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 in today's episode, I'm going
to be talking a little bit about the upcoming workshop series
that I'm putting on together with my good friend Steph
Alston in Loomis, California at the beginning of 2025
called Walking Towards Success.
This is going to be a four-part workshop series held
in person in Loomis, California at Santosha Yoga
Collective.
All this information will be down in the show notes.
Don't worry, there's not going to be a test at the end.
So really, all I'm going to be doing in this episode
is just going over the bird's eye view of week one, which
is vision to action.
So sit back, relax, grab your cat,
mines off to the side over here, sleeping like a baby.
And listen in as I talk about mission, vision, values,
worldview, beliefs, declarations, and how
to build accountability into your daily life.
The very first workshop in this series with Steph Alston
is called Step One, Turning Vision into Action.
And this is going to be set entirely
on creating a solid purpose for the year that
will bleed into your goals, into how you see what is going on
around you, your worldview, your beliefs,
and help you create systems of accountability in your life
to make your New Year's resolution actually happen.
An issue that I see all the times,
people that I've talked to all across the country,
or even just day to day now, is that a lot of people
don't have a specific vision, mission,
or even feel a sense of purpose towards why
they want to do certain things.
Typically, the New Year's resolutions that we see
are things like lose weight, make more money, get a promotion,
they have better communication with my spouse, et cetera.
It's all these very, very basic goals.
I can talk about the smart goal framework, which a lot of us
have heard of.
But for right now, I want to just take a second
to talk about the importance of why.
Now, I do a workshop on the side called the Power of Purpose,
which I will put in the show notes
and the next one of those is.
There's an hour-long Zoom presentation
where we kind of go over this in very small detail.
But essentially, purpose is where all the power is.
That is what is going to keep you going,
even when things don't go your way.
When things don't go exactly to plan, something goes wrong,
something goes awry, it really is
what's going to keep you focused on taking that next step.
So for example, with my walk across the country,
I spent months figuring out what my why was.
And for me, what it really worked was kind of looking at more
so as a web of whys, seeing that there's multiple reasons why
I want to do this big crazy thing.
There is the aspect of I want to meet people across the country.
I want to expand my horizons.
I want to see the US for what it really is.
But I also want to promote something beyond myself.
I want to raise money for charities.
I want to have a specific mission statement,
having all these different reasons
why combined into a singular mission statement, which
for the walk was to highlight, learn from,
and work with people in the US that
are making a real difference in their community,
is what kept me moving and motivated and on task
the entire six months that I was actually walking.
And that is why the first thing that we're
going to be talking about in the workshop
is your mission and your why as to why you're even there.
Why are we in this room together?
What is our goal with this adventure
that we're going on together?
So every student is going to be able to walk away
with a specific mission and vision statement for the year
and their specific goals.
Steph and I will sit down and work with each person
individually in a group setting and kind of help everybody
feel confident in their why.
The next thing we're going to be working on
is our own specific values.
And the reason that understanding and identifying
your values is so important is that it's
what's going to help you make decisions on the day to day
basis.
So for example, the values of within range coaching,
my coaching practice, are fearless innovation, courageous
candor, and social responsibility.
And those are the three driving factors
that I use in my day to day to make decisions for my company.
It helps me decide who I'm going to work with,
who I'm going to partner with for events,
who I'm going to spend my time with, my money on,
especially with advertising or marketing.
Or even just what I'm going to put my time and effort into
in terms of creating workshops or programs for those
in my community.
It really helps me remind myself of the importance
of those day to day actions that I take
and how important it is to make sure that I kind of filter
every action through those three lenses
to make sure that on the other side comes out something
that I actually want to work towards.
And in terms of the business aspect of it,
I think what people kind of get caught up a lot is that it
feels like we have infinite possibilities,
but limited resources, which is very much true.
There are so many different directions and so many different
avenues that we can take as individuals working towards
our goals, that it's kind of hard to decide through the noise
what it is that we want to focus on.
But by identifying your values and being able to kind of hold
those close to your chest, it gives you that opportunity
to actually make decisions that work for you,
your family, your organization, and just those around you
and in your community to work towards the goals and life
that you want to create for yourself.
And the next one that we're going to be focusing on
is our own specific worldview and beliefs.
Now, the reason that it's important to understand
your worldview and beliefs is it shows what kind of your own
personal biases are, the stories that you tell yourself
as to the way that the world works.
There's a few quotes that I want to share with you
really quick and the first one is that our own personal
experience makes up 99.9% of how we see the world,
but maybe only.0001% of the way it actually is.
Our own individual story, the environments that we're raised
in, our upbringing, our parents, our friends, our family,
our social circle, all of these aspects really change
and shape the way that we see the world.
And the way that I kind of describe it is it's almost
like a Rubik's Cube, right?
A Rubik's Cube has multiple different sides,
multiple different colors, but if you're looking at it
only one way your entire life, you really only see it
for that one color.
