1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,640 Canada. British Columbia, that's right. I haven't been. I want to go. It looks beautiful. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,680 Is it beautiful? It is absolutely beautiful. I came 33 years ago for one season, decided it was 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:16,800 paradise and never left. And where from? Australia originally. Oh wow, you disguise that accent so 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:24,320 well. You speak Australian and our English. I do and I disguise it because I came, I was raised 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:30,320 in Japan in the international school system from the age of six to 16. Look at the cultural 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:35,360 diversity we have in front of us. Everybody, Melissa Dealy, the real deal. That's fun. 7 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,600 You play with that a lot with your name. I hear that a lot. I don't play with it a lot, 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:45,280 but it's kind of fun when I hear it. Yep. Yeah. The action Jackson gets old a little bit. Um, 9 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:49,120 but some, you know, I try to entertain it for the, especially though it's really funny when people 10 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:55,680 like they think I've never heard that before, you know, cool. I go to you, you know, let me not, 11 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:00,480 not make you feel bad here for, for thinking you're the first. Um, but anyway, let's dive 12 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,200 into those resources. So again, you gotta, you got such a depth of wisdom to all the things that 13 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:11,680 you're doing with girls matter. Um, super impressed with what you're up to for that initiative. 14 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,960 You're an integrative healing coach practitioner. Again, I'm not going to get all the accolades 15 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:23,200 right on that, but what three resources for other people out there who are building their visions, 16 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:30,160 which ones do you recommend they turn to? Well, I just finished reading a book this past weekend 17 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:36,800 that was recommended to me and it's called half the sky. And I absolutely loved it. It's a difficult 18 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,400 read. However, it further affirmed to me that everything we are doing with girls matter is 19 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,640 so needed in our world today. And half the sky, the title came about because it's talking about 20 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:57,760 women hold up half the sky. And it's talking about oppression of women and girls in many developing 21 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:05,360 countries around the world. It was written back in 2008. And as I said, it's a difficult read 22 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,880 because to read what some of these women, the trauma that they have to go through being held in 23 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:20,720 cages, literally in brothels and, you know, broken until they acquiesce to giving up their body for 24 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:28,800 someone else's pleasure is horrific to read. And yet we need to know this is happening because if 25 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:35,520 we don't know it's happening, we don't take action. And throughout the book, they kept saying, 26 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:42,400 education is what's critical. When we educate a girl, we're empowering them to stand up and 27 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:47,680 speak for themselves and to feel confident in themselves to speak back. And there was examples 28 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:54,720 of that in the book as well in one village where one girl had a university level education. And she 29 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,320 was able to fight back against the bullies because she knew how to speak back to them. 30 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:05,440 And to give them a taste of their own medicine. And in the end, they ended up in jail and she 31 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,480 ended up running the village. And there's just so many stories like that. And when women are 32 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:15,280 empowered with education and given the family finances, they invested in their children, 33 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:22,320 in their health, in their education. When men run the family purse in these countries, they're very 34 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:32,160 often spending it on drink and their own pleasure. And so that is a very powerful book for anybody 35 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:42,960 that is open to making the world a better place. Because one of the best places to start is by 36 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:49,920 educating the other half of the population. I love that. That is power. So this book, 37 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:58,880 is designed as a read for men, correct? As well, absolutely. Oh, as well. Okay. And of course, 38 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:04,320 we got it. Yeah. Okay. Educating. I'm when I heard that I got lost a little bit, but you're right. 39 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,680 When you said educating the other half of the population, I took that to heart in my own 40 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,040 personal responsibility. It's like we've got to step up as men. You're right. It is about 41 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,240 educating women too. And I'm so glad you were saying that. Educating women in the first world. 42 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:26,160 That again? It's about letting women in the first world know what is happening in other countries 43 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,160 around the world. Because as an example, when I named girls matter, girls matter, I've had 44 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,480 many people say to me, of course they matter. Why would you call it that? Or I've said, 45 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,600 or I've heard why girls matter, boys matter too. And my answers to that are, 46 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:47,760 yes, girls matter in first world countries. They don't matter in developing countries. 47 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Right. And boys do. And that's why it's called girls matter. This book, tribal leadership, 48 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:00,240 not read commonly because it's a hard book, validates exactly what's happening with the name 49 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,560 of your business. They say when your vision or mission is on point, people will argue with it. 50 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,640 That's how you know you've got the right vision and mission is when I say that. 51 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,480 That's how you know you've got the right vision and mission is when it creates debate. 52 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,800 And I was like, wow, I never thought about that before. That's really profound. 53 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,800 I haven't either. So thank you. 54 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:28,400 Yeah, of course. I love that you highlight too, the cause and a book associated with the cause. 