WEBVTT 00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:11.500 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:14.699 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.699 --> 00:00:17.600 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.199 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:23.600 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.519 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:28.940 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:32.719 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:41.920 the episode. What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:43.700 to this episode of the Pursuit of Calling podcast. 00:00:43.899 --> 00:00:46.719 It's a big one. It's an important one because 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:50.920 it is day one of me being unemployed from my 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.380 job as a full -time web and mobile app developer 00:00:53.380 --> 00:00:58.000 and being self -employed as a full -time entrepreneur. 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.120 No boss to tell me what to do or when to do it. 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:06.739 And some people might think that's a dream, but 00:01:06.739 --> 00:01:09.519 to me, it's kind of scary. Because last week 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:11.900 we talked about procrastination and I talked 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:15.459 about my big fear around procrastination is that 00:01:15.459 --> 00:01:17.340 there's nobody setting my priorities for me. 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:20.459 Even though I am actually not bad at setting 00:01:20.459 --> 00:01:22.599 my priorities, but there's times whenever I procrastinate 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:30.299 and do once over my needs. And so last week's 00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:33.260 episode was really, honestly, super helpful for 00:01:33.260 --> 00:01:37.000 me because I took time to actually study and 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:39.640 prepare for that episode. And it's probably one 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:41.500 of my favorite episodes I've done this year so 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:45.099 far because I've been able to reflect on weighing 00:01:45.099 --> 00:01:47.099 my wants versus my needs. Even in the moment, 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:50.000 I'm getting better at it. And even as just like 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:53.040 one week has gone on and guys, it helps so much. 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.040 If you didn't listen to last week's episode, 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.000 please go back and listen to it. Not because 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:59.379 I'm biased and not because I told you to, but 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:02.299 because we all deal with procrastination and 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:04.400 there's so much good stuff in that episode that 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:08.900 I was able to find that. And I was given by my 00:02:08.900 --> 00:02:12.840 therapist that I truly believe it will serve 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.319 you in helping you do what you need to do versus 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:18.439 what you want to do on the pursuit of your calling. 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.139 But make sure, you know, you can go there after 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:23.020 this one, put it in your queue to be right after 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:26.960 this one. And now, and just actually, you know 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.500 what? Let me real quick to say, I might have 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:30.840 to cut this one shorter than I thought I was 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:34.340 going to. My jaw's being a little, being a little 00:02:34.340 --> 00:02:38.020 jerk right now. Teeth are chattering a lot. You 00:02:38.020 --> 00:02:39.439 probably can't hear. I tried to get you to hear 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.159 it, but it's fine. So I'm going to do as much 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:48.219 as I can. Sorry. And we'll see how far we get. 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:53.599 So what am I doing in March of 2026 in order 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.680 to pursue my calling well with intentionality? 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:01.740 I'm setting goals. I'm creating plans. And I 00:03:01.740 --> 00:03:08.879 want to dive into those goals. with you. So my 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:12.240 goal for 2020, my goal for March of 2026 is to, 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.219 is to have gross in a gross income of $2 ,500. 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:19.340 It might sound small, but I'm going to, I'm going 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:21.439 to, we're going to dive into why that specific 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.500 amount and why that that's a goal that I, I believe 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:27.379 I want to achieve. I know I want to achieve because 00:03:27.379 --> 00:03:30.439 I'm breaking that down into two specific steps. 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:34.080 One is make. One thousand two hundred fifty dollars 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.199 from web development and the other 50 percent 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.580 of that from coaching. You know, again, that 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:43.219 sounds like a small goal, but that is exactly 00:03:43.219 --> 00:03:45.900 twenty five hundred dollars. Exactly what I need 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:51.360 in order to pay for my expenses and. So pay for 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:53.379 my expenses and have enough left over for taxes. 