Hard crack.
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everybody, and welcome to today's episode of
the Never Peak Project Podcast.
I'm your host, Coach Ranger, and today I'm just going to be talking a little bit about
my week, things that I've done, what I think is working, what I think is not working, and
just reflecting a little bit on the week that I've had.
So I'm going to go ahead and first things first, pull up my calendar so I can actually
remember everything.
And during today's episode, I'm going to be sipping on some Athletic Brewing Company,
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I drink the Upside Dawn.
They're just really good drinks to kind of have, relax.
I mean, I don't drink, I am sober.
So kind of helps me.
I really like the taste of alcohol, which is funny, but I don't like the feeling of
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So being able to enjoy a nice brew without the hangover and feeling gross is fantastic.
But that's just my little plug for them.
Again, I'm an ambassador, so I do get points towards brews, but I don't get paid for it.
So I think I have to legally say something like that.
But anyway, getting into my week.
So the very first thing that I did this week that was on my calendar was an interview with
a podcast called Behind the Brand.
The host, Maya, was fantastic.
I'll go ahead and link that interview down the show notes, but it was really good.
Her focus is very similar to mine in that she is more so focused on the person behind
the mission.
Again, the podcast is called Behind the Brand.
So we talked a lot about who I am, why I got into coaching, really just the genesis of
within range and the walk across America.
So she was a great host and I really enjoyed being on the show.
So thank you, Maya, for letting me hang out with you for a little bit.
Yeah.
Then there was just a lot of networking events going on this week.
I went to the BRN Business Referral Network through the San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce
on Tuesday and again, just a great meeting.
I really, really enjoyed these networking events that you go every single week, you
talk to people and it's really about building up that no like and trust system.
Being able to say, hey, I know a chiropractor that would be good.
I know an accountant, a roofer, an attorney, like just knowing all these different people
really helps I think being in business yourself.
I would say that one of the biggest benefits of being in a referral network is just on
the personal side.
You're able to reach out to a plethora, a ton of different people that are in all these
different industries.
As an example, around this time last year, November, December, I was in an accident in
my car where my vehicle was totaled.
They hit the back door, but it was just such a low value vehicle that the insurance company
just said that I was totaled.
So that was super stressful.
I didn't know where to go.
I didn't know what to do, but I knew that in my referral network, the Gold Star Referral
Clubs that there was a car salesman.
So I called him up, told him what was going on, told him my budget, what I was looking
for.
And within a few days, he was able to get me into a car.
And it was just really good knowing that I could go to him.
I could trust him that he wasn't going to screw me over, that I wasn't going to be like
that traditional weird use car salesman tactics.
Because it's also like when you're in these groups, it's like everybody is vetted and
kind of held accountable to certain ethical standards by everybody else in the group.
So just being able to do that, knowing that I wasn't going to get some junker car that
was going to get something good at a good value really helps out a lot.
So I would say on the personal side, just being in one of those referral networks so
that you can easily go to an accountant that you can talk to a real estate agent, etc.
Really just helps out a ton.
And on the business side of it, knowing who these people are so you can refer them to
your clients or those around you helps out a ton.
That same use car guy.
I was able to send my mom to him not that long ago.
I think about two weeks ago, her transmission went out in one of her vehicles and I just
gave her Nico's number, sent her on over and within a few hours she had a new car.
So that just helps out a ton.
Kind of something that I was told when I was looking into being a real estate agent before
coaching was to be the guy that knows a guy is to build up your Rolodex of contacts so
that should one of your clients ever need help.
You're able to just say, Hey, talk to this guy.
Hey, talk to this guy.
Hey, talk to this person.
It really just helps kind of position you as someone with connections while also being
of service to others to make sure that everybody kind of gets the solutions and products that
they actually need.
So that's my little, I don't know, love explanation of these referral networks and networking groups.
And one of the other things that I went to that day was called the Coastside Chamber Mixer
in Half Moon Day.
And what I really enjoyed about that was it was a nice small intimate group where I was
able to see people.
There were a few people that were at an event I was at last week called Passion of Purpose.
And I think the really the big benefit of this event was I saw people that I have seen before
and not only have they seen my face, they heard a little bit about me.
So they were kind of primed to have more of a deeper discussion with me.
It wasn't just very surface level.
We were able to get a little bit deeper on what I do, who I am and same thing with them.
So I think that again, this is just my ode to keep showing up, keep going to different
networking events.
You never know who you're going to meet or who you're going to see again.
So I think it's also very important to maintain a good image every time you go to one of these
events that you're well put together, that you're well spoken, just to make sure that
you can continue to foster relationships as time goes on.
And something really cool and exciting is in the works from those conversations at this
Half Moon Day event.
But I'm going to wait to talk about a little bit more until it's finalized just to make
sure I don't jinx myself and get all messed up.
I did a couple of wonder ones and I had a call with my client that day.
Moving into Wednesday, this one was a super busy day.
I started off by doing the weekly accountability call in my community on school called Neverpeak,
the first steps.
