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Episode 47 - Monday Morning Coffee Talk! · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. Alright, welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to Real Talk with Mike D. I am the one,
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  Speaker 1: the only, and the original Mike D. Where we say
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  Speaker 1: what we mean, we mean what we say, and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: we need a cup of coffee before we're emotionally prepared
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  Speaker 1: to do either one. And today, ladies and gentlemen, we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about something extremely important, something powerful, something that has
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  Speaker 1: gotten millions of people through early mornings, long work days,
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  Speaker 1: bad moods, traffic, meetings, responsibilities, and the people who just
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  Speaker 1: won't shut up. That's right. I am talking about coffee.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm just going to say it right here, right now.
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  Speaker 1: Coffee is God. Now, before anybody gets offended, let me
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  Speaker 1: explain myself. I'm not saying coffee literally created the universe. Although,
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  Speaker 1: have you ever had that first sip at 5 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: in the morning? You might swear it did. Because before
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  Speaker 1: that first sip, you're barely a human being. You're just
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  Speaker 1: a body walking around with responsibilities. Your eyes are open,
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  Speaker 1: but your brain is still loading. You don't want to talk.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to think. You don't want to hear
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  Speaker 1: about anybody's problems. Hell, you don't even want to hear
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  Speaker 1: about your own problems. And then you take that first
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  Speaker 1: sip and suddenly, boom, you get your life back. You
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  Speaker 1: have thoughts. You have opinions. You might even have hopes.
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  Speaker 1: That is powerful. Think about what coffee does for us.
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  Speaker 1: Coffee doesn't ask questions. Coffee doesn't judge you. Coffee doesn't
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  Speaker 1: care what kind of day you're having. You can wake
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  Speaker 1: up miserable. You can wake up exhausted. You can wake
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  Speaker 1: up wondering how in the hell you're going to make
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  Speaker 1: it through this day. And coffee is sitting there like,
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  Speaker 1: don't worry, Mike. I got you. Now that's friendship. That's loyalty.
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  Speaker 1: That is commitment. And that is a relationship I can
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  Speaker 1: depend on. You know who else shows up in the morning? Coffee. Rain. Snow.
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  Speaker 1: Monday mornings, maybe you're having a bad day. Maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: having a great day. Maybe you're going to work. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you're coming home from work. But you know what? Coffee
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  Speaker 1: always puts you in a great day. You know? Because
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  Speaker 1: I think coffee is secretly in charge. And let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about the first cup in the morning. There's something almost
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  Speaker 1: spiritual about it. You get up, you walk into the kitchen,
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  Speaker 1: you're still half asleep, you turn on the coffee maker,
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  Speaker 1: and then you hear it, that beautiful, beautiful sound. The
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  Speaker 1: coffee is brewing. The smell starts filling the room, and
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  Speaker 1: you're standing there like, yep, now this is what I'm
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  Speaker 1: talking about. And you haven't even taken a sip yet,
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  Speaker 1: but you're almost feeling better. That's not a beverage. Ladies
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  Speaker 1: and gentlemen, that is an experience. That is therapy in
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  Speaker 1: a mug. And let's be honest. Some people don't even
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  Speaker 1: want to talk to you until they've had their first cup.
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  Speaker 1: I am one of them. If you see me early
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  Speaker 1: in the morning and I don't have my coffee in
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  Speaker 1: my hand, you better keep walking. I'm not mad at you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not ignoring you. I am just not operational yet.
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  Speaker 1: Come back in 15 minutes. Probably with coffee. Coffee has
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  Speaker 1: taught us something about life. Sometimes you just need to
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  Speaker 1: take things one cup at a time. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to figure everything out at 7 o'clock in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to solve every problem. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to know exactly where your life is going. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: just need to sit down, drink your coffee, take a
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  Speaker 1: breath and say, Okay, let's see what today brings. And
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  Speaker 1: that's something I think we forget. We're always rushing. We're
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  Speaker 1: always worrying about tomorrow. We're thinking about everything in our life.
