The "I'm Ready Now!" Podcast
Ideas to help you when you're ready for change.
The "I'm Ready Now!" Podcast
EP 26 SPECIAL EPISODE (4 OF 4): Setting Goals--Career/Business Goals and Personal Goals (Special Guest: Lydia Sanchez)
This podcast episode emphasizes the importance of setting intentional personal and professional goals. Through insights from Isaac and his fourth time special guest, Lydia Sanchez, listeners learn actionable steps for achieving these aspirations and the significance of community support, persistence, and adaptability in the face of challenges.
• Overview of personal and professional goals and their importance
• Discussion of "Quitter's Day" and ways to overcome common challenges
• Lydia's transition from healthcare to organizing with specific goals
• Isaac’s intentions within the podcasting, education, and music spheres
• Importance of writing down goals to increase accountability
• Emphasis on community support and collaboration for overcoming obstacles
• Encouragement to take action and embrace change moving forward
Welcome to the I'm Ready Now podcast ideas to help you when you're ready for change. I'm your host, isaac Sanchez, here I share my musings on whatever it is I am reading at the moment, as well as any other ideas that I believe will help you break free from a standstill in your thinking in order to get you dreaming again. Thank you for joining me today. Well, I'm ready now. How about you?
Speaker 2:Excellent, so let's get started.
Speaker 1:Well, welcome back everyone. Thank you for joining me again. I can't wait to get in today's topic with my guest. If you recall, because of my guest today, my wife Lydia Sanchez, today we'll be stepping away from our regular topic. That's been the case for the last three episodes and that topic that we're regularly on if you've forgotten or you're just joining us, it's Dan Miller's book, the Writer of the Day, and so, as Lydia and I discuss goals for the new year, we'll step away from his content for this fourth and final episode together. We'll talk more about that in just a moment. We'll be back to our regular content with Dan Miller next week. So let's get to some housekeeping. Our regular housekeeping issues are that.
Speaker 1:I got some standard reminders I want to give you. There's some chapter markers on this podcast, but they're different for these episodes with Lydia. I had some pretty generic ones in the past and this time these markers are highlighting each goal that we discussed and maybe subtopics within those discussions. Also, remember that in the description of this episode there's a link you can tap to text me. There. You can leave your feedback on the topics we're addressing as well. You can always email me, isaacsanchez at Maccom. I really do look forward to hearing from you. It's been a little bit silent lately, so get to me there and I'd love to hear your voice and add your information to the discussion here. And finally, I'm foregoing our what's Up In your World segment in order to get straight to our conversation with Lydia, so let's do that.
Speaker 1:Today, lydia and I discuss business slash, financial as well as personal goals, so let's move into this conversation with my still special guest for the fourth and final time, my wife Lydia Sanchez. I'm a little melancholy. This is going to be our last episode together and it's a good one. She offers some really wonderful insights and I especially love the last comment she makes. It's all good stuff, but she just came across with something at the end that I know is going to serve all of us very, very well. So stay tuned to the very, very end. Okay, and we are back. Love. Welcome back for the fourth episode together wow, four episodes already.
Speaker 2:Thank you, this has been so much fun.
Speaker 1:Thank you, uh. You noticed I showed up without an arm and a leg because that's how much it costs to get you here now. After your lawyer and your agent, I had to limp over here.
Speaker 2:That's funny.
Speaker 1:So thank you for being here. We're excited to share our personal goals and our career slash business goals. This time, and as I was getting ready for our conversation, I went online and cause I'd heard about this, about people who set resolutions, uh setting goals, just different things. Some people will mix those and separate them, but for sake of this, uh, the idea of revolution, uh resolution, excuse me and uh I I found this and I'm just going to read what I found online.
Speaker 1:It says according to research, most people tend to start giving up on their new year's resolutions around the second friday of january, often called you love this quitter's day, as this is when the initial motivation tends to wear off and the reality of, uh, sustained change sets in. And then they give a couple of key points on quitter's day, the date, second friday of january, um and uh. The reason they have here is that many people experience a significant drop in commitment to their new year's goal by this point and then, um, just you know they say why that makes sense, that the initial excitement of making a resolution fades and the effort required to maintain the change becomes more apparent. Yeah, takes work, you know, to shift a way of thinking, living or trying to attain a certain goal. It just takes work, doesn't?
Speaker 1:happen yeah more than more than positive thinking, which is important and our.
Speaker 1:The quote I have at the end is going to relate to that. But yeah, so, wow. So knowing that should give us incentive to not be a quitter, instead work towards living our purpose and bringing our goals to life. So let's start with our career business goals and then we'll continue to wrap up with our personal goals. All right, so let's start with you and your career business goals. But I think, before we get to that, if you would share some of your background because you started in an industry very, very young I think it was pretty much after high school you can share more about that and just moved in through different certification. But you left that recently and I just think it'd be interesting for people to hear what you were doing and why the change, and I think that's going to really help people understand you better when you start sharing what some of your goals are. So why don't you go ahead and kind of take the Wayback Machine and let us know a little bit how you started, what you were in and what you left?
Speaker 2:Okay, so how I started in the healthcare industry was way back when I was about 16 years old. I was excited to, you know, get a job, and so I applied at a local nursing home. Local nursing home there was a food service position available. So I was just excited to get my first job. I remember I was ready. I was like ready like an hour before and just so excited to you know, start working.
Speaker 2:And so as I started as a food server, you know there was elderly patients that I was serving and I remember there was two sides there was a skilled nursing and there was assisted living, where assistant living they didn't need as much care. So I remember there was this lady that was in charge of the assistant living. Her name was Barbara, and Barbara she pulled me aside and she said you know what you're really good with, with customers, with the patients? And she goes Would you like to come to our unit and I'll tell you where to go to get your certification? And and so that kind of just excited me, and so I said, yes, I'd love to. And so there was a nursing home that was offering free certification and all I had to do was go to class and then I would do on the job training and so that really excited me.
Speaker 2:I love working with the elderly and so it started off at a nursing home and then, from a nursing home I wanted to know what it was like to work in a hospital. So then I worked my way into working on different like uh floors, med surge, and then I got into a little bit of um, working with uh, with the babies. I got to do labor and delivery and that was really cool. Um I I got to experience giving like newborns their first bath and just cleaning them up.
Speaker 2:And yes, that was really exciting. So I've been on all all levels of care.
Speaker 1:That was part of a little part of how um I started my my health care profession and then um real quick, just to interrupt for a moment I think it's I just it's really I just want to highlight, because I have a similar experience I want just want to highlight this person, this Barbara person, that saw you and intentionally said hey, you're good at this, you really should consider leveling up and moving on to the next thing, right, and pointing you in a way to where you can get it done, get it done for free and that changed everything.
Speaker 1:That was decades of your life. That moment that she encouraged you to make a move shifted everything for you. So, anyway, I just think that's cool, because I had someone in my life when I was an instructional assistant Dr Michael Shelton had told me the same thing.
Speaker 1:You work really well with the students. You should consider being a teacher and the district will help you get your education for free if you just work for us. So that that really stood out to me. So, all right, so you, you've gone through. You worked at many different levels. Uh, cradle to the grave. Um, you know, in in in the profession. So okay, so continue.
