1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,640 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, everybody. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,000 My name is Ranger, and you are listening 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,480 to the first episode of the NeverPeak Project podcast. 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,120 In this episode, I'll be talking a bit 5 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:14,520 about my walk across America, my plans now that I finished, 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,980 and what will be happening to my social media accounts, 7 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:20,360 podcasts, and more now that I am no longer 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,320 walking across the country. 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,360 2024 has been a big year for me. 10 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,880 I proposed to my fiance in January, 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,440 I left my comfy government job in February, 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,480 and in March, I started my walk across America. 13 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:34,320 On March 10th, I took my first steps out 14 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,040 of the Atlantic Ocean and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 15 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,800 mile journey across 10 states, which included South Carolina, 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,480 Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, 17 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,280 New Mexico, Arizona, and finally, California. 18 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,280 A question I would get asked every single day, 19 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,800 multiple times even, was why? 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,120 Why leave my fiance in California? 21 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,160 Why leave the comfy government job? 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,720 Why spend six months putting my body 23 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:13,440 through such incredible feats and honestly a lot of pain 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,160 and a whole lot of other things? 25 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:24,200 And to briefly answer that, I was 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:45,880 inspired to walk across the country by an artist and singer named Mike 27 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,360 Posner. 28 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,440 He's the guy that took I took a pill on Ibiza, Cooler Than Me, 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:54,120 and a few other hit songs, mostly popular in the early 2010s, 30 00:01:54,120 --> 00:02:23,800 but I'm not actually a medical artist, not really 31 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,460 and really honed in on my own why and reasons for walking. 32 00:02:28,460 --> 00:02:32,160 And my reason for the walk, my walk, 33 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,740 was to highlight, learn from, and work with people 34 00:02:34,740 --> 00:02:36,940 in the US that were truly making a difference 35 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:39,360 in their communities. 36 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,380 I did that by hosting the Within Range Coaching podcast 37 00:02:42,380 --> 00:02:44,920 where I interviewed entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders 38 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,100 about their organizations, their stories, 39 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:50,760 and their impact that they're making in the world. 40 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,680 And one of the hashtags and beliefs that I used 41 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,600 and carried with me throughout the entire duration 42 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,020 of the walk was there are good people out there. 43 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:04,920 And that is a concept that was proven over and over 44 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,320 and over again, in and day out. 45 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,060 It was something that held true whether or not 46 00:03:10,060 --> 00:03:14,240 I was at the beach in South Carolina or California, 47 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,880 whether I was in a big city, a small town, 48 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,600 or in the middle of nowhere. 49 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,800 And that was because throughout the entire journey, 50 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,280 people were consistently offering me their home to rest in, 51 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,000 giving me donations on the side of the road, 52 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,760 or were just willing to share a conversation with me 53 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,480 wherever I happened to be where they were. 54 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,080 And throughout the entire journey, 55 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:44,080 it took me 175 days, 2,600 miles through the 10 states, 56 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,840 and it eventually came to an end on August 31st 57 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,680 in Los Angeles, California. 58 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,240 The finish line was decorated with friends and family 59 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,920 that had pizza and non-alcoholic beer ready to go. 60 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,100 And after jumping into the water, 61 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:03,880 I got to pack up all my gear, 62 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,120 pack up some stuff with my mom, with my friends, 63 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:11,080 with my dad, throw out what wasn't needed anymore, 64 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,960 and eventually get on a plane with my fiancee, Julie, 65 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,960 get on a plane with her and fly to San Francisco, 66 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,840 and really just get ready to start our life together 67 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:25,300 with our kitten walker. 68 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,080 And we're only a few days out from August 31st, 69 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,840 from the end date, 70 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,840 and it's interesting how quickly things change, 71 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,760 how quick questions that people ask you change 72 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,920 or priorities shift, right? 73 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,320 And what makes me say that is that big question 74 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,320 of why walk has shifted to what now? 75 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,440 Which is a very natural progression of questions to ask, 76 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,560 just as natural as it was for anybody to meet me, 77 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,600 would ask why did I walk or why am I walking? 