WEBVTT 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.140 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.140 --> 00:00:14.339 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.339 --> 00:00:17.260 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:20.820 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:23.239 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:26.160 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.559 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:32.359 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:41.619 the episode. Hey guys, how's it going? Welcome 00:00:41.619 --> 00:00:43.880 to this episode of the Pursuit of Calling podcast. 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:47.420 To be honest with you, I really don't want to 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:54.000 be recording right now. Life has been feeling 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.880 really hectic recently, and I can kind of hear 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:04.079 my voice breaking and cracking. I've been feeling 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.870 overwhelmed. And I wanted to give myself an excuse 00:01:08.870 --> 00:01:10.670 and say it's okay for me not to record today, 00:01:10.750 --> 00:01:13.590 but even though I don't have a large following, 00:01:13.709 --> 00:01:22.989 I wanted to at least, at the very least, one, 00:01:22.989 --> 00:01:32.250 stay consistent. And two, just be honest and 00:01:32.250 --> 00:01:35.689 vulnerable, since I'm at a point. right now where 00:01:35.689 --> 00:01:43.469 i feel ultra ultra vulnerable um a lot of things 00:01:43.469 --> 00:01:45.549 a lot of moving parts i feel like in my life 00:01:45.549 --> 00:01:50.390 right now with the move with moving um trying 00:01:50.390 --> 00:01:52.310 to get merch going like i said last week and 00:01:52.310 --> 00:01:53.950 if we tell you i'm excited about i actually got 00:01:53.950 --> 00:01:57.590 the uh the samples in today and they look pretty 00:01:57.590 --> 00:02:02.299 good uh I'm excited to, I'd be wearing it right 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:04.040 now if I would have thought about that. But it's 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.519 also really hot in this room. And like I said 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:08.879 last week, and it's like 90 outside, it's 80 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.860 in this room and I'm sweating. Which is why I 00:02:12.860 --> 00:02:16.960 have not been in this room since this morning, 00:02:16.979 --> 00:02:22.319 since I woke up. But anyway, I really just wanted 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.639 to come on here real quick, make a quick episode. 00:02:30.860 --> 00:02:34.460 Something that popped in my head while I was 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:38.400 thinking about this and not wanting to make this 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:45.000 recording is seek first his kingdom and all else 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:49.180 will be added. Seek first his kingdom and all 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:54.039 else will be added. Because if I'm being honest 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:59.000 with you, what I'm seeking right now, I'm seeking 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:03.460 his kingdom. And I have hopes of what will be 00:03:03.460 --> 00:03:09.960 added, like financial freedom and a relationship 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:17.159 one day. I guess maybe you could consider them 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.240 things that the world would consider success. 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:32.259 Things I've been wanting for a long time. I just 00:03:32.259 --> 00:03:35.199 get to this point sometimes where I'm like, I 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.460 need to start reevaluating and making sure that 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:44.599 my priorities are right. And now I don't know 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:46.539 if I'm saying, I'm not saying that I'm going 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:52.400 to stop the podcast or stop pursuing, pursuing 00:03:52.400 --> 00:04:00.219 business, pursuing coaching. I just need to make 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:02.639 sure. And I want you to do this for yourself 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:08.360 as well. Like, make sure that what you're pursuing 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:18.819 and how you're pursuing it. If you're a Christian 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:23.199 that is putting God first and yourself last. 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:31.569 The shirts I have. The shirts that I'm selling, 00:04:31.709 --> 00:04:34.089 on the back it says, you were made for more. 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:40.730 And the idea that the people that wear them want 00:04:40.730 --> 00:04:43.689 the person behind them to know that they were 00:04:43.689 --> 00:04:57.689 made for more. And I think that's the way I want 00:04:57.689 --> 00:05:01.769 to serve others. I want others to serve others. 00:05:02.129 --> 00:05:04.089 And I think that's part of what I'm meant to 00:05:04.089 --> 00:05:09.709 be doing. Was merch the best way to do that? 00:05:09.769 --> 00:05:12.329 I don't know, but it's the way I chose. I was 00:05:12.329 --> 00:05:14.850 talking with my friend Andrew last night. Shout 00:05:14.850 --> 00:05:18.829 out to a few past episodes of the Technically 00:05:18.829 --> 00:05:23.720 Short podcast. Last night, and he was telling 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.740 me about a Bible study that they were going through 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:33.899 at work, and the study was all about analysis 00:05:33.899 --> 00:05:36.139 paralysis, having too many things to do at one 00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:41.720 time, and essentially seemingly having so many 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:43.779 things to do and then not doing anything. And 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:48.040 that's kind of where I felt like I was. And he 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.879 was like, you just got to kind of... Like, what 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.439 they just learned was, like, you got to do something. 