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104. How To Get Started TODAY · The Shift Podcast

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Welcome to Frontline Static, we will get to hear interviews with
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some of my clients journeys of getting into flight and how they
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utilize coaching to help them create success of getting hired
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with less confusion and more ease.
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Make your dream a reality of getting into flight.
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Listen in as you hear some of the stories of the people
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getting there and come join the Flight Prep group.
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Hey you guys, welcome to this Instagram live.
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It's been a minute since I've done 1, so I'm glad to be on
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with you today. I've been really thinking about
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as I've been chatting with some of you guys over DM some common
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questions that I've been getting and I really just want to focus
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on and talk about how to get started today.
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And I want to focus on the people who know that they want
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flight nursing but just don't know how to get started and are
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overwhelmed by the process. So as you are joining me, I want
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to make this as interactive as possible.
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Let me know where you are currently in the journey of
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getting to flight. If you're an ICU nurse, if
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you're an ER nurse, what state you are in the US.
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I'd love to be able to look at the comments and I'm going to
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ask some questions during this live as well and make this
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interactive. I also want to let you guys know
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I'm going to take some time to answer questions for those of
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you guys that are on it is the most useful.
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Instead of putting them in the comment boxes, if you could put
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in the question box down below. It's a little bubble that has a
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question mark start entering in your questions there and I'm
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going to get to each of the questions that are there with
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the time that we have allotted in this next hour that I'm going
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to be with you guys. OK, great.
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Someone put I'm in nursing school in Vermont.
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Great. This is a for anybody who is
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interested in flight, no matter where you are starting in your
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individual journey of getting there.
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And the Flight Prep Academy. My program is for anyone who is
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interested in flight. I have pre nursing students, I
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have nursing students, I have EMTs, paramedics, critical care
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nurses. Anybody who knows that flight
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nursing is flight or flight paramedicine is what they want.
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This is for you. So today again, specifically,
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I'm going to be talking about getting started.
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Great. I see another person, new grad,
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first year in Arizona. Perfect.
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And this is like the perfect time to be talking to you guys
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because this is the time where a lot of you are graduating
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nursing school or just finishing up programs going to the next
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thing. I just see that someone had put
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that they're I'm getting ready to start the paramedic program.
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I'm from California too. So nice to meet you.
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Nice to have you here. So this is really, you know, for
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those of you that are just finishing up nursing school or
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EMT school and you're like, what's next?
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Like I know what I know I want flight, but what's next?
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What's the next step? So I'm gonna talk about that a
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little bit today, my strategy, and then I'm gonna talk about
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the program of the Flight Prep Academy and how that can really
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help you get there. So you wanna stay tuned.
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I have a special offer for those of you guys who stay on the
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whole time as well. So again, getting started is the
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hardest part and I want to offer for you guys instead of focusing
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on the whole path and the time it's going to take to get there
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that you just focus on taking one small action.
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Now, I talked to a lot of people that are like I just graduated
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or I just finished EMT school, like I have a long ways and I
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want to offer you. You want to get started as soon
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as you know that flight is what you want.
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This is a competitive market and so doing these simple things
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that I'm going to talk to you about today is what's going to
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be the key that's going to get you hired in this competitive
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market. So you want to start taking
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small action as soon as you know that you want flight wherever
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you are starting in this game, knowing the winning strategy and
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then continuing to take that small action is what will get
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you hired in flight nursing. I have ran this program now for
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the last three years and the people who have joined me
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earlier on in nursing school or as EMTs are getting hired before
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the three-year mark of working critical care or as a medic and
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in their first one to two flight interviews.
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And this is just because they've mapped out their plan and they
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stayed on track and they haven't spun out of confusion and
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retracted from taking action. So knowing the winning strategy
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is really important and then continuing to take the action is
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just as important. So I'm going to teach you that
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winning strategy today and where to start.
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You absolutely do not want to focus on time and experience.
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Now, a common mistaken thing that people focus on who want to
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get into flight is time and experience.
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And I'm here to tell you that to get into flight paramedicine or
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flight nursing, flight paramedicine, you just need
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three years of being a medic. Flight nursing, you just need
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three years of ER or ICU experience.
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That's it. Done.
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People like to overcomplicate that though and so I'm here to
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tell you you do not need both ER and ICU.
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You do not need pre hospital or your medic or EMT license as A
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to get into flight nursing. You do not need a level 1.
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It can be a rural bed ER or critical access center.
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ERICU you do not need pediatric, you do not need cardiac devices.