So what it is is every Wednesday at 8am, I hop on a call with the people in my school
community and we talk about what we have going on in our lives.
We talk about any trials that we're coming up against.
We kind of help each other out, offer advice and make committed action to the next week
and kind of work in a way to hold each other accountable.
And I have people in the group that own their own business that are doing side projects
that work in a family business, school community leaders themselves.
So it's a nice mix of people where all of us have very similar interests and problems
that we're facing, which also means that we're able to help each other out in a very fun
and unique way.
So if you're interested, be sure that you hit the link in the description.
One of the very first links that we have is just school.com forward slash never dash
peak.
Join the community.
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The price will be added at the beginning of the new year.
So get in now so they can walk in that free rate for the rest of forever.
And then the next thing that I did was hop on another school call with one of my friends
on school named Holly.
Her school community will also be linked down in the description.
It's aligned to succeed.
And again, what I really enjoyed about her group is that we are so similar and I guess
aligned and a lot of our values.
So while we're similar, we are different in a few key ways, but I just want to kind of
give her a shout out because she also does a mastermind call every week where people
hop on from all different countries, which is I think is cool and unique about her group.
While most people in my group are in the US or but just having different variety of people
is always good.
So I would just say that that's another ode to being in multiple spaces and places so
that you can kind of meet and interact different people all across the globe.
The next thing that I did was focus on my podcast.
I did a lot of editing for my episode with Paul, the episode that went up this week about
the benefits or the discussion about sobriety.
So that was a really great call.
I think that the really the biggest takeaway for me is that it's not necessarily about
pushing people to be sober or pushing people to believe the same thing that you believe,
but about working with folks to help them decide what they want their relationship with
anything to be, whether it's alcohol, food, weight loss, diet, exercise, really just anything,
making sure that people are kind of working in stride and tandem with their values and
what they want to actually create from their life.
So that was a fantastic conversation.
And if you want to listen to that, it was the last episode in the audio feed and on
the YouTube channel.
So be sure to check that out.
That night, Julie and I did our first wedding Wednesday day.
So as you guys may know, my fiance and I, Julie, I proposed to her at the beginning of the
year in January.
And now that I'm back from the walk, we are in full on wedding planning mode.
So what we've been doing, this is our very first one and we kind of want to maintain
this, try to do this every Wednesday if we can, but just do something that we call wedding
Wednesday where we set up time, we put in our calendars, make sure that we go out, we
have dinner, get some coffee or some kind of sweet treat dessert after.
But it's really about going over wedding plans, you know, the whole guest list, making sure
that we invite everybody that needs to be invited that we want there, going over the
different proposals that we have, proposals for the wedding venues and kind of deciding
what we want for our wedding.
We still have a ton of time or plan this to have our wedding in, I think end of summer
2026 is kind of one of the dates that we've been playing around with like July, August
ish.
Nothing is set in stone just yet.
We still have to figure out a few more things, but that was something that we've been doing
and it really just helps with connection, making sure we're aligned and that we're having
that open communication.
The next thing Thursday was insane.
On Thursday, I woke up bright and early, 730am, I had my Toastmasters meeting where I gave
a speech about the first steps of my walk across the country.
And the feedback that I got was I had fantastic storytelling throughout the entire speech from
how I learned about the walk to me being on the airplane and feeling those doubts creep
in again to how I learned that the walk was possible by hearing about Mark and Andrew's
walk all the way up until I took my first steps.
But where that speech fell flat is the very ending felt very cold and structured.
I kind of read off the last paragraph from my notes because I had a hard time memorizing
it and the feedback that I got was just maintaining that storytelling element and aspect throughout
the entire speech onto the end.
So it kind of took people out of the very ending when they saw me reading it, verbatim
off of a sheet.
So that is something that I'm going to retry next month and what I'm going to do is record
it and post it on the podcast as well as maybe the feedback of my evaluator for the
day.
I think that that would be interesting if they would be comfortable with that.
So stay tuned for that, but it won't happen until the mid-end of December.
Then I had three Zoom one to ones all with people that I've met in the peninsula area
so far.
So what all I do is whenever I meet somebody, I have their business card, I send them a
follow-up email, hey, my name is Ranger.
Was great meeting you at Blank.
I'd love to set up a one-to-one to learn more about your business.
And the reason I like doing that is even if I were to talk to somebody for 10, 15, 20
minutes at a networking event, I have found that it is very difficult to hear everything
they're saying.
We're trying to do our elevator pitch, trying to get information across very quickly and
clearly.
And I feel like a lot is lost when you're in those environments because everybody wants
to talk to everybody.
There's people there that they know, but when you're kind of locked in on a Zoom call, it
really helps you learn more about the person themselves.
I'm not just there to talk business.
I also do want to talk a little bit about them, learn who they are.
So that one, if I do find somebody that resonates with their business and what their service
or product is, I can easily refer them, but also so that they get to know me as well and
learn more about what I do.
So there's a little quick tidbit.
I've talked about it on other podcasts, but I really do think that doing these one-to-ones
is super valuable.