Speaker 2:So you know, when we had started dating and just figuring out like how our lives were going to be when we got married and I had, I had worked the, I was working the night shift, so I would start at seven o'clock at night and get off at seven 30 in the morning, and brutal, I know. And so we were just talking about, like you know, real quick and you did that for how long?
Speaker 1:that shift, that those hours, regardless of where they were? How long had you been doing that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I excited that for about 10 years. I don't even understand that.
Speaker 1:I know there's some of you out there that do that work? I had a friend of mine who I believe still works at Disneyland and that shift, that type of shift, and I asked him one time like do you? You've been, and he'd been doing it for years, decades, like do you get used to it? You get used to the routine, he said, but not, your body just doesn't like those hours. And so anyways, yeah, and let me just a little quick story. When we first met, like I wanted to be the nice, you know, boyfriend guy, you know at that point I might have been. We were engaged already. I don't remember when I spent the night at your house, took you to work at 7 pm, night at your house, took you to work at 7 pm.
Speaker 1:I went back to the house and stayed the night took care of darla, your dog, and you know, was just getting my work done. Yeah, because I wanted I. It was about me. You're like, let me take her to work if I could just relieve the stress of, you know, you driving yourself to work and then driving back. Let me me be that. And so, yeah, so I drove you to work whatever 6.30 to get 6.15, to get you to work by seven. And then I was there, slept the night, got up, got ready and went to go pick you up and just thought this is crazy 10 hours of doing 10 years of doing that shift.
Speaker 1:I just got a taste of it. Did that a couple of times and every time was just like this is hard.
Speaker 2:So it was really hard and really thank you so much for being so thoughtful and just wanting to take me to work and pick me up, because it really was difficult um, yeah, that that helped.
Speaker 1:That helped me to see like that just helped me to see, like, good lord, we got to do. Is there something else that she enjoys doing? And we'll get into that later. That's going to come up in the conversation, but anyway, so, all right, so you're doing those hours, you're doing that shift, um, for more than 10 years yes, and, like you said, it was brutal.
Speaker 2:You know I enjoyed the job, but just driving home, you know it was really hard to just stay awake At that at those hours. The sun would be coming up and it was just hitting my face while I was driving home and I just was so relaxed and exhausted. And you know there was some times that I would just fall asleep for just a couple of seconds and then running over those little reflectors and and I'd wake up. So it was like, okay, I remember you asking me is there something else that you would love to do besides what you're doing right now? And you asked what are you good at? What are you good at and what is something that other people would pay you to do?
Speaker 1:And I might have added one more thing that you would do for free, just because you love it.
Speaker 2:Just because I love it, and I told you I love organizing. I love organizing and it's something that I've done since I was a little girl. I remember being a little girl, about the age of maybe five or six years old, and I remember putting away my clothes and just folding my socks, and it was my sock drawer and all my socks were folded and color coordinated and I remember how I loved just folding my socks and having them color coordinated, and doing the same thing with my clothes when I hung them up, like I like them to all be hung the same way and just very neatly. And I was very young and I I also remember, um, that I set out my pajamas on my bed. I would just fold them out neatly, and I remember one of my sisters said what are you doing? And I said, oh, I'm just folding my clothes and getting them ready.
Speaker 2:And at a very young age I was already doing that. I was using, because I believe that we're all given gifts, we're all given gifts and talents, and as a little girl, I was doing that. So I was like you know, I'm, I'm already doing things that I love to do, um, and so I thought you, you know I'd love to organize people's homes and um, and so I I got a taste of that you said hey, that let's, are you gonna?
Speaker 1:say, yeah, I'm gonna say some, let's tell them the dark side of that.
Speaker 2:The dark side there's always a dark side that I remember you told me this.
Speaker 1:I just chuckled that on coloring books you had to go in order.
Speaker 1:You could not go back to another page page 10. Skip page 2, go to page 10 because you like that picture to color. You had to go in order. Uh, you said I remember. That's one thing. And then the second thing I remember you sharing is that whenever you were going to be going on any kind of trip, whatever that looked like like, you would pack your bags with things to do. You always want to be busy doing something, um, and you mentioned that, like you, you'd start packing things to do, whether it was that little I think you mentioned an etch-a-sketch little toy or whatnot.
Speaker 1:So yes, you know I play, that it was a dark side. It blows my mind because, clearly, like what you were saying right now, you know you, you you can go back and see that part that started so early, like it'd be clear to anybody. Um, now, like with the background, like that at such a young age, um, well, heck, that makes total sense that she enjoys organizing. You know at this age, and that's what came out of your mouth when I asked you what the heck else do you do? Could you do and have you done?
Speaker 1:that you've just not pursued and you know I'll put it this way either and this goes for all of us that you've not been encouraged to pursue, or not been brave enough to pursue, because a lot of us get comfortable in what we're doing, you know. I know that for a fact. But the other thing that I'll just add, just to dip into this that I've seen that you've said is decor also. You're splendid at that, and I saw that when we were just getting to know each other online, you were posting pictures of the home that you bought and and they look, you know, like model quality, um, the what you were doing in the different spaces. And when I went to go visit you, I saw that it was like dang, this is real, like it's real in person, as it is in the pictures. That's just how you were putting stuff together, and you've done that with our home.
Speaker 1:So I don't want to jump the gun real quick. So I asked you this question like what else, in that moment where I experienced just from seeing taking you to work and then picking you up, and seeing how exhausted you were, all that bit, and you sharing with me how many times you just like fall asleep for a nanosecond In my background. It's like I love doing that. Like what is it? Because I've been on my own journey too. Like what do you do that you love? You do it for free and it's a skill and people would pay for it. Like what is that? So I just I knew I needed to throw that question at you, because I already knew I wanted to be with you for the rest of my life.
Speaker 1:So, I certainly did not want to see you putting your body and your brain through that kind of work.
Speaker 1:If there was something else that you can be paid for, that you enjoy doing. That would give you some decent sleep. So it was coming from a little bit of a selfish area, like if we're going to live together, that like we can't have that, that's too much, especially if there was something else. And so you mentioned all that and that blew my mind because it connected some dots. For me it's like oh man, that's right. Her home has always looked gorgeous as I've seen it. And now you start telling me stories as a child and it's like what the heck are you doing, killing yourself with these hours? You know, I love that.
Speaker 1:You were helping people. That's crazy. The work that you were doing is just amazing. You shared with me stuff that that you'd seen and how you help people and just difficult situations that you were part of in helping people. So that's that's amazing to me. And but yet there was this other part that you were part of in helping people. So that's that's amazing to me. Um and uh. But yet there was this other part that you shared with me. That totally got me excited and I was hoping to get you excited about it too, and you, you did get excited about it.
Speaker 2:I got very excited. Um, and there's always been a respect, the art of decorating, the creativity. So when I would run into friends that had that same talent, there was a respect for how they decorated their homes. And every person decorates differently. Some people, it's just naturally in them, and other people they don't know how to put things together. And so one thing that I've really respected about what you've told me is like you put a little fire in me to believe in myself and it's like, wow, can I be an organizer, can I actually do that? And that you just kind of like paved the road for me and that I did have, I do have my business, that I've kind of just not been actively doing it for, you know, some really good reasons. We were in the middle of, you know, selling our home and moving here. I knew that I was going to have a surgery, so I didn't want to keep like there was just things that were going to just stop me from, you know, just going full force on that and being in a new location.
