WEBVTT 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:11.509 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.509 --> 00:00:14.710 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.710 --> 00:00:17.629 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.629 --> 00:00:21.190 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:21.190 --> 00:00:23.609 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:26.530 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.530 --> 00:00:28.929 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.929 --> 00:00:32.729 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.729 --> 00:00:43.280 the episode. So recently I've been given a new 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:48.960 opportunity to be a tech lead at my job. When 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.479 I was first given this opportunity, I was nervous 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:54.439 and excited because I didn't really know how 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.979 I was, how or what it fully entailed of yet. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.500 I had a somewhat of an idea from just be working 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:10.109 there for now almost eight years, but I had You 00:01:10.109 --> 00:01:15.170 know, I had a change in outlook on my job. It 00:01:15.170 --> 00:01:19.790 was no longer about how much can I get done today 00:01:19.790 --> 00:01:23.689 or how can I succeed personally. It's now about 00:01:23.689 --> 00:01:26.930 how can I set the team up for success today, 00:01:27.049 --> 00:01:31.689 this week, or this year. So that we can be the 00:01:31.689 --> 00:01:34.930 best that we can be for those that we're serving. 00:01:36.010 --> 00:01:38.890 For us, that's our end users. That's the people 00:01:38.890 --> 00:01:41.670 who use our applications and websites that we 00:01:41.670 --> 00:01:44.189 develop. It's the same when it comes to living 00:01:44.189 --> 00:01:46.590 in your calling. You know, I've been a web and 00:01:46.590 --> 00:01:49.530 mobile app developer since November of 2017 with 00:01:49.530 --> 00:01:52.310 the same broadcast company. I haven't always 00:01:52.310 --> 00:01:55.269 been the best employee, you know, for some good 00:01:55.269 --> 00:01:59.049 and for some bad reasons. thinking uh some of 00:01:59.049 --> 00:02:00.530 the bad reasons that you know i thought i deserved 00:02:00.530 --> 00:02:02.629 more than i was getting financially so that caused 00:02:02.629 --> 00:02:05.250 me not to work very hard or uh and a good reason 00:02:05.250 --> 00:02:09.330 is in my opinion is because of the pain i i experience 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:12.150 and when i first started experiencing this pain 00:02:12.150 --> 00:02:16.449 i there was a mental transition to happen there's 00:02:16.449 --> 00:02:21.449 some growth that needed to happen and i didn't 00:02:21.449 --> 00:02:24.930 see my job as a priority at that time personally 00:02:24.930 --> 00:02:28.469 i was more uh, concerned about either getting 00:02:28.469 --> 00:02:30.389 out of pain or learning how to manage my pain 00:02:30.389 --> 00:02:34.629 than I was at honestly doing my job well. And 00:02:34.629 --> 00:02:37.189 I don't know if that's okay or not, if I'm being 00:02:37.189 --> 00:02:39.669 honest, but it feels at, at honestly, I'm thinking 00:02:39.669 --> 00:02:41.870 back and like, there's definitely some grace 00:02:41.870 --> 00:02:44.669 I can have for myself in that. Uh, because I 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:46.830 know one, I know God has grace for me, but I 00:02:46.830 --> 00:02:52.810 also know that I, um, I wasn't a lot, I'm still 00:02:52.810 --> 00:02:55.780 aiming a lot of pain. And I think back to, in 00:02:55.780 --> 00:02:57.580 the very beginning to when my thing started. 00:02:58.419 --> 00:03:03.240 And I didn't have all the resilience built up 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.659 that I have now. So when I think back to it, 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:07.419 I'm like, man, no wonder I didn't want to do 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:12.560 my job. It sucks. But now it sucks a lot less 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:20.819 because my faith has grown. My endurance has 00:03:20.819 --> 00:03:23.860 grown. When I talk about my faith, specifically, 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.180 I'm talking about my faith in my Savior, Jesus 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:29.060 Christ. And this is why I believe I was given 00:03:29.060 --> 00:03:32.060 the opportunity of leadership. Not that I think 00:03:32.060 --> 00:03:34.539 my boss saw that I have faith and was like, you 00:03:34.539 --> 00:03:37.879 know, let's make that guy a leader. It's more 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:40.139 like because of my faith, I have a bigger reason 00:03:40.139 --> 00:03:45.099 to do my job well or with excellence than wanting 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:46.860 to please others, wanting a bigger paycheck, 00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:51.539 or even just self -satisfaction. And don't get 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:53.740 me wrong, it is satisfying when I get my work 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:57.060 done, when I accomplish what I'm tasked with, 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:01.719 and when I get done what I say I'm going to do. 