WEBVTT 00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:11.539 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.539 --> 00:00:14.720 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:17.660 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.660 --> 00:00:21.160 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:21.160 --> 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 --> 00:00:28.960 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:32.759 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:41.439 the episode. Welcome to this episode of the Pretty 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:44.479 Pursuit of Calling podcast. Thank you for joining 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.920 me. Ignore the tissue box and the Blue Yeti microphone 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.880 in the background. Can I point to it? There it 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:52.359 is. If you're watching the video on YouTube. 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:55.420 Well, now you're seeing where I'm pointing. If 00:00:55.420 --> 00:00:57.960 you're not, what are you doing? Get to YouTube. 00:00:58.700 --> 00:01:00.179 It helps out the algorithm. You should watch 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:02.520 it on YouTube too, you know. And you can see 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:05.120 my beautiful face. Anyway, let me stop being, 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:10.159 um... What's that called? I don't know, self 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:13.700 -aggrandizing or I don't know. That's a big word. 00:01:13.819 --> 00:01:16.260 I feel like I use the right word. Anyway, welcome 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:19.060 to this episode of the podcast. We're actually 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:22.819 on part two of a two -part series I'm doing. 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:25.459 So if you didn't listen to part one of the Keep 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.319 Running series, go back to the last episode and 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:34.519 listen to the top reason, top tools I've used 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.359 to keep running. towards the calling that God 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:39.359 has put on my life and what I believe others 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.079 can use in order to pursue their calling with 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:46.099 excellence. All right. Let's dive into part two. 00:01:47.260 --> 00:01:51.780 This is the flip side of what we talked about 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:55.540 last week. And this is the number one reason 00:01:55.540 --> 00:01:58.299 why I've stopped running and what I believe actually 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:01.180 is the top reason why everyone stops running. 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:02.659 I know that's a blanket statement. Dangerous 00:02:02.659 --> 00:02:04.829 to say that. But I believe this is the number 00:02:04.829 --> 00:02:06.709 one reason why people stop pursuing their calling. 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:12.629 Why you stop running towards it. What is that 00:02:12.629 --> 00:02:17.009 reason? Complacency. Thomas, you're supposed 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:19.430 to do a dramatic pause there. Sorry, didn't do 00:02:19.430 --> 00:02:24.909 that. Complacency. In Merriam -Webster, I looked 00:02:24.909 --> 00:02:27.889 it up to see what the definition was. Merriam 00:02:27.889 --> 00:02:33.800 -Webster says complacency is Satisfaction or 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:37.280 self -satisfaction accompanied by unawareness 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:41.599 of actual dangers or deficiencies. The second 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:46.219 definition of that is an instance of usually 00:02:46.219 --> 00:02:50.460 unaware or uninformed, pay attention to that, 00:02:50.539 --> 00:02:55.680 self -satisfaction. I think that second definition 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:59.000 is probably my favorite one out of the two because 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:03.240 You're unaware, uninformed of what the first 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.419 definition said of your deficiencies. You're 00:03:06.419 --> 00:03:09.280 unaware or uninformed about the deficiencies 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.879 in your life. So then you're complacent in the 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.020 circumstances that you're in because you don't 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:17.759 know that there's actually something better and 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.139 that you're actually deficient in the abilities 00:03:20.139 --> 00:03:23.939 that you currently have in order to pursue the 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:29.139 calling well. You have goals. Everybody has goals. 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:34.400 Why do we not always pursue them? I believe it's 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.280 because we could become complacent in our circumstances 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.620 and we decide that, well, this is good enough. 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:42.539 For me, complacency does show up when I look 00:03:42.539 --> 00:03:45.479 at my income, I look at my job, I look at my 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:48.379 current life. And I start to believe, like I 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:51.300 said, that this is good enough. I don't need 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:54.960 anything else. And while that is true, I believe 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.099 God's calling me higher. God's calling me. You 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:01.439 know, my merch says you were made for more. It'll 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.539 be on sale again soon. So keep your eye out. 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:14.879 When I start to think about my future, my future 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:19.420 goals, aspirations, I tend, when I'm complacent, 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:21.439 I tend to think in them in terms of my current 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.319 circumstances, like I just said about my income, 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.509 my job, or even my pain. I can believe that I'm 00:04:26.509 --> 00:04:28.910 going to be in pain the rest of my life. And 00:04:28.910 --> 00:04:32.370 while that could be a reality, I also stopped 00:04:32.370 --> 00:04:34.970 doing research to see if there's any other things 00:04:34.970 --> 00:04:39.589 happening, any other research being done that 00:04:39.589 --> 00:04:41.449 would show that, oh, maybe I don't have to be 00:04:41.449 --> 00:04:42.829 in pain the rest of my life. And there might 00:04:42.829 --> 00:04:46.370 be, actually. I found something recently. Maybe 00:04:46.370 --> 00:04:50.689 more than come on that. Not going to shout it 00:04:50.689 --> 00:04:53.569 from the rooftops just yet. But what do I mean? 00:04:54.780 --> 00:04:58.180 What I mean by saying I think of my future in 00:04:58.180 --> 00:05:00.879 the respect of my current circumstances. I mean, 00:05:00.899 --> 00:05:03.500 when I think of when I'll be able to buy a house, 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:05.699 because that's a goal I have, I think, well, 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:10.339 if I can only save up X amount of dollars a month 00:05:10.339 --> 00:05:12.779 with my current income, it would probably take 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:15.819 me a much longer time to buy a house than I would 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:18.819 like. But, you know, that's OK because, you know, 00:05:18.819 --> 00:05:21.839 that's my reality. You know, that sounds reasonable. 