1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening everybody, 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:03,700 and welcome to today's episode 3 00:00:03,700 --> 00:00:05,680 of the NeverPeak Project Podcast. 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,200 I'm your host, Coach Ranger, 5 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:08,560 and today we're gonna be diving 6 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:13,560 into creating New Year's resolutions that stick using AI. 7 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:17,640 So sit back, relax, grab the beverage of your choice, 8 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,800 and let's dive in as I tell you a little bit about a tool 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,640 that I use and created called Rangefinder. 10 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:23,800 Now guys, today I wanna talk a little bit 11 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,080 about New Year's resolutions 12 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:26,960 because it's the beginning of the year. 13 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,600 They are extremely abundant. 14 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,480 Everybody's kinda talking about them. 15 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,200 Whether you love them, hate them, 16 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,520 they're still on your mind 17 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,560 because in some way, shape, or form, 18 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,500 you have either set one in the past, 19 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:38,820 you're setting one now, 20 00:00:38,820 --> 00:00:41,040 or you know someone that has set one. 21 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,440 Whether you are someone like me 22 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,920 that sets goals periodically throughout the year, 23 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:46,960 or you are a live and die 24 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,240 by the New Year's resolution kind of fella, 25 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:51,200 this episode is for you to help create 26 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,240 even more effective goals for yourself. 27 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,360 The thing that I've noticed is the beginning of the year 28 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,560 is a fantastic way for people to get interested 29 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,000 and excited about personal developments. 30 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,960 If you ask any of my friends, especially my fiance, 31 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:08,400 you'll know that I am a huge fan 32 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,940 of anything personal development related. 33 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:15,120 I listen to podcasts, I listen to videos that people post, 34 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:16,160 I read books all the time. 35 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,480 You know, I'm always, I'm doing 75 hard right now. 36 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,100 It's something that is very top of mind for me at all times. 37 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:24,760 That's why I really love this New Year's season 38 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,880 is because everybody is willing to share 39 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:30,160 what they want to create for themselves in the New Year. 40 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,680 But something I've noticed is that that excitement 41 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,360 does die off pretty quick. 42 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,980 And these resolutions aren't really met throughout the year. 43 00:01:39,980 --> 00:01:43,120 They kind of drop off by, you know, February, March, 44 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,360 sometimes even as early as a couple weeks into January. 45 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,840 And that could be for a plethora of different reasons. 46 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,760 Whether it is a life update, things change, 47 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,220 they get forgotten, 48 00:01:54,220 --> 00:01:58,760 or it's just easier to stay in that flow of inertia 49 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,040 and stay stagnant where you were before. 50 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,380 There are a bunch of different reasons 51 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:04,840 why New Year's resolutions fail. 52 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,520 And I think that leaves a lot of 53 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,520 sour taste in people's mouth. 54 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,800 I mean, that certainly did for me, 55 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,960 and it really changed how I viewed New Year's resolutions 56 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:12,960 for a few years there. 57 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,720 I was a die hard, 58 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,880 I am not a New Year's resolution kind of guy, 59 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,800 there's no point setting them. 60 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,600 And it took me a couple years to really figure out 61 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,080 what worked for me in terms of goal setting. 62 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,040 And for me that was doing things 63 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,920 not because I feel that external pressure 64 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:32,760 of something like New Year's resolutions 65 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,100 to make these goals, 66 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:36,960 but really clearly defining why they're important to me 67 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,120 to even contemplate doing them. 68 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:40,240 Why do we even think about it? 69 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,520 Why is that brain waves thinking about these things to do? 70 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:45,560 Another thing that I noticed is 71 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,160 accountability is a huge factor 72 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,000 in terms of actually getting stuff done. 73 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,720 I'm speaking for myself here. 74 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,680 It's very easy to set these goals in your mind, 75 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,680 even if you are very clear on your why and your purpose, 76 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,520 what is it that we actually want to achieve here 77 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:01,840 and how are we going to make sure 78 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,200 that we're checking in with ourselves 79 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,220 throughout the year to make it happen? 