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the episode. You can only take people as far
as you've gone yourself. This is something I've
been thinking about for the last, I don't know,
a little over a week now. If you listened to
my last episode, you know that I was thinking
about making a big life decision. Yeah, and that
was, I was starting to question my future. I
wasn't sure what was next. And it's not in a
way that it's a life crisis. We're not uncertain
about my future because of a life crisis, but
because this is the decision I was making, the
decision I made, is the biggest decision that
I've ever made in my entire life. And what I've
decided is that at the end of February, on February
27th, I'm leaving my job as a full -time web
and app developer. I'm pursuing my coaching business,
my life coaching business full time. So let's
talk about that. This was not an easy decision
and I had to plan. I had a plan to play it safe.
That's me. I'm not a risk taker. I don't do that.
That's not me. However, when last Friday came
around and then, you know, it was rough last
week. I talked about it last Friday was probably
the roughest. And. Kind of hit a breaking point.
Not that I hate my job or the fact that. I don't
have my job and it's because last week was hard
and I didn't want to quit because my job was
hard. So I sought good counsel. I talked with.
multiple members members members mentors and
friends to make sure that one i'm not crazy and
two to make sure that like i'm going on the right
path i want to so i talked with my dad i talked
with my spiritual mentor jim fink i talked with
alan miyake some of these people maybe you're
maybe you know them but i talked with my friends
andrew ian matt and no one told me i was crazy
no one said thomas you shouldn't go and quit
your job what are you going to do and i and like
no one said like maybe you should rethink this
and i'm i was like utterly surprised like i was
like what do you mean like nobody like like every
time somebody uh it sounded like somebody was
it sounded like somebody was starting to lead
in to telling me to rethink this and then they
say the exact opposite And I was talking with
Jim Fink and he said, something I'm going to
remember for a long time. He said, Thomas, if
this was the first time that you told me this,
I would tell you to rethink it. I would say,
go ahead, see if it gets better at your job.
But this isn't the first time. It's not. You've
been talking about this for years. You've been
talking about this with me for at least the last
year. you know i think he goes no i think it's
time i think you should do this i'm like what
you do i was like i was like i was i was surprised
because usually whenever people make a decision
like that i'm a person who's like i'm more conservative
i'm like now you shouldn't i would have told
me not to do it if i was asking me advice like
if i was if i heard that for the first time from
somebody and like i would have told me no i would
have said are you sure if somebody who's been
talking about it for a long time and i knew they
wanted to do it i still would be feel like man
are you sure you sure are you sure that's what
you want to do that's really risky and and what
i got from them it wasn't just confirmation i
wasn't crazy but i was also seeking confirmation
from god And I believe God puts people in our
lives so that we can seek good counsel. He puts
good counsel in front of us. And it's up to us
whether we're going to seek that good counsel
out and ask them for the advice and ask them
for counsel. I prayed and I fasted over a weekend
and I fully believe in the verse, seeking the
kingdom first so that all else will be added.
I just... I just want to do what Jesus wants
me to do. I just want to pursue the calling that
he's put on my life. To serve people in the way
he wants me to serve them. And I believe, at
least for right now, it's to guide people to
live in the calling that he's calling them to.
To pursue the goals that he's put on their lives.
I truly believe that coaching is the best way
to do that. I believe God lined me up for this.
I believe that he lined me up for this position,
for this time, for February 27th to be the perfect
time to leave my job because of my savings, the
money I wanted to have in my savings, because
of how the logistics are working with projects
right now. It was probably the best time during
the year for me to be the most honorable, for
me to... be honorable to my boss and my coworkers.
I knew I didn't want to leave, start the next
project because I wouldn't want to leave in the
middle of it. So I would have, I would have tried,
I would have wanted to stay until the end of
the project. And it's like that, those projects
were going to keep coming and they haven't started
yet. So I was like, okay, I need to, I need to,
I need to stop now. Sorry, I'm rambling. I know
that, but I said already, I'm not a risk taker
now, a risk taker by nature. I play it safe because
then at least I know more about what's coming
next. I play it safe because I can have more
certainty. I want to show people that pursuing
your calling isn't an easy thing and it can be
scary. Even though I don't know what the future
holds, I know that what I'm going to do, what
I'm doing is going to grow me in ways that I
don't even know yet. What I do know is that even
though my circumstances are not going to be constant,
I don't know what my circumstances are going
to be even a week from now. I'll still be at
my job, but a month from now, two months from
now, I don't know what's going to happen. Those
might not be constant. I'm going from having
jobs and not having a job. My circumstances are
changing, but my God is constant. I know I can
look to him. And I just got some really good
advice from a friend who's in a very similar
position to me. He said something that his counselor
told him was that if this is the wrong decision
and Jesus isn't telling you to do this, then
you know he's going to redeem it. He's going
to redeem whatever. He's going to get the glory.
