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Announcing The VECTOR PROJECT
106 Plays5 years ago
Fired up to announce The VECTOR PROJECT, a 10-week program that focuses on your mindset, goals, and purpose, culminating in an in-person or remote event.
K and I discuss why we are doing this, the value of training for something specific, and some of the real value in the pursuit.
If interested, email bill@btwntheears.com.
Vector: Having direction and magnitude, especially as determining the position of 1 point in space relative to another.
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Introduction and Espresso Tonic Inspiration
00:00:01
Speaker
Hello. Hello. You made us very bougie drinks. It's a good sound. It's not Scotch. No. It's not. It's an espresso tonic. It was introduced to the espresso tonic. From? Sunday Moto. I always want to call them Sunday Moto, but it's Sunday Motor Co.
00:00:27
Speaker
Sunday Motor Company. Yeah. And they're a really good coffee shop in Madison, New Jersey, and they make these better than mine. Yes. Okay. Well, I also helped make the espresso. Okay. Better than ours. I made the espresso. It's probably your espresso that makes it. That's probably my fault. Yeah. But they're refreshing. And this tonic isn't as sweet, which is probably better for us, but it
The Importance of Taking Breaks
00:00:51
Speaker
doesn't taste as good. Right. Cause you got about 20 cinnamon buns over there waiting, having my name on them.
00:00:57
Speaker
Okay. Pre-fuel free workout. Um, so there's a lot going on. There's a lot going on. It's exciting. We took last week off. Yeah. And I think it was actually,
00:01:15
Speaker
needed and it was kind of a cool like a pause before we head into a lot of the stuff going on. And I think in the past, we've kind of not paused, gone headfirst and then realized crap, we really haven't taken a break. So I think it was good. And we kind of worked through some things that were
Introducing the Vector Project
00:01:39
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You know, in the, in the idea phase, we're going to talk about one of those today. So that's exciting. Sometimes getting a little break from the. Being in the work to like, look at what you're doing for sure. Get some clarity. So, so quick update the gym still, you know, we're doing all the.
00:02:00
Speaker
some of the backend stuff and the facility is getting finished and equipment's on the way. And so that's going to be in September sometime for in person. If people are interested in that, they can reach out now, but online stuff, women's class, but this project that you're going to launch is kind of, I think a really cool one, especially given
00:02:24
Speaker
I think it's a bright little light for people in a time where I think everybody could use it. So tell us about it. All right, here goes. The name of the thing is the vector project.
00:02:54
Speaker
No, this sounds like you in a basement with a tin tin hat, but it's not. It's actually a, it's not. So it's called the vector project. What does vector mean? Funny you ask. Let me just open up my book real quick. So vector is, it has a couple of things. It's used primarily. It basically means direction. Okay.
00:03:21
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Mathematically it's got a little bit different of a definition, but doesn't matter. Kind of does matter, but you know where like what vector are you headed in? Something like that. What direction? What azimuth? So.
00:03:35
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The definition, if you were going to look at it is having direction and magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.
Finding Direction and Purpose with Vector
00:03:48
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So that's kind of like the, um, the, the geometry type definition, but basically it's, it's having a, an aim, a goal or a purpose.
00:04:03
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with importance and value in your life and you in relation to the world. It's kind of like where some, what some thoughts were some inputs were. And so,
00:04:16
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So basically it's having a purpose, having a direction, having an aim that also takes a look at you relative to the world and your place in the world. Yeah. So what does that, now that's, that sounds great, but it's definitely ethereal. So what does that look like? What is the vector
Focus on Personal Growth
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project? So the vector project is going to be a nine to 10 week
00:04:46
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training program that culminates in an event. And it's been a few years since I've done an event.
00:04:59
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And so this is kind of reintroducing the events in a way that has in a way that I think makes the event way, obviously way longer than just a day or a weekend, but really has the intimacy and the personal nature for someone to learn about themselves and not go to the event
00:05:25
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define themselves, but to find themselves in the process and in the train up and celebrate and express that in the event. So I kind of, I think it's kind of like flipping things on its head a little bit. So, I mean, this, this is kind of interesting cause we've had, this is not like some new, like crazy, like, I've never, never thought of this. I mean, that was sort of, I remember training for,
00:05:53
Speaker
the half Iron Man, that was something you brought and you introduced to me in that process. Like, why am I doing this? So the Iron Man was that culmination, that event and that whatever you want to call it, crucible or whatever, but it was the lead up of learning about it in the process. Like, what was I learning? What was I looking to get out of this? Not just
00:06:18
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bike run swim. You're saying learn about yourself. Yeah. And so there was that invitation to look at it and the events you've done in the past while they were really great, they were definitely more the start and stop. It was so condensed. So it last.
