In this short motivational monologue, the speaker shares a meditation teacher’s advice to act immediately on impulses of generosity, likening them to “angel messages.” He reflects on how often people ignore such impulses and later regret it. He recounts his own experience of sending a book to U.S. Soccer coach Gregg Berhalter on a sudden impulse, which he credits with securing a job with the national team. The speaker urges listeners to become attuned to these impulses and to act on them without delay, framing the practice as a daily “moment of yes.” The overall message is an enthusiastic call to embrace generosity and seize spontaneous opportunities.
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Good morning. Here's your moment of yes for Monday, August 15th. Yes, from St. Louis. I was just reading an article today about a meditation teacher was sharing with their students. The meditation teacher said, whenever you are struck with an impulse of generosity, do not delay. You need to act upon that generosity immediately, whether that's giving something to someone or sending someone a text or email or calling them, when you're hit with that, you know, that, that, that spirit of generosity, you need to act on it. And he said, the thing, what we do is we're like, oh, we're busy doing something, or we'll get to it later because whatever we're doing is more important than acting on that impulse. And it made me think of, yes, how often we've gotten those impulses to do something or say something or reach out or, you know, I grew up, we call those angel messages, right? You get an angel message, and how often do you listen to the angel message and act on it, or do you ignore it? And, um, uh, and then you kind of kick yourself later. Why didn't I do something, right? When I decided to send my book to Gregg Berhalter with the national team cold, with no real contact outside of sending it to soccer headquarters, that was actually an angel message that came to me and said, you should send your book To the national team. And the second thought that came to me was, why? He'll never get it. He won't read it. It'll get lost in the shuffle. It's going to cost me $3 to put it in the mail, 10 minutes to write a note. What's the point? I've got more important things to do. And thank God I didn't stop there. The message said, Travis, just do it, right? And thank God, that's the reason I got the job with the national team. How How often do we get these little impulses and we don't act on them? And how many times have we acted on those impulses and we're always grateful that we did? So today, as we start the week, let's be listening for those impulses, A, and B, let's start acting on them. That's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome day, everybody.
