December 25, 2024 • 8 mins
From happy moments to times of reflection, here are a few of the biggest moments from Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.
It's a simple question - what is your purpose? Do you feel like you can improve on anything? Gen Z in a recent survey says they want more from their jobs and relationships, what can we learn from that?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy holidays.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Here's one of our favorite moments of twenty twenty four
from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show this morning, and.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Probably did the same exact thing you did yesterday morning
in the morning before, at the same exact time. Probably, right.
We are creatures of habit in the mornings, right, And
it's easier in the morning when you're still half asleep
to be in habit form, right, cause things get done
then you just stop them. Go Wait, did I use
the bathroom? Yes? I did, because I used the bathroom
at the same time. Remember, so as you got out
(00:31):
of bed, were you thinking, like, what, what's the purpose
of the day? Well, okay, to brush my teeth, get
on the road in time, get to the office, check
my email, you know it. And then before you know it,
it's five o'clock and your day just kind of melted away.
Right time to go home, get in that traffic, you
get home, and then you know what do I do? Now?
I watch the same thing every night? Do I What
(00:56):
habits are we getting into? They're standing in the way
of us really having momentum and purpose in our lives.
Is this making sense? Yes?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Very much?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
So?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Are you happy with your sense of purpose at work,
at school, or in life.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Are you asking us this?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah? And you know, yeah, absolutely I am, and everyone
and myself go ahead.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
I would say I am happy with my purpose or
what I think my purpose is right now, but I
know that I could do better, and I know that
there is more purpose out there than just what I'm
doing now.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And you know what, I would have given the same
exact answer, right.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's easy to give the answer because it's true, though
what you're saying is I mean, it's true, Yeah, Foggy.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's impossible to be happy with where you are but
yet want to strive to have more you can where
you are and think it's great, but at the same
time always trying to improve and do better. Well, and
I hate to use the turn do better. I don't
really wanted to do better. No.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
No, When you say that you're happy with where you are,
consider that an accomplishment. You know you've obviously done something
right and you've maneuvered correctly to get you where you
are to this place of happiness. Are you are? But
are you happy with just staying right here?
Speaker 3 (02:14):
No?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
No, no, no, exactly like.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There's got any more right line, You're you're in where
you should be in your race, trying to improve every day.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Exactly, So they're saying gen z ers are a good example.
Generation Z always trying to find purpose at work or school,
and like, where are you in your life? I mean,
are you Are you feeling like your life matters? Does
your life have direction? Or is your direction just the
(02:45):
same direction every day? Is it good to zig and
zag from time to time to learn new things?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I think the zig and the zag is super important.
I get uncomfortable with comfort, which I know sounds weird,
but I feel like I'm much more comfortable and discomfort
when things are all out of whack and you don't
really know where it's going. So you have this chance
every day if it's that way to create new opportunities
and learn new things. Whereas if I'm doing the same
thing all the time, that stresses me out.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I don't like that.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I feel like I wish there was more time in
the day because there's a lot of things during the
day you have to do, being a parent or being
you know, responsible for things. You have to do them.
And then we have all these things that were like, well,
I'd love to get that done as well. And if
if sometimes there's just not enough damn time to get
it all done. Amen, will add new things that you
really want to do.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's crazy, Amen. You know, in between the two of you,
Gandhi and Danielle, the two of you have, in my opinion,
it sure looks like a very full day every day. Danielle,
you know, gosh it right, Gandhi. There's times Danielle is like, oh,
she went to the game, she would do this, she
did that.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
She Daniel exhausts me. I tell her that all the time,
just hearing her day. I'm like, I gotta take a nap.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I know, Danielle. Daniel exhausted me too. But Gandhi, you
do the same thing with your artwork, and you're you know,
you're always you seem to be doing stuffing in all
the time.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
I like being busy. I like having stuff to do.
I also like to sit on my couch and do nothing.