55 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,880 It reminds me of one of my favorite books was three cups of tea by Greg Morton, 56 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:40,560 and the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, another amazing book. And I used to have on my footer, 57 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:46,240 before the water project became the primary cause that we talk about, it was our Operation 58 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:51,840 Underground Railroad. And I had an employee a long time ago who said, this is back in like 2015 or 59 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:55,920 so, they said they weren't comfortable with me promoting that cause because it was too dark. 60 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,360 I was like, that's why. That's why I'm talking about. That's why it matters. 61 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:06,160 And it's interesting, you know, these companies, again, I don't get into the theatrics or the 62 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,920 difference between like what did or didn't happen in either case, but, you know, Greg Morton's book, 63 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:19,520 Three Cups of Tea was eventually met by a disgruntled board member who wrote another book called 64 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:26,480 Three Cups of Deceit. And now our is also facing their own challenges and problems and legal 65 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:32,960 circumstances. And, you know, it's interesting, like I hope nothing bad has gone on in either of 66 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:38,480 those scenarios, but it's so interesting how fast the world is to tear down. You know, we are fast, 67 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,560 we are to attack somebody for doing something different or maybe not being perfect at what they 68 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:49,440 do. And I just hope that those who do listen to this, they're not going to be the same as 69 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:56,480 we are. And I just hope that those who do listen to this can take a second to think about, you 70 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:02,800 know, do we, why do we need to be quick to judgment in those circumstances? Or can we focus on 71 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:07,600 building with the light that we have the way you are with Girls Matter and doing something about it 72 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,360 rather than just complaining and saying somebody else isn't doing enough. You've stepped up and 73 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,880 done something about it. Do you have two other resources you'd like to share real fast? 74 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:21,120 Add on what you've said, because we raise funds to provide menstrual supplies for our girls so 75 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:27,840 that they can go to school every week of the month because they don't have anything. And we have got 76 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:33,920 feedback that we shouldn't be talking about such a topic. And yet every woman in the world... 77 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:38,640 There are certain words that get shut down by the algorithm, right? There's certain words we should 78 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:43,120 know to talk around when we're talking about such matters. But when you talk about it from a 79 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:51,680 scientific standpoint and from the standpoint of like truth, and you learn how to discuss such 80 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:57,840 topics of women's needs, then yes, we do. We don't want to get shut down though, of course. 81 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:03,520 But in the process, we can solve the conversations where people know what we're talking about and 82 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:09,040 we're not hurting children's ears, you know, or offending somebody who doesn't want us to be 83 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:15,680 grotesque. And again, I wouldn't call it grotesque, but in a certain environment, if the movies are 84 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,280 rated, and I know that, I can go into that already movie and watch 12 Years a Slave. 85 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:28,480 There's so many different opportunities to learn and not be scared off by profanity or graphic 86 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,640 or what we really need to understand. There's so many people in this world face. 87 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:40,080 Exactly. Exactly. So my other two resources that I love to share are more in line with my business 88 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:48,400 and holistic health. And one of them is called Our Daily Meds. And it's written by Melody Peterson, 89 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,320 who used to work for the, write for the New York Times about the big pharma industry. 90 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:58,480 And when she started to see what was really going on, she quit her job, moved home to, 91 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:03,840 I believe it was Iowa or Idaho, and started researching this book. And this book too was 92 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:12,400 written in about 2008. And it also is a very hard read, because it really highlights the corruption 93 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:20,400 within that industry. And I, in my work, want people to know that there's more than one way to heal. 94 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,520 And masking a symptom with a band-aid is never the solution. 95 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:34,160 And I wish that our health industry was not a for-profit industry. It is a broken industry 96 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:40,160 today because it's all about profit and it has nothing to do with human health. Now, acute care 97 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:46,400 is excellent. However, when supporting people on their chronic health journey, it is failing us. 98 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:52,560 And so that book is an insight for people to start to understand if they're just 99 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:57,440 starting to figure out that maybe it's not working for them the way that they thought it should. 100 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:05,440 I agree to disagree on the one point, which was the turning it from profit to nonprofit. 101 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,840 I honestly don't believe at all that that's the solution, because that's cutting out a virtue, 102 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:16,320 excuse me, a virtue of a resource. And what we choose to do with a resource is, in my opinion, 103 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:23,120 the water can drown people, the water can provide light to people as well. And so what we choose to 104 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,640 do with it as leaders, there's perhaps there's adjustments for sure that need to be done. 105 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,000 But I wouldn't box that in personally. I have to stand against that. But the resource sounds 106 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,920 amazing. And I love that Ty Bollinger, for instance, of The Truth About Cancer, 107 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:43,040 he speaks against the cancer industry. I don't know how much of what he says is true. I'm not a 108 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:49,280 doctor. I don't profess to be. But I do look for people who have a more holistic approach to, 109 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,000 you know, it's there's not a one size fits all bandaid. There are different opportunities. And 110 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,560 I wish I had known that, or thought through that more holistically myself before having a back 111 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:03,440 surgery that I probably could have avoided. So what's your third resource? 