00:06:41
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It lacked that time to really learn about yourself. Yeah, for sure. I mean, it's just like any event.
00:06:50
Speaker
I love events. I think they're great. They have, they have an energy about them that you, that you can't reproduce in training or, or in whatever, you know, it's like, you don't get nervous studying. You get nervous taking the test and it's a very similar thing. And there's, they're, they're, they both have their value. The thing with events is that, um, well, no, the thing with this is that,
00:07:22
Speaker
It's going to be like your goal, like your goals in on the internal, on the personal level, your aim, your direction, your reason, your intent, your purpose. And it's going to be my coaching guidance, accountability, training, like, and, and, and not pushing you, but like,
True Training vs Casual Exercise
00:07:53
Speaker
encouraging you to look a little bit deeper. Coaching, yeah. Coaching. And so it's, you know, your goal, my, my, my, my coaching. And so. So are you going to say what the actual event is? I don't know. Should I? Okay. So, so here, I guess kind of, I guess kind of here, here's one of the things with, with the event. I want to have something that you have to train for.
00:08:22
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Like, sure, you could show up tomorrow and do it. I mean, you could show up, I could show up tomorrow and do a half fire. But that's not the point. But that's not the point. Right. And so that's kind of the thing. Like, it's like, it's no different than why people sign up for a half marathon, a marathon, a triathlon. Cause like, if it was a question of just physically conducting the events, you'd be able to, but like, yeah, you could do whatever.
00:08:47
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So it's not about the outcome. It's not about the destination, but we use that as an anchoring point to say, okay, we're going to have a little bit of focus. We're going to train for this particular physical, mental, emotional event. And it's not going to be like an all night event or all weekend event that I've done in the
00:09:15
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pass, it'll be grueling. It'll be, I mean, you'll be, you'll make it whatever you make it. And that's part of the discovery. That's part of the goal. That's part of the coaching as well. Looking at why are you going to sign up for this? Why are you going to, you know, kind of commit to it?
Vector Project Event Details
00:09:33
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And, and how are you going to honor that day in and day out?
00:09:39
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but also not have it be like, Oh my God, only three people in the world are going to qualify for this. It's not like, it's not a complicated, no. And so that said too, the training is less about there's, it's less while there is a physical training you'll provide to prepare people for
00:09:59
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the activities that are happening, it's more about preparing for it and people's purpose and reason and what they're learning about themselves. So it's definitely, if it was something super high skilled or super advanced, I think the emphasis would have to be so much on the physical that that could get in the way. Yeah, and I'll be honest, I have struggled with
00:10:27
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I have struggled with actually finding a reason to train and, and I'll be the first one to say like, I don't consider what I do training. Yeah, there's always going to be the mental and the emotional part for me. And that's the only real reason why I would consider a training from a physical standpoint. It's not training because there's never an outlet for the, for the expression of it. And so,
00:10:57
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Would you consider what I do training? So would you say right now, well, like I'm biking and swimming pretty consistently. Am I training so that No, you're not training. I don't think you're training. Are we training for the 70 miles? Well, perhaps, but here's the thing with training. Okay. This is a question though. I would say what I'm doing, the only reason I'd say it's training is because I am,
00:11:26
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It's not random. It isn't random right now. Like for me, I'm trying to get better at, I am training my swimming. Like there's a workout, that's not something I've been doing. So there's a complex of things. It's not just, ah, today I'll do this.
00:11:45
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Right. The thing with the thing I, and I agree. And so, so you could say like, like, fuck you, dude. Like I am training and okay. But my question then would be like, for what?