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You absolutely do not even need a certification or multiple
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certifications and you don't need trauma courses.
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But what I see these people spend lots of time chasing that
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stuff because they think flight companies are looking for time
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and experience. Flight companies are just
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looking for ER or ICU experience three years or more and they are
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looking for who you are, what you value and the team player
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you are. Because of that, they're very,
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very focused on leadership qualities and and how you have
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grown that in your current unit you have stayed on.
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So I want to offer you, it is absolutely the best to stay in
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one department and one unit that whole three years because in
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that one department and one unit, you're really going to
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grow your leadership skills. And ultimately, flight companies
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are looking for leaders. OK, I'm gonna tell you guys now
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what the winning strategy is and how to get your brain on board
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with it because this is something literally when I was
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trying to get into flight nursing, no one was teaching.
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And this strategy of getting into flight nursing, I have not
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heard anybody teach like I do. It's a thing that has helped
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dozens of people in my programs get hired.
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I was counting, I think I got hired over 25 people into flight
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nursing over the last year in my program.
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And people join me in all different walks of their
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journey. But people who are ready who are
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at that three years, I've gotten dozen the people hired in the
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last year into my program by just focusing on this winning
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strategy. OK, here's the winning strategy.
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These three things you want to map out your plan earlier on.
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You want to know what things to take out and what simple things
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to focus on no matter where you are starting.
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So if you know you want flight nursing as soon as you're going
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in a nursing school or nursing school, this is where you want
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to start mapping out your plan. You want to know what you're
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doing year one, year 2 and year 3.
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So here's the winning strategy, mapping out your plan no matter
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where you're starting. The second thing you want to be
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doing is doing ride alongs and making connections with flight
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companies. Now you do not want to wait till
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your three-year mark and start looking for online applications.
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When you look for online applications, those positions
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are already spoken for by people who've been doing ride alongs
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and making connections. So as soon as you know you want
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flight, even if it's as soon as nursing school or you just
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graduated nursing school, you want to start doing ride alongs
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and making connections with flight companies.
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This is so important because they get to know you and you get
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to know them and it is in a environment that's not
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pressured, it's relaxed. They get to know who you are,
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what you value, and the team player you are and you get to
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sit in that helicopter seat. I definitely recommend doing
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about 6:00 to 8:00 right alongs a year, even if it's with the
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same company. And if you're asking yourself
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how do I do that? I teach you all of this in the
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flight prep Academy. I don't know if you guys saw but
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I posted on my on my Instagram page yesterday.
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I have a client currently in the flight prep Academy who has done
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6 ride alongs in one month. Now I don't recommend this.
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In fact I do recommend doing one ride along every other month.
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But she has done 6. And the reason she has done this
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is because she did her first one and she got hooked and she loves
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being able to sit in that seat. See what her future job's going
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to be like. Be a part of the team and you it
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will just anchor in your desire of wanting to get into flight.
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And so that's the second step. Do ride alongs, make connections
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with flight companies. I teach you exactly how to do
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that, exactly how to ask for one today and to secure one this
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month. The last simple step of a
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strategy, the winning strategy is prepping confidently for
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flight interviews. You do not want to go in and not
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knowing what to expect in a flight interview.
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Flight interviews are nothing like critical care interviews.
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So because of that, I prep you in my program.
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I go over common panel interview questions and go over case
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scenarios and how to systematically answer them.
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And I have a process that I take you through so that no matter
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what they've given you, even if you've never seen that scenario
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before, you can confidently walk them through it.
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So the winning strategy again is mapping out your plan earlier
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on, doing ride alongs, making connections with flight
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companies, and prepping confidently for flight
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interviews. So instead of focusing on the
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whole path and all the things that you need to do to get there
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and all the time you think it's going to take, you want to focus
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in on taking one small action. And sometimes that small tiny
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action is just getting started. You want to move off of the
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fence from deciding if you want flight and then committing to
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it. So when I say take one small
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action, one thing that I want to offer you guys that you can do
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today is make one connection with a flight company today.
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And that's reaching out to them, that's connecting with them,
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that's asking for a ride along, that's asking for a base visit.
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You are able, when you come join my program to get a ride along
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scheduled within the month of joining.
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And I teach you immediately how to reach out and start making
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connections. So take one small action.
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Getting to flight is not linear. A lot of people believe it's
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work ER, work ICU, then you do an online application, then you
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interview and then you get hired.
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It's not linear. It's going to require you to
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think outside of the box. It's going to require you in
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this competitive market to get started.
