1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,160 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everybody. 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:03,400 And welcome to another episode 3 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,520 of the NeverPeak Project Podcast. 4 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:07,520 I'm your host, Coach Ranger, 5 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,080 and today we're gonna be diving into a few concepts 6 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,880 and thought processes that kept me going 7 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:14,940 during my walk across America. 8 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:18,360 And it's going to be through three different types of people 9 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,560 that kept me accountable and moving toward my goal 10 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,000 of making it from the Atlantic Ocean 11 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,600 all the way to the Pacific Ocean. 12 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,480 We're gonna be talking about the concept 13 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,280 of the kid on the couch, the guy in the cave, 14 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,880 and the man in the chair. 15 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,280 So sit back, relax, and enjoy as we chitter chat 16 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,600 about a few people that I kept with me 17 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:38,760 throughout my entire journey. 18 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,880 Each of these characters represents a different way 19 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,320 of how I would approach challenges or roadblocks in my way 20 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,880 as I made it from one side of the country to the other. 21 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,920 It's really how I found inspiration 22 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:50,840 and kept me moving toward my goal 23 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,160 and really just gave me that never quit mentality 24 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,600 that I needed to continuously move 25 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,280 through the entire country. 26 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,800 And to quickly sum it up, the kid on the couch 27 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,640 reminds us of our responsibility 28 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,160 to inspire the next generation. 29 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,020 And being able to show everybody that good is possible, 30 00:01:08,020 --> 00:01:11,740 that is within your capabilities and your power 31 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:13,520 to do the things that it is that you wanna do. 32 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,680 The guy in the cave really just embodies resourcefulness 33 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,320 and moving forward even when times get tough. 34 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,480 And finally, the man in the chair 35 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,320 is really just the ultimate form of accountability. 36 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,760 We'll get more into him near the end of the episode, 37 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,040 but those are the three characters 38 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:29,080 we're gonna be talking about. 39 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,840 And to jump straight into the idea of the kid on the couch, 40 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,720 I wanna present to you a quote by author C.S. Lewis. 41 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,080 Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, 42 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,780 let them at least have heard 43 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:43,040 of brave knights and heroic courage. 44 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:44,560 This quote resonates very deeply 45 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,280 with the idea of the kid on the couch. 46 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,920 It's a belief that each of us truly has a responsibility 47 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:50,720 to live in a way that inspires others, 48 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,000 especially the next generation, 49 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,320 by showing them that good exists 50 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,400 and it is possible to be a force of change. 51 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,040 Because when you really break it down and look at the media 52 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,800 and what gets clicks on the internet, 53 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,480 it's all the bad stuff in the world. 54 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,760 It's all of those, it's all those cruel enemies 55 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,440 that will either meet online, in person, 56 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,160 through an article, a headline, 57 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,040 and all those feel-good stories, the good in the world, 58 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,400 the people that are out there making change happen, 59 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,240 typically are kind of reserved for special segments 60 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,440 on these news channels, for side stories 61 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,320 or not front page-worthy news necessarily. 62 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Of course, that's gonna be what we focus on 63 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,160 throughout the day to day, 64 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,280 and that's what kids are gonna see, 65 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,400 and that's what's really going to shift their perspective 66 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:35,980 and their world view, 67 00:02:35,980 --> 00:02:38,080 rather than being one of resourcefulness, 68 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,320 creativity, curiosity, and adventure, 69 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:46,320 more so towards malice and untrustworthiness in the world. 