00:11:59
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Well, yeah, for what? And that's on the external, which is fine. We have to consider that. And that's a major thing with people who just go to the gym to go to the gym because they enjoy it. They like how they feel. They like how they look like that's all very, very positive and very, very good. I don't consider that training though. Is it because there's no test? Not only that there's no test,
00:12:26
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Well, yes, in part that there's no test and there's no, like you train for something. Okay. If it's very general, I'll say, okay, I get it. Like I agree. And I agree. If someone says like, Hey, my training, and they're not like signing up for competitions or they're not doing this or that, or they're not going to say, okay, that's fine. The internal piece though, that I think complements the external with, is it training or is it just like something you're doing?
00:12:57
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When you train for something that is, that takes a much higher priority and other things take a back seat. And so if you're not making sacrifices, you're not training. I'm sorry. And that might sound a little bit like, who are you to say this? Well, this week I swam in the lake up at like, uh, but it was not, it was 30 minutes of just like for fun swimming. Yeah.
00:13:25
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Last year when I was training for the half Ironman, I like found a pool I like swam the mile that the athletes were doing I like wore my bathing suit all day at the games Yeah, I knew like yeah, but we would have brought the bikes like yeah, I think it's it's part of your and it's I think for that duration, which is also
00:13:46
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something about training, like you can't be training for something 12 months a year. Well, it's like a, I mean, okay, depending on the event, sure. If it's something big, but like, yeah, there's a certain amount of time. So in that time.
00:13:59
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Yes, that training takes priority. There's other things that take a back seat and there's sort of a start and a stop and it culminates. Yeah. There's going to be, anytime you have a training or training plan, there's going to be like a preparatory phase, a ramp up phase, and then like a, like a, like a cool down phase and a reset. So there's always going to be a macro and a micro. What are we doing in the year? What are we doing in the month or in the week or in the day for some cases?
00:14:29
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without those, without those kind of constraints or without those ways of looking at what you're doing. It's just kind of a run on sentence. Yeah, it's just kind of a run on sentence and that's fine. Like that's okay. Um, if you want to train for something though, then it's like, okay, we have to be a bit more specific. We have to narrow some things down. And I think what I have
00:14:54
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personally struggled with with the physical stuff. And I still work out, I still go hard, and I still do things and whatever. But I'm not training. I know what it's like to train at very, very high and very, very hard levels. And I know I'm not doing that. And it's not that I'm not training because what I'm doing now isn't as hard as it used to be.
00:15:15
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It's because it's a very generalized way of being. Yeah. There's not that purpose. So the vector project. Yeah. What is the event? Okay. You just get right to it. Well, people want to know the vector project, the vector. Okay. So here's the deeds November 20th, 2020 in far Hills, New Jersey. Yeah. Yeah. This year.
00:15:47
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there's going to be, it's going to be a 12 mile ruck followed by a six mile run. 12 mile ruck into a six mile run. And the ruck there, the distances are the same for everybody. There, this, there are some hills. Yeah. There's different terrain. Yeah. The ruck, there is various variations in the weight people could choose. Of course. Now there's a, there's going to be like myself. I'm going to be honest, I listened to that and I'm like, Oh, I don't know. That's not that hard.
00:16:17
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Yeah, well you're right. It's not. But a 12 mile ruck. Have you ever done 12 mile ruck before? No, I mean that's what I'm saying. So like if you were to pick the heaviest weight, which is what 50? Yeah, 55 will be the heavy weight. So 55 pounds where you think you're thinking of doing it for 12 miles. How long do you think, like how long is this event? Cause in my mind it's like, Oh, that doesn't sound that long. But the reality is, and I'm not saying it's the world's hardest thing. No.
00:16:47
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But I don't, I think people who are not familiar with rucking don't realize that there is training that has to happen. Well, you don't have to train. You can be somebody and I've seen, trust me, I've seen them. I've seen a lot of them you that, that doesn't respect.
00:17:04
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that doesn't respect the damage that rucking can do to you if you're untrained and if you have weaknesses, physically, structurally, that kind of a bit. And there's a million of those people in the military. I mean, that's kind of like anybody who says rucking is good for you. You're like, what is fucking wrong with you?
Training Mindset and Self-Discovery
00:17:25
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But the at that type of intensity of rocking, if you're going off out for a walk with your backpack and you've got, you know, snacks, maybe an extra pair of shoes, you know, you got maybe like five, 10 pounds, if you're like a normal gym goer, kind of male, whatever.