And it's something that I picked up from Goldstar.
The other thing that I did was I went to a B&I referral and network meeting and I really
enjoyed it.
They're a decent size group, almost 20 strong.
The only downside for that is they're about 30-ish minutes away from where I live, which
is the same thing for the Coastside Chamber.
So it's not like it's not something I'm already doing.
It's just another thing I have to drive to.
But I do really do see the value in referral networks, so I'm more than likely like 95%
going to join.
The other thing I went to that night was the Fast Signs ribbon cutting in San Mateo.
Fast Signs is a printing shop in San Mateo and they just had their one-year anniversary
ribbon cutting.
So I just want to stop by, show my support, show face, see people.
And I did see people from other events that I've been to, B&I, some San Mateo Chamber
events, and I think somebody from the Half Moon Bay Chamber as well.
So it was just kind of nice to be able to go see people in a more relaxed environment.
What I did like is they also had non-alcoholic drinks there, like Loginitas.
So I thought that that was a cool little touch.
So I appreciated that.
And today I was on the Half Moon Bay Radio with Chris Thlin, the CEO for the Half Moon
Bay Chamber of Commerce.
So that was really fun.
I'll see if I can put a link to the interview in the show notes.
I'm not sure if it was recorded or not, but we'll see what I can do there.
But I thought it was really nice to kind of hear a few people that called in, hear what
everybody has going on, and just really see that dynamic of radio come to life.
I was on the radio twice during my walk across the country, once in Little Rock, Arkansas,
and then another time in Socorro, New Mexico.
So those are really cool.
I really like the whole idea of being on radio.
I think I'm not quite used to it because I do say or do things that imply that people
and viewers can, or listeners, I guess, I think that's the issue, is that listeners can see
things that I'm doing.
But I'm sure there's times I do things on my own podcast, like I'm kind of about to do,
where it's a little bit silly that I'm trying to do a visual, why people are listening to
the audio version.
So that's just something that I noticed that was kind of funny that I want to kind of work
on.
And then for the rest of the day, I really just worked on business things.
I sent out some emails through MailChimp for the podcast episode with Paul, working on
getting everything together for next week.
I will be in another state.
I don't think I'm allowed to talk about what I'm doing.
I think I signed an NDA.
Oops.
But that's just a side gig that I'm doing to make a little bit of extra cash.
So I'll be out of the state for the next week.
So I just wanted to kind of get some things up and going to make sure that I am good to
go.
But other than that, not a whole lot in terms of updates for the week.
There is something that I kind of want to do in terms of a little bit of a fun thing,
which is just a hair update.
So I've been asked this before, but just kind of reiterate, I am growing out my hair and
that's why I didn't tie it up today because I'm going to donate it to an organization
like Locks of Love or something else.
I think there's a few of them.
I think there's one you're not supposed to donate to for some reason.
So I just want to make sure that I know who I'm sending it to before I actually send it,
but we're not there yet.
And the reason that I'm donating my hair is one of my little cousins was diagnosed with
leukemia a few years ago.
He had this nice, beautiful afro, but it was lost due to treatment.
He has it back now, which is fantastic.
He's doing fine.
But when I saw that, I was just thinking to myself, like, wow, that is tragic.
Like that really does suck.
So what I want to do is something that's a little bit uncomfortable for me, which is
having long hair and kind of kind of growing myself while I grow out my hair to donate.
So it's just a little fun, I don't know, Ranger backstory, but that's what I'm growing out
my hair.
Typically, whenever I go out, I have a tied up with the, I don't know, this thing, a hair
tie.
I tied it up with that hair thing.
And I have it under a hat.
So a lot of people don't really realize that I have long hair until they see the little
man bun in the back, but that's why I have the long hair right now.
But let's see how long this puppy is.
I don't know if this is the best way to do it or not.
This is one of those things that I'm doing that probably is a little bit silly on video,
but people on audio are like, what?
Cool.
Right around 15.
15 inches.
So I think the minimum is about 12 or so.
So I think I'm already past the minimum for donating.
I do want to try to get 16, maybe 18 or so.
So probably a few more months before I actually chop it off and send it in.
I just want to make sure that I have plenty of hair because I think they also say try
not to send just the minimum because they have a lot of that.
So just try to grow it out as much as I can.
So that also when I cut it, I'm not completely bald.
But that's really all I have for this week is just a quick 20 minute update about what's
going on within range coaching and never peak.
So still on the hunt for clients, still looking for people, still trying to perfect my message
when I'm at these networking events.
But I think it's getting better.
And I think a lot of it right now is just the hurry up and wait game.
I've only been doing this full time for about two or three months now.
So what?
September, October, November.
So yeah, about two and a half months.
So a lot of it right now is to just keep showing up, making sure that you don't lose momentum.
So there's my weekly challenge for all of you just to make sure that you keep showing
up, never give up.
But that's really all I have for this week's episode.
Thank you so much for listening to my ramble for 20 ish minutes.
And as always, remember to never settle, never quit and never peak.
I'll see you guys next week.