WEBVTT 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:07.000 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to the Pursuit 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.779 of Calling podcast, where my goal and purpose 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:12.660 is to provide you the tools needed to successfully 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:16.059 discover and pursue your God -given calling. 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.359 I'm your host, Thomas Carney, and today we're 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.820 talking about my favorite moments from the International 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:32.939 Maxwell Conference. right so i'm realizing as 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:35.219 i click record that i don't even know if i finished 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:38.840 writing out my notes but we're just gonna go 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:40.520 for it we're gonna see how it goes i think it's 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:45.560 gonna go well so i've been back from the conference 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:48.600 for a few days now it is i'm recording this on 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.219 sunday got back on thursday so i've had a lot 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:56.000 of time to reflect and think about what has been 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:00.840 what happened at the conference. I'm going to 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:02.380 give you guys, there's going to be an episode 00:01:02.380 --> 00:01:05.280 coming out later in April that gives you more 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:09.340 of a day one overview. I'm going to give you 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:11.640 some things right now. We're going to go through 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:16.319 day one, two, and three. Then I want to give 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:18.680 you guys some ideas of what I've been thinking 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.799 about. This is more of a... Actually, we're going 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:22.939 to front load this. We're going to front load 00:01:22.939 --> 00:01:24.780 this with what I've been thinking about, and 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:29.159 then I'm going to give you the meat of why I've 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:30.840 been thinking about it, the way I've been thinking 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.000 about it. Okay? This part is in my notes off 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.239 the cuff, so let's go. So after coming back, 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:42.540 while I was even at the conference, I was networking. 00:01:42.819 --> 00:01:44.379 Everyone's networking, talking to each other, 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:47.799 getting to know other people. We're wondering 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:53.319 why. We're curious about why. The other person 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:54.799 that we're talking to is even at the conference. 00:01:54.859 --> 00:01:57.719 What pulled them towards Maxwell? And what pulled 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.879 them towards John in the first place? And I found 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:04.159 that a lot of people, the first reason that they're 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:05.620 there is because they found him through leadership. 00:02:05.819 --> 00:02:08.680 Other people were told about him through other 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:12.240 resources or through other people. That was my 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.699 experience. I found the leadership part first 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:16.860 and then found out about the coaching later and 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:21.629 I already wanted to be a coach. As I was talking 00:02:21.629 --> 00:02:24.669 to people, they were asking me, I started coming 00:02:24.669 --> 00:02:28.409 up with a vision of where I want this company, 00:02:28.689 --> 00:02:33.650 where I want the Pursuit of Calling brand to 00:02:33.650 --> 00:02:37.930 go. So I want to tell you guys my vision for 00:02:37.930 --> 00:02:41.289 the Pursuit of Calling. It's not just going to 00:02:41.289 --> 00:02:43.129 be a podcast. I think you guys already know that. 00:02:43.189 --> 00:02:46.710 It's not just a podcast. It's also life coaching. 00:02:47.210 --> 00:02:53.090 It is the podcast. It's life coaching. And there's 00:02:53.090 --> 00:02:57.770 another piece of it that I want to do. And this 00:02:57.770 --> 00:03:00.330 is more maybe in the next three to five years. 00:03:00.729 --> 00:03:05.210 However, I would love to have an app that goes 00:03:05.210 --> 00:03:09.509 along with the coaching. That's more of a companion 00:03:09.509 --> 00:03:14.259 app to my coaching process. This app would coincide 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:16.840 with my Maxwell leadership certification, with 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.800 what the Maxwell team, it would be essentially 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.860 ingrained with a Maxwell DNA. And I'm going to 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:26.680 get into what that even means whenever I go through 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:30.860 my day one recap. And that's exciting to me because 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:35.620 I've been a developer for the last seven, eight, 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:37.400 between seven and eight years, about seven and 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:42.280 a half years. I've really been hitting my stride 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:47.520 recently. I've really been doing really well. 