No matter what. i've heard people say the saying
you probably heard the saying too before like
they whenever you're scared to make a change
you're scared to do something scared to do something
good in your life they say you're scared do it
anyway do it scared and to be honest with you
i know most people don't even listen to that
because whenever you just say it to somebody
it's like telling somebody not to take uh not
like as i saying somebody not to be sick It's
like just saying, telling somebody do it anyway,
do it, just do it scared. Like I get, I get what
it is. I get what the phrase is saying. I get
what it means. I get that it's what I'm doing
now. I'm doing this scared because I'm terrified.
I'm terrified of making this up. I'm like, I
said, I'm not a risk taker, but I want to show
people that pursuing your calling is worth it.
I want to show people that like pursuing what
you believe God's putting on your life is worth
taking the risk. And I get like, saying not to
be scared. They're not saying not to be scared
when people say, do it scared anyway. But they're
saying, is it wrong? But most people just won't
do the thing because people don't want to do
the thing because how scary it is to do it. Like
this situation that I'm in right here, if I knew
I didn't want to get to the end of my life. And
never make the decision to make the scary choice.
I also didn't want to make the scary choice because
I'm scared and I'm terrified of making that decision
because I don't take risks. And I was kind of
in a catch -22 of like, I don't want to be that
person anymore. I don't want to, I don't want
to, I don't want to not be a risk taker. I want
to do it scared. So I'm starting an intentional
season of unknowns. I'm not going to know how
much money I'm going to make. And like, sign
me up, right? Sign me up for that. No, that's
not me. In Matthew chapter 6, verses 31 to 33,
it says, For after all, these are the things
that the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father
knows that you need all these things. But seek
first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you. As
Christians, we know that we can pursue our callings
here because we know that we have a God who,
if we seek him first, everything that we need,
We'll follow. We know that if we seek God first,
seek his kingdom and his righteousness, that
everything we need is going to be added. Because
he's the provider. I'm scared. I'm going to do
it anyway. I'm going to pursue my calling. So
what is your calling and how are you going to
pursue it today? How are you going to pursue
your calling? Doesn't mean you have to make some
crazy life change like I'm doing, but sometimes
it does. What's the goal that you believe that
God has put on your heart? And I believe these
goals are not small goals. They're not, I don't
believe, I believe God can put small goals on
our heart, but I believe he, whenever. Our goals
are our goals for our reason. I don't believe
whenever we are truly aligned with Christ, that
whenever we have goals, and if we're truly aligned
with Christ, our goals, I believe, are holy and
righteous. I believe that if we pursue those
goals, God will get the glory, whether you're
right or not. And it is, I believe, it's our
duty as Christians to pursue the goals that God
has established on our hearts. I know that everybody
has a God -given calling. On their lives, and
it's my life mission to help as many people as
possible pursue their callings with excellence.
So I want you to write down what your calling
is and how you're going to pursue it today. I
have other episodes about how you define your
calling, how you write it down, how you even
know what your calling is. I have other episodes
where I talk about that, and you can go find
those. I want you to write down your calling
and how you're going to pursue it today. You
can just do a small thing. There's something
small that you can do. You can plan. You can
set up some action. You can make a to -do list
of items that you can do to pursue. You can set
up a to -do list of items, things to figure it
out. What is your why? Why? Like, what is your
why? Sorry, I was just talking about this earlier.
You might love doing something, but why do you
love it? What gives you that fire that burns
inside of you? What comes to you naturally? All
these things are hints at your calling. So now
I want to challenge you now. What's something
this week that you can do scared? And maybe it's
talk to somebody new. I'm not saying it has to
be 100 % to your calling. I believe that when
we do something hard intentionally, it helps
us out in other areas of our life. So what's
something you can do this week scared? What can
you do scared this week? Do it anyway. Do it
scared. Okay. And guys, if... You're somebody
that wants to pursue your calling with excellence.
I have a gift for you. I offer a free one -hour
discovery coaching call. It's a discovery calling
coaching call so that you can get to know me
as a coach and so that I can help you for free
to set up an action plan to how you're going
to pursue your calling with excellence. So if
you're interested in that, the link for that
intro call is in the show notes. And guys, Thank
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Keep pursuing your calling. Do it well. Do it
with excellence. Peace.