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 --> 00:00:17.230 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.230 --> 00:00:20.769 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:20.769 --> 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 --> 00:00:32.369 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.369 --> 00:00:42.979 the episode. How's it going, everyone? So, for 00:00:42.979 --> 00:00:46.460 those who don't know, recently I decided, well, 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:48.420 not recently, a long time ago I decided I wanted 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:54.219 to launch some new merch. And it's almost time. 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:56.640 Oh, wow, that was loud. Sorry. It's almost time, 00:00:56.700 --> 00:01:02.060 though. First, I have to tangent and say, it 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:06.459 is hot. Like, it's literally 81 degrees in my 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:10.659 room right now, and I'm dying. But I knew I wanted 00:01:10.659 --> 00:01:13.340 to record an episode about the merch. It's Saturday. 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.939 Tomorrow wouldn't be a bad day to do in the morning. 00:01:16.379 --> 00:01:19.739 But I was sitting down at my computer, realized 00:01:19.739 --> 00:01:23.120 I hadn't done it yet, and I wanted to stick with 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.040 what I want to record on Saturdays. So that's 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.799 what I'm trying to do. But anyway, we got merch. 00:01:31.019 --> 00:01:33.859 I'm waiting for some concepts to come in the 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:36.900 mail to see if I like them, to see if placements 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:39.530 are right. However, I'm pretty excited about 00:01:39.530 --> 00:01:42.890 it. Currently, this is going to be what I'm calling 00:01:42.890 --> 00:01:47.930 the pursue line of merch or purpose line. I guess 00:01:47.930 --> 00:01:52.790 I don't really know yet. But essentially what 00:01:52.790 --> 00:01:56.310 it says on the front and on the top left breast 00:01:56.310 --> 00:02:00.290 of the shirt, it says pursue. And then underneath 00:02:00.290 --> 00:02:02.150 of that, I wish I could be wearing it so you 00:02:02.150 --> 00:02:05.010 could see it in the video. And below that, it'll 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:12.930 say. Follow your purpose. I forgot for a second. 00:02:13.009 --> 00:02:15.810 Oh, no. But it'll say follow your purpose. And 00:02:15.810 --> 00:02:18.969 then on the back, for everyone that looks at 00:02:18.969 --> 00:02:21.870 this shirt, this is actually the part I'm way 00:02:21.870 --> 00:02:24.169 more excited about than the front. I'm excited 00:02:24.169 --> 00:02:27.229 about the back. And it says, you were made for 00:02:27.229 --> 00:02:31.169 more. And the reason I did that, the reason I 00:02:31.169 --> 00:02:34.490 wanted a shirt that says something on the back 00:02:34.490 --> 00:02:36.449 that's not for the person that's wearing it, 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:39.270 but it's for the person that's reading it. is 00:02:39.270 --> 00:02:42.110 because that's the whole purpose of, that's a 00:02:42.110 --> 00:02:44.969 big purpose of this podcast. Your calling is 00:02:44.969 --> 00:02:50.150 not for you. It's for everybody around you. So 00:02:50.150 --> 00:02:53.389 if you're a person of value that values others, 00:02:53.830 --> 00:02:57.620 this, this shirt is for you. This shirt, the 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:00.780 hoodie, there's a mug that just has the original, 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:02.860 the front logo, but I think I want to make one 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:05.300 that also has that you were made for more as 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:07.460 like a personal reminder to yourself to whenever 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:09.620 you're drinking your coffee or your tea, you'd 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:11.500 be like, yeah, reminder that you were made for 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:15.759 more. Now, what does that mean? You were made 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.979 for more. Whenever somebody reads that, the point 00:03:18.979 --> 00:03:27.150 of it is to kind of Get your mind thinking. It's 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:30.710 a thought -provoking statement, isn't it? There's 00:03:30.710 --> 00:03:32.090 a lot of people out there that don't believe 00:03:32.090 --> 00:03:33.550 they have a purpose, that don't believe there's 00:03:33.550 --> 00:03:37.030 a calling on their lives. And the point of this 00:03:37.030 --> 00:03:39.349 statement is to get their mind thinking like, 00:03:39.409 --> 00:03:42.550 man, maybe I was made. Maybe I was made for more. 00:03:43.750 --> 00:03:46.469 And yeah, of course, it has those Christian undertones 00:03:46.469 --> 00:03:51.860 of being made, being created. And the great part 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:54.639 of it not being a Christian brand, but it being 00:03:54.639 --> 00:03:59.180 built on Christian values, is that I can instill 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:02.180 those values into everything that I do without 00:04:02.180 --> 00:04:06.620 throwing it in people's faces. And all it's to 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:08.439 us to do is be thought -provoking, just like 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:11.419 coaching. Coaching is a thought -provoking conversation. