June 30, 2025 • 34 mins
Dr. Matthew Arau returns to share his groundbreaking "power of GET" concept that transforms leadership mindsets and organizational culture through gratitude, enthusiasm, and treasuring others.
• The Four C's of Upbeat Leadership: character, competence, connection, and clarity
• How leadership is often overcomplicated when simple frameworks can be more effective
• The importance of co-creating vision rather than imposing from the top down
• Dr. Arau's expanding resources including Upbeat daily journal and planner
• The powerful 9/11 story that led to the "power of GET" concept
• How adding "get to" to your to-do list transforms obligations into opportunities
• G = Gratitude - living intentionally with appreciation for others
• E = Enthusiasm - embracing moments with passion (from "essence of God within")
• T = Treasure - valuing both others and the potential within ourselves
• Real-world examples of organizations transformed by the GET mindset
• How limiting beliefs create ceilings for what teams can achieve
• Resources available at powerofget.com including the GET Quiz
Visit powerofget.com to take the free GET Quiz and discover if you're a Grower, Energizer, or Trailblazer leader, then join the Upbeat Leaders community for ongoing support and resources.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Unpacked Podcast with your host
leadership consultant, ronHarvey of GlobalCore Strategies
and Consulting.
Ron believes that leadership isthe fundamental driver towards
making a difference.
So now to find out more of whatit means to unpack leadership,
here's your host, ron Harvey.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good afternoon.
This is Ron Harvey.
I'm the Vice President, chiefoperating officer for Global
Core Strategies and Consulting.
We're a professional servicesleadership firm based out of
Columbia, south Carolina, andour primary goal, honestly, at
the end of the day, is to helpour leaders be better connected,
to take care of theirorganizations and create this
pipeline of sustainable successwithin the organization and a
sustainable pipeline ofsuccessful leaders.
(00:42):
So we do a lot aroundsustainable leadership.
We have fun with it, we're downto earth and we co-create
everything with you.
So if you ever decide to dowork with us, you kind of got to
work with us for it to get done.
We don't have all the answersand we will never show up that
way, but today I pause andalways do a podcast to give you
some tips and some tricks andsome behind the curtain things
(01:02):
that you don't see all the time,and I have guests from around
the world that join this podcastand we have a good time.
So I'm happy to bring back aguest.
He's probably only the thirdperson I brought back, so that
means he did something really,really good.
Y'all appreciated him.
So we have 120 episodes.
He's the third person that Ibrought back twice, so that
raises the stakes.
(01:23):
So we're going to bring Matthewon in and we're going to talk
about a little bit what we did.
But, matthew, come on on manand unmute yourself over there
and introduce yourself to theteam.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
All right, all right.
So can you hear me?
Okay, we're good man, yes, allright.
Well, first of all, what anhonor, ron, to join you for a
second time.
We had so much fun on our firstpodcast we just had to do it
again and take it, take it up anotch.
So, uh, wonderful.
My name is dr matthew rao andI'm the the president and ceo
(01:53):
founder of upbeat global, and weinspire positivity through
leadership and music around theworld, and, in addition, I'm
also a professor of music atLawrence University Conservatory
of Music in Appleton, wisconsin, where I conduct the band and
chair the music educationdepartment.
I'm an author and speaker,trainer and coach, and so, like
(02:17):
you, ron, I wear many hats andI'm excited for our upcoming
conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, I don't know how he does it all.
I mean, and as we get into ityou hear a lot of stuff he's
done since the last time wetalked, which is really really
good, because he's growing andhe's continued to lean into it
and have fun with it and he'sstill smiling, so that means
he's enjoying it.
And he said hey, man, when dowe have the second conversation?
I said I would love to.
So we're back.
We're back in front of you andso so, matthew, last time we
(02:46):
talked, we talked about the fourC's.
Can you bring people back up tospeed before?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
we introduce them to more content.
Can you refresh the four C's?
Absolutely, yeah, I'm reallyexcited and as I re-listened to
the podcast this morning so Ican remember exactly what we
talked about, and, as the author, and for those of you watching
the video, I'm holding up the or, if you're not seeing the video
, I'm holding up my book, myfirst book, which is Upbeat
Mindset, mindfulness andLeadership in Music, education
(03:16):
and Beyond.
And in this book, which iswritten for everybody, it's
written for people from allfields, all backgrounds
businesses, corporations,entrepreneurs and what I share
in this book, particularly inpart three, which focuses on
leadership, I share the four C'sof upbeat leadership.
And you know what?
Sometimes leadership can bemade to be complicated.
(03:38):
Have you found that to be thecase, ron?
Sometimes like-.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, leadership is complicated.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yes, yeah, and there's so many books, yes, yeah
, and I and I, and there's somany books.
You know you can go to abookstore there'll be, you know,
hundreds of books on leadershipand all these definitions of
leadership, and it can almost beoverwhelming.
And and and like you, ron, I'ma reader.
I feel like leaders are readers, leaders are learners, yes, and
so I love soaking it up, I lovelearning from mentors, mentors
(04:04):
and hearing great leaders speak,but reading voraciously.
And I used to teach, you know,other leadership principles and
strategies from proventechniques like Stephen Covey,
john Maxwell and John Wood, andall wonderful teachers, all
(04:28):
wonderful teachers.
But I eventually everythingcoalesced into my own concept of
leadership, which I'll shareright now, which is the four C's
of upbeat leadership.
And it's rooted in character,which is the first C.
And you know, without character, nothing else matters.
I think that's so important.
You know what is character?
What's that?
What are we grounded in?
Are we grounded in values andprinciples that are rooted?
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Otherwise we're just like onshifting sand and it's so
difficult to build trust, whichis essential for leaders and
organizations to have high trust.
The next C is competence.
So you've got character andthen competence, because you
could, because you could haveintegrity, treat other people
well, but you have to be able towalk your talk.
(05:10):
You have to be able to lead byexample and role model, which is
why competence matters so much.
Now, competence isn't somethingwe're necessarily born with.
It's something we can buildeach and every day, and that's
important.
Just like character, charactercan be built and grown and in
fact, I think oftentimescharacter is a choice.
What character are we choosing?
(05:31):
So we got character andcompetence.
The next C is so essential.
It's connection, because youcan have a great character, you
could be highly competent, butas a leader, we need to be able
to connect with others, buildrelationships, communicate
effectively, listenauthentically, and that's where
connection matters so much.
(05:52):
The final C, the fourth C, isclarity.
You got to know where you'reheaded, and a leader needs to
have a vision.
I'm also a believer in workingcollaboratively with the team,
so I think the vision works bestwhen it's co-created, yes, and
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when it's not just imposed fromthe top down.
I love getting ideas from teammembers where every voice is
valued and is significant, andwe distill all of that to come
up with our vision and having aclear vision of where we're
headed.
So you can see, the four C'sare character, competence,
connection and clarity, and withthose you're really off to a
(06:37):
great start.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yes, I love it.
Thank you for going back andthat's what we talked about on
the last podcast and you sharedthose in there in your book.
You know, as I'm listening toyou and you're walking through
the four C's again, you knowwhat's amazing is, as you're
talking and you talk about, youknow, people being a part of the
conversation, to co-creatementality, and someone asked me
in a workshop I was doing akeynote, and someone says well,
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how do you get people to buy in,you know, into whatever it is
that you're doing?
I say it's impossible to getpeople to buy in when they don't
get the way in Great way ofsaying it.
I say so, if you want me to beon board, then respect my
opinion, respect my thoughts,respect what I bring to the
table as you're making thedecision that this is the way
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you want to go.