So for me, I might just see it as a red cube
or for somebody else might be yellow or green or purple
or blue or whatever, whatever the colors are
on a Rubik's Cube.
And it isn't until we are able to kind of take that cube
and start spinning it around that we realize that there are
different ways to look at it.
There's different ways to see it and the next level of that
is seeing that you can combine these different views
into something else that makes more sense for you
and is actually productive and resourceful
to get you where you wanna go.
Now the way that Steph kind of defined it was that it's kind
of like all of us have our own colored glasses on, right?
Like mine might be red and there might be blue
or green or purple and it isn't until we kind of stop
and pause to evaluate the way that we're seeing it
might be different from the way that other people
are seeing it, that we can really kind of take those glasses
off, see the world for what it really is, maybe try
on somebody else's, see things from their point of view
that we can start to actually work together and see what
would be best collaboratively towards the goal.
So the other quote that I wanted to share with you
is more so about beliefs and that quote is that we question
all of our beliefs except for those we truly believe in
and those we never think to question.
Now the beliefs are just those behaviors or patterns
repeated over time and time and time and time.
Now it might be based off of things that we see
in the environment, you know, the sun will set
and the sun will rise the next day.
It might be things that are based out of culture
or religion or community or all these different aspects
that kind of influence the way that we perceive the world
and therefore interact with it.
And Stephanized Intention with this workshop series
is to really help you evaluate your own worldview,
help you identify your triggers, your own biases
so that you can actually work in the world
in a way that is most productive, efficient and effective
towards creating the life that you want to actually achieve.
So after we kind of break down your why, your goals,
help you identify the lens through which you see the world,
we're gonna be looking into creating accountability
for yourself.
And when it comes to creating accountability,
that's really just making sure that you will do the things
that you say you're going to do,
that you have a way to check in with other people,
that you have a way to actually generate the results
that you desire.
And I have a couple of different metaphors for this one,
but the one I wanna focus on right now
is to look for the cows.
Now it's a little bit funny, it's a little bit silly,
but bear with me.
When I was walking across the country, I was in Oklahoma
and I saw a big old sun and I misread it,
I'll get more to the story later.
But what I thought it said was,
if you wanna know about the fields, ask the cows.
And it got me thinking, how often do we actually set out
on a journey and we're looking for guides
and we're looking for people to help us along the way
and we ask the wrong people.
In this case, if we wanna know about a specific field,
we wanna know where the holes are,
we wanna know what the soil is like,
all these different aspects,
it would probably make more sense to ask the cow,
the thing, the critter that's in there 24 seven,
it's three, six, five, seven days a week
that knows every single inch of that field, right?
And if you have ever been around cows or livestock,
you know that they'll find any gaps
or anything that could either hurt themselves on
or fences that they can break through.
But for this, it's really about identifying the people
that know what they're talking about,
that have experienced the aspect
that you are trying to create for yourself.
And in my case, the cows in this regard
for my walk across the country would be the people
that have actually walked.
When I first started planning my trek across the US,
I was just Googling things.
I was looking for articles,
I was asking for people's advice on Reddit
or Facebook or Instagram.
And I got absolutely useless information.
I got things like, you know, make sure you have nice shoes,
make sure you plan, if you're asking on a chat forum,
this isn't something you should be doing.
You know, people would just say things
that were kind of like obvious, right?
And it wasn't until I started talking to people
like Mark, Andrew, Kenny, or all the other people
that I kind of chitter chatted with along on the journey
that I got actionable, useful, real advice.
Those were the people that were in it.
They had done the thing.
They were the best ones to ask for advice.
The level below that is the growers,
the farmers, the ranchers, whatever you want to call them.
For this, I'll just call them the ranchers.
They're the ones that have specialized knowledge
on certain aspects, just like a rancher needs to know
what kind of soil there is, how much to feed them,
the inventory, you know, how to give medicine,
how to check for diseases, et cetera, et cetera.
The ranchers are the people that have specialized knowledge
in a particular field.
So when I was doing my walk,
I would ask people at REI for the best shoes.
I'd go to the shoe section, I would say,
hey, this is what I'm doing.
What would you recommend?
Hey, I'm having this specific pain, you know,
to my yoga instructor.
And I would say, hey, which is actually stuff.
Hey, I'm having pain in my leg.
What stretch would you recommend I do?
Or to my nutritionist, Marisol,
hey, I'm feeling a little sluggish.
It might be something in my diet.
This is what I've been eating.
What would you recommend that I shift or change?
Being able to have people along for the journey
that can actually help you in these specific regards
are incredibly useful.
You really want to avoid the people that I talked about
earlier that have no idea what they're talking about.
And I kind of call those the passerbys.
They're the people that drive by the fields,
they see something they don't understand,
and they immediately form a thousand opinions on it.
That is not necessarily someone
that you want to have in your corner.
When you're trying to do something big
or change the world or just change your life.