00:17:43
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Yeah, that's not going to be super hard. That's, that's going for backpacking. If you're a female, you know, because of generally like, you know, there's some things with like hip width and stuff like that, like, you know, you have to consider that, that female tips a little bit wider where that in relation to the knee, also the upper back, usually not as strong. Like there's just some things that from it for a normal person going out for a walk with a bag,
00:18:13
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light, you know, that you just have like your day pack and, you know, yeah, you could, you could go out and do that. Of course, but that's not what this is. That's not what this is. And so it's a ruck run. No, it's a, it's a, okay. Yeah. Yeah. When you say ruck run, no, ruck run. It's a two part. You do the, you do the ruck, you do the 12. So the 12 mile, let's say, well, why 12 miles? The 12 mile ruck is a standard,
00:18:42
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that you have to maintain pretty much for them. I think all of the military, but anyway, SF, range of regiment, like, yeah. So the, so the, the standard, the, the, the standard you have to maintain is three hours. Now that's not like some of the standards in the military aren't that hard. That's not, that's, that's not hard for somebody who's,
00:19:14
Speaker
Well, I mean, look, I don't know how to answer that. When I was in the Army, yeah, I was doing that in less than two hours. But it was also like, I was fucking running. And that's terrible for you as well. But it's also for a different thing.
00:19:30
Speaker
Hey, that's gonna, you're gonna be assessed on your physical capacity. So like, that's a, that is a competition. That is an event. And even though it's myself, and someone could treat this, that's part of this thing though, is like someone could want something to be like, I really want to like, see what I can do. Yeah, for sure. And that's a great, the thing is with the, the thing is with the, the rock and those and the,
00:19:57
Speaker
long distance element of it is that you'll encounter things about yourself along the way that you need distance to get to and you need discomfort to get to. You know, one of the funniest things is when people are trying to find a way to make their bag comfortable, right? It's like, it's not going to be comfortable. Let's, or it's like with your kit or your weight vest or whatever. It's like,
00:20:18
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part of the deal as soon as you start moving because the thing is not literally your skin or compression. Yeah, it's not going to be all that comfortable, but like, you know, so you'll find some things about that. So, so that's where, um,
00:20:33
Speaker
You know, that's where that comes from. But it's also something that, yeah, if you want to challenge yourself, if you want to push yourself, it's a great test. It's a low skill thing. I mean, for some people, a 12 mile walk with a water bottle and like, you know, minimal weight. That's something, when was the last time people walked 12 miles? Yeah, that plus running or jogging or something. So it's an 18 mile movement. 18 mile movement.
Vector's Relevance in Uncertain Times
00:21:02
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And yeah, I think that's really cool. So, and when you say how long it'll take, well, it's just like, but that's like, and I think anybody listening that is interested, there's always that insecurity of like,
00:21:18
Speaker
You know, like, well, what if I'm like, really slow? I can't do it. When, when I did that half Ironman, there were people, I was running and people were leaving with their bikes, who had finished. Do you know what I mean? Right. Right. That's always a, yeah. And there's no minimum time. Yeah. It's just like, it's for you. It's your experience. It's not about, you know, if you want to make it about.
00:21:42
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the time and your ability to go like that's fine and if you want to make it just about moving and whatever like that's your that's part of this yeah it's not if it was just an event show up okay you could do it on Saturday right but the point is so during the course of this training obviously you'll program some things to prepare people for the running and the rocking yeah
00:22:03
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But part of the program will be a weekly call, like with sort of a focus, more of a mindset. Yeah. So again, like we spent however many minutes talking about the event, but it's really not about the event. The event is the reason to celebrate you showing up for yourself every single day for 10 weeks. Not you punishing yourself, not you proving that you can do it.
00:22:25
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that might be woven into it. Hopefully not the punishment, the proving to yourself that you have the commitment and the intestinal fortitude to sign up for something to extend yourself a little bit and do it. That is worth celebrating. And I think that, and personally, this is why I said like personally, I struggled with it.
00:22:45
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I haven't had that.
00:23:02
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struggle with momentum and all of that, everyone does. And that's the thing I think about this that I always want to tread carefully about. I hate the status elevation thing that occurs when
00:23:18
Speaker
people kind of get a level of expertise or knowledge and it can feel like that. Um, like I don't want that to be the case. So anyway, having, um, having that be something that, you know,
00:23:34
Speaker
Yeah, you've got a 10-week program to put to use why you show up to the gym every day, or to get your ass back to the gym, or to look at, okay, doing some things, or to just have some damn focus and have some direction. And that's why it's called the Vector Project.