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,360 It's very natural now that I've ended 79 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,620 for people to say, well, what now? 80 00:05:06,620 --> 00:05:08,680 And it's always funny because it feels like 81 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,260 there is an expectation of something else that's big, 82 00:05:12,260 --> 00:05:16,460 something else that's grand or exciting or crazy. 83 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:18,920 And when Mike finished his walk, 84 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,640 he immediately started training to climb Mount Everest. 85 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,540 And I've seen other people start, 86 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:24,760 after they finish their walk, 87 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,580 they start making a bus that they can live in 88 00:05:29,580 --> 00:05:32,600 and refurbishing that or these other crazy, 89 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,360 adventurous things. 90 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,640 And to kind of, I don't know, 91 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,640 ruin that question for some people, 92 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,660 like I do not plan on climbing Everest. 93 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:46,660 I don't plan on living off grid or anything. 94 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,360 This question will be answered in more detail 95 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:50,520 throughout this podcast, 96 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,200 but I'm not gonna do anything 97 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,540 like walk across the country again. 98 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,920 I'm not going to do something like that, 99 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:02,840 but I do think that I will be doing a lot of things 100 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:07,840 that are adjacent or similar in other aspects, 101 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,840 but I'll get more into that later. 102 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,860 And to continue to answer that question, 103 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:18,700 I wanna give a saying that I have spoken a few times, 104 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:20,720 even before the walk started, 105 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,560 and that is that the walk will never truly end. 106 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,940 While I may not be physically walking across the country, 107 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:33,480 I do think that a lot of the key factors 108 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,720 that made the walk what it was for me 109 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,320 will continue to hold true throughout my entire life. 110 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,520 And that's because the way that I designed 111 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,400 the entire walk's purpose was to align heavily 112 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,580 with my life coaching business's mission, 113 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:50,680 which is to help more people help more people. 114 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,620 And that's why it was so important for me to highlight, 115 00:06:54,620 --> 00:06:55,800 learn from and work with people 116 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,160 that are making a difference throughout our entire country 117 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,320 was because like what better way to learn 118 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:02,880 about how to help more people 119 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:03,840 than to talk to people 120 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,860 that are actually out there doing the work, right? 121 00:07:06,860 --> 00:07:11,020 It just made sense to me that if I was going to, 122 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,920 I don't know, walk, talk the talk, 123 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,160 like I needed to quite literally walk the walk. 124 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:21,760 And to continue answering that question of what now, 125 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,240 briefly, I will be taking all of the information, 126 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,480 lessons and experiences I gained from the walk, 127 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,980 and I'll be packaging it into this podcast, 128 00:07:30,980 --> 00:07:34,320 my school community and coaching programs. 129 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,240 And the reason for that is one of the things 130 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,200 that I heard consistently throughout my walk 131 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,040 while talking to people on the side of the road, 132 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,920 while having those road talks, 133 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,600 is kind of what I called them or road conversations, 134 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,440 or even just in interviews that I had with media 135 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,240 or other, just, this is something 136 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,040 that people said consistently. 137 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,000 And they said that they wish they could do something 138 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:06,000 like that, I wish I could do something like what you're doing. 139 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:09,920 And every time I heard that, 140 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,600 it really just brought me back to that moment 141 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,320 that I first saw that Posner was walking across the country, 142 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,760 that I had all of these beliefs 143 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,480 and I described all these meanings to his walk 144 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,600 and how that didn't relate to my life, 145 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:22,920 how I couldn't do it, 146 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:24,920 that I wasn't rich and famous enough, 147 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,880 therefore it wasn't in the cards for me, 148 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,820 or that I just didn't have that thing 149 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:32,660 that it factored needed to get across, 150 00:08:32,660 --> 00:08:36,360 or just all of these other reasons and excuses 151 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,860 that were getting in the way of me taking those first steps. 152 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,280 And again, that was just something that came up so often 153 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,440 that as soon as people heard that I was walking, 154 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,880 they began making those reasons for themselves. 