Short motivational talk by Adam Markel encouraging experimentation with daily habits to cultivate energy, keep the heart open, and sustain love. The speaker suggests concrete small experiments (e.g., putting the phone away for the first 10 minutes of the morning) and frames life’s work (parenting, leading, CEOing) as dependent on maintaining personal energy and an open heart.
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What is that thing that you might do differently, that you're going to try? You try things, it's okay to fail, it's okay. Try things, try something else till you find the thing that does work, that helps you. Maybe it's going to be to put the phone away for the first 10 minutes of the morning to give yourself an opportunity to start your day in stillness or meditation or prayer or gratitude. What is that thing that you might do differently, that you're going to try? You try things, it's okay to fail, it's okay try things, try something else till you find the thing that does work, that helps you, that gives you energy. Because ultimately that's this question. The quest is a quest for energy. For energy. That's how we deal with things. That's how we succeed in any endeavor in life. Parenting, CEOing, doesn't matter what it is, leading teams, we have to have the energy and the love. And love. You know, when things are not easy, our hearts can close. The aperture of our hearts can close. We need energy to keep them open.