Andy Neary records a short on-location motivational video (foothills above Fort Collins) speaking directly to viewers during the COVID-era disruption. He urges self-care, then shifts to a coach-like tone: use the crisis as an opportunity to "rewrite your future" (start a business, pursue a stalled career) rather than make excuses. He frames two possible paths — the "haves" who act and the "have nots" who stagnate — and issues a final call to get back up, dust off, and take action.
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Okay. So I thought it would be appropriate to record this video up in the foothills high above the city of Fort Collins, over my shoulder here, number one, to remind myself I can still get out and ride my bike. So I urge you to make sure you are taking care of your mind and body right now. It is imperative. But number two, all the content for the past week and week and a half has been very empathetic. Right, because we all just got punched in the teeth. But now this video is going to be more from the voice of a coach. I need you to get back up, dust yourself off, and keep fighting. Because if your future self were to look down, high above this moment in time, how is it going to remember how you got back up? Is it going to see you as somebody who used this as an opportunity to make excuses, to talk about how the pandemic killed your job, your income, your sense of meaning? Or are you going to use this as an opportunity to rewrite your future? Are you going to chase that career you never did because somebody, your parents, whoever told you it was a stupid idea? Are you going to start that business you never got around to starting because the job you just had made you a little too comfortable? Listen, you know the phrase the have and the have nots? It's always been used to talk about who's got money, who doesn't. That phrase is going to have a different meaning in the future because the haves, they're the ones who are going to use this moment to get back up to dust themselves off and completely rewrite their future and do something they've never done before. The have nots are going to sit on their butt. They're going to make excuses and always talk about how the pandemic killed the momentum they had. So what are you going to choose? Because you have two choices. So I hope you choose wisely. Get back up, dust yourself off, and go start kicking butt.
