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🗓️ 6 January 2020
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Join me every Monday for a quick burst of inspiration on our “Monday Moment” segment.
“It’s not only the scenery you miss by going fast. You also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” – Eddie Cantor
All the buzz and excitement, planning and time away from work, exchanging gifts and catching up with loved ones... and now it's over. We're headed back to work, to school... to real life.
Today I share the sage advice from my grandmother: slow down and not miss the gifts that are in front of you right now.
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0:00.0 | Hello, my friends, and welcome to Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary for this week's Monday moment. |
0:14.2 | We create these to help start your week on fire with a quick burst of inspiration. |
0:19.7 | Eddie Cantor is quoted as saying, |
0:21.6 | it's not only the scenery you miss by going fast, you also miss the sense of where you are going |
0:29.3 | and why. That's awesome. So here's a question for you that you may not be expecting today. |
0:35.6 | Have you ever had a hangover? |
0:39.2 | Yeah, I know. |
0:39.9 | You stayed out a little too late. |
0:41.5 | You had one too many drinks. |
0:43.0 | Come on. |
0:43.8 | It's likely that you've been there. |
0:46.2 | But the kind of hangover that I'm referring to this morning and asking that question |
0:50.2 | cannot be cured with a tall glass of water or a couple Tylenol. |
0:56.4 | No, I'm referring to the holiday hangover. All the buildup, all the excitement, all the planning, all the time away from work, |
1:03.0 | the family gathered, the gifts exchanged, and it's over. It's over. All the preparation, |
1:10.2 | the cooking, the eating, the opening of presents, |
1:13.1 | the racing to parties, watching the clock strike midnight and flipping the calendar has left you |
1:18.8 | in debt. It's maybe left you a little tired, maybe a little broken down. And now exhausted, |
1:25.5 | you get ready to head back to work, back to school, back to real life. |
1:30.5 | So how do you cure this kind of hangover? |
1:34.0 | Well, a couple of years ago, a woman with nine and a half decades of experience, |
1:38.7 | gave me some sage advice at our family Christmas Eve celebration. |
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