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.419 That's what I love about it. I get to ask questions. 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.279 That would be like another great piece of merch 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:19.959 would be something with a question on the back. 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:22.480 That is a thought provoking coaching style question. 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:25.980 Wouldn't that be, that would be fun. And this 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:28.540 is just a first design. I'm going to see how, 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:30.959 how, how it goes, how people, how people like 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:35.759 it. I am not an video editor. So maybe I will 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.300 throw the, a picture of the, maybe somewhere 00:04:38.300 --> 00:04:40.259 I would have thrown up a picture of the merch 00:04:40.259 --> 00:04:43.250 somewhere on the screen. I'll show it now. if 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:48.089 I figured out how to do that. And I have been 00:04:48.089 --> 00:04:51.069 posting the videos for the last two episodes. 00:04:51.110 --> 00:04:52.629 So if you want to see that and you're listening 00:04:52.629 --> 00:04:56.509 to the audio version, go to YouTube and search 00:04:56.509 --> 00:04:59.410 Pursuit of Calling, and you'll be able to see 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:02.050 the video version of this episode. And also, 00:05:02.089 --> 00:05:03.389 if you're watching the video version of this 00:05:03.389 --> 00:05:05.810 episode, one, you'll see that I'm wearing the 00:05:05.810 --> 00:05:09.569 OG merch that I did for the Technically Short 00:05:09.569 --> 00:05:14.610 podcast with Sean Short. And like, I remembered 00:05:14.610 --> 00:05:18.449 how fun that was and how fun, like how easy it 00:05:18.449 --> 00:05:22.670 was to be honest with you. Merch is easy. All 00:05:22.670 --> 00:05:25.870 it takes. I paid a Fiverr designer, $15 plus 00:05:25.870 --> 00:05:30.610 tip. And I spent some money to get like some 00:05:30.610 --> 00:05:32.889 store set up, maybe like a hundred dollars in 00:05:32.889 --> 00:05:38.139 total. I'm like, dude. And then like. shirts 00:05:38.139 --> 00:05:40.240 and you make like ten dollars a shirt maybe uh 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.399 fifteen dollars a hoodie and i'll make about 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:47.360 ten dollars a mug so like it's it's kind of crazy 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.160 don't you think that like something like this 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:53.959 like some something so simple now i'm going on 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:59.000 a tangent but it prepare it something like this 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.720 now can propel people forward into their purpose 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:05.259 into their calling because like that's what a 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:06.899 lot honestly that's what clothing does a lot 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:08.660 of the time I know I'm tangenting all over the 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:13.620 place. This is a no -note episode. But a lot 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:16.019 of the time, the clothing that I like a lot is 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:18.860 clothing that makes you think. That's why I did 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:22.060 the statement on the back. It's because one of 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:24.220 my favorite shirts is a shirt I got from Funnel 00:06:24.220 --> 00:06:28.839 Hacking Live that is a mantra, essentially, about 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.360 surrounding yourself with the people that are 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:31.699 going to build you up and not tear you down. 