In this short motivational video, the presenter delivers his daily "Moment of Yes" for Thursday, May 8th. He begins with a brief personal update about traveling to Boston and Rhode Island and notes the rainy weather. The core of the segment is a focus on generosity, inspired by a recent sociological experiment where two college students played Monopoly after a coin flip assigned one as "rich" (more property, two dice, $200 per pass) and the other as "poor" (no property, one die, $100 per pass). Despite knowing the outcome was random, the rich player quickly exhibited arrogance and entitlement, and none attributed their success to the coin flip when interviewed. The speaker uses this study to illustrate how perceived privilege can alter behavior, while acknowledging that hard work still matters. He reflects on his own privilege, emphasizes that recognizing it is essential, and encourages listeners to practice generosity in everyday situations—whether buying a coffee, helping a stranger, or writing a check. The video ends with a positive call to action: generosity is always an option, and viewers are wished an awesome day.
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Good morning, everyone. Here's your Moment of Yes for Thursday, May 8th. Here we go. Uh, jumping on a plane here this afternoon to go to Boston, uh, to be in Rhode Island for a few days. Um, it's not feeling very springy right now, kind of, kind of rainy, nasty. Um, but that's not your Moment of Yes for today. Uh, Hollister and I, a few weeks ago, were like, you know, I just, for whatever reason, we're like just wanting to focus on generosity. Hey, how can you know? And for me, I'm like, I just want to be more generous in simple situations, you know? And I don't know what that means, but like whether it's, you know, someone standing on the street corner or buying someone's coffee or just picking up a check, just being more generous. I saw a study that came out recently. This sociologist for years would take 2 college students and they knew they were part of a study. Put them in a room, they're going to play Monopoly against one another. And before the game starts, they would flip a coin. And this is all right, this is all explained. Flip a coin, one person would be the rich person, the other person would be the poor person. Meaning the rich person started with property, they get to roll 2 dice, and every time they pass go, they get $200. The poorer person has no property, they only get to roll 1 dice, they get around the table less, and every time they pass go, they only get $100. And he said, even though they both knew that it was based on the flip of a coin, immediately once the game starts, the behavior of the rich player changes, transforms how they treat the other person, the arrogance, the entitlement. And they did this study with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people. Here's the curious thing. When they would interview the the wealthy player after the game, hey, what, what was it that— what was the main reason that you think that you just, you did so well and that you dominated the game? Not one person in all the years they've been running this test said, well, it was clearly because of the flip of the coin and I became the rich player. Fascinating. Fascinating. So, you know, uh, this does not mean people don't work hard. This does not mean that people don't deserve things. But this idea of, of, of whether it's privilege or advantages or things like that, they do exist. I'm living proof. Um, and so to not acknowledge them would be ridiculous. That doesn't mean people who are successful haven't worked hard. All of that to say, regardless of whether you find yourself as they have or as the have-not, we can still be kind. And we can still be generous. And so I found that study interesting. Wanted to share that with you all. My moment of yes for you is, I don't know which in real life you fall, but generosity is always an option. Have an awesome day, everybody.