112 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:10,400 The third resource is a book called The Growth Mindset, or maybe it's The Mindset. 113 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,760 By Carol Dweck. I'll take it like why you talk. 114 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:20,480 And love that book, it talks about the fact that we all have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset, 115 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:27,920 and we can have different mindsets in different aspects of our life. And when we read that book, 116 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:32,560 we start to understand what that growth mindset looks like, and hopefully aspire into stepping 117 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:38,560 into it. And I really love the concept of there's unlimited knowledge in the world. And so I think 118 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:44,080 that's the concept of there's unlimited knowledge in the world. No one person can know everything. 119 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,800 So you know what you know, you can, you know, continue learning throughout your entire life. 120 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:54,800 However, you also draw on the knowledge of other experts, experts, and together, you can lift 121 00:11:54,800 --> 00:12:01,760 everyone up, as opposed to the fixed mindset, which is, I know everything that there is to know. 122 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,160 And all of you are wrong, really, in a nutshell. 123 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:12,000 That limited knowledge is lending, product buy-in is lending. 124 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,040 It actually sort of translates into it takes, uh, supported at some point. 125 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:22,160 a lack of kids, a low selling parent, I don't know what happened on the back end, 126 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:24,480 because we're finally talking about a hair plan, a mention of THREADS, 127 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,080 one ID is being 128 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,880 And she has another thing called 129 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,260 the growth mindset workbook. 130 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:35,920 So you're right, they're both. 131 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,560 They're both your assets. 132 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,080 Sounds like you've benefited from both. 133 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:40,240 So that's good. 134 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,320 Yes, definitely, definitely. 135 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,940 And what I love about the book is it talks about 136 00:12:45,940 --> 00:12:48,320 the mindsets in relation to business, 137 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,240 in relation to sports, in relation to education, 138 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,480 many different aspects of life. 139 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:54,960 And it's a really easy read. 140 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,880 And for me, I read it at a time where I really needed 141 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,880 that information and it helped me profoundly 142 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,560 to navigate what I was going through, 143 00:13:04,560 --> 00:13:05,920 which I know we'll talk about shortly 144 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,240 with additional questions that you have for me. 145 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,760 I will for sure. 146 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:11,420 Those of you who are listening and vision pros, 147 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:14,800 I hope that the people who leave this don't. 148 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,000 Right, I hope the people that are like, 149 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,280 man, what am I gonna get out of this? 150 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,280 This is about breaking the poverty cycle 151 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:20,180 where people don't relate to me. 152 00:13:20,180 --> 00:13:22,880 And I don't think you probably think that harshly about it, 153 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,520 but you probably have other things you want in life for you. 154 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,760 These types of conversations are often the ones 155 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,920 that lead you to the most profound answers 156 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,400 for what you need to do as a visionary. 157 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,300 There are parallels that will exist in this conversation. 158 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:36,960 There are ways to apply this 159 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,320 and there are ways to take a look at this 160 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:43,240 and see that people like Melissa Dealy 161 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,340 are the types of people you can reach out to 162 00:13:45,340 --> 00:13:49,400 about your own visions that are probably budding 163 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,240 or you're cultivating, you're in the process of building it. 164 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:52,980 And she's spent years and years 165 00:13:52,980 --> 00:13:54,940 working on these processes too. 166 00:13:54,940 --> 00:13:57,240 It's amazing what you can learn from people 167 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,880 who've been building principles for a long time. 168 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,800 So we're gonna dive right back in for her vision 169 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:01,880 in just a moment. 170 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,040 And I can't wait to explore your vision, Melissa. 171 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,280 All right, welcome in to Vision Pros Live. 172 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,320 With Jackson Calame, I'm your show host. 173 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,000 We'll be doing interviews for visionary entrepreneurs 174 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,960 and guest leaders who are building 175 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,520 fantastic visions out there. 176 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:17,520 Hey, what's up everybody? 177 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Welcome into another episode of Vision Pros Live. 178 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:22,520 I'm your host, Jason Calame. 179 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,520 And I'm your host, Melissa Dealy. 180 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,520 And I'm your host, Jason Calame. 