What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit
of Calling, the podcast that provides you with
the strategies and tools needed to successfully
discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's
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the episode. What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome
to this episode of the Pursuit of Calling podcast.
It's a big one. It's an important one because
it is day one of me being unemployed from my
job as a full -time web and mobile app developer
and being self -employed as a full -time entrepreneur.
No boss to tell me what to do or when to do it.
And some people might think that's a dream, but
to me, it's kind of scary. Because last week
we talked about procrastination and I talked
about my big fear around procrastination is that
there's nobody setting my priorities for me.
Even though I am actually not bad at setting
my priorities, but there's times whenever I procrastinate
and do once over my needs. And so last week's
episode was really, honestly, super helpful for
me because I took time to actually study and
prepare for that episode. And it's probably one
of my favorite episodes I've done this year so
far because I've been able to reflect on weighing
my wants versus my needs. Even in the moment,
I'm getting better at it. And even as just like
one week has gone on and guys, it helps so much.
If you didn't listen to last week's episode,
please go back and listen to it. Not because
I'm biased and not because I told you to, but
because we all deal with procrastination and
there's so much good stuff in that episode that
I was able to find that. And I was given by my
therapist that I truly believe it will serve
you in helping you do what you need to do versus
what you want to do on the pursuit of your calling.
But make sure, you know, you can go there after
this one, put it in your queue to be right after
this one. And now, and just actually, you know
what? Let me real quick to say, I might have
to cut this one shorter than I thought I was
going to. My jaw's being a little, being a little
jerk right now. Teeth are chattering a lot. You
probably can't hear. I tried to get you to hear
it, but it's fine. So I'm going to do as much
as I can. Sorry. And we'll see how far we get.
So what am I doing in March of 2026 in order
to pursue my calling well with intentionality?
I'm setting goals. I'm creating plans. And I
want to dive into those goals. with you. So my
goal for 2020, my goal for March of 2026 is to,
is to have gross in a gross income of $2 ,500.
It might sound small, but I'm going to, I'm going
to, we're going to dive into why that specific
amount and why that that's a goal that I, I believe
I want to achieve. I know I want to achieve because
I'm breaking that down into two specific steps.
One is make. One thousand two hundred fifty dollars
from web development and the other 50 percent
of that from coaching. You know, again, that
sounds like a small goal, but that is exactly
twenty five hundred dollars. Exactly what I need
in order to pay for my expenses and. So pay for
my expenses and have enough left over for taxes.
So I figured, why not start there? Why not start
there with a bite -sized goal? Because I have
a big goal. I'm going to bring it up later, but
I have a big goal of having a 10K month. And
putting this all into perspective and being a
coach and then coaching myself, I'm like, you
can't start at $10 ,000 a month because you don't
know how to make $10 ,000 a month. You haven't
done that yet. So putting it all into perspective,
I know I already know what I need to do in order
to get freelance work. I already know what I'm
going to, what I need to do in order to get at
least one, at least I'm going to attempt to do
to get one coaching client. And, or I guess my
next coaching client, I know like I'm going to
be talking with, I know who I'm going to talk
to for freelance work. I know who I'm going to
talk. I know that I need to talk with people
from the Maxwell network. maximum leadership
network for advice and for coaching on around
what, how much they charge, what, what is like
what their niches and why, like what is their
revenue? What is their best revenue generator?
And I'm going to pause there because you might
be wondering, what does this, any of this matter
to me? Why are you telling me this? But if I'm
not a coach, I'm not like, I'm not aiming to.
coach other people or I'm not a freelance web
developer, why do I care? Because the way I'm
breaking down this goal, what I'm doing for myself
is exactly what I would be doing with you if
you were one of my coaching clients. The big
financial goal, like I brought up before, is
a 10K a month just from coaching. To reach that
goal, again, I can't start there because I'm
not there yet. I don't know enough. So how do
I learn more? I learn by doing. By breaking that
$10 ,000 goal down into milestones, into bite
-sized pieces, and creating actionable plans
of how I'm going to get from where I am to where
I want to be. And what coaching does is each
week you sit down with your coach and... You
make that actionable plan for the next week.