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:50.400 Not to pat myself on the back too much, but I 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.599 feel like I've really been doing well with development, 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:55.000 and I really like my job right now. I'm learning 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.439 a lot, and I can't wait to be able to take that 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:01.199 information, this knowledge and wisdom, and use 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:06.000 it for something that, in my mind, for me, is 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.969 something that I feel called towards. It's going 00:04:09.969 --> 00:04:13.389 to help me serve my clients at an even higher 00:04:13.389 --> 00:04:17.889 capacity. And it's going to help solve problems. 00:04:18.269 --> 00:04:20.490 And that's the whole point of development. It's 00:04:20.490 --> 00:04:23.250 to solve problems, make lives, not just make 00:04:23.250 --> 00:04:29.029 lives easier, but help make life better. I would 00:04:29.029 --> 00:04:31.910 say make life even more efficient, help make 00:04:31.910 --> 00:04:39.360 life... yeah more efficient make it um that's 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:40.879 really what i'm looking to do make it more efficient 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:46.579 and uh the app would be very ingrained in what 00:04:46.579 --> 00:04:54.079 i in what i do in the coaching process um guys 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:56.259 that's the that's the most exciting thing and 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:57.920 now like not that the app's going to come out 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.139 anytime soon but because like development hasn't 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:05.639 even started but there's There's the vision. 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:10.360 And at the start, only people that are in coaching 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.259 with me are going to be able to use it. So if 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:16.879 you want to get in on the front end, experience 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.500 the coaching, and then experience it with the 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:21.000 app, I suggest you get in soon. I'm going to 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:27.459 start filling up. I'm going to have a max amount 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:30.019 of clients I can have right now, but there is 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:34.329 a max. It's probably around eight or 10 at any 00:05:34.329 --> 00:05:38.350 one time. And I already have three. So that's 00:05:38.350 --> 00:05:42.990 well, I have a full -time job. And so I suggest 00:05:42.990 --> 00:05:45.629 if you want to get three free coaching calls, 00:05:45.810 --> 00:05:48.709 there's going to be a link in the subscription. 00:05:48.889 --> 00:05:51.029 You can sign up at three calls, no obligation, 00:05:51.250 --> 00:05:54.709 no payment. Yes. Sign up for three gifted coaching 00:05:54.709 --> 00:05:59.930 calls. And really we just focus on getting, getting 00:05:59.930 --> 00:06:02.040 you. From where you are to where you want to 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.500 be. And the three days, it's not going to get 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:07.860 you to where you want to be, but it's going to 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:12.300 help you at least start on that path. So you 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:15.240 can get the taste, and then maybe we move forward 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:22.399 from there. But let me get into the favorite 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:27.180 moments in the recaps of the International Maxwell 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:31.759 Conference. What happened on day one? My favorite 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.680 moment from there is when John talked about, 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:38.019 like I mentioned before, the Maxwell DNA. So 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:40.379 what is the Maxwell DNA? Really, it's the Maxwell 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:43.639 values. It's the values of the Maxwell leadership 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.660 team. Maxwell leadership certified team. As a 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:49.680 coach, these are the values they expect me to 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:58.060 uphold. So there's 10 of them. There's 10 values, 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:00.930 and I'm going to read them off. I'm going to 00:07:00.930 --> 00:07:02.889 be honest. I feel like everyone listening to 00:07:02.889 --> 00:07:04.769 this podcast is going to resonate with these 00:07:04.769 --> 00:07:09.089 in some way, shape, or form. The first one is 00:07:09.089 --> 00:07:13.949 we value people, having a positive attitude, 00:07:14.350 --> 00:07:19.589 personal growth, lead by example, exceed expectations, 00:07:20.149 --> 00:07:25.509 live intentionally, equip others, consistency, 00:07:25.990 --> 00:07:31.259 be a catalyst for transformation. And allow room 00:07:31.259 --> 00:07:34.939 for faith. Now that last one, I like John's tactic 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:38.300 in this. He says Maxwell leadership is not a 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:42.160 Christian organization. And he says the tenth 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:48.160 one is not quote unquote required. But he says 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.819 it is something that he hopes people will be 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:57.750 inclined to enact. He says, leave room for faith. 00:07:57.850 --> 00:08:00.870 Allow room for faith. He doesn't say, in order 00:08:00.870 --> 00:08:02.910 to be a Maxwell coach, you have to have faith 00:08:02.910 --> 00:08:07.170 in Jesus Christ. He just says, allow room for 00:08:07.170 --> 00:08:14.350 it. Allow room for Jesus. And just be curious. 00:08:15.329 --> 00:08:18.589 And that's his hope. He just wants people to 00:08:18.589 --> 00:08:21.850 be curious about Christ. That way, that curiosity, 00:08:21.850 --> 00:08:25.149 that's the seed that he's planting there. And 00:08:25.149 --> 00:08:27.149 that's what I ask of you. I ask you just to be 00:08:27.149 --> 00:08:29.230 curious for Christ. If you don't know Jesus yet, 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:34.129 just be curious. I like to try to say the same 00:08:34.129 --> 00:08:36.490 thing about this podcast, but I feel like I do 00:08:36.490 --> 00:08:39.289 ingrain God and Christ into my podcast a lot. 00:08:39.649 --> 00:08:42.269 And maybe that'll change in the near future. 