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.879 But more importantly than that, it's because 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:07.300 of one main reason. I do everything I do with 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:10.419 excellence for the God that I serve. Once I had 00:04:10.419 --> 00:04:12.979 that mindset shift, I started thinking about 00:04:12.979 --> 00:04:15.780 my job differently. And this was before leadership 00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:20.379 started. This is in my notes, but in my head 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:22.180 right now, I'm thinking about how you're not 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:26.079 given opportunities like this unless you're doing 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.680 more than what is expected. And that is what 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.620 excellence is all about. Excellence means doing 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:35.300 more than what is expected and doing it well 00:04:35.300 --> 00:04:39.699 and doing it consistently. Now, I didn't think 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:42.850 at the time that I was serving anyone. In reality, 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:45.029 this is way back, before I was doing this excellence. 00:04:45.170 --> 00:04:47.149 I didn't think I was serving anyone. In reality, 00:04:47.269 --> 00:04:51.610 the apps I develop have end users that I'm striving 00:04:51.610 --> 00:04:54.370 to serve with excellence now. Therefore, I get 00:04:54.370 --> 00:04:57.230 to do my job well. I get to do my job well in 00:04:57.230 --> 00:05:00.790 order to serve them well. And in turn, that means 00:05:00.790 --> 00:05:04.970 I'm serving my God well. With the help of ChatGPT, 00:05:05.050 --> 00:05:09.009 I found a study that was done in 2018. It was 00:05:09.009 --> 00:05:11.149 conducted by the Barna Group in partnership with 00:05:11.149 --> 00:05:14.189 Abilene Christian University. These researchers 00:05:14.189 --> 00:05:18.730 surveyed 1 ,459 employed U .S. Christians who 00:05:18.730 --> 00:05:22.290 considered their faith very important. The study 00:05:22.290 --> 00:05:26.029 found that 82 % believed Christians should act 00:05:26.029 --> 00:05:29.829 ethically at work. I don't know what the other 00:05:29.829 --> 00:05:35.970 18 % are doing. And then 58 % aimed to do excellent 00:05:35.970 --> 00:05:39.279 work to glorify God. Isn't that amazing? That's 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.120 more than 50 % of Christians. And man, I really 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:43.959 want that to be more. I want it to be, honestly, 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:47.300 should be 100 % of Christians should aim to do 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:51.379 excellent work to glorify God. I have a quick 00:05:51.379 --> 00:05:54.800 excerpt from the Bible. It's Colossians 3, 23 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:59.319 to 24. For Christ you are serving. You know, 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:02.420 even if you're not a Christian, you got to think 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:05.500 about this. And I hope you're still sticking 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:09.029 around. I know this is a pretty Christian faith 00:06:09.029 --> 00:06:12.829 heavy episode. And that's not every episode. 00:06:13.470 --> 00:06:15.089 But even if you're not a Christian, I want you 00:06:15.089 --> 00:06:17.730 to think about this concept. If you want to live 00:06:17.730 --> 00:06:21.069 a happy, successful life, what's one thing you 00:06:21.069 --> 00:06:24.750 do need? What's one thing you need? Other people. 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:27.490 Remember, your calling isn't for you. Now you 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:28.810 might be wondering, I haven't been talking about 00:06:28.810 --> 00:06:30.629 my calling this whole time. But I have been. 00:06:30.910 --> 00:06:33.389 Your calling isn't for you. It's for the people 00:06:33.389 --> 00:06:36.129 you've been called to serve. When you're living 00:06:36.129 --> 00:06:38.449 in your calling, that means you're serving other 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:41.389 people well. And maybe you're not always going 00:06:41.389 --> 00:06:42.990 to do it with excellence. We're human. We're 00:06:42.990 --> 00:06:48.730 not perfect. But living in your calling, living 00:06:48.730 --> 00:06:51.930 in your purpose, you're not going to do that 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:53.389 sitting at home in your bedroom by yourself. 00:06:54.310 --> 00:06:56.800 You're not going to do that. Just going on a 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:58.620 walk every day by yourself. Now going on walks 00:06:58.620 --> 00:07:00.120 are fantastic. Don't get me wrong. That's just 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:01.439 something I thought of right now. But you're 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.360 not going to do it by yourself. You need other 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.339 people. And a lot of times to live in your calling 00:07:06.339 --> 00:07:08.819 well, not only do you need other people that 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:11.360 you need to be serving alongside, but also there 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.550 needs to be somebody that you're serving. with 00:07:15.550 --> 00:07:17.930 your calling. I'm not saying that your job is 00:07:17.930 --> 00:07:19.670 your calling. I'm saying your calling goes with 00:07:19.670 --> 00:07:21.649 you wherever you go. And if you're doing your, 00:07:21.670 --> 00:07:24.050 if you're living in your calling well and with 00:07:24.050 --> 00:07:26.370 excellence, honestly, that's just a good thing. 