WEBVTT 00:00:08.330 --> 00:00:11.150 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.150 --> 00:00:14.330 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.330 --> 00:00:17.269 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.269 --> 00:00:20.829 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:20.829 --> 00:00:23.230 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.230 --> 00:00:26.149 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.149 --> 00:00:28.570 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.570 --> 00:00:32.350 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.350 --> 00:00:44.079 the episode. Okay, so in this episode, this is 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:46.820 more like another update episode about my life. 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:50.520 I'm going to be updating a little bit on business, 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:56.100 on health, on other things happening. I'm moving 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:57.899 soon. They're going to talk a little bit about 00:00:57.899 --> 00:01:02.320 that and what I plan to do as a result of that. 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:07.920 Yeah, I really like doing these life update ones, 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:09.640 and I don't really feel like I do them enough. 00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:15.680 And also, they're fun, and I've had a busy weekend. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:20.280 And I don't have to prep for them as much as 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:24.159 I do whenever I'm writing out an actual lesson. 00:01:24.939 --> 00:01:28.299 So they're good for me, but I also think they're 00:01:28.299 --> 00:01:30.200 good for you to know where I'm at, to know what 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:33.620 I'm doing in my life, and keeps you up to date 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:36.329 on... what i'm doing so it's not so it's not 00:01:36.329 --> 00:01:41.129 just like um so it's not just that i'm giving 00:01:41.129 --> 00:01:45.109 lessons and making it sound like i believe that 00:01:45.109 --> 00:01:46.689 i'm doing all these things perfectly because 00:01:46.689 --> 00:01:50.170 i don't do all the things i teach perfectly all 00:01:50.170 --> 00:01:52.549 the things i'm reading nobody does it perfectly 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:55.650 and i want to talk that's like why i like giving 00:01:55.650 --> 00:01:59.750 life updates because not everything that i'm 00:01:59.750 --> 00:02:05.799 going to talk about is perfect um However, let's 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.539 start with the business. So the first thing I 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:11.939 want to talk about actually isn't directly the 00:02:11.939 --> 00:02:14.580 business. It's actually going back and talking 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:19.080 about Financial Peace University, which if you 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:20.740 listened to previous episodes, you know that 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:24.099 I'm co -coordinating, co -leading a Financial 00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:31.460 Peace University class. And that is proving to 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:38.129 be... an amazing way for me to gain the skills 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:42.330 for leading a small group one day or leading 00:02:42.330 --> 00:02:44.650 my own masterminds one day that will be part 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:47.250 of my business. Because I would love to have 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:52.909 a lower ticket item, lower ticket, lower priced 00:02:52.909 --> 00:02:58.169 piece of my business where more people could 00:02:58.169 --> 00:03:03.319 come in and experience growth and rather than 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.060 having to pay having the only option i offer 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:09.699 would be to pay for one -on -one coaching so 00:03:09.699 --> 00:03:13.840 and this gives me a great way to kind of do that 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:16.680 in the context of finances but also just gain 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:19.300 the skills of like how do you manage how do you 00:03:19.300 --> 00:03:20.860 make sure you're sticking within an hour how 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:27.199 do you work with a uh within the within the con 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:36.219 like there was certain confines of um Sorry, 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:39.560 the Financial Peace University coordinator book 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:41.879 and guide already has the kind of steps that 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:43.879 they want you to kind of go through to make sure 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:48.159 that you're providing the people the most value 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:51.979 for their time. So that also gets my mind working, 00:03:52.060 --> 00:03:53.319 like how can I make sure to do that whenever 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.740 I don't have that and I have to provide my own 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:59.319 quote unquote coordinator guide for myself to 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:06.009 have a framework for each session. But then yesterday, 00:04:06.289 --> 00:04:11.229 the production team for Amplify Church, which 00:04:11.229 --> 00:04:15.210 is where I go to church, we had a cookout, which 00:04:15.210 --> 00:04:18.810 was inside because it was hot and it was actually 00:04:18.810 --> 00:04:21.610 thunderstorming. So we had to move all the cooking 00:04:21.610 --> 00:04:23.730 in. Well, we had to move all the eating inside. 00:04:24.649 --> 00:04:28.310 But however, I got to talk with a couple of people 00:04:28.310 --> 00:04:31.209 that go to Financial Peace University or are 00:04:31.209 --> 00:04:36.819 taking part in this course. They love it. They're 00:04:36.819 --> 00:04:39.259 getting a lot of value out of it. They think 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:42.759 it's going really well, which gave me some, I 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.939 guess you would say, validation that it's not 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:48.779 just me doing it because I didn't create the 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:52.660 course, but that what is being taught in this 00:04:52.660 --> 00:04:54.800 course and how it's being taught is working. 