#4 Enjoying the Journey

From Tampa Bay, FL to Madison, WI, Devin has been on-the-go this week and is recording this podcast from a hotel room. Since he’s on a journey, it’s the perfect time for Devin to share about what it means to “Enjoy the Journey,” and he offers several tips on how you can do just that!

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Welcome to the Possibility Mindset Podcast. I'm Devin Henderson, your host, and I believe something greater is always possible for you. All right, well, this is a very exciting episode. I've doing a first today. I am recording the podcast from a hotel room. That's right. Here I am in a hotel. I brought my setup. You know, got the camera, I got the mic. It's kind of funny how I have things propped up here. It's like I got a drawer pulled out. I've got my laptop stacked on towels and clothes, and there's wires, and uh sometimes I'm like, did I overcomplicate this? But I want it to be quality. I want you uh to hear and if you're watching to see well. So uh got the got the shades open. You know, it's it's nice and bright in here, and uh, where am I? Well, I am in Madison, Wisconsin, because I have a keynote tomorrow for a um a credit union, which I'm super pumped about. It's gonna be so fun. Um now I came from Tampa Bay, Florida. I just got in last night and I was there for a three-day youth conference, and I was gonna try to record the podcast there and just never got around to it because it was too crazy. And uh I have like an entire day here uh because the conference ended yesterday, which was Saturday, and my keynote is tomorrow here in Madison, which is Monday, and so I was gonna go home, but then I realized I would have gotten home late Saturday night and then left again Sunday morning. So, yes, I would have gotten to, you know, kiss my babies, hug my wife, but then I thought, man, I'm adding a day of travel in there. So I decided I'm just gonna come straight here. So here I am, and uh it's it's been honestly a great day so far. I'm I'm loving today. I I uh got up, I woke up early. Um I just I didn't set an alarm. I've just been waking up early. I got up at like uh 5 30. So I got up, I was like, okay, uh let's let's get the day started, and I walked down to the Capitol. Um I've never been here in Madison, and it's like a college town. I guess it's the you know the University of Wisconsin, the Badgers. So I do want to go down to the campus and just walk around, check it out. It's summertime, so it's gonna be kind of quiet, but it's one thing I like to do. I like to walk around new college campuses, and I like to walk around Capitol buildings. It's kind of my thing. It seems like I I speak a lot in capital cities. And one thing I just like to do is just to go down to the Capitol, get a selfie uh with the building, and kind of check it off the bucket list. So walked down to the Capitol today, and there's two lakes apparently on either side of like I think north and south of where I'm at. So I'm gonna try to get to one of those lakes today and take a walk. But went out of the Capitol, took a walk, came back, worked out, got uh an incredible breakfast here at the Double Tree, which is where I'm staying, Double Tree Downtown Madison, and uh breakfast. I got a workout in, and then breakfast was uh on the hotel. They gave me a voucher. They gave me two vouchers. Actually, they gave me three, and I'm only here for gonna be here for two mornings. So that third voucher, uh, either I'm gonna have a second breakfast, like they say in Lord of the Rings, or I'm going to give it away to someone else and be like, here you go. Um so yeah, that's uh that's fun. So breakfast was awesome, and here I am, and I've got the whole day ahead of me. That doesn't happen very often when I'm traveling. Usually it's like it's a travel day, do a gig, travel home, but I had time today. So so here I am coming from Madison instead of Tampa. Um, and uh I this this morning my server in uh down in the restaurant of the hotel, her name was Charlotte, and I have a daughter, Charlotte. So I was like, hey, you have like the coolest name, and uh, she was awesome. Uh she did a really good job serving me. So thank you, Charlotte, for being so awesome. Um man, they really did. They had a full breakfast spread. I had bacon, I had sausage, I had eggs, I had oatmeal, I had fruit, coffee, and you know what? I I just thought, I just realized Charlotte did a good job. Charlotte, you know, if you listened to the podcast last week, you know that when you put the mouth hole right over the crack it dribbles, but she didn't do that. She put it opposite side, way to go. I just noticed that. Um so so nice. Now, when I was uh getting on the elevator, there was a there was a young couple, and um they were, you know, they're you could tell they were kind of fun. And when we got on the elevator, he said, Hey, what floor? And I was like, Okay, number four. So he pushed four for me, and I had two coffees in my hand. I had uh a mug, I had this mug, and then I had my to-go cup. And