00:08:42.330 --> 00:08:43.889 So more people, like there's people that won't 00:08:43.889 --> 00:08:46.970 be like, quote unquote, scared away just by me 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:53.059 using God in the intro and like that. And that's 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:54.080 something I've been tossing around because I 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.340 want this podcast to quote -unquote not be a 00:08:56.340 --> 00:09:00.000 Christian podcast, but be held on Christian values. 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.299 So let me know what you think about that in the 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:05.980 comments. I think that's a direction I want to 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:09.799 go. I believe that would make it more open to 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:15.700 more people and maybe even help more people follow 00:09:15.700 --> 00:09:19.860 that 10th value of allowing room for faith instead 00:09:19.860 --> 00:09:23.269 of being hit with it on the front end. I don't 00:09:23.269 --> 00:09:24.629 know. It's something I've been thinking about. 00:09:25.789 --> 00:09:32.549 So, day two. Day two was... Each of these days, 00:09:32.590 --> 00:09:35.049 I met a lot of great people. But on day two, 00:09:35.330 --> 00:09:42.250 I met this woman named Rakshagopal. She was coached 00:09:42.250 --> 00:09:48.909 on her... Let me back up. Every year, Valerie 00:09:48.909 --> 00:09:51.440 Burton, who is the... head coach, essentially, 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:54.039 of Maxwell Leadership. And she's the one that 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:57.659 goes through and teaches the coaching training 00:09:57.659 --> 00:10:05.080 on the platform. She, every year, brings somebody 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:11.200 on stage to coach live in front of everyone. 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:18.159 And this year, it was Raksha. She was coached 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:21.340 on her fears of why she wasn't taking action. 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:25.200 And everyone got to see her have these aha moments. 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:30.080 She had this email. I want you to listen to this. 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.740 She had an email to send to her prospect to actually 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:36.740 reach out to her for her to use her services, 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:41.700 to actually accept her coaching for their business. 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:44.940 Because they thought that she would be a good 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:48.669 fit. But she didn't send the email yet. She hadn't 00:10:48.669 --> 00:10:52.389 sent that email of her capabilities and what 00:10:52.389 --> 00:10:56.970 she was capable of doing because, well, it wasn't 00:10:56.970 --> 00:11:02.230 perfect yet. I think her and I can relate on 00:11:02.230 --> 00:11:05.409 that. Her and I are both very high Cs whenever 00:11:05.409 --> 00:11:11.700 you think about the disk profile. A C is very 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:15.019 data -oriented. They can be perfectionists and 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:19.360 want, we care a lot more about the details than 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:22.159 maybe a high D where they just want, they more 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.840 focus on the results than want to know about 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.700 the details. So a perfectionist will focus on 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:30.559 every minute detail in order to hopefully make 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.360 it perfect. But in reality, as Raksha came to, 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:37.259 not this realization, but she was reminded, Brahmavali 00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:40.759 helped her remind herself that the email was 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.700 never going to be perfect. So there was kind 00:11:43.700 --> 00:11:48.759 of a circular thinking happening where she knew 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:52.559 it would never be perfect, but whenever she would 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.100 go to send an email, she wouldn't send it because... 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.679 It wasn't perfect. What my other high C's to 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:01.879 really listen to that here, what my other perfection 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.799 is to listen to that, like whatever you're working 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.960 on, whatever you're doing, nothing's ever going 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.679 to be perfect. There's never a perfect time. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:11.559 There's never a perfect place. What are the things 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.080 that you're putting off? Because it's not the 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:15.460 right time. It's not the perfect place. It's 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:18.759 they're not the perfect person. Maybe you're 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:23.399 not perfect yet and you're waiting. You're waiting 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:26.539 to be perfect in order to make your next move. 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:29.679 You're never going to be perfect. It's never 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.740 going to be the perfect time. That email is never 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:34.000 going to be perfect. That text that you're trying 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:38.639 to send is never going to be perfect. So just 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.480 send it. Just do it. Just act. And that was the 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:45.279 whole point of this coaching session that Valerie 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:47.960 did with Raksha. And I thought what was really 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:50.539 funny, what was really amazing, was that I actually 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:53.399 got to meet Raksha. at breakfast that morning. 