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Now the earlier you get started, the better are your chances of
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getting hired. And I teach you exactly how to
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do that. So I want to give you an
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examples of I think I put down like 3 people in my flight prep
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Academy who who their path to flight was not linear and how
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they've gotten there. So recently I just helped AER
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nurse get hired who's been an OR nurse for six years.
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She knew when she went into nursing school that she always
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wanted flight nursing, but life got in the way.
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Things happened, family events happened as life does for all of
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us. And she kind of steered off the
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path. She found herself in critical
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care float pool and then she reached out to me a couple years
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ago and was like, I really want to get on track to flight
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nursing. And she had this whole long list
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of things that she was working on.
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She's working on getting her CEN, She was working on getting
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her EMP basic. She was trying to work ER and
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ICU and this critical flow pool position.
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And I said, we are actually going to cut all of that out.
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We are only going to focus on getting you into an ER or an ICU
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and starting to connect with flight companies now to do ride
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alongs and make connections. And she said, OK, she said it
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seems really simple, but I'm going to trust you.
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I'm going to go through it. She's got herself into an ER and
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it was I think a Level 3 ER. It was, it does not need to be a
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level 1. And she started working there
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full time. And then she started immediately
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doing ride alongs and making connections.
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She started doing about two or three.
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And one of the flight companies really, really liked her and
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wanted her. They liked her so much that they
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put her resume on the fridge and said, said I really when a
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position opens, we know that we want you, so we're going to just
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keep this. And she ended up interviewing
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for a They said we would love for you to just come and
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interview even though we don't have a spot.
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So she interviewed for the position, six months later a
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spot opened, even though they had told her it was probably
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going to be a year, maybe 18 months.
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So what I'm noticing with flight companies is that they're
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interviewing 6 to 18 months ahead of time now.
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They're putting you kind of in a pre qualified group of people so
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that when a position does open, they can just pull from that
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group. So when you're just sifting
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through online applications and looking online for openings,
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that's too late. Most of the times those online
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applications are spoken 4 by people who have been doing these
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ride alongs and have been added to this Bank of interviewees 6
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to 18 months ago. And so This is why it's so
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important to start doing ride alongs and making connections
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right now. So six months later, Fast
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forward, she got hired and she had only worked ER for less than
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one year. Granted, she was an OR nurse for
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six years. So we really got to talk about
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that and how she honed in her skills, her critical thinking
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skills, her confidence levels. But they hired her on into
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flight with less than one year of ER experience.
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And the reason why they did that is because this is the strategy
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that is working is making connections with companies and
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doing ride alongs and wanting and seeking out to be a part of
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their team and so that they can see that you are a good fit for
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theirs too. So that's an example of a way
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that's not linear. She didn't even have to wait
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three years. She didn't have any
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certification. She didn't work a level 1.
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She didn't even have one year of ER and they hired her.
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Another person that I want to talk about in the flight prep
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Academy, who I think he got hired and got an official flight
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opera. I think it's been about six
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months now and he actually came in and started to do a whole
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bunch of flight interviews and he started with one and he
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didn't get it. And so we evaluated and they
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came back and he ended up doing a total of 8 flight interviews
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before being selected. And what's crazy about the last
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one that he did is that he did that.
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The one that he got an offer for, he did that interview nine
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months prior to receiving an offer.
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So that's what I mean about how I'm seeing flight companies now
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pre select people in interviews before positions are open.
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So he did this eighth interview and then nine months later got
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called and asked for if he wanted to accept this offer and
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he did. The reason why he got this
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flight job was he was willing to continue to do them, evaluate
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and get back up. And what's interesting about
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this is that people ask me what are your chances of getting into
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flight? And I say 100%, if you want it
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and you're willing not to give up, it's 100%.
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But what people do is they're afraid of failing, so they don't
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even start. They're afraid of what other
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people are going to think, so they don't even start.
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Or they're afraid that they're going to be told no and that's
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going to mean that it wasn't meant for them.
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Or they're told no in one interview.
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Or they don't hear back from a flight company and they say, Oh
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no, it wasn't meant for me. But if you're willing to dig in,
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decide you want it, and never give up, it's 100% available for
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you to get there. I, when I used to do consults
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for the program, I don't do them anymore.
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But when I used to do them and invite people to a call to meet
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with me, I used to ask them, are you willing to do 9 interviews?
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If you knew that the 10th one they were going to hire you and
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if they were willing to say yes, then I knew that they had the
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grit, the resilience to really dig in and get to this goal.
