Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast, Monday morning moments with John O'Leary.

I record these so that you and I can begin our days and our weeks in

awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. Let's get after it on this Monday morning. Dwight

McDonald reminds us that conversations mean being able to disagree and still continue the discussion. I've had the pleasure of hearing

some of the most remarkable speakers in the world presented conferences that I've attended.

These past presidents and humanitarians and social right activists and artists and authors

have positively influenced my life by sharing important lessons from theirs.

Most conferences also include somewhat lesser known but incredibly knowledgeable speakers on time

management and leadership development, industry-specific topics, or how to simply be a better

human being. Sometimes these presenters promote ideas they've benefited from as something that we might

benefit from as well.

A super small sample of presentations I've attended over the last couple years include, get

ready for this, the benefits of yoga exercise meditation mindfulness gratitude journaling

a paleo diet a vegan diet cognitive therapy medical marijuana microdosing psychedel, among many, many, many, many, many other topics.

But why share this list with you this morning? Why do that? Because there's one topic that addresses

an important longing in our lives, but seldom is shared at conferences or company events.

You ready for it?

Faith.

It's seen, I guess, as either too taboo or simply too divisive a topic to broach publicly.

In fact, over the past 15 years of speaking and with more than 2,000 clients served,

the vast majority strongly encouraged me to simply not discuss any element of faith during the presentation. It was made even more clear on a call when a senior leader shared recently.

John, just stay away from God in your content. If you take out God, everything else is good.

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