00:07:27.449 --> 00:07:32.589 I, um, ah, man, I want you to think about, well, 00:07:32.629 --> 00:07:34.170 I shouldn't just say it's a good thing. It's 00:07:34.170 --> 00:07:37.029 an excellent thing to live in your calling well, 00:07:37.170 --> 00:07:40.529 to have the work ethic that you believe that, 00:07:40.629 --> 00:07:45.959 um, Doing excellent work glorifies God. I want 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.680 you to try this. Write down three things that 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:52.540 you can do to serve with excellence. Maybe there's 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:55.459 an area that you volunteer or work where you 00:07:55.459 --> 00:07:59.959 see a gap. How can you fill it? Maybe you're 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:02.120 working toward a goal of starting a business 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:05.360 or raising money for a cause that serves others. 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:08.680 How can you do that more effectively? I want 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.680 you to sit with this. What can you be doing now? 00:08:11.230 --> 00:08:13.790 To serve with excellence. Maybe you're already 00:08:13.790 --> 00:08:17.050 serving and there's some way that you can be 00:08:17.050 --> 00:08:18.790 serving better, like I said in that first example. 00:08:19.689 --> 00:08:21.949 Or I shouldn't say serving better, but a place 00:08:21.949 --> 00:08:24.910 for you to improve. Let me give you a quick example. 00:08:25.910 --> 00:08:29.129 This one is new for me. I just learned this literally 00:08:29.129 --> 00:08:32.909 yesterday. I had a coaching experience with a 00:08:32.909 --> 00:08:36.250 friend of mine, Jesse McCullough, who's been 00:08:36.250 --> 00:08:38.669 on this podcast. I gave him a call a little bit 00:08:38.669 --> 00:08:42.100 ago yesterday. because I was dealing with a situation. 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:46.840 Some clients don't always... I mean this with 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:52.820 all love in my heart, with all the grace that 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:57.960 I have for them. There's been instances where 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:02.980 clients cancel their appointments pretty close 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:07.799 to the appointment time. And I got frustrated 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:14.360 with that at first, right? and I was more thinking 00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:16.980 about what they can be doing better rather than 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:18.919 what I can be doing better in order to serve 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.019 them. That's something that Jesse helped me think 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:24.320 about. He goes, you're putting all the weight 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.580 on them, but what happens if you take some of 00:09:26.580 --> 00:09:28.580 that weight and put it on yourself? What could 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:34.840 you be doing better? what i came up with um now 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:36.379 that they are they already get email reminders 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:38.940 but then there is the opportunity for me to manually 00:09:38.940 --> 00:09:43.620 send them text reminders and just be like hey 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:46.419 hey i just want to check in that you're ready 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:48.899 to go tomorrow hey i'm ready to go if you are 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:52.759 and that was a mindset set shift i had to have 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.340 in order to serve these people i've been called 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:58.700 to serve well now there are tools that will do 00:09:58.700 --> 00:10:03.100 this um for me but I want to see, I want to do 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:09.080 it first to see how effective it is. And also 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.419 it's another opportunity for me to grow. So I 00:10:13.419 --> 00:10:16.220 just want you to think about that. How can you 00:10:16.220 --> 00:10:18.100 be serving with excellence? How can you have 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:21.820 that mindset shift that what you're doing isn't 00:10:21.820 --> 00:10:23.340 for you, but it's for those you've been called 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:26.860 to serve? I hope this episode made sense for 00:10:26.860 --> 00:10:29.179 you guys. I want you to kind of mull this stuff 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:35.419 over. I've been, um, guys, I really appreciate 00:10:35.419 --> 00:10:39.639 it. If you would share this episode out and if 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.919 you, um, honestly, like if you, if you liked 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:45.179 this episode, if you like this podcast, if you 00:10:45.179 --> 00:10:47.820 even like me, give this podcast a five -star 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:53.539 review because I honestly love doing this. 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