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And I want to offer you the same thing.
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Everybody is capable of getting into flight nursing, but you
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have to be willing to not give up.
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You have to be willing to start, not be afraid to fail and
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continue to get back up. And so this, this particular
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client, it was not linear in getting into flight either, but
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he got it because he kept doing the interviews, evaluating with
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me and going back at it. And that's how he received an
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offer. And he's very happy at the
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company that he's working at currently.
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He's now in my all flight nurse and flight paramedic group.
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There is two other people in the flight prep Academy who got
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hired in the last several months.
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They actually didn't get they didn't apply for full time nurse
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flight nursing positions. I get asked all the time, do
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they have per diem positions? Do they have part time
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positions? And these two in particular were
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part time and per diem. So you can get hired as a flight
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nurse with those positions that aren't full time as well.
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But what what I'm seeing with a lot of flight companies too is
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these two people in particular interviewed for positions
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outside of their state. So 1 was travel position and 1
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was just like outside of the surrounding state and they loved
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them so much. What what people don't
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understand is for flight interviews, you are interviewing
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with people all over the United States.
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So it's not just in the base or the city or the state that
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you're having people on your panel interview.
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It's people in the flight company all over the United
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States. So I say don't don't think of
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you apply for a position you're only interviewing for that
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position. No, you apply for that position.
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You're interviewing for the whole company, for any position
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all over the United States because if they really like you,
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they're going to offer you multiple positions.
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And that's what happened with these two people.
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They applied for positions outside of their state.
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They did so well that both these companies came back and said,
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hey, actually we are going to have an opening next month in in
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a base that's closer to your home.
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Do you want it? And of course, both of them said
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yes. So I want to offer you that
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getting into flight nursing and flight paramedicine is not
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linear. It you have to allow for a
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little bit of magic and leave a little bit of room for things to
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happen and continue to evaluate, take action, fail, evaluate, get
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back up, take action and keep going.
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I really want to offer you to leave magic because they really
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want to get to know you and I really want to offer you that
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you have options. A lot of people go into wanting
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to get into flight thinking, Oh, I hope they pick me.
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But I really instill in you in my programs that you pick them.
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And that's really what these ride alongs are about is you
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giving yourself options and opportunities so that you can
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receive multiple offers with multiple companies.
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So I want to go back to taking one small action today with this
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strategy and this plan, and that's by securing a ride along
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today and making one connection today.
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I teach you how to immediately make connections with light
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companies so that you can secure a ride along, if not this week,
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by by the end of this month or in one month.
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And I just want to offer you to start today.
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And I know that that is the hardest part.
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Your brain is going to want to tell you that you need to go out
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there and you need to learn something else.
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So IE go out and get more certifications, more time and
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experience, get pre hospital, get your EMT, get your medic
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license, work in cardiac devices.
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But you don't need any of that. You just need three years ER or
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ICU. But it's going to be easier to
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buffer doing because as doers and overachievers, we think that
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doing and actioning our way there is going to give us more
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confidence. Now, you don't need to be 100%
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confident before going for this goal.
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In fact, in the seven years that I flew, I was still really
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nervous and have doubt on every call.
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And that is not a problem. I'm going to teach you how to
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have doubt and be nervous and how to not be 100% confident and
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still be successful towards this goal.
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But taking action is the key, pushing play and.
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Starting is the key, and you don't want to try to have
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everything figured out before. You want to be willing to fail
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and go at it and take action. Getting to flight will also
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require you to slow down. Take this minimal steps and the
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simple steps that I talked about and the strategy here today.
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If you hustle to get there, once you get there, you will continue
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to hustle and you will burn out. And that's why flight nurses
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have such a short half life because they hustle, hustle,
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hustle over work to get there. And then when they get there,
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they do the same thing and then they burn out.
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So I want to offer you take time, slow down.
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I'm going to show you how to do this in a simple, doable way and
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you're not going to want to take a bunch of actions.
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You're going to just want to take the simple strategic
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actions that I teach you. I also want to offer you get off
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the fence. I know some of you guys are
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watching and you're on and you're like, I don't know if I
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want to do this. I mean, I think I want flight,
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but I don't want to fail it. I don't want to tell people that
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I'm going to do it and then not get it.
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And the thing that's stopping you is your fear of failure.
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But this is the worst place that you can be as a doer and a go
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getter. The worst place that you can be
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right now is on the fence. So you want to get off the fence
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by starting out by taking one small action.
