Cadre Today- Bold Followership

Appearance lay against your skin so brown? I wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight? With a million stars all around? Cause I got a peaceful easy feeling? I know you won't let me down? I hope for you A peaceful easy feeling this morning, y'. All. T North Amar. Nice to see you, my friends. That was Peaceful Easy. Peaceful Easy Feeling. It's a song. You can't say the title too fast because then it doesn't work. Peaceful Easy Feeling by the Eagles. But that was Marcel the Shell, one of the wonderful creations of the last 20 years or so, singing Marcel the Shell's version of it.

But I wish you a peaceful easy feeling this morning and the reality that your feet are already on the ground. How often do we feel at the beginnings or at the ends, at the. At the anxious moments when there's a lot on the plate that we're almost not touching the ground, that we're floating, that we don't have power in our current situation? Speak, wonder. Nice to see you, my friend. Happy Monday. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know what I know and I care about you. And on Mondays, I always kick off the week by talking about this idea of how do we boldly follow.

I think some of the times we feel like our feet aren't on the ground because we're not the one in control of all the things. It's not a. Here are the things I need to accomplish this week, but here are the people I need to check in with. Here are the people who need to get me an answer. Here are the people that I need to find time in their schedule to meet with, to create with. And all of a sudden we go. Because we know we aren't in control. We know we aren't the leader, the sole leader. And because of that, we don't think we have power.

We don't think we have importance. You know, I was meeting with someone after an engagement yesterday. Their names are Kimberly and Patrick. You know, we were kind of talking about the world right now, and, you know, I raised up the point that part of the reason why people who have power can accomplish things is because they either lead people to believe that. That their following isn't important. So they don't try to follow, they don't try to influence. They simply walk on the path that's already been trodden for them, or the opposite.

They convince their followers that everything that they do is so important that they stop thinking about what they're doing. And they go, okay. If I just do what I'm told, that person in charge is going to be able to accomplish whatever they want to accomplish. And I'll say there's. There's a third pathway, right? Boldly following invites you to ask questions, to share feedback, to share appreciation, to. To say, no, I'm not going to follow you in this way, but I will follow you in this way. Followers hold all of the power.

C. it's dangerous to use the words like all in every. Yeah, you know, I don't do that very often, but I mean it. Followers hold all of the power. Leaders hold something else. But the power is in the hands of those people who are following. I'll make the point this way. How much is a $10,000 vacuum cleaner worth? You just went to the vacuum store Vacuums R Us, and you buy their most expensive vacuum cleaner. $10,000 vacuum cleaner. My question. Good morning, Rick. Nice to see you. My question is, how much is that $10,000 vacuum cleaner worth?

Because I always like answering questions by asking more questions. I would say, well, is the vacuum cleaner plugged in the wall? And if they would say yes, I would say, then the vacuum cleaner is worth $10,000. If the vacuum cleaner is not plugged in the wall, I would say it's not worth a dime. The power is not within the thing, but within what makes the thing go. The leader has no power. The leader may have direction or vision or capability, but the capacity is within the thing that makes it go.

And the thing that makes leaders go is those individuals are those individuals who follow. Hey, Shannon. Nice to see you. So my invitation today is if you're feeling like your feet aren't on the ground, like Marcel the Shell saying to us this morning, see that you have power within the people that you are following. You have power within the moments of co creation. You have power within the questions you can ask in those moments when you go, yes, I will follow boldly, or no, I will not. So no matter where you are, no matter what's going on today, I invite you to dive into the Cadre sphere anytime.

This month, we're focusing on this idea of savoring, of being in that moment and being nourished by it. So you'll see a lot of contributors diving into that topic from time to time. But the good thing is, no matter what you're looking for, if you're looking for a little balance, if you're looking for a little freedom, if you're looking for a little peace, all these things are always waiting right here within the people, within the stories, within all of the things you find right here. So I will see you again tomorrow morning, y'.

All. But in the meantime, I'll play the original this time. We'll give Marcel a break. Have a good one.