Speaker 1:Let me just say real quick. The thing, though, is we. We moved in that direction, though for a moment and there was proof of concept uh, you had a. There was a family friend whose daughter's room you had you helped redecorate out in the la area, blew their minds away that was fun.
Speaker 1:They were interested in having you work on the kitchen. That doesn't work out. That didn't work out not because of your work, but that was on their end. Otherwise and hopefully stuff like that comes up the way business works, that can come today, just the way that works. In other words, they know your work and this woman wanted you to help with the kitchen and other spaces, but they were blown away, as was the young girl whose bedroom you helped.
Speaker 1:You helped me with my garage when I was in Chino and I just my main goal was, in the time that you're here, start getting rid of stuff, reorganize and I didn't touch it. And in one 68-hour day that you came over, you, absolutely like you, went in business mode. You were a whole nother person and you absolutely did what I needed to be done in six, in 68 hours. That I didn't do for about two years. So, and then a very close friend of mine who you met and you fell in love with she. She had you.
Speaker 1:She was going to be selling a home out in the San Diego area and moving on through life circumstances and you went and absolutely in that case, helped package up a home for sale, to get stuff moved on, to help donate stuff, what's going to be kept, what's going to be stored, all of that, and you were just very and she was deeply appreciative of that. So the proof of the concept was there, as well as other friends of yours who, on their end, never got something scheduled but were happy to have you to try to make it happen. Well, too late.
Speaker 1:We moved you know, but the other thing I want to get into into, just to add to that real quick, is so we had proof of concept. We had a couple big things happen that showed, yes, people love what you do and are willing to pay for it, and you get to sleep in your own bed at good hours of the night. You know so all that happened of the night. You know so all that happened. And the other thing is that, um, when we sold the home over there, you know you, we had a wonderful person, gina, who helped us with that, a real estate agent, and she's got all this experience. She sells multi-million dollar homes as well. She's small, sells small homes, like ours was.
Speaker 1:But it, you know the, know, the, the, the, the look of it, the staging of it mattered. And as soon as she walked in, she saw the work. It wasn't even staged yet. She just came in to start working with us and she saw what you had done already in the walkthrough and just like this thing is going to go, this thing's going to fly off. You know the shelf here and you guys discussed it was wonderful to hear you two connect on the staging and she loved your ideas and, um, and once you staged it I remember that weekend she approved 100. By the way, we did some hard work on the outside side yard. I remember that, laying those stepping stones and putting the what do you call it?
Speaker 1:the mulch, like we put some work and we cleaned up. There was some work to be done, shed a lot of stuff, put it away, tucked it away so it looked clean Like your vision. For that was perfect and the proof is in the pudding. We did a showing one weekend and had 11 people show up. Five made offers and within three days we accept an offer, and several people, as we could hear a couple of times we'd be in the front yard you know we'd walk out of the house, um and but the door was open.
Speaker 1:They would leave the door open.
Speaker 1:We'd hear it start from the living room they would were commenting on the decor, um, and a couple people on their way out asked so who staged the house? You know that was a wonderful moment, because I would just get to point to you like she staged it and they loved it. And a point to where a couple, the person, the people that bought the home, if I correct me on this, there were certain items, or whether it was mirrors or certain things, that they were wondering is this stain or going? They so loved what you did with the home, you know. And so there was proof of concept. But then, yes, things got. You know, good things got in the way.
Speaker 1:The move we were selling, we're coming out this area. We had goals and a vision for what we wanted to do, and that required to be in a space, in a place where we can develop those things, those ideas, some that we're going to talk about today. And then, yes, an injury that you'd been dealing with for a while on your Achilles. We need to have surgery on that. But we made the decision, you know. You said let's just move, let's just move, get settled in, and then we'll do the surgery. And so we did that.
Speaker 1:We walked through all of that, but there was absolute proof of concept and that excited me to see you have people contacting you, get the work done and then be thoroughly happy with the work that you were doing, and I think that lit me mean, that lit me up, that got me super excited and even though I knew we were going to have to kind of shut down for a little bit as we made this transition, I just knew when we got ready to do this again I have zero questions that it can fly at all.
Speaker 1:We proved that. It's just. You know, marketing and everything else that goes along to getting that plane to fly is its own beast. Even if you're the most talented person, you got to know how to do that. So we're working on that part of it. But anyways, that was really exciting to see you excited about doing something that you'd been wanting to do for a while but again, like I said, never been encouraged to or had not had the you know just, you were too comfortable in what you were doing, whatever it was. Sometimes it's fear, and that happens for all of us but it was happening now and you got a taste of it and that was exciting.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was very exciting and I just um I can't thank you enough for just um believing in me and just saying, hey, why don't you just try it? And just to be totally transparent, it's like am I good enough? There's people that this is what they do for a living and they do amazing work. So I'm hard on myself and say am I going to be good enough? And one thing that I really really appreciate you saying is, yes, there's going to be people that are going be somebody better than you, but the person that's going to hire you is because they like your work. It's your work that they like.
Speaker 1:So, um, and I would just add real quick to that is the reason you're you're good is because you're hard on yourself. You know you just, I know I've been with you, I've seen it. I've a couple of times with thrown out ideas that you've rejected, you know, whether it's decor or whatever it's like, yeah, that does look better. I know that doesn't go there. Or seeing you make decisions about moving things here around, you know, and changing things up until it settles for you. Like you're hard on yourself with that and that's why it looks great. That's why the landlord here brought his wife. He brought his. I remember he walked in and just saw the space after we had settled in and you know the decorations were done and he was just like, wow, he loved the way it looked, to the point to where his wife. He brought his wife.
Speaker 1:You got to go see what they're doing and it started out in the porch. The presentation out in the porch, you know, is welcoming until you come back in and you guys sat down here. So my thing was you're hard on yourself and that's the proof is what people, how they respond to what you do, how I respond to what you do. So, yeah, that was something. I remember sharing that with you because it's something that I learned to like. Once you have a website up or whatever, the people who call you you'll never know who doesn't call you because they don't like your stuff and they prefer someone else. You'll never know that.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:But the people who call for whatever it is I you know, whether it's me through music or a colleague asking me about lesson plans by the time they go to you they filter it all out and they say I want to go talk to her and ask her about doing work for me. They've seen it. So it's just. That goes for any one of us. If you're listening and you're having that same thought process, what if I'm not good enough? Or what if it's put your stuff out there? You have to get your stuff out there, whether it's social media website. Put yourself out there so people can see and people can make a decision. And if they contact you, it's because they love what you're doing. And at that point it's just negotiation is the, the, is the price right or whatnot? But the fact that they've dialed the number, that they've sent the DM, that they've sent the text, it's because they've seen already that filter has been. That filter has been useful.
