Case Study

Intro

TRAJECTORY

Trevor was thinking back to his childhood about what resonated and influenced him the most. For Trevor this was actually quite difficult. His childhood wouldn’t be described as ideal by most standards, so drawing on good people and influences seemed to come up a blank for him.

With prompting from his Coach, Trevor learned he didn’t need to have specific people but more of what captured his imagination, or better yet, what qualities and ideals was he drawn to?

This brought clarity for Trevor and he started writing down words like warrior, protector, overcomer, liberator, loyal, endurance, commitment and champion. He remembered, at even the young age of five, he loved watching combat movies. His most inspiring movies were those where there was no way of succeeding – suicide missions – yet they still accomplished the mission, even at the cost of their own lives.

As Trevor thought back to when he was a little older, around ten, he remembered being that protector on the playground and in school. Whenever he saw someone being bullied he had an uncontrollable urge to intercede and put the bully in their place, and he did just that. He now truly understood what resonating influences were.

Next, Trevor had to start analyzing the concept of “Incremental Decisions.” When he started thinking about all the small decisions he had made (many unconsciously) the pieces started coming together.

Things like being drawn to individual sports such as cross-country running, wrestling and boxing. Having minimal but faithful friends. Taking on wilderness survival challenges, even as a young teenager, and that included running away from home often to live in the woods.

Trevor joined the US Marine Corps at 17 years old. A big light bulb went off as Trevor was writing this event down in his list of incremental decisions. He realized the enlistment in the Corps was a fulfillment of those Resonating Influences and Incremental Decisions.

Trevor left the Marine Corps after his four-year commitment. He was driven to achieve more. He saw an opportunity in working for himself. This is how he would control his destiny. As Trevor wrote this down another epiphany hit him. After over five years in business, all of this individual effort and the unwillingness to ask for help, was why his business is struggling so badly to reach its full potential.

What he thought at the time were shrewd and strategic business and personal decisions, were actually major, self-imposed, stumbling blocks. His trajectory was off from the very beginning for the lack of personal understanding and vision.

Trevor now knows that having this personal understanding is the key to developing an effective roadmap and equally reaching incredible success in both his business and personal life.