What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to the Pursuit
of Calling podcast, where my goal and purpose
is to provide you the tools needed to successfully
discover and pursue your God -given calling.
I'm your host, Thomas Carney, and today we're
talking about my favorite moments from the International
Maxwell Conference. right so i'm realizing as
i click record that i don't even know if i finished
writing out my notes but we're just gonna go
for it we're gonna see how it goes i think it's
gonna go well so i've been back from the conference
for a few days now it is i'm recording this on
sunday got back on thursday so i've had a lot
of time to reflect and think about what has been
what happened at the conference. I'm going to
give you guys, there's going to be an episode
coming out later in April that gives you more
of a day one overview. I'm going to give you
some things right now. We're going to go through
day one, two, and three. Then I want to give
you guys some ideas of what I've been thinking
about. This is more of a... Actually, we're going
to front load this. We're going to front load
this with what I've been thinking about, and
then I'm going to give you the meat of why I've
been thinking about it, the way I've been thinking
about it. Okay? This part is in my notes off
the cuff, so let's go. So after coming back,
while I was even at the conference, I was networking.
Everyone's networking, talking to each other,
getting to know other people. We're wondering
why. We're curious about why. The other person
that we're talking to is even at the conference.
What pulled them towards Maxwell? And what pulled
them towards John in the first place? And I found
that a lot of people, the first reason that they're
there is because they found him through leadership.
Other people were told about him through other
resources or through other people. That was my
experience. I found the leadership part first
and then found out about the coaching later and
I already wanted to be a coach. As I was talking
to people, they were asking me, I started coming
up with a vision of where I want this company,
where I want the Pursuit of Calling brand to
go. So I want to tell you guys my vision for
the Pursuit of Calling. It's not just going to
be a podcast. I think you guys already know that.
It's not just a podcast. It's also life coaching.
It is the podcast. It's life coaching. And there's
another piece of it that I want to do. And this
is more maybe in the next three to five years.
However, I would love to have an app that goes
along with the coaching. That's more of a companion
app to my coaching process. This app would coincide
with my Maxwell leadership certification, with
what the Maxwell team, it would be essentially
ingrained with a Maxwell DNA. And I'm going to
get into what that even means whenever I go through
my day one recap. And that's exciting to me because
I've been a developer for the last seven, eight,
between seven and eight years, about seven and
a half years. I've really been hitting my stride
recently. I've really been doing really well.
Not to pat myself on the back too much, but I
feel like I've really been doing well with development,
and I really like my job right now. I'm learning
a lot, and I can't wait to be able to take that
information, this knowledge and wisdom, and use
it for something that, in my mind, for me, is
something that I feel called towards. It's going
to help me serve my clients at an even higher
capacity. And it's going to help solve problems.
And that's the whole point of development. It's
to solve problems, make lives, not just make
lives easier, but help make life better. I would
say make life even more efficient, help make
life... yeah more efficient make it um that's
really what i'm looking to do make it more efficient
and uh the app would be very ingrained in what
i in what i do in the coaching process um guys
that's the that's the most exciting thing and
now like not that the app's going to come out
anytime soon but because like development hasn't
even started but there's There's the vision.
And at the start, only people that are in coaching
with me are going to be able to use it. So if
you want to get in on the front end, experience
the coaching, and then experience it with the
app, I suggest you get in soon. I'm going to
start filling up. I'm going to have a max amount
of clients I can have right now, but there is
a max. It's probably around eight or 10 at any
one time. And I already have three. So that's
well, I have a full -time job. And so I suggest
if you want to get three free coaching calls,
there's going to be a link in the subscription.