80 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,000 So what I really wanna talk to you guys about today 81 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,920 is how to set goals with purpose. 82 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,240 And I'm not just talking about, 83 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,520 I wanna lose weight because it's good for me, 84 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,680 or I want to make a certain amount of money 85 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,800 so that I can buy this fancy car. 86 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,760 It's really about understanding what your personal vision 87 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,160 for life is, your mission for 2025, 88 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,720 clearly defining that purpose for yourself 89 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,000 so that you can take that 90 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,420 and actually write New Year's resolutions 91 00:03:34,420 --> 00:03:38,160 that are going to stick with you throughout the entire year. 92 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,960 I'm gonna give a couple of my own tips and tricks 93 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,280 and share my own personal New Year's resolutions 94 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,300 and goals with you right now. 95 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,200 But the tool that I use to do a lot of these, 96 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,740 I had the initial ideas, 97 00:03:48,740 --> 00:03:50,320 but I wanted something a little bit easier 98 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,120 to make that writing process more simplified, 99 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,680 is a GPT that I created called Rangefinder. 100 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,400 Now I'll be talking about it all throughout this 101 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,400 and I'm actually gonna be doing 102 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,320 a free webinar workshop next week. 103 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:04,040 I'll put all the information in the show notes 104 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,600 about how you can watch that, 105 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,160 but I'll be walking through step-by-step 106 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:12,160 the best way to optimize and utilize this AI assistant 107 00:04:12,380 --> 00:04:13,880 to create New Year's resolutions 108 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,680 and purpose statements for yourself 109 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,680 so that you can actually do what you wanna do in 2025. 110 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,000 Now to really just start from the beginning 111 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,240 of setting a goal. 112 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,720 Now to bring a very specific example 113 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,080 to the forefront of this, 114 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,520 I'm gonna be talking about my walk across America 115 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,160 that I started and completed in 2024. 116 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,560 Now I had the idea to walk for a few years. 117 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,880 I saw that Mike Posner did it, 118 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,120 then I found a couple other guys that had done it, 119 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,120 and it was something that I thought would be amazing 120 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:44,580 and fun and cool 121 00:04:44,580 --> 00:04:47,640 and would make a really great story for myself. 122 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,960 So that was the what, that was the thing I wanted to do. 123 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:51,800 And that was great. 124 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,000 I was pretty clear on what I wanted to achieve, 125 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,560 but the thing that I was missing 126 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,520 was the overall purpose behind it. 127 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,700 And that was something that I actually spent months 128 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:03,720 clearly defining for myself. 129 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,760 I had to write down all the reasons why I wanted to do it, 130 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,440 the things that would get in the way. 131 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,380 I completed this, I think it's like a 10, 15 page document 132 00:05:11,380 --> 00:05:13,540 called the Well-Formed Outcome. 133 00:05:13,540 --> 00:05:15,480 And that'll be listed in the show notes as well 134 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:16,840 if you wanna check it out. 135 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:18,720 But really it was just this huge document 136 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,880 that I spent hours putting together. 137 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,260 I would complete one, I would throw it away, 138 00:05:24,260 --> 00:05:25,320 I would start another one. 139 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,540 It was just this cycle of constantly journaling and writing 140 00:05:28,540 --> 00:05:33,160 and getting coaching on why I wanted to do this thing. 141 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,720 Now that's expensive, that's very time intensive, 142 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,440 but for something like that it was definitely needed 143 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,280 because that mission statement, which I can still recite, 144 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,360 was to highlight, learn from, and work with people 145 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,160 in the US that were making a difference 146 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:47,960 in their communities. 147 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,440 That was something that I was able to repeat to myself 148 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:52,360 when times got tough. 149 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,540 When I was stuck in the rain, when it was wet, 150 00:05:55,540 --> 00:05:57,920 when it was super dry and hot, 151 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,200 when the mountains and the hills were getting in the way 152 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,120 and I was on stretches of nothing for days, 153 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,040 being able to pull that mission statement, 154 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,760 have a very clear why, defined focus 155 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,900 of why I was doing this thing was invaluable. 