70 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,240 And the kid on the couch really represents the idea 71 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,280 that if a child somehow, some way, somewhere 72 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,040 were to watch the things that you do, 73 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,760 what would see your mission statement, 74 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,980 that would see the projects that you are putting work into, 75 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:02,600 that they would be inspired by, 76 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,160 that they would see you as one of those heroic knights 77 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,840 and courage in the world, 78 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:09,500 and it would show them that it is possible 79 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:10,920 for them to do those things as well. 80 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:15,920 And I think that really maintaining this curiosity, 81 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:20,300 this adventure, this wanting to do good in the world, 82 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,540 it really is innate to human beings. 83 00:03:22,540 --> 00:03:23,940 I do believe that humans do have 84 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:25,220 that innate goodness in them, 85 00:03:25,220 --> 00:03:29,140 and that is shifted by external or internal changes 86 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:30,300 that happen over time, 87 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:33,780 and I think that's really just showcased through, 88 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:35,260 if you were to ask, I don't know, 89 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:36,620 let's say you ask 100 kids 90 00:03:36,620 --> 00:03:37,940 what they wanna do when they grow up, 91 00:03:37,940 --> 00:03:40,300 what they wanna be, they'll usually say things 92 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:43,420 like astronauts or teachers, police officers, 93 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:45,540 firefighters, or veterinarians, 94 00:03:45,540 --> 00:03:48,700 and just all of these jobs and things 95 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,580 that are inherently good, they're in service to others, 96 00:03:51,580 --> 00:03:53,580 there's that sense of adventure that they have 97 00:03:53,580 --> 00:03:56,780 that pushes them to do good in the world. 98 00:03:56,780 --> 00:04:01,180 And I think that if we take that into our business, 99 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:03,620 into the mission statements that we write 100 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:05,700 for our organizations and really keep 101 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:08,060 that the forefront of what we do, 102 00:04:08,060 --> 00:04:09,820 in those different acts, 103 00:04:09,820 --> 00:04:13,040 it'll just kind of keep a continuous cycle 104 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,580 of good going in the world. 105 00:04:14,580 --> 00:04:15,820 And that's something that I maintained 106 00:04:15,820 --> 00:04:17,380 throughout my walk across the country 107 00:04:17,380 --> 00:04:19,500 in that the content that I put out, 108 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:21,880 I wanted it to be friendly for all ages. 109 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,900 I wanted to showcase the good in the world, 110 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:26,900 that even when I came up against challenges or roadblocks, 111 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,080 that I was finding ways past them, 112 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,540 that I was showing the process of asking for help, 113 00:04:31,540 --> 00:04:33,500 of being resourceful, of figuring out 114 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,480 what I was going to do next. 115 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,260 I feel like there were plenty of opportunities for me 116 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:39,660 to really just showcase the negativity in the world, 117 00:04:39,660 --> 00:04:41,480 but I always wanted to showcase consistently 118 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,780 throughout all the content that I was pushing out 119 00:04:43,780 --> 00:04:45,980 that the walk was something bigger than myself, 120 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:47,940 and it was really about the other people 121 00:04:47,940 --> 00:04:51,620 and the conversations that I had along the way. 122 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:52,940 And while the kid on the couch 123 00:04:52,940 --> 00:04:56,060 is not necessarily a real person per se, 124 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:57,160 there have been a few encounters 125 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:58,820 that I've had during my journey 126 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:02,060 that really just solidified that entire concept. 127 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:06,080 There was a interaction in Saluda, South Carolina, 128 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,860 just outside of the town limits, 129 00:05:08,860 --> 00:05:11,520 another one in a grocery store in Arkansas, 130 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,520 and another on the side of the highway in Alabama. 131 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:16,880 And the very first one was in Saluda, South Carolina, 132 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,320 when I was strolling into town. 133 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,560 I was pulled over by a couple people 134 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,160 that were curious about what I was doing, 135 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,240 that had seen me on Saluda Now by Burton Campbell, 136 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,440 one of my host families in South Carolina, 137 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,080 and they were stopping to say hi, take pictures with me, 138 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,640 give me donations, offer me food, water, et cetera. 139 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,920 And there was a mom and daughter duo 140 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,320 that pulled me over to chat with me for a little bit. 141 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,040 And in that conversation, 142 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,840 the mom said that her daughter had actually found me 143 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:45,600 on social media first, and she asked me 144 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,960 if I would be comfortable taking a picture with the daughter 145 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,400 because she was too afraid to ask. 146 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,440 And I thought that that was such a cool moment 147 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,800 that just really showcased that, 148 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,040 even if I'm not purposely targeting that demographic, 149 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,800 kids are still finding me somehow, 150 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,240 they're still seeing my message, 151 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,760 they're still consuming the writings, the videos, 152 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,360 whatever it is that I'm putting out. 153 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,680 So that was a good message. 