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:57.759 Even if, like, do something. If you have a goal, 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:59.819 do something to achieve that goal. And if it's 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:02.959 wrong, if it's the wrong thing, if it flops, 00:06:02.980 --> 00:06:05.339 at least you tried. And that's kind of what I'm 00:06:05.339 --> 00:06:07.160 doing with this merch. I don't know what's going 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:09.120 to happen with it. I have a list of people I'm 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:13.199 going to reach out to and ask about and reach 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:18.430 out to and pitch the kind of. I don't know, maybe 00:06:18.430 --> 00:06:21.170 pitch it, but also ask if they would like one. 00:06:21.589 --> 00:06:25.209 And pitch the shirt, pitch the idea around it, 00:06:25.230 --> 00:06:30.069 around the values that it entails of it. And 00:06:30.069 --> 00:06:36.310 in the hope that the people that wear the shirt 00:06:36.310 --> 00:06:43.550 are pursuing their calling. Or that at least... 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:46.000 uh motivates other people around them people 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.540 that i don't know to at least think about pursuing 00:06:49.540 --> 00:06:52.100 their calling more pursuing what they were made 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:55.199 for as you were made for more that to pursue 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:00.199 what they were made for more uh strategically 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.259 or more effectively whatever however you want 00:07:03.259 --> 00:07:05.879 to say it i know this is a different episode 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:13.120 and it's a short episode i'm almost done um But 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.300 guys, I honestly just want to come on here and 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:22.399 I just want to come on here and encourage you 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:25.420 to pursue your calling well. It's going to be 00:07:25.420 --> 00:07:30.839 hard. Sometimes life sucks. And we kind of get 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.360 on our own heads like I feel like I've been doing. 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:37.560 I feel like this podcast is kind of like therapy 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.899 for me. I kind of hop on sometimes and just vent. 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.199 I didn't want to not do it because this was a 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.720 moment where I'm like, I know other people are 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:51.220 or have been. And this doesn't mean you're pursuing 00:07:51.220 --> 00:07:54.779 business, right? When you get overwhelmed, you 00:07:54.779 --> 00:07:57.079 could be just pursuing your career and not knowing 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:59.540 what you should be doing next and then get all 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:07.019 frazzled because every job you've ever had, you 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:14.439 never liked and you're worried. that you're never 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:20.459 going to find that job. One thing that encourages 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:25.899 me, though, is that I shared a picture of the 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:29.060 merch. I'm going back to the merch. I know this 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:32.340 is a very topsy -turvy episode, but I'm hoping 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:37.740 you're getting something from it. If you're... 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:41.879 I posted a picture of the merch on my store on 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.720 Instagram. And a guy I coached years ago, years 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:52.100 ago, liked it on Instagram. And I went to his 00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:53.700 profile because I hadn't really talked to him 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:56.580 in a while. And I could see that he's still pursuing 00:08:56.580 --> 00:08:58.620 what he was pursuing like three, four years ago. 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:04.360 The guy is in Africa and wanted to remotely learn 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:09.549 how to be a web developer. And he's still doing 00:09:09.549 --> 00:09:14.230 it. And he's still doing what he believes he's 00:09:14.230 --> 00:09:22.450 called to do. And it made me so happy just to 00:09:22.450 --> 00:09:26.450 see that. Just to see that he's still going for 00:09:26.450 --> 00:09:29.750 it. I'm going to send this episode to him because 00:09:29.750 --> 00:09:34.190 I want him to know that I'm proud and I'm happy 00:09:34.190 --> 00:09:38.409 that he's still doing what he's doing. oh man 00:09:38.409 --> 00:09:43.629 his name's alu no no one here has ever met him 00:09:43.629 --> 00:09:47.950 most likely but if you have cool but alu i can't 00:09:47.950 --> 00:09:50.490 i i'm gonna send you this episode and i uh i 00:09:50.490 --> 00:09:52.509 hope you will listen to the end here because 00:09:52.509 --> 00:09:58.669 this is where i talk about you um yeah guys thank 00:09:58.669 --> 00:10:00.389 you for listening to the episode this episode 00:10:00.389 --> 00:10:03.129 of the pursuit of calling podcast if you liked 00:10:03.129 --> 00:10:06.370 it definitely share it out Get ready for the 00:10:06.370 --> 00:10:09.830 merch. I'm going to post the link down below 00:10:09.830 --> 00:10:13.129 again for the pre -order form. You can tell me 00:10:13.129 --> 00:10:15.450 what shirts or merch you would like. There's 00:10:15.450 --> 00:10:17.970 a coffee mug too, so that's kind of cool. And 00:10:17.970 --> 00:10:21.350 guys, if you're feeling overwhelmed, if you're 00:10:21.350 --> 00:10:24.610 feeling overwhelmed, if you feel like you don't 00:10:24.610 --> 00:10:30.730 know what life has for you, maybe I'll post the 00:10:30.730 --> 00:10:32.289 Discover Your Calling planning guide. I know 00:10:32.289 --> 00:10:35.820 that has helped other people before. So yeah, 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.740 I'll post the Discover Your Calling Planning 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:40.779 Guide down below so you can fill that out. I 00:10:40.779 --> 00:10:42.899 know it has helped people kind of get their mind 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:45.960 figured out on what they want to pursue and why 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.100 they want to pursue it. So go ahead and fill 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.360 that out. And let me know what your answers were. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:55.220 Let me know what your thoughts are on that form. 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:58.000 If it helped you at all. If it didn't, that'd 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.120 be great to know. All right, guys. Thanks. See 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.399 you next time. Keep pursuing your calling well.