All of those things. I have to have the ability
to do it all. And then also, you know, just
go off the math completely and do something totally different,
you know, go on a vacation or do something that
I haven't done before.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I think that's fun. I think that that can be
doing something different. Maybe that could be new purpose. My
purpose is to do something different than what I do
every day. Yeah, we have rehearsed this purpose for so
many years. We have it down, We've accomplished this purpose.
The purpose is to come in every day, do this
show with each other, try to get out of here
without you know, another battle or or something. I don't know.
(04:40):
But if we really truly enjoy each other's company, which
is great, is that enough? I would think that we
would want to try to do something beyond these.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Walls, right yeah, And I have course, and there's still
opportunity even within these walls to do stuff that's different.
I mean, I I've been having so much fun with
my podcast because we're talking about things that we don't
talk about on this show that I'm very interested in
that we can kind of dive into and expose a
whole new audience to all different types of things. So
even here, there's still opportunity to do it differently.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Finding your purpose is so important. Uh is it snowing
right now?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
God, no, no, please coming up tell me now? Okay,
it's just very white ring Okay, never mind, But finding
your purpose, you know, it's something you have to practice
several times a day. If ever, you catch yourself just
kind of like dwindling away and like, Okay, I'm maybe
taking that, maybe not. I don't know. Wait wait, wait,
hold on. What's my purpose today? What is your purpose
(05:34):
in life? What's your overall purpose? It's your five year purpose,
your one year purpose, if you want to look at
it that way. I don't know, but you know, having
purpose is so important for you. It makes you want
to wake up tomorrow and live another day. Yeah, but
if you get into the rut, you owe it to
yourself to recognize that and try to zig and zag
a little bit. Yeah, what's up, scary? I'm pretty happy.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
I feel like there's more of a purpose out there
for me somewhere. But then I get feelings of I'm
feeling selfish for wanting more because I feel like, hasn't
the world given me enough? Shouldn't I be content where
I am?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So you should just pull up your tent and take
off what?
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Well, No, I'm meaning like I feel like there's got
to even more of a purpose. But then I'm like,
I should just be thankful for everything I've accomplished and
where I am now.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You can be thankful, but then want more, strive for more,
work harder, want to progress.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
But then that other voice hits me and says you're
being selfish for wanting more.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Just be grateful now.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Well, purpose doesn't necessarily mean you're you're collecting more things
or getting more material stuff. Purpose could just be hey,
I want to save an animal or do something like that,
and I don't know, there's a want.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
To spend more time with your family, like a little things.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I've been doing that. But you know, it's there's nothing
wrong with being grateful with what you have. But does
does it mean Okay, I'm grateful, I can stop now
and well no, But also keep in mind when you
find purpose in your life a lot of the times,
a lot of the time, it will it will radiate
out and give other people happyiness or joy or you're
helping people out that where you find your For instance,
(07:03):
when Gandhi paints another painting, wo wow, her purpose for
that day? Check. I know, but someone's going to get
that painting and hanging on their wall, and now look
at them, their light is their life is now full
of color, you know, and really happy.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
It makes me happy to finish something and deliver it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I love it. I love it. Feel like your life
matters because it does. But as far as finding direction
in your life, well, you're in charge of that. That's
your responsibility and no one else's. You can't wait for
someone else to give you give you direction. You can
have people help you find your direction, maybe through counseling,
through a therapist, through a good friend who's great to
(07:41):
bounce things off of.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
So today the challenge is to roll into the weekend
and find some purpose you may have, just like Daniels saying,
not enough hours in the day. And you know I
was looking. I shared you with you, guys, my frigging
list for the weekend. It's like good, It's almost you
feel like you're drowning because you how do I have
time to do anything interesting? Because I have to do
all these things? Well, you find the time. You have
(08:07):
to get it to yourself. It sounds simpler than it is.
But and there you go. You guys ready for a weekend?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Can we just play music for the next hour and please.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Out everybody you guys wanted to do flush the format
jock jams from the nineties.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I know flush. The format just takes so much effort.