154 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,240 And I was able to get that out. 155 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,280 So that was a good early reminder for me 156 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,920 to maintain that professionalism and that image 157 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,960 that I wanted to upkeep throughout the entire walk. 158 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,960 And another was an encounter with a mom and son in Arkansas. 159 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,640 I was walking through a small town, 160 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,640 and I was trying to cross the streets, 161 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,000 and there wasn't a crosswalk nearby, 162 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,120 so I was trying to just run across, 163 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:32,200 break the law a little bit. 164 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,840 And a woman in a minivan saw me, 165 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:35,960 stopped, put her hazards on, 166 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,120 and waved me across the street, 167 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,520 so I was able to run across. 168 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,120 And I ran to the grocery store 169 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,840 because I needed more snacks and water. 170 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:45,760 So while I was walking around the grocery store, 171 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,040 the mom and son approached me, 172 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,240 and the son asked if he could take a picture with me. 173 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,240 I said, sure thing. 174 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:52,440 We chatted for a few minutes. 175 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:53,480 I gave them my card. 176 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,360 They gave me a donation. 177 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,200 I think they bought my lunch that day, basically. 178 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,080 And I was on my way. 179 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,560 And then a few hours later, 180 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,640 I made a post on social media, 181 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,320 and the kid had commented on it, 182 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,080 and he made that picture of the two of us 183 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:07,680 his profile picture. 184 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:08,520 It was about halfway, 185 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,480 almost halfway across the country at that point. 186 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,080 And it was just, again, another reminder 187 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,760 to maintain that image and that professionalism, 188 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,880 and a good reminder that someone is always watching. 189 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,960 And the third happened a few weeks prior 190 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,000 to the Arkansas incident. 191 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,640 It was a father and a son. 192 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:27,640 They pulled me over. 193 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,440 The son's name was Pruitt. 194 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,760 And he was telling me about how he was a FFA officer, 195 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,160 how he had just gotten elected, 196 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,200 how he was excited to serve his chapter that year. 197 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,040 We took a picture together, 198 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,120 the carrot on their way. 199 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,640 And a few hours later, 200 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,080 I was scrolling through my feed, 201 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,640 and I saw that I was tagged in a post on Instagram. 202 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:46,720 So I went to it, 203 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,960 and it was the picture that Pruitt posted with me, 204 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,440 and the caption, I wanna read it word for word, 205 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,520 as an FFA officer, this is awesome to see. 206 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,280 Hope he stays strong on his journey. 207 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:58,640 And he explained a little bit 208 00:07:58,640 --> 00:07:59,840 about how I was walking the country 209 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,240 and raising money for FFA. 210 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,960 And just thought about how that was a little bit 211 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,320 of a deeper connection than the others that I had found 212 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,400 from, I guess, the outside looking in, 213 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,200 how we were connected through FFA. 214 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,400 So those are three examples of the kid on the couch 215 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,720 that I had throughout my walk across the country. 216 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,120 Moving on to the second person that I kept with me 217 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,080 on my walk across the United States is the guy in the cave. 218 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,920 Now, the guy in the cave really just represents 219 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,000 resourcefulness and the belief that I can overcome 220 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,880 any roadblock that got in my way. 221 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,600 And the idea of the guy in the cave is somewhere, 222 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,560 someone in the middle of nowhere is training 223 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:40,080 to do the thing that I wanna do, 224 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,720 which in this case is walk across the country. 