What's going on, pursuers? Welcome to the Proceed of Calling podcast, where my goal
and calling is to provide you with the tools and strategies needed to successfully discover
and pursue your God-given calling. I'm your host, Thomas Carney, and today we're talking
about something pretty cool. It's how you can get free coaching sessions for free.
First off, what the heck is a coaching session? Okay, well, let me explain. First, well, it's
a 30-minute conversation pretty much all about you. That's pretty cool. The goal of the first
session, which is considered the intro session, is to introduce us to each other and to start
the process of, well, you pursuing your calling or just continuing it on if you're already
on that path.
You know, I've asked some questions before, and I like to ask them in coaching, so I want
to give you a little bit of a taste of the types of questions I ask during those sessions
so you can get kind of a feel for it. One of the questions I actually have asked multiple
times in past episodes, these questions I get from Valerie Burton, who is the main trainer
for the coaching certification I'm getting with the Maxwell team. So I use it during
these questions during my sessions and at the end of some episodes, like I said. One
of the questions that I love to ask is, how is someone's life better when they cross paths
with you, when they cross your path? How does somebody's life improve? I ask that question
whenever I sense that somebody, one, isn't sure about what their purpose is. That is
a purpose question. I ask that question, maybe first I'll ask, if I would ask you what your
purpose is, what would you say? If you're not sure, then the next question I ask is
this one, how is your life better when they cross paths with you? That causes a person
to be introspective on their own life and how they interact with others and why they
interact with others the way that they interact with them. And that is a hint that is not
just a hint, that is like a very clear indication of what your purpose is. And I think if we
said it before, your purpose, your calling goes with you wherever you go. It's not just
one particular thing. Another question that I haven't asked on a podcast before, but I
like to ask, I like is, what are you afraid will happen if you do what you really want
to do? Maybe you're afraid that when you pursue this part of your life, maybe when you say
you pursue your calling, you're afraid you're going to fail. Maybe you're like me and you're
a perfectionist and you can't, you're so afraid to start because you're going to, because
you're so worried about messing up. Maybe you're afraid that you'll succeed if you pursue this
goal, pursue your calling and you'll leave other people, maybe you're afraid that you'll
succeed and leave other people behind. And that's something we walk through during the,
a coaching session to figure out why you aren't doing this, why you aren't pursuing your calling
with the excellence that you could be pursuing it with. And then a question that's really
good is what will you gain by reaching this goal? There are things called performance
goals and there are growth goals. And both of these, you can ask this question, what
you gain by reaching this goal? So, or like what is the positive outcome from achieving
this goal? So those are some things to really think about. Me with my coaching, I want to
pursue, I'll give you an example. I want to pursue the, I want to pursue my business,
my coaching business. I want it to be my full time, I would love for it to be my full time
career one day. And for me, that would mean I could just serve people at a higher capacity
within my own calling. That means there's no cap on my financial income. That income
is definitely a part of it, but it's not the sole reason I want to coach. If it's financial
reason, I could have chose anything else, but I chose coaching for a very particular
reason because my calling is to revive people with tools they need to successfully pursue
their God given calling. And I discovered that on this journey of personal development
and growth. So these questions, these are the questions I get to ask you one on one
whenever you have a coaching session. I honestly, I get to kind of prod a little bit and prod
and I get to dig, which I really enjoy. And not dig into your life, but dig into you and
who you are. And then, cause then whenever we, cause we're not, I love this phrase before
I'm going to see if I get it right. Cause it's not my notes, but when we're, when we're
coaching, there's a phrase called we are, we are mining for gold, not digging for dirt.
Right? So, Oh, I love this. This was even in my, Oh my gosh. Thank you. Thank you, Lord.
So there's, so what that means, if you don't understand, if, if, if it's not clear dirt
is what's on the surface. You might know, or now you might get where I'm going. Dirt
is what's on the surface whenever you're, and we're not digging for dirt. We're not
just, we're not going to surface level. We're going deep in these sessions. We're looking
for the gold that's in your life. I remember a previous episode way back whenever Sean
was still here, the podcast was still technically short and Brandon, Brandon Major talked about
speaking the gold out on other people. And that's honestly another great thing to think
about. It's like, cause whenever you speak the gold out and somebody else, that means
there are things that people see in you, the other people that you don't see. And that
like, so, so whenever, if you're going to speak the gold out and other people, ask other
people to speak the gold out in you. And that's what the purpose of the coaching session is.
I get to see the gold and show it to you. Like take that gold from you and put it in
front of your face. Be like this, this is, this is you. You've said all of these things
and this, this, you said all of these things about this situation and that situation. And
from the external perspective, I can see that this, this is the gold. This is the theme.
This is your, this is the theme of why you do what you do that. That's, and that you
can tell me if I'm wrong about that. That's why I love, I don't assume I'm right. I,
coaches, we don't, we don't, good coaches don't assume that they're right. We, we,
we look and ask and I, Hey, does this make sense? Does this make sense? Like, do you
want to add or take anything away from what I just said about you? So that's why I, I
want to say like coaching, like it's not, yeah, I want, like, I think that makes sense.
I keep trying to go off, off my notes. I'm going to keep, I'm going to keep moving on
because I don't want to, I want to make sure this is clear. So I want to say coaching,
like I say, those are the one on one, one on one questions I get asked. And now I want
to say coaching is a catalyst for your exponential growth, exponential personal growth, helping
you reach your goals. A coach is there to provide accountability, ensuring you follow
through on your commitments in order to achieve your goals and bring your vision to life.