So you said it and that'scalled collaboration, that's
called connection.
If you want people to be onboard with where you're taking
your company to, or you'retaking your team to, or you're
taking your organization or yourcommunity or your family, you
can't ignore people.
You kind of got to make surethat people get their way in and
your character will determineif you are going to let people
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weigh in your level ofcompetency so you don't feel
insecure, is going to allow youto let people weigh in, because
if you're insecure and you'renot competent, you're not
listening to anybody else.
So you got to have competencyso you don't feel insecure.
And then you come back to theother one of your connection
with people is going to be hugeat the end of the day, and being
crystal clear on where we'reheaded at.
So I love that you brought thatback full circle.
(08:01):
So, as we're talking leadershipand we're talking about the
direction that we're going, Iwant to go into this new concept
of what you're currentlyworking on.
We're in the green room andyou're talking and you want to
talk about the power of Git.
You've built some other tools.
So before you introduce that,you've created some more tools
to go along with your book.
Can you share those with us?
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Absolutely.
Yeah, it's been an excitingproductive time, that's for sure
.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
And I'll share it.
So Upbeat.
The original book was releasedin December 2021.
And when it was released itreally touched people.
It was the timing right.
We're coming out of the pandemicand this was the premise is
that we can all choose ourupbeat in life, and it comes
from the metaphor of theconductor's upbeat.
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When the conductor gives theupbeat to start a piece of music
, they lift their hands andtheir arms up, they breathe in
and then they exhale, and thenthe downbeat is when the music
is created.
So music is actually createdtwice once in the mind of the
musicians and secondly inreality, with instruments or the
voices, which I think is reallyamazing.
The metaphor is extended to usin our life in this following
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way, which is our thoughts arethe upbeats to our actions, our
attitude is the upbeat to anysituation, and we choose our
thoughts and our attitude, wechoose our upbeat.
And this book, you know, isdivided into three parts.
The first part is called Igniteand it focuses on the reader
(09:30):
right and it begins with chooseyour upbeat, the power of get,
supercharge your morning andsustain your upbeat all day.
And then part two brings itinto your organization.
So it's like creating an upbeatmindset organization, mindset
in the organization ormindfulness in the organization,
then creating an upbeat culture.
Mindset in the organization ormindfulness in the organization,
then creating an upbeat culture.
Then part three is all aboutleadership in the four C's.
So this book in my field, inmusic education, became an
(09:53):
instant bestseller and withintwo months it was already in a
second printing.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Congratulations, it's really exciting.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
It's touched a lot of hearts and souls and it started
off in the music educationindustry and now it's touched a
lot of hearts and souls.
And it started off in the musiceducation industry and now it's
jumped.
It's jumped beyond into allfields, which is very exciting.
So there's been a lot of demandfor like, what's next, matthew?
What's next, how can we digdeeper?
Demand for a journal.
(10:22):
And so I created, along with myco-author, paige Rauscheber.
We created a daily journalPersonal Reflections for
Inspiration and Transformation,and it works alongside the
original book Upbeat, but it'salso a great standalone.
And there's 120 days here.
There's a meaningful quote fromthe book with question, a
(10:45):
different question every singleday, but then there's some
questions that stay throughout achapter, so you get two pages.
It's also set up to be like abullet journal, so really,
really cool way.
I think journaling in themorning or journaling before you
go to bed is just a wonderfulway to prime your mind, don't
you?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Yeah, I mean, I'm glad that you're talking about
it, because oftentimes most ofus don't journal and when those
thoughts show up we can'tremember it or that thing that
you think of.
So I think journal is alwaysvery, very valuable for your
growth and for you to be very,very mindful and thoughtful of
what are you thinking and whatare you going through.
So I love that you've attacheda journal to it, because it
gives you a chance to captureyour most inner thoughts that
(11:26):
you may never say yes, yeah.
Because, as humans, I don'tthink we reflect enough.
I think we were on to the nextthing, because the way time is
and because how you knowconsumed people are, how busy
people are, so much thrown at us.
Very rarely do we just pauseand spend time with us and our
thoughts.
Very rarely do we just pauseand spend time with us and our
thoughts.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Yeah, yeah, being reflective is such an important
quality of an effective leader,I believe.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then the second resourcethat's been created that people
are loving is the upbeat dailyplanner, the ultimate organizer
for your get to do's.
Yes, and I put so much workinto this.
(12:07):
You know, studied some of whatI thought were some of the best
planners out there, took thebest of the best, aligned it
with upbeat, with the book, andand there's there's even ways to
like assess your how you'redoing in the areas of the four
C's.
Every day is two full pages anda quote from the book, questions
to really get, or reflectiveideas to get your morning upbeat
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going.
Your get to do list you knowyou got your planner area, a
little sticky thoughts area, andthere's every day there's a
mindful breathing techniquewhich is really, really cool.
And then you got your eveningupbeat questions here.
And then you got your eveningupbeat questions here.
But again, this is just abeautiful way to kick off your
day, to get everything organized, Because you know, I don't know
(12:50):
about you but it's like if it'snot in the calendar it's not
getting done.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah, I know I live by that.
People always ask and say, look, I got to put it on the
calendar so I can respect yourtime and I'll be where I'm
supposed to be.
So the calendar is a lifesaverfor me.
And you think about, you usethe Git upbeat and then you're
leaning into the Git.
But I want to go into the powerof Git.
(13:15):
That's what we were talking.
You're doing different things.
I don't know how you make allthe time to do all the stuff
that you're doing.
You're at school, you're aprofessor, you're running a
business.
You're creating content whichfor entrepreneurs.
If you're a professor, you'rerunning a business, you're
creating content which forentrepreneurs.
If you're listening, that'swhat it's really going to take.
You're going to have to findthe time to do the things that
you are.
That's your purpose of living.
What is that?
And are you investing time init?
So I'm glad that you're doingit.
Can you, can we pivot a littlebit and begin to unpack the
(13:38):
power of Git?
You?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
bet you bet.
So if it's okay, ron, I'm goingto share a story.
Go for it.
And this story is challenging.
It's difficult actually for meto share because it takes me to
one of the most challengingmoments in my life.
Yes, and I don't know about youand your listeners, but I've
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found that oftentimes the mostdifficult, the hardest moments
in our life are when we reflect,looking back.
Sometimes, the greatest lessonsare learned from the hardest
times, yes, and so this is oneof those days, and it begins on
September 12, 2020.
And I woke up that morning inour home in Nino, wisconsin,
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where my wife Marilee and I live, and we have a swimming pool.
Because it's in Wisconsin, thepool can't be open all year
round, as you can imagine, soit's open from May to about the
end of September, and it wasSeptember 12.
And I love going for a swimevery single morning.
I'm very disciplined andcommitted, so every day I'm home
and the pool's open, I'm goingfor a swim.
But when I woke up that morning, it was dark, dreary, cold, it
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was 40 degrees outside, it waswindy and it was raining, and it
wasn't just a light rain.
It was 40 degrees outside, itwas windy and it was raining,
and it wasn't just a light rain,it was a Wisconsin deluge which
is like, imagine, just bucketsfrom heaven, right.
So I looked outside and I Iguess I'm not going for a swim,
darn.
And so I made some tea and Idid my morning routine of
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mindful breathing and meditation.
And then, instead of going fora swim, I got out a notebook to
journal and I became much.
We were talking aboutreflection, ron and I became
much more personally reflectiveduring the pandemic, especially
during the shutdown, and it wasso quiet, and I took much more
mindful walks in nature and justI was really thinking about
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life's big questions actually.