Speaker 1:You've shown your work, whether through someone's home, that's a recommendation or referral or website or whatever. So yeah that, that that lesson helped me and I knew I wanted to share that with you because you know we all have those doubts that you were having for a moment. But that brings clarity. It brought clarity to me. By the time they reach out to you, they want your work. Now it's just negotiations at that point.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, and just going out to you know a few of the jobs that I had and just organizing and the excitement that I had of seeing a complete maybe I don't want to say it like this, but it was a wonderful disaster. A wonderful disaster of unorganized stuff, and just to look at everything and just wonder, enjoying every moment of, okay, I'm going to organize it this way, and I think the thing for me is I don't because I'm in the in the work like knee deep in it that when I see the starting point to the end point since I've been in it through the whole process I don't see it like the way that, um, the client sees it. When they come into the space after it's all done, then they're like, oh my gosh, like this looks great. Like I don't see like, oh wow, it looks great yeah because I've been working on it the whole day.
Speaker 2:So, it's a little bit different for me, but the excitement of the client, that excites me. Just to say wow, I did it, and just to see that the customer's happy.
Speaker 1:Right. And the other thing that I remember hearing from a few of the jobs I was on with you is is just that that creative space coming out afterwards, where they walk in, as you said, afterwards, having seen it maybe in the morning when they showed up, and then they show up at the end, they see what you did with the space. I remember just hearing the comments, like them not thinking like, oh my goodness, I didn't even think of putting that there or doing this or doing that. You know, and yeah, that's just the creative mind happening.
Speaker 1:So, um, all right so I'm gonna call that goal number one to restart your business, because that's the plan. Yeah, right, we're gonna work on that. Um, that's in the plans to start. Um, now that we're in this space, you've gotten through your surgery, um, that, that is one thing that's a goal is we've talked about as you restarting your home organization business.
Speaker 2:Yes, so I'm excited to get the business back started, but with every business it takes some work to get it rolling again. So one of my goals for myself is to get a part-time job.
Speaker 1:Okay, so now we're moving into goal number two. Okay, goal number two.
Speaker 2:Okay. So goal number two for myself is um is getting a part-time job, because it does take um some time to get the business rolling again. So, um, I'd like to get a job at Trader Joe's. I think it would be fun to work there. I love Trader Joe's, I love shopping there, so why not work at a place that I love to shop at? So, yeah, I'd like to get back into the workforce and keep working on my business, of course, but just have a job to look forward to going to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and we talked about that uh kind of filling a gap, because that meets the goal of us uh working on our, our um, being uh debt free, and so that helps a lot, and so that would be a great thing. And we just knew, let's just where, where would you want to go, just to help out with income and it's not a career thing for you because we have these other things going on. And so, yeah, so that's the next thing and that's what we're working on, working on your resume, which, by the way, on the resume thing, something that came up that I remember was hugely helpful to me was you know, when you're in one industry for so long, it's like OK, so how does that help me in this whole other area? I'm going from something in the health profession to now the grocery profession, and I remember I'm remembering this right now, see if I get this right.
Speaker 1:I was listening to another podcast where this guy was talking about this and he would say I would help. Maybe you can help me. Remember I shared this with you. He was saying, when I was trying to write down my goals, I would help teach church members how to put services together. I would organize events for the church, because he worked at a church and different things, and he said he had this moment, this epiphany, where he just said wait, wait, wait, wait, cut off the last part and just say I teach, I plan.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean and and that was brilliant, and so that really enlightened me also. Uh, because I've been doing education for 32 years and whenever I have this thought about these different things like starting podcast, hoping for another podcast to start, and other things that I'm working on I had to start cutting off that last part. I teach students, I work with colleagues to cut that off and just say what is the skill that you do? I educate, whatever? Stop right there and say you do that's the skill right there, who you do it for. You know, if I go working with another company somewhere at some point, they're going to be happy to take my skills and help use them for their specific goals. So I'll be learning that.
Speaker 1:But I'm coming with something and you're showing up with something already. So that was one thing that we need to work on your resume. We had done that a little bit already some time ago, I think, before the move. So we're going to bring that up, rework it and whether it's Trader Joe's, which is the first thing you've mentioned, a couple of others, regardless, you know we're going to retool that, rework it and make that happen. So, yeah, so that'll be wonderful for our financial goals. It'll be something that you've been wanting to do, ready to get back, be with people, work um in the workforce and, at the same time, we're working these other bigger goals that we're working on with your business and um, and so that would be number two yeah, that's number two.
Speaker 2:And final goal for myself is you know, you just never know what business opportunity can fall on your lap. So we have a neighbor that she has these coffee machines that are made from Italy. So she's trying to get her coffee machines out to different businesses and right now, since I'm not working, you know I can help her with that, and you just never, ever know where life can take you. So I'm always just available to something that might come up that will just, you know, take you into a different direction. I don't know if this is the right word, but I love when I hear new words and when I'm able to use them. A different trajectory.
Speaker 1:So you know, and the neat thing about this. So when they came over to bring us a sample of their hot chocolate from their machines at one night, it was a wonderful gesture and we started talking about that.
Speaker 1:You started sharing ideas with her. That blew her away. That came from your expertise presentation and she loved it how you you know coffee could be delivered or presented, you know, with a floral arrangement, just different things that you did. We won't get into that right now. It was enough that blew her away. And that connection you guys have been talking ever since. A wonderful opportunity just opened up for a recording studio that I work with every couple of months where we go do an open mic recording. You know, just talk with my friend, the studio owner, and you guys are going to take those machines over there and present for three hours as people are there recording whoever wants some coffee and espresso or decaf. The machines are going to be there. She'll be able to make her presentation, make her pitch, hand out cards. You're there to help her assist with that. And so you guys have already been talking. They've been. We were just there the other night for a Lunar New Year dinner, which was wonderful. It was.
Speaker 1:And part of the conversation that came up there again was how you two could work together to make something happen, and so we brought ideas to them that they're really excited about. We were just discussing ideas here about short-term thinking about that and long-term thinking about that and long-term thinking about that.
Speaker 1:so that idea of synergy when people talking, and then my friend shanti, the studio owner just sent a text where we were thinking about those three hours to the people who will be in that studio coming in and out for those three hours recording. And she's part of a two-story building with I don't know 30 to 35 businesses there, and she said why don't you come early and start meeting with these people, leaving them notes and saying let them know there's coffee over here. And then that led to the idea of talking to the owner of the building and saying can we have a machine in there? And now not only do you have 35 business owners showing up every day who would rather probably not stand in a Starbucks line or somewhere to get their coffee and go straight to work, hit that machine and have an amazing cappuccino, like we tasted a couple of their drinks. It's great, it's great. And you just stand in front of that thing, make your choices, pay and within a few seconds you're off. You're off, you know, not waiting around.
Speaker 1:So all this came through just the synergy of people sharing and working together, and so that happened with you and our neighbor, and so there's some good stuff, and so that's another opportunity. And yeah, who knows where that goes? You know, we, we have, you know, and I'm just saying this now, but I just thought about it earlier too is like in my own quiet time. We have the money that if we were putting some investing into that, you know what percentage could we get with them. Like, if it went that way, we just moved in here as a, as a we call it base camp you know before we move on to the next thing.