so it would have been hard to get over there and push the button. I could have done it, but he you know, he was standing right there, and so I was like, Thanks for thanks for asking, you know, what floor I didn't want to come over there and you know, spill coffee on you. So we started joking about coffee, and I was like, ah, sounds like I have experience like this. Like, hey, you don't want to go there, don't want to spill coffee on people. But um, the reason I'm telling you this story is because it was really cool. Um, you know, sometimes elevators you don't talk. It's like when you go into the bathroom, you don't look at people, you don't talk. Um, of course, I mean, but even when you're washing your hands in the bathroom, this is going too far. But you just, you know, there's like these unspoken rules, elevators, bathrooms. You um now people, you know, even like on airplanes, you just you just don't talk to people. So it's so refreshing to have someone like banter with you a little bit and have a good time. Now, this leads into today's confession of a motivational speaker. Uh, because I had a different confession plan, but I'm gonna save that for later because I thought of this one while I was talking with this couple on the elevator. So as they were getting on the elevator uh and I was getting on with my coffees, I was thinking, how am I gonna ask him to push number four? Right? Not not that I was nervous to ask, but the confession is sometimes I think way too hard to try to sound cool when I'm saying something. Okay, so in other words, instead of just getting on the elevator and saying, Hey, would you mind pushing four? I was already in my mind going, How am I going to word that so that I sound cooler? And I was thinking, like, I could say, like, hey, could you punch four for me? Or hey, would you mind hitting four? You know, like punch, hit. It went violent. I don't know why. I guess violence is cool. No, no, it's not, kids. No, violence not cool. Um, so anyway, and then I get on, but he he asked me, and so I didn't have to like deliver my very cool phrase of which what I decided in my mind was, hey, can you punch four for me? And it's it there's there's just something about I I just want to sound cool. I don't know. I you know, I don't want to sound so literal. Would you mind pushing four? It's like hit four, baby. And there's just some people that I've known over time uh that have a cool way with all of their words. You know, they they just everything they say comes out cool. They they never say it the way you would expect, they put a little spin, a little twist on it, and I don't know if they're just creative or if they're just around a lot of people who talk cool. So um that's that's the confession today. I I want to sound cool. Um all right. Do take that confession as you will. All right. Um, so so since I didn't get the podcast recorded when I was in Tampa, I didn't get it out um on time, which was supposed I'm I'm shooting for every Thursday, and of course I'm still very early in this journey. And I was really hoping to get it out by Thursday. So I now it's Sunday, right? It's it's like we could put it out today, but I'm like, oh, do you do it three days late? Or do I just save this for the next week? I haven't decided yet. I'll kind of talk to the team and uh see what they recommend on that. So so last week it was gonna be, you know, I was gonna record it and be like, hey, happy fourth of July, but it's kind of late for that now. Um but still I want to say happy fourth. I want to say thank you so much. Uh if you're um military, active military or veteran, thank you for your service. We appreciate that also. Firefighters, police officers, thank you for your service. You know, whenever I pass police officers, I always say, hey, thank you for your service. Um it's kind of obvious it's a given. You do it with military people. Um it's just like, but but police officers also, I mean, they put their lives on the line. And you know, my kids, my kids hear me say this, and recently um my daughter heard someone say, you know, the reason we thank police officers is because when everyone else is kind of just like the military, when everyone else is running from danger, they are running to danger. So always thank them. And my daughter looked at me and she said, So that's why you always say to officers, thank you for your service. And I was like, Exactly. So thank an officer today, a police officer, thank a firefighter, or thank uh someone from the military. Um, so uh, all right, uh, let's see. What have we got planned for today? Today, um we're it's coming, it's gonna be basically about enjoying the journey, right? And so I wanted to give you a little plug. That's that's where this is going. Um, but first, uh, I wanted to give you a um last last week the coffee cup thing, right? About the whole not being over the crack so that your drink doesn't dribble, it kind of opened up an idea for like a new segment. And that was the segment would be trivial complaints. Things