So I was journaling mindfulwalks in nature.
I was really thinking aboutlife's big questions actually,
so I was journaling and becauseit was September 12, I thought
about the day before, which isSeptember 11, 2020.
But I didn't journal about theday before it.
Actually, in my mind it took meback to 9-11, september 11, 2001
.
And on 9-11, I was a middleschool band director in Loveland
, colorado, in my fifth year ofteaching.
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When I arrived at school thatmorning, I had no idea that our
lives were about to changeforever.
In fact, I went into the frontoffice to check my teacher
mailbox and I ran into thismiddle school principal and he
said Matthew, I just heardsomething really strange on the
radio.
Somebody flew a plane into oneof the towers in New York City
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and that's all he knew.
And for the listeners thatremember that day, if you
weren't right there in New YorkCity, the news was pretty
sketchy.
Actually, in the beginning weweren't quite sure what was
happening.
So I went into my band room andI turned on the television and
I could see that it wasn't justa small plane that accidentally
flew into the towers.
(16:30):
Right, it was.
It's the most horrific sightI'd ever seen in my life up to
that point.
About 10-15 minutes later, myfirst students started walking
into the band room.
They were 11 year old studentsand they saw what was on tv and
we all just set our instrumentsdown on the ground and we just
watched in silence the entireclass period.
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We watched the news as itunfolded before our very eyes
and at the end of that veryfirst class we saw the first
tower crumble in flames and wehad no words.
And then the second class camein of sixth grade band students
and we sat in silence andwatched the news happen live in
front of our very eyes.
And at the end of the secondclass we saw the second tower
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crumble in flames and we had nowords.
And then I had a planned periodin lunch, followed by two
seventh grade bands and twoeighth grade bands.
Well, the first seventh gradeband student started walking
into the band room and one ofthe students.
She saw that the television wason showing the news and she
said we've been watching thenews in every single class today
.
It's really hard.
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Can we turn the TV off?
Can we get our instruments out?
Can we play today?
Can we make music?
And I said you know what?
That's a great idea.
So we got our instruments outand we started warming up and we
got out our method book that welearned music from.
And we were at the verybeginning of the year, it was
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fall, so we were at thebeginning of the book.
But it turned out that numbersix in the book we were using
was the first piece that teachesthe three, four time signature,
three beats in a measure.
But it was also a piece titledAmerica and the words are my
country, tis of thee.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
And it's just six measures.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
It sounded like this and we played America over and
over and over again.
In fact, that's all.
We played the entire class justover and over again, and the
next seventh grade band the samething.
Then the eighth graders came inand we got our instruments out
and we warmed up and theyalready had a piece of music in
their folders which was the mostappropriate piece of music for
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that day.
It was Amazing Grace, wow.
And we played Amazing Grace.
We played Amazing Grace overand over and over and over again
, and on that day my studentsand I came to understand the
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true superpower of music in away that none of us had ever
experienced before, because onthat day there were no words to
express how we felt.
There truly weren't.
And I came to understand whatis meant when it said.
When words fail, music speaks.
And as I was journaling about9-11 and reflecting on that and
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being in the midst of a globalpandemic, something in my mind
switched as I began to make myto-do list for the day and
oftentimes a to-do list feelslike a have to do list, doesn't
it?
Like just a checklist of thingswe have to get done to survive
and just make it through the day.
But in my mind, everythingswitched and I added just one
simple three letter word to myto-do list and that word was get
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.
So now my to-do list readsomething like this I get to
email Sarah, I get to call Mark,I get to prepare to teach my
classes, I get to study my musicto conduct.
And then I wrote I get to dancein the rain and I get to go for
a swim.
And I went outside and I in myswim shorts and it was freezing
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cold and it was raining.
But I said I was going to dothis.
I thought about I get, I have aswimming pool, I get to do this
and I'm not going to pass upthis chance just because it's
freezing cold outside.
And I went out to the lip ofthe pool and I did just like a
little short, little jig becauseI said I was going to dance.
And I dove into the pool and asI was swimming in the pool, I
was thinking about all that Iget to do right, I get to have
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this life, I get to have thisbreath, I get to inspire others
through music and throughleadership.
And every moment in my life, Irealize, is a get moment.
And I thought about anotherpowerful word.
As I think about the power ofget, I thought about another
powerful word and that word isyet the power of yet.
And Carol Dweck shares with usabout the power of growth
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mindset in a book called Mindset, and she has a great TED talk
about the power of yet.
And if somebody ever says toyou as a leader, like I can't do
something, you can respond no,you can't do it yet.
I thought well, why is yet sopowerful?
It's because yet is about thefuture, yet is about hope.
But why is get so powerful?
Get is powerful because it'sabout the present moment.
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The now is the only momentthat's ever guaranteed.
Ron, you and I get to betogether right now and enjoy and
appreciate and listen to eachother and grow together through
this conversation.
And when you start to thinkabout every moment in your life,
almost every single moment is aget moment, isn't it?
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Even you can think about theend of our life.
Then every breath is a getmoment.
But what if you don't wait?
What if you don't have to waituntil the end?
What if you could appreciate itright now and realize that
every moment of your life is aget moment when you can embrace
it that way?
So I got out of the swimmingpool and I was evidently very
excited about this and I thought, wow, what if I added meaning
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to each one of the letters ofget?
So G is for gratitude, to livemy life intentionally with this
attitude of gratitude.
I thought how many times have Ifelt appreciation for somebody
else?
And I've kept it to myself.
Right, we often do that, wekeep it ourselves.
But I thought you know whatPeople need to hear that I'm not
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going to keep it within, I'mgoing to share gratitude openly.
E is for enthusiasm, to live mylife with enthusiasm, to
embrace the moments.
And as I was writing my bookUpbeat, I looked up the origin
and the meaning of the wordenthusiasm and it added even
more significance to me and I'llshare with you right now what
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enthusiasm comes from.
It comes from the Greeks.
When you break the word down,theus means God, en means within
, eniasm is essence.
So enthusiasm means the essenceof God within.
How would you live your life ifyou knew that?
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That the essence of God iswithin each one of us?
And then T is treasure Totreasure the people in our lives
, but also to remember the lost,the often hidden treasure,
which is the treasure withineach one of know serving others,
giving to others.
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We forget that we are atreasure.
We are treasure to shinebrightly, and when we shine
brightly and embrace who we arefully, we give permission and
encourage others to shine theirown light.
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And so that's the origin of thestory of the power of get Ron,
and I'm so excited to share itwith your listeners.
And what's been amazing is theripple effect that the power of
get, ron, and I'm so excited toshare it with your listeners.
And what's been amazing is theripple effect that the power of
get has had in these past threeyears, as I've shared it
nationally and internationally.
And we can go into that, theimpact, because I think that's
(24:02):
so important.
How can, how can the world bechanged with just a three letter
word, and that is is the nextpart of the story.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, I love it, thank you.
Thank you for for talking andsharing a story that that you
know.
Oftentimes we don't want to bevulnerable and be transparent as
leaders about the moment thatshifted your entire life and how
you have to grow and andoftentimes we make it look
easier than it is.
Yeah, and we don't share howdifficult it is to do it, and I
(24:34):
and I share that because,because it's difficult,
someone's counting on you to getthrough it.
Someone needs you to do thedifficult thing to inspire and
encourage them.
So, leaders, you got to do thedifficult.
You got to be vulnerable.
You got to help peopleunderstand that, even when you
think you have all the answers,life will punch you in the mouth
and you still got to get backup.
(24:55):
That's right.
Yeah, people are waiting for usto get back up.