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.840 So I figured, why not start there? Why not start 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:59.680 there with a bite -sized goal? Because I have 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.479 a big goal. I'm going to bring it up later, but 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:05.659 I have a big goal of having a 10K month. And 00:04:05.659 --> 00:04:10.740 putting this all into perspective and being a 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:12.780 coach and then coaching myself, I'm like, you 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:15.060 can't start at $10 ,000 a month because you don't 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:16.980 know how to make $10 ,000 a month. You haven't 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:22.540 done that yet. So putting it all into perspective, 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:27.160 I know I already know what I need to do in order 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:29.819 to get freelance work. I already know what I'm 00:04:29.819 --> 00:04:32.980 going to, what I need to do in order to get at 00:04:32.980 --> 00:04:35.040 least one, at least I'm going to attempt to do 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.920 to get one coaching client. And, or I guess my 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.240 next coaching client, I know like I'm going to 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:46.319 be talking with, I know who I'm going to talk 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:47.899 to for freelance work. I know who I'm going to 00:04:47.899 --> 00:04:49.740 talk. I know that I need to talk with people 00:04:49.740 --> 00:04:51.730 from the Maxwell network. maximum leadership 00:04:51.730 --> 00:04:54.009 network for advice and for coaching on around 00:04:54.009 --> 00:04:57.910 what, how much they charge, what, what is like 00:04:57.910 --> 00:05:00.149 what their niches and why, like what is their 00:05:00.149 --> 00:05:01.889 revenue? What is their best revenue generator? 00:05:03.329 --> 00:05:06.990 And I'm going to pause there because you might 00:05:06.990 --> 00:05:09.389 be wondering, what does this, any of this matter 00:05:09.389 --> 00:05:12.709 to me? Why are you telling me this? But if I'm 00:05:12.709 --> 00:05:15.170 not a coach, I'm not like, I'm not aiming to. 00:05:16.949 --> 00:05:18.810 coach other people or I'm not a freelance web 00:05:18.810 --> 00:05:23.129 developer, why do I care? Because the way I'm 00:05:23.129 --> 00:05:25.350 breaking down this goal, what I'm doing for myself 00:05:25.350 --> 00:05:28.629 is exactly what I would be doing with you if 00:05:28.629 --> 00:05:32.189 you were one of my coaching clients. The big 00:05:32.189 --> 00:05:33.629 financial goal, like I brought up before, is 00:05:33.629 --> 00:05:36.870 a 10K a month just from coaching. To reach that 00:05:36.870 --> 00:05:39.129 goal, again, I can't start there because I'm 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:42.050 not there yet. I don't know enough. So how do 00:05:42.050 --> 00:05:46.259 I learn more? I learn by doing. By breaking that 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:49.879 $10 ,000 goal down into milestones, into bite 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.279 -sized pieces, and creating actionable plans 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.819 of how I'm going to get from where I am to where 00:05:55.819 --> 00:06:00.439 I want to be. And what coaching does is each 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:04.209 week you sit down with your coach and... You 00:06:04.209 --> 00:06:06.149 make that actionable plan for the next week. 00:06:06.189 --> 00:06:09.170 You go through what went well that week prior, 00:06:09.430 --> 00:06:11.410 what didn't go well, what were the obstacles, 00:06:11.569 --> 00:06:13.470 how do you overcome the obstacle, how are you 00:06:13.470 --> 00:06:17.350 going to overcome the obstacles, and what are 00:06:17.350 --> 00:06:19.089 the action steps you're going to take in order 00:06:19.089 --> 00:06:20.629 to get from where you are to where you want to 00:06:20.629 --> 00:06:23.149 be by the end of next week in order to keep taking 00:06:23.149 --> 00:06:26.430 incremental steps towards the inevitable big 00:06:26.430 --> 00:06:29.329 goal that you're aiming towards. So you can pursue 00:06:29.329 --> 00:06:31.689 your calling and the vision that you have set 00:06:31.689 --> 00:06:37.300 out with intentionality. Does that make sense? 00:06:37.779 --> 00:06:40.000 If that does make sense, let me know in the comments. 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.639 If it doesn't make sense, if you need me to slow 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.620 down and give more detail, let me know in the 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:46.819 comments. I really, really need your feedback 00:06:46.819 --> 00:06:51.040 because that will help me provide you and serve 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.220 you at a higher capacity than I'm able to without 00:06:53.220 --> 00:06:56.560 any external information. I don't want to stay 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:01.420 in the bubble, so please let me know. With all 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:04.740 that said, we talked about calling, we talked 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:08.339 about... pursuing its intentionality. It's because, 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:10.459 why do you want to do that? It's because, I've 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:11.759 said it before and I'm going to say it again, 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.300 your calling isn't for you and in order to pursue 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:17.300 it well, you need a plan in order to serve those 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:22.399 whom you're called to serve. You need a plan. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:26.519 You need a plan that will cause you to intentionally 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:30.220 pursue the calling that God has put in your life. 00:07:32.139 --> 00:07:35.949 And, It's okay if the plan changes. It's okay 00:07:35.949 --> 00:07:38.670 if your plan is 100 % perfect, because it won't 00:07:38.670 --> 00:07:42.689 be. But if you're just living on default and 00:07:42.689 --> 00:07:46.069 living with whatever the world throws at you 00:07:46.069 --> 00:07:51.569 and just taking that for everything that happens 00:07:51.569 --> 00:07:55.610 to you as everything that God wants for you, 00:07:55.689 --> 00:08:04.079 I don't believe that. that might be i don't know 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:06.339 if people would agree with that but there's so 00:08:06.339 --> 00:08:10.540 many things in the world that happen to us there's 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:13.019 so many things that like with me is my condition 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:15.620 that's hair here's a perfect example i have muscular 00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:17.420 dystonia i was telling you about my jaw earlier 00:08:17.420 --> 00:08:23.699 