that are like, you know, okay, we complain about these things, but think about how good we have it. So so I just thought it'd be fun to like give some of these trivial complaints, and so I have another one, and and uh it reminded me of Weird Al Yankovic's song. Yankovic or Yankovic? Uh Weird Al, anyway. In 2014, he came out with a song and it was uh First World Problems. So I'm gonna read the uh just the first verse to you. It's my maid is cleaning the bathroom, so I can't take a shower. When I do, the water starts getting cold after an hour. I couldn't order off the breakfast menu because I slept in till two, then I filled up on bread, didn't leave any room for tear and asue. Oh no, there's a pixel out on the corner of my laptop screen. I don't have any bills in my wallet small enough for the vending machine. Some idiot just called me up on the phone. What? Don't they know how to text? OMG. So I I love that. I think it's like, oh when I'm complaining about the trivial things, it's just good to remember I have so many blessings to be thankful for. So I want to remember that whenever I have trivial complaints. Remember to also count your blessings. So uh my here's my trivial complaint for today uh button fly jeans. Why? I don't I don't get it. Now I was talking to my wife about this, and she said, well, it's kind of a style thing now, and and she has a pair of button fly jeans, and I get it. Uh if it's in style and it looks cool, but here's my problem with it. Sometimes I'll be in a store and it's hard enough for me to shop for pants. I don't know what it is my my body or whatever it is. It's just hard to find just the right pants, right? And I'm really super picky, they have to be stretchy, um, they have to fit right everywhere. I sound like everybody, don't I? Anyway, sometimes I get to the dressing room and on the way I'm thinking these are like perfect. It's my size, it's the right color, it's the right fit, and I get in there and I pull them up and I start to zip up the pants, and everything's just feeling great, and it's perfect, and then there's no zipper, it's a button fly, and it's not even for style because the buttons are hidden, right? So now it's like I don't want to have to unbutton my pants every time I have to, you know, do my business or whatever. It's like that's just so inconvenient. So here's my um campaign to stop it with the buttonfly jeans um as a as a functional purpose because it has no great function, right? Let's just stick with zippers unless it's for a style reason. There you go. That's today's trivial complaint. All right. I'm gonna I'm gonna uh do what I hear a lot of podcast people do, which I enjoy. I'm gonna read some comments. Oh wait, I don't have any comments yet. Uh so leave a comment so I can start reading comments. Now, I do have comments on social media, and actually I've been doing this thing at the end of my keynote talks where I get feedback from the audience through this uh form that they take on their phones. And I've I got a couple really cool ones this last time. And so I thought, well, uh, since I don't have any podcast specific comments yet, I'll just read some comments for my keynote because it was really cool, really uplifting. It's it kind of kind of is in the uh zone of testimonials. Uh so hopefully you're okay with me sharing like some testimonials about my keynote. So here it is. It said, this is about my keynote. He was quick-witted and fun and consistent on keeping us focused, on believing that we can do anything we put our minds to with gratitude. Wow. I mean, they like summed up my keynote speech right there. I I love that I do want people to believe they can do anything they want to and and stay in that heart of gratitude throughout the entire process, which really aligns with today's enjoy the journey, right? Even when things aren't going well, uh, enjoy the process, right? Don't always be thinking about want to be there, want to be there. Like, enjoy where you are right now. So I love that. Here's another one. This blew my mind, okay? They said, I have witnessed hundreds of keynote speakers and presentations. Devin was the most inspiring and impactful to myself and our team as of yet. Wow. I uh wanted to read that because there's times where after a keynote speech, I sometimes I feel like, did I truly connect? Did people really get the value? Even after doing this for, you know, speaking for 13, 14 years, I I wonder, did it, did it really land? You know, I I question that sometimes, which uh will say will save uh the the more depth for that for a future confession of a motivational speaker. But it's just so awesome to get this kind of feedback. That's why I love this new uh instant form that I'm using that people can do on their phones because it's like, oh, I did connect, you know, so awesome um that that their team was impact that if that's you, thank you for leaving that comment. Okay, um, let's let's go ahead and we're gonna get into the heart of the matter now, talking about today how to enjoy the journey. And