So I will tell you that we'reat a place in our societies
today where people are waitingfor leaders to get back up.
Well said, well said Across theacross the board, you know.
So I'm glad that you talkedabout gratitude.
You know that's that'simportant and being enthusiastic
about it, and understandingyour treasures and we all have
(25:18):
them.
I think sometimes we work sohard we forget to pay attention
to our treasures.
Quite honestly, I've watchedleaders time and time again work
hard for for meeting the needsof their family, but they forget
to give their family their time.
Yes, yes.
So, leaders, it's more thanjust providing resources and a
nice place to live and money andfood, and, like, the most
important thing you can evergive anybody is your time.
(25:40):
Amen, so ensure that you payattention.
So I love that you're sharingthis, matthew.
Amen, so ensure that you payattention.
So I love that you're sharingthis, matthew.
I want to, I want to get into.
I mean, you have the get quizand you mentioned that people
can, can, can assess themselvesand you talk about, like, how
does this help help people thatlisten to this podcast move
forward?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Wonderful.
Well, folks, I encourage you togo to this URL simply power of
get dot com, power of getcom andput that in your URL in your
search bar and just hit returnor enter and it'll take you to
the upbeat leaders community,which is built on a platform
(26:21):
called Instaloop, so it's off ofsocial media, so no scrolling,
it takes you right there.
And when you get there, you'llhave an opportunity to take what
I call the Get Quiz G-E-T Quizand there's simply four
questions and when you respondto these four questions, your
(26:41):
responses will lead to sharingwith you what your dominant
leadership style is and yourstrengths and areas to grow in.
So it's tailored to you andit's a brilliant quiz that my
team and I built for you andit's wonderful and it's your
entryway into working moreclosely with me through the
(27:03):
community, and it's a freecommunity and it's just a
wonderful place to continue togrow.
And so it begins with knowingyourself, learning about
yourself as a leader, which isvery exciting and I'll give you
kind of a sneak peek.
So, based on G-E-T, the threeleaders are a grower, an
(27:25):
energizer or a trailblazer.
Which one are you?
And I know your listeners aregoing to want to find out and I
love, as I shared.
The third C is connection.
I love connecting with peopleand that's just so wonderful.
There are opportunities forpeople to work even more closely
with me if they should choose,are opportunities for people to
(27:48):
work even more closely with meif they should choose, and I
have an upbeat leadershipAcademy membership group, which
is really incredible, and wework together weekly and just
want to share that.
For those people that reallywant to take it to the next
level.
You have that opportunity.
But I have that free group onpower of getcom.
I also have a Facebook groupcalled upbeat leaders yes, and
there have a Facebook groupcalled Upbeat Leaders yes, and
(28:10):
there's thousands of members ofthat group and I post there
three times a day often, andit's a collaborative space.
So it's not just like a sit andget, but collaborative,
authentic, real conversationsthat lift and encourage people.
So there's many ways for us tostay connected.
My website's upbeatglobalcomand there's lots of resources
(28:31):
there as well, and, of course,you can follow me on LinkedIn
and all social media platforms.
But the power of get has beenthe most transformative message
and it's amazing again, likejust a mindset shift.
I've had teachers that haveshifted their mindset from, you
know, a low morale like I haveto go to school, I'm just
(28:52):
burnout.
So many teachers have beenburnout ways that we can
understand what they've beengoing through.
But a mindset shift has led toan energy shift.
It's changed the way theirstudents feel it's in.
It's changed the recruitmentand retention of their
classrooms by double right.
We're like twice as manystudents have joined their band
classrooms.
As an example, there are entireschool districts that are
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adopting upbeat philosophy andthe power of get for their
district.
And when I asked one of thesuperintendents there's a school
district in Calgary that'sbecoming an upbeat school
district.
I asked the chiefsuperintendent.
I said well, what does thismean to you?
And they said we want to shiftfrom a have to school district
to a get to school district.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Yeah, it's amazing.
I mean, you know, when you justchange your mindset.
You know I always tell people,you know, at the end of the day,
you know, serving 21 years ofmilitary service, you know, for
our country, you know you get todo those things because I've
been places where people don'tget to do it.
You know we take, we take thefreedom of speech for granted.
I get to to have free speech.
(29:56):
You know, I get to.
You know, even when you think ofa driver's license, most people
don't realize they get to drive.
Yes, as long as they payattention to the laws and the
rules, because at any day thoselicenses can be can be revoked,
so we get to drive.
It's not a written principlethat you, you get a driver's
license like we get to do thosethings.
(30:17):
But when you think about theget man said, it really is
important for all of us as welisten to this, it starts with
gratitude.
It's amazing to watch peoplecomplain when they're
inconvenienced and they'reliving in a phenomenal home with
a phenomenal job, with somethings that may not be going
well, but they are living in ahome with a loaf of bread under
(30:37):
their arms and they'recomplaining.
I mean.
So I think it's so importantfor us to really always pause
every morning when you wake upis to be grateful, absolutely
Like to to really just pause andreflect on all the things we'll
get to do from that moment thatwe wake up, cause you wake up,
you're going to get to do a lotof things if you just have the
right mindset.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Yeah, and what you begin with sets up the
trajectory for the rest of yourday.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
I call it the upbeat for the rest of the day.
So I love that you allowed usto unpack it.
I love that you already gaveeveryone your information, how
to find you, what you have outthere and really for coming back
on the show and being able toshare.
I love the story, I mean, andso thank you for being
transparent and vulnerable there.
Is there anything that youhaven't shared as we begin to
wrap up for our audience, thatyou would leave them with a
(31:24):
cliffhanger?
Like last time we left acliffhanger, what do we leave
for a cliffhanger this time?
Speaker 3 (31:29):
That's a really great one.
Well, I think you know we'vetalked about trust, we've talked
about vulnerability, and Iguess I would.
The next thing I would share iswhat's the limiting belief that
holds you back right?
What's that limiting belief?
I think self-talk is such animportant area to continue to
(31:53):
dive deeper into, and in my book, upbeat, I really go into that.
But I think that oftentimes weare the limiter.
Our mindset, our belief systemcan be the limiting ceiling on
what our team can achieve.
Yes, and so the real thing tofocus on is how can I replace
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those limiting beliefs with apositive belief, because what
you believe affects what you canachieve.
Yes, and I think that's thenext step for us as leaders is
to, first of all, self-awarenessright, acknowledging our fears
and our doubts, and what arethose and what are those based
on.
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And then how do I crush thoselimiting beliefs, conquer them,
how do I conquer overwhelm?
How do I get to the other side?
And this is what I help providefolks when we work either in
group coaching or the membershipgroup or one-on-one, because
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that's like what's stopping youto get to that next level.
What I often find is it's ourown limiting beliefs, so let's
get after those.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Yes, love it.
Thank you, matthew, Iappreciate it.
Once again, everyone, as I tellyou, we're always going to give
you a really great show thatwe're going to unpack.
We never know what we're goingto unpack, but we're going to
unpack something that's going tobe helpful and useful for you.
And what I will tell you, ifwhatever your dream is, if your
dream is big enough, bring on ateam.
I've never met anyone that'sreally great, that did it by
(33:25):
themselves.
Ever so true, I've never seenthat person.
That is so good that they don'tneed anybody.
If you're that good, then thereought to be people around you
helping you get it done.
So until next time, matthew andI will sign off.
Thank y'all for joining us.
It's always a pleasure anduntil next time we'll see you
again on another episode ofunpack with Ron Harvey.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Have a great day everyone.
Take care everybody.
