Vision, Passion and Purpose Will Make You A Transformational Rigger

Written By: Lance Piatt

In our industry, what moves us are pulleys and mechanical advantage. But in our being, what moves us is much deeper. What moves me is the hope of releasing vision, passion and purpose in others and one platform for this is Rigging Lab Academy and the network of people that surrounds me. So my question to you is… What Moves You? What creates such a spark, as to bring about such encouragement that you literally have to move a step closer just to see if it feels better. This is your gift to the world… giving what you have so that others are better for it. This post is specifically for those who want to teach, encourage, mentor, or instruct. Notice I list them separately. They are not the same, but all have elements or aspects to them that weave through each other or borrow from each in order to give back a greater return or reward.

Simply put, Rigging Lab Academy needs your gifts, and similarly, you need others who need your gifts. Literally 10s of thousands of people around this planet desperately need to know more about their work and play environment and how to maneuver through it. They need to do it safely, efficiently, and get home safely.

So let’s get into this shall we? I love to ask people I meet,”So, what makes you tick?” You have likely heard this before, however have you ever truly had to answer it? If your life depended on it, could you answer “what makes you trick”? See, you have in you gifts that people need and their lives could depend on it. You have answers and information that people are desperate for. Please don’t think for a moment this for showmanship or something less than honorable. We all are created to do great things and I love to pull this stuff out of people and watch them run with it. So here we go.

Three Ingredients. 1. Visions 2. Passion, and 3. Purpose

Vision: An experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition. Wow!
Passion: Strong and barely controllable emotion.
Purpose: The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

As I revealed in the beginning of this post, I am wanting to curate hundreds of amazing teachers, instructors, and mentors and do this through Rigging Lab Academy. Each of the above words need to have a statement attached to them. These create Statements of Truth that are uniquely you. No one else has them. You are pulling the gold out in the form of a Vision Statement, Passion Statement, and Purpose Statement. Together, they make a Mission Statement.

The reason these statements are vital is that you really don’t know what you have until you ask (yourself and others). You should be excited at who you are and others will be as well. So you are an excellent rigger and can talk about it and show people “what you do”, this isn’t always enough for everyone. Some people simply need to see something done and that works great for them. Others need to understand the why because they just need to feel a part of the what. Others are a combination. So what we are asking here is, how do you personally learn? What makes people excited is the connection they have with the person they are learning from.

Did you catch that? We are literally helping you build a business platform.

Why are we asking for this?

Help people build their dreams is one of our main goals.
We are always looking for amazing content.
We are always looking to work alongside amazing people who have content and want to deliver it to the world.
Not all content is designed for video and better communicated through articles instead.
Some content is better for video.

I will leave you with this: if you are a back yard rigger with a wild imagination, an industrial rigger with a ton of experience that just needs to get out there, a rope access enthusiast who is daring to make a difference (tree climbing, theatrical and entertainment rigger, or an event rigger etc.), an enthusiastic slack liner or climbing instructor with enough excitement to share things from the field, a canyoneering specialist (dry or wet climate), a rescue technician who wants that next level to learn by teaching others on a larger scale, or any of the hundreds of uniquely qualified individuals (perhaps a student who can’t seem to get anyone to take him/her seriously but has exceptional leadership and teaching qualities), Rigging Lab Academy is an amazing place to start.

Cheers,

Lance

Lance Piatt is Founder of Rigging Lab Academy Inc.
His other ventures include Rescue Response Gear Inc., Raven Collective Media, and Trails 2 The Sea

About The Author:

Lance Piatt

Beginning his career in the rescue and rigging world as a “blue collar” SAR member with Deschutes and Jefferson County teams. Lance Piatt owns and operates Red Ibex Solutions, a sales and marketing wheelhouse blending rope rigging education and exquisite imagery with equipment knowledge and understanding; housing Rigging Lab Academy and Rescue Response Gear… Lance is producing high-end video education, working with several experts and instructors to produce unique series of “how to videos” and courses for rope rigging: Such as; the first ever full-length rescue training DVD, 'Tower Rescue', released in fall of 2005. As well as a series of scenario-based rescues ranging from cave rescue to cliff rescue.