Speaker 1:And then this opportunity and this is an opportunity that, whether we live here or not, can continue with them. You know that business partnership, if it works, however, it works that way. So, yeah, that goal number three just kind of came out of the blue and you guys were back to talking to it again this morning, and that's that sounds exciting.
Speaker 2:A lot can happen with that exactly, and I just love that there's so many doors of opportunity fit, so you go to the next door and there's just opportunity if you're just willing to put the work in and dream and have big dreams. And you know, like you said, synergy, synergy is, is a real thing and people that are like-minded, business-minded, like how do we make money and do something that you enjoy doing? And you know, offering um coffee, offer a service offer a product yeah, and so, um, you know that shanti is like you.
Speaker 2:there's 35 businesses here in this building and just go put a little card, a little note on each of their doors and it's like, wow, I didn't even think that. I just thought we're just going to set up the coffee just for the studio people, but I didn't even think about the other 35 businesses.
Speaker 1:so it's great to just have people like shanti that think outside of the box yeah, I didn't mention this, but I'll mention it now which was what which, which is why I really appreciated her sending that idea, instead of just thinking her own night, that one night that you guys are going to be there and think of her own people or whatever um is that her and I we've been working together for 18 years now in music and there's been several times where she would ask my opinion on something and I'd give something, and she was just real like what a great idea thank you
Speaker 1:for that. I didn't think of that, and it's just a wonderful partnership to where here we're talking about something non-music related and she, her business mind, which is how can I help another business owner? Um, and she just threw that out there and it was. It was wonderful, so all right, great, so those are wonderful goals.
Speaker 1:Yeah, thank you, shanti um, and we'll get to thank her personally when we get out there on tuesday night, okay? So, uh, you've got your three uh goals that you have, and these are career business goals. Let me give mine real quick. I have the podcast, so they've got plenty of time to hear me talk. So let me be pretty quick on mine. I have four that I wrote down here, and one of them is to continue and grow to help people lose weight in the program that helped me lose weight.
Speaker 1:So I've been on my journey and ended up in our wonderful transition of getting married and moving away from my work two hours away and I've mentioned the commute that I did and all that that I got off track was not staying with my coach and the community people that were coaching me, and so I recently got back in touch with a coach who was coaching me before, a wonderfully successful lady, amber Leah, who's an award-winning author.
Speaker 1:She's just releasing another book right now. I'm hoping to have her on the podcast as soon as she was willing to do that. So I told her I need a coach. I need a coach and I need to be back in contact with community and I want to start helping people again. So she's helped me with that. And you know, you were here when I just said I'm just there's, I think, 25 people that I had worked with, most of them that had come on program and allowed me to coach them, and then, through my change, I just stepped away from that and so I just knew I have these here and she encouraged me just go back, let them know their story, your story, what happened, and that you're here to help and you're on your journey again, like I'm helping you, you want to help them.
Speaker 1:So I did a little short video uh, the new year and and uh sent about maybe I think eight to 10 and um heard back from a friend and just said happy new year, Thank you, and whatnot. And now I think whatever six weeks went by and she popped in and said hey, I need to reset, and we just had that meeting and so that encouraged me like hey, whoever's ready, you know, just put the word out, that that you want to help, and that happened. And then there's another friend of mine that I connected with again.
Speaker 1:I know she's still on the journey. I see her still, you know, making purchases to help towards her health, and but I've not been coaching her and so we talked about, I shared with you how I'm just going to reconnect and make that happen, and so that's one thing like get back in. I love helping people. I know what it's done for me. I know what it's doing for me again. I know it helped you. You were a client for a while when we first started, first met and that was exciting.
Speaker 1:So and that was one of our initial connections on our health journey. So it means a lot to me this thing of health, what it's done for me. It means a lot. I see what it's done for other people and so this afternoon I'm going to shoot another short video for the rest of those folks. I didn't get a chance to send the the um, the video to say I'm here, I'm back on my journey, I have a coach, I have a community, I know it works and I want to help you if you want to jump back on and let's just see where it goes, and I've always learned from these folks that have helped me with this is just don't be married to the result.
Speaker 1:Offer the help People need help. Our society is jacked up with health right now Obesity, everything, diabetes, high blood pressure, all of that stuff and I have something that can help them, that's healthy, it's medically approved, and so I know what it's done for me and that's always what I believed in. No matter what it is, can I speak to it with truthfulness and honesty and credibility? And when those are answered, yes, and so I'm back doing that. So that's the one thing I want to help people to do that. It's wonderful that these folks are friends of mine right now and but there's going to come a time where and it started where there were friends of friends or relatives At some point it's going to be complete strangers, and so that trust factor you know has to be there right and, um, I'd like to add this that you know you're so encouraging, um, I remember when we weren't even dating and I'd hear you have like your facebook lives and you were like sharing, um, like really good information about health and what your journey was.
Speaker 2:And one thing that I really enjoy about you not just because you're my husband, but, um, you're, you're so engaging and you don't try to push, you're not pushy, you just share the information and if people like what they hear, then they reach out to you. And they might not reach out right away, it might just kind of marinate with them, and that's totally okay, and then they reach out at the time that they're ready and so great point I, I really like that you're.
Speaker 2:You're so, um, just encouraging about health and what our health journey is and what yours is personally and how you how you know you've lost weight and how great you felt about yourself and now our journey together as a married couple and how we want to continue to live a healthy lifestyle. And, you know, be that 80 year old couple that is still going, 90-year-old, 90-year-old that are still taking off on a bike ride and, dear, we did 24 miles again that we said we weren't going to do. We're not going to bring that up. We don't know how to do small.
Speaker 1:We go big, we just biked 24 miles unintentionally the other day, so we'll get to that later yeah, another episode. But I appreciate that very much because I I just try to speak the way I want to be spoken to. So I appreciate you bringing that up because that's my massive intention is just to offer and, as you said, I really appreciate that too, because that was important and I knew it was my story as I watched a friend lose weight for a few months until I finally jumped in and I was ready.
Speaker 1:I was just like here is my credit card. Just, what do I do? Because I see what happened to you, I'm done with it. I'm done living this way. And yeah, that's been the story consistently is when people are ready, when they're tired enough of it yeah, they'll come or if they're just like, yeah, I want to do this. You know, whatever it is. So I appreciate that very much. So I'm going to be where. I'm starting to work on that already, so I'm going to continue with that.
Speaker 1:The second thing is this has been on my plate for a while and this is for a fact that you know you got to think out of the box if you're going to move ahead financially. I'm not going to go over this. We talked about this last time. We're here, we are excited to make money because we know if we make money, we can help ourselves, but we can help others. All right. So that's my goal number one. And then goal number two is, you know, and and transparency, as you mentioned earlier, for me.
Speaker 1:I've been in education for 32 years and I just I know that. You know we're talking about ways of making money. We talked about that more in the earlier podcast because, of course, we're going to use it responsibly. We want to invest, we want to have a responsible retirement. The more that we make, the more we can give, and so that's a important value that we have. So for me, in education, 32 years, I know full well there's a cap on what I'm getting or what I could give. I can do some tutoring, which I'm doing. I can do a couple other things that make a little bit more money per hour, but I'm exchanging my time for money and there's a way around that with an expertise, and that is through, whether it's digital products, whether it's to, uh, it's coaching, that, which is still time for money, uh, which I'm okay doing to a certain extent, um, because you know how you set your price is helpful with that, um.
