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Have you ever known anyone that focuses more on what's missing than what they have?  Yeah, me too...

We live in a world that constantly reminds us of what we don't have...More money. More success. More recognition. More followers. More square footage. More everything!!!

Join Dave form some PLENTIFUL conversation about:

• What Does "Plenty" Mean?
• The Human Brain's Favorite Hobby
• The Science of Gratitude
• Five Advantages of Looking for Plenty
• Five Bad Things That Often Lead to Good Things
• Why Some People Never See the Plenty
• Plenty Creates More Plenty
• Five Ways to Enjoy Plenty When It Doesn't Feel Like Enough

There will be hard days. There will be losses. There will be disappointments.

Nobody gets through life without scars.

But there is also laughter, Friendship, Music, Sunrises, Dogs, Children, Second Chances, Road Trips, Inside Jokes, Unexpected Victories, and lessons learned the hard way.

Whether you're celebrating a victory or surviving a setback...Look around...there is still plenty to be happy about.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever thought you were being taught something, but then realized the LESSON you learned was much more important?  Yeah, me too...

When I was a little boy, I thought I was learning how to farm...turns out, I was learning how to live.

Join Dave from some nostalgic reflection about:

• Sometimes You Have to Give the Seed a Chance
• The Meanest Mule Isn't Always the Worst Worker
• Everybody Knows Everybody's Business...Until They Need Help
• You Don't Have to Be Rich to Be Generous
• Every Farm Has Beavers
• Why Everyday Life Makes the Best Teacher
• Five Reasons Everyday Life Is the Greatest Classroom

Don't overlook the wisdom sitting on a porch somewhere.

Don't dismiss the grandfather fixing a tractor.

Don't ignore the grandmother canning tomatoes.

Don't underestimate the mechanic, the waitress, the rancher, the truck driver, the school custodian, or the neighbor who's lived through things Google can't explain.

Life whispers before it shouts.

"Sometimes you have to give the seed a chance to grow."

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever been in a meeting or on a conference call and thought, "what a complete waste of time..."  Yeah, me too...

Somewhere, right now, a conference call is taking place that should not exist. Twenty-three people have stopped what they were doing. Three are paying attention. Seven are checking email. Five are wondering why they're there. Four are on mute walking their dog. Two are pretending their camera is broken. And one person is sharing a spreadsheet nobody can read.

Welcome to the modern meeting.

Join Dave for some PRODUCTIVE talk about WASTED TIME:

• How Did We Get Here?
• Ten Reasons Most Meetings Are a Waste of Time
• Five Reasons We Know They're Inefficient But Keep Having Them
• Five Personality Types That Love Meetings
• Better Alternatives
• Technology Is About To Change Everything

Time is the only resource that cannot be replenished and every unnecessary meeting takes a piece of someone's life they'll never get back.

Meet when you must. Decide quickly. Invite fewer people. Leave with action.

And remember:

• The goal of work is not to attend meetings.
• The goal of meetings is to make work better.
• If they aren't doing that, stop calling them meetings.

Call them what they are: A group project that nobody wanted.

Giddyup!!!

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Do you know anyone who is a KNOW-IT-ALL?  Yeah, me to...

There are people in this world who know everything, at least according to them.

You know these people.

You can’t tell a story without them interrupting halfway through to explain how they had it worse, did it better, fixed it faster, or knew about it before it was popular.

Join Dave for some INFORMATIVE talk about:

• The Human Condition of “Knowing”
• Giving Away Their Power Through Absolutes
• 5 Reasons Some People Become Know-It-Alls
• 5 Negative Effects They Bring Into Environments
• Long-Term Impact
• Names People Use for These Types
• 5 Ways To Attempt To Change Their Behavior
• 5 Ways To Deal With Them

If you know somebody like this, remember: Their behavior usually says more about their internal need than your external worth.

And if you ARE somebody like this...You do not have to prove your value in every conversation.

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Have you ever found yourself WORRYING about something that turned out to be nothing?  Yeah, me too...

Worry is the interest payment on a debt that usually never comes due.

Worry is the imagination hijacking the present and dragging it into a future that may never happen. It is rehearsing tragedy before the curtain even opens. It is borrowing pain from tomorrow and demanding payment today.

Join Dave for what might be the most important O'talk topic of all:

• Worry Has Crippled Great People Throughout History
• Worry Is About Thoughts, Not Reality
• The Top 10 Things People Worry About
• How Worry Becomes Real
• Humanity Has Been Trying To Escape Worry Forever
• Stress vs Worry
• 5 Ways To Embrace Gratitude, Positivity, and Today
• 5 Action Items To Reduce Worry Today

You were not designed to carry tomorrow before it arrives.

Life is heavy enough in real time without dragging imaginary disasters behind you like a broken trailer.

There is a difference between preparation and imprisonment.

Preparation says:  “I’ll be ready.”

Worry says:  “I’ll suffer now just in case.”

One builds strength. The other steals life.

Most of the things we worried about never happened.