All right, we'll put something together. We continue with the day.
We have a little more time left together, and then
the weekend is here.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Baby,
Happy holidays.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Here's one of our favorite moments of twenty twenty four
from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show this morning, and.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Probably did the same exact thing you did yesterday morning
in the morning before, at the same exact time. Probably, right.
We are creatures of habit in the mornings, right, And
it's easier in the morning when you're still half asleep
to be in habit form, right, cause things get done
then you just stop them. Go Wait, did I use
the bathroom? Yes? I did, because I used the bathroom
at the same time. Remember, so as you got out
(00:31):
of bed, were you thinking, like, what, what's the purpose
of the day? Well, okay, to brush my teeth, get
on the road in time, get to the office, check
my email, you know it. And then before you know it,
it's five o'clock and your day just kind of melted away.
Right time to go home, get in that traffic, you
get home, and then you know what do I do? Now?
I watch the same thing every night? Do I What
(00:56):
habits are we getting into? They're standing in the way
of us really having momentum and purpose in our lives.
Is this making sense? Yes?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Very much?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
So?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Are you happy with your sense of purpose at work,
at school, or in life.
Speaker 5 (01:14):
Are you asking us this?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah? And you know, yeah, absolutely I am, and everyone
and myself go ahead.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
I would say I am happy with my purpose or
what I think my purpose is right now, but I
know that I could do better, and I know that
there is more purpose out there than just what I'm
doing now.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And you know what, I would have given the same
exact answer, right.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It's easy to give the answer because it's true, though
what you're saying is I mean, it's true, Yeah, Foggy.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
It's impossible to be happy with where you are but
yet want to strive to have more you can where
you are and think it's great, but at the same
time always trying to improve and do better. Well, and
I hate to use the turn do better. I don't
really wanted to do better. No.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
No, When you say that you're happy with where you are,
consider that an accomplishment. You know you've obviously done something
right and you've maneuvered correctly to get you where you
are to this place of happiness. Are you are? But
are you happy with just staying right here?
Speaker 3 (02:14):
No?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
No, no, no, exactly like.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There's got any more right line, You're you're in where
you should be in your race, trying to improve every day.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Exactly, So they're saying gen z ers are a good example.
Generation Z always trying to find purpose at work or school,
and like, where are you in your life? I mean,
are you Are you feeling like your life matters? Does
your life have direction? Or is your direction just the
(02:45):
same direction every day? Is it good to zig and
zag from time to time to learn new things?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I think the zig and the zag is super important.
I get uncomfortable with comfort, which I know sounds weird,
but I feel like I'm much more comfortable and discomfort
when things are all out of whack and you don't
really know where it's going. So you have this chance
every day if it's that way to create new opportunities
and learn new things. Whereas if I'm doing the same
thing all the time, that stresses me out.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I don't like that.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I feel like I wish there was more time in
the day because there's a lot of things during the
day you have to do, being a parent or being
you know, responsible for things. You have to do them.
And then we have all these things that were like, well,
I'd love to get that done as well. And if
if sometimes there's just not enough damn time to get
it all done. Amen, will add new things that you
really want to do.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's crazy, Amen. You know, in between the two of you,
Gandhi and Danielle, the two of you have, in my opinion,
it sure looks like a very full day every day. Danielle,
you know, gosh it right, Gandhi. There's times Danielle is like, oh,
she went to the game, she would do this, she
did that.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
She Daniel exhausts me. I tell her that all the time,
just hearing her day. I'm like, I gotta take a nap.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
I know, Danielle. Daniel exhausted me too. But Gandhi, you
do the same thing with your artwork, and you're you know,
you're always you seem to be doing stuffing in all
the time.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:02):
I like being busy. I like having stuff to do.
I also like to sit on my couch and do nothing.
All of those things. I have to have the ability
to do it all. And then also, you know, just
go off the math completely and do something totally different,
you know, go on a vacation or do something that
I haven't done before.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I think that's fun. I think that that can be
doing something different. Maybe that could be new purpose. My
purpose is to do something different than what I do
every day. Yeah, we have rehearsed this purpose for so
many years. We have it down, We've accomplished this purpose.
