WEBVTT 00:00:03.980 --> 00:00:06.480 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to the Pursuit 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:09.019 of Calling podcast, where my goal and purpose 00:00:09.019 --> 00:00:11.740 is to provide you with the tools and strategies 00:00:11.740 --> 00:00:15.279 needed to successfully discover and pursue your 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.199 God -given calling. I'm your host, Thomas Carney, 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:21.820 and today I'm heading to the International Maxwell 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:32.060 Conference. What is something that you're looking 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:35.240 forward to? I want you to pause and think about 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:42.780 that for a few seconds. All right. Something 00:00:42.780 --> 00:00:45.560 I learned recently in my coaching training is 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:49.560 the power of positive psychology. Having things 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.259 that you're looking forward to is one of the 00:00:51.259 --> 00:00:54.280 many things that can bring happiness and propel 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:58.280 you to action towards your goals. Something I'm 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:01.890 looking forward to is IMC. or the International 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:04.950 Maxwell Conference, which is through the Maxwell 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:10.849 leadership. And it's part of my coaching training. 00:01:11.109 --> 00:01:16.329 I need to go to one of these in order to get 00:01:16.329 --> 00:01:22.129 my certification as a Maxwell coach. And what's 00:01:22.129 --> 00:01:24.650 really nice is that it's in Florida. So I get 00:01:24.650 --> 00:01:27.629 to spend most of a week of this coming week in 00:01:27.629 --> 00:01:29.390 Florida. I guess when this episode releases. 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:35.579 I'll be on day two of the actual event, which 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:38.519 I'm super excited for. And I'm not sure really 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.319 what to expect besides the fact that I'll grow 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.760 as a result. I'll learn a lot of new things. 00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:45.739 I'm going to be able to network with a lot of 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:49.120 great people. But the best thing I think I'm 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:52.099 going to benefit from the most is I'm going to 00:01:52.099 --> 00:01:54.500 be surrounded with a lot of like -minded people. 00:01:56.489 --> 00:01:59.489 Something that I really loved, and I'm going 00:01:59.489 --> 00:02:01.890 to make a whole episode about this soon, about 00:02:01.890 --> 00:02:05.489 a mastermind that I was a part of for four weeks 00:02:05.489 --> 00:02:08.650 with people from the Maxwell team, other people 00:02:08.650 --> 00:02:14.789 that had joined recently and wanted to then be 00:02:14.789 --> 00:02:20.189 part of this free mastermind. So on our last 00:02:20.189 --> 00:02:23.969 session, everyone that was on was a person of 00:02:23.969 --> 00:02:27.539 faith. And so we got really Bible -heavy. We 00:02:27.539 --> 00:02:29.900 were all like -minded. We all wanted to grow. 00:02:30.500 --> 00:02:32.819 Some people were coaches. Some people wanted 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:37.219 to be speakers. And it just felt right. It felt 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:39.520 like I was home talking with these people. So 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.699 I can't wait to be around thousands of people, 00:02:41.819 --> 00:02:45.360 of like -minded people. That's what I'm most 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:49.039 excited for. You know, I've already started to 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.879 network with some people. Some people that one 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.439 that you heard on on previous episode, Jesse 00:02:54.439 --> 00:03:03.500 McKellar and. But others that are around my age 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:07.939 and are going to be at the conference and my 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:13.979 hope, my goal and my hope is that we we. create 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:16.300 an atmosphere within ourselves, within these 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:18.400 new relationships, to be able to give each other 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:20.479 advice and propel each other forward in our goals. 00:03:20.699 --> 00:03:24.199 Because the thing I love the most about the Maxwell 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:28.960 team is that everybody is for everyone. That 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:33.560 everybody wants to help each other grow. That's 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:37.599 the mentality of the Maxwell team members. So 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:40.159 every time I talk with somebody, whether it's 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:42.039 through a message, like I'm messaging people 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.400 on Facebook, or I was messaging some people on 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.379 Facebook for this, and they're asking me questions 00:03:47.379 --> 00:03:52.020 about, what's my avatar for my business? Have 00:03:52.020 --> 00:03:55.719 I niched down enough? I was trying to figure 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:59.979 out how I wanted to say the word niche. I don't 00:03:59.979 --> 00:04:02.180 know. I don't know if there's a right way to 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:07.939 say it. And it's these types of conversations 00:04:07.939 --> 00:04:11.099 that I need to be having with like -minded people 00:04:11.099 --> 00:04:16.920 with like goals that I can mastermind with. And 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.620 that's a whole other topic. I can't wait to go 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:22.560 into that episode with you guys, the mastermind. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:26.100 I'm not even going to go down that rabbit hole 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:27.300 right now because it has nothing to do with what 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:30.360 I'm going to talk about now, but it's going to 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:34.480 be a good episode. No, this is my second conference 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.959 ever. And it's not going to be my last. The last 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:41.680 one was back in like 2021 and with Funnel Hacking 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:46.720 Live. And that was amazing. That was fantastic. 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:51.480 And I, guys, like this episode, I guess it's 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:54.500 more of a, it's an update of what I'm doing to 00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:56.699 propel myself forward so I can serve those I've 00:04:56.699 --> 00:04:59.699 been called to serve. Well, serve them at a higher 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:06.160 capacity, I should say. There's... So much joy 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:11.180 I get around personal growth, development, but 00:05:11.180 --> 00:05:13.300 not just personal growth and development, but 00:05:13.300 --> 00:05:16.480 intentional growth and development. Spending 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:20.319 time learning and growing on the things that 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:25.100 are going to propel me forward into my calling. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:30.740 So I'm going to ask you another question. I asked 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:32.939 you, what are you looking forward to? What's 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:34.500 something that you're looking forward to right 00:05:34.500 --> 00:05:37.420 now? It doesn't have to be something that is 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:40.199 necessarily like a conference. It could be that 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:42.180 you're looking forward to a birthday party. Maybe 00:05:42.180 --> 00:05:46.100 you're looking forward to finishing a book that 00:05:46.100 --> 00:05:47.439 you're going to read. Maybe you're looking forward 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.240 to meeting up with a friend later today. But 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.740 what are you looking forward to? What are the 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:58.040 things happiness propels us forward? The happier 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.519 you are, the more successful you're going to 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:07.259 be. It's not the reverse. So I want you to think 00:06:07.259 --> 00:06:09.680 about what you're looking forward to. However, 00:06:09.779 --> 00:06:12.579 I also want you to think about what are you doing 00:06:12.579 --> 00:06:17.699 to propel yourself forward intentionally towards 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:24.720 your goals. What is a way that maybe there's 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.639 a conference you can go to, maybe there's somebody 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.379 you can reach out to that you can network with 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:33.560 that has similar goals to you that you do. I 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:39.639 think that was English. And you can network with 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:43.180 them and maybe swap ideas, get a better understanding. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:50.889 This is huge. To understand that your calling 00:06:50.889 --> 00:06:54.389 isn't for you and you don't have to pursue it 00:06:54.389 --> 00:07:01.730 by yourself. And that's the great thing about 00:07:01.730 --> 00:07:03.930 entering into networks and Facebook groups of 00:07:03.930 --> 00:07:09.129 like -minded people. So guys, short episode today. 00:07:10.050 --> 00:07:13.430 But if you enjoyed this episode, go ahead and 00:07:13.430 --> 00:07:15.529 share it out. 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See you, 00:07:55.610 --> 00:07:55.910 pursuers.