- Hey there, it's Michael
and happy Labor Day.
I get asked all the time, Michael,
what does it take to
create lasting change?
Change that truly sticks.
For me, it all comes
down to what's up here.
It's a conversation we
have with ourselves.
The thing is, conversation
is the red thread that makes
everything in the world happen.
Without it, nothing does.
But if our conversation
with ourself isn't healthy,
then change never truly sticks.
It's also way personal.
That's why so many corporate
workshops don't work well
enough because they don't go deep enough.
We don't want to share our self narrative
with a whole bunch of our colleagues.
Well, six years ago this week,
I had to do a little check in with myself
on a conversation I was having with me
because I was about to leave my identity
as a corporate executive to start my
entrepreneurial journey,
to start our Peloton.
I was leaving behind a top 1% salary.
I was making more money
than I ever thought I'd make
coming out of college,
perks, corporate healthcare, order
and on the positive
side, a not so great boss
for a whole bunch of
uncertainty, of entrepreneurship.
And with two daughters
rapidly approaching college,
it would have been so easy for
me to get close to the edge
and turn back and not make
my giant leap forward,
especially if my self talk
was limiting or not healthy.
But luckily, I've had
a few years to work on
my self narrative.
So whether you just joined our Peloton
or have been around
since the very beginning,
I want to thank you today for
being on this ride with me.
I am so grateful that I made
this leap six years ago,
but it hasn't been easy, it
hasn't been awesome sauce,
as I would say, but I know this.
I could not have done it without you.
So thank you for being
on this ride with me.
We have so many more
miles to ride together
and I can't wait to share those with you.
Now, folks will tell you do what you love
and you'll never work a day in your life,
but you know what?
That ain't true.
Once you find what you love,
you'll work on it almost
every day of the year,
but it won't feel like work,
it will feel like true love.
True, impeccable love.
Even the no bueno challenging
moments will feel like love
because true love has some
room for some tension.
It has some space for it
because that's where we have
our greatest growth.
Now, during the last six years,
I have worked on this passion
of mine almost every day.
And to be really practical,
as an entrepreneur,
I did so because you eat what
you kill and as a vegetarian,
that is a weird thing to say,
but I think you get my drift.
You have to put in a little sweat equity
in order to get success out of it.
But I've also taken moments
to get my hammock on
or my pause, breathe and reflect on
so I could release the
rocks in my backpack,
renew my energy and return to my passion.
So as I did back in my corporate days
before a holiday weekend,
I would send out an
announcement to the team,
about a thousand people,
and I would encourage
them to get their pause,
breathe and reflect on.
And today I want to share this with you.
The last six months have been crazy,
nothing like we've ever seen before,
odd, weird, stressful, you name it.
And if we don't take some time to chill,
then we're all headed for
some burnout or worse.
Then life will feel like worse than work.
It will feel like there's
grind, this hamster wheel
that we can't get off of,
that we're just trying to survive
and that's no way to live our
one wild and precious life.
Now, hey, of course,
if your self narrative
is that your value is
you are always working, that
you have to do more to be more,
then doing nothing, like pausing
may give you an allergic reaction,
but when just a shift in perspective,
I'll offer you this,
that doing nothing is actually something.
It's called recovery,
or as folks will say now, self care.
And it's one of the smartest
things you can do as a leader.
And it's essential if you
want to make change stick
or if you wish to create
a better tomorrow.
And I hope you do.
I know I do.
Well as always, thanks for watching.
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I hope you'll share this
with someone in your Peloton
that needs to grab a pause,
breathe and reflect this holiday weekend.
And until next week,
remember to breathe and of course,
have fun storming the castle.
We'll talk to you then, bye-bye.