The purpose is to come in every day, do this
show with each other, try to get out of here
without you know, another battle or or something. I don't know.
(04:40):
But if we really truly enjoy each other's company, which
is great, is that enough? I would think that we
would want to try to do something beyond these.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Walls, right yeah, And I have course, and there's still
opportunity even within these walls to do stuff that's different.
I mean, I I've been having so much fun with
my podcast because we're talking about things that we don't
talk about on this show that I'm very interested in
that we can kind of dive into and expose a
whole new audience to all different types of things. So
even here, there's still opportunity to do it differently.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Finding your purpose is so important. Uh is it snowing
right now?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (05:14):
God, no, no, please coming up tell me now? Okay,
it's just very white ring Okay, never mind, But finding
your purpose, you know, it's something you have to practice
several times a day. If ever, you catch yourself just
kind of like dwindling away and like, Okay, I'm maybe
taking that, maybe not. I don't know. Wait wait, wait,
hold on. What's my purpose today? What is your purpose
(05:34):
in life? What's your overall purpose? It's your five year purpose,
your one year purpose, if you want to look at
it that way. I don't know, but you know, having
purpose is so important for you. It makes you want
to wake up tomorrow and live another day. Yeah, but
if you get into the rut, you owe it to
yourself to recognize that and try to zig and zag
a little bit. Yeah, what's up, scary? I'm pretty happy.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
I feel like there's more of a purpose out there
for me somewhere. But then I get feelings of I'm
feeling selfish for wanting more because I feel like, hasn't
the world given me enough? Shouldn't I be content where
I am?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
So you should just pull up your tent and take
off what?
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Well, No, I'm meaning like I feel like there's got
to even more of a purpose. But then I'm like,
I should just be thankful for everything I've accomplished and
where I am now.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You can be thankful, but then want more, strive for more,
work harder, want to progress.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
But then that other voice hits me and says you're
being selfish for wanting more.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Just be grateful now.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Well, purpose doesn't necessarily mean you're you're collecting more things
or getting more material stuff. Purpose could just be hey,
I want to save an animal or do something like that,
and I don't know, there's a want.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
To spend more time with your family, like a little things.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
I've been doing that. But you know, it's there's nothing
wrong with being grateful with what you have. But does
does it mean Okay, I'm grateful, I can stop now
and well no, But also keep in mind when you
find purpose in your life a lot of the times,
a lot of the time, it will it will radiate
out and give other people happyiness or joy or you're
helping people out that where you find your For instance,
(07:03):
when Gandhi paints another painting, wo wow, her purpose for
that day? Check. I know, but someone's going to get
that painting and hanging on their wall, and now look
at them, their light is their life is now full
of color, you know, and really happy.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
It makes me happy to finish something and deliver it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I love it. I love it. Feel like your life
matters because it does. But as far as finding direction
in your life, well, you're in charge of that. That's
your responsibility and no one else's. You can't wait for
someone else to give you give you direction. You can
have people help you find your direction, maybe through counseling,
through a therapist, through a good friend who's great to
(07:41):
bounce things off of.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
So today the challenge is to roll into the weekend
and find some purpose you may have, just like Daniels saying,
not enough hours in the day. And you know I
was looking. I shared you with you, guys, my frigging
list for the weekend. It's like good, It's almost you
feel like you're drowning because you how do I have
time to do anything interesting? Because I have to do
all these things? Well, you find the time. You have
(08:07):
to get it to yourself. It sounds simpler than it is.
But and there you go. You guys ready for a weekend?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Can we just play music for the next hour and please.
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Out everybody you guys wanted to do flush the format
jock jams from the nineties.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I know flush. The format just takes so much effort.
All right, we'll put something together. We continue with the day.
We have a little more time left together, and then
the weekend is here.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Baby,
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