WEBVTT 00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:11.539 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.539 --> 00:00:14.740 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.740 --> 00:00:17.660 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:21.219 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:23.620 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:26.539 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:28.940 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:32.759 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:42.240 the episode. All right, let's get into it. So 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.880 the other day I was on a run. OK, well, I was 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:48.619 on a jog. OK, not really. I was I was on a walk. 00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:53.640 I was on a walk the other day and I had a thought 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:57.200 there. There would be certain times in my walk 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.340 where I'd get a rush. I don't know if you ever 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:02.520 get that moment. I get that. I get it. We get 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:06.799 a rush and you just need to run. I'd run until 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:08.879 I had there would be times whenever I would run 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.980 until I had to stop. Whether that be because 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:14.239 my legs would start hurting my chest because 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.019 I was breathing so heavy because I'm out of shape 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:21.579 and or because I was I just ate and I forgot 00:01:21.579 --> 00:01:24.400 you shouldn't eat before you run because then 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:29.280 you get cramps. But when I got home after that 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.239 run, when I got home, the phrase that was popped 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:37.700 that popped into my head was keep. So, you know, 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:40.620 I'm in a season where when it comes to my goals 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:43.760 and the vision that I have for my life, a vision 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.219 I believe God has given me to be a coach who 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:51.799 coaches others who live with circumstances outside 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.579 of their control. Just like me. You know, I have 00:01:54.579 --> 00:01:56.480 chronic pain and I have a condition of muscular 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.900 dystonia. And I want to help those people. I 00:01:59.900 --> 00:02:02.099 want to coach these people. I want to coach you 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:06.579 to Pursue your calling and to achieve more than 00:02:06.579 --> 00:02:10.419 you ever thought possible. I've seen it happen. 00:02:10.539 --> 00:02:14.180 And towards this goal, towards this vision, this 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:17.599 calling, I've been running recently. And that's 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.360 not always the case. Sometimes I walk. Sometimes 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:23.419 I stand still. Which is, when you're standing 00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:24.900 still, it's more like you're moving backwards. 00:02:26.659 --> 00:02:30.960 The purpose of this episode is to, well, it's 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.610 not to talk about my athletic ability. Because 00:02:33.610 --> 00:02:35.750 like I said, I'm out of shape. I don't have athletic 00:02:35.750 --> 00:02:40.689 ability. But it's to implore you when it comes 00:02:40.689 --> 00:02:43.569 to your vision, when it comes to your calling 00:02:43.569 --> 00:02:48.969 that God has placed on your life. I want to ask 00:02:48.969 --> 00:02:53.210 you to keep running. And in this episode, we're 00:02:53.210 --> 00:02:55.750 going to talk about two big things. The first 00:02:55.750 --> 00:02:58.469 one is the number one best tool that I found 00:02:58.469 --> 00:03:03.449 to help me keep running. Towards my goals. And 00:03:03.449 --> 00:03:05.409 stay to the end. Because we're going to be talking 00:03:05.409 --> 00:03:08.069 about. The number one reason I've stopped running. 00:03:11.150 --> 00:03:12.849 And that one I think you're going to be able 00:03:12.849 --> 00:03:17.110 to have a lot of. You're going to be able to 00:03:17.110 --> 00:03:20.530 relate to it. So what is the number one best 00:03:20.530 --> 00:03:24.150 tool I found personally. To help me pursue my 00:03:24.150 --> 00:03:27.310 calling well. To keep me running towards my goals. 00:03:28.110 --> 00:03:33.360 Is accountability. Nothing. has ever been done 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:35.879 by one person, has never been, nothing great 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:41.479 has ever been done alone. Recently, I've told 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:45.099 you about a accountability group that I started 00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:48.759 with a couple of friends of mine. Really what 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:53.879 this is, is what's called a mastermind. What 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.680 a mastermind is, well, let me actually give you 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:00.300 some backstory. In the book, Think and Grow Rich, 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:05.020 Napoleon Hill has this concept of the mastermind. 