Everyone experiences downtime. Its not just a manufacturing term you know. Athlete, artist and teambuilding consultant Tracy McKay guides you through an understanding of downtime as it applies to your everyday way of being. Show notes and PDF file has exercise for you to complete!

Tracy McKay uses his stories as an endurance athlete to cover the idea of how to manage your goals more effectively.  From his time as a SPINNING instructor and IRONMAN triathlete to a state record holder and RAAM,( Race Across America ), cyclist, he knows how to take your overwhelming goals and  break them down into smaller, measurable & manageable parts...

1. Create the best picture or preview of your goal and its processes 2. Break the overall picture into smaller manageable parts, like chapters in a book.  Buoys in a triathlon, miles in a race, classes on your schedule,...   3. Consider the timeline between your immediate between your skillsets/competences and what the goal is.  Is there adequate time to learn, prepare, practice or make improvements in the areas where you are the weakest? What is your next best step for improvement?

4. Create a few major benchmarks for yourself to indicate and measure improvement. "By such and such date, you will need to have improved by evidence of what?" 5. START TAKING THE NEXT BEST STEP NOW!  

PART 2 of EPISODE 6, the longer version..  Why People Seek Change This episode goes a little deeper into why we seek change exploring the casual relationship between pleasure, pain/ the 6 basic human needs and how they manifest in our need for change.. 6 Basic Human Needs

Certainty - the need for safety, stability, security In what ways can you create certainty for yourself and others?

Variety - change, challenge, adventure Where do you need more variety in your life? How are you creating variety for others?

Connectedness - relevancy, attachment, unity Where do you need to be more present for others? How might others need you to be more present?

Significance - unique, special, valued Who needs to feel more valued by you? In what ways do you need to feel more valued?

Contribution - the action of giving to someone or something larger than ourselves. In what ways are you contributing to a greater process, community or system?  IN what ways do you contribtuions

Growth - the progressive sense of self in relation to the world around us.

This is the very first episode, simple, short and the perfect starting place to understand what Bridging The Gap is about. Its a little wet behind the ears so bear with us...

Your host, Tracy McKay shares a partial account his experience as a cyclist in the world's toughest bicycle race, Race Across America / RAAM and how our stories serve us as a context for change. Riding and racing bicycles / mountain bikes serves us as a metaphor for the human experience.  From Training wheels to riding across the USA, the relationship between rider and other riders and even the biomechanics involved in riding or racing, all the variables line up in almost perfect parallel to personal growth, life, love and all the above!

 2002 / tractor trailer push crew van off the road.  Dr James Sedlis, responded, assessing all crew members and then hitch hiking to obtain a second vehicle to take its place.

Day 1 , 2004, Imperial sand dunes, 4 bags of fluid and still dropped 12 lbs the first day

Bill Parsons is the creator/ CEO of Mainsail Asset Management. He is a deeply trusted advisor for over 160 million dollars of his clients assets.  He is a big hearted husband, father and dog lover who challenges his clients to think about what money means  and how to make it really count. 

Arden Campbell is a 13yr old, 2nd degree black belt, latin enthusiast and all around great gal.  Through interview, she takes you on her journey, dealing with the nuances of being an adolescent while training for the Pan American Games.

Arden is a bright, intense and articulate 113, now 14 year old. She has returned from her first Karate Nationals competition with fresh perspective on being 13/14 while preparing for Pan American games