156 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:15,560 And when people typically ask me what my first advice is 157 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,360 for walking across America, 158 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,080 they're usually a little bit thrown back 159 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,760 when I say you gotta get clear on your why. 160 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,560 Because that's not something that, you know, 161 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,560 you can't just Google equipment that you need 162 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:27,880 and think you're all set. 163 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,220 There has to be a deeper purpose and vision behind it. 164 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:33,280 And that is the first thing that I work with my clients 165 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:36,440 to define is what is your purpose for coaching? 166 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,240 What is it that you want to create from this? 167 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:43,160 And the tool that I created that Rangefinder GPT 168 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:44,580 does just that. 169 00:06:44,580 --> 00:06:47,440 The idea is that you start off by typing in, you know, 170 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,680 I want to create New Year's resolutions. 171 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,560 It gives you a few questions to help you clearly understand 172 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:53,980 why it is you want that. 173 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:58,760 Deeper than just I want to be happier or healthier or better, 174 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,460 or I want to lose weight or shed negativity, 175 00:07:01,460 --> 00:07:04,700 it really helps you get to the root of the issue. 176 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:06,720 And for example, for mine, 177 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,120 I typed in my overall mission and vision 178 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,640 that I came up with for the New Year, 179 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,320 which my vision is a world of inspired 180 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,360 and empowered change makers that aim to create 181 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,440 a ripple effect of positive impact worldwide. 182 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,600 And that really holds true to my overall mission 183 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,640 of my walk across America to highlight, 184 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,440 learn from, and work with those people. 185 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,120 Now I'm more so in the field of working one-on-one 186 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,560 with solopreneurs and business owners 187 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,000 that want to really fulfill what it is 188 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,400 that they want to create in the world 189 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,520 to help them step into their mission 190 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,360 to create the vision that they want to see in the world. 191 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,000 And my mission for 2025 is to use my skills, 192 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,160 experiences, and network to break through 193 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,640 self-limiting beliefs aligned with purpose 194 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,160 and take impactful action 195 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,080 towards personal and collective growth. 196 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,880 And the reason that's important for me 197 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,820 is I feel as though I've developed several skills 198 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:02,360 over the years and I'm still polishing a few of them, 199 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,840 but I want to be able to use what I've learned 200 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,120 through my walk, through my life experience 201 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 in my personal and professional life. 202 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,000 So keeping those at the forefront are important to me. 203 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,360 Now I did this separately from this GPT, 204 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,360 but it can help you create something very similar to that 205 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,620 in terms of an overall purpose for 2025. 206 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:25,040 Then the next thing I did was I jotted down a few goals 207 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,600 that I want to achieve for the year 208 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,960 and it helped me really clarify 209 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,300 and understand why those are important for me. 210 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:34,220 So one of the very first ones is run a marathon 211 00:08:34,220 --> 00:08:37,920 and log 1,000 total miles ran throughout the year. 212 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,320 Now it asked me like four or five questions 213 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,120 per outcome that I wanted. 214 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,200 And really it helps you figure out 215 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,240 what the indicators of success are, 216 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,360 why it matters, and the first steps, 217 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:51,760 which I thought is really cool that it says, 218 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,200 this is what you want, this is why you want it, 219 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,040 this is why it's important, 220 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,720 here are some important dates, 221 00:08:55,720 --> 00:09:00,080 but also it gives you those very clear first steps to take. 222 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,840 And that's what I really like try to focus on in my coaching 223 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,440 is we can sit here and talk about what you want 224 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,640 for hours and hours and hours, 225 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:09,040 but if we're not committing to action 226 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,840 and we're not doing something to move the dial forward 227 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,320 and get you closer to that dream outcome, 228 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,080 it doesn't really matter, it doesn't do a whole lot. 229 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,520 We can understand how you think and why that is, 230 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,080 but if we're not discussing what we're gonna do with it, 231 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,120 what's the point? 232 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,840 So for this one, what I really focused on 233 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,600 with my New Year's resolutions as an extra tip here 234 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,760 is I focused on the inputs, not the outputs, 235 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,440 because my original outputs were a lot more focused 236 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,200 on other people taking action 237 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,440 based off of the action that I'm taking. 