and the best way for me to really share how maybe you can enjoy your journey is how I've enjoyed mine. I'm gonna tell you a little bit of my journey today. I've I've shared some of my backstory today. I'm gonna really focus on how I've gone from a children's entertainer to a corporate speaker, right? Because there was you know there was like this growth, and I didn't know when I first started as a children's magician that I was gonna end up being a corporate motivational speaker. So that that was a journey, and how did I enjoy that journey? And how what happened sometimes when I was not enjoying that journey? Alright, so uh I'm my my early gigs, right? When I started doing this professionally, I was mainly doing close-up magic, meaning like like sleight of hand right under people's noses, card tricks, think think like David Blaine, close-up stuff. And then when I would get on stages, like I didn't really have a stage show to start with, and someone's like, hey, uh you I worked, I worked at an afterschool daycare for years, which that's a whole nother podcast talking about that experience. Uh, but I worked in after school daycares, and someone there, you know, I would I was always doing magic tricks for the kids, card tricks, and someone's like, you should do a show. Like, you should put on a full magic show for the kids. And I was thinking, well, I can't really put on a show because I just do these close-up things. Only about five people can watch at a time. Where, you know, we had like 50 kids. How are they all gonna watch it once? And so it really started making me think, are there tricks that I know, or are there quick tricks that I could learn that I could do on a stage where all 50 kids could watch at once? And so I accepted that as a challenge, like, okay, uh, in in a few months here, at the end of the year, I'm gonna put on a magic show for these kids, and it's going to be a show. So I started just you know, digging through my repertoire of everything I had done that might be um might play to a bigger audience, and I started looking in some of my magic books and videos and and just collecting, kind of kind of coming up with a set list of things that would work. And it happened. I finally had my first working full 30 to 45-minute magic show. Well, this afterschool daycare that I was a part of was a network of other afterschool daycares that were in this county, Johnson County, Kansas. So it was Johnson County Parks and Rec. And uh, so I started reaching out to the other after-school daycare directors and saying, Hey, would you like me to come do a magic show? And this was then in the summertime. So I was visiting like each summer camp, you know, getting paid extra. So this, you know, like getting paid to come do the magic show, not just like what I was getting as a uh Parks and Rec employee. And so then I started to like refine this kid's show, right? And that was really the beginning of the journey of like um doing a doing a stand-up act. Well, I did about maybe 20 of those shows, and through that process, I really learned how to entertain children, and that was just I don't know, easy for me to learn to connect with them. I think because I had been working in after school daycares for like, you know, over half a dozen years. I just knew how to talk to kids. I knew what they thought was funny, I knew what they thought was amazing, I knew how they would react, and boom, I was a children's entertainer. So then I started marketing myself as a birthday party magician and had a website and really featured um how I could entertain kids and uh used colorful props and use the you know, kids, use the birthday kid as the featured um assistant for the for the grand finale trick, right? So so I was I was loving this. I mean, that was like the beginning of my career. It was doing magic in restaurants and then also doing children's shows and birthday parties. And I was perfectly happy. I was like, this is all I need. Like I'm making a living uh doing something that I absolutely love. Well, as time went on, you know, you s I was kind of like the only person that I really I I knew of like maybe like two or three other magicians in my area. Well, as your awareness starts to broaden of there's other magicians doing maybe even more impressive magic tricks and making more money, I started thinking bigger and bigger, and I'm not just happy here right now, I want to be here, right? Which I think is a good idea for us to always be thinking, you know, something greater is always possible, right? Which is my life's mantra. But what happens in there is sometimes I get to a place where I'm not happy here, I'm only going to be happy when I get up to this next level. And to me, enjoying the journey means being happy with where you are right now, and yes, having goals and being excited about the next level, but as you're climbing to the next level, finding joy every day where you are, giving thanks, not complaining about trivial things, not negatively comparing yourself to other people who