155 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,280 They began doing that same thing that I was doing. 156 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,080 And I just thought that was such an interesting 157 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,560 phenomena that was happening. 158 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:01,200 It was so natural for us to just immediately find 159 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,000 how we are different from the people 160 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,200 that are doing the things that we wanna do. 161 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,180 And I really truly believe, and I'm a case study for that, 162 00:09:10,180 --> 00:09:13,540 that if we can get past those self-limiting beliefs 163 00:09:13,540 --> 00:09:16,720 and take action towards those wild, crazy, amazing dreams 164 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,640 that we all have, that the world would be such a better place. 165 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,640 And to really make that vision of mine a reality, 166 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,520 I'll be doing a few different things. 167 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:30,400 And I kinda have them in phases in my head. 168 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,440 I don't think phases is the right word, 169 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,760 because they're all kind of happening at once. 170 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,360 But really that first phase is 171 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,980 what you're listening to right now is this recording. 172 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:42,360 And that's gonna be that I'm switching 173 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,160 the Within Range Coaching podcast 174 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,800 over to the NeverPeak project. 175 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,640 And really this podcast is dedicated to entrepreneurs, 176 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,800 nonprofit leaders, and anyone committed to lifelong growth. 177 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,600 And I wanna make that very clear 178 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,720 is that this isn't just a business podcast. 179 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,720 This isn't just a client acquisition cost 180 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,040 and profit and loss statements 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,200 and all these different things. 182 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,240 That will be a part of it, 183 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,440 because I really truly believe 184 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,880 that entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders 185 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,880 are some of the most influential people in our society. 186 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,120 They're the ones that really make a difference 187 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,440 that can create magic. 188 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,000 They take their ideas, their vision for the world, 189 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,920 and they're able to make it a reality and help people. 190 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,000 And again, that is something that I saw very consistently 191 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,680 throughout my entire journey. 192 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:33,480 I mean, I have 30 episodes 193 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,520 of the Within Range Coaching podcast. 194 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,720 That is just proven over and over and over again. 195 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,320 I have people from every single state 196 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,840 that I walk through on that podcast. 197 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,840 And all different backgrounds and missions and visions. 198 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:54,880 And it's just, it's there. 199 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,880 And what I really wanna do with the NeverPeak project 200 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,880 is challenge that traditional, 201 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,680 long overdue to get rid of mentality, 202 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:09,200 that is what I kinda call the peak mentality. 203 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,360 And that is the idea that there's only one pinnacle 204 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,880 of success in everybody's life. 205 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,200 That everybody has one achievement 206 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,040 or thing that they've accomplished throughout their life 207 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,880 that really defines their entire life. 208 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,960 And the reason for that is because I have so, 209 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,680 I've heard so many people say things like, 210 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:32,160 I peaked in high school or my best days are behind me, 211 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,840 or just again, during conversations 212 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,560 I've had on the side of the road, 213 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:40,120 after hearing my age, an older person on the walk 214 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,720 would say something like, well, that's why 215 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,560 you're still young enough to do these things. 216 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,640 My best days are behind me, I could never. 217 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,640 And I really wanna challenge that belief, 218 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,120 the belief that once you do one great thing 219 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:58,120 or you reach a certain age or a certain level of ability, 220 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,840 that that's it, that that's all you can do. 221 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,320 And I just do not believe that that is true. 222 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,440 Because personally, I really truly believe 223 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,240 that my best days are ahead of me. 224 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,000 And that's the same belief I have for everybody around me. 225 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,280 And again, a lot of the imagery that I use 226 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,280 is around mountain, never peak, within range. 227 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,960 The mountains are such an important thing to me 228 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,920 because that's where I grew up in Northern California. 229 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:32,920 And the way that I kind of see it in my head 230 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,160 is that life isn't just one singular peak 231 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,240 it's a mountain range. 