181 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,520 Welcome into another episode of Vision Pros Live. 182 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,480 I'm your show host, Jackson Calame, 183 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,360 founder and CEO of First Class Business. 184 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,440 I'm so excited to dive back into Melissa Dealy's vision. 185 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,080 I'm skipping the beginning of a very cool event 186 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,480 here in San Antonio to be here because she's amazing. 187 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,140 And I can't wait to teach you guys 188 00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:46,400 about what I've learned as well about Girls Matter, 189 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:47,720 the foundation that she has. 190 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,860 And we're gonna be talking about breaking the poverty cycle. 191 00:14:50,860 --> 00:14:54,240 One girl, one family, one village at a time. 192 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,160 And there's so much I could say 193 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,920 about how much I believe in that, 194 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,560 partly due to some effective brainwashing 195 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:03,480 by my mom and five older sisters. 196 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:07,320 And I say that, of course, with love and appreciation. 197 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,700 The women in our lives are incredibly valuable and important. 198 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:14,880 And when I need wisdom, it's usually who I go to 199 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,600 is some woman who has experience in whatever it is 200 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,600 that I need guidance in. 201 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,960 So let's definitely honor that as much as we can. 202 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,240 I'm gonna get out of the way in just a minute, 203 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,340 but first I wanna make sure to provide a few resources 204 00:15:26,340 --> 00:15:28,080 that I've come across. 205 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,160 Some of them, one of them being another 206 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:35,080 fantastic woman leader, let's dive in with thelossbot.com. 207 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,420 Melissa Gray came on this show as well. 208 00:15:37,420 --> 00:15:39,500 And I was apprehensive to bring her on the show 209 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:42,200 because she's a lawyer and lawyers tend to be 210 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,160 kind of pretentious and condescending. 211 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,520 And I never really feel like they value 212 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:47,680 what I have to think or say. 213 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,400 And it's just kind of one of those uncomfortable subjects 214 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,740 that we wanna ignore in business. 215 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:55,300 But she came on with this nurturing mindset and attitude, 216 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:56,980 the ability to still have the poise 217 00:15:56,980 --> 00:15:58,520 and the experience of a lawyer and understands 218 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,560 that law doesn't have to be complicated. 219 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,840 And she helps businesses simplify legal matters 220 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,580 while also protecting them from threats 221 00:16:06,580 --> 00:16:07,580 that exist in the world. 222 00:16:07,580 --> 00:16:11,520 And having been through a $20,000 trademark lawsuit myself 223 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,800 for a name we already owned and seeing Apple patent 224 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,920 one of my softwares, I can tell you 225 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,840 it would have been a far more prudent position. 226 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,240 I would have been in a far more prudent position 227 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:22,600 if I had been a wise steward and found somebody 228 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,280 that I really aligned with the legal counsel. 229 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,640 So if you do have somebody sick with them, 230 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:28,360 if you do not have somebody, 231 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,760 then absolutely consider including Melissa Gray 232 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,180 in your interview process. 233 00:16:32,180 --> 00:16:34,560 And what's cool is when you work with a lawyer 234 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,480 who's also looking at not just how to protect you, 235 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:38,400 but how to help you grow, 236 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,000 well, it might turn into a positive ROI scenario as well. 237 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,240 In addition to the law spot, we've got recovery unplugged. 238 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:50,240 We were just talking about not only addictions, 239 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:51,440 we weren't really talking, 240 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,680 we were talking about drinking problems that exist. 241 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,040 Well, there's all sorts of habits that exist 242 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,360 that are vices, it can be drugs, alcohol, Netflix, 243 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:01,480 it can be apps. 244 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,360 There's a lot of distractions that are out there 245 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,400 that keep us from living our best life. 246 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,360 I am super impressed with what Andrew Sosin 247 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,520 and his team have built with recovery unplugged. 248 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,280 And I'm grateful that they designed this 249 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,800 as an online platform post-COVID. 250 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,400 So now anybody can get help with this music treatment 251 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,320 and therapy. 252 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,400 Now, you may not need this for yourself. 253 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,200 You may have a loved one that might need 254 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,440 to get more out of life. 255 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,280 Somebody who's just kind of in a funk or feels like, 256 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,740 man, they're not really that plugged into life. 257 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:31,680 Well, recovery unplugged gives you the opportunity 258 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,720 to reach out and find out what can you do 259 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,200 to help them and assist them. 260 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,800 And then of course, they can turn to this program as well 261 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,920 and see what type of resource it can be for them. 262 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,000 And I don't know, maybe it'll be the miracle cure, 263 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,920 maybe it won't be, but if there's at least one of you 264 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,680 that this helps, then I'll be super grateful for that. 265 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,520 I gotta move over to the water project as well. 266 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,240 Shame on me for not having that one pulled up. 267 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,880 Water project. 