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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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And yes -- "Ordinary people can touch lives forever... no one gets to where they are in life by themselves."
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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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(Check out our top 20 Live Inspired Podcast. Live Inspired with John Oleary will wake you up from accidental living and empower you to live inspired: johnolearyinspires.com/podcasts/)
Your seminar at Haysville last Friday was outstanding! I wish it had lasted all day!!!
God Bless You!!!!
Thanks,
George Kelley
Thank you for your inspiring and engaging book! I am so grateful you put yourself out there outside of your comfort zone. Your real ness is so welcome and needed.
It’s one of only 3 books in my life that I started reading and could not put down. I am 66 years old. I had a box of Kleenex and used the whole box, not from just crying, but also from laughing and considering. Best book I have read in many, many years. Love and hugs to John for sharing his love to all.
Love this book! It was gifted to me. I’m reading it again for the third time. After receiving it, I read it within 48 hours. Then I read it again, section by section, over the summer. Each chapter, each section speaks directly to me. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to live an inspired life.
Good reading
I listen to John O’Leary speak in Richmond today and I have to say he had one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard. He is a truly amazing person from his charm to sense of humor. May God continue to bless this man.
Will have to read this! Heard John on Chris Brown then Dave Ramsey. One amazing human! Go Cards!
If you haven’t heard John O’Leary speak from the platform of a sold out arena, you’re missing out on an incredible message. But you’re in luck! John has put his inspirational and life- changing message into this brilliant book. His story and words of wisdom will not only encourage you, they will ignite a passion to live your life to the fullest.
My company gets the chance to hear from some of the country’s best speakers, and my friend John O’Leary is one of the best we’ve ever had. His incredible story of persistence, passion, and intense focus left a mark on my team that we were still talking about more than a year later. Don’t miss John’s message—he will change your life!
When he was only nine years old John O’Leary survived a fire that should have killed him. But as he quickly learned, surviving is only the first step. In the ensuing years O’Leary and his family figured out how to move forward in life, how to get past the bitterness, anger and depression to thrive. O’Leary weaves his own riveting story around his hard-won lessons about how to engage with the world, to demand the most from yourself and how to live a full and meaningful life. On Fire is true-life story of post-traumatic growth that everyone can learn from.
There a rare handful of people in the world whose life story will change you forever. John O’Leary is one of these people. The powerful life lessons in this book will forever inspire you to live, lead and love differently.
John is the embodiment of someone who made a powerful choice to not be defined by his challenges. This book is a reminder to us all that no matter what happens in life, we deserve and are capable of discovering our passion, pursuing our dreams and making a meaningful impact on the world.
John O’Leary is truly one of the most amazing humans on the planet. His story will not only inspire you but give you practical ideas for how to enjoy your life more, appreciate all that you have, and push you to achieve all that you are capable of doing.
I can count on one hand the number of books I’ve read that created an urgency to push away my fears and past mistakes to step fully into life. Drawn in by John’s incredible story and conversational writing style, On Fire helped me see life’s trials as steppingstones to an enhanced version of me. John’s powerful truths enabled me to stop seeing what I can’t do and see the opportunities still available. On Fire offers a redemptive invitation to all, leading us to believe that no matter how many times we’ve fall down, no matter how dismal the current situation, the best is yet to come.
On Fire, by John O’Leary, celebrates the beauty of LIFE! Through courageously sharing his own pain and devastating loss, O’Leary reveals how crucial it is for us to keep moving forward after a setback or trial—still hope, still dream, still see the possibilities before us. Eventually we must all make the choice to truly live or just exist. A magnificent and inspiring read!
Fast paced, emotional, and surprisingly funny, On Fire is an amazing reminder that, as John says, we might not be able to choose the path we walk in life, but we can always choose the manner in which we walk it.
This is a book about coming alive – about practicing courage and fully showing up at home, work, and with the people we love. John is a storyteller, change-maker, and cage-rattler. Reading this book is like having a good friend look you square in the eye and say, ‘The time to be brave is now.’