Monday Motivation- Luke’s In London Version

Kadri, I just realized I'm in my live stream. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Hello. Hi, everyone. Good morning. All right, I think we're going. Good morning. This is Shannon. I'm coming to you live from the Cadre sphere this morning. I am here a little late because my son's bus came a little bit late. So apologies. But I am here today in lieu of our friend Luke Wintland, who is in London. And so he usually comes to you guys Monday mornings for Monday motivation and brings you all the things that you want to hear as you head into your week on a Monday morning.

And so because he's in London visiting family, I said, listen, Luke, I'll take your spot. I'll come in, I'll play the Rocky music. So if you guys join Luke, typically, it's a little bit of like. So that's the vibe. That's the vibe we're going for here. I told him I would try to channel him as best I could. So good morning, Monday Motivation. For those of you who don't know me, typically, this is a live stream where my partner Luke, who I also work at Cadre, comes on and tells us all the things, usually from his weekend driving him forward all the miles he ran, all the things.

And so today I'm here in his absence. So for those of you who I haven't met, my name is Shannon. I work at Cadre two. I'm not a clinician. I am not a mental health professional. I am a human who parents a child with autism. I am a human who lives with anxiety. And I'm a human who lives with something called cptsd. So I'm here to work on my mental health. I'm here to work on all the things. Okay, so today for Monday motivation, I think I put in the description. I was going to read some inspirational quotes, but I'm pivoting in real time.

And I'm going to tell you the top three things as you go into this week and are seeking to drive yourself forward, whether that's professionally, whether that's personally, whatever it is for you. Top three lessons that I've learned in my 40 some years here on the planet. And number three comes from Luke Wentlin himself. Number one. All right, so number one, if you are driving yourself towards a new version of you, towards, I'm not going to say a better version of you, although maybe that's how you interpret it.

Number one feels antithetical, which is slow down, slow down. So for those of us type A personalities, who are very competitive, like me. What does that mean? Oftentimes, if we have a goal, if we have something we're striving for, you can push, right? And you can push and push and push. You can maybe will something to happen. You can think that you can will something to happen. But the truth is that at any big goal, whether it is at work, whether it is personally like losing weight, whether it is developing a relationship with someone you don't have a relationship with, all of those things happen in steps.

Nothing in the world happens in one big leap. Nothing in the world happens when you push it too hard. So if you slow down and are intentional along the way with whatever goal it is that you're going toward, you're gonna get there faster, you're gonna get there easier, and you're gonna get there more seamlessly by slowing down and moving with intention and moving with care and thoughtfully versus rushing through a thing to get there. I'll use a marathon analogy. I'm a runner, and it's been a while since I ran a marathon, but Yesterday I ran 11 miles.

And when you're in a long run, you might want to be done, right? There's definitely times when you want to be done. And if you get into a headspace where you try to rush it through, you try to go faster, you try to push your body to do something that it can't do, you're actually just going to stall out, right? And so yesterday on my run, I think I was at mile eight, which, again, 11 miles for me is a lot in this version of myself, I got antsy, and I kind of wanted it to be done, and I had to slow down and say, chill out.

You've got three miles to go. So steady your pace, don't push yourself too much, and allow yourself to fall into the rhythm that is natural, and you will get to the end. So that's number one. Slow down. Number two, you want to try something hard this week? Is there something you have been really wanting to go for and you're afraid, do it. And then while you're doing it, tell yourself, if this doesn't work, I can go back tomorrow. Okay. Now, again, I know this one sounds pretty like not motivational.

I think oftentimes fear can keep us from doing something we really want to do because of all the what ifs. And so oftentimes that hardest part is going, is starting, is moving, is step one is like the, oh, my God, if I jump into this, what's going to happen? And I'll Tell you a really brief story for myself. I know when I was. I think I was 21 or 22. I don't know how old I was. I moved to Austin, Texas, by myself. I got a job down there. And I remember leaving Nebraska, where I went to school, getting in my car.

It was 13 hours, and I had an old car. I think it was like a Plymouth or Dodge something. No cell phones, because this was pre that. And I remember being so scared. And I remember getting in my car and driving down the highway. And every time I took another mile or 10 miles in on 35 south down to Austin, Texas, from Lincoln, Nebraska, I thought, if I need to, I can go back tomorrow. If I need to, I can go back tomorrow. I could turn around at the next exit. And I gently walked myself through this process.

And I was in Austin, Texas, and I made it through Austin, Texas, and I lived in Austin, Texas, and I had a fantastic time there. But it took me allowing myself that space to say, okay, if I need to turn back, I can. And so if you have something this week where you are driving toward a thing that you really want to happen and you're afraid, give yourself that space to say, like, hey, I can turn back. I can do something different tomorrow. And so I think it just allows you to be free and know that, like, that is true.

All right, and last but not least, number three, as you're heading into this week and trying to grow yourself personally, professionally, whatever it is comes straight to us from Luke Benjamin Wendland, which is 51% human, always. Okay, this goes back to type A competitive I want to achieve people like me. And one of the things that Luke has taught me, I will shout him out in this all day long, is to always be 51% human. And what does that mean? If you're negotiating with someone, err on the side of that person being a human.

If you are working on a project with someone and they're not showing up in the way you want them to, err on the side of, hey, that person is 51% human. And so if you give yourself the reminder to give people grace, they're we're all human. I'm human, and someday I'm going to be the person that someone wishes would do something different. And I, when I want grace, I also have to give it to someone else. So that's the third one. 51% human all the time. And if you do that, you'll never regret the outcome.

If something's slower, if something is clunkier than you wished it would have been. You will be able to put your head on the pillow at the end of the night and know that you went 51 human. And so that is. That's. That's number three. Okay, guys, that is my Monday motivation for today. Luke will be back next week. Maybe he'll have a British accent at that point. I don't know. I kind of. I'm curious to see if he does, but we appreciate you. We love you. Thank you for being here in the Cadre sphere.

Hope you have a fantastic Hope you have a fantastic day, and we will see you here in the Cadresphere. We're always here for you. You guys are awesome. Have a great day. Bye.