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.439 I think it's a reminder for you, but it's also 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:41.420 like when you're wearing the shirt, you can't 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:45.519 see it on your back. So therefore, in my mind, 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.800 that's for everybody around you to remind them, 00:06:47.819 --> 00:06:50.379 in that case, surround yourself with the people 00:06:50.379 --> 00:06:52.180 that are going to build you up, not tear you 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:55.540 down. And it's like, I don't know, it's a couple 00:06:55.540 --> 00:06:57.839 sentences. It takes up the whole back. It's sick, 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:02.399 and I want to do a shirt like that too. But then 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.279 also, just to tell you the business side of this, 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:11.439 I can then use the merch to build out the email 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:16.680 list for my coaching, just for the brand in general. 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.439 So if anybody wants to join a mastermind or wants 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.879 to join coaching, the people that are going to 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:25.620 buy this shirt, in my mind, some of those people, 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.660 hopefully the majority of those people, are people 00:07:28.660 --> 00:07:34.180 that would join coaching or into personal growth 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:38.959 and development. Sorry for my phone there. Because 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.800 if you want to wear a shirt that's going to provoke 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:44.879 other people to think about their purpose and 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.639 their calling, you're already thinking about 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:53.040 what you can do for other people. And one that's 00:07:53.040 --> 00:08:00.569 valuable, that's a valuable trait to have. But 00:08:00.569 --> 00:08:02.009 it's also whenever you're thinking about your 00:08:02.009 --> 00:08:03.930 purpose and your calling, you realize it's not 00:08:03.930 --> 00:08:09.110 just for you. And you're showing that how you 00:08:09.110 --> 00:08:14.009 value others by wearing the shirt. And by wearing 00:08:14.009 --> 00:08:18.829 the shirt, you then, you are then like, to me, 00:08:18.910 --> 00:08:23.470 that means you are a person that would buy this, 00:08:23.470 --> 00:08:25.389 a person that would like coaching, that would 00:08:25.389 --> 00:08:29.060 like to be. Um, and a mastermind about personal 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:35.600 growth and development. Hmm. And it's really 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:40.360 exciting. I found, so this is exciting because 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:47.299 I, I found, I think I found how I'm going to 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:51.179 build my business. And it's like nothing, it's 00:08:51.179 --> 00:08:53.100 not something that how I, it's not how I would 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:56.679 have ever thought I would have done it. Once 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:02.860 I get the general consensus from people that 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:06.139 I know, once I go through my church and ask people 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:07.960 to buy the merch and see if they're interested, 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.879 text people that I know, and manually I'll bulk 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.639 order all of that and I'll manually deliver these 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:17.860 items to them and get direct feedback. The plan 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:22.200 is to then make an ad. The plan is then to run 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.929 ads on Facebook and Instagram. to before this 00:09:24.929 --> 00:09:27.649 merge and then that's going to be building out 00:09:27.649 --> 00:09:33.389 my um my email list and it's so exciting to think 00:09:33.389 --> 00:09:39.929 like like think about it like people do um sorry 00:09:39.929 --> 00:09:44.250 i i i'm apologizing but to who i mean to i guess 00:09:44.250 --> 00:09:46.590 the listeners but i mean i'm the only one i'm 00:09:46.590 --> 00:09:51.730 looking at a camera right now but the But it's 00:09:51.730 --> 00:09:56.169 awesome because people do a free plus shipping 00:09:56.169 --> 00:10:00.970 book all the time. What if one day I do a free 00:10:00.970 --> 00:10:04.509 plus shipping t -shirt? Get this free t -shirt. 00:10:05.509 --> 00:10:07.950 All you have to do is give me your email. And 00:10:07.950 --> 00:10:11.590 then your email is put into my list and I can 00:10:11.590 --> 00:10:13.690 read down to you about the podcast, about coaching, 00:10:13.809 --> 00:10:17.169 about other merch drops, about other things that 00:10:17.169 --> 00:10:21.389 I'm doing. And I know that because you bought 00:10:21.389 --> 00:10:24.250 the merch, because that merch sparked something 00:10:24.250 --> 00:10:27.269 in you when you read you were made for more or 00:10:27.269 --> 00:10:30.409 follow your purpose or whatever other thing I 00:10:30.409 --> 00:10:33.850 decide to put on the shirt in the future. Using 00:10:33.850 --> 00:10:35.870 the same Fiverr designer, probably, because he 00:10:35.870 --> 00:10:38.649 did a good job. His name's also Thomas, by the 00:10:38.649 --> 00:10:40.870 way. Check him out. Thomas F. I don't know his 00:10:40.870 --> 00:10:42.750 last name, but he also spoke Greek, which is 00:10:42.750 --> 00:10:46.370 kind of fun. He also owes me another design. 