Goal Getting Podcast

25/07/2024

As I reach this time in my life, I read and repeat this every day.

Do not go gentle into that good night,
old age should burn and rave at the close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

I walked the Camino walking west each day into the darkness of the day. Daily turning around catching the sunrise when I could. To see the day begin, as I walk to the end of the day. To see something new each day. To say goodbye to the day as it passes overhead.

I walked the Camino with the sunrise on my right each day. Following the day as it passed overhead to show me what's on either side of my day, reminding me to look on all sides of life. To the right, where I am going, to my left and where I came from.

The days will end, but keep walking through the day and do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rate against the dying of the light.

I fight to the end, and dance to the music of the day as I hike. Singing my heart, loud and bright. I will not go gentle into that good night.

Find your path, the day is bright. Walk the way to till the end of the day, fiercely, not blind. but fully awake. Grab the sun as it goes overhead to keep it near and in sight. Do not go gentle into that good night.

I add my brightness, to share the day, to share the fight. I refuse to go gently into that good night.

28/06/2024

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I will be posting leadership, mental fitness and information to help leaders reclaim their power and passion in their careers.

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20/03/2024

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04/03/2024

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05/02/2024

In case you missed it. I have Launched my Hiking Happiness store on Shopify. You can find us at the website link below as well as on our Facebook and Instagram shop pages and on Google, Pinterest and Shop.

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Thanks

Gifts for hikers that made them happy were hard to find until now. Welcome to Hiking Happiness. We know how much happiness hiking can bring to you. If you want gifts for hikers in your family or your friends, you have come to the right place. I walked the Camino Frances in 2022 and it was the happie...

23/01/2024

There is a lot of change going on in the world today. Are you ignoring it or taking charge of your life and growing. It is easy to become irrelevant.
In today's environment, there is so much to learn and do to improve your life. How can you make it work for you?

03/01/2024

OMG there’s a giant chicken on the other side of the mountain in Medellin !
Warn everybody !

31/12/2023

What do I want to be in 2024? Who do I want to be when I get there?

2023 started out poorly for me. I started the year at a loss from a bad investment scam. I said to myself, it will be alright. I'll make it up this year.

Little did I know the company I worked with for 13 years would start to crash in February. Like many of my colleagues, we pumped as much as we could in plummeting company stock, believing the investment would come back as the company would surely survive. I still believe it would have, but the FDIC thought otherwise, and we went into receivership. I lost a lot more money, but not nearly as much as my other colleagues.

I was laid off in June, along with 1000 others that morning. I expected it. I decided to go back to the Camino. Last year, I walked the Camino de Santiago Frances route, which is 800km across Spain. It was very enlightening.

After my layoff, I decided to walk the Camino Portugues with two fellow pilgrims I walked the Camino with last year. After walking from Porto, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela and then to Muxia and Finisterre, the ends of the earth, I went back to the Camino Frances to start again.

On the Camino, I am in my meditation place, as my friend Summer says. The Camino is a great place to reflect and refresh. This time I had a lot to think about. What do I want to do in "My Next Normal"? Where do I want to be when I get there? Who do I want to be in the future?

When I walk the Camino or any hike, I like to sing. On the Camino, I can sing as loudly as I want. I have several songs I sing. While I was walking, I was singing one of my favorite songs, and a guy ahead of me turned around and looked at me. He slowed down. I was worried I had interrupted his contemplative Camino, disturbed his peaceful environment. Tom, from Derry, Ireland came alongside me and asked, "Are you a professional singer?" Shocked, I said, yes... no, not really. I said, barely an amateur. I sing on the trail, in the shower, and in the car... Alone usually.

Tom told me he thought I was a professional and that I had a great baritone voice. Tom became one of my best friends on the Camino. I actually had a couple more people say I sounded good, even a couple from Nashville who told me to keep singing when I stopped as I passed them.

