The host opens with friendly Monday greetings, affirms their presence, and establishes a caring, conversational tone to frame the message. The speaker highlights the common admonition to 'just hold on' and points out how the qualifier 'just' suggests there's more to examine about that stance.
The host opens with friendly Monday greetings, affirms their presence, and establishes a caring, conversational tone to frame the message.
The speaker highlights the common admonition to 'just hold on' and points out how the qualifier 'just' suggests there's more to examine about that stance.
The host tells a five-week anecdote about not hearing from a client, describing their anxiety, self-blame, and attempts to check in before finally receiving an invite.
Using a treadmill metaphor and direct statements, the speaker explains that holding on creates tension and under-prepares us, while opening up releases tension and lets us borrow energy from others.
After the email arrives, the host realizes they had been holding on unnecessarily and chooses to open up to possibilities instead of clinging to feared outcomes.
The speaker affirms viewers' effort, encourages them to keep going, and ends the short talk with a warm sign-off.
Hey, good morning, Cadre. How are we doing on this Monday, Monday, Monday? It is Monday. Monday's the one day I never forget when it is Monday. Every other day of the week. Hold on, because I may say it's Tuesday when it's Friday. Hey, I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you are here. I know the things I know and I care about you. know, sometimes we feel like we have to hold on. Just hold on. I don't use the word just. So the fact that just normally precedes holding on means that there's probably something to think about in this idea of holding on.
You know, I've been waiting for literally 5 weeks to hear back from a client. Haven't heard back from him. So of course, what do I think? Oh my gosh, I did something wrong. The client is unimpressed, aggravated, irritated. I did something wrong. This is a a company that's moving and grooving and like literally hustling 24 hours a day. So rather than me going, it's like, oh, I bet they're knee deep and swamped and all the things, I go, I did something wrong. So I start poking. It's like, hey, checking in.
Hey, I want to get planning about what I think is next unless I've lost the client. And literally got an e-mail 6 minutes ago. Hey, how about lunch on Wednesday? Boom, sends a meeting invite. That's how it works. Sometimes we think we need to just hold on. I'll always go back to the treadmill. Let's say you're down to your last 30 seconds. Just hold on. I think holding on under equips us for the moment at hand. Rather than holding on, consider opening up. Holding on closes us off. It creates tension.
Opening up releases tension. It provides us awareness of where we can maybe borrow some energy from around us. I saw that e-mail pop in my box and I went, oh. And I realized, what have I been doing? I've been holding on. Because if I would have lost the client, I would have lost the client. The end. And again, there's a little bit of me being like, oh my gosh, is this lunch like, hey, it's a lunch and we are cutting ties with you, maybe. But for now, I'm going to open up. Because I got a lot of work to do, y'all, and so do you.
So no matter what's going on this week, we're glad you're here. And you're doing it. But you simply jump in right here into Cadre. You're showing you are on your own darn side. So keep going. See you tomorrow.
