The Gifts in Each Day (Monday Moment ep. 685)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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For the past six summers, all four of my kids have been able to pick a work trip they wanted to join their dad for. They look through my schedule. They pick the location, anywhere in the country. And other than the time I’m speaking, they determine what we do when we get there. My job is simple: say "yes" to whatever ideas they come up with while we are together.

They affectionally call it “The Daddy Trip.” They think it’s for them. Selfishly, it's an excuse for me to spend focused one-on-one time with each of my kids. And it’s my favorite trip of the year. Let me explain.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday Morning Moments with John O'Leary.
0:20.0	You know, by now we frequently begin these either with a question or with a quote.
0:24.4	Today, we're going to kick it off with a quote from one of my favorite people.
0:28.4	Her name is Grace Elizabeth O'Leary.
0:32.2	That's right.
0:32.7	This is my daughter, and here it is.
0:34.8	Let's have a drink out there instead.
0:40.5	Well, my friends, for the past six summers,
0:45.6	all my kids, there's four of them, have been able to pick a work trip that they wanted to join just their dad on. They looked through my schedule. They pick the location anywhere in the country.
0:51.9	And other than the time when I'm speaking, they determine what we do when we get there.
0:56.7	It makes my job extraordinarily easy because all I have to do is say yes to whatever ideas they come up with while we are together.
1:06.8	They affectionately call it their daddy trip. They think that this daddy trip is for them.
1:13.8	In reality, it's all about me.
1:17.1	Selfishly, it is an excuse for us to spend time one on one with each of my kids.
1:24.2	And it's my favorite trip of the year.
1:26.8	Grace won the lottery last year and she picked first.
1:30.2	She chose a speaking event I had near Laguna Beach at the Waldorf-Orestoria.
1:36.3	I know, my friends, the vast majority of my work trips do not overlook the ocean and they are not
1:40.8	located at five-star resorts.
1:43.0	Grace is just a smart girl.
1:44.6	She won the lottery.
1:46.1	But that lottery came with the expense of having to wake up early
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