Monday Motivation: Rule #7 What You Focus On Increases 🧠

Good morning, Cadre family. It's Luke Wendtlandt, your chief motivational officer. I apologize. I'm just a little bit behind the eight ball today. We're a little bit past 10:00 usually I'm live right around that 08:00 ballpark. Central life happens. We do the best we can to navigate through it. You know what that's like. So it's. I'm happy to be here. A little tired today. It was a great weekend. Number one, we had our awesome sauna cold plunge event with the Cadre sauna, which was fantastic. We just lived it up.

There was eight individuals that showed in the sauna today, or, excuse me, yesterday. We had it cranking hole in the ice. It was just amazing. We had a police officer from St. Paul, an LPN, a brand strategist, a sales representative, an individual that works at a church, a retired firefighter. Myself, I don't know who I'm missing, but it was just. It was amazing. And so we spend from two to 04:00 on Sundays. I just look so forward to this moment. It's remarkable. So two to four on Sundays. I look forward to this as much as anything in my life.

And we just talk. We talk about highs and lows, what's working, what's not working. Is there anything that we can share or help with each other? It's beautiful. It's magical. So I encourage you to find your Sunday two to four, whatever that looks like for you in your life throughout Monday through Sunday. Maybe you find that group of individuals that you can talk to in that community type of feeling, because it is so empowering. It is a wonderful feeling of collaboration and community. A community doesn't need to be 40 people.

Community can be something small and powerful. So take that one with you. So far, the rules, my 13 rules to mental health and wellness. In order to change one thing, I changed everything. Number one, we went over the musogi. Passion and purpose. Exercise, medical medium, book, music, no alcohol, saying no, we're on to, I think, my favorite one. You guys have heard me talk a lot about this, but it's the. The finish way. So we talked about the medical medium, but this one is the finish way by the one and only Katya Panzer.

And this book, you know, goes deep in. It's called the power of sisu. Right. And for those that do not know what sisu means, it's the finnish word. It's just like it sounds. Sisu, s e e s u. But it's sisu. The power of sisu. Is our word for, like, grit, determination. And the book is called finding courage, wellness and happiness through the power of sisu. And it's a really a transformational story. And I go back to when I was in 6th grade, I was playing basketball and my mom and dad left to go on vacation.

I think they went to Gestapa or Dominican or something, and they were on vacation, was in 6th grade. And I really twisted my ankle really, really bad. And when I twisted my ankle, the doctor that I met with, they did electric stim and whatnot. But then we did hot cold treatment. So it goes from hot to cold, hot to cold. And oh, my gosh, it was so painful to go to a really hot tub of water to an incredibly cold tub of water, but went back and forth and back and forth. And what I found is that's basically heat and cold immersion.

And why it. What, what works there, right? It opens up your. The blood. The bloodstream to that area. Closes it, opens it, closes it. And so we did that for like, five minutes. Five minutes, five minutes, five minutes, five minutes. And what I found is my swelling would go down and everything else. So over the course of, you know, learning how to become an ultra marathon runner, ran 100 plus miles, did several fifties, now, banged out a lot of twenties on weekends consistently. And over the course of last four years, I've basically ran a half marathon almost every single Sunday or Saturday, which is amazing.

And it's my think tank time. It's what makes me feel really, really good throughout the course of the weekend. But what I found is that hot, cold, you do not have to have a sauna. You can get a sauna blanket. That's what I had for a while. I did a sauna blanket and then I would just take a cold shower. And it gave me the exact same effects as the sauna cold plunge into the lake. You don't have to make this massive thing. You can buy a sauna blanket for a $100. So it's something you can really invest in.

You know, where you spend your time and where you spend your money is what you value. So this book, the finished way of Grit, perseverance, never giving up the attitude and hope that things can change and continue to change for you and your future, I believe is one of the most critical books that you could possibly ever read. And I do have to share a story about her. So, Katji, I reached out to on LinkedIn and I just told her, I said, your book changed my life and the grit and perseverance. And when you talk about this.

It's so evident that you obviously portray this, but for an individual that wants to continue to get better and better and better with the power of Sisu, do you have any suggestions or blah, blah, blah, blah. Which to my surprise, she replied, and not only did she reply, but here we are months later, which I would call is, like, almost a friendship. And so my wife and I, you know, God given our health, are going to be trying to take a flight to Finland, and she has a list of all the things that we need to do, how to do it, why to do it, and, you know, all because, you know, you read, you read a book like this and you reach out because you're inspired that somebody you know is really living, eating, breathing this, which I think is magical.

And. And you can, too. And that one individual that she touched is me. But there's many, many more. com and look at the reviews. But I think it's. I think. I think it's one of the most important things that I've come across in terms of literature with wellness, happiness, etcetera. So I encourage you to read it this the finish way, but the finish way again, it's a four letter word that I really encourage you to think about in your life and how you show up with grit, determination, perseverance. When your back is against the wall, what do you do?

Do you quit? Do you shut down? Do you keep going? That's Sisu. That is Sisu. And the Finns are known for this and this perseverance and this grit. And I believe it's all in all of us. I believe we all have this, and I believe that to be true. And I don't think you can prove me wrong or prove me otherwise. I think it's. I think it's true. We all have. It's just whether or not we choose to use it. So I want to end with one story from Katya that wrote this amazing book. I reached out to her, and it was just kind of like a moment message where I said, have a remarkable week.

Have an amazing week. And I know she's working on another book with her deadline. So I just said, I can't wait to read it. I'm sure it's amazing. And her reply to me was of self doubt, right? Her reply was of self doubt, where it said, I'm not feeling really amazing today. I'm feeling a lot of self doubt going up against this deadline, etcetera. And so I just want you to know that an individual that published this book that has taken over a lot of the mental health and wellness space when it talks about sisu, courage, wellness, happiness, you name it also has moments of self doubt, too, of getting another book across the finish line of it.

Will people want to read this? Is it going to have as big of importance? So the next time you're thinking about self doubt, imposter syndrome, etcetera, I want you to think of the finished way and how somebody showed up so vulnerable and authentic to a complete stranger, me, by talking about self doubt. But you know what she's probably going to do is she's probably going to finish the job and take that sisu of hers to heart and wrap it up and move forward, because that's the finish way. So this one's been really important to me.

Of the rules. We have a few more left to go. I'm excited to share the last of them. I'll give you just a little sneak peek. Finding your superhero. Is social media really good or really bad? Sleep. Do you care what others think? And how do you focus on your mental health and anxiety? So really excited to share those with y'all. Until then, go to Amazon as fast as you possibly can, and please buy this and read it. I'm not by any stretch of imagination, a marketer for my friend Katya, but it's a game breaking book.

And it's just one of those things where you're gonna find story after story after story, and then you're gonna. It's gonna resonate with you. Like, no wonder the Finns are the happiest. No wonder the Finns have the best education system. No wonder the Finns Xyz. So I encourage you to go out and read this bad boy. And I have this feeling that you might just all of a sudden say, hmm, I'm going to channel that inner c suit, too. So, Anna, good morning to you. Newfie lover. Anytime I see you on a live, it always makes me happy.

Happy Monday to you, too, Ana. Life changing. You d*** right it is. Andy Hatz. Good morning and thank you. Andy Hatz. Good morning and thank you. Thank you for participating. Thank you for showing up. That's half the battle. I'm sure you're going to bring your Steve suit today. And Anna, choosing to channel that. Yes. That's so critical. So, everybody, hats off to you for showing up. Have a remarkable week. When it gets hard, remember that, all right? Take care of you guys. Do right by one another.

Show up and show out. Bye.