In this brief motivational talk recorded on September 6th, the speaker shares a recent experience returning to St. Louis after a three‑speaker event in South Carolina. Each speaker delivered a 40‑minute keynote followed by a joint Q&A, which the speaker highlights as a rare, enjoyable collaborative moment in a field that is often solitary. While acknowledging that such events are not financially lucrative, the speaker argues that the true value lies in connection, shared experience, and personal fulfillment. The talk then shifts to a broader lesson: when evaluating how we spend our time, we tend to focus on monetary cost‑benefit analysis and overlook emotional, spiritual, and mental returns. Listeners are encouraged to conduct a holistic cost‑benefit assessment of their activities, weighing financial, emotional, spiritual, and mental benefits against the time and energy invested, and to make intentional, purpose‑driven choices.
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Hey, good morning everyone. Here is your moment of yes for Friday, September 6th, uh, back in St. Louis, um, after being in South Carolina, uh, for the last, last day and a half doing an event with, uh, with 2 other speakers, 2 friends. Um, and, uh, the 3 of us kind of did like— we each did like a 40-minute keynote and then we did a Q&A together, um, which was a lot of fun, you know, for a speaker world where it tends to be kind of solitary and, and, uh, You kind of a lot of times you're just kind of doing your own thing. The three of us, as we kind of sat and reflected afterwards, we were like, "Hey, these particular events don't they didn't pay very well." But we're like, the reason we do it is because of this, and it's like this is fun. This is like connecting with with two other guys, sharing experiences, and and doing it together. Like yeah, hey. It doesn't pay a lot, but it's worth it because of the opportunity to do it together. And when we think about the decisions and the priorities and how we spend our time, when we have the ability to— again, we can say no to these events, but what they provide as far as, yeah, this is worth it. It's worth putting my time and energy into this. Yeah. And being intentional. Being intentional about how we spend our time and our energy. We're always making decisions based on, you know, cost-benefit analysis. We just often focus too much on the actual financial side of cost-benefit analysis and not always on the emotional, spiritual, mental side of cost-benefit analysis. And I think this is a good example of that. So, you know, take a moment today and just do your own cost-benefit analysis of Areas where you're spending a lot of time, and are you getting enough benefit from it financially, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, that's worth the time that you're spending doing it? And yeah, it's a healthy exercise to go through. So there you have it. That's your moment of yes for today. Have an awesome day, everybody.