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Start today by deciding and committing to wanting this.
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And if you're ready for it, come join me in the Flight Prep
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Academy. I'm going to teach you how to
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make a connection today and how to get started.
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I promise you, once you get started, it's going to create
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this catalyst of oh, confidence, OK, I got started on this, now I
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can do this. Now I'm going to evaluate this
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is working and then keep on going.
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Getting started is the hardest part, so taking the small action
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and beginning today is the key. Start also today by taking
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yourself seriously, Make the decision quickly and taking the
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action even though you have doubt.
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Decide who you want to become. Getting into flight was not
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about oh I got to flight and now this is like this greatest thing
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ever for me. No, it was about the person that
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I became getting there and about the person I became while I was
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a flight nurse. And so decide that it's possible
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for you and, and the way that you can work towards this right
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now is what would you be like as a flight nurse?
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That's what you want to start thinking about.
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What does he or she think about themselves?
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How does she carry herself? How does she make decisions?
23:08
How does she treat critical patients?
23:10
How is she under pressure? You want to start thinking about
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yourself as a flight nurse now, and the key to getting to her
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and becoming her is become her. Now try to switch into that
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identity of becoming her. Now try her on again.
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Why don't see a lot of people getting started is fear of
23:28
failure. Maybe it's fear of failure for
23:30
themselves or fear of telling people and then failing.
23:34
But whether or not you fail, that's not the purpose of
23:37
getting into flight. It's about the person that you
23:40
become, and I want to offer you, if you want flight, you will not
23:45
fail at it. You will fail at it lots of
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times. You might fail at it lots of
23:49
times, but you're going to eventually get there.
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If you really want it, you're going to always figure it out.
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And when I got to flight, it wasn't about getting there.
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It was it was about the person that I became, the resilience,
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the flexibility, the being willing to fail and get back up.
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That was the person that I became in getting there and
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becoming a flight nurse for the last seven years.
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It was who I became in the successes and the failures in
24:15
the calls that went well and the calls that didn't go well.
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And I I can look back and I know you guys can think too for
24:23
yourselves, including nursing school.
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There's nothing that I have full out done and said that I wanted
24:32
and went for fully out and said, oh, I wish I didn't go fully out
24:35
for it. But we're so scared of
24:38
committing to do that. But once we do, we're a
24:42
different person after that. And so I want to offer you, if
24:45
you know you want flight, don't do it for other people, don't do
24:49
it for your family, don't do it for your friends.
24:51
Do it for you because the effort of getting there is solely for
24:56
you. It's being able to look yourself
24:58
in the mirror and say, hey, I really challenged myself today
25:02
to do this hard thing. And I'm so proud of the person
25:05
that I've become. And for me, that's also, I need
25:11
to be able to look myself in the mirror and I need to be able to
25:13
lay my head on the pillow at night and think, I went all out
25:16
and I tried this and did my very best.
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And I know I can't live with myself if I don't do that.
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So I want to offer you guys the same thing.
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Get to flight nursing and push play because of you.
25:28
Challenge yourself to do the hard thing so that when you look
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at yourself in the mirror at night, you're like, oh, this was
25:34
really hard, but I'm really, I'm doing it.
25:37
I promise you that holding yourself back feels way more
25:41
awful. The fear of failures.
25:44
What what has people not going for flight but not going for it?
25:48
Listening to the what if, listening to that low hum in
25:52
your head, I don't know about you guys, but if I really want
25:54
something and I don't do it, I will continue to hear this low
25:58
hum in my mind of what if, what if, what if, what if.
26:00
And that is more awful than the feeling of just going for it.
26:05
And what I mean by that is if I don't go for it, if I don't
26:11
challenge myself. And if I wonder what if that
26:14
thought and that little voice in my head feels so much more awful
26:18
than just putting everything in, going for it and possibly
26:21
failing and having to get back up.
26:23
So I, I want to offer you this feeling of accomplishment and
26:27
going for it, but not in a hustly way, but in a way that's
26:30
motivated and challenges yourself.
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OK, This is one thing that I really want to, if you can take
26:37
one thing away from getting started that I really want to
26:40
offer you guys. People always are thinking about
26:45
the bad things that could happen if they go for it.
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What I commonly hear is I don't know if I'm going to like the
26:51
hours. I might fail.
26:52
What if I tell people and I don't get it?
26:55
What if I have to give up my perfect schedule?
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I'm not working weekends or holidays.
