WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.340 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.019 everybody, and welcome to the Never Peak Project 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:06.940 Podcast. I'm your host, Coach Ranger, Mindset 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:09.060 Coach Speaker, and the guy who walked across 00:00:09.060 --> 00:00:11.800 the entire country with little more than a backpack 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.339 and a whole lot of grit. This podcast is about 00:00:15.339 --> 00:00:17.739 what it takes to build a life worth remembering 00:00:17.739 --> 00:00:21.600 and how to keep climbing even when you feel like 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.899 giving up. So if you ever felt like the goals 00:00:23.899 --> 00:00:25.920 you care about are just too far away or too big 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.739 to start, this episode is for you. What if the 00:00:29.739 --> 00:00:32.759 mountain you're trying to climb isn't as overwhelming 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:35.960 as it seems? What if it's not about doing something 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:39.960 massive, but doing something small, consistently 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.439 over time? That's what we're diving into today. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.619 How to stay consistent with goals, even when 00:00:46.619 --> 00:00:49.280 they feel far away, even when you don't feel 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.179 motivated, and even when the results aren't showing 00:00:52.179 --> 00:00:57.119 up. I want to take you back to Fort Smith, Arkansas. 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.359 I was a few months into my walk across the country, 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.960 and honestly, I hadn't been paying as close attention 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.819 to the numbers as I should have been. One of 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:09.120 my buddies made an Excel sheet for me. He's an 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:12.920 engineer, so very number, big number guy. And 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:14.799 I was putting in my numbers every single day 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:16.620 of how many miles I walked, how many steps I 00:01:16.620 --> 00:01:20.060 took, what time I started and stopped. But I 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:22.920 hadn't been keeping track of the main number. 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:24.579 I had it on a separate page so I wouldn't get 00:01:24.579 --> 00:01:27.400 too bogged down in it. So I was logging my miles. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.180 Some days were 20, some 25. There was a couple 00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:32.799 tens. There were some highs. There were some 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.620 brutal lows. But I just kept walking and logging. 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:41.239 And one day I was doing a site tour of Hopesbridge 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.920 Inc., which is a sober living home with one of 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.680 my walk friends, Austin Coates. who you might 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.340 remember from season one of the podcast. He was 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:52.680 on an earlier episode. That show will be linked 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.959 down in the description. But Austin was giving 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:59.879 me a tour and the local news crew was there and 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:01.799 they were asking some of the usual questions 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.140 like, why are you doing this? What have you learned? 00:02:04.659 --> 00:02:06.780 When are you going to finish? Et cetera, et cetera. 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:09.400 Then they asked me how many miles I'd walked. 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:15.219 I opened up my tracker and I was just past 1 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:19.629 ,000 miles. And I stood there a little bit stunned, 00:02:19.930 --> 00:02:22.650 not because I didn't believe that I could do 00:02:22.650 --> 00:02:25.370 it, but because that number had snuck up on me. 00:02:26.969 --> 00:02:30.669 Now, there wasn't a big confetti pop. I didn't 00:02:30.669 --> 00:02:33.389 get a reward for walking a thousand miles, but 00:02:33.389 --> 00:02:37.289 it was there and it was done. And the other thing 00:02:37.289 --> 00:02:42.069 is I hadn't crossed a thousand miles walking 00:02:42.069 --> 00:02:45.810 across the country in one day. It wasn't one 00:02:45.810 --> 00:02:48.849 massive sprint. It wasn't all at once. It wasn't 00:02:48.849 --> 00:02:53.009 some grand gesture. I got there by going one 00:02:53.009 --> 00:02:57.469 step at a time. 20 miles here, 30 miles there, 00:02:57.710 --> 00:03:01.129 5 to 10 on the rough days. And that's when it 00:03:01.129 --> 00:03:05.810 really hit me. Big goals are built from small 00:03:05.810 --> 00:03:13.069 repeated actions over time. The mountain is made 00:03:13.069 --> 00:03:18.099 of pebbles. So nowadays we live in a culture 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:21.439 that glorifies fast success. You see overnight 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.360 successes everywhere on TikTok, Instagram, etc. 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:28.740 How I built this in 16 days, how I made millions 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:32.020 overnight. And I get it. I used to think the 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:35.080 same way. I thought that success just is a thing 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.080 that happens. There's like the success fairy 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:39.460 that comes, shows up one day and knocks you over 00:03:39.460 --> 00:03:43.360 the head. And after college, I figured that I 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.009 would graduate. I'd get my fancy degree. And 00:03:46.009 --> 00:03:49.150 right out the gate, get a six -figure job. I 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:52.349 thought that good old Ranger Keelak, after barely 00:03:52.349 --> 00:03:54.509 scraping by in college, getting a managerial 00:03:54.509 --> 00:03:57.569 economics degree from UC Davis, would walk out 00:03:57.569 --> 00:04:00.729 and employers would be banging down my door to 00:04:00.729 --> 00:04:06.449 give me over $100 ,000. Now, you might be thinking 00:04:06.449 --> 00:04:08.370 to yourself, oh, I know where this is going. 