i my body my brain fights me right not in the 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:26.439 sense of like i get brain fog or that like i 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.600 get confused a lot or like i have some other 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.240 mental disability like No, my brain tells my 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:36.620 muscles to do the wrong things. That's why I'm 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:38.460 having trouble talking sometimes. It's not why 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:42.059 I have a lisp. That's a different story. But 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:44.519 I'm in chronic pain every day. If I just lived 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.580 on default and let my body dictate what I was 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:49.620 going to achieve in my life, I wouldn't achieve 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:54.840 that much. Your circumstances don't dictate the 00:08:54.840 --> 00:09:00.980 calling that God's put in your life. God dictates 00:09:00.980 --> 00:09:05.019 the calling. It's up to us to live in it with 00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:07.879 intentionality and to take it seriously and to 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:13.500 pursue it well. So I want to challenge you because 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:18.440 last week I challenged you around how to overcome 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:22.220 procrastination. This week I want to challenge 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:26.259 you to take action. Do this with me and we'll 00:09:26.259 --> 00:09:30.679 pursue our callings intentionally together. You 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:32.539 know, I wrote down, just like I did, I want you 00:09:32.539 --> 00:09:35.399 to write down your big goal. It doesn't matter 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:38.320 how big it is. I have a goal to be pain -free. 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.600 I have a goal to overcome my condition. No matter 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.440 how ridiculous it sounds, write it down. Write 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:49.139 down one more, one or more milestones. Then break 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:51.860 that milestone down into even smaller goals. 00:09:52.740 --> 00:09:55.000 You're breaking it down more and more and more. 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:57.759 And then after you broke that down into smaller 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:01.799 goals, Each week, sit down with yourself or your 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:07.340 coach and write down what you're going to do 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:14.240 that week in order to intentionally pursue the 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:18.720 next step, the next milestone. It's incremental. 00:10:19.370 --> 00:10:21.850 And guys, if you want to be able to sit down 00:10:21.850 --> 00:10:25.070 with a coach for one hour for free, guys, I have 00:10:25.070 --> 00:10:27.250 a scheduling link that you can go to down the 00:10:27.250 --> 00:10:28.970 show note down. I guess not really show notes. 00:10:29.009 --> 00:10:31.190 I'm learning recently down to the description 00:10:31.190 --> 00:10:34.850 of this episode. And we ask what that is, is 00:10:34.850 --> 00:10:36.389 a discovery coaching call where you're going 00:10:36.389 --> 00:10:40.409 to learn what coaching is from a firsthand experience. 00:10:41.490 --> 00:10:43.669 Not just what is it? Not just learn what it is. 00:10:43.710 --> 00:10:46.250 You're going to you're going to get to experience. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.500 what it does. As someone who lives with chronic 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:51.279 pain every single day of his life, I've learned 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:54.019 what it means to endure pain, what it means to 00:10:54.019 --> 00:10:57.480 endure life, and to pursue my calling with intentionality. 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:00.799 I think you can tell if you've been listening 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:04.500 to the episode of this podcast for long enough 00:11:04.500 --> 00:11:06.860 that you know that I take that seriously and 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:09.840 I'm doing my best to take that with integrity 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:13.720 and intentionality. So if you would like to sit 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:17.139 down for a one -on -one conversation, thought 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:19.360 -provoking conversation with me, so we can get 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:21.059 you closer from where you are to where you want 00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:26.700 to be, sign up for a one -hour coaching call. 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:29.580 Again, it's absolutely free. What do you have 00:11:29.580 --> 00:11:34.659 to lose? And what do you have to gain? What would 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:37.740 happen if, what would it mean if it helps you 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:44.549 get closer to your goal? Think on that. Guys, 00:11:44.549 --> 00:11:47.370 thank you for listening to this episode of the 00:11:47.370 --> 00:11:49.409 Pursuit of Calling podcast. If you liked this 00:11:49.409 --> 00:11:52.169 episode, again, give a like on Facebook, give 00:11:52.169 --> 00:11:56.169 a five stars on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and 00:11:56.169 --> 00:11:58.509 leave a comment wherever you can leave a comment. 00:11:58.669 --> 00:12:01.450 It really helps the algorithm and it really gives, 00:12:01.570 --> 00:12:03.629 whether it's good feedback or bad feedback, it's 00:12:03.629 --> 00:12:05.850 feedback that I would love to hear from you. 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:09.559 constructive feedback, not mean feedback. Let's 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.080 leave that alone. Give that, you know, it might 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:17.419 have to pray for you. But anyway, thank you for, 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:19.740 again, for listening to the episode. I'll see 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:21.340 you next time. Keep pursuing your calling well. 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:25.379 Do it with intentionality. I love you guys. Peace.