238 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,560 And that's not really something 239 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,320 that you can control, generally speaking. 240 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,520 It's not, let me move on to my next one, 241 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,940 then it'll be a clear indicator. 242 00:09:53,940 --> 00:09:57,680 So my second goal for the year is to publish 243 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,200 100 episodes of the NeverPeak Project Podcast. 244 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:06,200 My original goal for this was 10,000 downloads. 245 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,680 Now, the reason that I switched from 10,000 downloads 246 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:11,840 to 100 episodes is I felt like it would be 247 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,120 fairly unreasonable that if I actually publish 248 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,600 100 episodes throughout the year, 249 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,360 increasing quality as time goes on, 250 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,560 understanding how to use these programs, 251 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,600 getting better and better and better, 252 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,640 by the time 2026 hits, 253 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,040 I will have published over 150 episodes total. 254 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:30,480 For me, it seems fairly unreasonable 255 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,920 that I wouldn't hit 10,000. 256 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,240 I've already published about 50 257 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,280 and I'm around 2,000 downloads, 258 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,560 so I would assume that eventually 259 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,040 it kinda hits that hockey stick 260 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,320 to reach the number of downloads that I want. 261 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,480 That really is just being impatient with the inputs, 262 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,040 but patient with the outputs. 263 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:53,800 I think that that's a decent way to put what that goal is. 264 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,200 So for this one, it helped me outline 265 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:58,840 what types of episodes I want, 266 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,680 it helped me come up with specific metrics to look for, 267 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,480 and ways to verify areas to improve 268 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,000 in order to hit that overall goal, 269 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,600 I guess that side goal of 10,000 downloads. 270 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,320 Another way to put what I just said is 271 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,840 set a goal that would make it to where 272 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,240 achieving the outcome you want is unreasonable. 273 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,400 The other one that I have is to 274 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,000 give 100 free coaching sessions. 275 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,520 Now, this one was taken a little bit back 276 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:29,840 from one of my other goals, 277 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,520 which was a revenue specific goal 278 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,880 for the coaching business as a whole. 279 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,400 I want to hit a certain amount by the end of the year, 280 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,240 and I felt like if I was actively shaking hands 281 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,480 and talking to 100 different people 282 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,640 in a coaching conversation, 283 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,520 there's a very good chance that the amount of people 284 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,800 that I would need to convert from that would convert. 285 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:53,160 So that is why I wanna focus on 100 free coaching calls, 286 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,840 because if I am having those conversations 287 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:56,880 and looking for clients 288 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,720 and really just talking about it, 289 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,200 I think that it would be unreasonable 290 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,800 for me to not hit the income goal, 291 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,600 at least the lower level of what it is 292 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,800 that I wanna hit throughout the year. 293 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,960 So that's another goal that I have for myself. 294 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,320 Another one is sticking true to my adventurous spirit 295 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,080 and kind of giving me a way to still connect 296 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:18,280 to the mission of the walk, 297 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,000 but in a slightly different way. 298 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,720 And that is to visit three new states in 2025. 299 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,720 I just booked my first one, which is to Seattle, Washington, 300 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,400 and I'm already making connections with some people 301 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,040 from the BNI group that I'm a part of, 302 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,960 as well as a few other organizations. 303 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,080 And really my main mission there is to connect 304 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,200 with people that are making a difference over there. 305 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,200 I want to meet other nonprofit leaders, 306 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,240 business owners, entrepreneurs, 307 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,480 that are doing cool things in the area 308 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,120 and figure out ways to highlight them, 309 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,560 whether it's on my podcast, social media, 310 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,720 but just really connect with people 311 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,200 in more areas across the country, 312 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,200 just like I did on my walk across America. 