Speaker 1:The other thing is the digital products creating videos. Is it for students? Is it lesson plans? Is it for teachers? Is it coaching through video? What is it?
Speaker 1:So that's one goal of mine is to leverage those 32 years and start to create a product that I can put out there and do like passive income, do the work that it takes to put something together. I have the gear, you know. I have the expertise that I can grow in, which is going to be part of the ones I'm going to talk about here a little bit later on, of recording stuff, of video, a shooting video. Have some lights, you're beautiful at setting up a setting for me if I needed a background for that and I can learn how to put modules together and all that.
Speaker 1:But it's a matter of just what is the need out there, what's the pain point? And I've talked to a couple of colleagues that have loved what I'm talking about or doing, and so there's some hints there and there's ways to go deeper into doing that and I'll do that. So that's the second goal Leverage my 32 years of education and find out how can I serve and create a product, a service or a product to help others that are, you know, coming behind me or maybe at the same place where I'm at, but that can you know. Learn some things as I can learn from them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so you know, one thing that I admire about you is that you're always wanting to learn more and it doesn't it doesn't, um, scare you away about. You know, we live in a world where technology is constantly revolving, and so what I admire about you cause I wish I could be more um like that is, you know, because I wish I could be more like that is you know we have the whole AI that is. You know it's, it's running full force into a direction of how you know life is going to be in our lives. Ai is going to be a big way of how we we do things, how like teachers get their lesson of how we do things, how like teachers get their lesson plans and how a lot of businesses, you know, are going to depend on AI. And so you know, for me, I'm like, well, what is AI?
Speaker 2:There's so much that I need to learn about AI, and one thing that I was going to say that I admire about you is you know that those kind of things don't scare you. You run to them Like if AI is something that you need to learn as a, as a educator, because it's going to be useful for you, and you know you run right into it and I really admire you for that love for um, for um, wanting to stay on top of the learning curve, and so, um, yeah, I, I know that, uh, you're going to do some amazing things because of your willingness to, to run to some things that you're not um, that you're not familiar with, but you're willing to learn Working on it?
Speaker 1:Yep, I respect you for that. Thank you for that. I'm trying, I'm trying real hard to do that and so I love that you support me with that. Um, I'll talk your ear off sometimes with that and you patiently just listen and encourage me. So thank you. Uh, then moving on to two more three is you know I'm a musician. I've been doing it since I was a kid. I'm a recording drummer, percussionist. I've done some wonderful things with that. I've taken a voiceover class from a professional in the industry and I need to go back and reconnect with him and see some possibilities there. These are just so. I'm a firm believer in, in streams of income Like that's just. Sometimes they've gone out, they're still using it. But the gig economy you know all these little things that you do know. You know employment for for 25, 30 years with a company like those days are very, very, very, those jobs are very, very few there's just a lot of these kind of one-off things.
Speaker 1:Someone takes a skill and helps different companies, so the gig economy, um, and so, um, you know, whether it's music production, um, like another. I think I shared this with you know, we don't have the drum set up in here, they're in the garage. I have all everything I need for it and the room that we have. I could set up the drums in there. I've set up in smaller spaces to record, but I can't make crazy noise in here. And so one thing that I thought is so what's possible with this? Like, not just, you know, you know, complain and shout the wind, but, um, but what's what's possible with this? And one thing I just thought you can do a studio and niche down into the recordings you do for drums or for people that want songs that have that, that, um, that sound of just the brushes and what are called blastics or hot rods or different types of they're not drumsticks. There are other materials that are used for softer sounds and you can do that and you're not going to bother anyone in here and you can start recording again. So that, so, in other words, possibilities.
Speaker 1:You know what are these? What is possible based on music production. So is it voiceover? Is it helping other people edit and produce their podcast? There's all these possibilities and the only. I'll just add this and just for information for anyone. You kind of have to pick and choose. Just because I can do all these things, I can end up getting busy with some of them and not be building the main goal that I'm trying to do because it's taken away from it. So but but that's an idea brainstorm, music productions and I maybe should add kind of land on a couple of things to say head in this direction.
Speaker 2:Is it going to be?
Speaker 1:voiceover. Is it going to be? The drum recording thing is going to be helping people produce their podcast, what's it going to be? That's number three for me, and then finish with number four, and again these are our career and business goals. My fourth one is to work more with colleagues to develop curriculum. I've been doing that and I've, you know, kind of been a lone ranger, a little bit of it at work, just working on my own students, helping them do what they need to do. I've not jumped on any other committees or nothing. It's my room, my domain. I'm going to help these 200 kids, but now I'm starting to work with colleagues to develop some curriculum that will help the freshman classes. So if I can do more for them, that's great. Like any of the lessons I develop I'd love to give to them. My colleagues can help me, refine them and say, hey, that was wonderful, what changed this, that? Or the kids got really bored with this, or they really like that, and so that's that's what I plan on doing is start working with others.
Speaker 2:That's great.
Speaker 1:So let's move on to personal goals and we'll finish with this, and, ladies first, we're going to start with this. So these are more what are kind of personal things that we're hoping to do for ourselves, and these kind of things would help us maybe develop into some of the other career business goals in some cases, or sometimes it's just for us. So why don't you kick off and start off? What are goals that you have that are more on the personal side?
Speaker 2:Okay, so some personal goals is just staying close to my yearly planner, my agenda. I know when I write things down, they get done. So that's me. I need to write things down because Because I the way that my brain works, it's like there's all this like information just floating up in the air and it's like, oh, I need to do this, this and this, and then sometimes I can get overwhelmed because there's so much that's in my brain.
Speaker 2:But if I write it down and I look at it, it and say, okay, what is the most important things that need to get done? So if I make a schedule for myself when it comes to exercising you know I love to exercise so if I just put a block of time and you know, go to the gym and take a class, and you know I'd like to take a yoga class, I know that stretching is really important and so by doing that and you know, having a schedule, having a routine, it's so important to have those things, and so that's a goal for myself that I can better take care of my time, because we all get the same amount of time in the day, but it's like, what do you do with it?
Speaker 1:Okay, so you, moving on to number two, you mentioned about growing friendships. Share about that.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So I think it's important to have friendships. You can have a lot of friends, but I think it's important to have a small circle of close friends, some quality over quantity is how I'd like to say it. So yeah, like you know, we're in a new, we're in a new space, and so I don't have very many friends around here. And so, you know, I'm I'm busy as, as you know, I, I, I don't have a a job per se that I go to, but running a home is a full time job, um, it's never ending, and so I think it's very important to um just carve some time out, to um go out with a friend and just enjoy a cup of coffee, or just stroll through a store and, you know, look at, you know fun merchants, merchandise, to either buy or just admire.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'll just add that you make friends easy, whether you've been out when, especially when you're starting to decorate the space here, you'll be at different places. You mentioned the women you'd run into. I remember I was at a grocery store. We were at a grocery store and I had either stepped out to get a cart or I don't know what, and when I came back you were talking to another lady oh, she was on a little cart and you were still on your scooter, or not.