268 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,240 And look at that, Google's helping me. 269 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:58,080 There it is. 270 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:59,320 Oh, let's not click the add one though. 271 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,240 Let's save the water project a little bit of budget. 272 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,720 Let's go right to the organic listing. 273 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,160 These kids and how they celebrate water 274 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,080 reminds me of my four kiddos on Christmas day 275 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,160 and how excited they are about the gifts that they receive. 276 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,120 Well, there's millions of people who do not have access 277 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:17,280 to clean drinking water. 278 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,760 And we have the opportunity to support them 279 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:21,440 by giving to the water project. 280 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:24,880 And maybe you get $5, maybe you get $500,000. 281 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,880 Whatever you do end up donating, 282 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,960 the cool thing is you get to see the outcome 283 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,600 of these rural communities that receive it. 284 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,320 They treat it like a crowdfunding process 285 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,120 and you get to see the effects, the generational impact 286 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,240 that you're ultimately able to grant 287 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:39,320 just by giving simply. 288 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,280 Now, if you're in a position where COVID economics 289 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,560 has really hurt you financially, 290 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,520 you just don't have the ability to give. 291 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,160 My request is that you share this message 292 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,440 with somebody who might be able to. 293 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,320 You don't know if you'll be the catalyst 294 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,040 for somebody who can fund 20 of these projects 295 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,760 or who just contributes to one. 296 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,360 No contribution is too small when it comes to people 297 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,440 who need access to something as basic as water. 298 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,280 So without further ado, 299 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,320 we're gonna talk about Girls Matter 300 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,240 and this program that's been created by Melissa 301 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,560 to help girls receive their education 302 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:16,560 and to empower them to know how to provide a better life 303 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,880 for themselves, for their communities 304 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,120 and ultimately uplift our entire world in the process. 305 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,200 So without further ado, Melissa Dealey, 306 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,840 thank you so much for being here to share your vision. 307 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:29,040 It's absolutely my pleasure. 308 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:30,960 Thank you for having me. 309 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,480 Absolutely. 310 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,200 Diving in a little bit more clearly 311 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,760 into this cause I attempted to talk about. 312 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,680 I'd love to know in your words, 313 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,080 what is your vision for those that you serve? 314 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:50,280 My vision is to create a healthy planet. 315 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,600 And what I mean by that is eliminate chronic illness 316 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,600 by showing people how they can heal themselves 317 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,520 and how lifestyle is a huge factor 318 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,840 in the disease of the body. 319 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,160 However, they have so much control over that. 320 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,560 And all of that starts with education. 321 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,880 And when we take that education a step further, 322 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,440 we can also educate people in the developing world 323 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,960 that currently don't have access to education. 324 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,760 Because in educating them, 325 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,760 we're empowering them to be able to live their best life, 326 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,120 break free of poverty. 327 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,080 With just educating the girls, 328 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,560 we can literally bring countries' GDPs up significantly. 329 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,200 I saw a stat years ago, 330 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,040 which was one of the impetuses to me starting Girls Matter. 331 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,600 And it was that if India could just educate 332 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:46,600 1% more girls, it would grow its GDP by $55 billion. 333 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:50,320 I believe that. 334 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,080 And so there's the answer. 335 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,360 I'm not one to believe stats, 336 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:55,960 but that's the stat I believe. 337 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,960 And there's the answer. 338 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,760 It's simple, it's not easy. 339 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,520 It's not easy because all of these countries 340 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,680 charge for education. 341 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:13,000 Where families are already struggling to earn a dollar 342 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,760 or $2 a day, put food on the table, et cetera, et cetera. 