You can sign up at three calls, no obligation,
no payment. Yes. Sign up for three gifted coaching
calls. And really we just focus on getting, getting
you. From where you are to where you want to
be. And the three days, it's not going to get
you to where you want to be, but it's going to
help you at least start on that path. So you
can get the taste, and then maybe we move forward
from there. But let me get into the favorite
moments in the recaps of the International Maxwell
Conference. What happened on day one? My favorite
moment from there is when John talked about,
like I mentioned before, the Maxwell DNA. So
what is the Maxwell DNA? Really, it's the Maxwell
values. It's the values of the Maxwell leadership
team. Maxwell leadership certified team. As a
coach, these are the values they expect me to
uphold. So there's 10 of them. There's 10 values,
and I'm going to read them off. I'm going to
be honest. I feel like everyone listening to
this podcast is going to resonate with these
in some way, shape, or form. The first one is
we value people, having a positive attitude,
personal growth, lead by example, exceed expectations,
live intentionally, equip others, consistency,
be a catalyst for transformation. And allow room
for faith. Now that last one, I like John's tactic
in this. He says Maxwell leadership is not a
Christian organization. And he says the tenth
one is not quote unquote required. But he says
it is something that he hopes people will be
inclined to enact. He says, leave room for faith.
Allow room for faith. He doesn't say, in order
to be a Maxwell coach, you have to have faith
in Jesus Christ. He just says, allow room for
it. Allow room for Jesus. And just be curious.
And that's his hope. He just wants people to
be curious about Christ. That way, that curiosity,
that's the seed that he's planting there. And
that's what I ask of you. I ask you just to be
curious for Christ. If you don't know Jesus yet,
just be curious. I like to try to say the same
thing about this podcast, but I feel like I do
ingrain God and Christ into my podcast a lot.
And maybe that'll change in the near future.
So more people, like there's people that won't
be like, quote unquote, scared away just by me
using God in the intro and like that. And that's
something I've been tossing around because I
want this podcast to quote -unquote not be a
Christian podcast, but be held on Christian values.
So let me know what you think about that in the
comments. I think that's a direction I want to
go. I believe that would make it more open to
more people and maybe even help more people follow
that 10th value of allowing room for faith instead
of being hit with it on the front end. I don't
know. It's something I've been thinking about.
So, day two. Day two was... Each of these days,
I met a lot of great people. But on day two,
I met this woman named Rakshagopal. She was coached
on her... Let me back up. Every year, Valerie
Burton, who is the... head coach, essentially,
of Maxwell Leadership. And she's the one that
goes through and teaches the coaching training
on the platform. She, every year, brings somebody
on stage to coach live in front of everyone.
And this year, it was Raksha. She was coached
on her fears of why she wasn't taking action.
And everyone got to see her have these aha moments.
She had this email. I want you to listen to this.
She had an email to send to her prospect to actually
reach out to her for her to use her services,
to actually accept her coaching for their business.
Because they thought that she would be a good
fit. But she didn't send the email yet. She hadn't
sent that email of her capabilities and what
she was capable of doing because, well, it wasn't
perfect yet. I think her and I can relate on
that. Her and I are both very high Cs whenever
you think about the disk profile. A C is very
data -oriented. They can be perfectionists and
want, we care a lot more about the details than
maybe a high D where they just want, they more
focus on the results than want to know about
the details. So a perfectionist will focus on
every minute detail in order to hopefully make
it perfect. But in reality, as Raksha came to,
not this realization, but she was reminded, Brahmavali
helped her remind herself that the email was
never going to be perfect. So there was kind
of a circular thinking happening where she knew
it would never be perfect, but whenever she would
go to send an email, she wouldn't send it because...
It wasn't perfect. What my other high C's to
really listen to that here, what my other perfection
is to listen to that, like whatever you're working
on, whatever you're doing, nothing's ever going
to be perfect. There's never a perfect time.
There's never a perfect place. What are the things
that you're putting off? Because it's not the
right time. It's not the perfect place. It's
they're not the perfect person. Maybe you're
not perfect yet and you're waiting. You're waiting
to be perfect in order to make your next move.
You're never going to be perfect. It's never
going to be the perfect time. That email is never
going to be perfect. That text that you're trying
to send is never going to be perfect. So just
send it. Just do it. Just act. And that was the
whole point of this coaching session that Valerie
did with Raksha. And I thought what was really
funny, what was really amazing, was that I actually
got to meet Raksha. at breakfast that morning.
