In this brief motivational video, the speaker delivers a daily “moment of yes” for Monday, September 23rd, using the theme “simple ain’t easy.” He cites Thelonious Monk’s observation that jazz may appear simple but is hard to master, and former baseball player Mike Schmidt’s advice to “do boring work well.” The speaker interprets these quotes to argue that success and happiness stem from focusing disciplined effort on the unglamorous, repetitive tasks that most people avoid. He acknowledges life’s distractions but urges listeners to identify and embrace the simple, high‑impact actions they can take today, framing the message as a practical call to action for the start of the week.
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Good morning, everyone. Here's your moment of yes for Monday, September 23rd. Last week of September. What second day of autumn? As you can see, getting plenty of rain here in St. Louis, although we we need it. So all a good thing. All right, your moment of yes for today is simple ain't easy. Thelonious Monk, the New Jersey jazz musician. Once said that simple ain't easy. He says jazz is simple, but simple ain't easy. When Mike Schmidt was asked, what's it take to be kind of like, you know, a professional baseball player, he said simple. He said, he said, DB— was it DBW? He says do boring well, right? Do boring well. Simple ain't easy. Do boring well. Those are similar to me. When we think about do boring well means we have to kind of love the idea of doing the things that aren't necessarily exciting or fun. But if we can focus on those and do those and embrace those, kind of leads to success. Thelonious Monk's Simple Ain't Easy is just that idea of to to To perform at a high level, to be happy, to be successful, there is a simplicity to it. But it's understanding what to focus on, what to put our time and energy, but most importantly, our discipline into. And if we do that, then the outcome becomes easy. But we all know that life isn't like that. Lots of distractions, lots of just life trying to pull us out. Of focusing on the simple things, focusing on the most effective things. So, your message for today, it's Monday, it's the beginning of the week, is what boring stuff do you need to embrace and focus on today? What simple things do you need to focus on today? It's super simple, it just ain't easy. So, there you have it, y'all. There's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome day. Bye.