232 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,720 And there are so many different mountains to climb, 233 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,160 so many different things to do, 234 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,080 so many different sites to see, 235 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:47,200 that to just get to the top of one mountain 236 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,680 and sit there for the rest of your life, 237 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,960 for me, it just feels like a waste, 238 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,960 that you just stay there and you just never 239 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,440 move towards something different. 240 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,560 I do think that there is a level of, 241 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:02,760 you need to sit in that moment and celebrate 242 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,760 and acknowledge those accomplishments, 243 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,840 but you learn so much about yourself 244 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,960 and about the world by climbing 245 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,160 whatever mountain you're reaching for, 246 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,640 that it seems, I feel selfish isn't the right word, 247 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,640 it seems wasteful to not use that to get somewhere else 248 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,560 or help somebody else get to the top of theirs. 249 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,840 And that's really what I wanna get across 250 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,280 with the entire never peak. 251 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,760 The entire never peak project podcast, 252 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,240 which is how to build a mountain range of achievements 253 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,720 throughout your life, with each peak representing 254 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,040 a new milestone that you yourself have reached, 255 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,840 created, declared and seen through to the end. 256 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,760 And I'll be doing that by each week, 257 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,560 posting a few different episodes 258 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:58,240 with the general schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 259 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,520 and each day is gonna have a different theme 260 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,960 for the most part. 261 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,800 And Mondays are going to be general coaching topics. 262 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,480 It'll be different learnings from the walk, 263 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,600 mindset work, et cetera. 264 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,440 And some of the very first episodes 265 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,120 will be the importance of why, 266 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,640 the frog and the lily pad approach to goal setting. 267 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,960 If you wanna know about the fields, ask the cows, 268 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,640 trust your horse, a lot of animal metaphors 269 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,360 I came up with while I was walking across the country. 270 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,520 And those will be more tactical ways for you 271 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:31,600 to apply different concepts to your life. 272 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,720 My intention with those is to present a story 273 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,680 from the walk or my life, 274 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,920 the learning or the tool, 275 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,960 really flesh it out during that episode. 276 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,040 And then at the end, try to give you a way 277 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:48,040 to actionably use it in your life, starting immediately. 278 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,280 I don't want it to just be us talking the entire time, 279 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,920 or you listening and you not doing anything with it. 280 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,800 I feel like a lot of people in the self-improvement space 281 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,140 end up consuming a lot of information, 282 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:02,760 or not doing a whole lot with that information. 283 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,440 And I wanna do the best that I can 284 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:06,400 to present that information in a way 285 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:11,400 that you feel empowered to use it in your life immediately. 286 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,600 And that's why also on Wednesdays, 287 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,360 I'll be going from an alternating week 288 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,680 to a weekly schedule with this one as well. 289 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,400 But Wednesdays will feature industry experts 290 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,200 from multiple different fields. 291 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,640 And the idea is that I'm going to have coaches, 292 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,400 leaders, nonprofit consultants, agency owners, 293 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,840 and just a whole bunch of more people on the show 294 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,640 to share their knowledge and magic with all of you. 295 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,320 I want this to be a way for us 296 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:45,320 to really pull nuggets out of people 297 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,640 so that you can use them to work in your life. 298 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,720 And it'll be a way for me to network as well 299 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,160 and get my own questions answered. 300 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,520 And I have a few different ways for you to ask 301 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,720 your own questions of these guests as well, 302 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,680 but we'll get to that in just a second. 