We met on the elevator on the way down to breakfast
and I didn't know she was even being coached.
So like we, but we talked from when we met in
the elevator to walking down the hallway, we
ate breakfast together and we just kind of talked
about our stories. And she was talking to me
about not exactly what she talked about, about
this email, but she talked about some things
that she was putting off and was giving me some
reasons why she was putting it off. And I believe
now. She went through this coaching with Valerie
that I believe her whole mindset shifted. Also,
she was being held accountable to send that email
by 9 .01 p .m. that night by about 3 ,000 of
her fellow Maxwell team members. Another kind
of cool thing that happened was I got to learn
a little bit more about masterminds on day two.
And that was interesting. So a mastermind, for
those who don't know, it's a small group of people
talking on one topic with a focus on personal
and or professional growth. For example, I went
through a mastermind called the 15 Invaluable
Laws of Growth. That was a four -week mastermind
for new members on the team. we went through
four chapters of this mastermind, four chapters
of the book, sorry. And each week we went through
one chapter. There was a facilitator who would
kind of prompt the questions of the group. And
then we, as the members of the mastermind, would
discuss, would discuss what we thought of, how
we're attempting to do things in our lives. And
really what it is, it is a way to facilitate
growth professionally and personally in a group
setting. And it's a way to uphold accountability
in a group. If you're interested in that, I'm
kind of interested in... setting up a i am i
am interested in setting up a um a 15 week mastermind
i want to do it for i want to do just maybe with
three or four people for free on the 15 invaluable
laws of growth so if you're interested in that
let me know and we will and we'll set that up
just because i've never done one before but i
have the ability i have all of the content and
i may since i'm now part of the certified team
i'm a certified coach so I can now bring people
through that. So I would really enjoy doing that
with some people. So if you're interested, let
me know in the comments. Shoot me a message if
you have my number or send me an email at thomas
.carney at pursuitofcalling .com. So, and then
the final thing, the final thing that happened
that day was a worship service. Now, again, I
said already, Maxwell leadership is not a Christian
organization, but it is upheld on Christian values.
So on the second day, John held a worship service
where thousands of people came and at least 100
people at least gave their lives to Christ. And
he used a parable of the prodigal son and many
other scriptures to talk on the point that we
are never enough. that we are never enough. No,
no, wait, false. Strike that, reverse it. Talk
on the point how we feel that we are never enough
in Christ. The question was, am I enough? That
was the title of his sermon was, am I enough?
And I think what people realized was that, especially
with the story of the prodigal son, was that,
yeah. I would say, am I enough for Christ? And
the answer is yes. The prodigal son went and
squandered everything. He asked for his inheritance
early, left, squandered it, was eating the slop
with the pigs, and then went back home. not to
be a son, and he essentially renounced himself
as a son of his father and said he was going
to go back as a servant because the servants
were living better than he was. And when he got
back, his father ran to him, hugged him, put
a ring on his finger, a cloak around him, and
slaughtered the... slaughtered the pure lamb,
I believe it was a lamb, and had this night amazing
feast because the son had came home. That son
was enough. He treated him like a king. And he
said everything that happened, he said he was
lost and now he's found. He was gone. He could
have been dead. But now he's alive and he's with
me. That's the Father. And that's how everyone
feels whenever they finally give their lives
to Christ. They were lost, and then they were
found. They were captive by their sin, and then
they were set free by Christ. Again, this is
not a Christian podcast, but it's held in Christian
values, and it's going to come out every now
and then. Oh man, tearing up. Let's move to day
three before I start like crying like a baby.