Well, we hope you enjoyed thisedition of Unpacked Podcast with
leadership consultant RonHarvey.
Remember to join us everyMonday as Ron unpacks sound
advice, providing real answersfor real leadership challenges.
Until next time, remember toadd value and make a difference
where you are for the people youserve, because people always
matter.
Welcome to Unpacked Podcast with your host
leadership consultant, ronHarvey of GlobalCore Strategies
and Consulting.
Ron believes that leadership isthe fundamental driver towards
making a difference.
So now to find out more of whatit means to unpack leadership,
here's your host, ron Harvey.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Good afternoon.
This is Ron Harvey.
I'm the Vice President, chiefoperating officer for Global
Core Strategies and Consulting.
We're a professional servicesleadership firm based out of
Columbia, south Carolina, andour primary goal, honestly, at
the end of the day, is to helpour leaders be better connected,
to take care of theirorganizations and create this
pipeline of sustainable successwithin the organization and a
sustainable pipeline ofsuccessful leaders.
(00:42):
So we do a lot aroundsustainable leadership.
We have fun with it, we're downto earth and we co-create
everything with you.
So if you ever decide to dowork with us, you kind of got to
work with us for it to get done.
We don't have all the answersand we will never show up that
way, but today I pause andalways do a podcast to give you
some tips and some tricks andsome behind the curtain things
(01:02):
that you don't see all the time,and I have guests from around
the world that join this podcastand we have a good time.
So I'm happy to bring back aguest.
He's probably only the thirdperson I brought back, so that
means he did something really,really good.
Y'all appreciated him.
So we have 120 episodes.
He's the third person that Ibrought back twice, so that
raises the stakes.
(01:23):
So we're going to bring Matthewon in and we're going to talk
about a little bit what we did.
But, matthew, come on on manand unmute yourself over there
and introduce yourself to theteam.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
All right, all right.
So can you hear me?
Okay, we're good man, yes, allright.
Well, first of all, what anhonor, ron, to join you for a
second time.
We had so much fun on our firstpodcast we just had to do it
again and take it, take it up anotch.
So, uh, wonderful.
My name is dr matthew rao andI'm the the president and ceo
(01:53):
founder of upbeat global, and weinspire positivity through
leadership and music around theworld, and, in addition, I'm
also a professor of music atLawrence University Conservatory
of Music in Appleton, wisconsin, where I conduct the band and
chair the music educationdepartment.
I'm an author and speaker,trainer and coach, and so, like
(02:17):
you, ron, I wear many hats andI'm excited for our upcoming
conversation.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Yeah, I don't know how he does it all.
I mean, and as we get into ityou hear a lot of stuff he's
done since the last time wetalked, which is really really
good, because he's growing andhe's continued to lean into it
and have fun with it and he'sstill smiling, so that means
he's enjoying it.
And he said hey, man, when dowe have the second conversation?
I said I would love to.
So we're back.
We're back in front of you andso so, matthew, last time we
(02:46):
talked, we talked about the fourC's.
Can you bring people back up tospeed before?
Speaker 3 (02:55):
we introduce them to more content.
Can you refresh the four C's?
Absolutely, yeah, I'm reallyexcited and as I re-listened to
the podcast this morning so Ican remember exactly what we
talked about, and, as the author, and for those of you watching
the video, I'm holding up the or, if you're not seeing the video
, I'm holding up my book, myfirst book, which is Upbeat
Mindset, mindfulness andLeadership in Music, education
(03:16):
and Beyond.
And in this book, which iswritten for everybody, it's
written for people from allfields, all backgrounds
businesses, corporations,entrepreneurs and what I share
in this book, particularly inpart three, which focuses on
leadership, I share the four C'sof upbeat leadership.
And you know what?
Sometimes leadership can bemade to be complicated.
(03:38):
Have you found that to be thecase, ron?
Sometimes like-.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, leadership is complicated.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yes, yeah, and there's so many books, yes, yeah
, and I and I, and there's somany books.
You know you can go to abookstore there'll be, you know,
hundreds of books on leadershipand all these definitions of
leadership, and it can almost beoverwhelming.
And and and like you, ron, I'ma reader.
I feel like leaders are readers, leaders are learners, yes, and
so I love soaking it up, I lovelearning from mentors, mentors
(04:04):
and hearing great leaders speak,but reading voraciously.
And I used to teach, you know,other leadership principles and
strategies from proventechniques like Stephen Covey,
john Maxwell and John Wood, andall wonderful teachers, all
(04:28):
wonderful teachers.
But I eventually everythingcoalesced into my own concept of
leadership, which I'll shareright now, which is the four C's
of upbeat leadership.
And it's rooted in character,which is the first C.
And you know, without character, nothing else matters.
I think that's so important.
You know what is character?
What's that?
What are we grounded in?
Are we grounded in values andprinciples that are rooted?
(04:49):
Otherwise we're just like onshifting sand and it's so
difficult to build trust, whichis essential for leaders and
organizations to have high trust.
The next C is competence.
So you've got character andthen competence, because you
could, because you could haveintegrity, treat other people
well, but you have to be able towalk your talk.
(05:10):
You have to be able to lead byexample and role model, which is
why competence matters so much.
Now, competence isn't somethingwe're necessarily born with.
It's something we can buildeach and every day, and that's
important.
Just like character, charactercan be built and grown and in
fact, I think oftentimescharacter is a choice.
What character are we choosing?
(05:31):
So we got character andcompetence.
The next C is so essential.
It's connection, because youcan have a great character, you
could be highly competent, butas a leader, we need to be able
to connect with others, buildrelationships, communicate
effectively, listenauthentically, and that's where
connection matters so much.
(05:52):
The final C, the fourth C, isclarity.
You got to know where you'reheaded, and a leader needs to
have a vision.
I'm also a believer in workingcollaboratively with the team,
so I think the vision works bestwhen it's co-created, yes, and
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when it's not just imposed fromthe top down.
I love getting ideas from teammembers where every voice is
valued and is significant, andwe distill all of that to come
up with our vision and having aclear vision of where we're
headed.
So you can see, the four C'sare character, competence,
connection and clarity, and withthose you're really off to a
(06:37):
great start.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yes, I love it.
Thank you for going back andthat's what we talked about on
the last podcast and you sharedthose in there in your book.
You know, as I'm listening toyou and you're walking through
the four C's again, you knowwhat's amazing is, as you're
talking and you talk about, youknow, people being a part of the
conversation, to co-creatementality, and someone asked me
in a workshop I was doing akeynote, and someone says well,
(07:00):
how do you get people to buy in,you know, into whatever it is
that you're doing?
I say it's impossible to getpeople to buy in when they don't
get the way in Great way ofsaying it.
I say so, if you want me to beon board, then respect my
opinion, respect my thoughts,respect what I bring to the
table as you're making thedecision that this is the way
(07:20):
you want to go.
So you said it and that'scalled collaboration, that's
called connection.
If you want people to be onboard with where you're taking
your company to, or you'retaking your team to, or you're
taking your organization or yourcommunity or your family, you
can't ignore people.
You kind of got to make surethat people get their way in and
your character will determineif you are going to let people
(07:41):
weigh in your level ofcompetency so you don't feel
insecure, is going to allow youto let people weigh in, because
if you're insecure and you'renot competent, you're not
listening to anybody else.
So you got to have competencyso you don't feel insecure.
And then you come back to theother one of your connection
with people is going to be hugeat the end of the day, and being
crystal clear on where we'reheaded at.
So I love that you brought thatback full circle.