Now, recently I decided that I really needed to kick my coaching business off with something
a little crazy. And I told you this already. So I decided that I'm going to give away three
free coaching sessions to whoever signs up within the next 30 days. Because I, I want
to, I want to serve really. That's it. I want to serve and my name isn't out there. People
aren't just lining up at my door yet. So like, I, I want to say, I want to just give you
three coaching sessions. And I'm going to be honest, I'm going to get into this later,
but there's no real reason why you shouldn't sign up. If you believe there's more for your
life because, because like all I'm asking is 30 minutes of your time. I said, it's a
30 minute conversation. If you hate the first session, don't sign up, don't sign up for
a second one. Like you're not going to hurt my feelings. I'll probably, I'll probably
learn something if the, if you hate the first one, because that means maybe I did something
wrong. However, I haven't had that happen yet. So I'm pretty sure I have, I just, to
be honest, I've already started giving some of these sessions away. And like I said, I
haven't had anybody say, no, I don't want to sign up for a second one. So maybe if you
know somebody that possibly is being coached right now, ask them what it's about. Ask them.
Maybe you know one of my clients and they've told you that they're, they're being coached.
Ask them what it's like. And if maybe you should, and maybe you should sign up for three
days for, for three coaching sessions. Now I've been pushing myself a lot recently to
be the best I can be in these, in some very specific areas of my life, in my face, in
my relationships, in my personal growth, in my health, and in my business, my, I'm doing
this so I can push myself to hold myself to a higher standard so that I want to be an
example, but also so I can serve it at my highest ability. And I'm not perfect at this.
I obviously, I'm not, I'm not, I'm human and I know I have my mistakes. Health is an
area I'm struggling with right now. That's because I don't want to say just because I
know there's multiple reasons. Health is like, I'm not in poor health, but I'm not where
I want to be. And there's people I know that can help me out with that. So that's like
something I'm being vulnerable with you with. That's something I'm not strict, not strict
with myself, don't have enough accountability on it. That's something I need to work on.
I know that. So that's something I need to pursue better. So, you know, all, all that
to say, I've already started, I say I already started getting the free sections away. I
jumped ahead of my notes. So the people I coach are those who have big dreams and a
vision for their lives. You know, not everyone knows that the calling, what the calling is
that God has for them. Some people don't even know that there is a calling on their life.
So if you didn't, if you didn't know that there's a calling on your life already, well,
I'm going to be, let me be the first to tell you, God has a calling for your life. Big
old G, big G God, capital G God has a calling for your life. And that, you know, and maybe
you're not a Christian, maybe you don't believe in God and that's okay. Like that doesn't
count you out from there being a purpose on your life, regardless of what you believe
in God. Now I say at the beginning, I say at the beginning of every episode that my
goal and calling, I changed it from purpose to calling because even though they're interchangeable,
I like the word calling. My goal and calling is to provide people with the tools they need
to successfully discover and pursue their God given calling. That's the purpose of my
life and of my coaching. So if you want to join me in a conversation about how you can
live life in and for your calling, I want you to click the link in the show notes of
this episode. It will say, click here to sign up for your free intro session. Click here
to start the free or click here to start the your first, your one of three coaching sessions.
Something like that will be in the show notes. You know, I can't wait. This is going to sound
corny. I can't wait to have this conversation, but I want to say like your calling is calling
you. God is calling. Your calling is calling. Keep pursuing. No one is going to do it for
you. Nobody's going to pursue your calling for you. I need, I don't need you to click
the link. That's not my prerogative. I almost said that. That's not right. That's not true.
But no one is going to pursue your calling for you. So click the link. The only, like
I said, the only thing you have to lose is 30 minutes. Only thing you have to lose is
30 minutes of your time. Can you spare 30 minutes to see, spare 30 minutes for your
own personal growth? Does that sound worth it to you? I want to tell you though, I want
to tell you like, if you're still curious whether you should sign up or not, I'm going
to tell you about the people who should sign up. These people are teachable. These people
are, they are people who want to grow. They're people who know that God has more for them
in this life. They're people who are asking, and this was me, people who are asking, is
this it? Is this all that life has? Am I, is where I'm at in my life where I'm going
to be for the rest of my life. If you're asking that question, then sign up for a coaching
session. Like do it, do it. Like just stop, don't even listen to the rest of the episode.
Click the link and go sign up for a podcast. Sign up. Because this episode is almost over
anyway. Just sign up for the coaching session. And if you want to know who shouldn't sign
up, if you want to know if you shouldn't sign up for this session, I'm going to be honest
and blunt with you. Just flip all of those on their head. If you're not teachable, which
means you believe that you're always right. You believe that you can do no wrong, then
don't sign up for a coaching session. If you're arrogant, don't sign up for this coaching
session. If you, and it kind of falls in line with if you want to grow, if you don't want
to grow, which essentially means that you don't think there is any growth to be had.
If you don't believe there's a, there easy, if you don't believe there is a purpose on
your life, honestly, honestly, I think you should sign up to be honest. If you don't
believe I want to show you that there is to show you that you're wrong. If you don't believe
that there's a purpose on your life, honestly, sign up. I'd love to have a conversation with
you. But really I'm looking, really, I'm looking to have conversation with people who want
to grow. If you feel like there's something more for you in this life, sign up, sign up,
click the link. All right. Thank you for listening to this episode of the Proceed of Calling
Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, go ahead and share it out on Facebook, Instagram, X,
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you can send them to this episode. Please. I would actually really appreciate that. And
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you next time.