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.779 And them coming, not just, because they have 00:04:58.779 --> 00:05:01.279 the option to just watch the videos on their 00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:04.100 own, which they do. But then they come into the 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:07.600 course and they come into the session to be able 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:09.779 to talk with it with a group of people. They're 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:12.360 all trying to do the same thing and they're getting 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.040 value from that as well. And then I mentioned 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.920 to them my idea for having a small group based 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.060 on personal development, personal growth, and 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:22.660 they were interested. They actually were interested. 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:27.060 And I'm like, man, that's really cool. I talked 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:29.860 to them about going off the 15 valuable laws 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:32.079 of growth by John Maxwell. And they were like, 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.100 actually, that sounds really cool. And they were 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:35.680 like, would it be in person or virtual? I was 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.100 like, it'd actually be in person because I would 00:05:38.100 --> 00:05:39.879 rather be in person. And they were like, yeah. 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:46.360 The one person was like, yeah, me too. So I just 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.639 personally take that as motivation that I'm heading 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.120 in the right direction. And it really... pumps 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.819 me up. I'm in a really good mood today. Side 00:05:54.819 --> 00:05:58.920 tangent. I'm in a really good mood. I'm, I've 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:01.379 been very productive today. I woke up at 7am, 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:04.540 which, you know, talk to the biohackers and other 00:06:04.540 --> 00:06:09.459 people. Maybe that's not early enough, but I 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:10.920 also wanted to make sure I got enough sleep. 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:16.339 So, you know, but the, or the ultra productivity 00:06:16.339 --> 00:06:20.500 hackers, I guess you would say. And if you're 00:06:20.500 --> 00:06:23.420 watching the video, because I'm also pretty hyped 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:27.639 because I have my production, my new Amplify 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.199 production hat on. And I never wear hats, but 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:33.680 I'm wearing it now because I figured I'd break 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.779 it in. And if you're watching the video, you 00:06:36.779 --> 00:06:39.839 can see it. And I don't know, it just makes me 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:41.379 happy to look at the camera feed and be like, 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:43.899 man, I have a hat. Look at that hat. It's so 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:48.560 cool. And I'm just very... I don't know, I'm 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.120 just very grateful. I woke up this morning, I 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:53.100 went for a walk, which I never go for a walk 00:06:53.100 --> 00:06:55.360 early in the morning. I just decided to do that 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.519 before I took my morning shower. And I got back, 00:06:58.699 --> 00:07:02.019 got into the Word of God, and then just kept 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:05.120 moving, kept doing things. And it's 11 .30 right 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.600 now when I'm recording, 11 .30 a .m., and I'm 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.579 like, dude, today's been such a good day so far. 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.779 And then later I get to do some tabletop RPGs, 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.740 because I'm a huge nerd, with some friends, and 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:18.180 we're going to have some food, and man, it's 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:21.660 just a good day. Guys, go have a good day today. 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.420 It's Tuesday when you're listening to this, but 00:07:24.420 --> 00:07:26.339 have a good day. After work, go do something 00:07:26.339 --> 00:07:29.459 fun. Go do something fun. Do something fun this 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:36.240 week. Life is meant to be enjoyed. It's meant 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.480 to be enjoyed while we pursue our calling well. 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:47.660 There is some nuance there. Okay. And as far 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:50.079 as my business goes, I'm going to go back off 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:56.759 my tangent. But I'm working on right now solidifying, 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:59.879 or at least I'll be honest, I'm working on writing 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:03.240 out the to -do list items so that I know what 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.879 I need to do to solidify the onboarding process 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:10.009 before I take on new clients. Whenever I coached 00:08:10.009 --> 00:08:12.250 before, like three, four years ago, I had an 00:08:12.250 --> 00:08:15.670 actual onboarding process or a transcript that 00:08:15.670 --> 00:08:18.889 I would follow where I would talk to people about, 00:08:18.930 --> 