You go through what went well that week prior,
what didn't go well, what were the obstacles,
how do you overcome the obstacle, how are you
going to overcome the obstacles, and what are
the action steps you're going to take in order
to get from where you are to where you want to
be by the end of next week in order to keep taking
incremental steps towards the inevitable big
goal that you're aiming towards. So you can pursue
your calling and the vision that you have set
out with intentionality. Does that make sense?
If that does make sense, let me know in the comments.
If it doesn't make sense, if you need me to slow
down and give more detail, let me know in the
comments. I really, really need your feedback
because that will help me provide you and serve
you at a higher capacity than I'm able to without
any external information. I don't want to stay
in the bubble, so please let me know. With all
that said, we talked about calling, we talked
about... pursuing its intentionality. It's because,
why do you want to do that? It's because, I've
said it before and I'm going to say it again,
your calling isn't for you and in order to pursue
it well, you need a plan in order to serve those
whom you're called to serve. You need a plan.
You need a plan that will cause you to intentionally
pursue the calling that God has put in your life.
And, It's okay if the plan changes. It's okay
if your plan is 100 % perfect, because it won't
be. But if you're just living on default and
living with whatever the world throws at you
and just taking that for everything that happens
to you as everything that God wants for you,
I don't believe that. that might be i don't know
if people would agree with that but there's so
many things in the world that happen to us there's
so many things that like with me is my condition
that's hair here's a perfect example i have muscular
dystonia i was telling you about my jaw earlier
i my body my brain fights me right not in the
sense of like i get brain fog or that like i
get confused a lot or like i have some other
mental disability like No, my brain tells my
muscles to do the wrong things. That's why I'm
having trouble talking sometimes. It's not why
I have a lisp. That's a different story. But
I'm in chronic pain every day. If I just lived
on default and let my body dictate what I was
going to achieve in my life, I wouldn't achieve
that much. Your circumstances don't dictate the
calling that God's put in your life. God dictates
the calling. It's up to us to live in it with
intentionality and to take it seriously and to
pursue it well. So I want to challenge you because
last week I challenged you around how to overcome
procrastination. This week I want to challenge
you to take action. Do this with me and we'll
pursue our callings intentionally together. You
know, I wrote down, just like I did, I want you
to write down your big goal. It doesn't matter
how big it is. I have a goal to be pain -free.
I have a goal to overcome my condition. No matter
how ridiculous it sounds, write it down. Write
down one more, one or more milestones. Then break
that milestone down into even smaller goals.
You're breaking it down more and more and more.
And then after you broke that down into smaller
goals, Each week, sit down with yourself or your
coach and write down what you're going to do
that week in order to intentionally pursue the
next step, the next milestone. It's incremental.
And guys, if you want to be able to sit down
with a coach for one hour for free, guys, I have
a scheduling link that you can go to down the
show note down. I guess not really show notes.
I'm learning recently down to the description
of this episode. And we ask what that is, is
a discovery coaching call where you're going
to learn what coaching is from a firsthand experience.
Not just what is it? Not just learn what it is.
You're going to you're going to get to experience.
what it does. As someone who lives with chronic
pain every single day of his life, I've learned
what it means to endure pain, what it means to
endure life, and to pursue my calling with intentionality.
I think you can tell if you've been listening
to the episode of this podcast for long enough
that you know that I take that seriously and
I'm doing my best to take that with integrity
and intentionality. So if you would like to sit
down for a one -on -one conversation, thought
-provoking conversation with me, so we can get
you closer from where you are to where you want
to be, sign up for a one -hour coaching call.
Again, it's absolutely free. What do you have
to lose? And what do you have to gain? What would
happen if, what would it mean if it helps you
get closer to your goal? Think on that. Guys,
thank you for listening to this episode of the
Pursuit of Calling podcast. If you liked this
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constructive feedback, not mean feedback. Let's
leave that alone. Give that, you know, it might
have to pray for you. But anyway, thank you for,
again, for listening to the episode. I'll see
you next time. Keep pursuing your calling well.
Do it with intentionality. I love you guys. Peace.