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Hurricane Helene Chainsaw Relief & 75 Hard Challenge

Scott Mulvaney — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Scott Serves North Carolina Hurricane Helene Victims with Chainsaw Relief & Chuck’s 75 Hard Mission for an Ironman:

Chuck Wood returns to discuss his progress with his return to the 75 Hard Challenge, emphasizing its mental aspects. During the 2nd half of the show they dig into your host, Scott Mulvaney’s, excursion to North Carolina 2 weeks ago to assist the victims from Hurricane Helene. Chuck shares his fitness journey, including training for an Ironman in Maryland and his participation in the transformation challenge from Andy Frisella. They also discuss the impact of diet, particularly high protein and anti-inflammatory foods.

Quote: “Each of us as human beings has a responsibility to reach out to help our brothers and sisters affected by disasters. One day it may be us or our loved ones needing someone to reach out and help.” ~ Michael W. Hawkins, American Red Cross

Scott recounts his experience volunteering in North Carolina post-hurricane, highlighting the challenges and community efforts, including federal control and local volunteer initiatives. They stress the importance of personal health, community support, and the role of functional medicine in addressing health issues like diabetes.

Your Co-Host Today:

Charles Max Wood is a coach and podcast host at Top End Devs. He’s building a system to help developers advance their careers by building their skills, personal brands, and networks. He’s been podcasting about programming since 2008. He lives in Utah with his wife and 5 children.

Chuck is also the author of “The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job.” The podcasts he produces reach more than 80,000 developers every week.

Today’s Top 3 Takeaways:

Continue Your Commitments, i.e., like the 75 Hard Challenge
Training and the Mental Commitments for an Ironman
Sacrificing Time and Energy for Others

Vetted Non-Profit Charities Helping in North Carolina:

Today’s Guest Co-Host Links:

Chuck’s Website: https://topenddevs.com/
Chuck’s Book: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job – https://amzn.to/2Jrh5A8

Mentioned Influencers:

Watch us on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/dznqL1jxp6g?si=7w7hc6Fl2WW0RwW3

Timestamped Show Notes:

23:30 – My wife thought I was crazy, and she’s just like, you’re gonna take a week off, not run your business, and go to North Carolina?! I was like, yeah, it’s a slow week. I was like, we take vacations, so why not?! We had a couple of beautiful vacations this year. We did Greece, we did Costa Rica. I was like, I need to go help people. It’ll make me feel better.

40:00 – I went 20 minutes up into the mountains above Lake Lure, there is an HVAC contractor up there, Ridgeline Heating and Cooling. All of the local citizens just started working with him, and he turned his entire business into a giant Donation Center. So I drove up there, and it was so inspiring. I mean they have you just pull up to the front of the business and that’s where local fellow citizens pull in, and it’s like going shopping. Then down the side street of the business, that’s where I pulled up out back, and that’s where you can drop off donations like my sawyer supplies I was providing.

49:30 – Final Words

Our Final Words of the Show:

I mean, doesn’t matter who people are. We’re not qualifying these people in order to help them. We’re qualifying them only if you need help, and so I’m going to come help. That’s the whole story. That’s all that matters.

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Podcast Success, Risks, Effort, 75 Hard, and Developers

Scott Mulvaney — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Achieving Podcasting Success through 75 Hard Determination, Taking Risks, Effort, and more:

Charles Max Wood is the host of several podcasts including JavaScript Jabber and Ruby Rogues all available at Devchat.tv. He’s the author of “The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job.” He started podcasting in 2008. The podcasts he produces reach more than 80,000 developers every week. Chuck lives in Utah with his wife and 5 children.

Top 3 Hot Point Takeaways:

With Risk Comes Success
75 Hard = Mindset and Fortitude
Set Your Goals High With Effort

Today’s Resource Links from the Podcast:

NEW Book: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job – https://amzn.to/2Jrh5A8

https://devchat.tv

https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

https://twitter.com/cmaxw

https://instagram.com/charlesmaxwood

Our Mentioned Influencers:

Andy Frisella: https://andyfrisella.com/pages/about-andy-frisella

#75Hard: https://andyfrisella.com/blogs/mfceo-project-podcast/75hard-a-75-day-tactical-guide-to-winning-the-war-with-yourself-with-andy-frisella-mfceo291

What is 75 Hard: https://75hard.com

Watch us on YouTube:

Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

14:50 – I typically get the airfare and hotel covered. I wind up paying for the food for events.

19:00 – Yes and no, the part that’s the no is the fact that it involves effort, right? It’s easy to say, and it’s hard to do. Sometimes you really don’t know what the right thing to do is? For example, I got a blister, but I’m not an expert. There are other experts out there that I can go talk to, there are solutions. There are ways to figure out what’s going on. If you’re in an industry like podcasting, it’s still pretty young. So sometimes there are people out there and sometimes there is nobody out there.

21:00 – Marathon training. At one point, my wife was frustrated because I went running at a time she wanted me to be doing something else. So we had a conversation about it. She’s like, yeah, you need to keep running. So we worked it out. So then I was running longer and longer, my Saturday was running 16 miles. So then I did it and I completed the marathon.

25:00 – So let’s look at the book, right? I’ve been talking about it. Do I get the book do I not? What’s gonna happen? I finally said you know what, if I put some money behind it, it’ll force me to do something with it. That was my switch flip for me.

28:00 – You also did something a little crazy beforehand to get yourself ready for the marathon. Something called 75 hard. It was pretty viral online. Your journey on the 75 Hard was not easy. Yeah, I think all told I did like 120 Hard after the restarts.

34:03 – I had a month and a half’s worth of money in the bank. I just told my wife, look, if we run out of money and we can’t pay the mortgage, then I’ll go take a job. I’ll do a job search simultaneous with my client search and it just worked out. We never ran out of money.

40:00 – I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner, but eventually, I got around to changing my tweet to If you’re finding me for the first time, go listen to the podcasts. At that point, the other thing that had happened was all of my defenders came out. So when things first went down, I had a few people come to me privately and say, look, I’m with you, but I can’t get involved.

50:00 – In this case, being quiet was actually the right course of action. A lot of these other folks came out, but it also made me feel better because I realized that I had all these people in my corner? I wasn’t alone dealing with this, which made a big difference too.

55:00 – Final Words

Our Final Words of the Show:

So I’ve kind of been joking that I kind of accidentally found my way into podcasting, and I kind of accidentally found my way into being a software developer too. But what it really boiled down to was I found the things that I really, naturally enjoyed and felt like I could succeed at. I guess if there’s just one thought over the last, what 13-14 years that I’ve been either programming or podcasting is that every time I try and do something that’s not who I am, you know whether it’s not standing up for something I believe in or not going after something that I really want, or not trying to build something that matters. I’m not happy, right?

So if there’s one real message that I can put out there to people, it’s hey, go out there and take a chance on the thing that you love. See if you can make it work. Because in a lot of cases, what happens is, you take a couple of steps into the darkness, and then you realize there’s a whole path leading up the mountain to where you want to end up

I don’t know if that works for everybody. But it seems like most of the people that do extraordinary things, that’s kind of where they end up, they find that place where they belong, they find that thing that really lights up their spirit. Then they go and do it. They stay true to themselves while they do it, and it pays off. I don’t know how to put that more eloquently. But that’s kind of where I’m at.

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