Monday Motivation.

A second wind is a choice. Good morning, Cadre Crew. Luke Wentland here with Cadre, your chief motivational expert. Every Monday you're going to see me Monday morning, joining forces here with Cadre. Just sharing some wisdom in regards to a little bit of brief inspiration or motivation that you may need or maybe don't need, but regardless might be tools or tips or tricks to help guide you in your life. So we're going to come back to that, that a second wind is a choice. But we have Cadre commitments that dropped last week for October.

So if you have not seen those yet, please jump on board again. Cadre IO. Under the resources tab, click on challenges. You can download the PDF for October. It's amazing. It's very well done. That's also a really cool extra one on 1010 with World Mental Health Day, that you should take that day off for yourself, too, if you're so inclined, or if you have the ability to do so. That would be amazing if you could take that day and make it all about you. But with the Cadre commitments, it's all about October.

Organization. Has anybody that downloaded the commitments? Did you get something done this weekend personally? We did the garage. So we got the garage all set, ready to go. We went through our utensil drawers. So we went through the utensils and we went through a medication cabinet and towels. So we organized those so far this weekend, super jacked about that. And I feel like we just, it's like when you walk out down to the garage, it's just a different garage. You feel just at peace, less anxious, and just everything in its you, you know, right in tidy spots.

So, you know, again, thank you for the development of the Cadre commitments Cadre. Because, you know, as, as somebody who's leaning into that, it's really just, you know, benefited our family. I also wanted to add another one for October. And if you're a little late to the game here, you're only a couple days behind. Not a big deal extended in November. It's not the end of the world. You can certainly jump in and do this. You know, my wife and I do boss October, right. So, you know, bas October, we actually spread it not only for my wife and I, but throughout our children as well.

So I want to share our families bas October. So I'm going to start with my amazing wife. And how it is, is you do three things. Okay? So you give up something, you go all in on something, and then it's something that you do to, you know, find love or peace or joy or give yourself a break or. Or bring peace or joy and love into somebody else's life or your own. So it's, again, you're giving up something, you're going all in on something, and then you're finding a way, honestly, just to be a better steward of humanity.

Right. So I'm gonna start off with my wife's. For her boss, October was stop eating anything after dinner. So she's gonna give up food after dinner. Number two is 30 minutes of yoga a day and at least 15,000 steps a day. And for what she's going to do is, normally, she's always finding ways to eat lunch by herself, right. Because as a teacher, as an educator, it's a stressful day, but she is going to go all in with her teammates and have lunch in the staff lounge every day. So then I'm going to share my own.

I'm giving up all processed foods. So any processed food whatsoever, you know, even down to my favorite stingers, those honey stingers that I have before exercise, I'm giving them up. And this. So my number two is going all in. I still go all in with my runs. I still go all in with my exercise. But I want to add these two, which is very important to me, is the 20 minutes of stretching and the 20 minutes of hyperice. Right? So my 20 minutes of stretching, my 20 minutes of hyperice. The hyperice is.

It's a. A tool that. That you have that, you know, basically, for all intents and purposes, what it does is it, you know, squeezes your legs and then releases your legs. Squeezes your legs, releases your legs. It's a. It's a compression exercise for me, and it just produces a lot of blood flow in my body, and it's been very beneficial for me. So, again, giving up processed foods, 20 minutes of stretching, 20 minutes of my hyperice, and then number three is how I want to show my self love or gratitude, is I'm doing 7 hours a week of exercise, no matter what.

So 1 hour a day or 7 hours cumulative. So let's go. With my oldest, drew ski, he's giving up treats. So, again, for his boss, october, he's going to give up his treats. Drew's known to have a little bit of a sweet tooth. He's going to do a 1 mile run a day, right? So 1 mile run a day, and then three weight classes per week. So this is our nine year old, and then he's gonna show love to himself by giving up screen time. So he's gonna do 30 minutes or less of screen time a day. I don't think that'll be a big challenge for him.

He usually does substantially, even less than that. So my beautiful girl, ada, she's gonna give up treats she followed on the drew train there, and she's gonna do five to ten minute core class each day. So Ada, with her gymnast and cheerleading, that she's going to give, not give up, gain five to ten minutes of the core classes each day that she can do on Peloton. And then for her love, what she's going to do to make the world a better place is she's going to text grandpa every single day that she's thinking of her next is my beautiful boy, Cameron.

He's going to stop drinking soda. He likes to take some sips of mom's pop every once in a while, so he's going to stop that altogether. It's very rare, but he wants to, you know, cut that out, and he's going to try new foods. Cameron is kind of a creature of habit, and so he's going to try new foods. And then he's also joining forces with his brother to do the 1 mile run every day. And, yes, Cameron is five. He did 1 mile run every day. He actually just ran 820 last week as well. So I was pretty proud of him.

And he's going to write a letter to grandpa every week that he's going to mail off to grandpa. So, you know, as far as our family is concerned, you know, we're really going in on the Cadre commitments with organize October, and we are definitely going in on our boss October as well. So, you know, if you want to join forces with boss October with you or your family again, it's what are you going to give up? What are you going to go all in on, and how are you going to show yourself or somebody else love.

Right? And I hope that those are just things that you can do. But as I started, the message here today was a second wind is a choice. And that could be in the goals. That could be in stop eating after dinner. You need to find that second wind. Your first wind wants to have that little extra bite or wants to have that little snack or wants to have that cheez it. You've got to shut that mind down. That is a choice. It is an absolute choice all day long. Right? How can you make the choice and the decision to meet the goals and the expectation?

Right? So when I'm. When I'm running and I'm 9 miles in, I'm 10 miles in, you know, and I need to find a second wind. I'm going to tell you right now, it is, it is all upstairs, it is all mental and it is a choice. Goal setting, reaching goals. 99% of the time you're going to hear people complain and b**** about not enough time, not enough money, not enough resources, not enough XYZ, all that's nonsense. It literally comes down to your goal and your non negotiables of your goals. And how are you going to find those 2nd, third and fourth wins and how are you going to make that a choice?

It's a decision. It's a non negotiable. You don't negotiate with your goals. Right. So again, you have your goals. And you know, my family, you can see like how goal orientated we are, whether it's nine, eight and five or 41 and 40, right. Our family is very goal orientated and I would just highly encourage you and push your own families into these goals because once goals become normalized in your life, they then transcend into the business world, they transcend in your personal life, they transcend into everything.

So again, I just want to push down on this and double down on this yet again. A second wind is a choice. Remember that when the times get tough and you're struggling in your goals and you're struggling, maybe in personal life or whatever it is, it's always a choice. And you can get out or you can keep going or you can find a way to make things different. So it's on you. Second wins, our choices. Never forget that. Have an amazing day, having a better week and dominate October. Dominate it. So when, when the month ends, I want you to be going into November saying, this is the best I've ever felt.

This is the best I've ever felt. You know why? Second winds are a choice? Go get it.