343 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,200 Because of lack of education, 344 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,120 families still have six, eight children. 345 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:24,800 Because of lack of good healthcare, 346 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,760 children are dying far too young. 347 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,520 And that's part of why they're having more children 348 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:30,960 because they know that not all of them 349 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,520 are gonna make it to adulthood. 350 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,760 And then it comes down to the costs 351 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,040 of how do I pay for their education? 352 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,800 Or how do I put food on the table? 353 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,560 And as the girls get older and into their teenage years, 354 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,400 sometimes now they get married off in many cases actually. 355 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,280 And the stat is that every 30 seconds, 356 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,400 a girl under 18 is being married off. 357 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,240 Because they can't afford her education, 358 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,280 they can't afford to feed her, they marry her off. 359 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,280 And then she's someone else's problem. 360 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,160 And to me that's so wrong because they get married so young, 361 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,760 then they get pregnant. 362 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,040 And the greatest cause of death in girls age 15 to 19 363 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,040 is childbirth. 364 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,360 Because their bodies aren't ready. 365 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:23,880 And it's often happening in countries 366 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,720 where they're not giving birth in hospitals 367 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:28,720 and don't have additional care, et cetera, et cetera. 368 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,800 And so if we can educate the girls 369 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,520 that keeps them in school, 370 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,280 so they're not getting married as teenagers, 371 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,280 they're not becoming mothers as teenagers 372 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,560 and repeating the poverty cycle of their mothers. 373 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,080 That's powerful information. 374 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,880 And to be educated on this and then to be able to go 375 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,400 to your website and see what actions that somebody can take, 376 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,720 that's super valuable too. 377 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:53,920 So I'm grateful that you have that. 378 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,000 We'll include that show notes so that everybody 379 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,880 can see what actions they can take. 380 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:03,000 Your vision is, it's so clear to me that 381 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,120 your vision of service is also very tied 382 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:09,760 to your personal vision as well. 383 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,000 I'm gonna skip that for now. 384 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,520 We'll come back to it if we have time at the end. 385 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,880 We're gonna go into the next segment for the sake of time. 386 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,160 And we're gonna talk about 387 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,960 what is your worst leadership experience 388 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,000 that you've ever had? 389 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,440 This comes back to when I was in the corporate world. 390 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,240 And it also ties back to the book, The Growth Mindset, 391 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:32,920 because in early 2013, 392 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,000 a boss that I enjoyed working with was let go 393 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,240 and a new boss came in and filled his shoes. 394 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,120 And this new boss that came in and filled his shoes 395 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:48,080 was a female boss who seemed, 396 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,160 from my perspective, to have a chip on both shoulders. 397 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:56,240 And she was very much the fixed mindset person. 398 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,960 In her viewpoint, if somebody knew more than her, 399 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:02,440 that made her look bad. 400 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,400 Therefore, she had to know more than everybody. 401 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,480 And if it appeared that you knew more than she did, 402 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,920 then she would have to put you down publicly. 403 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,440 I am great and you are not. 404 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,760 Classic tribal leadership, stage three. 405 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,720 And I will take your work and take it to my superiors 406 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,280 and call it my own. 407 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:19,960 Yeah. 408 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,560 And that was a very difficult time. 409 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,240 And fortunately, I wasn't in the same office physically 410 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:26,600 because I would have never lasted. 411 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,640 And I'm a fairly determined person. 412 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,920 And I decided I've been with this company for 22 years. 413 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,560 You've been here for seven. 414 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,800 I'm gonna outlast you. 415 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,320 Or at the very least, I'm gonna get a payout. 416 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,680 I'm not going to quit. 417 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,520 And in the end, I got a payout 418 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,000 because Big Fish bought Little Fish 419 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,880 and she let me go with great relish. 420 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,640 However, I got the payout. 