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:56.100 We met on the elevator on the way down to breakfast 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:59.500 and I didn't know she was even being coached. 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:02.879 So like we, but we talked from when we met in 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.460 the elevator to walking down the hallway, we 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:08.080 ate breakfast together and we just kind of talked 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.340 about our stories. And she was talking to me 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:12.740 about not exactly what she talked about, about 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:14.779 this email, but she talked about some things 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:16.580 that she was putting off and was giving me some 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:18.899 reasons why she was putting it off. And I believe 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:22.799 now. She went through this coaching with Valerie 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:31.200 that I believe her whole mindset shifted. Also, 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.539 she was being held accountable to send that email 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:37.440 by 9 .01 p .m. that night by about 3 ,000 of 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:44.940 her fellow Maxwell team members. Another kind 00:13:44.940 --> 00:13:46.960 of cool thing that happened was I got to learn 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:48.860 a little bit more about masterminds on day two. 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:55.019 And that was interesting. So a mastermind, for 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:57.480 those who don't know, it's a small group of people 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:02.559 talking on one topic with a focus on personal 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:07.860 and or professional growth. For example, I went 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:12.720 through a mastermind called the 15 Invaluable 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.659 Laws of Growth. That was a four -week mastermind 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:19.240 for new members on the team. we went through 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:23.740 four chapters of this mastermind, four chapters 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:27.940 of the book, sorry. And each week we went through 00:14:27.940 --> 00:14:32.220 one chapter. There was a facilitator who would 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:35.039 kind of prompt the questions of the group. And 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:41.720 then we, as the members of the mastermind, would 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:46.080 discuss, would discuss what we thought of, how 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:49.259 we're attempting to do things in our lives. And 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:54.299 really what it is, it is a way to facilitate 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:58.039 growth professionally and personally in a group 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:02.220 setting. And it's a way to uphold accountability 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:08.059 in a group. If you're interested in that, I'm 00:15:08.059 --> 00:15:11.970 kind of interested in... setting up a i am i 00:15:11.970 --> 00:15:16.629 am interested in setting up a um a 15 week mastermind 00:15:16.629 --> 00:15:19.149 i want to do it for i want to do just maybe with 00:15:19.149 --> 00:15:22.690 three or four people for free on the 15 invaluable 00:15:22.690 --> 00:15:24.809 laws of growth so if you're interested in that 00:15:24.809 --> 00:15:27.669 let me know and we will and we'll set that up 00:15:27.669 --> 00:15:31.009 just because i've never done one before but i 00:15:31.009 --> 00:15:33.389 have the ability i have all of the content and 00:15:33.389 --> 00:15:36.850 i may since i'm now part of the certified team 00:15:36.850 --> 00:15:40.690 i'm a certified coach so I can now bring people 00:15:40.690 --> 00:15:43.750 through that. So I would really enjoy doing that 00:15:43.750 --> 00:15:45.090 with some people. So if you're interested, let 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:46.850 me know in the comments. Shoot me a message if 00:15:46.850 --> 00:15:51.850 you have my number or send me an email at thomas 00:15:51.850 --> 00:15:55.850 .carney at pursuitofcalling .com. So, and then 00:15:55.850 --> 00:15:58.250 the final thing, the final thing that happened 00:15:58.250 --> 00:16:04.360 that day was a worship service. Now, again, I 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:07.399 said already, Maxwell leadership is not a Christian 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.179 organization, but it is upheld on Christian values. 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:16.539 So on the second day, John held a worship service 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:20.139 where thousands of people came and at least 100 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:25.000 people at least gave their lives to Christ. And 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.639 he used a parable of the prodigal son and many 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:32.240 other scriptures to talk on the point that we 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:36.379 are never enough. that we are never enough. No, 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:41.399 no, wait, false. Strike that, reverse it. Talk 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.000 on the point how we feel that we are never enough 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.960 in Christ. The question was, am I enough? That 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.419 was the title of his sermon was, am I enough? 