303 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,440 But then Fridays are going to be kind of a, 304 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,020 you know, a this week in Rangers life. 305 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:11,360 I'll be talking about, you know, business, personal goals, 306 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,300 a few other things, kind of my own, 307 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,200 what is it, like a web diary, like a, 308 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,800 what is a word, what is the word? 309 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:23,400 Like a vlog, there we go. 310 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,080 Like a vlog of my life and what I'm up to. 311 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,880 And I think it'll be kind of interesting 312 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,560 because it's gonna kind of go from, you know, 313 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,620 Rangers journey of walking across America 314 00:16:37,620 --> 00:16:42,620 to my journey of starting and running a business in America. 315 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,580 So a little bit of a different kind of walk 316 00:16:44,580 --> 00:16:48,480 with different stakes and different roadblocks 317 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,120 to get past, right? 318 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:55,120 And, you know, I just moved from Modesto to San Carlos, 319 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,800 so Central Valley to the Bay area of California. 320 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:04,080 I think that that'll also be an interesting little tidbit 321 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,320 that I have to navigate and get across. 322 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:11,320 So I hope that my rocky cut scene, 323 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,720 as I will refer to it in the future, 324 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,780 will be interesting to you guys as well. 325 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:21,080 And really my intention with the Friday episodes 326 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,000 is to do something very similar 327 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,480 that another podcaster named Alex Hormozi does. 328 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,520 So in the game podcast by Alex Hormozi, 329 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,380 in one of his intros, he says that he is trying to build 330 00:17:33,380 --> 00:17:35,760 a billion dollar thing with acquisition.com 331 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:38,080 and he wishes that Warren Buffett and Musk 332 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,120 kept track of their journeys on their way 333 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,380 to creating billion dollar businesses. 334 00:17:42,380 --> 00:17:46,200 So he is doing that for the rest of us. 335 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,040 And what I kind of wish there was, 336 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,760 was which I think that he kind of does it 337 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,520 like in the very beginning, but not quite for my industry 338 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,200 and for my learnings and what I want to build, 339 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,120 is keep track of my journey. 340 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,880 I want to be able to look back at myself and say, 341 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,040 you know, this is where I started. 342 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,720 These are the things that I've learned. 343 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,400 This is what I've documented. 344 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,280 And I hope that by sharing my struggles, 345 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,680 it inspires somebody else or other people 346 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:12,920 can share their learnings 347 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,200 and how they got past different things. 348 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:20,200 And really just be another resource for people 349 00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:21,840 as they build their business 350 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,080 or the life that they've always wanted to live. 351 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:30,100 And a lot of his podcasts and a lot of his content right now, 352 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,360 he's already a millionaire, 353 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:34,080 he's already doing his hundred million dollar thing. 354 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:38,600 I really want to show that journey, 355 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,840 those struggles from the very beginning, 356 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,900 because I'm literally going from zero, 357 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:46,920 trying to get to one. 358 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,040 And he's at a hundred million, 359 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:52,680 trying to get to a billion, which is great. 360 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,880 But I want to kind of show that story again, 361 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,660 from zero to one and then one to a hundred thousand, 362 00:18:59,660 --> 00:19:01,200 I feel like is the common number 363 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,400 that people use for business, right? 364 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,600 Everybody wants to make a hundred thousand dollars a year. 365 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,760 And I want to show that journey 366 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,440 and that struggle and those lessons. 367 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,660 So that's what Friday episodes will be dedicated 368 00:19:14,660 --> 00:19:17,000 to is all about me. 369 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,720 And also we talking about weightlifting, running, 370 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,560 rock climbing, all those other fun things that I get to do. 371 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,360 And the other fun thing I'll be doing 372 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,900 is running a school community called 373 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,200 NeverPeak The First Step. 374 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,560 And this is one of the first official communities 375 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,160 for the NeverPeak project, 376 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,160 where listeners of the show can come together 377 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,540 to learn from, network with, 378 00:19:37,540 --> 00:19:41,540 and help others in the community move towards their goals. 379 00:19:41,540 --> 00:19:43,000 I've already uploaded some courses 380 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:48,000 that will be useful in terms of flushing out your why, 381 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,720 getting past roadblocks and working towards the goals 382 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,160 that you have in your life. 383 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,600 And a lot of it will be, again, 384 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,600 taking the things that we talked about in this podcast 385 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,360 and doing something with it. 386 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:05,400 And I feel like being able to be in a network 387 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,180 in a community of like-minded individuals 388 00:20:07,180 --> 00:20:09,920 that are all working towards their own goals, 389 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,040 for me has been so impactful. 