We Are The Champions! (Monday Moment ep. 643)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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4.9 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

John O'Leary shares what the upcoming Super Bowl and Denny O'Leary can teach us about embracing change on this Monday Moment segment.

Change is inevitable, sometimes forced by the conclusion of a sports season, the ending of a relationship or the loss of a job. Whether perceived as positive or negative, none of us will be spared the shifts to our identities that happen throughout the course of our lives. Win or lose, change often leaves us not just questioning what we’ll do, but who we are.

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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. I record these so that you and I can
0:22.8	begin these days and these weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. I'm going to kick
0:29.7	it off this day and on this week with my buddy Socrates, who wrote that the secret of change is to
0:37.0	focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
0:44.3	This Sunday, the 49ers and the Chiefs take the field in the final football game of the NFL season, on their sports biggest, with Taylor Swift and a global audience of
0:56.9	120 million tuning in, they'll compete to become the Super Bowl champions. They'll be a frenzied
1:06.1	epicenter of fanfare, endless media stories, and social media virality.
1:12.7	And on Sunday, these players will take the field in Las Vegas with 70,000 fans tracking their
1:18.6	every move, rejoicing in their achievements and mourning, each disappointment, each letdown.
1:25.5	These players will create moments that influence drives, determine the
1:29.6	results of the game, and impact ultimately how they are remembered by their fans. Sunday will,
1:36.6	undoubtedly, be the biggest day in the lives for many of these athletes. And yet, Monday will follow for both teams. Yes, one will win. They'll give their
1:49.6	speeches, they'll wear their rings, they'll have their parade. And one will lose. They'll
1:55.9	hang their heads. They'll walk off the field and they'll agonize how close they were to victory.
2:01.9	But ultimately, once the confetti is swept up and once the uniforms are put away
2:07.3	and once the stadium empties out, the season wraps and the players head home.
2:12.9	For some, it will be their final game.
2:17.4	Elsewhere, that same Monday, a recent retiree will report to the living room
2:22.9	instead of the office empty nesters will wake up to a quiet house someone newly single will eat alone
2:31.8	some young couple will bring a baby into their new house for the first
2:37.8	time. Change is inevitable, be it forced by the conclusion of a sports season, the ending of a
2:46.6	relationship, or the loss of a job, whether perceived as being a positive or a negative. None of us
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