JOHN O’LEARY WAS EXPECTED TO DIE.
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- Live Inspired Podcast: S5 | Ep. 48 Mark Sanborn, Author of The Fred FactorHow to Transform Failure into Success “It was out of abject failure that I learned to speak.” My friends, today we get to hang out with legendary speaker Mark Sanborn who has spoken [...]Read more
- Live Inspired Vlog #140: Be That Someone (A Lesson on Making a Difference)Multiple times this past week, I have been reminded that if I want to see a change in the world, I need to step up and do something. This week’s #LiveInspired vlog shares the stories of two [...]Read more
- Why Not Me?“Some see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – Robert Kennedy What question do you ask when things don’t go your way? What about when [...]Read more
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“It was out of abject failure that I learned to speak.”
My friends, today we get to hang out with legendary speaker Mark Sanborn who has spoken around the world 2,500+ times, authored the wildly popular The Fred Factor and just released The Potential Principle.
Mark will share his story about being a boy in 4-H Club who failed at presenting a 5-minute speech… and how he transformed that failure into a successful speaking career.
As Mark says: “We enjoy our successes but learn more from our setbacks.” Join us and get ready to transform challenges into an inspired life.
Listen now! Live Inspired Podcast S5 | Ep. #48:
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John O'Leary - Live Inspired. & Ozzie Smith. The full interview 30 years in the making. "Ordinary people can touch lives forever."
Multiple times this past week, I have been reminded that if I want to see a change in the world, I need to step up and do something.
This week's #LiveInspired vlog shares the stories of two gentlemen who reminded me of this truth. I hope their stories also remind you that you are that someone, the need is great, and the time is now.
Don't wait for someone else to step up.
Today is your day. Live Inspired.
Happy Monday Friends!
“Some see things as they are and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” - Robert Kennedy
What question do you ask when things don’t go your way?
What about when things go even better than planned? Or when you sense a wonderful new opportunity, but aren’t confident you’re qualified? What about when you see a problem within your family, office or community that no one is addressing?
A recent conversation with a new friend provided powerful insight on a simple question we should be asking in each of these situations. Let me explain.
Daniel Silverstein is a successful business owner, designer, fashion expert and trailblazer. After advancing in a career focused on high-end fashion, Daniel saw a potentially higher calling for his talents.
You see, in his early career he observed two major problems within the industry: (1) The waste produced during clothing manufacturing (14 million+ tons annually in the US) and (2) The inability for many of those who create our clothing to make a living wage.
We are all gifted in identifying challenges in our families, communities and at our places of work, aren’t we? Issues that bother, annoy or even anger us. But, so often our response is nothing more than: Eh, what can I do?
But what if instead of asking a question that enabled us to turn our back on the problem and curse the darkness, we asked one that encouraged us to take action and make a difference?
Daniel Silverstein’s grandmother taught him the power of doing exactly that.
As a school teacher in her mid 60’s, Daniel’s grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. In addition to reflecting on the concerns associated with her diagnosis, she took time to consider the life she’d lived and how she wanted to spend the remaining time she had.
She loved teaching, but she’d always been interested in painting. Although she’d not painted since childhood, as she stared into her own mortality, she asked a simple question: Why not me?
She invested in brushes, canvases and paints and began painting.
Not only did this incredible woman go on to win the battle with cancer, but she also won the war to fully live the time she had. More than six decades into life, she discovered and began using her gift. Her paintings now grace the walls of hundreds of offices and homes around the US.
She also modeled for her grandson the power this one question can have on a life and how it can navigate a journey in an utterly new, unchartered and hopeful direction.
With grandma as his example, Daniel left his position in the traditional world of fashion to begin his own business. Zero Waste Daniel is a shop in New York City that takes textile waste from garment factories and repurposes them into new, beautiful clothing. In the windows of his shop – you can see his team working hard to produce the beautiful clothing; to help educate passersby on why adequate prices must be paid for clothing so that the people producing them can make a livable wage.
(Daniel shared his story, business, and passion on my most recent podcast. I loved his heart and his ability to see an industry he loved moving in one direction and for him to navigate how to go the exact opposite. You’ll enjoy Daniel’s story, check out the link to the full podcast interview below.)
So, what questions are you asking yourself as challenges mount, fires burn and life happens?
We can curse the darkness and turn our backs or have the audacity to light a candle and make a difference.
My friend, why not you?
This is your day. Live Inspired.
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"Sometimes you just do something because you love them. Not because they earn it."
Well good morning and happy Sunday, my friends!
While getting the kids breakfast and situated this morning, I could tell my little Grace was having a little too much fun with our dog. I walked in to see what they were doing, and saw 20 or so of Emma's treats on the ground happily being devoured by her.
After elevating my voice a little bit and asking Grace what she was doing, reminding her that the dog needs to earn the treats.
My five-year-old looked up at me, smiled, and sincerely shared the quote above.
My friends, sometimes we as parents need the reminder. Sometimes we as sons and daughters, as husbands and wives, as friends, siblings, and strangers need this reminder, too.
In a marketplace with so many challenges, so many divisions, and so many struggles, let's seek opportunities today to be examples of love. Not because someone earned it, but because we love them.
This is your day. Live inspired. J
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