WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.940 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening 00:00:01.940 --> 00:00:04.219 everybody. Welcome to today's episode of the 00:00:04.219 --> 00:00:07.280 Never Peak Project Podcast. I'm your host, Coach 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.359 Ranger, and in today's episode I'm going to kind 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.519 of use this as a self -employment update, a little 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:18.879 bit of a dumping of ideas, and just kind of going 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:20.239 through things that I've been thinking about 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:23.100 when it comes to the podcast and the coaching 00:00:23.100 --> 00:00:26.359 business the last few months. really just kind 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.019 of jump into it. If you haven't noticed, I've 00:00:29.019 --> 00:00:31.960 been a little bit more lax on uploads lately. 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.200 Still very consistent, still at least doing weekly 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.740 posts, but I have been having a bit of a harder 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:41.840 time finding guests that I want to have on the 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.520 podcast. I don't think it's for a lack of amazing 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.100 people out there. I mean, I do have a list of 00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:48.759 folks that I have reached out to or kind of have 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.920 in the chamber, but I think what I want to start 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:56.000 doing moving forward is aligning it more so with 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.259 the lessons learned from my walk across the country. 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:02.479 Right now, there are 39 things that I learned 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.079 from the walk across the country. I think that 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.760 a lot of them kind of align with various business 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.900 and self -development topics, and while I have 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:11.900 been talking a lot about business and self -development, 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:18.659 I do think that the frame of going through the 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:22.930 walk across America lessons learned those metaphors 00:01:22.930 --> 00:01:28.209 and combining that with The mindset and business 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:29.810 topics I'm already talking about I think that 00:01:29.810 --> 00:01:32.390 that would align my content a lot more And when 00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:34.469 it comes to guests why I bought that up specifically 00:01:34.469 --> 00:01:37.930 is finding guests that can speak on those specific 00:01:37.930 --> 00:01:41.489 topics Again, I have had fantastic guests on 00:01:41.489 --> 00:01:44.049 I'm so glad and lucky to have had people I've 00:01:44.049 --> 00:01:49.000 had on on I just think that It would be more 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.599 aligning, more specific with the content that 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.400 I'm posting. I have a couple more guest episodes 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.420 that I do want to work on getting on the podcast 00:01:56.420 --> 00:01:58.420 and get on, just because I do personally want 00:01:58.420 --> 00:02:01.340 to speak with them. But I think that my goal 00:02:01.340 --> 00:02:05.780 moving forward is to start doing these solo episodes 00:02:05.780 --> 00:02:10.280 starting next week based off of the various concepts 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.180 from my walk across the country, what I learned. 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.159 and then start aligning guests with those specific 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.520 topics. And all that is really just to honestly 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.919 make the most use of my time. As I've mentioned 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.740 before, there are a few different books that 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:26.639 I want to write about my walk across the country. 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.419 The very first one is the Walk Across America 00:02:29.419 --> 00:02:32.840 Journal, where it is basically just a day -by 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.620 -day update of thoughts, things that happened, 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:39.900 or... events from the walk as a whole. That is 00:02:39.900 --> 00:02:42.979 still a work in progress. I am slowly chipping 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:46.699 away at it. It is kind of hard to remember everything 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:49.300 and you know come through the notes that I took 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:52.199 on those days, the text messages I sent, photos, 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.099 pictures, videos. Just really trying to make 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:57.099 sure that I flesh it out as much as possible 00:02:57.099 --> 00:03:00.319 so that it's as unabridged and fantastic as I 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.960 can make it. Right now in the journal I am about 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:08.330 halfway through Texas. So I only have a little 00:03:08.330 --> 00:03:11.969 bit left of Texas New Mexico, Arizona and California 00:03:11.969 --> 00:03:15.550 and I took quite a bit of time off in California 00:03:15.550 --> 00:03:20.289 as well as Arizona Really hoping that those three 00:03:20.289 --> 00:03:23.330 ish almost four weeks that I took off Make the 00:03:23.330 --> 00:03:26.469 writing the rest of the journal a lot easier 00:03:26.469 --> 00:03:29.150 since some of those days I kind of just vegged 00:03:29.150 --> 00:03:32.270 