1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,120 Hi, this is Leslie Kane and I am the host of the Why Not Today podcast. 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:12,440 It's a podcast to celebrate people who have been courageous and said, why not today? 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:17,240 I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Kane, who often said, why not today? 4 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:21,320 I am based in Western Virginia, planned community right outside of Washington, DC, and thanks 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,640 for joining us today. 6 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,360 And today, you're going to get me as a guest as well. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,440 I know that I did this, it's December and it's been a little different. 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,040 And so beginning of December, if you haven't listened to episode 20, I talked about being 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,080 intentional the month of December and focusing on the fun and enjoying it and doing the things 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:42,080 you want to do. 11 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,880 And it's taken some work, but I've been practicing that. 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:54,160 And then I had a special episode on the end of like the next Tuesday, I think it was the 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,440 end of December where my friend Jodi talked about her book, Jingle and Joy and praying 14 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,280 beneath the tree and a devotion around that. 15 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,760 And honestly, my life has been busy and I hate the word busy, it's been full the last 16 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,920 couple of weeks and I woke up two days ago and like, I don't have a guest for today. 17 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,020 And so I thought one of the things that I've been thinking about and wanted to talk about 18 00:01:15,020 --> 00:01:17,920 is the one word. 19 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,920 And it's something I do every year, beginning of the year. 20 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:27,000 And I thought, okay, this is the perfect time to talk about the one word and encourage people 21 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,880 to start thinking about your one word because you want to have your one word in place for 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,560 the beginning of the year. 23 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:38,120 So this podcast is all about helping people and being able to support women and men and 24 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,520 giving people courage to do things, new things. 25 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,360 And the beginning of every year, I stopped doing a New Year's resolution years ago and 26 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,360 I got a book. 27 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,320 It's from John Gordon with Dan Britton and Jimmy Page and it's called One Word That Will 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,240 Change Your Life. 29 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,760 And it's a little book and it's a quick read, like you can probably read an hour. 30 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,040 I mean, I could probably do it on the podcast. 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,400 But it talks about instead of your New Year's resolution, which most people by February 32 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,920 they've thrown out the window, it's a theme for your year, your one word. 33 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:13,680 And it says, the book cover says, what if one thing could improve your life in incredible 34 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,680 ways? 35 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:19,880 What if one word could mean the difference between repeated failure and new found success? 36 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,560 In this beautifully illustrated full color revised edition, one word that will change 37 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,800 your life will inspire you to simplify your life and work by focusing on just one word 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,200 for the entire year. 39 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,200 That's right. 40 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,000 One year can create clarity, power, passion and life change. 41 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,320 Each year resolutions are rarely kept and goals are easily forgotten. 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:44,400 But one word, stick by living a single word that embodies the essence of your life at 43 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,680 this moment, you'll found renewed purpose and meaning throughout the year. 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,840 Join thousands of people and hundreds of schools, businesses, churches and sports teams who 45 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:00,620 have found their one word and discover how to harness transformational power of one word. 46 00:03:00,620 --> 00:03:05,100 And so this is something I've been doing with my Mary Kay team for years and other friends 47 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:13,040 and customers and just it's grown because we took it from just creating our one word 48 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,160 to doing wine women in one word is what we called it. 49 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,480 And a friend of mine, Robin, who has a paint studio, we would go to our paint studio and 50 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:26,600 of course drink a little wine, but come up with a word and paint it on a canvas. 51 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,840 And then the canvas, I keep mine in my bathroom, so I see it every single day. 52 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,720 And so your one word. 53 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:40,600 And so I'm going to read this to you just because I think it's profound. 54 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,640 It says, if we could give you one thing that would improve your life in incredible ways, 55 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:45,640 would you receive it? 56 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:51,160 If this one thing was so intuitive and easy to use that would be crazy not to try it, 57 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,960 would you give it a shot? 58 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,880 What is the one thing, this one thing, it's the one word. 59 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:56,880 That's right. 60 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,720 One word that will change your life. 61 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,800 The book talks about how they'll show you how to discover the word that is meant for 62 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,800 you. 63 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:09,080 It's one word vision or theme for the entire year and it'll help you become the person 64 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,720 you were born to be. 65 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,120 When we first discovered the simple concept in 1999, we never imagined thousands of people 66 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,840 would experience life change year after year. 67 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:23,560 However, over the years we have witnessed other experiencing the same life change we 68 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:24,560 have experienced. 69 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,760 We came to realize that we had to share this life changing concept with as many people 70 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,760 as possible. 71 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,760 A simple concept must be communicated in a simple way. 72 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,680 That's why we have designed this book so that you can read it in just 49 minutes. 73 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,200 In this case, less is best. 74 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,560 Simple is powerful. 75 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:47,160 One word that will change your life is a proven way to create clarity, power, passion and 76 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,560 life change. 77 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,720 Each year resolutions are rarely kept and goals are easily forgotten. 78 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:53,840 But one word sticks. 