are already at that level that you want to be, but just having faith that if you persist, you will eventually get there. And yes, you have to put in the work now, but enjoy that process, right? Don't don't let all of the good things that are happening right now pass you up. Don't let them, don't, don't miss them because you're so focused on the next level. So that's that's what it was for me. Okay, in enjoying the journey, and so when I was present, you know, I I could I could enjoy that process. So then I started to think, okay, um, you know, I want to do bigger audiences. I and then I decided, well, I want to do adults, right? I want to be able to entertain a group of adults because I knew that I was kind of in this like niche, this little limited market of just children's birthday parties. And I thought, what if I could also do shows for adults? Now I was already doing sleight of hand at cocktail hours, but I was thinking, okay, what's that look like? Well, you I I couldn't do the same show for adults and for corporate audiences that I was doing for children. So I I started to do more learning, refining, learning tricks, more mind-blowing tricks with some mentalism type things that are like mentalism is like in a in a sense like mind reading, okay? I'm doing air quotes if you're listening. Uh, it's mind reading, and I'm sure that'll, you know, we'll talk about that later, the difference between what is magic, what is mentalism. Uh, and so then I started to build this corporate show, you know, and then what I was doing is I was always on my website, I started marketing to where I wanted to be, right? The look on my website, we've eventually took away birthday parties off of there, kid shows, and then put corporate magician, corporate entertainer. Now, was I still getting calls to do birthday parties? Absolutely. And did I keep doing them? Yeah, for a time I did. There was a season where there was like this crossfade uh where I was still doing kids shows, even though I wasn't marketing them, because I had enough, you know, uh past clients in my wake that still had my number and still knew that I could do that, but I was trying to get away from that, right? And so I started raising my prices, trying to price myself out of that, and eventually I did, but it was a process. And so that that was even a time where my my enjoyment would ebb and flow, right? It had its peaks and its valleys. Uh but it was that next level was always exciting for me to to get to that next place. And so then, you know, then I'm a a corporate entertainer, you know. So I'm I'm making more money, doing corporate events, felt more rewarding. It was more challenging, right, to entertain adults than it was kids for me. So, so then eventually I was doing a full-on mentalism show, which was like all the hard-hitting, mind-blowing tricks. And at the end of one of those corporate shows, someone approached me and said, Hey, you need to be a speaker. And I've maybe shared this before. I was thinking, that sounds boring. I don't want to speak. You know, what would my message be? And she said, You know, I used to work for a speakers bureau, which are people who connect speakers to organizations. She said, just have lunch with my old boss and just pick his brain, see what he has to say. So I did. I had lunch with uh Brad Plum, and he convinced me you uh you can still do the magic that you love. Just add your message to it, and it's going to open more doors and create more opportunities for you. You're gonna also not just be entertaining people, but bringing value to people's lives, which is gonna make you more in demand, more appealing. Uh, and and so he I started making me realize, well, I think I just there's more potential. There's like some untapped potential in what I'm doing, right? Like I have more than just this entertainment value. Why not entertain and inspire? So that started my journey of okay, what what is my message? Right. And and Brad encouraged me, um, you've you've been traveling already as a professional magician for about 10 years. You have stories, you you have experiences that you can share with people that that lessons can be found in to add value to people and to organizations. And so at first the message was kind of forced, right? So the beginning of the journey was a little rocky with, okay, I'm, you know, I was trying to use a lot of magic metaphors, and then over time the message started to take shape, and I started to realize what was really important to me and what things that I've learned from life are value to business. So that was a journey, you know, and and I think about this as to, you know, fast forward to where I am today, now I have this signature keynote called Something Greater Is Always Possible, which really is a culmination of many keynote speeches that I wrote over the years. Right? I had at one point in time, my my first keynote speech ever was schmoozem or lose them. So it's kind of a customer service sales type thing. Like, you know, be kind to people, talk to people, and