313 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,920 So that's another fun one that I'm looking forward to. 314 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,080 I wanna try to get a podcast interview 315 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,120 with somebody from every single state. 316 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,240 So stay tuned, that'll be something that I work on 317 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,840 over the next few years for sure. 318 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,760 The other thing is some writing goals. 319 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:16,760 Same thing for these ones. 320 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,120 I had some goals that were focused on the number 321 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,080 of purchases that I have for my book, 322 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,800 and I feel like that may not be the best metric 323 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,680 for me to actually finish writing them. 324 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:31,200 So as you may know, I'm working on two books currently. 325 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,000 The first one is my Walk Across America journal, 326 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,120 and all that one is is a day-by-day update 327 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,000 of every single day of my walk across America. 328 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,200 It's gonna be all the notes about all the notes that I took, 329 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,800 all of the pictures and photos, 330 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,640 conversations that I had that I can find, 331 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,240 but just really detailing what I went through 332 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,360 every single day of my walk. 333 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,800 I'm trying to give some more highlights and attention 334 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,840 to what I was thinking internally, 335 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,600 things that I didn't share on social media 336 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:58,160 or with anybody else, so that you can really understand 337 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,760 what it was like going through my head. 338 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,520 So I think that'll be a very interesting book 339 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,040 to go through once it's done. 340 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:10,040 And my goal here is to have it done by the end of March. 341 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,120 So just a few months, but I am about 63 days 342 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,440 out of 175 written. 343 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:19,000 Once I finish the 175, I wanna go back 344 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,960 and do some proofreading and editing myself, 345 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,960 and then maybe see if I can get somebody else 346 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,680 to do a proofread as well. 347 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,360 Maybe one or two, I don't know. 348 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:29,760 I don't know how it works to publish a book. 349 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,440 We'll figure it out though. 350 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,920 And I will be giving updates in my weekly journey 351 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,880 of self-employment update that I give every Friday. 352 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,480 And the next one is what I just called The Book for Now, 353 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:44,880 and that one is gonna be a little bit more 354 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,880 of a self-help slash life coaching based, I guess, 355 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,320 novelization of the walk across America, 356 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,520 kinda highlighting and detailing the mental models 357 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,960 and tools that I learned throughout the walk, 358 00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,960 before the walk to make it happen, 359 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:02,480 and just really just repackaging some other techniques 360 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,040 that you may have heard of in other ways 361 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,880 that worked for me on the walk. 362 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,320 For example, there's things like Trust Your Horse, 363 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,560 Pick Up the Cat, Leapfrogs and Lily Pads. 364 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,520 There's just a whole bunch of different models 365 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:16,840 that I'm gonna be discussing in that book. 366 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,800 And if you want to kinda get a little bit of a sneak peek 367 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,360 of some of those mental models, 368 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,880 I have a bunch of different blog posts 369 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,760 that go over some of them 370 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:27,280 in a very quick few minute read format. 371 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,600 But the book is gonna be going into a lot further detail 372 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,200 about those, why they work, the science behind it, 373 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,880 as well as some tools, tips and tricks that you can use 374 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,520 to influence them and put them into your life. 375 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,680 And the goal for that one is to have that written 376 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,000 and at least proofread once by the end of 2026. 377 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,360 So if I have that other book done by April, May, June-ish, 378 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,920 like by the end, like mid of the year, published and out, 379 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,800 that should give me about six to eight months 380 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,440 to get the other book done. 381 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,240 So that would be exciting as well. 382 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,880 And the other thing that I wanna do for the year 383 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,880 is to hike Mount Whitney with a couple friends. 384 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,240 And this one I'm kinda putting in that same category 385 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,880 as the walk across the country, 386 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,480 because what I really like about that goal is 387 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,480 it's a goal that makes all of these other goals make sense. 