00:08:21.449 in the first session, I would talk to them about 00:08:21.449 --> 00:08:23.449 what they want to do in their lives. Like, why 00:08:23.449 --> 00:08:27.689 did they join coaching? And then be able to fluidly 00:08:27.689 --> 00:08:32.539 lead them into the sale at the end. Because this 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:35.019 is a business, you want to make sales, and I 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:39.440 want people to understand what coaching is before 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:44.539 they decide to purchase coaching sessions or 00:08:44.539 --> 00:08:47.659 not to purchase coaching sessions. So I want 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:50.919 to work on that big piece before I start taking 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:52.620 on new clients. But for people to start diving 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.879 into the free sessions, I want to make sure they 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.659 know what they're getting. And I want to make 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:59.159 sure I know how to do that in the most fluid 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:04.480 way. And efficient way. But that's what I'm working 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.259 on right now. That's the business updates. And 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:08.259 now I want to move into moving soon. Because 00:09:08.259 --> 00:09:11.500 this is huge. This is actually something. The 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:14.700 more. Now that it's actually happening. It's 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:18.059 solidified. I was thinking about it this morning. 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.700 I'm actually really excited. Because one I'll 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:23.039 be living on my own. For the first time in like 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:25.500 over three years. Between two and three years. 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:30.529 I'll be living by myself again. It's going to 00:09:30.529 --> 00:09:32.909 be really fun. And some people would think I'm 00:09:32.909 --> 00:09:36.990 nuts, but I love living on my own because then 00:09:36.990 --> 00:09:40.250 my habits, it's a lot easier to establish new 00:09:40.250 --> 00:09:48.049 habits. And then I, I mean, I pray one day that 00:09:48.049 --> 00:09:51.370 I won't be living on my own. I'll be able to 00:09:51.370 --> 00:09:56.090 have a wife one day and a family. However, until 00:09:56.090 --> 00:09:59.379 that day happens. I'm going to be living on my 00:09:59.379 --> 00:10:00.919 own or maybe one day with a roommate, but for 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:03.460 now I'll be living on my own. And I'm going to 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:06.299 be able to establish new habits and remove some 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:10.559 old ones that are hurting the pursuit of my calling. 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.200 So for instance, I've talked about on this podcast 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:18.019 before, way back I talked about how I stopped 00:10:18.019 --> 00:10:20.240 watching so much TV. I think that was whenever 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:23.340 I was living on my own or living with my past 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:26.059 roommate, Sean, and I didn't have any streaming 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:30.120 services on our main TV. And now I'm living in 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.659 a place I'm living now, and we do have streaming 00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:35.320 services on our main TV, which is also my TV. 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:41.179 And I catch myself watching TV later into the 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:45.299 night, which then disrupts my day the next day. 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:50.360 And I still have to wake up. I go to bed later, 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:53.259 and I wake up. Even if I go to bed on time, it 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:56.700 seems like I wake up with... a groggier feeling. 00:10:57.019 --> 00:11:01.220 So it's interesting. So I'm going to be able 00:11:01.220 --> 00:11:04.919 to establish a new habit of reading before bed 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.320 again and not watching TV before bed because 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.059 I'm not going to have streaming services anymore. 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:12.940 Again, I don't pay for them. They're my roommates. 00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:17.799 So I'm not going to bum this stuff off of them. 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:22.139 I'm going to remove them. I'm not paying for 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:25.419 it. I don't want it. after I move out, it's gone. 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:28.340 For now, it's on there because they use it. I 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:31.240 use it too because it's there and it's easy. 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:35.519 It's easy access. If you ever read the book Atomic 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.080 Habits, you know that whenever something is easy 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.039 to do, your body is really, your mind, your body 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.980 is inclined to do that thing. So in order to 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.720 make it hard for me to do, I'm just going to 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.019 remove it off the TV and not just bump the subscription 00:11:49.019 --> 00:11:53.750 off of them. Okay, that was a lot, but... Because 00:11:53.750 --> 00:11:56.029 then that gives me time to read books that I 00:11:56.029 --> 00:12:01.210 want to read, to build some knowledge base, more 00:12:01.210 --> 00:12:04.330 wisdom in myself. I'll be able to maybe journal 00:12:04.330 --> 00:12:07.330 more, do something that will help me pursue my 00:12:07.330 --> 00:12:10.610 calling well. Because TV is not doing that. One 00:12:10.610 --> 00:12:12.289 day I'm going to have