(08:01):
So, as we're talking leadershipand we're talking about the
direction that we're going, Iwant to go into this new concept
of what you're currentlyworking on.
We're in the green room andyou're talking and you want to
talk about the power of Git.
You've built some other tools.
So before you introduce that,you've created some more tools
to go along with your book.
Can you share those with us?
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Absolutely.
Yeah, it's been an excitingproductive time, that's for sure
.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
And I'll share it.
So Upbeat.
The original book was releasedin December 2021.
And when it was released itreally touched people.
It was the timing right.
We're coming out of the pandemicand this was the premise is
that we can all choose ourupbeat in life, and it comes
from the metaphor of theconductor's upbeat.
(08:47):
When the conductor gives theupbeat to start a piece of music
, they lift their hands andtheir arms up, they breathe in
and then they exhale, and thenthe downbeat is when the music
is created.
So music is actually createdtwice once in the mind of the
musicians and secondly inreality, with instruments or the
voices, which I think is reallyamazing.
The metaphor is extended to usin our life in this following
(09:08):
way, which is our thoughts arethe upbeats to our actions, our
attitude is the upbeat to anysituation, and we choose our
thoughts and our attitude, wechoose our upbeat.
And this book, you know, isdivided into three parts.
The first part is called Igniteand it focuses on the reader
(09:30):
right and it begins with chooseyour upbeat, the power of get,
supercharge your morning andsustain your upbeat all day.
And then part two brings itinto your organization.
So it's like creating an upbeatmindset organization, mindset
in the organization ormindfulness in the organization,
then creating an upbeat culture.
Mindset in the organization ormindfulness in the organization,
then creating an upbeat culture.
Then part three is all aboutleadership in the four C's.
So this book in my field, inmusic education, became an
(09:53):
instant bestseller and withintwo months it was already in a
second printing.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Congratulations, it's really exciting.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
It's touched a lot of hearts and souls and it started
off in the music educationindustry and now it's touched a
lot of hearts and souls.
And it started off in the musiceducation industry and now it's
jumped.
It's jumped beyond into allfields, which is very exciting.
So there's been a lot of demandfor like, what's next, matthew?
What's next, how can we digdeeper?
Demand for a journal.
(10:22):
And so I created, along with myco-author, paige Rauscheber.
We created a daily journalPersonal Reflections for
Inspiration and Transformation,and it works alongside the
original book Upbeat, but it'salso a great standalone.
And there's 120 days here.
There's a meaningful quote fromthe book with question, a
(10:45):
different question every singleday, but then there's some
questions that stay throughout achapter, so you get two pages.
It's also set up to be like abullet journal, so really,
really cool way.
I think journaling in themorning or journaling before you
go to bed is just a wonderfulway to prime your mind, don't
you?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Yeah, I mean, I'm glad that you're talking about
it, because oftentimes most ofus don't journal and when those
thoughts show up we can'tremember it or that thing that
you think of.
So I think journal is alwaysvery, very valuable for your
growth and for you to be very,very mindful and thoughtful of
what are you thinking and whatare you going through.
So I love that you've attacheda journal to it, because it
gives you a chance to captureyour most inner thoughts that
(11:26):
you may never say yes, yeah.
Because, as humans, I don'tthink we reflect enough.
I think we were on to the nextthing, because the way time is
and because how you knowconsumed people are, how busy
people are, so much thrown at us.
Very rarely do we just pauseand spend time with us and our
thoughts.
Very rarely do we just pauseand spend time with us and our
thoughts.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Yeah, yeah, being reflective is such an important
quality of an effective leader,I believe.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then the second resourcethat's been created that people
are loving is the upbeat dailyplanner, the ultimate organizer
for your get to do's.
Yes, and I put so much workinto this.
(12:07):
You know, studied some of whatI thought were some of the best
planners out there, took thebest of the best, aligned it
with upbeat, with the book, andand there's there's even ways to
like assess your how you'redoing in the areas of the four
C's.
Every day is two full pages anda quote from the book, questions
to really get, or reflectiveideas to get your morning upbeat
(12:28):
going.
Your get to do list you knowyou got your planner area, a
little sticky thoughts area, andthere's every day there's a
mindful breathing techniquewhich is really, really cool.
And then you got your eveningupbeat questions here.
And then you got your eveningupbeat questions here.
But again, this is just abeautiful way to kick off your
day, to get everything organized, Because you know, I don't know
(12:50):
about you but it's like if it'snot in the calendar it's not
getting done.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, yeah, I know I live by that.
People always ask and say, look, I got to put it on the
calendar so I can respect yourtime and I'll be where I'm
supposed to be.
So the calendar is a lifesaverfor me.
And you think about, you usethe Git upbeat and then you're
leaning into the Git.
But I want to go into the powerof Git.
(13:15):
That's what we were talking.
You're doing different things.
I don't know how you make allthe time to do all the stuff
that you're doing.
You're at school, you're aprofessor, you're running a
business.
You're creating content whichfor entrepreneurs.
If you're a professor, you'rerunning a business, you're
creating content which forentrepreneurs.
If you're listening, that'swhat it's really going to take.
You're going to have to findthe time to do the things that
you are.
That's your purpose of living.
What is that?
And are you investing time init?
So I'm glad that you're doingit.
Can you, can we pivot a littlebit and begin to unpack the
(13:38):
power of Git?
You?
Speaker 3 (13:39):
bet you bet.
So if it's okay, ron, I'm goingto share a story.
Go for it.
And this story is challenging.
It's difficult actually for meto share because it takes me to
one of the most challengingmoments in my life.
Yes, and I don't know about youand your listeners, but I've
(14:00):
found that oftentimes the mostdifficult, the hardest moments
in our life are when we reflect,looking back.
Sometimes, the greatest lessonsare learned from the hardest
times, yes, and so this is oneof those days, and it begins on
September 12, 2020.
And I woke up that morning inour home in Nino, wisconsin,
(14:21):
where my wife Marilee and I live, and we have a swimming pool.
Because it's in Wisconsin, thepool can't be open all year
round, as you can imagine, soit's open from May to about the
end of September, and it wasSeptember 12.
And I love going for a swimevery single morning.
I'm very disciplined andcommitted, so every day I'm home
and the pool's open, I'm goingfor a swim.
But when I woke up that morning, it was dark, dreary, cold, it
(14:45):
was 40 degrees outside, it waswindy and it was raining, and it
wasn't just a light rain.
It was 40 degrees outside, itwas windy and it was raining,
and it wasn't just a light rain,it was a Wisconsin deluge which
is like, imagine, just bucketsfrom heaven, right.
So I looked outside and I Iguess I'm not going for a swim,
darn.
And so I made some tea and Idid my morning routine of
(15:06):
mindful breathing and meditation.
And then, instead of going fora swim, I got out a notebook to
journal and I became much.
We were talking aboutreflection, ron and I became
much more personally reflectiveduring the pandemic, especially
during the shutdown, and it wasso quiet, and I took much more
mindful walks in nature and justI was really thinking about
(15:27):
life's big questions actually.
So I was journaling mindfulwalks in nature.
I was really thinking aboutlife's big questions actually,
so I was journaling and becauseit was September 12, I thought
about the day before, which isSeptember 11, 2020.
But I didn't journal about theday before it.
Actually, in my mind it took meback to 9-11, september 11, 2001
.
And on 9-11, I was a middleschool band director in Loveland
, colorado, in my fifth year ofteaching.
(15:49):
When I arrived at school thatmorning, I had no idea that our
lives were about to changeforever.
In fact, I went into the frontoffice to check my teacher
mailbox and I ran into thismiddle school principal and he
said Matthew, I just heardsomething really strange on the
radio.