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  Speaker 1: And sometimes that cup of coffee gives you five quiet minutes.
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  Speaker 1: And believe me, I think I can speak for everybody.
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  Speaker 1: We all need five quiet minutes in the morning. Five
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  Speaker 1: minutes where nobody needs anything from you. Five minutes where
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  Speaker 1: you can just sit there and breathe. And maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: why we love coffee so much. It's not just the caffeine.
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  Speaker 1: It's the ritual. It's the pause. It's that moment of
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  Speaker 1: peace before the world starts demanding things from you. And
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  Speaker 1: now let's talk about coffee at work. Oh, man. I
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  Speaker 1: know we all need coffee when we're working. I can't
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  Speaker 1: make it through a day without having coffee. Coffee at
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  Speaker 1: work is different. You can walk into work completely exhausted.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to be there. And you might be
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  Speaker 1: thinking to yourself, why am I awake right now? Then
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  Speaker 1: somebody says, you want a cup of coffee? And you're like, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Suddenly we're co-workers again. We're friends. We're functioning members of society.
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  Speaker 1: You give me coffee and I might actually listen to
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  Speaker 1: what you're saying. That is a miracle. Then there's always
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  Speaker 1: that one person at work who says, I don't drink coffee.
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand those people. I don't trust those people. Well,
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  Speaker 1: shut up! Go drink tea then. How do you wake
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  Speaker 1: up and just raw dog in the morning? How? You
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  Speaker 1: wake up, you get dressed, you walk outside and face
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  Speaker 1: the world with absolutely no caffeine. That is courage. Or
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  Speaker 1: is that insanity? I'm not sure which one that is.
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  Speaker 1: And you know what? How many forms does coffee come in?
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  Speaker 1: Black coffee? I can't drink black coffee. Cream and sugar?
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  Speaker 1: Ice coffee? Flavored coffee? Espresso and cappuccino? Latte or cold brew?
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  Speaker 1: What is your favorite? Because there's basically a coffee for
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  Speaker 1: every personality. And don't even get me started on the size. Small, medium, large,
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  Speaker 1: extra large. Then there's a size where the cup is
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  Speaker 1: basically a bucket. How can you drink a bucket of coffee?
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  Speaker 1: You order it and the person behind the counter looks
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  Speaker 1: at you like, are you planning on sleeping tonight? No. No,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not. I got things to do. But here's the
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  Speaker 1: real reason I think coffee is so important. Coffee represents
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  Speaker 1: something bigger. It represents getting up and trying again. Every
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  Speaker 1: morning you wake up, and regardless of what happened yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: you get another day. Maybe yesterday sucked. Maybe yesterday was stressful.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you made a lot of mistakes. And maybe things
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  Speaker 1: didn't go the way you wanted. Maybe you're dealing with
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  Speaker 1: stuff that nobody else knows about. But you woke up
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  Speaker 1: and you made your coffee and you take that first
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  Speaker 1: sip and you say, all right, today's a new day.
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  Speaker 1: Let's try it again. That's powerful. Because life isn't always easy.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes life beats the hell out of you. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: feel exhausted. Sometimes you feel like you're carrying the weight
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  Speaker 1: of the world on your shoulders. And sometimes the best
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  Speaker 1: you can do is get out of bed, make a
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  Speaker 1: cup of coffee, and take the next step. And you
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  Speaker 1: know what? That is enough. You don't have to conquer
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  Speaker 1: the world today. You just need to get through today.
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  Speaker 1: One cup, one breath, one step, one day at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you all have a wonderful Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Go get that cup of coffee, take five minutes to
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  Speaker 1: yourself and just relax in complete silence. If you don't
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  Speaker 1: drink coffee, get a beverage of your choice and just
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  Speaker 1: take that five minutes to just relax. No sound, no talking,
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  Speaker 1: just you. That's going to do it for today. I
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  Speaker 1: greatly appreciate you all being here. I greatly appreciate you listening.
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  Speaker 1: And until the next episode, please be the reason someone smiles. Peace!