421 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,480 Yeah. 422 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,160 Having read the book, 423 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,680 the growth mindset during that time period 424 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,680 was extremely helpful to me 425 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,880 because then I understood the behavior 426 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,480 and I could be more tolerant of it. 427 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,200 And in some ways, I kind of felt sorry for her 428 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,480 that she felt she needed to behave that way. 429 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,080 As opposed to stepping into her own power. 430 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:13,840 Yeah. 431 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,960 Yeah, that's a nice way to put it, empathy. 432 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,160 Well, I get to commentate. 433 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,480 You get to say the big stories 434 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,200 and I just get to make these cool little golden nugget 435 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,240 statements based on what you shared. 436 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,800 And the world faces so much of that. 437 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,240 The greater majority of the world 438 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,400 has to deal with people like that all around them. 439 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,120 And there's this constant fierce competition of dog eat dog. 440 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,800 And usually, I love this book, Tribal Leadership, 441 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,680 and it talks about the person who says, 442 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,600 I am great does not realize that their habits, 443 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,880 their communication patterns are almost all built around 444 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,080 also claiming and you are not. 445 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,240 And it's a very interesting reality 446 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,720 that once you've been exposed to the languages 447 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,760 within the language, it's like, whoa, 448 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,400 you can start recognizing how to shift. 449 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:04,320 So thank you for that. 450 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,440 Cause that is very powerful for those listening in. 451 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,560 What would you say is your best leadership experience 452 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:13,080 that you've ever had? 453 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,920 I was thinking about this and I have a couple, fortunately. 454 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,400 And I think really the one that I want to land on 455 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,960 is one of my current mentors 456 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,800 who has built a very successful business 457 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,200 in health and wellness. 458 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,920 And I did some of my training through his company. 459 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,120 And as I went through that training, 460 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:37,240 his mission was literally to have a health coach 461 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,720 in every house to- 462 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,520 Is this one to be revealed? 463 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:42,360 Pardon? 464 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:44,200 Are you going to reveal who this mentor is? 465 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,040 I'm on the edge. 466 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:45,880 Oh, absolutely. 467 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:46,960 Dr. Stephen Cabral of- 468 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,440 Sorry, I got excited. 469 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:50,280 Dr. Stephen Cabral. 470 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,840 Yeah, Dr. Stephen Cabral 471 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,320 of Integrative Health Practitioner Organization 472 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,040 and also Equalife and Cabral Wellness. 473 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,640 And his vision is to help everybody 474 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,640 that goes through his training programs 475 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,000 to become a health coach in every household 476 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,680 and get more information out there 477 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,000 about the myriad of ways that we can heal. 478 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,880 And he also recognized that 479 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,520 there is a client for everyone. 480 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,160 We don't have to fight in competition. 481 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,040 I will attract people to me based on the energy 482 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:24,320 that I put out into the world. 483 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,880 And that is different to who he will attract, 484 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:27,920 et cetera, et cetera. 485 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,920 And so he openly and willingly shared all of his resources 486 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,000 at no cost and said, 487 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,560 I've been successful doing it this way. 488 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,400 Take everything I have and copy it 489 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,680 and go out there and do this. 490 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,440 I just want more people out there doing this. 491 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,200 And that was so refreshing and enlightening to me 492 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,040 as I went through that program that I did exactly that. 493 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,880 And I copied literally the text off his website 494 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,200 when I first started until I figured out my niche 495 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,120 and started to make it my own. 496 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:55,960 And that was so helpful. 497 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,840 And he's so right that we don't have to fight 498 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,560 and squabble over clients 499 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,200 because there are enough clients for everyone. 500 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,200 And we will attract who we will attract. 501 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,320 Thousand, thousand percent right. 502 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,880 If there is such a thing, that was it in my opinion. 503 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,920 I love that and every sense of imagination. 