Speaker 2:I was on my scooter, yeah, so that was your guys' common thing there.
Speaker 1:And then it turned into swapping recipes or something like that. But you've mentioned, you know, a couple other women that you just kind of run into exchange phone numbers. The next thing you're texting. So you're wonderful about making friends and I love that about you and you're a friendly person, so that's going to be easy.
Speaker 2:Thank you, I do try. Yes, you do.
Speaker 1:Well, let me go into mine. This is a little bit shorter segment here, but my personal goals I have four of them here and one I've bunched together and that's just to learn photography and videography better, whether it's that shooting and editing, that's an important tool now, and you were talking about AI earlier. I just that's what I need to get into, because there's so many tools for this. I see it in some of the apps that I use where they just say, hey, use this AI template or whatever, and it just drop the pictures you want in the video and it'll cut it up for you and so. But I so I want to learn. I want to learn the craft of it, Just like I mentioned some time ago in high school, where I was in high school when drafting was starting to move to CAD, computer-aided design, and that was at the college across the street.
Speaker 1:But our high school teacher, Mr Hamner, would not let us go to that class unless we showed proficiency on the machine which was the table that we worked on with pencil eraser and the two rulers on that knob that you move around and make your angles and everything. We had to know those concepts before we can do that. And so, uh, as much as, um, I love the ai and I'm gonna delve headlong into that um, I do want to know those basic tools. You know of the uh photography and video editing software and whatnot. There's one that I have, a final cut pro, and I bought that I remember I used it in a pressure situation and came out with something decent. That was that little video I did for the nephews that Selah did with the boys out in Nashville.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was.
Speaker 1:I bought it that afternoon and sat in their living room and cut it up and just, you know, so butchered it, but it came out, and so I need to learn that and learn it well and then move on to the others. There's a couple other softwares that a student introduced me to CapCut that others use. It's just an incredible tool. So, anyways, learn photography and videography, better shooting and editing. A second goal is to and this is part of it improve my audio recording and production skills.
Speaker 1:This podcast is helping with that. Every time I do another episode, there's things I learn that I lean into and other things I catch on to that I realize, oh man, you don't forget this, and so that's a good lesson for me and others about repetitive. When you start, keep doing something, keep doing something, just the sheer experience is going to help you get better at that. So I'm excited that I have this means to do that, that every week, and sometimes when I'm late, but every week we're going to say that when we put this together, it helps me to become sharper on how to do that, whether it's audio levels or editing.
Speaker 1:So, uh, goal number three is to go deeper in my reading and my learning, and that's one thing. Like I'd like to listen to books. A lot read books. I tend to do a lot more audible reading, but when it comes down to wanting to really go deep and to learn something, I need to have the book there in front of me to mark it up and to make some notes on it, and so that's a massive goal. I was just sharing with you that at a professional development we had the other day at work that the best part of all of it was a presentation by a friend of mine, colleague on AI, and it was just enlightening. This blew my mind because here he was giving a presentation encouraging us to embrace it, even bit by bit. Don't be afraid of it, but it's useful. He showed how. And then I go into another workshop after that and another colleague, just like he said, stuff scares me and it. You know I was curious about it all, but it's like you can't be scared of this stuff no it.
Speaker 1:You know this is going to be in front of us. You can't be scared of it. Um and so, uh, so I'm looking forward to that. That is kind of my not kind of. That is the next thing that I need to say okay, this is going to be your focus, because I know, by learning that, that's going to help me with the goal that I said earlier about leveraging 32 years of education, ai and the best way to do that to produce videos, to produce modules, to do what I'm hoping to do. That's going to help. Artificial intelligence is going to help, and so I'm looking forward. Do you know that's going to help? You know artificial intelligence?
Speaker 1:is going to help, and and so I'm I'm looking forward to, to going deeper in that, and you know, I remember hearing someone that I listened to just say man, you read three, four, five books on any topic. Within a year, you're going to be an expert way better than most people. So I'm looking forward to just digging in and learning, and I love that I have people to talk to at work that are ahead of me on that and who I know they're wonderful people who are going to be excited to share with me on that.
Speaker 1:So that's going to be fun, that's awesome, All right. And then my final one is just to improve my am and pm routines. This one's difficult only because I have to make sure and I'm getting better on this. I showed you stats on my phone that showed that I'm getting like an hour, hour and a half more sleep this year than I did last year. That makes sense because we've moved out here and work is a 20 minute commute, not a two hour commute and so, but that has to get locked in.
Speaker 1:There was a time in my life where I was really religious about my morning routines and my evening routines, and that was a time where I was really religious about my morning routines and my evening routines and that was a time where I would journal.
Speaker 1:That was a time where I'd look at my planner and I was much better about that. And that's a matter of blocking time in for that, Like schedule the time and it gets done, Don't schedule it and it doesn't get done, and just kind of have these boundaries to where I say, okay, you know what I got to stop now, this didn't get done because I needed to move into my PM routine because that's going to help me tomorrow and that's going to help me with my morning routine. You know, get my headset something. I read affirmations, all that kind of stuff and so that's a massive one because I know that one right there I should have a highlight on it because that one just I from my own experience, because that one just from my own experience helps me with everything else it just does. So those are the goals, both career and business, and then our personal goals. Any closing thoughts on that?
Speaker 2:Closing thoughts. Closing thoughts on that closing thoughts, I would say um, some of the um audibles that I've been listening to say you know, there there's so much stuff to get done, so sometimes we prioritize, trying to like, uh, to perfect it, to just, you know, do it the very best that we can and we spend a lot of time doing it. So, um, in this audible book that I was listening to, it said you know, just get it done, get it done to the best of your ability, um, and you, you know, move on, move on to the next thing.
Speaker 2:Not everything that we're going to do in life is going to be perfect, because we don't have the time to be able to spend on all these different um categories, um, to make it perfect. But if we do the very best that we can and um, you know, move on to the next thing, um, then you know we we've touched everything that we can and, you know, move on to the next thing, then you know we've touched everything that we needed to touch and we did the best that we could with our time. So if I could give you one thing in life is I would love to grant you more time, because work on it, because work on it because you have your, your vision is just amazing for all these things that you want to do.
Speaker 2:um, you, you're a big dreamer and you're you know, you wanted to do this podcast and you know, I see, I see the joy in it that you're doing this and I see that it's even carrying on into, you know, your workplace that people are like hey, you know you created some curriculum for your students to do and you know you had, you know, a good amount of people show up and wanting to podcast, and so you know teachers wanting to to podcast, and so you know teachers wanting to know some information, too, for their classes. And here I am podcasting with you and, and and I think that you know the very first podcast I was, of course, intimidated like I, like I've never done a podcast. I don't know how to speak and have it just flow.
Speaker 1:You're very good at it.
Speaker 2:And so, but yes, just like you said, the more that you continue to do something that you're uncomfortable with you, eventually you start to get a little more comfortable. So this is my last podcast for the month and I can say that I can see the growth, that I feel more comfortable just speaking and it's not like oh gosh, like how am I going to sound? I've become more relaxed and comfortable speaking.
