Happy Saturday!! What Are You Good At!?

Hi everybody, it's Luke Wendtland. Happy Saturday to you and yours. Just got a quick one today. I wanted to share just a brief little story with you all. Hope everybody had an awesome week. Thank you for being here today. Here we go. Cheers to you and yours. I was just wrapping up with a coffee and I just was like wrapping up my notes and I was writing down a little bit. I was just had an opportunity to like go in for a cup of coffee, post coffee. I had my journal, I had my notebook and I was writing down just a few things.

And when I was writing down just a few things I wanted to highlight, I was like, oh, I should talk about that one real quick. And I want to share. So thank you so much for being here Again. My name is Luke Wetland. I've been here since day one. An entrepreneur, entrepreneur, multiple time founder, but I've also struggled with mental health, generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks. I used alcohol forever to cope with it for a while till I didn't. So happy to be here. I love you all. I love this community more than you'll ever know.

But I had this awesome lunch that I just wanted to share and I want to talk about real quick. So I had this awesome lunch last Thursday, right? So I had a phenomenal lunch last Thursday. We sat down for about an hour and a half and around the table was an individual who built a company that, that's well over $100 million of revenue. Another individual who built a business, 50 plus million dollars, ended up selling that or otherwise. Another individual who started a electronic health records company doing very, very well, and then myself.

So there was four of us and we were chatting and going over just a bunch of, bunch of different things, which was phenomenal. And it's always cool to hear from individuals that are really successful in what they're doing and why they're doing it. But they asked me a question, you know, again, probably three quarters of the way through or seven eighths through, through lunch. And they said, you know, what are you really good at? What are you really good at? Like, what skill set do you think separates yourself from like other individuals that might be doing what you're doing or other, any of those things.

And it's a, it's a question where you always have to take a step back and you have to actually ask yourself like number one, do I believe it? Do I think it's true? And am I what I'm about to say I am right? Like if you're gonna, if you're gonna lay it all out there, and you're gonna go all in, and someone's asking you, like, what are you really good at? You better know what you're good at, so bear with me, because I do know what I'm good at. I'll never forget it was seven years ago, and I was sitting in a boardroom, and there was an individual that was next to me who I deeply respect.

His name's Scott Lowe. I love him. He's amazing. Scotty Lowe. He's one of the best finance guys you'll ever hear. And he's sitting right next to me, off to the left. And we were chit chatting around the table, and he's like, I would give anything to have Luke's ability to galvanize from zero to one. And I was like, what? What the h*** do you mean by that? And he's like, you can take an idea and bring it to action and bring it to something better than I've ever seen. So he's like, you can go from zero to one better than anybody I've met.

And I was like, whoa, thank you. Thanks for telling me that. Like, I didn't even know what. You don't know, right? So here. Here we are, and you realize, like, what you're really good at. And, like, sometimes it tells. It's like having somebody tell you what you're good at. Being vulnerable and opening and sharing. Another example is, you know, again, because it's like opening your eyes to these skill sets that maybe you maybe think you have or maybe think you don't have or are or not good at, but you don't have the confidence.

If you do or don't, then you kind of have this imposter syndrome. Am I or am I not? I want to give you one other example. There's an individual, and I was thinking about, like, what am I going to be doing in my life, you know, like three years ago, like, what's going to be my. My next step? What's going to be my next thing? And I was talking to this individual, and she said to me, she goes, you're one of the most inspirational people I've ever met. And I'm like, what? Like, me? Like, are you kidding me?

Like, and so when you go from imposter, when somebody tells you these things, to believing, it is when the game can change for you. So what I'm trying to bring all full circle is to sharing with this group. That's all very. Three very, very successful people. And I, like, stopped. I think I stopped them dead. In their tracks. When I said, I said, mind you, each one of them have brought their businesses from 0 to 1. And I said, I believe I'm the best that there is of taking companies from 0 to 1.

I feel like I'm the best. From bringing an idea to action, to movement, to idea, to concept, to whatever it is. Take insane action, zero fear, and move things forward. I go from zero to one better than anybody, as quick and as fast as humanly possible without any worry. Scare, fear there is, and I can galvanize people to do it with me simply on the basis is I believe in it with all my heart. And it stopped them like dead in their tracks. And they're like, yeah, I can see that. And the other individual across the aisle, yeah, yeah, no doubt about it.

And he asked me a question. He's like, you know, there's this tire company and it's doing this, and it's doing this, like, what would you do? You know? And he asked me that question, you know, again, bringing that, like, zero to one mentality in. So what I'm trying to tell you today via this communication is this. What are you really good at? What are you, like, so good at that brings an incredible amount of value to not only yourself, but to other businesses, other companies or otherwise? Because at the end of the day, AI is going to change the game.