388 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,160 It's like by achieving that goal, 389 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,080 I will have to have done a lot of the other goals 390 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,040 that I have for myself. 391 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,560 A lot of them are around, you know, self-mastery, 392 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:41,560 self-discipline, working out, physical fitness, et cetera, 393 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,960 but they are a goal that connects to a lot of other goals 394 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,240 and values in my life. 395 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,600 That is what I have. 396 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,400 Again, I plugged all of those into my rangefinder GPT 397 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,240 that I created. 398 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,640 You can get it below for free in the link in the description. 399 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:58,680 Just fill out the Google form 400 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,160 and you'll get in some access to it. 401 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,920 And I would really say that in terms of 402 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,960 what it takes to set a goal, a goal that works, 403 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,360 is to one, be very clear on what it is 404 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:12,720 and where you wanna go. 405 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:13,880 If you don't have clarity, 406 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,880 if you don't know what path you're gonna go down, 407 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,520 you'll never get there. 408 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,240 The other thing is to have a very clearly defined 409 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,520 why and purpose behind it. 410 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,100 Whether it is a higher purpose, 411 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:26,240 an overarching vision for yourself, 412 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,080 or just something, a few sentences long, 413 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,760 something deeper that really connects you to the goal 414 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:34,920 based off of your own personal values, desires, and dreams, 415 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,880 set a purpose statement for that goal 416 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,040 or your overarching goals. 417 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,000 Third is to set goals that are within your own control. 418 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,360 Focus on the inputs that you're gonna be putting 419 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,460 into the actual goal itself. 420 00:17:48,460 --> 00:17:50,920 For example, like my goal for the podcast, 421 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,640 instead of focusing on 10,000 downloads, 422 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,600 focus on publishing 100 episodes throughout the year. 423 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,880 Focus on what you can actively control 424 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,760 and what you can take steps towards actually achieving 425 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,380 in that timeframe. 426 00:18:03,380 --> 00:18:05,240 And the last one is to set goals 427 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,560 that will change who you are as a person, 428 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,520 that will really focus you on something bigger 429 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,400 than yourself, that will help you clean up things 430 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,520 in your mindset, your personal life, 431 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:17,880 your professional life, 432 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,520 and really make you be a more effective person 433 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:24,320 that aligns with your values and your purpose statement. 434 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,440 And if you have any questions, 435 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,800 if you have any concerns, my normal thing, 436 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,880 if you have any questions, comments, concerns, 437 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,280 emotional outbursts, please let me know. 438 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,400 I'm more than happy to help you out. 439 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:36,520 One of my goals, again, 440 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,880 is to give away 100 free coaching sessions. 441 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,500 So if you're listening to this podcast right now 442 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,220 and you want some help with your New Year's resolutions, 443 00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:46,120 please feel free to send me a DM or a email 444 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,920 at ranger at within rangecoaching.com. 445 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,440 And I'd be more than happy to help you get solidified 446 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,720 and ready to go for the new year. 447 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,320 And if you would like to take a stab at the Rangefinder GPT, 448 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,320 that will be in the show notes as well. 449 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,800 So if you want to start off with the GPT, 450 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,360 get the initial setup going, 451 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:06,380 and then come to me for the accountability 452 00:19:06,380 --> 00:19:07,840 and getting that ready for yourself 453 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,960 and see how you can actually make that work for you, 454 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,560 feel free to take advantage of both. 455 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,080 But that's pretty much all that I have for this episode. 456 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,400 I just wanted to focus on some tips 457 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,320 that I have for setting goals, 458 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,100 things that have worked for me and that I'm doing this year. 459 00:19:23,100 --> 00:19:25,400 So again, thank you for your time. 460 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,280 If you have a moment, 461 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,600 feel free to give a rating and review 462 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,600 and whatever podcast platform you're listening to this to. 463 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,440 And until next week, 464 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,560 remember that the best is yet to come 465 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,740 as long as you're willing to make the decision 466 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:41,520 to never settle, never quit, and never peak. 467 00:19:41,520 --> 00:20:00,520 I'll see you guys in the next one.