out or When I take multiple days off in a row, 00:03:32.270 --> 00:03:34.770 I've been kind of combining them into just general 00:03:34.770 --> 00:03:37.419 things that happen since not a ton happened during 00:03:37.419 --> 00:03:40.939 that time. The second book that I want to write 00:03:40.939 --> 00:03:46.159 is more so like a lesson slash self -development 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:51.419 slash business development book. I recently read 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:53.979 a book by a gentleman named Sean Patel called 00:03:53.979 --> 00:03:58.469 Self Made Success. Ivy leads shark tank entrepreneur 00:03:58.469 --> 00:04:01.490 reveals 48 secret strategies to live happier 00:04:01.490 --> 00:04:03.669 healthier and wealthier and I really enjoyed 00:04:03.669 --> 00:04:06.050 it was written in a way that is very easy to 00:04:06.050 --> 00:04:09.430 read and he separate out these 48 secrets of 00:04:09.430 --> 00:04:13.770 success into Eight or nine different categories 00:04:13.770 --> 00:04:17.529 Just based off of you know, universal success 00:04:17.529 --> 00:04:20.209 mental success productivity marketing academic 00:04:20.209 --> 00:04:22.990 social entrepreneurship It was just a very easy 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:24.509 read and I just really loved the way that he 00:04:24.509 --> 00:04:28.519 put it together. I would I kind of want to think 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:34.899 about a way of using that style for my book and 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:38.220 my content. So something similar to, you know, 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:40.379 man walked across country reveals secrets to 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:43.360 success. I think that that would be a interesting 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:47.139 and unique way to present this information. Where 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:50.040 the guests come in specifically is I want them 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:53.959 to have some kind of knowledge, expertise, background 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.850 in these specific topics. So that when I go to 00:04:56.850 --> 00:04:59.649 write the book I can say, just like in my conversation 00:04:59.649 --> 00:05:03.370 with blah blah blah blah blah, this is what this 00:05:03.370 --> 00:05:05.970 looks like. This is why this happens. So things 00:05:05.970 --> 00:05:08.569 that I might have noticed on the walk, kind of 00:05:08.569 --> 00:05:11.069 like the idea of objects in mirror are closer 00:05:11.069 --> 00:05:13.029 than they appear. One of the last episodes that 00:05:13.029 --> 00:05:17.889 I did, the idea that pain in the background causes 00:05:17.889 --> 00:05:21.170 issues in the foreground or kind of subconsciously 00:05:21.170 --> 00:05:23.189 controls your life. I would really love to have 00:05:23.189 --> 00:05:25.089 someone on that can explain a little bit deeper 00:05:25.230 --> 00:05:28.250 why our past affects our future, how our past 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:30.850 makes us to be who we are today, and how we're 00:05:30.850 --> 00:05:34.670 able to actually let go, change, fix, saunter 00:05:34.670 --> 00:05:38.230 around, and make those changes so that things 00:05:38.230 --> 00:05:39.750 that happened in the past are no longer controlling 00:05:39.750 --> 00:05:42.810 your future. Just understanding deeper why that 00:05:42.810 --> 00:05:44.410 happened, because just because I experienced 00:05:44.410 --> 00:05:47.029 something similar while I was on my walk doesn't 00:05:47.029 --> 00:05:49.889 mean that I really understand why that is actually 00:05:49.889 --> 00:05:53.649 happening. So to just kind of recap this brain 00:05:53.649 --> 00:05:57.160 dump of Ideas what I'm gonna start doing moving 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:59.819 forward with these solo episodes as soon as possible 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:03.100 is they will all be based off of these Lessons 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.660 that I've learned on my walk across the United 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:08.100 States Once I get through a couple more guests 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:10.160 that I'm excited to have on and I want to talk 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.319 to personally I'm going to start aligning them 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.879 a lot more specifically with these topics Hopefully 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:19.899 I can double up on some triple up even go a little 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:22.970 bit deeper in a way But I think that it would 00:06:22.970 --> 00:06:27.689 be very useful for me the time that I have and 00:06:27.689 --> 00:06:31.769 the attention that the listeners give to focus 00:06:31.769 --> 00:06:37.110 on this stuff in particular rather than the topics 00:06:37.110 --> 00:06:39.930 that I have laid out right now, which I think 00:06:39.930 --> 00:06:41.829 are useful. I still think are great. I think 00:06:41.829 --> 00:06:43.850 there's more to be done specifically with what 00:06:43.850 --> 00:06:46.250 I've learned from the walk. The other big thing 00:06:46.250 --> 00:06:49.709 is in terms of updates for within range coaching. 00:06:50.900 --> 00:06:54.180 Alongside my one -to -one life coaching and business 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:56.339 consulting through the Renaissance Center, I 00:06:56.339 --> 00:07:02.300 am adding in pesticide safety training. If you 00:07:02.300 --> 00:07:04.480 don't know anything about me, that would be kind 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.019 of coming out of left field, but if you do know, 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.579 you will know that I grew up in ag and farming. 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:13.259 I was an FFA, had my American degree. I went 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:17.439 to UC Davis for ag economics, worked in farming 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.540 and ag for a couple years straight out of school. 