I sang a lot of songs on the Camino. I had one special song that I sang every day, if not more. It is by one of my favorite artists, Keb Mo. I listened to several of his songs. But this one song inspired me, motivated me, and it really helped me answer all of the questions I had above. It has become my theme song for the future. My mantra. Who do I want to be? Where do I want to be? What do I want to be?

A Better Man. That's what and who I want to be in 2024 and beyond.

I encourage you to listen to Keb Mo and Better Man. You can sing it with me when we walk together through the Camino of Life.

Yes, I am thinking about taking singing lessons and becoming a "professional singer" like Tom thought. Maybe I'll start a Keb Mo cover band.

Download this track for free, as a PFC Member: https://www.playingforchange.com/musicKeb' Mo' has been involved with PFC from the beginning. Today we go back...

27/12/2023

I know you're thinking about it. But that's all you will do, Think About It.

14/11/2023

Heading to Medellin, Columbia.
Looking forward to my first trip to South America, Columbia and Medellin.

I set a goal after my Camino last year to travel more. So I went to Portugal and back to Spain earlier this year to complete 2 more Caminos.

Now I’m heading to Medellin, Columbia for rest, fun, introspection and creating.

06/11/2023

13 years ago today, I drove into San Francisco to start working for First
Repubkic Bank.

It's gone by really quick. A lot of changes since then.

I achieved my goal weight of 185 pounds.
Wrote and published my book,
9 Steps to Successful Goal
Achievement!
Graduated from the National Speakers Academy of Northern California Speakers Academy
Was the Dean of said Speakers Academy the year after.
Restarted my Professional Speaking business.
Became a Certified OKR Coach
Became a Certified Red Team Thinker
Started and hosted Goal Getting Podcast
Started and hosted the First Republic corporate podcast, The Best Advice I Ever Received
Got divorced
Bought a home in California!
Walked the Camino de Santiago Frances Route last year
Walked the Camino Portuguese, and the Camino de Santigo to Muxia / Finisterre this year.
Walked from Pamplona to Burgos on the Camino Frances again this year.
Got Laid Off from First Republic (never saw that coming) after almost 13 years.
Restarting my consulting company, Motivated Action Group.
Served on the Board of the Golden Gate Breakfast Club the last 6 years, the last 2 as President.

It’s been great! Continuing to grow, setting new Objectives and Key Reaults, OKRs for the next 3rd of my life.

Part of that is travel. I’ve been to Europe the last 2 years, France, Spain Portugal.

Starting my next adventure next week. Adventure Awaits!

09/10/2023

I’ve wanted to hike to Mt. Diablo’s summit since I move here 13 years ago.

Today, my friend Jeff Davidson, and I conquered the summit from Rock Creek Park.

It was a great hike.

View my hike: Hike to Mount Diablo Summit

05/09/2023

Pintxos in Pamplona. Not tapas!

05/09/2023

Waiting on early bus to Santiago de Compostela airport. Flying to Pamplona to start my next CAMINO FRANCÉS.

27/08/2023

Day 8 of our Camino Portuguese. Orbenlle, Spain to Arcade. Our first day in Galicia and we get welcomed with a wet Galician kiss! Rain! Rained most of the day. Made it the seaside town of Arcade. Didn’t realize it was near the ocean until we arrived.

26/08/2023

I have officially walked across Spain!

19/12/2022

You may have seen my post on LinkedIn about the start of my journey on the Camino de Santiago.

I outlined my OKRs for the journey. It was one of the biggest goals of my life.

I started my journey with my daughter Melissa Sousa, on August 3rd and completed it after 37 days on September 8th.

I presented my journey to the Golden Gate Breakfast Club (GGBC) a couple of weeks ago.
Here is the replay of my journey. I hope you enjoy it.

Conquering The Camino de Santiago: Fulfilling a Dream GGBC President, Tony Woodall tells how he achieved his goal of walking across Spain on the Camino de Sa...