So day three was called day to grow. There was
a lot more people here and it was actually technically
not even part of the international Maxwell conference,
but the part of IMC and where other, so other
people can come in and pay to just be there on
that day. And this is probably my favorite day
besides the moment of the worship service. This
is probably my favorite day. Why? Because, well,
I'm going to talk about a couple of things I
want to talk about in a second, but there were
some speakers this day that were amazing, and
they weren't just the speakers from Max went
out today. All the other speakers that happened
on days previously were members of the Maxwell
Organization. And then this day, they brought
in other speakers. And some of the speakers were
Mark Cole, who is the CEO of Maxwell Leadership,
and then John Maxwell. You know who he is. And
then there was Stephanie Chung, and she talked
on how to be a better communicator through a
method called brain hacking. And it was just
really just like... It wasn't going to say just,
but it's like utilizing smiling and looking into
the eyes of the other person. And being able
to make the other person feel comfortable in
your presence. Then there was Tim Tebow. And,
oh my gosh, his talk was so good. And there's
Tim Tebow. There's Jesse Itzler, who I didn't
even know about. And then my favorite guy that
talked was the last one. His name is Ryan Leak.
Well, second to last because John came back after
that. But Ryan Leak came, and he's coming out
with a book, How to Work with Complicated People.
I'm going to link this in the show notes because,
guys, guys, guys, this book is amazing. I haven't
read it yet, I'll be honest. But Ryan, if it's
half as good as how Ryan Leak. If it's half as
good as Ryan, let me see if I can phrase this
right. If the book is half as good as how Ryan
Leak communicates while he is on stage, then
this book is going to be phenomenal. It's in
pre -order right now. I could have bought it
at the bookstore when I was there. However, I
decided not to, and I was going to get it in
pre -order. But guys, Ryan Leak was amazing.
And if you guys don't know who Ryan Leak is,
like I said, I didn't really finish off my notes.
But I just want to give you guys those names.
I'm going to link to Stephanie. I at least want
to link to Stephanie Chung and Ryan Leak in the
show notes. Look them up, How to Work with Complicated
People, that book in particular. Because I want
you to look at that, possibly preorder it. Because
one is a clickbaity title. Because you might
buy it because you work with complicated people,
and then he flips that topic on its head to say,
maybe you're the complicated person. It's like,
look in the mirror. Look at a speck in your eye
before you try to look at a log in the other.
Not saying that that's what the whole book is
about, but I know that I am pretty positive that
that is a portion of it. So this kind of aligns
with, I'm just kind of flipping through the pictures
I took on my phone of the slides that he had
for his presentation. And one of them, this is
a topic he talked about, and this goes right
in line with what Rock Show is being coached
on. It says, you can't perfect it if you never
get started. And that's where he's saying like,
In certain areas, you just need to start. And
so many people don't start because they're worried
it won't be perfect. And what he's just saying
here is that you can't perfect it if you don't
get started on it in the first place. And then
another slide, he goes, our level of gratitude
determines our level of enjoyment. Think about
that. Your life could be, in comparison, two
people can be living the same life. Two people,
like, standing next to each other could be living
very similar lives, but one person, or have gone
through a very similar circumstance, but one
person lives a life of enjoyment and happiness
and joy, and the other person is miserable because
of the level of gratitude that they have for
their lives. Like, if you wake up every day and
you're happy to have breath in your lungs. If
you're grateful for the friends that you have,
grateful for the things you do have, and not
focused on the things that you don't, your life
is going to be a lot more enjoyable. And to be
honest, you're going to be a lot more successful
because whenever you're filled with gratitude,
I could do a whole episode on gratitude, man.
Whenever you're filled with gratitude, you're
going to start seeing more opportunities. If
you're filled with positivity and gratitude and
looking for the good things, you're going to
be filled with more possibilities. This is all
from Ryan Leak's presentation. Hey, guys. I was
kind of rambling at the end there. But really,
I just wanted to recap my favorite moments from
IMC. Ryan Leak was probably my favorite moment
from that last day. Also, I got a few more podcasts,
guys. That was pretty cool, too. But, guys. If
you like this episode, if you like these kind
of more like rough episodes, for being honest,
let me know in the show notes. I kind of enjoy
doing them. It kind of gives me a little bit
of freedom, a little bit off the cuff stuff to
go through some notes I took on other sessions.
So let me know. And if you don't like it, you
know, let me know that too. But guys, if you
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Pursuers. Keep pursuing your calling, and I'll
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