In this 10‑minute Motivation Monday video, certified high‑performance coach Sean Buttner (also spelled Sean/Sean) opens with a weekly theme: being "in community" is fundamentally a mutually influential relationship. He explains that the people who most influence us—parents, mentors, peers—are also people we influence, and that improving our ability to positively affect others builds meaningful community, joy, personal growth, and impact. Buttner then shares his recent recertification with the High Performance Institute, emphasizing the science‑based methodology behind his coaching practice and the reciprocal learning he experiences from fellow coaches. The core of the segment is a repeatable three‑question framework he asks listeners each Monday to set a productive week: (1) What are you looking forward to? (2) What is the one thing that must get done? (3) What might trip you up and what’s your plan? He explains how each question fosters motivation, focus, resilience, and graceful handling of obstacles. The video concludes with a call to engage in one’s community, share the video, and apply the three‑question habit, promising greater joy, growth, and impact.
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All right. Hey, everyone. Welcome to start your day. Great. Start your day with a coach. I am your certified high performance coach, Sean Butner. And today we got motivation Monday for you, where we're going to ask the same three questions we do every week to have that habit of being motivated, getting ready for the week, getting excited. Excuse me, excuse me. Moving forward, as I am a certified high performance coach, and I'm just here to help encourage you, help cheer you on this week doing whatever you got to do to build the life that you want. Now, before we get into those three questions, I like to kind of set a theme for the week. And this theme I want to talk about is that how being in community is really about being in a mutually influential relationship with person or a group of people. And what does that all mean? Right? That's a lot of words strung together. But it means that I bet you if you took a look at your life and the people that were most influence that or influenced you the most, right? I'd imagine that you were also influencing them, right? That's the observation here. Meaning that as you know, parents tend to be a huge influence, good or bad, as you grow up. So as you were growing up and, you know, your parents influenced you, you were probably teaching them a lot of things about people, about patience, about, you know, kind of not being so uptight or, you know, about how to motivate young kids or whatever it is. You know, there's tons of learnings that happen as a parent, as you are teaching a kid how to live and grow up in the world. And the same is probably true with your mentors. You know, you might have had a mentor early on in your career or right now who is kind of leading the way that you can consult and, you know, is influencing how you think about your career, influencing how you. How you think about yourself and your relationship to your organization. But you're also providing that type of insight for them, right? And so that's why I think the key observation is, you know, we need to improve our ability to influence others in a positive way, right? In a way that's mutually beneficial, that is in service of others, and that's how you build community. That's how you connect. That's how you feel connected to something greater, to your tribe, to your group of folks, and that's really powerful. So, you know, this past week, I had done my sort of recertification for my high performance coaching training, I guess, or program. So I'm certified in this process by the High Performance Institute and why is that important? Because it's science based. They've done a lot of research, you know, collated a ton of data on what really brings people alive, what really helps them feel like they're progressing in their life, how they are feeling joyful and confident and present in their lives, and how they beat normal consistently. So there's tons and tons of data points in research, and I won't go into that here, but you know, part of being a certified high performance coach is that process, that scientific methodology. A little bit of art dashed in with how you do follow up questions and stuff. I absolutely love this work. But the other part of it is I have a group of a couple hundred folks that are just amazing, you know, and, you know, having been a coach for eight years, it was surprising and still so cool how much I learned from some of the newer coaches who are just trying to figure out the process, figure out what's going on as I do from people that are more my peers that have been doing this for like eight years. So it's such a very powerful thing. And so here's the big idea then, you know, if influencing and being influenced by somebody is being in community, you know, community is someplace where we find meaning, we find a lot of joy. We find that we don't have a lot of regrets for the people and relationships we build. It's the ones that we don't or we don't repair that tend to be our regrets. That learning how to influence people, how to have a bigger impact in people's lives is so important. Right? And that's why, you know, at the end of all these shows, I'm saying, you know, live with more joy, more personal growth and more impact. Because all three of those, if you could be, you know, just a little bit more happier in spite of all the circumstances going around, if you could be moving forward on your big ambitions and your big projects, just a little bit more this week where you can have that impact with others just a little bit more this week, you know, you're going to be living a good life. And so I just wanted to explain that real quick. So, you know, go out there, engage in your community, think about how you can, you know, again, be of service and help some people out in your family, in your peer group, in your friend group, on your team, all that kind of stuff. And I think you'll see a really positive and good shift in your mood and how people interact with you and just all sorts of good stuff. So okay with that. So let's get into our three questions for this week. Now, question number one that, you know, these are the three questions we ask ourselves every Monday to make sure that we get our mind straight so we can go out there and crush it this week. The first question is, you know, what are you looking forward to this week, right? Are you going to a show? Are you going on vacation? Are you finishing a big project? This is your time to think about, I'm going to do a lot of work this week, or I've been doing a lot of work, it's going to celebrate it, or, hey, I'm going to take some time off. I'm going to celebrate that and be connected and really tuned into present with my family and friends, or I'm gonna get time to write music this week. And this is why I'm really excited about finishing the song or something like that. So, you know, having something to look forward to this week will help keep you motivated. It'll help keep you from getting stuck in distractions and will prevent you from getting bogged down when things go sideways, right? So you'll be a little more resilient when you are looking forward to something this week. So that's why I love that question. That's why we ask it every week. The second question for your productivity this week is, what is the number one thing that has to get done? So you might have all sorts of projects, personal projects, professional projects, relationships kind of stuff, but, you know, what's the number one thing that must get done this week and how can you do it as soon as possible, right? And this will help you feel that progress towards those goals. It helps keep you moving forward. You know, like, sometimes all we can hope for is forward progress. So knowing what the next best step is will very much help you as you move forward. And then third question we ask every week is, what might trip you up this week and what's your plan to get around it? So sometimes, you know, the mental fortitude or being able to approach a situation with more grace or more joy is anticipating it, right? Saying, like, I know that there's going to be construction this week around the house on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. So if that happens, I'm going to go to a coffee shop where I'm not going to. I'm not just going to grumble or be, you know, upset or have things planned that need the camera in this particular instance, you know, so some stuff like that. And so when it happens, you know, you're like, okay, execute the plan, you know, and it takes a lot less energy to think ahead on some things that you know are coming or might trip you up. And you know there are going to be a ton of things you don't catch. And that's okay too, right? It's all about developing that skill of this happened. And now I can, you know, guide my life in this way to where I'm not upset, I'm not angry, handle it with grace. Role model for those folks around you on how to handle when things go wrong or when you have hurdles or struggles. Right? And that's why I love this question too. So these are the three questions we ask every week on Motivation Monday. I hope you guys loved this video. I know I love doing this for you. Keeping this habit on Mondays and then the Friday reflection just to make sure that we have these reflection moments planned in our week. So that's why I do these videos. If you have any questions, post them below. Wherever you're watching this. If you'd like to comment, you know, do the social media thing. Share this with three friends who think you think might need some Monday motivation here and talk about being in community. And with that said, guys, go out there, live with more joy, more personal growth, more impact in your communities. We'll see you Wednesday for the normal morning show. Take care of.
