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

I'll record these so you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe and on fire.

Why not both? With a burst of inspiration. You also know by now we frequently begin these episodes

with a question. So let's start with this one. You ready for it? You ever heard the expression,

what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?

Yeah, I've heard it too.

Well, an experience last week, however, reminded me that it's not always true.

Sometimes what happens in Las Vegas does not stay there.

Sometimes it's absolutely part of your life.

It remains with us long after we leave and return home. Let me explain. Whether basking in the bright lights on a big stage at a massive arena in

Las Vegas or speaking on a gym floor with fluorescent ceiling lights dimly shining down on me at a middle school.

My favorite aspect of speaking has never been the time on the stage, nor the collective audience laughs and cries and gasps and cheers as we progress through the program.

For me, the best part of speaking has always occurred after wrapping up, after walking off stage, and after heading to the back of the room.

It's the opportunity of meeting with individuals.

It's the honor of hearing their stories.

It's the chance to learn how our meeting and our message positively impacted their life.

Offstage and in the back of the room, after the initial fist bump or hug, individual audience

members generally hand me a book to sign. I'll ask their name and what their main takeaway was

from the keynote. As I get ready

to sign though, I'll often also ask, when you're not working, what do you like to do? You see,

I want to know about them, not the buttoned up professional standing in front of me, but the reason

why they do the work in the

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