Sunday Serenity

Happy Sunday, Cadre crew. Jason Lennox, I am here as your resident recovery champion. And you know what a beautiful Sunday. It's Minnesota, March 3, and it is nearly 70 degrees. Just amazing. Yesterday was warm as well, so we've been really spoiled this winter. I'm enjoying some of that. I hope you are as well. A little bit windy, but we should take the warm weather again. Resident recovery champion. What that means for anyone who's new is I'm here to talk about everything related to recovery from any kinds of addictions, but that also comes in with mental health and just overall wellness.

I spend a lot of time in this space and really thinking about how to improve as a person and having that personal growth. Grateful for all of you who are here. Happy Sunday to you. And I wanted to talk today. I actually wanted to start with a question. If somebody came to you and said that here's $20,000, there are only two rules. One, you can't spend this. You have to invest this. And two, I want you to come back to me in two years, and I need the 20,000 back, plus an additional two. But anything else that you get beyond that's all yours to keep.

If somebody gave you that option, what would you do with that money? What would you invest in? And I know, I'll give you a second to think about that. Maybe drop that into the chat. But I know for me, I've been doing a lot of thinking about this. Good afternoon, Sherry. Good to see you as well. I wouldn't invest in real estate. I wouldn't invest in a business. I would invest in self, in growth. And I want to talk about self a little bit because I'm not a selfish person by nature. I'm not talking about me living a lavish lifestyle.

That's not the way that I choose to live my life. In fact, I probably leisurely and recreationally spend more money on other people than myself. And that's, again, just my choice. I love to be with people. I love to bring people together. And so that's what I choose. But what I'm talking about when I say invest in self is personal growth. And that's not always an easy investment because sometimes, most of the time, in fact, there's nothing tangible. And so by personal growth, I mean it could be something physical, it could be mental health, could be spiritually, it could be professional growth, it could be personal growth coaching.

I have two coaches that I hire and work with them both on a weekly basis because they continue to force me into that growth mode. So it's not always easy to make that investment, but I want to tell you why, why that's important. One, couple things. If I just make an investment in a real estate, property, in a business, just to make the investment, one of two things is probably going to happen. One, it's not going to mean a whole lot to me because I just don't have that investment, I don't have that connection.

Or worse, I'm not going to be able to keep up with that investment. Meaning if I'm not investing in myself personally, if I'm not growing personally, I can make investments in business, but if I'm not growing as the business grows, I'm not going to keep up. And so those are likely two scenarios that happen. If I decide to just invest, I'll say externally versus internally. And that doesn't mean that we don't do those things, but it just means that we start with investing in personal growth. And I can tell you over the last year I've invested a lot and it's been scary, it's been hard.

It's felt like jumping off a ledge to some extent. But in the last year the return on my investments has been far greater than any other investment I could have made. Again, I'm talking about coaching, I'm talking about branding, I'm talking about conferences, masterminds, mental health. All these different things that we can truly invest in to help ourselves continue to grow have put me in a completely different world. It turned me into a completely different person. And because of that, now I'm better suited to go out and do the work I do, which is in this space of addiction, speaking, writing.

I've just grown so much in those. And so because of that return on investment, now I'm better at what I do. Now I'm in different conversations with different people, making higher level decisions and supporting people at a level that I never could have imagined. And because of that, then the return there again allows me to do what I love doing, and that's be passionate and be compassionate and be generous and giving to my friends, my family, supporting organizations that really could use it. And so again, that all starts because I make decisions to invest in what isn't always tangible or material in nature.

And the things that are going to contribute to my growth again, like the coaching, like the conferences that I go to, those things don't give me something physically to walk away with. They don't give me ownership in any kind of property, but they do grow the heck out of my brain and spiritually and physically and mentally, nutritionally, I choose to make all those investments because I know that what comes back from that allows me to do what I love to do tenfold. And again, at the end of the day, that's what matters to me.

Making investments, having financial returns, that's all great. But the only reason I do that, the only reason I'm interested in that whatsoever is so that I can contribute to the next person and that I can do the work that I do to solve the problem that's so prevalent in our world. Addiction and mental health. One in every four people at this point, it's just so massive, and we're losing hundreds of thousands of people every single year to this thing. And so I find it as a great fortune to be able to continue to invest in what I know and what I've experienced in the work that I get to do so that I'm better suited to come out and help the rest of the world.

So I. Yes, growth mindset, 100%, Sherry. And so I know that that's not always easy, and that does take resources, and sometimes that's confusing, and we don't know where to start. That's what I'm here for. I would love to have a conversation with any of you who are really thinking about, how do I do something like this? Where would I invest? What does coaching look like? Who would I find? Where would I invest? Physically, spiritually, nutritionally, all those things. Like, that's the beautiful thing about working with other people, is other people have followed these paths.

I'm not the expert because I learned some things that nobody else can learn. I've experienced these things because other people have been there and showed me the way. They've opened the doors for me, and I'm here to do the same. I'm here to serve my people, and you all are my people. And again, I've made those investments so that I can better serve you, and I would love to carry you along in that journey. So if you're having questions about what this looks like, practically, what does any of this that he's saying mean?

I would love for you to reach out to me individually, and, you know, I'll do what I can to support you personally and then make connections to those I know that can support just about every dimension of our lives. That's the beautiful thing about Cadre. You have a whole bunch of experts here that are truly experts in what they do. And between the mental health, between the physical health, between spiritual health, you will find what you need here in the cadres sphere. So in the interest of getting going, I'm on my way to a birthday party here.

I have a long drive. I'm going to wrap up here. But again, call to action this week. Go get it, Sherry. I see that. I hear that. Let's talk. I know there are many others that might see this that would be thinking the same. Jason Lennox, you can find me on social media. You can find me directly here in the app, clicking the button. Happy to connect. But do that. Spend this week. Think about it. Ask yourself, what kind of investments are you willing to make? Can you make? What would an investment look like?

What are you doing now? And if the answer to that is nothing, then you know that might be where you're at. But if you want to take another, another step and a leap and do some of the things that I've done, I'm happy to talk through those because I know they can be scary, challenging, hard, all the things. So grateful to be spending time with you here on Sunday. I hope you all have wonderful, wonderful weeks. And again, reach out if you need anything. Otherwise, go invest in self a little bit this week.

Thanks all. Look forward to seeing you next week. Sunday night.