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James Catledge

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
624 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

path funnel if you will that were to take them down well we get we lock our bikes to the stop sign we're walking the sidewalk and and he basically outlines we're going to do this street this street and then the one behind them we're going home for lunch and i i i've been talking myself up to this guy pretty much non-stop he actually believes what i've been saying about my capacity my capacity is not nothing i am unproven but i've talked it up

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

path funnel if you will that were to take them down well we get we lock our bikes to the stop sign we're walking the sidewalk and and he basically outlines we're going to do this street this street and then the one behind them we're going home for lunch and i i i've been talking myself up to this guy pretty much non-stop he actually believes what i've been saying about my capacity my capacity is not nothing i am unproven but i've talked it up

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

path funnel if you will that were to take them down well we get we lock our bikes to the stop sign we're walking the sidewalk and and he basically outlines we're going to do this street this street and then the one behind them we're going home for lunch and i i i've been talking myself up to this guy pretty much non-stop he actually believes what i've been saying about my capacity my capacity is not nothing i am unproven but i've talked it up

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So I make a decision after locking the bikes that I'm going to step into this and kind of own it. And I tell his name is Merrill Taggart. Okay. Merrill Taggart is from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Okay. And I, and I love, I come to love Merrill Taggart from this experience, but I told elder Taggart, that's what we call each other. Let me take the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So I make a decision after locking the bikes that I'm going to step into this and kind of own it. And I tell his name is Merrill Taggart. Okay. Merrill Taggart is from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Okay. And I, and I love, I come to love Merrill Taggart from this experience, but I told elder Taggart, that's what we call each other. Let me take the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So I make a decision after locking the bikes that I'm going to step into this and kind of own it. And I tell his name is Merrill Taggart. Okay. Merrill Taggart is from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Okay. And I, and I love, I come to love Merrill Taggart from this experience, but I told elder Taggart, that's what we call each other. Let me take the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now, this is all I can do to even say this out loud to him, but I feel I need to trap myself into this experience. And so I do. He says, are you sure? I don't mind showing you exactly, you know, which I said, no, I'm ready. I'm not ready. I'm filled with fear, not the fear of the darkness and the forest.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now, this is all I can do to even say this out loud to him, but I feel I need to trap myself into this experience. And so I do. He says, are you sure? I don't mind showing you exactly, you know, which I said, no, I'm ready. I'm not ready. I'm filled with fear, not the fear of the darkness and the forest.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now, this is all I can do to even say this out loud to him, but I feel I need to trap myself into this experience. And so I do. He says, are you sure? I don't mind showing you exactly, you know, which I said, no, I'm ready. I'm not ready. I'm filled with fear, not the fear of the darkness and the forest.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

And I don't need knives, but man, I need courage because I've now trapped myself, which by the way, is a technique I've come to use throughout my life, trap myself psychologically into victory. And so he says, this would be, this would be interesting. Let's do it. We walked to the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

And I don't need knives, but man, I need courage because I've now trapped myself, which by the way, is a technique I've come to use throughout my life, trap myself psychologically into victory. And so he says, this would be, this would be interesting. Let's do it. We walked to the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

And I don't need knives, but man, I need courage because I've now trapped myself, which by the way, is a technique I've come to use throughout my life, trap myself psychologically into victory. And so he says, this would be, this would be interesting. Let's do it. We walked to the first door.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

i'm praying to god on high nobody's home please don't answer whatever i'm even knocking softly please don't hear this in the back room don't answer the curtains move i know they're in there he knocks louder like the cop knock now he's knocking man he he wants them to open the door he's prepared jesus is here yeah right the jesus troops have arrived the door

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

i'm praying to god on high nobody's home please don't answer whatever i'm even knocking softly please don't hear this in the back room don't answer the curtains move i know they're in there he knocks louder like the cop knock now he's knocking man he he wants them to open the door he's prepared jesus is here yeah right the jesus troops have arrived the door

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

i'm praying to god on high nobody's home please don't answer whatever i'm even knocking softly please don't hear this in the back room don't answer the curtains move i know they're in there he knocks louder like the cop knock now he's knocking man he he wants them to open the door he's prepared jesus is here yeah right the jesus troops have arrived the door

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

so literally the lady opens with the lock you know the chain on pulls it open and i said uh we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home this is literally we're more this is not in the training we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home and we'd love to tell you why we've come so far from home And I just kind of left it like that. That's a solid opening. It's literally what I said.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

so literally the lady opens with the lock you know the chain on pulls it open and i said uh we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home this is literally we're more this is not in the training we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home and we'd love to tell you why we've come so far from home And I just kind of left it like that. That's a solid opening. It's literally what I said.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

so literally the lady opens with the lock you know the chain on pulls it open and i said uh we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home this is literally we're more this is not in the training we are mormon missionaries a long ways from home and we'd love to tell you why we've come so far from home And I just kind of left it like that. That's a solid opening. It's literally what I said.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

And I remember her slipping the chain up thinking, don't do it. Don't do it. Don't open that door. She opens the door. She says, why don't you guys come in? Would you like a drink of water? And now I'm relaxing a little bit. I'm calming down. And he kind of takes over. And he kind of does the thing. And he's so eloquent. He's so good. You'd think he's 50 years old. He's so good at this.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

And I remember her slipping the chain up thinking, don't do it. Don't do it. Don't open that door. She opens the door. She says, why don't you guys come in? Would you like a drink of water? And now I'm relaxing a little bit. I'm calming down. And he kind of takes over. And he kind of does the thing. And he's so eloquent. He's so good. You'd think he's 50 years old. He's so good at this.