Monday Motivation: What’s Coming Out Of The Burning House With Me Besides My Family!

Good morning, Cadre. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. My son's jamming over there a little bit. He's dancing this morning. It's a great start to the day. It's a great start. Let's go. Happy Monday to you and yours. Hope everybody had a fantastic weekend. Good morning. Good morning. Alexa, stop. How was everybody's weekend? Hope you had a good one. I'm rejuvenated. I'm ready to roll. I can't wait. What's up, everybody? I can't wait for this week. It's gonna be a good week. Say I wanted to lean into an idea or concept that I had.

Gosh, it was probably 15 years ago somewhere on that ballpark. But some of you all even have heard of, like, the green box. You know, the green box where you keep this green box, and inside your green box, it's a fireproof green box, and all of your things are in there. But I wanted to share kind of what I do, and it's just something to think about for your future, because these are the things that are most important to me. Are you guys going or no? Okay, sounds good. So these are the most important things to me outside of, like, let's say in the event that the house is burning down and I have two seconds and my family's out.

My family's out safe, naturally, right? Kids, dogs, all of it. But after that, if you get, like, that one moment of time to grab the things, whatever those things might be. So I have this little box right here. You see, in that little box, I have all these documents. And then I got a couple of these things that are really, really important to me. So I have, you know, of course, like, passports, birth certificates, and then I have these things which I just want to share real quick. So for those individuals that don't know, these are postcards, right?

So these are postcards, and these are from friends or whatever. This was from when I was probably 7 years old. This postcard right here, right? And so this one I've got saved. I've got all this stuff saved. So these. This is the things. These are my things that would go out with me. So my son collects baseball cards. And in these baseball cards, I have this little case of these special things. This is a $2 bill from Great grandma. So she gave me that bad boy. And then on my birthday, back in the day, this is Luke Wendland, May 27, 1981.

There it is right there. That is from my grandma. My grandma kept that, and she wrote that birthday. So she gave this to me some years ago. And then every so often I keep fortune cookies and then these fortune cookies. This one I've had since I was about 18 years old. This one right here. And this one is a financial venture may turn a profit sooner than expected. So you never know when your finances just churn in your favor. This one I think is so cool and crazy for me to think about this. Your Monday mindset will attract opportunities and success.

So this is one that I've kept and it's crazy, like I've kept this one since college. Your Monday mindset will attract opportunities and success, and I love this one. It's one of my favorites of all time. Be a generous friend and a fair enemy. Be a generous friend and a fair enemy. So then I put all these and then I put them back in my $2 bill with my little birth deal and such and I put them in this little thing and then I got all of this organized perfectly. In the event that something were ever happened to this house, I just can quickly grab my little box.

I love you guys. And I can quickly grab my little box right here. And it's got all these things in, you know, here's. Here's the kicker. I got a couple other things. So if in the event, in the event, like I said, in the event, this house goes down and everything burns, but my kids are out there and my dogs are out safe, these are the only things that really, to be frank, like the only things of value that I truly care about. Anything else in this house that would burn down, I wouldn't really be too fazed by.

So I have my Cadre hat that's here. I have my Northstar behavioral health hat that's here. I have again. Northstar behavioral health was the first organization I started. The Cadre was the second organization. And then this is my all day running hat. 100. This signifies my May 27, 2023, 100 mile run. So I got that hat right here. I have my Tennessee hat. So I bought this in Tennessee when we walked from West Virginia through Kentucky, through Virginia, through Tennessee, through Georgia, through Alabama and finishing up in Nashville.

So I have that hat. And then this is probably my most favorite prize possession was the really, really big, big first, like massive hard thing that I ever did. It's this 2022 David Goggins and it's his 4 by 4 by 48 challenge. So I drove out to California and I ran every four hours, every four hours for 48 straight hours with Goggins. And it Was Goggins, his fiance, his mom, and those individuals that were there as well. And it was one of those things that you'll just never forget. And that was in 2022.

