Good morning, good afternoon and good evening everybody and welcome to today's episode of the Never Peak Project podcast.
My name is Coach Ranger and in today's episode we're going to be talking about a phrase that has been my toes to nose as I have
Trevor self-employment the last couple of months going to big networking events as a extroverted introvert and how I'm kind of
Maintaining my passion my purpose my fire as I continuously get what I call kicked in the throat
So sit back relax and enjoy today's episode as I talk about a few key phrases that have helped me keep going
Even as times get tough now just a minute ago
I mentioned a phrase a concept called toes to nose and this comes from a book called the art of possibility
by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander and in the book
Roz Rosamund talks about how when she went whitewater rafting the instructors kept saying a few phrases over and over and over and over again
They were saying this is that if you fall out of the boat
Remember toes to nose pull your feet up to your chest so that you don't get your feet caught in the rocks below
toes to nose
Look for the boat reach for the ore
That was the order that people needed to follow if they fell into the boat and
The the water is a little bit of a metaphor. It's an actual thing that happens
She fell into the water and was able to remember toes to nose
Look for the boat reach for the ore because I'm sure as you can imagine if you fall into
Water while you're rafting like that. It can be overwhelming. It's dangerous. It's scary
And you don't really have a whole lot of time to think it's very much a I need to act and I need to act fast
I need to reorient myself so I could pull myself back into the boat and
Pulling yourself back into the boat is something that as a coach is something that I remind my clients of constantly and
Honestly, I need to be reminded of constantly
It's the idea that when you find yourself out of the boat out of that mission out of that vision that you want to create for yourself
to have a few key phrases to
Remember what's most important to pull yourself back into the boat so that you can keep moving forward
So that's what I want to do in this episode is share a few of those key toes to nose phrases
That I have been using throughout my journey of self-employment
and the very first one came from a friend a fellow coach named
Marcus and he said this during one of our enrollment team calls and it really just stuck with me
I feel like it really just embodies the idea of just taking action taking imperfection
taking imperfect action
over guaranteed inaction and the phrase that he said was
Don't look for places be in places and I think that phrase really just helped me
It really just helped me get out of my comfort zone right it helped me
Stop making excuses on finding the perfect place to get into on finding the greatest spot to be in instead
Just focus on finding a spot to be in and this is something that has already been helping me a ton as
I have been
traversing a new environment a new area a new setup of networking and
Geography since I just recently moved from Modesto to San Carlos after my walk across the country. I
You know, it's hard finding community. It's hard finding places that you belong in but I think that the significance of
Him saying that was it just reminded me that you're never gonna find the perfect place by reading a few things online or by
just
Again not taking action because you're not sure of the best action to take and since he said that I've already joined a couple local
Chambers of Commerce the San Mateo area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Coastside Chamber in Half Moon Bay
I've joined a toastmasters organization the business referral network
That's attached to the San Mateo Chamber and I'm looking into joining the local Lions Club in Half Moon Bay
And the reason that I'm putting myself in all these different positions. It's a lot of work
It's a lot of shaking hands kissing babies showing up time and time and time again
But I've already seen some fantastic returns on that time
just being able to connect to my why and understand that I'm there for a reason for a specific purpose to serve others and
See where I can fit in with my services my coaching my
workshops really just having that at the forefront has been super helpful for me to just get in front of people and
I mean, I just got a phone call with someone that
Works for a nonprofit in the city in San Francisco that is interested in me coming in and doing some workshops
and just this week I'm going to another networking events with somebody that I had a quick conversation with at a
Business networking event in San San Francisco. We set up a second meeting
We talked a little bit about our business and what we can do and how we can help each other
I'm making him some connections and he's helping me make some as well. So again, it's really just about putting yourself in those situations
Saying, you know, I'm gonna find this place. I'm gonna go be in it taking up space
I think has just been such an influential and impactful
Starting point for me to show up to places another phrase that I have been using as a good toast to nose when I get to those places is
What's more important?
Showing up is one thing but
Actually having those conversations and making that effort is a whole other animal and story and the phrase that I use there again
Is what's more important?
For example, when I show up to these networking events, they're not necessarily my favorite thing to do
I do have a little bit of a hard time in group settings. I have a hard time starting conversations
It's just something that I am working on but I'm aware that it is an issue with me
That I would like to correct something that doesn't work as well. I'll say something that I have been doing at some of those events is
Saying okay
What's more important?
Me being afraid of having conversations with strangers
What's more important me being afraid of starting conversations of inserting myself into a group of making connections?
Is that fear more important or are the results that I can generate for people more important?
Is the income that I'm looking to create for myself more important?
What's more important the fear or the results that I want and
And that has been something that I have carried with me throughout even just groups of two or like three or four people
To hundreds in a room from people that I know to new connections that I'm making by focusing on
What's more important that fear that I feel that's gonna keep me in the corner?
Or I'm just gonna go get my little orders and free snacks and maybe go put my business cards on the little business card exchange table
Or am I going to go out shake some hands talk about what I do and
Really listen to what the other people are saying so so far. We've talked a little bit about don't look for places be in places
And the phrase what's more important and the final principle that I want to leave you guys with today
The final toast to knows that has been insanely impactful for me and my business especially at this rocky cutscene phase
Is actually from Alex Hermoses book one hundred million dollar leads as you can tell by the hat
Big Alex Hermoses fans around here
But it's really just from his book again one hundred million dollar leads and it's his guiding principle
Do more I
Have it circled I have it written on a few post the notes and the reason why those two words do more are so
important and
Just crucial to what I'm doing is it just kind of a constant reminder that the only way that you're gonna get the results that you want is
By putting in the inputs the only way you'll get the outputs is through the inputs
The only way you'll get the effect is from the cause right and I think it's just a constant reminder that if you do enough
if you do the actions the tasks the
Objectives the missions that you know you need to be done
You have to do things to the point that it's unreasonable that you won't succeed
If you do things once or twice or ten times or fifty times
It's probably not gonna work out, but once you start getting into the hundreds of thousands the tens of thousands the hundreds of thousands
That's when
Results will start flowing in
Once you start doing those actions once you start putting in those inputs
It becomes unreasonable for you to not be successful and that is something that I
Constantly need to remind myself of throughout this journey as I've said before I'll say again
I'm kind of in that rocky cutscene portion, right? I'm getting kicked in the throat. I'm getting knocked out Creed is winning
You know, but I need to keep getting up. I need to keep moving forward
It's just a constant reminder that I can always do more. I can do more. I can do it better
And I can get the results that I want to create
So I hope that one of these three toes to know statements can be
useful for you as you're going through your journey of self-employment or
Whatever it is that you are currently working on remember to not look for spaces, but be in spaces always remember
What is most important for you in that situation and again do more?
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Let me know how you plan to use these in your life. I would super appreciate it and
As always remember to never settle never quit and never peak. I'll see you guys next week