00:23:56
Speaker
What do you think? I mean, this could be obviously valuable at any time. But how do you think current in the current, in the current situation, it's kind of like an appropriate thing for people? Like, how do you think right now this is especially helpful for people? I think my personal opinion,
00:24:22
Speaker
Yes, not... No, someone else's personal opinion. Yeah, I don't know. What does that even mean? No, Riley's opinion. Hey Riley, what do you think about this girl? I think people are lost and bored and wanting more value.
00:24:41
Speaker
I think we have been cut off from the sources that we normally would or in the past would go to to get some of that value. And I think that's really deteriorating people's internal states.
00:25:00
Speaker
I think that the uncertainty, depending upon where you are in the world, but the uncertainty of when the fuck will this thing end? And when will we get back to normal? Or when will it just, when will, like, what the heck is gonna happen? I think it's exhausting. And I think during those, it's, when you're in the dark, it is very overwhelming to not know, to just see black.
00:25:29
Speaker
But someone can light a cigarette and it's like, oh, you have a point to orient to. And so, you know, kind of like a lighthouse kind of a thing. And so that's, yeah, so I think that that's some of the value it can provide. And look, it's 10 weeks.
00:25:49
Speaker
Training will start the 15th. It's the 16th of September. Yeah. Middle of September. We'll do the first week. So I'm working on getting some, you know, some of the backend stuff, some progress, some interest and all of that. Um, but it's 10 weeks of.
00:26:06
Speaker
Committing to something. Yeah, heading in a direction. And yeah, for sure, heading in a direction. And also like, it's during a time where, all right, I don't know, depending upon where you, again, depending upon where you are in the world, but like in the Northeast, in New Jersey, we've been fortunate to have outdoor classes, outdoor fitness.
00:26:33
Speaker
October, November can be dicey when it comes to like doing fitness classes outdoors. So I would like to provide people a way of continuing and improving their fitness with a little bit more of a focus. So like, yeah, you're not going to be doing power cleans or whatever during this event.
00:26:54
Speaker
So you don't have to worry about that and having to train specifically for something or it's not a strength event or it's no swimming, right? Like it's stuff that if you improve from a physical standpoint, like you train for this thing, like you'll get physically better. So it'll be.
00:27:10
Speaker
in line with your overall lifestyle of like wanting to be fit, but not have you focus so much on specifics that are going to pose a challenge logistically and environmentally. So, you know, the only thing you're really going to have to consider is like,
00:27:33
Speaker
And if you want to come, and if you are going to come and do the event here, it's like, yeah, well you want to have a couple, like some layers, like clothes, like that. And that's a simple thing. That leads me to, I mean, obviously you will be hosting the event here. Now, people who aren't here,
00:27:50
Speaker
You can also solve that problem. I mean, the benefit to your point is the lead up and the 10 weeks of training. So they can certainly, people who aren't here can certainly still do it. And it's just a matter of the logistics of finding. Yeah. And that's going to be part of it. And so that's going to be part of it. So let's just say we have somebody sign up and they're international or on a different coast, or they just simply can't get here.
00:28:17
Speaker
Um, that's fine. Part, part of the train up and part of the coaching and part of the guidance and part of all of that is to work with each individual and be like, all right, what do you got? And like, that's the thing. It's going to be your goal. I'm not going to set the goal for you. You have to set the goal. You have to look within yourself and ask yourself.
00:28:40
Speaker
some of the hard questions. And I can help with those. I can say, hey, here's a question. But like, you have to answer it and you have to look for it. And so for somebody who just logistically can't make it, no worries. What do we got? Let's get eyes on a map. What can you do? What's available? Let's figure it out and let's brainstorm. And boom, we'll take care of that very easy problem.
00:29:09
Speaker
People's purpose, though, might change over the, I mean, that's a, you know, that's what's interesting about the 10 weeks is the evolution of maybe where you start and what you finish with.
Celebrating Personal Successes
00:29:21
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That's kind of cool. So, yeah, and just to, I know sometimes it's like, well, what is, when we look at these things, like,
00:29:29
Speaker
the goal between the ears, the goal between the ears, fitness, kind of how this fits in. And I think it's kind of interesting. It's always answering a couple of questions or sort of, I hate to use the word checking certain boxes, but like, I mean it in a way of like what it is. So it's definitely a physical component. It's learning about yourself.