So that's something we're going to be focused on
at the very end is how do you find the people
that are going to help you towards your goals?
And the very last thing for session one
is going to be setting declarations and actual goals.
We're going to help every single participant
clearly identify what they want to create
between beginning of January to the end of December.
And we're going to help them set up
these accountability check-ins throughout the way.
Everybody that signs up is going to get emails from me
every few months to check in on your declarations.
That is something that I want to make sure
that we make very clear,
that this isn't just a one and done.
If you sign up for these workshop series,
we are with you the entire way.
And whatever capacity you decide you want us.
Just want the check-ins, great.
Those will be every two to three months.
If you want actual one to one coaching
throughout the entire process, great.
We can also do that.
If you want to be in a group of people
that were in the session,
as long as other people want to do it,
we will set it up.
We want to make sure that we are as facilitators,
as coach, showing up for those that sign up
for this program as much as possible.
So if you're interested in learning more
about the programs and seeing really what we have to offer
in terms of accountability, in terms of content,
in terms of mentorship, please let me know.
Shoot me an email at rangeratwithinrangecoaching.com.
Send me a DM, send me a message on Instagram, Facebook,
whatever it is that is easiest for you.
And I will get back to you as soon as possible.
So again, week one is going to be focused
on turning your vision into action.
Purpose, vision, mission, worldview, beliefs,
accountability, goal setting,
all that great stuff at the very beginning.
So the second one on February 8th
is called Breaking Through the Noise,
Quieting the Monkey Mind that Gets in the Way.
And this one is going to be focused
on how to actually listen to what's happening around you.
We'll be going over techniques
for active, effective listening and engagement
with those around you,
whether it's loved ones, friends, family,
coworkers, your boss, how to reflect, how to mirror,
like really like tactics to help you be a better listener.
But we're also going to be going over
how to hear what is really going on inside of your mind.
There's something called the sabotaging voice,
which again, I'll talk about more in another episode,
but essentially that's the inner critic,
that little annoying voice in your head
that kind of says you're not capable,
you're not good enough.
I kind of say that when you feel
as though you're wearing a tutu is when that voice comes up.
You know, yeah, I'm too fat, I'm too young, I'm too old,
I'm too far gone to start, I'm too bad to get better.
That's that voice that we want to identify
and learn how to actually work with.
Yeah, we're not going to get rid of it necessarily,
we're going to learn how to work with that voice
to be more effective and useful in your day-to-day life.
Now the third month is going to be on March 8th,
and that one is going to be called Lillipads and Thistle,
how to leap towards your goals and land softly.
Now this one is going to be focused on how to break down
big goals into actionable steps,
how to really dig out the problems
that you're facing on day-to-day life
to prevent them from spreading to other areas.
Now this is going to be based off of tactics
that I learned while I was walking across the country,
things that I realized as I was walking
that have happened to me in the past,
and some great examples from Steph's life
in terms of going from a yoga instructor
to owning her own studio.
So these really big leaps and jumps
that both of us have been in our lives,
we want to be able to use that to break down
and put into actionable steps for you and your goals.
No matter how small, big, medium, extra medium,
whatever size your goals are,
these are going to be tactics that you can use for yourself.
And the third one is going to be on April 12th,
and it's called Pick Up the Cat.
Now this one is about receiving unexpected opportunities
and your own personal responsibility to keep going.
It's going to be really centered around realizing
that you are the only one that can make the decision
in your life to go from point A to point B,
or from one to two, zero to 10,
whatever it is that you want to do,
you are the one that is in the driver's seat
and able to make the decision to keep going.
We're going to be talking a lot about the victim mentality,
we're going to be talking a lot about personal accountability
and how to make sure that,
we only work with you for about three or four months
during this process,
and how can you make sure that you maintain that discipline,
that motivation to keep going until the very end
and create the life that you want
and to have a life worth remembering.
So that is a very brief introduction,
about 20 minutes still,
going over what this workshop series is really about
and why we want to do it.
And if you want to learn more every single Monday
at 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time,
Steph and I are going to be going live on Instagram
to talk about one of these concepts more in depth.
So it's not just going to be a quick 20 minute recap
with Ranger, just like this episode is,
this is going to be 15 minutes about each specific topic
leading into the actual presentations.
And if you want to just bite the bullet now
and get going and start the process,
as soon as you sign up for the workshop series,
you get access to me and Steph,
you'll be added to the school community,
never peak the first steps,
I will send you additional documents
and extra workshops and workbooks
to kind of get you started and get that leg up
the soon as soon as possible.
So if you'd like to sign up for the workshop series,
go ahead and hit the link in the description
in the show notes, it's going to be the very first link
so that you can get signed on for the courses.
All the prices, all the explanations are going to be there.
I just kind of wrap it all up now,
as I want to say thank you so much for listening
and I really hope to see you at the workshop series.
And until next time, remember to never settle,
never quit and never peak.
I'll see you guys next week.