225 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,560 They have no running water, they have no resources, 226 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:47,760 they don't have the same money that I do, 227 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,560 they don't have the same technology, 228 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,920 but they are going to do what I wanna do, 229 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,200 they're going to do it better, they're gonna do it faster. 230 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,640 And it was really just a way for me that, 231 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,320 when I was kind of falling into the sabotaging voice 232 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:02,640 or that was getting very loud, 233 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:06,200 or I was falling into non-resourcable beliefs 234 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,760 about my capabilities of getting past any roadblocks, 235 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,840 just kind of remembering that there's someone somewhere 236 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,480 that has less than I do and is able to do way more 237 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,960 than I think I'm capable of. 238 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,440 And it was just a good way for me to remember 239 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,200 that I have resources, that I have an answer 240 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,320 to anything that's coming across my way, 241 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,680 that I can get past any issue, 242 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:31,520 whether it's a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, 243 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:36,040 rainstorm, my campground getting stripped from me 244 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,080 as I showed up to the site, 245 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,760 just really anything that I came across, 246 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,400 I could figure out a way to get through it. 247 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,200 And this mindset of really focusing on the solutions 248 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,240 rather than the roadblock itself 249 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,540 really helped me get out of the sabotaging voice 250 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:54,800 that I really can find myself falling into pretty frequently. 251 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,160 And the kind of the voice that says things like, 252 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,560 I'm not good enough, how can I be so stupid? 253 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,080 I don't have the right tools, I'll never make it. 254 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,720 It was just really saying, no, 255 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:06,640 let's put those stories to the side. 256 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:07,840 You can do these things 257 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,840 because this imaginary person already has, 258 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,040 but what excuse do you have? 259 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,200 The guy in the cave concept really helped me develop 260 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,480 the one more mentality that when I was kind of falling 261 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,640 into that sabotaging voice, I could focus on, 262 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,800 okay, what's one more thing I can try? 263 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:23,840 One more thing I can do, 264 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,600 whether it's one more phone call to a non-emergency line 265 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,600 in the area, one more post on social media, 266 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,120 looking for one more group to join to ask for assistance, 267 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,260 just really focusing on the next task that I can do 268 00:10:38,260 --> 00:10:41,020 that can move me towards a safe place to stay that night 269 00:10:41,020 --> 00:10:43,560 or pulling myself out of a bad situation. 270 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,880 And I'm gonna really pull that into my personal life 271 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,640 and my business by focusing on really what I can do 272 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:51,480 in that moment. 273 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,560 It's about what I can control, not what I can't control. 274 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:57,160 Because if I focus on what I can't control, 275 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,920 I would spiral and really just lose sight 276 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:02,280 of what it is that I'm trying to accomplish. 277 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,000 And I think a way to really wrap this idea up 278 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,640 is you really only have to win once. 279 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,880 You don't have to do it over and over and over again. 280 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,660 You can fail, fail, fail, fail, 281 00:11:13,660 --> 00:11:16,360 but as long as you win by the end of the day, 282 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:17,680 that's all that really counts. 283 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:19,680 And the final one that I kept with me 284 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:21,120 throughout my journey across the country 285 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,520 is the man in the chair. 286 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,500 And really, the man in the chair represents, 287 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:26,480 in my case, my future self, 288 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,280 who you will become by the end of your life 289 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,120 and the stories you'll have to tell 290 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:31,840 when you're in that final season. 291 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,720 And for me, it's really the image of an old man 292 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,280 sitting in a rocking chair on his porch. 