00:29:51
Speaker
through like a physical expression. But again, like that involves also some mindset. Yeah. Mindset and mental and emotional. And there's going to be a lot of things that we'll, we'll dig into. There'll be, um, you know, so yeah, like a weekly call, uh, where we either have some homework, talk about a topic, get into mechanics, like the, the amount of,
00:30:18
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Not the amount of knowledge or information, but the amount of discovery that we'll do beyond just show up at this place and walk this far and then run this far. It's so much more than that. That is just an excuse to do the really awesome work. It's kind of cool that it's a group. I think that's been, the tribe for the practice is sort of coming to a close, but that weekly,
00:30:46
Speaker
connection to people, I think also for people, whether they have a current community they're in or they don't, there's something special about sharing that with the group, like sharing that process, um, sharing like what you're experiencing, having that anchor to tie you to not just you as a coach, but this other group. Yeah. Yeah. And so, man, I was gonna say something and I forgot, what were you saying before, just like a minute ago?
00:31:15
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about some of the like checking the boxes. Yeah. What between the ears, how this ties into like a between the ears event or kind of what between the ears is and how this covers like the physical expression of learning about yourself. Oh, yeah. Here's one. And this is something that I work with people, every single one of my clients individually on because everyone needs it.
00:31:43
Speaker
people don't celebrate themselves enough. I mean, like really celebrate themselves and that's a damn shame. And so I get it. Not wanting to be cocky or conceited or, you know, not wanting to get complacent. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got all of that. And trust me, I, I, I understand that, but there's so much strength
00:32:13
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being displayed by people. And I think it's a shame that they don't celebrate themselves as much. And that's something I want to provide an opportunity for. And if you've never really celebrated yourself, holy shit. Like, why are you signing up for it?
00:32:50
Speaker
what they still need. Well, I did this, but I still need to get better at that. Or I didn't, well, I didn't do that. I didn't do that. I mean, it's so, it's really like an epidemic. I mean, it's kind of crazy. Yeah. And it's, and it's a lot of times too. It's like, if you had a really good day or let's just say something really good one.
00:33:06
Speaker
Here's a, I would, I'm not gonna tell you to take that, but like, perhaps you can look in that direction and dig a little bit and look at it.
00:33:07
Speaker
happened and it wasn't like, you know, your life didn't change. You didn't maybe, you know, win the power ball or something, but like, yeah, you had like, there was something really good that happened. It's like, well, you know, like, I know it's a little, I know it's small. I know it's, it's like, what are you discounting it for? Why are we discounting ourselves? And the thing with mindset is that you start discounting the mode of self communication. So what you're saying to yourself that you're discounting yourself.
00:33:37
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follows through in an action of not accepting yourself, not celebrating yourself, you know, moving on to the next, whatever that means, that expresses a belief you have about yourself that, yeah, frankly, you're not worthy enough or good enough to, to celebrate. And it's a vicious cycle. And it's like, well, if we consider for a second that
00:34:04
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That's how the mindset cycle works. And that
Final Thoughts and Event Logistics
00:34:10
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maybe you just aren't aware of that. Right.
00:34:15
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That can be, like, it can be jarring in some ways, but it can also be enlightening in others. And that's the biggest thing. It's like, wow, I never, like, I thought I just was trying to be humble. It's like, yeah, fine. There's, it might be a little bit deeper than that. And like, if you did something amazing, why can't you, like you signed up for something, you committed to something, you worked hard at something, you definitely got out of bed some days you didn't want to, and you came in and you celebrated, you did this and you did that.
00:34:44
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Why are we going to then discount that and say, well, the tendency is, and I think about that half Ironman and that was one of the first podcasts I was on. That was like a really big deal for me, but I still, even in saying that feel like there's this part and I've gotten, I've become aware of it and I'm more aware of it, but like, it took me so long.
00:35:11
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And it's like, but that was a really big deal for me. Like just, just showing up and like overcoming the, I remember when you teed it up. Yeah. When you were like, you were like almost embarrassed to tell me you were thinking about it. And I was like, are you kidding me? Well, right. And so that's the part though, that like, when I think about that event, what's really cool is now the overwhelming feeling I have of it is like pride.
