JC introduces the Cadre Sphere, reflects on presence and seasonal moments, and explores safety versus bravery before teaching his four-word method—lead with appreciation, assume connection—and invites viewers to practice it.
The host opens with warm, upbeat greetings, introduces himself, and expresses appreciation for viewers joining. This short welcome establishes trust and the show's caring tone.
The speaker describes the Cadre Sphere and the communal values that create it, then asks viewers to reflect on their morning and the season—prompting presence and connection. This builds context for the episode's focus.
The host explores the idea that we can't always guarantee safety but can invite bravery, encouraging viewers to show up even when they don't feel fully safe. He uses playful language to make the point relatable.
The speaker introduces his four-word method—lead with appreciation and assume connection—explaining how he applies it continuously in interactions and demonstrating it with his livestream opening. Viewers are given a simple, repeatable approach to try.
This section deepens the method with examples and metaphors—like adjusting an 'aperture'—and the speaker reflects that he hasn't found moments without some pre-existing connection. It reinforces why the practice is effective.
The host urges viewers to find moments to lead with appreciation and assume connection, promises to return soon, and signs off with friendly goodbyes. It's a concise call to action and warm closure.
Mel Myers, happy Friday, my friend. Speak wonder, 1% better. Awesome 2025. I think you just won the most awesome screen name for the day award. Abracadabra, y'all. Happy, happy Friday. And if it's not a happy, happy Friday, guess what? You're still doing it. You're still well equipped to do this Friday, whether it's a happy one, whether it's not. Whether Lady Gaga felt like the playlist for your morning, or whether you're maybe feeling something of a different tambour, a different colorization, You're in the right place.
My name's JC. If we've never shared time and space together before, I hope that you know that I appreciate you spending some time with me right now. I'm glad that I'm here. I'm glad that you're here. I know what I know and I care about you. Those four things. The shared gladness. a willingness to say, I know some stuff, lake lover, and so do you. And that we care about one another. All those things stir up a really beautiful environment for us to be in. That really beautiful environment we call the Cadre Sphere.
Whoo, so many of y'all ticker taping on into the show today. You know, it is September. It is crisp out where I am. How is it where you are? If you were going to use one word to describe your morning, how do you describe it? Crisp is what comes to my mind. It's the floor is a little bit cold. The air is a little bit palpable, right? You can feel it going in and feel it going out. Crisp is my word for this morning. What about you? All month long in September in the cadre sphere, contributors are going to be talking about the idea of safety, or the word of safety.
One of the things I will bring up again and again, like a squeaky broken record, like I love being, is sometimes we look at attempting to create safe space for one another. It's a really popular phrase and idea of the last 10 years or so. And I'll offer you this. We can't always offer people safety, right? If we look at what agency is, people having the choice to make choices. We can't always say, Hey, be safe here. But we can sometimes invite people to be like, Hey, if you don't feel safe here, I hope this space stirs up enough bravery in you.
that you'll go, it's like, I'm going to be brave enough to show up, to share, to be present, to do things in my own way. So if safety speaks to you, dive in. If bravery speaks to you, risk it. Risk it like a biscuit. Or like Mel Myers just said, brisket. Now I'm hungry, now I want some brisket. I'm going to share four words with you today, and this is how I often find safety in my own head, but it really is my bravery mechanism. Every single thing I do, every single interaction I have with people and with work and with opportunities and with this world, I do these two things.
I lead with appreciation and I assume connection. That's my magic method. Literally every single thing I do. I lead with appreciation and I assume connection. Let me speak through that. I leave with appreciation. When I walk into a moment with someone or something, I take my first step towards the thing I appreciate about that moment. Think about how I started our livestream today. Hey, my name's JC. If we've never shared time and space together before, thank you for the opportunity to spend some time with you right now.
There's some appreciation. Number 2, I assume connection. And not #2 is I do one first and then the other, but I do both these things at the same time. I leave the appreciation. Ah, you're here! And I assume connection. And oh my gosh, I bet we're already on the same page with something. Or I bet we already know each other. Or I bet we already know someone or something that brings us into the same space. It's amazing how the world almost entices us to assume that we don't know each other yet. When in reality, we kind of do at some level.
Like we always talk about enoughness on Saturdays. We always talk about setting the aperture to the right place. If you can't go, here is where I can exist, I always say, okay, make the aperture smaller. You know, okay, well, I can exist here, or I can start here, I can do here. Then all of a sudden, you can do things. But for your Friday, that's what I offer you, those four words. Can you find moments today where you can start that moment with appreciating something and find the connection? And again, there may not be connection, but assuming it is a really wonderful, blissful, ignorant way to walk into this world.
If you go, Gosh, I bet we already have something in common. I'm 43. I have never experienced a moment, and I never used the word never, but this time it's true. I have never experienced a moment where there wasn't some pre-existing connection. I have a couple years left maybe, so We'll see if I ever find the moment where there's not a connection. But it's never led me wrong to this moment. So y'all, find your moments today. Lead with appreciation. Assume connection. And know, I will be back with you tomari.
Have a good O'Neal. Talk to you later. Bye.
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