00:07:19.769 --> 00:07:22.790 worked for the County of Stanislaus as an Ag 00:07:22.790 --> 00:07:25.529 inspector for a couple years. So Ag and farming 00:07:25.529 --> 00:07:27.629 and all this has really been something that I 00:07:27.629 --> 00:07:30.189 have really enjoyed and I'm really excited to 00:07:30.189 --> 00:07:32.250 be getting a little bit more back into it through 00:07:32.250 --> 00:07:36.290 coaching and consulting by adding pesticide safety 00:07:36.290 --> 00:07:39.550 training to that. I did get certified last week 00:07:39.550 --> 00:07:44.430 as a pesticide safety instructor. So now in the 00:07:44.430 --> 00:07:47.810 County of San Mateo, my goal is to add that as 00:07:47.810 --> 00:07:51.360 a part first as my services through the Renaissance 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:56.100 Center, doing a little bit of faux or mock inspections 00:07:56.100 --> 00:08:00.259 for pesticide safety, records, et cetera, but 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:03.000 also just doing training for applicators and 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.980 field workers. So that's fun and exciting and 00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:09.480 a thing that I am very much looking forward to 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.120 doing. And there may even be a spin -off podcast 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:17.910 where it will be updated. a few times a month. 00:08:18.029 --> 00:08:20.269 I don't want to make any promises right now because 00:08:20.269 --> 00:08:21.790 this is going to be the main podcast. This is 00:08:21.790 --> 00:08:23.110 the main one I want to put my time, attention, 00:08:23.269 --> 00:08:26.240 and money and energy into. but I would like to 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:29.160 find a way to promote that other part of the 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.420 business as well. That about wraps it up for 00:08:31.420 --> 00:08:36.440 the major updates that I want to post about in 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.240 regards to the podcast and the business. The 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.480 other main thing is that I am looking for speaking 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.539 opportunities. I am a member of Toastmasters 00:08:44.539 --> 00:08:46.679 and I've made it to the district level competition 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.100 where I will be competing with the humorous speech 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:53.720 contest this upcoming Saturday. And I would really 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:55.740 like to find more ways to talk about my walk 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:58.500 across the country, the lessons that I learned. 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.679 So if you're listening right now and you're in 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:03.230 a company that does lunch and learns, monthly 00:09:03.230 --> 00:09:05.750 meetings, you bring in guest speakers, keynote, 00:09:06.090 --> 00:09:08.789 etc. I would really appreciate the opportunity 00:09:08.789 --> 00:09:11.509 if you could reach out to me. My email and contact 00:09:11.509 --> 00:09:13.389 information will be down in the description. 00:09:13.750 --> 00:09:16.090 I can talk about the walk specifically, lessons 00:09:16.090 --> 00:09:18.809 that I learned, apply all that information to 00:09:18.809 --> 00:09:22.590 your specific organization, nonprofit club, etc. 00:09:22.750 --> 00:09:26.070 to make it more tailored and customized to you. 00:09:26.490 --> 00:09:29.409 So please just let me know. And other than that, 00:09:30.119 --> 00:09:31.740 Those are the main updates that I have right 00:09:31.740 --> 00:09:33.480 now. I super appreciate I know this is a little 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:35.360 bit of a weird episode I hope that you still 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:37.799 got something out of it. I would really say that 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:43.120 the biggest lesson here for me is to not be afraid 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:47.700 of changing things up Like staying focused on 00:09:47.700 --> 00:09:50.320 the mission, but understanding that the road 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:53.840 can kind of shift over time I Felt a little bit 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.740 weird about making a post talking about how I'm 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:57.789 gonna be changing a whole bunch of things when 00:09:57.789 --> 00:10:00.309 something that I preach is being consistent. 00:10:00.850 --> 00:10:02.690 But I think that what separates this out from 00:10:02.690 --> 00:10:06.409 just straight up stopping something is I've been 00:10:06.409 --> 00:10:09.570 doing a lot of posting, a lot of the podcast, 00:10:10.250 --> 00:10:11.970 posting consistently, doing the work, putting 00:10:11.970 --> 00:10:14.429 in the hours. And now I'm just trying to find 00:10:14.429 --> 00:10:16.850 a way to make it more effective and useful for 00:10:16.850 --> 00:10:19.649 my brand, for my listeners. And then just kind 00:10:19.649 --> 00:10:22.799 of differentiate my content from every other 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.700 27 year old white guy with a podcast. So thank 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:27.919 you so much for your time, attention, and energy. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:30.259 I super appreciate it. If you could take just 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:32.840 a few seconds to leave a review down in the description, 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:35.259 I would super appreciate that. That'll help the 00:10:35.259 --> 00:10:38.220 content out to more people so that we can help 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:41.259 more individuals live the best life possible. 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:44.240 Thank you as always and remember the best is 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.340 yet to come as long as you are willing to make 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:49.779 the decision to never settle, never quit, and 00:10:49.779 --> 00:10:52.360 never peak. I'll see you guys in the next one.