Robbie Stokes Jr. left his D.C. job, backpacked five months with two suitcases, and relied on strangers' kindness. His "I Talk to Strangers" movement asks you to step out of your comfort zone and start a real conversation with someone new today.
Good morning everyone. Here is your Moment of Yes for today. Now last night I went back to IMG for a very inspiring talk. It's by a gentleman, his name is Robbie Stokes Jr. He started a movement called I Talk to Strangers. Make sure that you check it out. Actually, I'm shooting this really early this morning because I'm going to go have coffee with him this morning just to talk with him some more and just hear more about the movement. But what's really inspiring about his message about I Talk to Strangers, it's all about getting outside of your comfort zone, meeting people, having conversations, having conversations with people, and in doing so, sort of changing the world. So his story is he left a really great job in Washington, D.C., packed everything into 2 suitcases, and then traveled the world by backpack for 5 months, relying on sort of the kindness and the connection of strangers along the way. Just meeting different people along the way. And in doing so, this whole idea of I talk to strangers, and it— he's sort of created a movement. And all of this has happened in less than a year when he left his job in DC. So in honor of Robbie and the I talk to strangers movement, your moment of yes for today is you today talk to a stranger. Introduce yourself to someone if you're standing in line. Waiting for a coffee or you're just at a subway, anywhere that you are, introduce yourself. Get out of your comfort zone. Living your yes, living your purpose is all about getting outside of your comfort zone, living your true authentic self. And so today, stretch yourself outside of that by talking to someone, introducing yourself to someone, and trying to have a genuine conversation. You don't need to creep them out. Leave that up to me. But get outside your own comfort zone and just get into that space and see how a simple meeting, a simple conversation can transform and hopefully, as Robby's trying to do, change the world. So get out of that comfort zone today. Go talk to a stranger. And that's your moment of yes for today, everyone.