79 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:57,600 By living a single word that is meant for you, you'll find renewed purpose and meaning 80 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,080 throughout the year and achieve laser like focus and power for your life. 81 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,040 So they created the one word process that has three steps. 82 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,200 One, prepare your heart. 83 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,720 This is where you take action to strategically disengage from the hectic pace of your life 84 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,160 and look inside. 85 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,440 Eliminating noise and clutter properly prepares you for the work of the heart. 86 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,720 We show you easy practical ways to create some space and get ready for your one word. 87 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,920 Two, discover your word. 88 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,080 This step helps you ask simple questions to find your word. 89 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,960 We believe that there will be a word meant just for you and we guide you on the pathway 90 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,120 to discover it. 91 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,400 You will learn the four questions to ask to reveal your word. 92 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:38,400 And three, live your word. 93 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,040 This is the fun part. 94 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,800 We help you experience your word and apply it to every area of your life. 95 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,580 This step will inspire you along the journey as you live your word on purpose and passion 96 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:49,560 every day throughout the year. 97 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,600 We have also created an action plan. 98 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,640 I don't need to read that. 99 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,560 So to maximize your one word experience, we invite you to first visit the one word.com 100 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,480 where you can receive additional insights, read stories, impact and download helpful 101 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,480 resources. 102 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,640 And so he talks about the story of the one word, how it came about. 103 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:17,880 So I'm not going to read this book to you, but basically he shares lots of stories of 104 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,400 people's one word. 105 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:26,240 But to come up with your one word, there's some steps that they recommend. 106 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,040 And let me find the step. 107 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,880 So one word can be so powerful. 108 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,240 And as I said, I've done it for years and I've had several people in my world do it 109 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,880 also. 110 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:48,200 So in coming up with your one word, what they suggest is to prepare your heart by looking 111 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:55,560 in and then discover your word by looking up and live your word by looking out. 112 00:06:55,560 --> 00:07:00,960 So I always start thinking about my word in the fall and kind of it never is the one word 113 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,280 I start with is the word I end with. 114 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:10,000 And I think about it and I have some space around it and plan and live with it. 115 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,560 And then I start looking up and asking God and praying and like, okay, is this the right 116 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:15,840 word? 117 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,320 And then start looking out and the looking out is, okay, do you see the word? 118 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:21,320 Do you hear the word? 119 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,440 Are you saying the word is like words I've had. 120 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,640 It's like all of a sudden it's everywhere. 121 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:32,640 And so doing those things, look in, look up and look out to come up with your word and 122 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,600 sit with it and feel it and make sure it's the word that's right for you. 123 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,360 So that's why I want to do this podcast today as you prepare for year end to start thinking 124 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,320 about it and living with the word and coming up with your word. 125 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:52,280 So we do, as I said, the painting of the one word, but I also did some graphics and printed 126 00:07:52,280 --> 00:08:00,640 them out on like a picture and printed them out at a photo place and had put it all over 127 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,200 my house with pictures. 128 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,400 I'm a very visual person, so it made a difference. 129 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,400 There were stories in the book about a basketball team that they wrote it on the bat, everybody's 130 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,760 word on the ball and it took it to every game. 131 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:20,200 A school that on the wall had all the teachers' words, a sports team that are another school 132 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,560 or something that had rock that they all painted. 133 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,400 So there's lots of ways to share your word. 134 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,880 So you can do it with your team could even have a word. 135 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,000 I'm looking really quickly here. 136 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:39,520 So it says, post your word prominently and share it with others. 137 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:40,520 You ensure your growth. 138 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,200 There will be no false starts or fails. 139 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:46,240 You will experience highs and lows and it'll be part of the process as you live out the 140 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:47,240 word. 141 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:52,560 Let God use the simplicity of your one word theme to revolutionize everyday life. 142 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,160 All right. 143 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,280 So somebody even said they did it as a tattoo, but I think every year would be different. 144 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,600 You could do think of a song, you can journal it. 145 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,520 And all right. 146 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:12,440 So I reached out to a couple friends of mine who have done the one word before and my friend 147 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,880 Amber said what she liked about the one word is it was intentional. 148 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,560 It was eye opening to see how God manifests and confirms your intentionality. 149 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:30,280 And I know her year word in 2020 I think was community and mine was connections. 150 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:34,080 We kind of laughed after what happened with COVID, but we had to learn different ways 151 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:39,600 to create community and different ways to connect, which I think was imperfect in alignment. 152 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,840 And she says your word shows up in dreams and things you want. 153 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:49,320 It's a cool experience to have your word and live it. 154 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,940 And she loved it, it was very empowering. 155 00:09:52,940 --> 00:09:57,760 Another friend of mine, Julia, who is I think the number one fan of this podcast, her word 156 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,120 was savor. 157 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,520 And she really said she really did try to slow down and savor everything in her life. 158 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:08,640 And she took her picture, I know her one word and put it in her dressing rooms every morning 159 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,660 she saw it. 160 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:16,280 Another friend of mine, Bethany, her word was progress. 