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:10.159 Not a mastermind, the mastermind. And what the 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:14.400 mastermind is, is not one mind, but it's the 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:19.319 utilization of multiple minds working on one 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:25.379 goal. And because everybody's minds work differently, 00:04:25.699 --> 00:04:30.100 you get to... Personally, and each person in 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:35.439 this mastermind gets to benefit from this, where 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.459 you get to pass ideas back and forth. The ideas 00:04:38.459 --> 00:04:42.680 from one person get changed to the next and be 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.180 held accountable in your goals. We're going to 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:48.040 get into more of what that means here in a second. 00:04:53.709 --> 00:04:56.129 When you're in a mastermind, you can tell each 00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:59.170 other your plans for each week. Like mine, we 00:04:59.170 --> 00:05:02.189 meet on a weekly basis and ask them to hold you 00:05:02.189 --> 00:05:05.670 to it. Sometimes you don't even have to ask them. 00:05:07.589 --> 00:05:09.870 And then the great thing is you get to do the 00:05:09.870 --> 00:05:12.350 same thing for them. You get to help other people 00:05:12.350 --> 00:05:14.649 achieve the goals that God's placed on their 00:05:14.649 --> 00:05:18.209 lives. A mastermind keeps each other on track 00:05:18.209 --> 00:05:20.569 and pushes each person further than they thought 00:05:20.569 --> 00:05:25.370 they could go. It keeps your mind fresh on your 00:05:25.370 --> 00:05:29.230 goal and on new ideas and next steps. Because 00:05:29.230 --> 00:05:33.889 you always are to come to this mastermind with 00:05:33.889 --> 00:05:36.290 what you accomplished last week and what you're 00:05:36.290 --> 00:05:38.089 going to work on accomplishing the next week. 00:05:38.290 --> 00:05:41.009 You're to come to every session, every meetup, 00:05:41.089 --> 00:05:44.209 every phone call that you have with what you've 00:05:44.209 --> 00:05:47.610 accomplished, with maybe where you fell short, 00:05:47.730 --> 00:05:50.490 and what you're planning on doing in the future. 00:05:52.719 --> 00:05:56.259 And the goal of this mastermind is to not only 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:58.800 be held accountable, but also be able to give 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:02.620 people ideas. You ever heard the term, more brains 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:05.240 are better than one, two brains are better than 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:10.240 one? It's to give your ideas out there and to 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.480 get feedback on those ideas. Maybe your idea 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.040 is good, but then somebody is like, well, maybe 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.699 if you tried this tweak, you might have some 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:18.649 more success here. And then you hear some other 00:06:18.649 --> 00:06:20.670 people's ideas. And because of your research 00:06:20.670 --> 00:06:22.230 and the way that you're pursuing your goals, 00:06:22.350 --> 00:06:25.430 you can see their thing from an external perspective. 00:06:27.069 --> 00:06:31.329 And you're able to build on top of their concepts 00:06:31.329 --> 00:06:33.670 or even learn from something that they're doing. 00:06:33.709 --> 00:06:35.509 How are they accomplishing the goals that they're 00:06:35.509 --> 00:06:37.610 accomplishing? The other people in your mastermind. 00:06:37.769 --> 00:06:41.990 And how can you apply that to your life? Apply 00:06:41.990 --> 00:06:46.050 that to how you're achieving your goals. The 00:06:46.050 --> 00:06:49.839 mastermind. The people that go into a mastermind 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:51.079 are people that are going to call each other 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:55.040 higher than where each individual is currently 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:05.720 setting the bar. So that's one part. That's one 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:07.699 way to be held accountable. But what's another 00:07:07.699 --> 00:07:10.819 way? Another way, in my opinion, the next level 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:16.339 to the mastermind is hiring a coach. So a mastermind, 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:18.399 you can either build one yourself or you can 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:22.279 pay to be in one. And this here, coaching, is 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:26.680 the next level to that. It's the next level because 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.480 it's a one -on -one atmosphere. It's kind of 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.800 weird because I did say more brains are better 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:35.540 than one. So I was like, well, if two brains 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:37.779 are better than one, then three must be better 00:07:37.779 --> 00:07:44.079 than two, right? And it depends. Because in coaching, 00:07:44.649 --> 00:07:48.370 It's not a mastermind. If I'm coaching you, if 00:07:48.370 --> 00:07:52.490 I'm coaching you, my goal as a coach is not to 00:07:52.490 --> 00:07:54.170 tell you about my goals. It's not to tell you 00:07:54.170 --> 00:07:57.029 how I'm striving to achieve the things I'm aiming 00:07:57.029 --> 00:07:59.009 to achieve. This conversation that we're having 00:07:59.009 --> 00:08:01.029 is all about you. This coaching relationship 00:08:01.029 --> 00:08:04.790 is all about you and nothing about me. All I 00:08:04.790 --> 00:08:06.709 do as a coach, I shouldn't say all I do, but 00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:11.850 what I do as a coach is ask questions. A good 00:08:11.850 --> 00:08:15.329 coach. ask you good questions about your goals. 