When the Valet Lost my Car (Monday Moment ep. 425)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." - John Wooden

Life will happen, challenges will mount, headwind will blow, difficulties will arise and the year ahead will become far different than the one you currently imagine.

And yet, the power of one reminds us that although we cannot always choose the path we walk in life, we are always free to choose the manner in which we walk it. The choice we make makes a mighty difference in our lives – and the lives of those we encounter.

Today, this week and into the year ahead, choose to treat others with dignity and compassion. Soften your voice, smile more often, laugh more easily, seek to understand, unclench your fist, open your heart and recognize that this life – that indeed your life – is a profound gift.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast.
0:13.9	Monday morning moments, the very first episode of 2022 with John O'Leary.
0:20.0	And why not begin with a quote from our old friend, Coach John Wooden.
0:25.0	Wooden wrote that things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
0:30.9	That might be a great way to start our year. So let's start not only with that quote, but with this one.
0:37.0	Sir, I don't know how this happened.
0:40.5	We've looked everywhere, but we've lost your minivan.
0:45.6	As she spoke these words, tears of embarrassment and overwhelm began filling her eyes.
0:52.5	In choosing to respond, however, with compassion and humor,
0:57.0	I began to improve not only her day but mine. Let me explain. Scheduled to speak in the afternoon
1:03.8	at a conference in Orlando last month, way back in 2021, we booked an early morning speaking
1:09.8	engagement with a different client about 20 minutes north
1:13.0	at the hotel. Getting to the hotel valet stand at 6.45 in the morning, I waited a few minutes for my
1:20.3	vehicle. And then a few minutes turned into 10 minutes. And after more than 30 minutes, with a meeting scheduled to start shortly,
1:30.1	all the buffer time that I'd built into the morning had vanished and all my patience with it.
1:36.5	The young lady managing the valet stand finally approached, sheepishly looked down,
1:41.8	and admitted that my beautiful rental minivan was lost.
1:47.9	My first thought was centered angrily around how could they lose my car?
1:53.2	Why would someone want to steal a used rented minivan?
1:56.6	And how in the world would I make my important meeting on time?
2:00.6	Rather than yelling at her, though, I comforted her, rather than demanding to see a manager.
2:07.8	I told her I did not really care for the manoevad, preferred SUVs, and which is call an Uber.
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