uh otherwise you're gonna you're gonna lose their business, right? You're you're not gonna cultivate their relationship if you don't um, you know, keep engaging with people. And then and then it turned to more, it was like share your magic. You know, what is your magic? What are the magical qualities about you, your personality, your passions that when you share that magic with other people can bring value to their life. Uh, and then from there it kind of went to I wanted to be more of a comedian, so I had a uh keynote called Crack or Crack Up, which is my wife came up with that name and it's brilliant. Crack, as in like go crazy or laugh about stressful situations. And so it was kind of like really how to deal with stress and use humor to work through the hard things of life. Um, and then I had one called uh what was it called? Um uh something about failure. Uh epic failures lead to epic breakthroughs, I think is ultimately what we called it. And so that was really about you know, what are the things you know you can learn from your biggest challenges, your biggest failures and your disappointments in life that can propel you forward. Well, uh I finally got some coaching, and this was a big part of my journey. This was right before COVID. This was back in 2019. I was ready to really amp up the business. I knew I was coming up on 20 years of speaking, and I was like, okay, let's take this thing to the next level. I hired a high-end production company to uh produce a sizzle reel for me, like a really awesome video demo, and started realizing I need if the demo is going to be this awesome, the speech has to be that awesome or awesomer. And so I found this incredible speaking coach who helped me take all the pieces of those three keynotes and boom, like jam them into an Uber keynote, the best parts of each one, um, and and really bring it to a theme. Like, what is the what is really at the heart of Devin Henderson that makes me special, makes me unique, that I'm passionate about, and passionate about helping other people with, and that's the fact that something greater is always possible, which is the title that my coach came up with. Uh, she just saw that theme in my life from just talking to me and drawing out my stories and my interest. Uh, so I'm it's just so great to be living my purpose now, you know. So here I am about to finish 20 years of being a professional entertainerslash speaker, and it's been a crazy journey. And in future podcasts, I'll share more details of uh the whole experience. But I I just want to encourage you today, you know, I'm guessing you're like me. There's times where you're enjoying the journey, and there's times where you're very much not enjoying the journey. Like maybe right now, wherever you are in life, maybe you're working two jobs, right? Maybe you're working a job you don't get to see your kids as much as you want to. Uh, maybe you're just going through something really hard. Maybe uh, you know, you've experienced some tragedy, sickness, setback, and it's not a fun part of the journey. So I want to encourage you today that I really do believe that even during the hardest times, we can still give thanks. Always give thanks. And that to me is the first step in enjoying the journey to look back on your successes, on your blessings, and to say, wow, even amid all these hard things I'm going through, look at all these right things, these awesome things that have happened, and maybe everything that's happening that's not the way that I desire is met for some greater reason. And those two things right there can bring you so much peace. I know they bring me peace and they help me enjoy the journey more to always give thanks and then to remember that maybe uh these hard circumstances were for a greater reason. So I have just um a couple of uh applications for you today. Kind of just I wrote some questions down, right? And I don't know which question might resonate with you. So take the question that inspires you the most to take action, okay? So here's the first question Um Have you reflected on your journey? That's the great thing for me about a podcast is it's a place here to kind of look back and and you know document this in some way. So have you journaled? Have you had coffee with a friend lately and just said, can I just tell you about the last decade or two of my life just so I can reflect on my journey? Uh the other question is what journey are you on right now? Okay, what like where where are you at in the process? And if you feel like you're just you want to attain that next level so bad, are are you enjoying the current place you're at right now? What journey are you on? Um third question, what what journey lies ahead of you? Like, like what are journey are you not even on yet that you know you're gonna have to overtake? Like I think of sometimes people having to take care of like um, you know, elderly, like if their parents are getting older and someday they know they're gonna have a move in with them and they're thinking, okay, that