390 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,000 So I'm creating a community that does just that 391 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,740 for those that are listeners. 392 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,560 And I mentioned this earlier, 393 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,520 but in the community, I'm going to be finding a way 394 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,300 to bring in the guests that we have 395 00:20:29,300 --> 00:20:30,920 on the NeverPeak project, 396 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:35,300 for you to ask your questions to in a live Zoom setting, 397 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:39,280 where we can get our individual questions answered, 398 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,580 one to many, one to one. 399 00:20:41,580 --> 00:20:45,860 So that we can, again, continue to NeverPeak. 400 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,280 So if you are interested in getting into that community, 401 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,600 as of recording this right now, 402 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,640 there are 10 free spots left. 403 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,400 And after that, it will switch to a paid community. 404 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,640 So if you wanna get in either free 405 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,120 or at the cheapest it'll be, 406 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:09,120 head to the link in the show notes and join. 407 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:10,200 I'll be there. 408 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,160 I'm more than happy to answer any questions you have 409 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,760 before you join, after you join, 410 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,480 while you're in it, whatever, 411 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,780 to make sure that the community is as strong as possible. 412 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,880 I'll also be doing some one-to-one and small group coaching 413 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,400 for those that would like a bit more 414 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,440 individualized attention, 415 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:29,720 but we'll talk more on that later. 416 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,320 Check out the link in the show notes as well 417 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,420 to answer a few questions there. 418 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,680 And another thing I'll be doing, 419 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,640 especially over the next year, 420 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,840 is writing, a whole lot of writing. 421 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:42,880 Over the next month or so, 422 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,320 I'll be working on my Walk Across America journal 423 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,120 to get that wrapped up and available for download. 424 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:50,680 And the journal is going to be a day-to-day account 425 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,200 of my Walk Across America and include things like, 426 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,240 the start and stop points, miles walked, 427 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,360 or the decisions I made, why I made those decisions, 428 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,680 and so much, so much more. 429 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:03,600 It'll be pretty lengthy. 430 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,700 I think right now it's already at about 100 pages, 431 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:07,960 and I'm only about 40 or 50 days in 432 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,760 out of 175, 433 00:22:10,820 --> 00:22:15,120 but it will be basically an unabridged account 434 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:17,000 of the five and a half month journey. 435 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:22,000 And the reason I want to post the unabridged version 436 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,320 and the unedited day-to-day accounts 437 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,040 is because I wanted to be kind of a way for folks 438 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,280 to read through it or look for the highlights, 439 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,080 look for the things that resonate with them, 440 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:39,120 and see what lessons others pull out of my journey. 441 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:40,640 Of course, I'll be looking at everything 442 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,160 through the lens of Ranger, 443 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,600 but I hope that maybe there's a way for other people 444 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,900 to kind of share what their takeaways are with me 445 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,640 and the community as well, 446 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,480 so that we can all learn from each other 447 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,200 and, I don't know, do something else with it. 448 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,160 I think it'll be interesting, 449 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,160 kind of like the idea that everybody has their own meanings 450 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,200 or they pull apart different meanings 451 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,560 from different pieces of art. 452 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,680 All of that will really be in preparation for the book. 453 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,360 The next book, which will be very much a self-help, 454 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:16,740 life coaching-esque narrative, 455 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:19,520 will be one that goes over different mental models, 456 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,200 tools, and lessons from my walk across America. 457 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,440 And I think that's also why I want to see 458 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,640 what other people think of my journey first here and there, 459 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,080 is to see what would be the most impactful 460 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,120 and useful for this project. 