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And then they always are thinking about the good things
27:02
about staying still. They're like, oh, it's going to
27:04
feel much better if I just like focus on my family, focus on my
27:08
kids, focus on my job if I don't challenge myself right now.
27:13
So they're always worried about the bad things that could happen
27:16
if they go for it and how they think they're going to feel good
27:19
for not going for it. But what they're not thinking
27:22
about are all the good things that they could have if they for
27:25
it, like having the vast amount of autonomy that flight nurse
27:30
has. That was the best part of the
27:31
job, working with the most elite team.
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I got all my time back working 24 hour shifts.
27:37
I only work 7 to 8 shifts a month and I had five days off in
27:41
a row. I felt like I won the lottery.
27:43
You get. I doubled my pay.
27:45
I was able to do more community service, outreach events.
27:50
Companies, like companies are really into community service.
27:53
You did one to two of those a week just with your crew.
27:56
You had a vast level of a skill set, your skill set crew.
27:59
You could do intubations and chest tubes and surgical crikes
28:03
and learning that new skill set was so fun.
28:07
The biggest thing, the benefit of being a flight nurse is you
28:10
get off shifts and you feel so purposeful and I know you're
28:14
really tired sometimes. I'm not going to say that it's
28:16
always just like glory and feels great.
28:20
You are tired sometimes, but to get off a shift knowing that
28:24
this is what you're meant to do, feel purposeful, working with
28:27
the most elite teams and living your dream.
28:30
That was what that job was about.
28:32
So people are not thinking about all the good things that you're
28:35
going to get into flight, and they're not thinking about all
28:39
the bad things if they don't go for it.
28:42
Bad things meaning regret, a constant fire that keep burning
28:46
in you of what if you might forget about it for a couple
28:49
months, but then you're going to find my page again or you're
28:51
going to come back or the flight crew is going to come in and
28:54
you're going to be like, I wanted to do that.
28:55
What if that low hum of not really being challenged, of
28:59
staying still, staying in a job where you feel stuck and
29:03
unfulfilled? You don't know how many times I
29:06
hear that from people who want to do flight.
29:07
Well, I'm feeling really stuck and unfulfilled again in my job.
29:12
No, that feeling is much worse than challenge yourself and
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going for it and being willing to fail.
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So I wanna repeat this again 'cause this is the thing I want
29:19
you guys to take away. People think about all the bad
29:23
things that could happen before they go to, if they go for
29:26
flight and how good it's gonna feel to stay still.
29:29
But they're not thinking about all the good things of being a
29:32
flight nurse and that and hitting that goal and all the
29:36
bad things and how it's going to feel if you don't go for it.
29:39
And so I want to offer you, if you know it's going to be
29:43
challenging either way, why not choose the challenge that's
29:47
going to get you to your goal that you want.
29:51
And so I hope that that motivated you guys to get
29:55
started. And it's harder, I just wanted
29:59
to also tell you it's harder to not get started to go after your
30:02
dreams than it is to not go after them.
30:06
So again, it's harder to not get started than to just go after
30:10
them and do them. It's harder to be at your job
30:14
thinking, I wish I was doing this and feeling stuck and
30:17
feeling unfulfilled and feeling crappy anyway than to just go
30:21
after it. So I just want to offer you
30:24
guys, take action today, grow your identity today, shift your
30:30
energy and taking one small action today.
30:33
Come and join me. If you don't know how to get
30:36
started and you don't know how to make that one small action.
30:38
I in my program, I'm giving you the five step process, the
30:42
simple process of winning strategy of getting into flight.
30:45
I'm going to teach you how to grow yourself concept and your
30:48
confidence to get to flight. We're going to map out your
30:50
plan. No matter where you're starting.
30:51
I'm going to teach you immediately how to start doing
30:54
ride alongs, making connections with flight companies today, how
30:58
to get your resume flight ready or critical care ready, and how
31:01
to prep confidently for flight interviews.
31:03
I teach you all of this inside. But again, it's really important
31:08
to just get started and take one small action.
31:10
Make one connection with a flight company today.
31:13
Get one ride along scheduled this month.
31:16
Connections are what is key to getting hired in flight.
31:21
Connections is what get you flight suit.
31:23
Connections is what will get you invited to monthly trainings.
31:26
Connections is what will get you an invitation for a seat on that
31:32
team 6 to 18 months prior to when there is an opening.
31:35
You want to make one connection, you want to take action, you
31:38
want to evaluate that action, and you want to keep going and
31:41
the momentum will continue to build after your first action.
