Okay, we're trying something new right now. No
intro this episode. No editing. This is an off
-the -cuff recording and uploading today. Because
I just have something that I want to do. I just
decided this is different. I don't usually just
have an idea and then immediately execute that
idea. So we are trying something different today,
guys. This morning, I was really further want
to say happy Memorial Day because I'm recording
it on Memorial Day. And if all goes as planned,
this will be posted in like 30 minutes. So happy
Memorial Day. And the reason I'm posting this
now is because I've heard certain creators say,
I think, even though I don't agree with everything
he says, Gary V, I've heard him say, document,
don't create. So I kind of wanted to at least
see how this one goes. I was trying to do that
as part of it, like on a monthly basis before.
And I'm just doing it this episode, just recording
this episode, whatever you want to say this is,
and put this out there. There's no notes here.
This is raw. This morning, the reason I really
wanted to do this morning, it was because I was
on, I was. You know, honestly, I've been worried.
I'm worried about my coaching practice, my coaching,
because I know I'm so early in it. And maybe
I think part of me is worrying because I want
things to happen now and they aren't happening
in as fast as I want them to happen. I know I'm
putting that out there because I believe that
to be true. But I also get stuck. I get stuck
in a mindset of I feel like I should be doing
something. And then I don't know what to do.
So then that next question is, what is the right
thing to do? And I don't always know the answer
to that. Which is okay. And I'm saying that to
myself as well as to you guys. It's okay not
to know what to do next. I think what's important
in what I did today... is to just do something
that might sound counterintuitive i i think it's
really important that um whenever i i there's
something we do i do as a coach something following
the maxwell um style of coaching that whenever
somebody doesn't whenever somebody says that
the thing i don't know or like you ask him a
question like what could you do next and they
say i don't know You ask them the question, questions
like, what do you know? Or if you did know the
answer, what would it be? And some people are
like, I don't know. That's why I'm asking. I'm
like, and I'm just like, then I shift to ask
you a different question. But like, I'm sitting
here this morning in my room and I'm like, I
don't know what to do next. And I caught myself.
I was like, man. I don't know. So if I did know,
what would the answer be? And the thing I didn't
know about, just to be clear, is I didn't know
how to get more clients. And for those who don't
know, I've been coaching a few people for free
for three months. And that's been going awesome.
I've been loving it. And it's getting toward
the end of those three months. I have like they're
going to be there with some of the one person
is bringing somebody in, but they're not able
to even start into October because of their life
situation right now. And it's a good reason I'm
going to oust them. But as of what the reason
is, but I'm I was like thinking, like, what could
I be doing? And one of the things was, well,
I could be reaching out to more people like just
word of mouth. I could be trying to do ads. I
don't know if that is the best use of my time
right now. Maybe it is. I might be wrong on that.
And I don't even want it to sound like that I
think I am or am not wrong on that. I just honestly
don't know. And I think now that I said that,
I'm like... I'm catching myself again. I was
like, what do I know? I'm going to have to answer
that a little bit later. I was getting really
excited. I was like, yeah, I could reach out
to this person. I could reach out to this person.
I could. The point of the podcast is to raise
awareness about what coaching is, who I am. And
you can decide whether you actually want to coach
with me or not. And then sign up with the link
in the description. Hey. And, man. this is i'm
gonna be honest with you this episode is freeing
for me it feels really good to just not use notes
all of us but yes for an episode even though
i love i like using notes uh i've been getting
overwhelmed to an extent of feeling like um the
podcast takes up a there's some prep time and
there is prep time and other things to do and
then it makes me question whether that's the
best thing i should be doing with my time And
that's another, again, that's thinking just off
my mind, off the top of my head, that's another
question sometimes that we ask as coaches is,
what is the best thing you can be doing right
now? What is the best thing that you can be doing
between this session and next session? And that
puts your goals in a certain perspective. I realize,
thinking just even right now, the point of the
podcast, I know there aren't a lot of listeners,
there aren't a lot of downloads. but the point
of the podcast is like i said to raise awareness
to provide with you guys with new tools with
to uh but successfully discover and pursue your
your calling or your god -given calling um and
honestly i'm man with i've been getting honestly
not as overwhelmed as i used to I think I'm able
to catch myself and pivot and have people I can
talk to, mentors and other people that I've met
through networking in the Maxwell community that
I can reach out and ask questions to. I did that
this weekend about something that came up. Maybe
I'll talk about it in the maybe near -ish future
with the permission of the people that were involved.
Life is a learning experience. Life is constantly
changing, or at least I hope it is. Otherwise,
it's pretty boring. Life is constantly changing,
constantly moving, and we have to grow with it.
And there's some growing pains in that. An episode
you're going to hear tomorrow is... or the episode
that's coming out tomorrow, depending on when
you listen to this episode, is about leadership
opportunity that I've been given at my job. I
won't go too far into that, but that's been overwhelming
to an extent. And part of that's my fault. Part
of that is because of just how I'm mentally handling
it and then figuring out how to reframe it so
it's not actually as overwhelming as it is. I
know I'm tangenting a lot, so let me kind of
get back on track. Again, there's no notes here.
um but life is life it like life changes life
keeps moving and that's the fun part about it
um yeah i think right now i have you know what
actually i'm gonna stop it there nine minutes
into the recording i think that's a good place
to pause that's a good place to stop just really
wanted to be real with you guys just all of a
sudden So appreciate you guys. Thank you for
listening to this episode of the Pursuit of Calling
podcast. Keep pursuing your calling. I'll see
you later.