And you have to know what you're really, really good at. I am awesome working with other people. I'm phenomenal at accounting. I am phenomenal at being patient at customer service. I'm remarkable when it comes to the numbers of the business. I'm outstanding by data and analytics. I am blank, blank, blank. And if you have that skill set, I'm telling you, like, listen to. Please listen to this. If you have that skill set, it is a game changer. It is an absolute game changer to be able to know what you're good at and then take what you're good at and whatever you love.

Like, I'm good at doing this and I will work in a business that excites me. When you have those things, guys, I'm telling you, it doesn't matter what you become unstoppable. Like, absolutely, utterly unstoppable. So I just wanted to share, like, sometimes it takes somebody else to open your eyes to what you're actually good at. One thing just, again, something to keep in mind. It was about a week and a half ago. I want to say it was a week and a half, two weeks ago. Anybody who I've ever Managed.

I sent them a message and I said, please tell me my leadership traits and skill sets, what I'm good at and where I could have improved. And I got probably 15 to 20 responses back from individuals. Some were sentence long, some were paragraphs. Right? So again, I just highly encourage you all. I highly encourage you all to go for that feedback, ask for that feedback, dive into that feedback from other individuals so you can learn more about yourself. Before you know it, you might actually know what you're really good at.

And again, I'm gonna. I'm gonna literally triple down on this. When you know what you're good at and you do what you love, it's over. Take care, you guys. Thank you so much for jumping in. It's always the best in the world to hear from you. It's. I literally live for the Cadre community. That's the reason why I went 0 to 1 is to be here with you all. So take care. To all the individuals that jumped in today, thank you for being here. Again, I hope this story that shares this, like, moment of time and this trajectory of what this looks like from here to there in my life and ultimately this lunch where it was like, I've never really been asked that before.

I've never truly been asked that before of, like, what are you really good at? And I did. I was like, you know, the h*** with it. I'm not going to be anything other than confident of what I'm really good at. So there it is. And I really, really, really encourage you. And if you want to know, somebody will tell you, I promise you. Ask the people close to you and just ask them, what am I good at? You know, I'll give you an example. There's a gal that just dropped on here, Ms. Shannon Paul. If Ms. Shannon Paul were to ask me, luke, where do you think my sweet sauce is?

What do you think my special sauce is? What do you think it is? She has the ability to manage a room better than anybody I've ever seen. Like, you should have saw her, like, keynote mc. She is insanely good. Like, off the charts good. And not only that, but her heart and her love for what she has. She's so funny, so quick and witted. So, like, again, I'm just saying, if Ms. Shannon Paul were to ask that, that's what I would tell her. Like, you have a gift, and your gift is this, but we all have the gift, and sometimes we just don't know.

And when you do know is when you become unstoppable. So there you have it. People enjoy it. Have a phenomenal day. This is my opportunity for you all to lean in to three people. Lean into three people and ask them, what am I good at? What am I good at? And when you ask them that, you're gonna get some things that you're gonna, like, have to receive and have to take in, but they notice you, they see you. They understand that. They identify you. We have an individual here. Her name is Ana Mayo. Ana Mayo has no idea how good she is at video.

She has no clue. She could be working out in Hollywood. She could be anywhere that she wants to be, right? She could be anywhere she wants to be. She's choosing currently right now to be at Cadre. But Ana is a fantastic example. She is insanely good at video. She has patience for it. She has the eye for it. She has the knack for it. She has the questions with it. She's getting in her hours right now. She is so good, right? And so our jobs, to put people in appropriate spots where they're really good and let them go, let them run, have fun, enjoy it.

So you guys take care. Okay? What I am good at, Luke, here on Cadre. Okay, what am I good at, Luke, here on Cadre. Oh, great. Junk Food Junkie. Every Tuesday. Every other Tuesday. Sometimes it was monthly, sometimes it was bi weekly. You inspired me with those posts. Right? You inspired me with those posts, Junk food Junkie. I don't know you personally. I don't know you personally. I have no idea exactly who you are behind the curtain, but I will tell you is this. When those posts drop, I wait for them.

I can't wait to see them. I. I read them. I'm inspired by them. I'm motivated by them. And what junk food Junkie might not know is a lot of other people probably feel the exact same way I do. So remember that every time you post. I would love to know more about you. I would love to see more behind the curtain. I would love to have a video of you sharing more. So that's my two cents. Jfj. Mike asked, who's junk food junkie? And junk food junkie's been showing up on Cadre now for, I want to say, the last two years on live streams, you name it.

It's always one of my best things in the world to see you, bud. So you all take care, lift each other up and remember, what am I good at? What am I really, really, really good at? So think about that and ask somebody. And if you ask somebody and if they tell you receive it, take it in and actually ask yourself, how can I apply that more? Because that's when you become dangerous. Take care of you all. Thank you so much. Always good to be here. I love this community. Bye bye.