31:45
I support you all the way in making these decisions and
31:48
failing and getting back up. This is really pivotal to be
31:52
supported by someone who has been there and to also be
31:54
supported by others who are going through the same process.
31:57
When I was a nurse and when I was trying to get in a flight, I
32:00
didn't have anybody in my family who was a nurse or even knew
32:03
about flight nursing. So I had to rely on me just
32:07
figuring out on my own. And now I've created a plan
32:09
that's helped dozens of people get hired in flight.
32:12
And this is the program that flight companies are picking
32:16
from. This is the program where flight
32:18
companies are hearing more about this program and the people that
32:22
are prepared. And my clients are making an
32:25
easier transition after getting an offer also in flight.
32:29
I know you guys are just thinking about getting hired.
32:31
I'm thinking about how do I prepare you so that you're the
32:33
most confident after you get an offer.
32:36
And I have noticed that my clients who have joined the
32:39
Flight Prep Academy, did the preparation, received an offer,
32:42
are clearing orientation that much quicker because because
32:45
they are confident in doing it. I believe in this so much
32:49
because I see the value of stepping into a job that you are
32:53
meant to be doing. Nothing feels worse than
32:56
clocking in and out of a job day in and day out, where you feel
33:00
unfulfilled and you feel stuck. The best feeling ever is to go
33:04
in every day stepping into a job where you feel accomplished and
33:08
you're proud of both getting there and being there and
33:12
working with the most elite teams.
33:14
My favorite part of being a flighteners and the thing that I
33:16
miss the most is the teamwork and the teams.
33:20
Working with the people who are the best of the best and who
33:23
want to be there and who have challenged themselves to get to
33:26
that role is such a fun thing to be a part of.
33:31
Not. And I didn't get in a flight
33:32
because I was the most confident or the smartest or the
33:35
strongest. I definitely am not those
33:37
things. But I got there because I
33:40
committed to this goal. I wasn't willing to give up and
33:43
I kept going and I started taking action to what I really
33:46
wanted to do. I want to talk to you guys now
33:50
about the Flight Prep Academy and if you were on the fence of
33:53
joining, I want to tell you everything that is included in
33:55
it. In the Flight Prep Academy, we
33:58
really, I combine the winning strategy of getting to flight
34:01
with the mindset piece as a coach.
34:03
I've been certified as a life coach.
34:05
As a coach, I really just want to coach healthcare workers and
34:08
specifically nurses and paramedics that want to get into
34:10
flight because I think this industry needs this coaching
34:14
mindset piece. This is mental health Awareness
34:17
month, you guys, and you guys know who work in healthcare that
34:21
the mental health piece is a huge part of it.
34:23
And So what I really teach you and focus on in the Flight Prep
34:26
Academy is not only the winning strategy of getting to flight,
34:29
but the mindset piece. So we really talk about the
34:31
mindset required to get to this goal to be successful, how to
34:34
face obstacles, how to have doubts, how to be nervous, how
34:37
to deal with imposter syndrome and learn to through work
34:41
through those and still confidently take action.
34:44
We talk about continuously how to grow your confidence towards
34:47
this goal while having doubt. I teach you the step by step
34:50
process of getting there which includes mapping out your plan,
34:53
learning how to do ride alongs, make connections with flight
34:55
companies, getting your resume flight ready and critical care
34:58
ready, how exactly to prepare for your ride along days and
35:02
then also how to prepare competently for flight
35:04
interviews. Knowing how to directly ask for
35:08
ride alongs and how to secure one quickly and effectively is
35:11
what I teach you how to do in the Flight Prep Academy.
35:14
You are also going to get but access to weekly calls.
35:17
This is really important because as you're learning the strategy,
35:21
you also want to integrate. And so as you guys know, in a
35:24
week's time a lot comes up. So this weekly group call that
35:27
we have integrates everything that you're learning inside of
35:30
the program and helps you bring you back to your plan every week
35:33
so that you can work through complications, failures,
35:37
overwhelm, obstacles that you're facing on a weekly basis.
35:40
So we have a group call that meets every Tuesday.
35:42
It's best to come live, but everybody in the group
35:45
workshifting, so they can't make it live to every call.
35:47
And that's okay because each of the calls is gonna be recorded
35:50
and you can watch it as a replay going back to the last year of
35:54
replays as much as you want. So weekly calls every Tuesday
35:58
are combined in the program for integration and to help you
36:00
overcome any obstacles that you're facing.