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:56.419 And I think what people realized was that, especially 00:16:56.419 --> 00:16:58.840 with the story of the prodigal son, was that, 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:06.430 yeah. I would say, am I enough for Christ? And 00:17:06.430 --> 00:17:11.390 the answer is yes. The prodigal son went and 00:17:11.390 --> 00:17:14.309 squandered everything. He asked for his inheritance 00:17:14.309 --> 00:17:19.890 early, left, squandered it, was eating the slop 00:17:19.890 --> 00:17:23.579 with the pigs, and then went back home. not to 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:28.200 be a son, and he essentially renounced himself 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.339 as a son of his father and said he was going 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:33.099 to go back as a servant because the servants 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:36.140 were living better than he was. And when he got 00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:38.740 back, his father ran to him, hugged him, put 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:43.440 a ring on his finger, a cloak around him, and 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:47.839 slaughtered the... slaughtered the pure lamb, 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:52.339 I believe it was a lamb, and had this night amazing 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:57.099 feast because the son had came home. That son 00:17:57.099 --> 00:18:03.700 was enough. He treated him like a king. And he 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:06.579 said everything that happened, he said he was 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:10.579 lost and now he's found. He was gone. He could 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:14.059 have been dead. But now he's alive and he's with 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:19.430 me. That's the Father. And that's how everyone 00:18:19.430 --> 00:18:21.829 feels whenever they finally give their lives 00:18:21.829 --> 00:18:24.890 to Christ. They were lost, and then they were 00:18:24.890 --> 00:18:29.670 found. They were captive by their sin, and then 00:18:29.670 --> 00:18:33.190 they were set free by Christ. Again, this is 00:18:33.190 --> 00:18:39.869 not a Christian podcast, but it's held in Christian 00:18:39.869 --> 00:18:42.490 values, and it's going to come out every now 00:18:42.490 --> 00:18:45.720 and then. Oh man, tearing up. Let's move to day 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:47.660 three before I start like crying like a baby. 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:52.140 So day three was called day to grow. There was 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:56.279 a lot more people here and it was actually technically 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.599 not even part of the international Maxwell conference, 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:02.240 but the part of IMC and where other, so other 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:05.579 people can come in and pay to just be there on 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:09.450 that day. And this is probably my favorite day 00:19:09.450 --> 00:19:12.690 besides the moment of the worship service. This 00:19:12.690 --> 00:19:16.430 is probably my favorite day. Why? Because, well, 00:19:16.730 --> 00:19:20.630 I'm going to talk about a couple of things I 00:19:20.630 --> 00:19:22.789 want to talk about in a second, but there were 00:19:22.789 --> 00:19:26.410 some speakers this day that were amazing, and 00:19:26.410 --> 00:19:28.769 they weren't just the speakers from Max went 00:19:28.769 --> 00:19:30.589 out today. All the other speakers that happened 00:19:30.589 --> 00:19:35.220 on days previously were members of the Maxwell 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:37.680 Organization. And then this day, they brought 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:40.259 in other speakers. And some of the speakers were 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:42.779 Mark Cole, who is the CEO of Maxwell Leadership, 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:48.160 and then John Maxwell. You know who he is. And 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.940 then there was Stephanie Chung, and she talked 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:53.880 on how to be a better communicator through a 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.220 method called brain hacking. And it was just 00:19:56.220 --> 00:20:01.150 really just like... It wasn't going to say just, 00:20:01.349 --> 00:20:04.670 but it's like utilizing smiling and looking into 00:20:04.670 --> 00:20:09.009 the eyes of the other person. And being able 00:20:09.009 --> 00:20:12.769 to make the other person feel comfortable in 00:20:12.769 --> 00:20:18.089 your presence. Then there was Tim Tebow. And, 00:20:18.109 --> 00:20:22.329 oh my gosh, his talk was so good. And there's 00:20:22.329 --> 00:20:24.250 Tim Tebow. There's Jesse Itzler, who I didn't 00:20:24.250 --> 00:20:27.390 even know about. And then my favorite guy that 00:20:27.390 --> 00:20:29.289 talked was the last one. His name is Ryan Leak. 00:20:30.069 --> 00:20:31.930 Well, second to last because John came back after 00:20:31.930 --> 00:20:35.589 that. But Ryan Leak came, and he's coming out 00:20:35.589 --> 00:20:37.569 with a book, How to Work with Complicated People. 00:20:37.730 --> 00:20:39.069 I'm going to link this in the show notes because, 00:20:39.170 --> 00:20:42.049 guys, guys, guys, this book is amazing. I haven't 00:20:42.049 --> 00:20:44.750 read it yet, I'll be honest. But Ryan, if it's 00:20:44.750 --> 00:20:47.589 half as good as how Ryan Leak. If it's half as 00:20:47.589 --> 00:20:50.230 good as Ryan, let me see if I can phrase this 00:20:50.230 --> 00:20:56.269 right. If the book is half as good as how Ryan 00:20:56.269 --> 00:20:59.589 Leak communicates while he is on stage, then 00:20:59.589 --> 00:21:02.750 this book is going to be phenomenal. It's in 00:21:02.750 --> 00:21:05.130 pre -order right now. I could have bought it 00:21:05.130 --> 00:21:08.730 at the bookstore when I was there. However, I 00:21:08.730 --> 00:21:11.309 decided not to, and I was going to get it in 00:21:11.309 --> 00:21:15.089 pre -order. But guys, Ryan Leak was amazing. 00:21:16.569 --> 00:21:19.210 And if you guys don't know who Ryan Leak is, 00:21:19.369 --> 00:21:24.190 like I said, I didn't really finish off my notes. 