00:08:16.430 --> 00:08:20.990 A coach causes you to be introspective and thinking, 00:08:21.209 --> 00:08:27.889 well, who do I know in my life that can help 00:08:27.889 --> 00:08:30.910 me learn how to achieve the goals I'm aiming 00:08:30.910 --> 00:08:33.730 to achieve? Because you have to start to identify 00:08:33.730 --> 00:08:37.049 the things that you don't know. And then you're 00:08:37.049 --> 00:08:41.019 going to look and coach. A coaching question 00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:45.559 could be, well, who do you know? Or what do you 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.399 know? Or when are you going to accomplish that 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:53.279 by? And every week, the way I do coaching, it's 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:56.639 a weekly basis. You meet at the same time every 00:08:56.639 --> 00:09:04.879 week. And the client's job, your job, is to come 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:07.679 every week, kind of like the mastermind, with 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.879 what you've accomplished. What got in the way 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:14.139 of maybe you falling short of you accomplishing 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:15.899 your goals? And what are you going to be working 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:19.340 on next week? What do you want to focus on for 00:09:19.340 --> 00:09:24.200 the next week? And it's okay not to know. Sometimes 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:27.120 it's okay not to know and it coaches you through 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.279 that. It coaches you through, well, what do you 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.559 know? Because a lot of times you'll find that 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.120 you do know more than you think you do. I find 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:39.379 that out whenever I get coached. Yeah, the accountability 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:43.480 here is a bit more intense because instead of 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:46.059 having taking turns in a mastermind of each person 00:09:46.059 --> 00:09:49.340 talking, the coach is directly focused on you. 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:54.019 I'm focused on you. When you accomplish what 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:56.759 you say you're going to accomplish, me as a coach, 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.039 I get to celebrate that with you. And maybe we 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:03.679 get to break down why you're able to accomplish. 00:10:04.269 --> 00:10:05.690 What you said you were going to accomplish and 00:10:05.690 --> 00:10:07.250 maybe even did more than you said you were going 00:10:07.250 --> 00:10:09.990 to accomplish. Faster than you thought you were 00:10:09.990 --> 00:10:14.389 going to accomplish less. But even on the flip 00:10:14.389 --> 00:10:17.730 side, if you didn't achieve what you said you 00:10:17.730 --> 00:10:21.950 were going to achieve in this last week, there's 00:10:21.950 --> 00:10:25.230 no condemnation. There's no shaming. It's, well, 00:10:25.350 --> 00:10:27.850 okay, let's think about that. Let's just go realistic. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.220 If the answer was yes, okay, well, then what 00:10:31.220 --> 00:10:33.399 got in the way? What were the obstacles to you 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.639 accomplishing this goal? Or if the answer is 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.399 no, it's like, okay, then how can we make this 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:41.659 goal more realistic so that we can keep moving 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:44.840 forward, so that you can keep pursuing your calling 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:52.000 well? And you would answer those questions, and 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:55.299 we would keep moving forward for you to pursue 00:10:55.299 --> 00:10:57.059 your calling quicker than you would otherwise 00:10:57.059 --> 00:11:01.159 be doing on your own. Both of the above help 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.799 you to get from where you are to where you want 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:05.379 to be faster. And it's my personal belief. It 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:08.200 is a personal belief and not just personal belief, 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:13.440 but I believe I've seen this in action firsthand 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:16.960 that whenever a mastermind does help you get 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:18.919 from where you are to where you want to be faster. 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.519 But there's a reason I said coaching was the 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.240 next level. Coaching will get you from where 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.659 you want to be faster than even a mastermind 00:11:26.659 --> 00:11:31.039 will. Because. Instead of it being group -centric, 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:35.980 it's you -centric. Coaching is all about you. 