00:05:23.419 --> 00:05:26.100 It sounds reasonable, sounds good on the surface, 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:30.980 but I have goals. To have my own self -sustaining 00:05:30.980 --> 00:05:33.899 coaching business and to be self -employed, to 00:05:33.899 --> 00:05:35.740 have more income than I have now, if those are 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:38.540 my goals, why would I think of my future as if 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:41.139 it's already written in the context of my current 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:46.560 circumstances? Instead, something I'm trying 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.079 to do is this, and I want you to try to do this 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.699 too. Call yourself out. in this call yourself 00:05:52.699 --> 00:05:56.139 out where where you're complacent i want this 00:05:56.139 --> 00:05:58.860 to and then try this instead this is flipping 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:02.980 what i just said on its head when my current 00:06:02.980 --> 00:06:05.439 income with my current income i can save x amount 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.680 of dollars and will be able to buy a house by 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.500 some specific date as further out that i would 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:15.759 like and since my goal is to increase my income 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.079 i'm going to take action to change my circumstances 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:24.339 And find ways to do that, to increase my income 00:06:24.339 --> 00:06:27.720 because it becomes self -employed and buy a house 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:32.259 faster than I could otherwise. It's a mindset 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:37.480 shift. And it takes work to take action and to 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:42.420 be intentional and to know the actions to take 00:06:42.420 --> 00:06:46.620 and be okay with making mistakes. And then being 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:49.259 able to learn from those mistakes and keep moving 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:52.500 forward. All of that takes effort. It takes time. 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.680 It takes work. It takes intentionality. Guys, 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.420 it's worth it. Doing this is what I mean when 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:01.660 I talk about pursuing your God -given calling 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:10.759 with excellence, pursuing it well. Guys, where 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.699 are you complacent? Are you complacent in your 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:17.279 current circumstances? I want you to write that 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.019 down. I want you to write down. where you're 00:07:19.019 --> 00:07:22.060 currently complacent in your life. And I bet 00:07:22.060 --> 00:07:26.560 if you go to your accountability partner that 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.740 we talked about in the last episode, or go to 00:07:28.740 --> 00:07:33.839 your coach, I bet they can help you out. I bet 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:35.519 they can point out an area in your life where 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.540 you're complacent. Or you can ask them, where 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:41.379 are my blind spots? What do I miss? You ask them, 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:44.420 where am I falling short? Because your accountability 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:46.819 partner is somebody that you trust. I want you 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:48.360 to do that this week. Write down who that person 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:50.740 is, if you haven't already, and write down where 00:07:50.740 --> 00:07:52.879 you're falling short and how you can have a mindset 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:57.060 shift to pursue your calling with excellence. 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:06.519 And if you're somebody who's stuck and you have 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:08.720 accountability partner, but you want something 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.779 more, you want the next level, you want the next 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:16.459 step, I want to give you a gift. It's a one hour, 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.519 one -on -one coaching session where this coaching 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.220 session is all about you. We get to talk about 00:08:24.220 --> 00:08:26.620 your goals, about how you're going to achieve 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:31.300 them, which is crazy. And by the end of the hour, 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:36.779 like the goal is to give you a action plan for 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.360 your next week, for how you're going to achieve 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:44.379 or pursue, I should say, pursue the calming. 00:08:44.830 --> 00:08:50.129 the goals that God has put in your life. Is that 00:08:50.129 --> 00:08:55.169 worth one hour of your time? I can't be the deciding 00:08:55.169 --> 00:08:58.070 factor in that. That's you. If you want to pursue 00:08:58.070 --> 00:09:00.929 your calling, get from where you are to where 00:09:00.929 --> 00:09:03.529 you want to be faster than you would otherwise, 00:09:03.889 --> 00:09:08.129 because nobody needs coaching, but to get to 00:09:08.129 --> 00:09:12.529 the end goal faster and to help somebody and 00:09:12.529 --> 00:09:15.690 to get structure, around the goals that you're 00:09:15.690 --> 00:09:19.029 aiming to achieve, what you do is hire a coach. 00:09:20.789 --> 00:09:25.389 You go to a free discovery coaching call. Guys, 00:09:25.570 --> 00:09:28.490 thank you for listening to this episode of the 00:09:28.490 --> 00:09:30.490 Pursuit of Calling podcast. If you enjoyed this 00:09:30.490 --> 00:09:33.389 episode, please share it out on social media, 00:09:33.529 --> 00:09:39.929 share it with your friends. 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Guys, 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:14.840 thank you again for listening to this episode 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:16.899 of the Pursuit of Calling podcast. Keep pursuing 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:20.360 your calling well. Do it with excellence, intentionality, 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:25.840 and intentionality. All right. Peace. See you.