Oct 23, 2019
Ashlie: (00:17)
Welcome back to another episode of Tactical Living by LEO Warriors.
I'm your host, Ashlie Walton.
Clint:
And I'm your co-host Clint Walton.
Ashlie:
In today's episode, we're going to talk about how tapping into
that inner instinct can really change the trajectory of someone
else's life. So just sit back, relax and enjoy today's content.
Something just happened that sort of blew my mind and it started
from me brushing my teeth this morning. Let me go back a few steps.
When we first started this podcast, things didn't go quite the way
as planned. I had a mentor who I gained a really close relationship
with
Ashlie: (01:03)
This mentor invited me into his closest circle. He promised me an
endless amount of things, and to make a long story short, he did
not follow through with a single one of those things.
Ashlie: (01:18)
The byproduct of that was this podcast. He had a producer who
produced his podcast and he offered his services to me
Ashlie: (01:30)
And for that I couldn't be more grateful to that mentor, but mostly
to this individual.
Ashlie: (01:38)
This individual… I don't even know if he got paid or not for all of
the work that he put forth and not only my podcast, but an entire
group of podcasts that were being produced at the same time. I will
never know the full transparency to that story because of the way
that things didn't pan out with all that was promised from said
mentor. Getting into that, the relationship that I started to
develop with this producer was one that I almost felt sorry for. I
don't necessarily know what the relationship looks like between
this individual, let's call him Zach. That's a made up name, but to
make it easier for the sake of conversation. Zach and my mentor
worked side by side, although I know the amount of work that Zach
puts forth on a routine basis is just crazy.
Ashlie: (02:37)
And he helped me with the production, the lunch and even showed me
how to edit my own podcasts and produce the content that you're
listening to right now. It dawned on me during one of our
conference calls (we use Zoom, so it's a face to face call) that
this is somebody who has helped so many people produce their own
shows and he's so skilled in his technical abilities and yet he
doesn't have a show of his own.
Ashlie: (03:10)
And if we fast forward to this morning, I started to think of him.
There was about a month, maybe it was a month ago when I had
reached out to him just to check to see how he was doing.
Ashlie: (03:23)
Selfishly, I did this because there was a conversation that I had
with him explaining that I knew that he had a story of his own to
tell and it was my wish for him that he would find a place in
himself to be able to produce his own content and to create a show
of his own.
Ashlie: (03:43)
As I'm brushing my teeth this morning, I told myself I needed to
follow up with him again. It's been a few weeks. I wanted to make
sure that he knew that I didn't just use him for his services and
that he truly means something. I am forever grateful for all that
he did in support of our show. That intro that you hear at the
beginning of our show was actually custom mixed and curated from
him.
Ashlie: (04:09)
And so during the weekend, Clint and I try not to do too much when
it comes to work related activities. Although we are recording this
episode on the weekend, we try to stay off of social media, so of
course that means staying off of Facebook Messenger. So I added it
to my mental to do lists for next week.
Ashlie: (04:31)
The craziest thing that happened was that I just received a message
from him telling me how impactful it was that I shared with him
that his story genuinely needed to be shared with the world and
that it put a little bit of fire behind his rear end. I was humbled
by this. This made me smile on the inside, but it's not about
me
Ashlie: (04:57)
And for me, I look at this as that energy that surrounds us. In the
universe. Just like when we have those mindless moments in the
shower. It's the same thing for me in the morning when I brush my
teeth because I very deliberately have a sort of active meditation
every morning when I brush my teeth. I set the intention for the
day and that's when my cognitive awareness opens up in a way to
where I experienced certain thoughts that maybe I wouldn't when my
mind is a little bit more proactive. So getting this message from
him today really made me feel connected to him through the
universe. As you sit there, that might sound a little woo for you
and I'm okay with that.
Ashlie: (05:46)
Because for me, I look at it as a girl sitting on the side of the
west coast when he is sitting all the way on the east coast and for
whatever reason, two people that don't know each other too well,
found this connection to where communication was open between the
two of us when our thoughts were somehow still connected. And it's
true. I want nothing more for him than to be able to experience all
of the greatness that he's helped so many other people to
experience. What I explained to him is that he has been the backup
singer in so many other bands and yet he's the one with the
tactical skills that most people would never put forth the effort
to master and he deserves to be that front liner, that lead singer
in his own band. I know in past episodes, we've talked about just
being an employee and sitting on the sidelines being the one that
does all the work. When the main player be at the doctor, the chief
of police, whoever that main component is in the place of work gets
all the credit.
Ashlie: (07:01)
But this is a man who's a freelancer. He works for himself and he
has so much in terms of skills to offer to the world that I'm just
eager and excited to hear what his voice is as it streams through
my own speakers and it makes me excited for him. In full
transparency, this also gives me the ability to make sure that I
continue to follow up with him and I do anything that I can to
support him and that will help to build on our friendship. It will
also help to put forth a little bit of push behind him to where he
understands that he has support. I even offered coaching to him if
he feels like it would serve him. As you sit there and listen,
where is it in your own life that you've needed somebody to push
you a little to put that fire underneath your ass? What's that
thing that you've wanted to do, but you've let other people take
control and be the front runners when maybe you could do a better
job than them in your own capability. I know as you sit there,
there's something that you're amazingly great at. There's a talent,
there's a craft. There's a skill that you've honed in on in a way
that you know that you could do better than anybody else around you
and yet maybe you've let other people have the light shine on them
instead of you.
Ashlie: (08:33)
Why is that? Is it easier? Maybe you feel worried.
Ashlie: (08:42)
Maybe you're scared of the anticipation of not impressing other
people
Ashlie: (08:49)
What would happen if you allowed your authenticity to shine through
in a way that you didn't need the approval from anybody around you
and you did it because of the way that it made you feel inside
Ashlie: (09:01)
You see, I believe that from him not allowing that inner energy to
be released, he's genuinely doing the world a disservice because it
is information, its value, it's past experiences and it's things
that are so relatable to so many other people that he's just
holding it inside and what purpose does that serve?
Ashlie: (09:25)
That prevents him from allowing himself to be fully exposed in a
way that serves him. And it also puts other people in a position to
where maybe they too feel like it's okay to keep all of that inside
and to never show their truths. And ultimately, what that means is
it prevents him from growing. I say that because he shared with me
that that's just something that he's had in his past as something
that he could potentially do in the future. And if we don't have
anybody encouraging us and sometimes putting that fire underneath
our ass, it becomes easy to just be complacent and to let other
people run the show.
Ashlie: (10:10)
But on the backside of that, there is so much more empowerment that
comes from owning what it is that makes you, you.
Ashlie: (10:18)
And it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be a show off.
Ashlie: (10:24)
But what this does mean is that when you're able to showcase those
things that make you so great, it allows you to attract your
tribe.
Ashlie: (10:34)
And again, this isn't somebody that I'm very close with, but I
would imagine that having genuine members of his tribe grow and
grow would be something that would be welcoming for him. As you sit
there, wouldn't you want more people that are like minded? More
people that are real and genuinely supportive of your own thoughts,
your own ideas, your own creativity? How can you get that if you
don't show other people that those are the truths about you? And
what I believe to be true is when you have the courage to expose
those vulnerable realities of everything that makes up who you are,
then you're really able to enjoy your Tactical Living.
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