometime when maybe you're lacking connection. Maybe it's a business partner, maybe it's your wife, significant other partner. You name it. And you spend a lot of time. Yeah. All right, I'm gonna follow this up. Hi. Speak wonder. I love your. I hope you're loving the hat and the notes. Number two, Ana.

Hey, Anna. Hope you had an amazing start to the new year. Jill. Happy Tuesday. It feels like. It does feel like a month. I'm with you. Be Zobet's 33, fist pumping in the new year. Bam, baby. Let's go speak wonder. It's always something about being on a road trip that generates good, meaningful conversations. Couldn't agree with you more. Our conversation started of, like, surface. We just went deeper and deeper and deeper, and I think we learned a lot about each other and honestly, how much we've changed even in one calendar year and why.

So I. Again, I can't encourage you enough. This is something that really worked for my wife and I, and I hope you try it. I've also noticed my kids will open up when we're in the car. You dang right they will. Loving the hats to soften journals. Beautiful. Well, maybe we'll have to sell those bad boys on the website or give them away to all of our Cadre family here. But regardless, I just wanted to check in today and say, flow can be hard to find. It can be difficult to find, but one way in which you can do it is to get in a vehicle and go for a cruise.

And when you don't have many options besides either talking or remaining silent, if you shut off the radio, I think you find yourself in ways to have really good conversations with one another. So I encourage you to do that. I encourage you to get close, get connected, stay connected, dive deep, and push each other into ways in which maybe they haven't been pushed before for your significant other, otherwise. So you all have a wonderful, wonderful year. Be good to one another. We got an awesome stretch of lives coming up this week.

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Constantly, how can we connect on the Cadre sphere more for good where we can have 24/7 consciously consuming information? So I'm really excited about this year and I hope you are too. It's going to be absolutely wonderful. You take care. Lift somebody up. Lift somebody up today. Find some way to lift somebody up. That's half the battle in our life. So take care. You guys have a wonderful year. Always just remember to show up and show out for anybody you can. Bye.