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:51.139 Not that I paid for it, but he told me he would 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.159 give me a second one. So I'm like, I should probably 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:59.200 reach out and do that. Guys, I know this was 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:03.679 kind of a very large tangential episode, but 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:07.480 it's really an update on where I'm going with 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.039 the business, where I'm going with my coaching. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:13.039 I just coached somebody today. Guys, it was so 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:14.919 much fun. They told me about the merch. They 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:16.700 were like, I'm going to buy it. I'm like, yeah, 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:22.960 let's go. Okay. That's the update for the day. 00:11:23.139 --> 00:11:25.679 That's the update for this week. Guys, if you 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:31.700 would like some merch, I'm going to put a form, 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:35.259 a pre -order form in the description. It's going 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:38.090 to be a Google form with... It's funny because 00:11:38.090 --> 00:11:39.690 I wasn't even planning on doing this. It's just 00:11:39.690 --> 00:11:43.429 this is all off the cuff. I'm going to put the 00:11:43.429 --> 00:11:45.889 link to this form into the show notes. All you 00:11:45.889 --> 00:11:49.409 have to do is go to it and put in your order. 00:11:50.590 --> 00:11:54.750 And if you're not around me, if you're not near 00:11:54.750 --> 00:11:57.389 me where I'm at, I'll also put a section to be 00:11:57.389 --> 00:11:59.549 able to put any extra information like your address. 00:11:59.690 --> 00:12:02.049 I'll put maybe an address section for you to 00:12:02.049 --> 00:12:03.710 put your address so then it can be shipped to 00:12:03.710 --> 00:12:09.600 you. We'll figure that out. I will have an actual 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:12.000 store set up at some point where you can go to 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.259 and order it personally. But until then, I'm 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:16.919 going to order them in bulk and maybe I'll mail 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:18.360 them to you directly. We'll see what happens. 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:22.379 If you're not close by. We'll see what happens. 00:12:23.659 --> 00:12:26.340 Until then, until next time, guys, thank you 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:28.360 for listening to this episode of the Pursuit 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.320 of Calling podcast. I had so much fun, actually, 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:33.340 with this episode. I'm really liking these off 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:35.120 -the -cuff episodes for some reason, maybe because 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.220 I just like to talk. I don't know. But it's just 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:43.460 so much more relaxing just to do it. But yeah, 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.899 if you like this episode, if you like the idea 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:49.139 of the merch or you like the direction that my 00:12:49.139 --> 00:12:51.740 business is going, Please give this episode and 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:54.559 this podcast a five -star review. Like Dave Ramsey 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:56.039 says, if you've got nothing nice to say, don't 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.580 say anything at all. If you want to give a five 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:02.519 -star, four stars is okay. Anything below a four 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:05.340 -star, I don't know. Give me some honesty. I 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:08.379 guess I want you to be honest. And then share 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:10.059 it out with your friends. Let other people know 00:13:10.059 --> 00:13:11.940 about the merch, what I'm doing with my coaching. 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:17.080 And guys, I will see you next time. Peace. Oh, 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:20.779 yeah. Keep pursuing your calling well. It matters.