461 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,880 I'm not sure what I want to name it just yet. 462 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,320 I'm still working through a few title ideas that I have, 463 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,960 but I think that it will be a way for me to really, 464 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,340 I don't know, just put everything together 465 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:47,080 in a way that can be kind of mass produced 466 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,040 and to say, here, here's the information, 467 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,920 do with it what you will. 468 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,740 And I think that it will take a very similar approach 469 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:57,020 to the Monday episodes of the podcast, 470 00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:59,240 in that it's going to be, here's the story, 471 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,360 here's the tool, here's the model, here's the lesson, 472 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:04,780 here's how you can apply it. 473 00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:09,760 If you can't tell, action is very important to me 474 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,680 and those that I serve in this community, 475 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:17,680 whether it is a one-to-one client, a small group group, 476 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,320 or people in the school community or on the podcast, 477 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,000 I really think that, what is it, what is it? 478 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,660 Ideas without action are worth nothing more 479 00:24:27,660 --> 00:24:30,440 than the brain cells that they occupy. 480 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,640 I hold that to be extremely, extremely true 481 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,320 in everything that I do, 482 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:40,080 and I want that to be at the center of this community. 483 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,240 But when it comes to that book, 484 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,320 I have no clue when it will be out, 485 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,840 but my first goal is to have a draft done 486 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,480 within a year of my end date. 487 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,320 So by August 31st, 2025, 488 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,320 my goal is to have the first draft done and go from there. 489 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,440 So if you'd like to be updated about that, 490 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,800 it'll be every Friday, 491 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,800 I'll be talking about it here and there. 492 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,960 Yeah, I'm sure a lot of lessons 493 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,040 will be learned in that as well. 494 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,440 But professionally, between the podcast, 495 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,880 school community, coaching, and writing, 496 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,960 that's really all I have planned professionally for now. 497 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,680 I do have a few different side gigs, 498 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,080 I'll be doing that here and there, 499 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:28,920 but other than that, 500 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,440 my plan is to go into coaching full time, 501 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,560 and I am excited to take all of you on that journey with me. 502 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,320 On the personal side, I have a wedding to plan, 503 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,360 so that'll be fun, ton of workouts to do. 504 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:44,480 Again, I'll be getting into weightlifting, 505 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,840 running, and climbing. 506 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,360 I have a bunch of friends I wanna hang out with, 507 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:51,840 family to see, and I'll also talk about that here and there, 508 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,960 but that is a majority of what I have planned. 509 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,680 Oh, I'll be getting my animals soon. 510 00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,560 I've talked about this here and there, 511 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,560 but I am super into reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, 512 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:08,560 so snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, mainly tarantulas. 513 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,800 And right now, at the time of recording this podcast, 514 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,720 those are all still with friends and family 515 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,520 in varying locations, 516 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,920 and pretty soon I will be able to see them again, 517 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,560 and I am so excited to have them back 518 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,000 and interact with them, 519 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,200 so I'll be posting about them here pretty soon as well, 520 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,480 and talking about some lessons that I learned 521 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,680 when I was running a reptile rescue 522 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,600 prior to leaving for the walk, so more on that. 523 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,760 Before I jump on any more tangents, 524 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,820 I just wanna thank all of you for tuning in 525 00:26:40,820 --> 00:26:43,800 for the first episode of the Never Peak Project. 526 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,320 I am super excited to see where all of this goes, 527 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,240 and for those of you that have been watching my journey 528 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,880 across the country or joined before that, 529 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,000 during, or right after, 530 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,840 thank you for your time and attention. 531 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,360 I know that those are two of our most valuable resources 532 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:02,800 and things that we can never really get back, 533 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,480 so thank you for sharing a little bit of that with me. 534 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,920 And I am really excited to see the next adventures 535 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:16,680 on the horizon have for all of us. 536 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,320 So now that we're at the end of the first episode, 537 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,880 I wanna leave you all with this. 538 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:24,240 Remember that the best is yet to come, 539 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,120 as long as you are willing to take that first step 540 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:29,060 and never quit. 541 00:27:29,060 --> 00:27:46,060 I'll see you all in the next episode.