In this short motivational monologue, the speaker greets the audience and frames September 3 as a "Moment of Yes," urging listeners to adopt the mantra "do the work." He illustrates the principle with the St. Louis University soccer team’s early‑season games, contrasting a committed win against Indiana with later, complacent performances. He then shares personal updates—finishing the first draft of his second book and returning to the gym despite a sore lower back—emphasizing that progress comes from consistently doing the necessary tasks rather than waiting for results. The speaker repeatedly stresses that effort precedes outcomes in writing, fitness, and any personal calling, and ends with a direct call for listeners to identify and tackle their own work today, trusting that results will follow.
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Good morning, everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for Tuesday, uh, September 3rd. Wow. September is here. Can't believe it. Um, August, boom, gone. September, boom. Too fast, everybody. Way too fast. Hope everyone had a, a good Labor Day weekend. Um, back in St. Louis, uh, back in the shared workspace. Um, at least for now. Your moment of yes is, is do the work. Is do the work. The, the St. Louis University soccer team opened up their season just over a week ago by beating Indiana, one of the top teams in the country. Beat them 2-0, beat them well. And then the last 2 games, went to SMU, lost 1-0, didn't play great. And then last night, Uh, tied, um, a real inferior team based on, based on this team. What is the, the common thread in those first 3 games? In the first game, they committed to doing the work. In the second 2 games, they thought the work would be easy, you know. And now, not, not that anyone said that, right? We said all the right things. We tried to mentally prepare the right way. But man, there is a difference. Between having the mentality of do the work first, let the results take care of themselves. And I think that applies to each of us with everything that we do. As I've finished the first draft of my second book, now I'm, you know, I'm in editing mode, and hopefully we'll be able to send it to an editor here soon. But it's like, yeah, just like— Instead of thinking about when will the book be done, and I can— it's like, no, just do the work. You got work to do. Finish A, finish the book. B, now get proofing it and doing little rewrites and stuff. Do the work. The results will take care of themselves. Whether it's a workout, right? I was able to get back in the gym for the first time today. Obviously, my lower back's been bothering me, and it's like, yeah, just Get in there and do the work. Do the work, do the work, do the work. And, you know, I'm not this whole like, get up at 5 o'clock and do the grind. Like, no, but whatever we have to do, whatever it's our job to do, whatever it's our calling to do, whatever it's like, we still have to do the work. We still have to be a good communicator and we have to take time and we have to, we gotta do the work because that's what's required for us to do the things. That lead to our success and happy relationships and all that. There's no skipping of the work. So what work do you have to do today? Maybe you're avoiding it, but whatever it is, just, you know what, put your head down and do the work. The results will take care of themselves. That's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome day, everybody.