00:21:24.430 --> 00:21:26.710 But I just want to give you guys those names. 00:21:26.750 --> 00:21:28.589 I'm going to link to Stephanie. I at least want 00:21:28.589 --> 00:21:32.390 to link to Stephanie Chung and Ryan Leak in the 00:21:32.390 --> 00:21:36.269 show notes. Look them up, How to Work with Complicated 00:21:36.269 --> 00:21:40.329 People, that book in particular. Because I want 00:21:40.329 --> 00:21:42.930 you to look at that, possibly preorder it. Because 00:21:42.930 --> 00:21:47.400 one is a clickbaity title. Because you might 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:49.019 buy it because you work with complicated people, 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:53.000 and then he flips that topic on its head to say, 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:57.220 maybe you're the complicated person. It's like, 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.940 look in the mirror. Look at a speck in your eye 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:01.519 before you try to look at a log in the other. 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:07.200 Not saying that that's what the whole book is 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:11.660 about, but I know that I am pretty positive that 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:16.309 that is a portion of it. So this kind of aligns 00:22:16.309 --> 00:22:18.910 with, I'm just kind of flipping through the pictures 00:22:18.910 --> 00:22:23.069 I took on my phone of the slides that he had 00:22:23.069 --> 00:22:28.410 for his presentation. And one of them, this is 00:22:28.410 --> 00:22:31.130 a topic he talked about, and this goes right 00:22:31.130 --> 00:22:33.049 in line with what Rock Show is being coached 00:22:33.049 --> 00:22:36.069 on. It says, you can't perfect it if you never 00:22:36.069 --> 00:22:42.349 get started. And that's where he's saying like, 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:45.480 In certain areas, you just need to start. And 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.500 so many people don't start because they're worried 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:52.460 it won't be perfect. And what he's just saying 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:55.359 here is that you can't perfect it if you don't 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:58.880 get started on it in the first place. And then 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.839 another slide, he goes, our level of gratitude 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:05.079 determines our level of enjoyment. Think about 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:08.720 that. Your life could be, in comparison, two 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:11.980 people can be living the same life. Two people, 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.519 like, standing next to each other could be living 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:16.640 very similar lives, but one person, or have gone 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.519 through a very similar circumstance, but one 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:21.960 person lives a life of enjoyment and happiness 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:29.640 and joy, and the other person is miserable because 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:31.859 of the level of gratitude that they have for 00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:35.819 their lives. Like, if you wake up every day and 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:38.420 you're happy to have breath in your lungs. If 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:40.440 you're grateful for the friends that you have, 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.960 grateful for the things you do have, and not 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.539 focused on the things that you don't, your life 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:45.200 is going to be a lot more enjoyable. And to be 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.299 honest, you're going to be a lot more successful 00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:50.119 because whenever you're filled with gratitude, 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:53.640 I could do a whole episode on gratitude, man. 00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:57.779 Whenever you're filled with gratitude, you're 00:23:57.779 --> 00:24:02.799 going to start seeing more opportunities. If 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.059 you're filled with positivity and gratitude and 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.720 looking for the good things, you're going to 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.900 be filled with more possibilities. This is all 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:14.400 from Ryan Leak's presentation. Hey, guys. I was 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:18.579 kind of rambling at the end there. But really, 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.440 I just wanted to recap my favorite moments from 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.599 IMC. Ryan Leak was probably my favorite moment 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:28.339 from that last day. Also, I got a few more podcasts, 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:31.099 guys. That was pretty cool, too. But, guys. If 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.779 you like this episode, if you like these kind 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:36.640 of more like rough episodes, for being honest, 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:39.519 let me know in the show notes. I kind of enjoy 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:41.759 doing them. It kind of gives me a little bit 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.980 of freedom, a little bit off the cuff stuff to 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:47.960 go through some notes I took on other sessions. 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:52.279 So let me know. And if you don't like it, you 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:55.619 know, let me know that too. But guys, if you 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:58.069 enjoyed it though. 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