Somebody flew a plane into oneof the towers in New York City
(16:10):
and that's all he knew.
And for the listeners thatremember that day, if you
weren't right there in New YorkCity, the news was pretty
sketchy.
Actually, in the beginning weweren't quite sure what was
happening.
So I went into my band room andI turned on the television and
I could see that it wasn't justa small plane that accidentally
flew into the towers.
(16:30):
Right, it was.
It's the most horrific sightI'd ever seen in my life up to
that point.
About 10-15 minutes later, myfirst students started walking
into the band room.
They were 11 year old studentsand they saw what was on tv and
we all just set our instrumentsdown on the ground and we just
watched in silence the entireclass period.
(16:52):
We watched the news as itunfolded before our very eyes
and at the end of that veryfirst class we saw the first
tower crumble in flames and wehad no words.
And then the second class camein of sixth grade band students
and we sat in silence andwatched the news happen live in
front of our very eyes.
And at the end of the secondclass we saw the second tower
(17:13):
crumble in flames and we had nowords.
And then I had a planned periodin lunch, followed by two
seventh grade bands and twoeighth grade bands.
Well, the first seventh gradeband student started walking
into the band room and one ofthe students.
She saw that the television wason showing the news and she
said we've been watching thenews in every single class today
.
It's really hard.
(17:33):
Can we turn the TV off?
Can we get our instruments out?
Can we play today?
Can we make music?
And I said you know what?
That's a great idea.
So we got our instruments outand we started warming up and we
got out our method book that welearned music from.
And we were at the verybeginning of the year, it was
(17:54):
fall, so we were at thebeginning of the book.
But it turned out that numbersix in the book we were using
was the first piece that teachesthe three, four time signature,
three beats in a measure.
But it was also a piece titledAmerica and the words are my
country, tis of thee.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
And it's just six measures.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
It sounded like this and we played America over and
over and over again.
In fact, that's all.
We played the entire class justover and over again, and the
next seventh grade band the samething.
Then the eighth graders came inand we got our instruments out
and we warmed up and theyalready had a piece of music in
their folders which was the mostappropriate piece of music for
(18:41):
that day.
It was Amazing Grace, wow.
And we played Amazing Grace.
We played Amazing Grace overand over and over and over again
, and on that day my studentsand I came to understand the
(19:03):
true superpower of music in away that none of us had ever
experienced before, because onthat day there were no words to
express how we felt.
There truly weren't.
And I came to understand whatis meant when it said.
When words fail, music speaks.
And as I was journaling about9-11 and reflecting on that and
(19:24):
being in the midst of a globalpandemic, something in my mind
switched as I began to make myto-do list for the day and
oftentimes a to-do list feelslike a have to do list, doesn't
it?
Like just a checklist of thingswe have to get done to survive
and just make it through the day.
But in my mind, everythingswitched and I added just one
simple three letter word to myto-do list and that word was get
(19:44):
.
So now my to-do list readsomething like this I get to
email Sarah, I get to call Mark,I get to prepare to teach my
classes, I get to study my musicto conduct.
And then I wrote I get to dancein the rain and I get to go for
a swim.
And I went outside and I in myswim shorts and it was freezing
(20:08):
cold and it was raining.
But I said I was going to dothis.
I thought about I get, I have aswimming pool, I get to do this
and I'm not going to pass upthis chance just because it's
freezing cold outside.
And I went out to the lip ofthe pool and I did just like a
little short, little jig becauseI said I was going to dance.
And I dove into the pool and asI was swimming in the pool, I
was thinking about all that Iget to do right, I get to have
(20:29):
this life, I get to have thisbreath, I get to inspire others
through music and throughleadership.
And every moment in my life, Irealize, is a get moment.
And I thought about anotherpowerful word.
As I think about the power ofget, I thought about another
powerful word and that word isyet the power of yet.
And Carol Dweck shares with usabout the power of growth
(20:51):
mindset in a book called Mindset, and she has a great TED talk
about the power of yet.
And if somebody ever says toyou as a leader, like I can't do
something, you can respond no,you can't do it yet.
I thought well, why is yet sopowerful?
It's because yet is about thefuture, yet is about hope.
But why is get so powerful?
Get is powerful because it'sabout the present moment.
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The now is the only momentthat's ever guaranteed.
Ron, you and I get to betogether right now and enjoy and
appreciate and listen to eachother and grow together through
this conversation.
And when you start to thinkabout every moment in your life,
almost every single moment is aget moment, isn't it?
(21:34):
Even you can think about theend of our life.
Then every breath is a getmoment.
But what if you don't wait?
What if you don't have to waituntil the end?
What if you could appreciate itright now and realize that
every moment of your life is aget moment when you can embrace
it that way?
So I got out of the swimmingpool and I was evidently very
excited about this and I thought, wow, what if I added meaning
(21:58):
to each one of the letters ofget?
So G is for gratitude, to livemy life intentionally with this
attitude of gratitude.
I thought how many times have Ifelt appreciation for somebody
else?
And I've kept it to myself.
Right, we often do that, wekeep it ourselves.
But I thought you know whatPeople need to hear that I'm not
(22:20):
going to keep it within, I'mgoing to share gratitude openly.
E is for enthusiasm, to live mylife with enthusiasm, to
embrace the moments.
And as I was writing my bookUpbeat, I looked up the origin
and the meaning of the wordenthusiasm and it added even
more significance to me and I'llshare with you right now what
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enthusiasm comes from.
It comes from the Greeks.
When you break the word down,theus means God, en means within
, eniasm is essence.
So enthusiasm means the essenceof God within.
How would you live your life ifyou knew that?
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That the essence of God iswithin each one of us?
And then T is treasure Totreasure the people in our lives
, but also to remember the lost,the often hidden treasure,
which is the treasure withineach one of know serving others,
giving to others.
(23:22):
We forget that we are atreasure.
We are treasure to shinebrightly, and when we shine
brightly and embrace who we arefully, we give permission and
encourage others to shine theirown light.
(23:42):
And so that's the origin of thestory of the power of get Ron,
and I'm so excited to share itwith your listeners.
And what's been amazing is theripple effect that the power of
get, ron, and I'm so excited toshare it with your listeners.
And what's been amazing is theripple effect that the power of
get has had in these past threeyears, as I've shared it
nationally and internationally.
And we can go into that, theimpact, because I think that's
(24:02):
so important.
How can, how can the world bechanged with just a three letter
word, and that is is the nextpart of the story.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, I love it, thank you.
Thank you for for talking andsharing a story that that you
know.
Oftentimes we don't want to bevulnerable and be transparent as
leaders about the moment thatshifted your entire life and how
you have to grow and andoftentimes we make it look
easier than it is.
Yeah, and we don't share howdifficult it is to do it, and I
(24:34):
and I share that because,because it's difficult,
someone's counting on you to getthrough it.
Someone needs you to do thedifficult thing to inspire and
encourage them.
So, leaders, you got to do thedifficult.
You got to be vulnerable.
You got to help peopleunderstand that, even when you
think you have all the answers,life will punch you in the mouth
and you still got to get backup.
(24:55):
That's right.
Yeah, people are waiting for usto get back up.
So I will tell you that we'reat a place in our societies
today where people are waitingfor leaders to get back up.
Well said, well said Across theacross the board, you know.
So I'm glad that you talkedabout gratitude.
You know that's that'simportant and being enthusiastic
about it, and understandingyour treasures and we all have
(25:18):
them.
I think sometimes we work sohard we forget to pay attention
to our treasures.