But so again, you know, this is just. This is just how I roll. So I got my box right here. Here's my box again. I got my passports. I got my stuff right here that I have on top of it. And then I got all of these things. I have my Father's Day cards. Do I. Because these are the things I've earned. Do I wish you a happy Father's Day? Let's read this one. Do I crap in the woods? Really? Thank you, dad, for always supporting me with supporting golf and playing one on one basketball. Have a great day, Father's Day.

Love, Drew. But these are the things that actually really, really, really matter. The materialistic things in life. Like, honestly, at this stage of the game, I dress with the brands I love. I wear the clothes that is impactful and important to me that have meaning to me. I have all of these things that, like, I remember why I wake up and what's important and why it's important. And I encourage you to tonight, and I have a feeling everybody on this live is probably going to take a minute tonight to say, you know, what are some of those pictures that I want to put in a little box?

What are some of the most special things that I have that have been maybe family heirlooms or whatever they might be that are so important to you? And to put it in that little special spot that in the event something ever happens and you just need to grab those things and hit the road outside, you have your special things that mean the world to you. I mean, nobody can ever take this experience away from me. Nobody, nobody can ever take this experience away from me. Nobody can ever take this journey away from me of building that business.

Nobody can ever take the last four years, three and a half years of Cadre away from me, of building that with the amazing team that we have here. Nobody can ever take the Goggins away. My motivation, it's crazy. Like, These are these three little things that come with you. This $2 bill and inside of this $2 bill and then these natural little documents that I have over here on my right. We'll see what this one is. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so this is crazy. I'm going to read this one. It's hard, but you're hanging in there.

And in your own way and on your own terms, you're succeeding. So this is when I graduated college from my mom and dad. Dear Luke, congratulations on the completion of your classes for the management degree. So this was actually my MBA for your management degree. And what an achievement. It's even more extraordinary because you did miss amongst all the activities and the roles in your life, working full time parenting, involvement in a relationship, being a son, brother to a friend to so many. It's amazing the acknowledgement that I had that it came with a price of hard work, stress and sacrifices.

We're so proud of you and rejoice with you. Good luck with the next step of writing your thesis. Forward and onward with the journey as you make your lifetime dreams come true. I hope we love you and support you every step of the way. Mom and dad, right? So you just, you never know what it is that you need in those times that really, really, really, really matter, in those things that you really, really connect with. This is one of the most impactful persons in my life. Dr. George Randall Smith.

I laminated his obituary card so of all the things that mattered to him. So I have that. And then again, just like a thank you. This was a friend, a dear friend of mine from up north in Minnesota. It said, dear Luke, thank you so much for coming to mom's funeral. I'm so sorry I didn't get to see you, but it meant the world to dad that you were there. I'll never forget your phone calls and messages filled with your thoughts and prayers. You're a special man. We love you and we always will, right?

And these are just things that, like when you're having tough days or you're going through something and you need to like, look at something to bring you up or bring you a little joy or, or just remember 40 years of this life. I mean, I'm 45 in May, and you know, to take a step back and look at like, you know, the life that you've lived and just like, remember, like, these are the things, like, it's crazy to say, like, this is my life, like wrapped up in here in these things that I can ultimately put into this small little box that comes with me.

It doesn't come with me everywhere, but it's right by my bed and it's right by the side of my bed and it's the absolute world to me. So with that, my action for you is find three things today. Find three things today. Ready? Find three things that not saying define you or, you know, make up who you are. That's not what I mean. But like, find three things that in the event that, you know, you had to sneak out of your house real fast today. And these three things are the ones that you want to leave with.

And put those in a little box. You might even want to get a nice little box like this, like I have. It's just something that's important to me, and I wanted to share that today with you all. So with that, have an amazing day. I love anytime I see Gene Nichols come on with Dream Big 30. It just makes me happy. So dream big to you too, Emily. Thank you. I love the card. I love the card, too. Ro, always good to see you on here. All the other names that popped in, have a phenomenal week. Yeah. Lift somebody up today.

It's always important. I think the world needs it. I think we all need it. So take care, you guys. Thanks for joining in. Alexa, play. Alexa, play. And then when you hear songs like this, like Burning down the House, you're unfazed. Hopefully it doesn't happen, but you know what I mean. Peace, guys. Hang down the house.