But the time we lost worrying? That part was real...

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever noticed that something you do or witness as part of your normal life strikes you as FUNNY?  Yeah, me too...

Some of the funniest things in life aren’t stand-up comedy, punchlines, memes, or viral videos of raccoons stealing tacos.

They happen every single day and because they happen every day, we stop noticing them.

Join Dave for some UNOBVIOSLY FUNNY talk about:

• Ten Funny Things That Happen Every Day That We Ignore
• Different Perspectives On Humor
• Five Ways To Recognize Humor In Everyday Life
• Five Ways To Bring More Humor Into Your Circle

Humor is not childish. It is wisdom with better timing.

Humor gives us emotional oxygen.

Life gets a whole lot lighter the moment you realize most of us are just confused adults making weird noises and pretending we know what we’re doing.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever had a person in your life that seemed to get away with everything...no apparent Karma at all?  Yeah, me too...

There’s an old saying: “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”

The frustrating part is that sometimes the pig is your coworker, a family member, or a loudmouth online. It might be the manipulator at work, the control freak at home, or the professional victim who leaves emotional mud tracks everywhere they go.

Join Dave for some MUDDY talk about:

• Why This Bothers Us So Much
• Five Reasons People Bully
• Five Reasons It Bothers Us So Much
• History Is Full of Strong Personalities and Bullies
• Five Reasons We Don’t Need To Be Judge, Jury, and Executioner
• Five Reasons We Want To Be
• Five Ways To Be Patient Without Becoming Passive
• Five Positive Results of Exercised Restraint

Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is NOT swing back.

Not because they deserve mercy. Not because they were right. Not because accountability doesn’t matter, but because your life is too valuable to become permanently attached to temporary idiots.

Never wrestle with pigs sooo long that you forget you were trying to stay clean.

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever looked around while in public and noticed that most people have their faces buried in their phones?  Yeah, me too...

The phone was supposed to make life easier.

Instead, many of us now carry around a glowing emotional support rectangle that follows us everywhere like an electronic ankle monitor we volunteered to wear.

Join Dave for a Wake-Up call about:

• Why We’re Addicted To Our Phones
• Ten Reasons We’re Addicted To Our Phones
• The Watch Story
• Ten Techniques To Spend Less Time On Your Phone
• What Happens When People Reduce Phone Time
• Ten Real Benefits Of Spending Less Time On Our Phones
• Five Things Negatively Impacted By Excessive Phone Use
• Five Ways To Influence Others Without Becoming Annoying

Reducing phone time isn’t about rejecting technology. It’s about reclaiming ownership of your attention. Because attention is life.

Your phone should be a tool you use...not a place you disappear into.

 Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever wished you could give advice to your younger self to make things easier?  Yeah, me too...

Your 30s feel like you’re finally getting traction and at the exact same time, like the ground is moving under your feet.

You’re building a life while living it, raising kids while still figuring yourself out, making money while learning what money actually means, and choosing people, paths, and priorities that will echo for decades.

Join Dave for some pre-O'talkin wisdom about:

• 30 strongest, tightest, no-fluff takeaways 
• 5 Ways to Embrace It
• 5 Real Challenges
• 5 Ways to Hold Steady

You’re going to get some things wrong. You’re going to trust the wrong people.  You’re going to take paths that don’t pay off.

Good - That means you’re in the game.

The goal isn’t perfection.  It’s alignment.

Freedom in how you live. Control in how you respond. Resolve in how you continue.

If I could hand you anything at 30, it wouldn’t be money, connections, or shortcuts. It would be a calm mind, a clear set of values, and the confidence to trust your own decisions.

You’re not trying to get it all right.

You’re trying to build something real.

Now go do it!!!

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever known someone who was either full of LOVE or full of HATE?  Yeah, me too...

They are both pretty tough to take at time...

There’s a hard truth about human nature that most people never realize: We usually find what we’re looking for...

If you want to love someone, you focus on what’s beautiful and quietly excuse what isn’t. If you want to hate someone, you focus on what’s broken and ignore everything redeemable.

That’s why two people can experience the same marriage, the same boss, the same church, the same friendship, the same country, or the same situation and walk away with completely different stories.

Join Dave for some LOVELY talk about:

• The Power of Focus
• 5 Reasons We Drift Toward Love or Hate
• Misery Loves Company
• The Danger of Long-Term Misery
• 5 Reasons Gratitude Defeats Misery
• 5 Ways to Beat the Temptation to Hate
• 5 Ways to Avoid Love With Blinders
• 5 Ways to Find Balance and Peace

 Life gets lighter when you stop forcing everything into extremes.

Not everything is wonderful. Not everything is terrible. Not everybody deserves worship. Not everybody deserves hatred.

Most of life is somewhere in the middle.

The war may have shaped you, but it does not have to define you.

At some point, you have to put the armor down, lift your head, and walk toward peace. The quality of your life will always be connected to the quality of your focus.

Lover or hater?  You decide...

Giddyup!!!

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