Quite honestly, I've watchedleaders time and time again work
hard for for meeting the needsof their family, but they forget
to give their family their time.
Yes, yes.
So, leaders, it's more thanjust providing resources and a
nice place to live and money andfood, and, like, the most
important thing you can evergive anybody is your time.
(25:40):
Amen, so ensure that you payattention.
So I love that you're sharingthis, matthew.
Amen, so ensure that you payattention.
So I love that you're sharingthis, matthew.
I want to, I want to get into.
I mean, you have the get quizand you mentioned that people
can, can, can assess themselvesand you talk about, like, how
does this help help people thatlisten to this podcast move
forward?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Wonderful.
Well, folks, I encourage you togo to this URL simply power of
get dot com, power of getcom andput that in your URL in your
search bar and just hit returnor enter and it'll take you to
the upbeat leaders community,which is built on a platform
(26:21):
called Instaloop, so it's off ofsocial media, so no scrolling,
it takes you right there.
And when you get there, you'llhave an opportunity to take what
I call the Get Quiz G-E-T Quizand there's simply four
questions and when you respondto these four questions, your
(26:41):
responses will lead to sharingwith you what your dominant
leadership style is and yourstrengths and areas to grow in.
So it's tailored to you andit's a brilliant quiz that my
team and I built for you andit's wonderful and it's your
entryway into working moreclosely with me through the
(27:03):
community, and it's a freecommunity and it's just a
wonderful place to continue togrow.
And so it begins with knowingyourself, learning about
yourself as a leader, which isvery exciting and I'll give you
kind of a sneak peek.
So, based on G-E-T, the threeleaders are a grower, an
(27:25):
energizer or a trailblazer.
Which one are you?
And I know your listeners aregoing to want to find out and I
love, as I shared.
The third C is connection.
I love connecting with peopleand that's just so wonderful.
There are opportunities forpeople to work even more closely
with me if they should choose,are opportunities for people to
(27:48):
work even more closely with meif they should choose, and I
have an upbeat leadershipAcademy membership group, which
is really incredible, and wework together weekly and just
want to share that.
For those people that reallywant to take it to the next
level.
You have that opportunity.
But I have that free group onpower of getcom.
I also have a Facebook groupcalled upbeat leaders yes, and
there have a Facebook groupcalled Upbeat Leaders yes, and
(28:10):
there's thousands of members ofthat group and I post there
three times a day often, andit's a collaborative space.
So it's not just like a sit andget, but collaborative,
authentic, real conversationsthat lift and encourage people.
So there's many ways for us tostay connected.
My website's upbeatglobalcomand there's lots of resources
(28:31):
there as well, and, of course,you can follow me on LinkedIn
and all social media platforms.
But the power of get has beenthe most transformative message
and it's amazing again, likejust a mindset shift.
I've had teachers that haveshifted their mindset from, you
know, a low morale like I haveto go to school, I'm just
(28:52):
burnout.
So many teachers have beenburnout ways that we can
understand what they've beengoing through.
But a mindset shift has led toan energy shift.
It's changed the way theirstudents feel it's in.
It's changed the recruitmentand retention of their
classrooms by double right.
We're like twice as manystudents have joined their band
classrooms.
As an example, there are entireschool districts that are
(29:15):
adopting upbeat philosophy andthe power of get for their
district.
And when I asked one of thesuperintendents there's a school
district in Calgary that'sbecoming an upbeat school
district.
I asked the chiefsuperintendent.
I said well, what does thismean to you?
And they said we want to shiftfrom a have to school district
to a get to school district.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
Yeah, it's amazing.
I mean, you know, when you justchange your mindset.
You know I always tell people,you know, at the end of the day,
you know, serving 21 years ofmilitary service, you know, for
our country, you know you get todo those things because I've
been places where people don'tget to do it.
You know we take, we take thefreedom of speech for granted.
I get to to have free speech.
(29:56):
You know, I get to.
You know, even when you think ofa driver's license, most people
don't realize they get to drive.
Yes, as long as they payattention to the laws and the
rules, because at any day thoselicenses can be can be revoked,
so we get to drive.
It's not a written principlethat you, you get a driver's
license like we get to do thosethings.
(30:17):
But when you think about theget man said, it really is
important for all of us as welisten to this, it starts with
gratitude.
It's amazing to watch peoplecomplain when they're
inconvenienced and they'reliving in a phenomenal home with
a phenomenal job, with somethings that may not be going
well, but they are living in ahome with a loaf of bread under
(30:37):
their arms and they'recomplaining.
I mean.
So I think it's so importantfor us to really always pause
every morning when you wake upis to be grateful, absolutely
Like to to really just pause andreflect on all the things we'll
get to do from that moment thatwe wake up, cause you wake up,
you're going to get to do a lotof things if you just have the
right mindset.
Speaker 3 (30:57):
Yeah, and what you begin with sets up the
trajectory for the rest of yourday.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
I call it the upbeat for the rest of the day.
So I love that you allowed usto unpack it.
I love that you already gaveeveryone your information, how
to find you, what you have outthere and really for coming back
on the show and being able toshare.
I love the story, I mean, andso thank you for being
transparent and vulnerable there.
Is there anything that youhaven't shared as we begin to
wrap up for our audience, thatyou would leave them with a
(31:24):
cliffhanger?
Like last time we left acliffhanger, what do we leave
for a cliffhanger this time?
Speaker 3 (31:29):
That's a really great one.
Well, I think you know we'vetalked about trust, we've talked
about vulnerability, and Iguess I would.
The next thing I would share iswhat's the limiting belief that
holds you back right?
What's that limiting belief?
I think self-talk is such animportant area to continue to
(31:53):
dive deeper into, and in my book, upbeat, I really go into that.
But I think that oftentimes weare the limiter.
Our mindset, our belief systemcan be the limiting ceiling on
what our team can achieve.
Yes, and so the real thing tofocus on is how can I replace
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those limiting beliefs with apositive belief, because what
you believe affects what you canachieve.
Yes, and I think that's thenext step for us as leaders is
to, first of all, self-awarenessright, acknowledging our fears
and our doubts, and what arethose and what are those based
on.
(32:35):
And then how do I crush thoselimiting beliefs, conquer them,
how do I conquer overwhelm?
How do I get to the other side?
And this is what I help providefolks when we work either in
group coaching or the membershipgroup or one-on-one, because
(32:55):
that's like what's stopping youto get to that next level.
What I often find is it's ourown limiting beliefs, so let's
get after those.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Yes, love it.
Thank you, matthew, Iappreciate it.
Once again, everyone, as I tellyou, we're always going to give
you a really great show thatwe're going to unpack.
We never know what we're goingto unpack, but we're going to
unpack something that's going tobe helpful and useful for you.
And what I will tell you, ifwhatever your dream is, if your
dream is big enough, bring on ateam.
I've never met anyone that'sreally great, that did it by
(33:25):
themselves.
Ever so true, I've never seenthat person.
That is so good that they don'tneed anybody.
If you're that good, then thereought to be people around you
helping you get it done.
So until next time, matthew andI will sign off.
Thank y'all for joining us.
It's always a pleasure anduntil next time we'll see you
again on another episode ofunpack with Ron Harvey.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Have a great day everyone.
Take care everybody.
Well, we hope you enjoyed thisedition of Unpacked Podcast with
leadership consultant RonHarvey.
Remember to join us everyMonday as Ron unpacks sound
advice, providing real answersfor real leadership challenges.
Until next time, remember toadd value and make a difference
where you are for the people youserve, because people always
matter.
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