Monday Motivation: Can Vs Can't

Good morning, Cadre family. It's Luke wendtlandt here. I'm just gonna give it 1 minute until our little Cadre dot pops up. Hope everybody had a great weekend. You're gonna hear about mine. It was off the charts. It was one of those weekends that'll just go down and infamy. No, but it was. It was really good. I'm going to pause this real quick, but it's always a good day. Good way to start on Monday is with little Whitney. Hello, hello, hello, hello, Cadre family. Again, my name is luke Wentland.

I'm your chief motivational officer here at Cadre. This weekend was filled with love, laughter, enjoyment, learning, learning about oneself, figuring out how to, quote unquote, recalibrate your life. What an unbelievable weekend in charlotte for those individuals that attended, attended the Cadre event. Thank you. Like I said, it was. It was just really special. It was enjoyable to get to know people, learn from a diverse background of human beings, some of their pain points, their love language, what's working, what's not working, issues that they're faced in their life and beyond.

So with that being said, again, those individuals invested in themselves over this weekend. Kudos to you. I hope everybody takes a little something with to make the world a better place. Ken versus can't. This is one of my most favorite topics. Why is I'm an individual with growing and aspirational beliefs, not limiting beliefs. I believe we all can do amazing things in this world. I believe we all can. So there's can and can't, which I believe is the baseline level for how you show up in this world.

Right. I can find another job. I can get promoted. I can show up with a good attitude. I can have the opportunity to be a great father. I can. There's a lot of cans. And can't is the great separator. Right. Like those individuals that say, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't versus I can. So I can is naturally exposing your beliefs to ways in which you can show up by trying new things, by living in a growth mindset. And again, the great separator. I believe those that say they can and those that say they can't are both usually right.

And it's true. And the words you speak, they matter. They speak. So I'll give you an example. I was on the treadmill three days ago, or whatever it was. I did not want to be on the treadmill. I mean, I did not. It's the last thing I wanted to do. And for a while, I had to dig into my memory bank of some things that I know that I can prove to myself that I. That I can do this. And I spoke to him out loud a lot. Like, I can do this. It's. It's only 45 minutes. I I can do this. It's. It's only XYZ.

I can. I can. I can. And I was building myself up the whole entire time while I was doing this. The words you speak, they matter. Speaking kens into your life matter. I just. I have to show you guys this, and you might ask, how old is this sheet of paper? How old is this sheet of paper? Close to a decade. And on it, it says this. Don't talk. Execute. I can. I will. I must. The next one is. There's never alarm needed in my life. My passion will always wake me up. And last but not least is we will always give them everything we have.

Okay, so here's my list of some things, and I really want you to think about this. Okay? I can versus I can't is baseline. That's a baseline, attitudinal way of showing up in the world. I can versus I can't. Okay, that's. That. That's flatline. That's one of those interview questions that you might have for somebody where you're like, yes or no in the culture. You want can people. You want can people. And you want to continue to find can people like, I can think about this differently. I can see your point of view.

I can, I can, I can versus I can't. That's number one. And then here is where you start to see individuals rise, not only at organizations, but maybe their personal development, their professional growth, is when it turns from I can to I wills to I must, I can. I can go for a run this afternoon. You know what? I think I will go for a run. I must go for a run this afternoon. Before you know it, you start changing the way that you not only see it, but how you speak it to yourself and how you speak it into your mind.

Those goals, as little as they are, as big as they are, those words you speak, your brain hears. Never forget that. I can versus I can't. And then adding into your repertoire when the time is right, do I can? I will. I must. I encourage you to try. This week is going to be a phenomenal week on Cadre. I'm really excited. Of all the live streams, just like you, all that are out there listening, so am I. I try to gain as much knowledge as I possibly can. I'm going to have a lot of stuff going on, whether it's end of life things that I'm dealing with in my own life.

Whether it's the trauma, grief, and loss that I've faced sometime in my life. Whether it is understanding what it's like to live in somebody's else's shoes as a caregiver. Mental health Wednesdays. Can't wait for it with an individual generalized anxiety disorder, etcetera. So I really encourage you to lean in to an opportunity that exists here at Cadre. And you might find friends, albeit virtual or not, but just wait till we have our next live event, and you might find opportunities. Connect not only with yourself and your mind and your own cans.

I wills I must, but also maybe what somebody else is doing and learning from them. So, with that being said, guys, it is going to be an incredible week. Do something special for somebody else. Show up at work this week with a lot of I cans. Yeah, I can do that. I can see that point of view. You know, I can. I can have a great attitude this week. I can. I can make it to my one on one, on time. And that's baseline, too. But you know what I'm saying? Lot of cans. And let's get those cans on the table, and let's produce at a very, very high level this week together.

So, with that being said, I am out. You can see me probably one other time this week. I'm gonna. I'm gonna probably try to find one other topical area of consideration and one of the buckets of the week or through the weekend that I would like to share this week, because I live for this moment on Monday mornings to come and be a part of this community and start sharing some of my cans. So. All right, you guys have a wonderful week. Lift people up. Do the right thing. Find your kens. I wills I must.

And I'm going to go listen to a little bit more. Whitney.