293 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,360 And the way I kind of envision in my head 294 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,600 is at any given moment, I can go and talk to him 295 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,800 and the old man will tell me different stories 296 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,080 about the things that he accomplished in his life. 297 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:48,520 Stories, you know, in this case, 298 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,640 walking across the country, starting a business, 299 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,160 doing all these crazy things that I wanna do. 300 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,300 I don't want to get to that point 301 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:57,800 where I am the actual man sitting in the chair 302 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,760 and it's stories that didn't actually happen, 303 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,540 but I want it to happen. 304 00:12:02,540 --> 00:12:04,440 I want it to be able to live a life 305 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:05,880 that I can look back and say, 306 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,800 I've done everything that I wanted to do. 307 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,840 I've built the things I wanted to build. 308 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,640 I've experienced what I want to experience. 309 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,000 And that really centered around the whole idea 310 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,440 of my coaching practice within range coaching. 311 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,480 And one of my taglines for the business 312 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,360 is to build a life worth remembering. 313 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,480 I think that that is really just the cornerstone 314 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,080 of what I want to achieve with my walk across the country. 315 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:29,480 I didn't just want it to be this thing 316 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,400 that I said I wanted to do for years and years and years. 317 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,680 I wanted it to be something that I said I wanted to do. 318 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:39,200 I sat down, decided that it really was something 319 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,280 I wanted to do, not just something I thought was cool 320 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,160 and jumped into it and I did it. 321 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,920 And this idea was actually inspired by a concept 322 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:50,520 that David Goggins talks about in his book, Can't Hurt Me. 323 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,840 I listened to the audiobook when I was walking 324 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,020 through Georgia, I believe. 325 00:12:55,020 --> 00:12:58,080 And really it's just the idea of at the end of his life, 326 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,460 he goes and he meets God and God tells him 327 00:13:00,460 --> 00:13:03,280 all these different things and all these different stories 328 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,240 of the things that he could have done but didn't. 329 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,920 And he didn't want to get to that point 330 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,400 and leave anything on the table that he could have done 331 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,200 but he didn't do. 332 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,180 So I just kind of reframed it in a way 333 00:13:15,180 --> 00:13:16,640 that made more sense in my brain 334 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,120 and something that I can kind of carry with me 335 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:18,960 throughout my journey. 336 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,780 And that's just really because that image 337 00:13:20,780 --> 00:13:22,800 struck extremely deeply with me. 338 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,320 It resonated, I can envision it, I can see what that 339 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,120 looks like, I can really visualize what that would look like, 340 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,760 the feelings and the emotions that I would feel 341 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:34,600 in that moment. 342 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,640 And here's why that idea of the man in the chair 343 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:38,460 really matters. 344 00:13:38,460 --> 00:13:40,640 Living in a way that avoids future regret 345 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:43,620 means prioritizing action over present fear. 346 00:13:43,620 --> 00:13:46,000 It's about making bold choices even when the outcome 347 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:46,840 is uncertain. 348 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,480 The man in the chair really is the ultimate accountability 349 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:50,760 because it's to yourself. 350 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:52,920 No other external factor, not another person, 351 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,260 not another thing, it's you and you. 352 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,420 And you are the only one that can make the decisions 353 00:13:59,420 --> 00:14:03,400 that are required to make the man in the chair proud. 354 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,060 And he's the version of you that can look back at your life 355 00:14:06,060 --> 00:14:08,080 and either say, I'm proud of what we've done 356 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,480 or I wonder what we could have done. 357 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,560 So here's a few questions I want to leave for you 358 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:12,840 at the end of today's episode. 359 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,160 How can you inspire the kid on the couch to do good? 360 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,280 How can you beat the guy in the cave 361 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,280 and overcome the roadblocks in your way? 362 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:23,400 And what will you do today to make the man 363 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:24,360 in the chair proud? 364 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,080 Let me know in the comments below. 365 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,120 Let me know in the audio feed. 366 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,740 Send me an email. 367 00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:35,120 Just let me know what your answers to these questions are. 368 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,680 And of course, until next time, remember to have fun, 369 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,980 stay safe and be yourself. 370 00:14:40,980 --> 00:14:42,980 I'll talk to you guys later.