Thank God It’s Monday
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Why do we dread Monday and how is it tied to our work environment?
What's going on, my friends? Welcome back to the Ryan Lee Podcast, where we love to keep things short and sweet for you each and every week. We drop an episode. Every single Monday and it just so happens that today's episode is entitled Thank God. It's Monday. Now of course we know the phrase that everybody loves. T GIF, thank God it's Friday. In fact we've Built an entire culture around really surviving the week just to get to the weekend. We're counting down the days Or posting the means. We treat Monday through Thursday like something to endure and And Friday night through Sunday night like something to enjoy, but What would you do if I told you that there is a better way to live? What if instead of Thank God it's Friday, you could
Bank cards. Monday, which again you're like, Okay, Ryan, motivational speaker, here we go. Of course you would say that. But hear me out. Like, I'm not saying that Work should be easy. I'm not saying that Every day should feel like a vacation. What what I'm saying is that if if you're gonna dread Four to five. out of the seven days of your life And I
What does it mean to view Monday as a sentence rather than a schedule?
I would simply say something needs to change. Because I should be honest, that's not a bad job. That that's a bad life. Spending like seventy percent of your week wishing it was over. It's not a schedule. That's a Feels like a a prison sentence. So What would it take? For you to actually look forward to a Monday. I think It starts with the perspective. Everybody can look forward to the weekend. And guess what? That's easy. But What if you could create an environment? that people actually looked forward to showing up to on a Monday morning. That's leadership. That's culture. That Intentionality that's a person who has taken control. of their life because they took control of their perspective. You might be a stay at home mom or a basketball coach or
a teacher and it's just like I'm really not looking forward to Monday. Well th I get it. And you got a lot of reasons not to look forward to Monday. But you also got a lot of reasons to look forward to Monday.
How can shifting perspective make you actually look forward to Monday?
If your perspective is different. Because In my experience, most people Don't hate their job. They hate how their job makes them feel. They hate the meetings that waste their time. They hate the emails that could have been a conversation. They hate the lack of clarity, the micromanagement, the feeling of being a number instead of a name. They hate Perhaps how a person a specific person, they may not name the person, some people might put them in a reply all, but they got a lot of reasons why they go, Well, you know what, I I don't I don't really like this place, but I just have have to wonder What if Monday was different? What if your team walked in knowing they were valued? What if the first meeting of the week started with gratitude instead of grievances?
What if the culture that you built made people say, I actually like being here? And you're going, Yeah, but I'm not the one in charge. I know. Guess what? This still applies to you because you set the tone of your own Monday. You get to decide what you focus on, you get to decide your attitude before your inbox ever decides it for you. If you're parent, like our kids could totally derail. Our Monday Because we've not made a decision ahead of time as to Like what kind of day we're gonna have. Like some people are just like, Yeah, well we'll see what happens. Well what's Monday gonna look like? Well I don't know, it depends on depends on how I feel when I wake up. I'm just trying to give you your power back to go, you know what I
I could actually look forward to Monday. I could set some things in motion.
What role does leadership and intentional culture play in creating a Monday people love?
I could make some plans. I could Like I I could change my perspective on this and and make Monday Like a really great day. Like I made a decision in my own life. I I'm not living for the weekend. I'm I'm gonna live for the whole week. I live for every day. I could find purpose in a Monday meeting as much as I could a a soccer game on a Saturday. I could find joy in the Tuesday commute. I could find gratitude in the Wednesday grind. I can find joy in an airport delay on a Thursday.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do we dread Monday and how is it tied to our work environment?
0:00–1:18
2
What does it mean to view Monday as a sentence rather than a schedule?
1:18–2:38
3
How can shifting perspective make you actually look forward to Monday?
2:38–4:15
4
What role does leadership and intentional culture play in creating a Monday people love?
4:15–5:37
5
Why do most people hate the feelings their job creates, not the work itself?
5:37–6:45
6
How can simple practices like gratitude letters transform Monday motivation?
6:45–7:52
7
What everyday actions can you take to own your Monday and influence others?
7:52–9:25
8
How does embracing ownership of your day lead to a life you look forward to every morning?
9:25–10:36