01/12/2022

I have reached 200 followers! Thank you for your continued support. I could not have done it without each of you. 🙏🤗🎉

18/08/2022

It’s been a few days since I hurt my knee going into Navarette. It is getting better. Uli and Sabine the owners of their amazing Albergue, Casa Las Almas, in Espinosa Del Camino,

[If you can make a stop here. Only 5 beds, real sheets and blankets, breakfast and dinner are like family meals.
Wonderful couple sharing their home. If you are allergic to cats, maybe not. They have 4 kitties and momma cat when I was their. I love kitties and had fun seeing them.]

saw me trying to massage my glute Meds with my trekking pole and brought out foam roller balls. OMG just what I was looking for. It helped my knee tremendously. It made may hike from Espinosa to Altapuerca much easier. I wanted to go further but Sabine, who considers herself the “Camino Mama” when you stay in her home, advised me to only go to Altapuerca. So I listened. Yea, I know. Probably the first time I’ve listened.

Anyway, I made it to Atapuerca . Small town and I stayed at the Albergue de Perigrinos. Very comfortable night. The Albergue was nice, but no Wifi. Sign says “ No WiFi. Talk to each other!”

Altapuerca is famous for the excavation of the oldest European humans, 800k years old. The artifacts are on exhibition in Burgos.

There is a great restaurant in town Meson Las Cuevas. Phenomenal food and service. Had a wonderful pilgrims dinner. Excellent!!! Don’t miss this if you stay there.

I left early and climbed the Sierra de Atapuerca, which is where many of the mention excavations are being done.

I made it into Burgos, finally!

14/08/2022

Last night I spent the night in Santo Domingo de la Calzada at the Albergue Casa de Santo. This morning I woke and walked through Granon onto Castildelgado. I booked at the Alberque Bideluze. It is a little slice of heaven run by Isabel and Andres. They restored a 100+ year old home to an amazing hostel for Camino pilgrims.

The walk was beautiful and fairly flat. My knee held out as I walked slow and only 12km. I am resting my knee today.

Onward and upward tomorrow.

30/07/2022

I am starting my Camino journey today. Follow me to see more of my journey! In May of 2020, I saw a presentation at the Golden Gate Breakfast Club that inspired me. Jeff Davidson, a Marin County Firefighter, spoke about his journey on the Camino de Santiago. Wow! What an adventure that would be, I thought.

After watching his presentation, I was inspired to walk the Camino myself. This Camino, the Frances Route, is 800km (500 miles) long from St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. I am adding an extra100km to walk to Finisterre, the The End of the Earth. It was believed, when this path was started in the 800's, that it was the end of the earth.

So, I set my OKRs.

Objective: Experience the most amazing adventure of my life seeing something every day I've never seen before.

Key Results:
1. Walk across Spain to the the Atlantic Ocean. (I will be able to say I've see the sun rise and set over the Atlantic.) This will be a 600 mile walk. Every day I will see a place I have never seen before.

2. Visit 2 Countries I've never been to before. Flying to Paris tomorrow and spending 2 days walking around. I studied French 5 years in high school and always want to go to Paris. I will travel to the French border and walk across the Pyrenees into Spain.

3. Ride a High Speed Train. I'm taking the TGV from Paris to St. Jean Pied de Port to start the Camino.

4. I will experience the culture of Spain up close through food, people, wine and history.

5. Meet new people from around the world and make new friends.

I believe I will achieve my objective and even more.

13/03/2022

Walked the Castle Rock, Little Yosemite trail yesterday. I ended up with 13 km after going off trail a half mile and back. It is a great hike, a lot of work. Tried out my new shoes from and wore my at about 17 # which I will be using for my trip later this year. The terrain here is good for training for the I feel. I’m so excited to start my Camino.

12/03/2022

My next big Goal for this year is to walk the . I just received my new shoes from . The service at the Concord store was great. I am trying out the Altra Olympus that we’re recommended by my friend Jeff Davidson who inspired me to walk the Camino. Be sure to follow me as I continue my journey before I make it to Spain.