In the video above, I am holding a python, which is a constrictor. Constrictors wrap around their prey and as it breaths out they contract, after several panicked breaths, the prey has no room left to inhale and the snake literally squeezes the life out of the prey, either by suffocating it or sometimes even bursting the heart. I figure, just like this big snake, sometimes we need to really push ourselves to squeeze the life out of our day. Don\u2019t sit back and click on the TV, but rather see what you can fit in your day. See what you can explore, learn, and discover!<\/p>\n

For me, this opportunity to keynote as a leadership speaker in Chicago was an opportunity to squeeze the life out of another day; to have fun, learn, network, and live life to its fullest! What are you going to do today to squeeze all the life out? Let me know because I can\u2019t wait to hear about your adventures!<\/p>\n

Squeeze the day,
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