time. One day I believe 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:14.950 I'll have time maybe to watch TV again in that 00:12:14.950 --> 00:12:19.429 context. But for now, YouTube is enough. And 00:12:19.429 --> 00:12:22.159 I'll be able to save my money. go forward to 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.059 buy a house one day. So, instead of paying for 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:30.379 a streaming service. Okay. Guys, and then I have 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:35.480 a little health update. Nothing crazy. I have, 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:38.620 my legs are... They're doing all right. I think 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:40.500 I told you in a previous episode that I found 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:42.299 that my legs are not connected to my overall 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:46.399 condition. And that's still true. I did physical 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:50.879 therapy for about a month. And then I do my physical 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.820 therapy exercises as often as I can. And my goal 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:57.019 is every day. So that's another thing that's 00:12:57.019 --> 00:12:58.620 probably going to be easier to do when I live 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:03.139 on my own. I will, well, I'm still doing it. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.019 I'm doing part of them every day, maybe not every 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:10.240 day, but they do help. And I found that whenever 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.120 I, I know that whenever I do them, my legs feel 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.759 better. I went for, like I said, went for a walk 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:15.879 this morning, came back, did some part of my 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:19.100 stretches and felt really good afterwards. And 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:21.360 I know yesterday my leg was hurting a lot at 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:24.080 the cookout. So I'm like, okay, I need to, I 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.000 need to actually, I was falling off, falling 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:29.240 off that habit for like being as consistent as 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.279 I wanted to be with it. And my legs hurt as a 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.980 result. So I'm going to be continuing to do that. 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:37.720 And this all folds into the calling piece of 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:42.240 my life, right? This all folds into pursuing 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:47.379 our callings well. Like being able to manage 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:50.600 your health well, being able to manage your time 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.440 well, your money well. All of this folds into 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.559 the bigger picture of how you choose to live 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.820 your life, whether you choose to live in your 00:14:00.820 --> 00:14:04.669 calling or choose to live in the world. Ooh, 00:14:04.669 --> 00:14:07.710 that's not in my notes. That's just something 00:14:07.710 --> 00:14:11.590 I said. But it's, but like, sorry, I caught myself. 00:14:11.629 --> 00:14:14.129 Like, listen to that. It's like, you can choose 00:14:14.129 --> 00:14:16.009 to live in your calling or you can choose to 00:14:16.009 --> 00:14:17.970 live the way the world would tell you to live. 00:14:19.450 --> 00:14:23.889 The world, honestly, society wants you to be 00:14:23.889 --> 00:14:26.750 stagnant. Wants you to be comfortable where you 00:14:26.750 --> 00:14:30.830 are and not to improve. Because honestly, like. 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:36.679 And to be honest, I don't fully understand why. 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:42.639 I think I have an idea, but it's not fully fleshed 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.240 out, so I'm not going to say it here. But I know 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.720 for a fact, if you do everything the world tells 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.460 you to do, all the things that the world makes 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:52.340 easy, society makes easy for you to do, like 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:59.480 eating fast food, watching TV, quick entertainment, 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:07.159 all the... what's it called, instant gratification 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:12.799 items, things in your life that the world gives 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:17.799 you, if you take all of those in and only are 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.220 feeding off of those pieces of life, then you're 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:25.360 never actually going to improve in life. Delayed 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:29.159 gratification is the best friend of personal 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:37.320 growth and productivity. So... Guys, if you enjoyed 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.899 this episode, go ahead. I'm going to say if you're 00:15:39.899 --> 00:15:42.159 on YouTube, smash that like button. I've never 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:45.740 said that before. Go ahead. Like this video. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.120 Give this podcast a five -star review. Share 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.580 it out with all of your friends because I believe 00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:55.460 that what is being talked about here will benefit 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:59.000 every single person on this planet Earth that 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:02.000 is coachable and wants to live in their calling 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:06.529 well. All right, guys, I'll see you next time. 00:16:06.649 --> 00:16:08.049 Keep pursuing your calling well.