36:03
The last thing that you're going to really get in this group is a
36:06
community group chat. I really think being a part of a
36:09
community is key. Both getting ongoing support
36:12
from me, mentors and other people who are going through the
36:15
same process so that you can lean on them and you can realize
36:17
you're not alone. You can tap into this group
36:20
24/7, which is really important as you're facing trials or as
36:24
you're having questions or as you're trying to make decisions
36:27
the whole way. Having a community of people
36:29
that are going to support you as you're going through it and you
36:31
can tap into that as you're working your planning, facing
36:34
obstacles. You will get all of these things
36:36
for a lifetime access into this program for $2000.
36:41
I have made this program purposefully a lifetime access
36:44
because I want you to join me as soon as you know you want
36:46
flight. So again, some people that's as
36:48
soon as nursing school or pre nursing school or after you're
36:51
in EMT or going to EMT school. Lifetime access and membership
36:55
is because I want to support you all the way to flight no matter
36:58
how long it takes. You get all of these courses,
37:01
the weekly coaching, the community group chat for $2000.
37:05
I have a pay in full option for 2000 and I have a four monthly
37:09
payment plan of 500 as well if you want to utilize that and
37:13
you're not able to pay in full. I never ever want the cost to be
37:18
the reason why you can't get this help and join the program.
37:21
So definitely reach out to me if either one of those payment
37:23
options does not work for you. You can comment flight now in
37:28
the comment box on this slide to get set a link to join.
37:32
I am offering a free bonus for those of you guys who are on
37:36
today and join today in the flight prep Academy.
37:39
So this week, I don't know if you've seen, but I'm offering a
37:42
free one-on-one strategy session for anyone who joins in the with
37:46
the pay in full option. But if you watch this live and
37:49
you DM me flight and you DM me and let me know that you were on
37:53
this live and you join and pay today, I will offer you a free
37:58
one on 145 minute strategy session.
38:00
We will go over your individualized plan and any
38:02
other questions that you have have to get you ready and on
38:05
board you. So that's what I'm offering you
38:08
if you join today and you let me know that you were on this live.
38:11
Whether you use the painful option or the four monthly
38:14
payment plan option, after your payment has been made, you will
38:18
receive a confirmation e-mail in with immediate access to the
38:21
five step process, all the courses, the flight interview
38:25
prep course, how to do ride alongs and make connections.
38:28
And then you will be able to join us on next week's call and
38:31
you will get immediate access to the community group chat comment
38:35
flight now. Or you can DM me flight and let
38:38
me know that you're on this live.
38:39
And you will also get, if you join today, a free one-on-one
38:43
strategy session. That's 45 minutes to work with
38:45
me. I wanna end with you.
38:48
Belong in flight. It's closer to you than you
38:50
think. Make a decision today to start
38:53
today and decide to get off the fence.
38:56
Take one small action. Come join the Flight Prep
38:59
Academy. I'm going to get you started.
39:01
We're going to build the momentum and we're going to get
39:02
you closer to this goal. Challenge yourself, see the
39:07
person at the end of the night who looks in the mirror and
39:11
says, Oh my gosh, I am so grateful for this version of
39:15
myself that's willing to challenge myself and do the hard
39:18
thing because I promise you, not going for it will be much
39:22
harder. Just get started.
39:24
Take small action. Connect to the flight company
39:26
today. Join us inside the Flight Prep
39:28
Academy and I'm going to show you how and I'm going to support
39:31
you the whole way. I want to take this opportunity
39:34
for those of you guys who are still on to answer any
39:37
questions. I'm going to scroll through the
39:41
comment box and see if there's any.
39:43
If you guys have any questions, put them in the question box
39:45
below. Otherwise, if you guys have any
39:48
questions at any time, just DM me or e-mail me.
39:52
I am happy to answer anything. I personally answer everything
39:57
back, every DM back, every e-mail back.
40:01
So have any questions about the group?
40:03
Please reach out to me. I'd love to have you guys a part
40:06
of the Flight Prep Academy. Let's get you started to take
40:09
take one small action. You belong in flight.
40:12
Thanks, guys. We'll see you later.
40:14
Bye. Anything in this episode sparked
40:18
your interest into getting into flight?
40:19
Come join my flight pipe group. We are an entire community that
40:23
meets together on a weekly basis with an ongoing group chat.
40:26
And if you are already flying and you are currently a flight
40:28
nurse or flight medic, you can join my all flight clinician
40:31
group as well. You can click on the link to
40:33
join in the show notes or you can DM me on Instagram.
40:35
I hope to see all of you guys inside.