journey is ahead of me, or you know, retirement's coming up, or what journey is ahead of you and are you are you fearful of it? Or can you get excited about it somehow right now? Can you do something to make that journey more um appealing to you? Um okay, so what what can you do to enjoy the journey? Just a couple quick tips that I wrote down. Slow down, breathe. I mean, slow down in this moment right now, maybe just take a big deep breath. All right, just be present, be you know, be present and aware of what's going on and where you are. Sometimes we're running so fast we forget to just stop and look around us and enjoy the moment. Okay, get off your screens, and I know that I'm posting this on your screen, or if you're listening to it. I had recently I had someone call me a hypocrite because I was saying, hey, um, you know, less scrolling, more strolling. And he was like, You're a hypocrite. You're you're putting this on a screen when uh and and you're telling us not to be on screens, but I was like, Well, I'm coming to the place where maybe um you need to hear it, and it's the place maybe you need to like back off from a little bit. So I'm not saying, hey, throw your phone into a lake. I'm just saying, hey, maybe I know for me, sometimes getting off the screen helps me enjoy the journey a little bit more. That way I'm not comparing myself negatively to people. I'm not wishing that I was on uh someone else's journey. I can I can enjoy my own journey. Um, spend time with people. Like this this one's a challenge for me. Look at me, I'm alone, right? I went to Tampa Bay. I was speaking to, you know, uh six, seven thousand people, but it was a still a very lonely experience because everyone's busy and I'm just kind of doing my thing. Um, I have my family, you know, but I have to really be intentional with my time with friends. So spend time with friends, family, people. Um, like I said, journal, meditate, pray, always give thanks. Those are tips I just want to reiterate. Uh and then I've kind of sprinkled this in too. Don't compare yourself to other people, right? Come you've heard uh comparison is the thief of joy. And and it's easier said than done. What I always confess to people, man, I compare myself to people all the time. They're like, yeah, you need to not do that. I'm like, well, well, how? Right? Well, I this was such a deep um struggle for me that I was sharing with my speaking coach, and we actually have a segment now of my keynote about comparing yourself to other people. We call it the illusion of insignificance, and the the illusion of insignificance states that um since someone else is further along than you, then what you're doing is meaningless. And so what I found the way to overcome this is the next time I find myself saying that person's better than me, just stop and realize that's an incomplete sentence. Just complete the thought like this that person's better than me at being who they are. Because what if your goal wasn't always to be the best, but to be your best? And then what if your best is the best to the people that you're meant to serve because if if our greatness is all about us, what's the point? Right? If it's about us, uh it's it's never going to be enough, right? But if our greatness is used in service to others, that's when you can rise above that illusion of insignificance. So I challenge you with that today, you know, um serve someone with your greatness. I've been around a lot of I've seen a lot of homeless people in the last couple days being in downtown situations, and I met a guy named Schatz, and we chatted for a while, and he, you know, asked for money, and we, you know, we just got to got to chat about all kinds of things, and it just really gave me a chance to slow down and think, wow, here's the guy who's just uh experienced a hard life, some hard things, but this guy somehow he was smiling, he was laughing, he had joy. I was like, man, I feel like he has more joy than I do today. But I feel like I have more, I'm more blessed, right? It's again air quotes. I'm more blessed than this guy. Um, but he found joy in the journey, and it's it's funny because my whole point was really about you know, serve someone else with your greatness, but even even someone who's in to me, one of the hardest circumstances you can be in is somehow seems like he's enjoying his journey. So learn something from shots today. Doesn't matter where you are, uh enjoy the journey and and for sure use your greatness in service to others. Okay, well, we'll do this. Speaking of comments, um, let me know in the comments. Here's my one question that I'd love to hear from you on, whether it's uh on YouTube, another social media platform, or on the podcast. Um what are you going to do today to start enjoying your journey? Let me know what are you going to do today to start enjoying your journey. I'd love to hear from you. Okay, this has been so great. Thank you so much for joining me. It's been a great time, and remember, something greater is always possible.