00:35:40
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Like I signed up, I trained for it. I showed up. I like did it. I overcame or I worked through all the nerves and the day of and like, and actually for me, it was probably more of a like learning about myself to not worry about the time to spend my sweet ass time transitioning and things like that. Um, but that takes practice and that's part of, I think what's interesting too, why it's not a two week thing or you can't learn some of this stuff.
00:36:10
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Um, and even the physical stuff, all the things with training or it's like, it's, it's practice. It's not a, I'm going to decide that I'm going to have this perspective. I'm now going to celebrate myself. I decided it tomorrow and forever on, there I am. It's you got to practice it. So you got to practice it. It's cool. You have nine, 10 weeks of practicing that with other people. And it's crazy what can really, how that can seep into other things also.
00:36:39
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Well, and that's the thing about it, that it's not a rationally driven thing. You celebrating yourself isn't just you changing your thinking. No, you celebrating yourself is changing your feeling. It's an emotional driver because you know, you probably should or could celebrate and you know, you probably shouldn't. What the fuck? Who the fuck was that? Someone just literally walked by.
00:37:08
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There's someone in our backyard. I'm about to get my bow out. It's probably the power company. What are they doing? We're still recording. Um, anyway, this is a mess. There's someone in our backyard. You're about to hear a clan. I'm about to flip the switch.
00:37:36
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Anyway, so anyway, the celebration. Yeah. So it's like, you know, you know, you probably shouldn't just be your own worst enemy and yet you do. And you've, and you know what that feels like, but you might not know what it feels like to celebrate. So then the, the, the greater force and pull of the emotional mind or your emotional fitness hate to break it to you.
00:38:05
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that is stronger than your mental fitness practice. So you have to practice it and physically you can practice it and you can practice it in a way that you don't have to. Um, yeah, I mean, that's not something insane. And, and honestly, right now, one of the reasons, one of the things that came up
00:38:27
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There are a lot of people that enjoy this type of signing up for something, committing to something, having that experience and process. And unfortunately there aren't a lot of events right now because of the nature of like things being canceled. And so this is really like what's cool about this is it is really for everybody. It's not, you know, like you said, there's no
00:38:51
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You don't need to have a barbell. There's nothing involved to that of that nature. If you've never worked before, you can do it. If you've, if you're not even a runner, you can walk it like it's really such a low barrier to entry. It's just, if you want to learn about yourself and that's, and that's exactly part of it too. Like we're going to, you're going to move, but okay, this is going to be the event 12 mile rock, six mile run. Well, what if I can't run? Okay.
00:39:20
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Well, let's talk about it. You know what I mean? And like go into it now because somebody's run is going to be different than someone else's. So there's no judgment on that. Like a shuffle would that person shuffling. Well, are they running or are they walking? Well, I don't know. They're moving. It's like, that's literally all that matters.
00:39:36
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you're going to do a part of it with a, you're going to do a long part of it with a backpack on with some load. And there's some significance to that. And that'll be part of the training. And then you're going to do it, do half of that without the load. So it's cool. Yeah. And there'll be, of course, support refreshments, that kind of thing. So, and then afterwards it's kind of nice to have the,
00:40:00
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We'll have a little ceremony at the end. So that's November 20th. That's November 20th. You're going to post sort of sign up, all that stuff, vector project for people who are interested, who want information, and then there'll be registration. So that'll be coming in the next week or so. But the training starts September 15th. Yes. 16th, I think it's Monday. Yes. So that's exciting.
00:40:23
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Yeah, it is. And the celebration will be back at the new gym. It'll be at the new, between the years for this. Yeah, cool. So if you have questions, send them. And I look forward to it. Yeah, I think it'll be a really, um,
00:40:46
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I think it'll be an awesome experience. It would be a great experience for anybody at any time and sort of building on all the great stuff from the events in the past you've done. But as I said, I think right now there's just so much value and it's a tangible way to
00:41:04
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to do that work and learn about yourself and connect with other people. And it just, there's just tons of value. So yeah, providing some, you know, some purpose and direction, some motivation for you at the individual, at the internal level, uh, you know, is, is kind of what it's all about. So that's it. That's it. Stay tuned.
00:41:32
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Go find out who's in our backyard. Yeah, we'll tell you on the next bye guys. All right