How Valuable Your Life Remains (Monday Moments ep. 171)

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John O'Leary

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🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Join me every Monday for a quick burst of inspiration on our “Monday Moments” segments.

Are you wealthy? I asked a friend this question several years ago as we sat in his large, beautiful kitchen surrounded by lavish furnishings. Turns out, he'd over-spent during the good times and was behind on his house payments.

He went on to say, “It’s not our home and it’s just a matter of time before we are asked to leave it. I've got nothing."

After listening, asking a few questions, giving him a hug and telling him I was sorry, it was time to shift gears. I asked him four questions I once used in a leadership discussion about real wealth, true success and proper perspective.

Answer the question: Are you wealthy?
Make a list of everything that truly matters to you.
Circle every item on that list you still have (or could earn, enjoy, experience again).
Finally, answer this question: So, are you wealthy?

We too frequently confuse status or square footage or retirement accounts as wealth. This question doesn’t ignore the benefit of saving for tomorrow or building a substantial nest egg, but it does remind us the real measure of wealth sometimes means realizing how valuable your life remains even if you lost all your money.

My friend, these questions aren’t intended to trivialize the intense struggles that come with financial stress. Far from it! Instead, they are meant to free us to own those struggles and the hope that in spite of the things we’ve lost, so much of what we value remains… And that the best is yet to come.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary for this week's
0:13.6	Monday moments.
0:14.5	We create them to help start your week on fire with a quick burst of inspiration. So are you wealthy? I asked a friend this very
0:26.1	question several years back. We were seated at a large kitchen island with 13 foot high ceilings
0:32.3	above us. Brazilian cherry wood below us and lavish furnishings all around us. The answer seems obvious,
0:39.7	but the reason I wanted to hear it less so, let me explain. The owner was a friend, and we were
0:45.1	catching up on work, on family, and on life. As we chatted, I told him that the house was stunning.
0:51.8	He responded brusquely. John, it's all in disrepair, all of it. I reminded him that my
0:59.4	previous profession was renovating older homes and that this home was far, far from being in
1:05.8	disrepair, and that's when he explained that the house was actually not his anymore. It was the banks. He'd overspent
1:13.2	during the good times and wasn't able to keep up the payments during the tough times. He went on to say,
1:19.5	and John, it's not just the home. It's just a matter of time before they ask us to leave it.
1:25.0	Turns out it wasn't just his finances, but his relationship with
1:28.8	a spouse too. The added stress from both was affecting his health, and he was feeling beat down by
1:34.8	life. Sitting in this luxury kitchen, sipping a glass of wine, he looked over at me, and that's when
1:40.1	he said, John, I've got nothing. After listening and asking a few more questions,
1:46.3	giving him a hug and telling him, I'm sorry and I love him, it was time to shift gears.
1:51.0	I asked him four questions I once used in a leadership discussion about real wealth,
1:55.5	true success, and proper perspective. My friends, I'm going to share with you these four questions
1:59.7	today. They may apply in your
2:01.2	life as well. Question number one, answer the question, are you wealthy? Are you wealthy? Almost everyone I've
2:10.2	asked this question to, including my friend, responds, no. They then explain they haven't prepared
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