Speaker 1:So yeah, thank you for that. Yeah, thank you for on. I want to highlight what you said because I just want to end with that. I love that point. I really appreciate you sharing that with everyone, because that encourages me too. That's a reminder to me too, and if you find out how to give us both more time, because that's the only time reason I want more time is if you're with me, okay, so add that to your investigation of how to find more time for us. Well, listen, yeah, this is our last episode together and, man, it's been wonderful to have you here, sharing your perspective and your thoughts and encouraging the listeners in a way that I couldn't. And we'll just we'll have to find some excuse to have you back in here every once in a while or more, just to share and to you know, let us know, what's happening in your world.
Speaker 2:Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1:Let me just say real quick because I took out that segment because you were going to be here. What's up in your world Right, and you know we can have you. That'd be a perfect place to have you, like what's going on with Lydia. We can have you that'd be a perfect place to have you. Like what's going on with Lydia People are going to want to know.
Speaker 2:Um, so, anyways, I'm sorry I interrupted you. Um, no problem. Uh, just thank you for thinking of me um being your your first guest and I know that um you have some amazing guests that you're um going to be having uh interviewing and um, yeah, it's going to be like Lydia, who you're a more amazing girl than them.
Speaker 1:How's that coming from an English teacher?
Speaker 2:But, um, thank you a lot. But, um, you know there's some amazing people that you're going to that will be on your podcast and um, some good information. That's going to be um, so I'm excited for you to bring those people in.
Speaker 1:Thank you, I'm excited too. You kicked it off wonderfully.
Speaker 2:Thank you.
Speaker 1:So set the standard and we will go from there. So, yeah, a little bit of something coming up is having some guests at least once a month. Let's start from there. And so I appreciate you mentioning that, because I am excited about that and I love that these folks are wanting to come on and I know it's going to bring value to our listeners and, uh, but you've just done an outstanding job helping me talk about goals from the uh.
Speaker 1:All this applies to whether it's a single person or people that are going to get married or people that are married just this idea of living intentionally and having these different categories, and so that's been a wonderful. It's been invigorating for me. I can see where I've not stepped up with the goals coming into February now and things that I have done. And I appreciate you mentioning this podcast, because this is something that reminds me that I can do wonderful things. This has been in my brain and my goal.
Speaker 1:Anyone who's followed me I've mentioned this before I can go back 10, 15 years that they've heard me talking about this and I never pulled the trigger and here we are in episode 26. So thank you for your encouragement on that. Thanks for letting me have microphones set up in the living room, taking a whole room, uh, you know, uh, to set up uh recording gear, whatnot, uh that stuff. That means a lot to me. So, uh, this is what happens when you have a partner that's willing to dream with you, and I'm hoping to do the same thing for you too thank you all right, thank you all right.
Speaker 1:Uh, thank you again, love. We will touch bases soon, and I can't wait for people to hear this. Well, let's wrap up our discussion and move into our time of application. This is so important. If we're going to grow and mature in our outlook in life, this sense of purpose is crucial, and so that means learning and then taking what we have learned and applying it to our lives. So here we go.
Speaker 1:Today, this is going to be pretty straightforward, as it should be. I'm going to ask you to make a T chart, a big T on your paper. You can Google what that looks like if needed. It's simply a mind map or graphic organizer that works for this context. On the left side of that, at the top there, label that business, forward slash, career goals, and on the right side of the top, label that personal goals. So we have these two categories now. Then, for each side, simply brainstorm items for each category. So what are some career, business goals that you have or have been thinking about?
Speaker 1:Now, this is key. Do not self-filter. In other words, do not question whether you have the money or the means to make this happen, and you know how is this going to happen. I need this. Don't go there, just list them. If these things came to your mind, write them down. There's something very powerful and important about not self-filtering now. We can do that later, and so you know. A quick reason for that is I'm sure this may have happened to you um, that you can have an idea, and it's a splendid idea or something, and then you don't write it down and you don't share with someone, and you literally forget about this and and and. You can, you can go crazy trying to remember this idea that you had. So that's what self-filtering does. Do not self-filter it. Get it on paper. We can always decide to use it or not. Use it later, okay, but we sure don't want it flying out of our brain. All right, then do the same thing for personal goals.
Speaker 1:In many cases, these personal goals can grease the slides of our career, business goals, because they're the things that help us become a better version of ourselves. That, in turn, help us accomplish more. So, for example, with me, my AM and PM routines, when I have those things nailed down, with times of prayer, times of affirmation, journaling, looking at my planner, when I spend quiet time to do those things, whether they happen in the morning or the evening. That changes everything. For me it just does, and so that allows me to be very clear about what I'm doing that day and why what I'm doing that day helps things happen better for the week, for the month and for my goals. So that's just a little idea, a small idea of why we just we want to make sure that we have some good stuff there on the personal goals and how they end up helping with our career business goals.
Speaker 1:Finally, once you've got those things down, you can start to go and list what are the top three. Keep that list somewhere because, it came to mind, put it in your planner in the back there, so you can always be going back and moving some of those things that are in the back to the front of your planner where you're working on them now. Some things are going to happen later, some things are happening now. So just begin, you know, keep adding to your list back there as life goes on, but continue moving things to the fore on the weeks and the months that you're working on and the years that you're working on them, and that's just the way that works.
Speaker 1:And so the last thing is go back to our wrap up in episode 23, where I walked through Michael Hyatt's smarter goal system. You can get more into depth with those by looking up his content online. That would be well worth your time. Finally, find someone who cares deeply about you and your success in all areas of your life and share these with them, whoever that might be, and just ask them to hold you accountable to these things. They're going to appreciate you trusting them with such a valuable role. Well, I'd love to hear from you on your goals. In the meantime, I wish you the very best on your efforts in these areas. I want to know. I want to know. I want to know.
Speaker 2:It's raining out, the drops keep coming. The drops keep coming.
Speaker 1:Well, I hope these past four weeks with Lydia was helpful to you. It sure was with me. All of them were. There were things that she shared that were not in our notes and they really moved me to think. I hope they did the same thing for you, whether you know they were in the notes or not. So we'll have to find a good excuse to have her back. I'm going to miss her being with me in these episodes.
Speaker 1:Well, next week I'll get back to our regular content, using Dan Miller's book the Rudder of the Day to drive our discussion. So let me set us up for that. Let's think about thinking. So what do you think we'll need in order to be so thoughtful? Think about sinking into a seat or sneaking into your favorite sneakers. Well, join me next week to see how this all even makes sense and to find out what these things have to do with good ideas. Okay, let me send you away with a quote here. It is Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will, and that comes to us from the great Zig Ziglar. That's it. That's the quote. Think about it, Act on it. Thanks for spending time with me today.
Speaker 1:Friends, Next week it's just us again. I need to find an excuse to have Lydia back every once in a while or more, because that was really fun, and I hope you also found that month with her informative. In the meantime, please join me again next week as Dan Miller continues to lead us to a better way to start our day. Thank you for listening. If you found this time together useful, please consider following this podcast and leaving an excellent rating. If you feel you can't do that yet, please reach out to me and let me know what I can do to get you to leave a top rating.
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