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.539 It's all about the person being coached, about 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:40.740 your goals, about what you're aiming to achieve, 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:42.320 about your obstacles, and how you're going to 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:46.340 overcome and go through those obstacles. Okay, 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.940 so I have a confession. I know that I said wait 00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:52.340 to the end to hear the number one reason why 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:54.139 I've stopped running, what causes me to stop 00:11:54.139 --> 00:11:58.440 running towards my goals. But actually... We're 00:11:58.440 --> 00:11:59.879 going to wait to part two. We're going to create 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:02.480 a part two to this episode on the keep running 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:06.299 small little series. And so come back next week 00:12:06.299 --> 00:12:08.559 to hear the number one reason I stopped running 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:11.419 and how to overcome that. And if you're looking 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:14.299 for that next level of accountability, you can 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:17.700 sign up in the description of this podcast episode. 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:19.639 There'll be a link down there for you to sign 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.120 up for a free complimentary discovery coaching 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.899 call where. Leaving the call, the goal of the 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:31.480 call is to get you closer to your goal, get closer 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:36.360 to achieving and living in the calling that God 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.399 has placed on your life that you would otherwise 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:45.960 be if you didn't sign up for the call. So if 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:47.580 you're interested in that, go ahead and sign 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:51.460 up below. Again, it's completely free, complimentary, 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:55.950 and I can't wait to talk with you. And I want 00:12:55.950 --> 00:12:58.129 to leave you with a challenge. I want to leave 00:12:58.129 --> 00:13:02.730 you with some homework. Are you being held accountable 00:13:02.730 --> 00:13:07.990 to your goals? Are you being held accountable 00:13:07.990 --> 00:13:09.809 to living in a calling and God's place on your 00:13:09.809 --> 00:13:14.429 life? If not, who in your life do you trust to 00:13:14.429 --> 00:13:18.169 hold you accountable? This is particularly somebody 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:21.370 who is already achieving. Somebody that you respect. 00:13:22.009 --> 00:13:24.269 Maybe it's a close friend or it's a relative, 00:13:24.289 --> 00:13:28.889 or maybe it's a mentor. Somebody in your life 00:13:28.889 --> 00:13:35.409 that can and will hold you accountable to the 00:13:35.409 --> 00:13:37.909 goals God has placed on your life and will give 00:13:37.909 --> 00:13:43.750 you new ideas, will give you suggestions on how 00:13:43.750 --> 00:13:48.789 to continue to pursue your calling well. What 00:13:48.789 --> 00:13:50.740 I'm talking about is... potentially starting 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:54.620 a mastermind of your own. It's free to meet up 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:56.960 with a couple of friends and to talk about the 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.620 goals that each other has on their lives. You 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:03.039 can also find one online. There's plenty of Maxwell 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:05.899 Leadership certified coaches that have masterminds. 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:08.139 I do not have one right now, unfortunately, but 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:09.879 there's plenty of people out there that have 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:13.179 masterminds of people who are aiming to achieve 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:20.509 just like you. Again, I already said it. If you're 00:14:20.509 --> 00:14:23.129 looking for that next level, I'm giving you a 00:14:23.129 --> 00:14:26.250 free complimentary coaching call so that you 00:14:26.250 --> 00:14:31.470 can get closer, get an actionable plan, plan 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:37.909 that is tailored 100 % to you through a conversation 00:14:37.909 --> 00:14:40.110 that is all about you and the goals that God 00:14:40.110 --> 00:14:43.250 has placed on your life. Again, you can go down 00:14:43.250 --> 00:14:45.309 to the description of this podcast episode and 00:14:45.309 --> 00:14:47.529 click the link and take some time on the calendar. 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:52.240 Guys, thank you for listening to this episode 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.919 of the Pursuit of Following Podcast. If you liked 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.919 this episode, you know, share it out on social 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:00.059 media with your friends, your family. And guys, 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:04.120 for me as far as this is fantastic, that means 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.519 you're probably somebody that wants to be held 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.399 accountable or is being held accountable to their 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:14.399 goals. So share this with somebody that you also 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:20.860 believe has goals in their lives them be held 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:26.480 accountable to those goals as well. Guys, thank 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.860 you for listening to this episode. Give it a 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:31.379 five -star review and I'll see you next time. 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.419 Keep your ears hearing and calling. Do it well. 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.440 Peace.