00:04:08.430 --> 00:04:11.810 And you may be right. Because what happened instead 00:04:11.810 --> 00:04:16.720 is I worked minimum wage. at a pet store for 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:21.680 six months. And it felt like I had failed. Like 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:23.740 I hadn't been living up to my potential, that 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:28.360 this was just another string, another notch in 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:33.740 the bedpost of things gone wrong. But the truth 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:37.879 was, I wasn't behind. I just hadn't learned the 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:41.100 value of actual consistent effort over time. 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.240 I was trying to leap over a mountain that could 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:48.740 only be crossed one step at a time. It was like 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:51.379 I was trying to get the outcome without putting 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:54.379 in the inputs and waiting the appropriate amount 00:04:54.379 --> 00:04:59.100 of time. Nowadays, when I coach clients who feel 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:01.680 like they're stuck or like they're not doing 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:05.740 enough, I remind them you're not behind. You're 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:10.480 just in the middle. It's easy to compare your 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:15.579 snapshot to someone else's highlight reel without 00:05:15.579 --> 00:05:17.620 realizing you're just at different parts of the 00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:21.759 movie. It's not about being perfect. It's not 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.980 about doing everything. It's about showing up 00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:30.459 again and again and again and again. And again. 00:05:30.540 --> 00:05:32.519 There's that old homage, that old saying, Rome 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:34.480 wasn't built in a day. And I feel like that is 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:37.240 something that is so cliche now that we forget 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.980 about it. But it's true. Let's break it down 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:42.399 to more so instead of an entire ancient city, 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:45.879 just what it looks like today in the real world. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.560 It's writing 200 words a day, not a novel. It's 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.079 making the uncomfortable phone call. It's drinking 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.220 water instead of another cup of coffee. Calling 00:05:56.220 --> 00:05:58.839 myself out there. Saying no to something that 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.370 drains you. It's showing up to your coaching 00:06:01.370 --> 00:06:04.610 calls. It's asking for help. None of these things 00:06:04.610 --> 00:06:09.370 are going to change your life in one day. But 00:06:09.370 --> 00:06:13.290 when done consistently, they stack, they build 00:06:13.290 --> 00:06:16.410 momentum, and they shape your character and create 00:06:16.410 --> 00:06:19.810 the life that you end up living. It's win, win, 00:06:19.850 --> 00:06:21.970 win, win, win, win, any way that you possibly 00:06:21.970 --> 00:06:27.569 can every single day. And one day, you'll look 00:06:27.569 --> 00:06:30.519 up and realize, that you've come a lot further 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:36.100 than you ever thought possible. So to really 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:38.620 wrap up what we've just discussed, today we've 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.839 talked about what it really means to stay consistent 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:44.300 with your goals. We've let go of the idea that 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:48.579 success has to come fast. We've reframed big 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:51.740 ideas as connections of small actions. And we 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:54.300 learned that mountains, no matter how tall, are 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.579 made of pebbles. So if you're feeling stuck, 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:01.139 overwhelmed, Just remember, you don't need a 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:04.899 giant breakthrough. You just need a repeatable 00:07:04.899 --> 00:07:08.939 rhythm. Now, if you're sitting on a dream that 00:07:08.939 --> 00:07:11.800 feels far away, a business relationship, a sense 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:13.620 of self, and you're not sure how to move forward, 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.180 let's talk. I offer free 15 -minute coaching 00:07:17.180 --> 00:07:19.560 calls, no pressure, just a real conversation. 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:23.339 And together, we'll help you identify your mountain, 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.720 name your next pebble, and find a way to move 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:30.370 forward. without burning out. If you're interested, 00:07:30.449 --> 00:07:32.149 just hit the Calendly link in the show notes 00:07:32.149 --> 00:07:34.709 to book your call. And if you want to hear more 00:07:34.709 --> 00:07:36.470 about the story in Fort Smith or get inspired 00:07:36.470 --> 00:07:39.589 by Austin Coates' own journey of sobriety, check 00:07:39.589 --> 00:07:41.870 out our episode together. I'll link that for 00:07:41.870 --> 00:07:44.829 you down in the show notes. Now remember that 00:07:44.829 --> 00:07:47.230 the best is yet to come as long as you are willing 00:07:47.230 --> 00:07:51.009 to make the decision every single day to never 00:07:51.009 --> 00:07:55.029 settle, never quit, and never peak. I'll see 00:07:55.029 --> 00:07:56.029 you guys in the next one.