161 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:21,400 And she painted the word and it was visible every day and helped her persevere. 162 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:26,480 It helped to reach a goal plus overcome a few obstacles in between. 163 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:31,240 Another person I asked, Cheryl, she said, let me find her answer. 164 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:36,400 She said her word, she had a long answer, so I'm going to read this. 165 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,400 All right. 166 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:44,760 She said in past years I've chosen words for things I wanted for myself, like joy to remind 167 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:50,240 me to put joy in my life and decisions, things that seemed important for my personal growth 168 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,400 that were helpful. 169 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,560 The word I picked last January was light. 170 00:10:53,560 --> 00:11:00,200 And it has been more meaningful to me as the year has gone on. 171 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,060 I want to be the light for other people. 172 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:07,360 I want to provide light and share the light, especially in the context of my full-time 173 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,920 job and she worked in a nursing home. 174 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:20,200 I have always said that all you need to do, that all you need to do to work well is love. 175 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,840 Show them that you love them and you will light up their day. 176 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,560 The way I think of it today is the light is fueled by the battery of love. 177 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,800 All you need is love to make your light shine. 178 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:34,000 So when I'm feeling less than confident or able, I ask myself if I have love to share. 179 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 The answer is always yes. 180 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:41,640 So this year the word has been more about how I want to be in the world for other people 181 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,320 and that of course has wonderful consequences for my personal growth. 182 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,040 So those are just some examples. 183 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:53,360 I keep in one of my devotions I have written in really messy all my words every year. 184 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:58,180 So when I started this, it was 2014, my first word was shine. 185 00:11:58,180 --> 00:12:07,800 And then I had focus, intention, purpose, joy, intention, connections, trust, and courage. 186 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:12,200 And that's very interesting that I didn't realize that I had intention two other years 187 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,800 because that is the word that I've been thinking about for 2023. 188 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,040 So maybe I need to have intention in my life because I was thinking of a lot of different 189 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,600 areas that I want to be more intentional and I've been very intentional in December. 190 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:29,040 But now that I see that I may have to readjust that word. 191 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,180 So think about your word. 192 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:34,480 How do you want to show up in 2023? 193 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:39,320 Which is crazy to think we're at that point and start thinking about it. 194 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,400 As I said, look up, look in, look up and look out and come up with that word, live with 195 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,200 it and see what it needs to be. 196 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:51,440 And then we are doing a paint event if you're listening to this in real time and you want 197 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:52,960 to join us. 198 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,680 We do it virtually so anybody can join us. 199 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:58,120 If you want more information, just reach out to me. 200 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,120 If you just want to do your word and share it and share it on the podcast. 201 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,080 So this podcast, as I said, is about empowering people and giving people courage to do those 202 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,080 things. 203 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,160 So I hope you pick a word that's courageous for you this year and makes you stretch a 204 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,160 little bit. 205 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,520 And you know, I just thought of a word I might have. 206 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,720 So I'm thinking about this, so it hasn't resolved itself. 207 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,400 So I'm not going to share it yet, but thank you for listening. 208 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:27,640 And I'm going to have as we finish the new year, I have a guest coming on that's a coach 209 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:32,720 and we're going to talk about space in the new year and the COVID hangover and how we 210 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,760 can start our new year strong. 211 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:39,920 I have another guest I've talked to who just downsized and moved out of suburbia into a 212 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:46,000 condo where I live and got rid of all a lot of her stuff and just living a clean life. 213 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,640 And we're talking about cleaning out for the for the new year. 214 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,640 So I've got other people in line if you know somebody that has done something courageous 215 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:57,280 or if you've done something courageous and you want to share your story, I'm always looking 216 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:58,280 for people to share. 217 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,120 So this is our 22nd episode. 218 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,120 Super excited about that. 219 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:08,480 I appreciate everybody listening and living out the motto of why not today. 220 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,400 And what are those things as we finish up the we celebrate the holidays and finish up 221 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,400 the year? 222 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:14,400 What are those things you're going to say? 223 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:15,400 Why not today? 224 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,440 So thank you for listening. 225 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:24,280 You can find us the podcast on Spotify and iTunes and Google and share with another friend 226 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,760 that hasn't listened to this. 227 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,920 Like it, comment, give it a review. 228 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,160 I know you can on podcasts or podcasts. 229 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,200 Yeah, on iTunes podcast, you can give a review. 230 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:40,200 So I'm really trying to increase the listenership and the people sharing and love to have new 231 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,400 people share all the time. 232 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,240 So let me know what you think and let me know what your word is. 233 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,600 Make sure you share it with everybody. 234 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,400 And thanks again for joining the why not today podcast. 235 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,480 This is Leslie saying goodnight and Merry Christmas. 236 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,560 I don't think I'll have an episode. 237 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,560 Our next Saturday will be Christmas. 238 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,800 We probably won't have one on Christmas but that next week. 239 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:24,000 So Merry Christmas or happy holidays.