Monday Motivation. Rush, Rush, Rush

Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Where is everybody? Listening in from today. Again, my name is Luke Wentlandt. I've been with Cadre since day one. It's so exciting to be here. Got a little black keys going this morning. I got my two boys ready to rock. My girl is still getting ready. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Let's give it a second here. Good morning. Good morning. Happy Monday. We're waking up to a little black keys. Oh, what a great day.

My, my wife got me this yeti for my birthday. I don't know if I'm saying that right. Yeti. My wife got this from my birthday. It's a yeti. Okay. Thanks, Cameron. But let's get into it. It saved me a lot. Love it so much. All right, hold on 1 second. I'm gonna shut this bad boy off. Oh, what a great day. Thank you so much for being here today. I want to start off by sharing a story, and I want you to really think about this as you progress in your career. And it's something, I think, that is really important to self analyze where you are and what you need.

Okay. Good morning, Jules. Good morning, Jen. Good morning, Steph. Erwin. Good morning, Beth. Good morning, Colleen. Good morning. Speak wonder. Good morning. Good morning. Oh, my gosh. What a great day. I see all the faces. It's a happy Monday. We're not Sunday scaried. We're Monday motivated. But here's the story I want to share today. And he wouldn't mind me saying this whatsoever. A good friend of mine from, gosh, 1315 years ago, his name is Scott Simpkins, and he was in corporate America with me.

And he was in corporate America. He was in software sales. Great guy. Great guy. And he always struggled with the rush, rush, rush life that existed in corporate America. And it was tough for him. And he would always talk about five kids. His wife was at home. And he said, like, I would just, I would run all the time, and I would just rush, like, I would, I would go to work, to come home, to work, to go back to work, to go to work, to work all weekend, to rush, rush, rush, rush, rush. And this is, this is a really sad comment, but I think it's important to share his.

His grandparents passed away, and when his grandparents passed away, he inherited a lot of money and a lot of land, so he inherited a lot of money and a lot of land, and he quit almost immediately from his role at this organization. And he built the farm and all these other things, but he became a poster master. And what I mean by that is, like, he delivered mail. He was a postmaster, and I ran into him at a coffee store several years later. He looked lighter. He was happier. I've never seen him with so much joy.

And all because he left this, like, rush, rush, rush lifestyle. And again, don't get me wrong, I think he would do anything to have grandma, grandpa and all the things back. But the reality is we are going to lose people in our life. Mortality is real. And he was very fortunate, blessed and lucky that he had this safety net that was waiting for him and his siblings and such. And he became. And again, I'm not knocking this job. He delivered mail. He delivered mail and he took the rush out of life and he delivered mail and he went from, you know, mailbox to mailbox to mailbox.

And he found so much joy while he was naturally developing this farm, building this farm on the acreage and living off of the land with him and his wife and his kids. So I know we're not all in positions to just walk away, but to see the change of the human being that is negative, that struggles every day at work to try to find purpose, meaning. Why to work with somebody that, I mean, the energy just gets zapped out of the room the moment they open up about anything. It doesn't seem like anything is viewed in a positive light.

I encourage you, if that is, you don't wait till Scott Simpkins, 15 years in corporate America to be able to make a change and a shift that brings you joy, light, love, positive energy, good feeling, good vibe of working with other individuals. And try to, because finding your purpose, passion to why I think is really hard. And people say, find. Find something you're passionate about. You'll never work in a day in your life. Yeah, happy for you, but it's really hard. So when you hear this name and you think about this in your future is, I do not want to be Scott Simpkins.

I do not want to wait till that moment hits for me to do what I love. I do not want to wait till, you know, I lose my grandma, grandpa with a little bit of inheritance, whatever that looks like, to make massive changes in my life, to be the best me. We are in a, we went through the pandemic. The pandemic gave us time. We're three and a half, whatever it is. Years removed. Three years removed. Not really. There's still obviously a lot of effects. And I am not veering left and right on this topical area of consideration, trust me.

But the rush is back. The rush is back. A rush lifestyle is back. Go drive. In any major city in our world today at 730 in the morning. Go, drive. Go see what it looks like to run through a fast food chain around noon. Go. Go. Drive. Home at four to 05:00 our rush is back and back and back and back. So I'm going to give you three things. Number one, always remember the Scott Simpkins story. But number two is I'm going to give you three things that I think is really, really important in our rush lifestyle.

Number one, you've got to find plus ones. You've got to find plus ones. Okay, what's an example of a plus one? Go out for lunch. Yes, it's rushed. Go out for dinner. Yes, it might be rushed, but when you go out for that, do it with somebody you love. Reconnect. Find ways to not isolate. Right. So find a plus one. Right. A plus one is maybe somebody in your life that brings you joy, positivity, good energy. Right? So look for plus ones. Number two, look for plus ones that are actually even more than plus one.

So I'm going to take my break at work. I'm going to meet with somebody that brings me really positive energy. And we're also going to go for a walk while we're doing it. So again, these are a couple things that you can do in a rush lifestyle that ultimately can add plus ones. And then here's my last one, is we, you know, I think we all have a lot of things that are going around in our homes, apartments, you name it. I encourage you. I strongly encourage you. When you go outside or when you work in your house or when you're running errands or you're doing things around your apartment complex, your home, your motorhome, wherever you're living is think about how grateful you you are to be doing the thing.

How grateful and lucky I am that I get to mow the grass. How grateful and lucky I am that I get a spray for bugs. How great and lucky. How lucky am I that I get to go. I get to go watch my daughter play basketball. How lucky am I? And I think when you sprinkle gratitude into your day, even in a rush lifestyle, I think you can typically flip that fulcrum to this 51% of positivity of good energy. Like, gosh, I'm so lucky I get to go grocery shopping today. How amazing this is. I gotta feed my family.

Let's look at some good things that we can bring back here. The fruits, the vegetables, you name it. How lucky am I that I get to go out and I get to drive out to my mom and dad's this weekend and help a little bit around the house. How lucky am I that I get to reorganize a room that my wife wanted to have reorganized? How lucky am I that I get to clean the floor? How lucky that I get to see my son play soccer? How lucky am I? We live in a rush lifestyle with works, our work schedules, and there's so much going on, no matter where we work.

Then you add in all the other things in life that are following in, and we're past the pandemic point where all of this stuff is starting to flow onto our shoulders. It's starting to hit us. And I just. I really encourage you to find gratitude for the things that are causing you to rush. Find plus ones. Find plus twos. All right. I'm going to go out and have lunch with these individuals that bring joy in my life, even though it's a rush over this 30 minutes that I have. Okay, so rush lifestyle is not going away, but you can make changes.

To not have all of those feelings come on you every day that can be mentally draining, that can cause fright, that can cause deeper level of emotion, that maybe don't bring you or serve you. So with that, we have an amazing live stream scheduled today. There's an individual going live for the first time. Ima tias. Just wait for that one. I believe it's 11:00 central. Don't quote me on that. There is going to be four more individuals. Gene Nichols, Matt Tappy, JC Lipple, immatias. And then I believe there's somebody.

I can't remember who's going later today, but awesome. Live streaming schedule today for Monday. Motivation, professional development, finding ways that we can continue to move ourselves forward and professionally develop and grow. So with that, you all have an amazing Monday. Take care of one another. Find ways in our rushed lifestyle to feel less rushed. Thank you, guys. Bye bye, now. Bye.