504 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,720 If you were to compare those, you're listening, 505 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,960 if you were to compare Vision Pros Live 506 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,600 with Entrepreneur on Fire's website, the podcast, 507 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,360 almost the exact same. 508 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,880 We very much modeled what Johnny Dumas has done 509 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,480 at Entrepreneur on Fire based on his own advice. 510 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,680 And the advice of leaders like that. 511 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,280 And in addition to that, 512 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,960 we give our own assets out for free too. 513 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,320 The Power Launch, our program, 514 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,920 that's our infrastructure for our high ticket clients. 515 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,440 For those who are educated on it and know what we do, 516 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,960 we give anybody free access if you want to 517 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,680 and can build it on your own, go for it, go do it. 518 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,560 And this empowering people, 519 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,240 it allows those who are in a centered position of, 520 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,880 hey, wait a second, like I could go do it, 521 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,120 but I wanna work with you, Melissa. 522 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:02,640 They can come forward. 523 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,760 The rest can go be an ambassador and go talk about, 524 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,920 or they can go steal it and take it, whatever. 525 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:11,920 I'm not gonna lose anything by them using that information 526 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,640 for their, there's 8 billion people in this world to help. 527 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:16,920 I can't get to them all. 528 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,360 It's not gonna happen. 529 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,080 So well done, I love that. 530 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,960 I'm grateful for you sharing boldly about that too, 531 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,400 because some people also may feel like, 532 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:26,880 you know what, I like this Dr. Steven guy, 533 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,440 but I really wanna work with a female. 534 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,640 They're not wrong for saying, you know what, 535 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,480 I wanna work with Melissa because I relate to her. 536 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,360 I wanna work with somebody who also has blonde hair. 537 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,760 Maybe I wanna work with a guy who has curly brown hair. 538 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,400 I've never heard that, but it's possible. 539 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,320 There's just too much abundance to worry 540 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,000 and spend a life stressed out about competition 541 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,720 that's all in your head. 542 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:51,640 So thank you for that. 543 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,640 And that leads us to the big question, 544 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,560 which is, if this was your last opportunity 545 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,280 to share advice with the world, 546 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:00,640 or visionaries in particular, 547 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,960 what powerful lesson can other visionaries learn 548 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,080 from your experience? 549 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,360 Don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't do something. 550 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:13,880 We've all heard it. 551 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,160 And what I know to be true is when someone says that to you, 552 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:22,400 it is a reflection of their belief about themselves 553 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,320 based on their passion, their education, their mission. 554 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,480 They don't have your passion, your education, 555 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,520 and your desire. 556 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,400 And so they can't do what you can do. 557 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,480 However, sometimes they just blurt it out of their mouth, 558 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,080 as well-meaning as they are. 559 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,600 And it has absolutely nothing to do with you 560 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,320 and everything to do with them and their inability 561 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,400 to see that dream or vision for themselves. 562 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,440 And that's okay. 563 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,000 It's not their dream or vision. 564 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,440 So don't let them stop you. 565 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,840 I once again love that. 566 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,960 I have allowed that to stop me many times in my life. 567 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,960 And I don't know how many people can relate to that, 568 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,120 but there was a friend, 569 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,640 before I learned the definition of friend, 570 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,480 many years ago, who said, 571 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,680 when are you gonna stop with all this washed up, 572 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,600 rebate Tony Robbins stuff? 573 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:17,760 I was hurt. 574 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:19,560 I felt that. 575 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,240 I didn't stop right away, 576 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,440 but I kind of slowly shifted in that. 577 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:30,440 And Passion Pro existed for a long time behind the scenes, 578 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,360 but it wasn't until actually about three, four weeks ago, 579 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,240 before I was finally realizing, 580 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,200 man, I really haven't stepped into that fully. 581 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,760 And that is who I am and what I do. 582 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,640 And so these things can, 583 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,240 people's negativity, people's opinions of what we do, 584 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,480 they can very much affect us. 585 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,880 But the reinforcement of a leader like yourself, Melissa, 586 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,160 helping us realize like, no, we shouldn't let anybody 587 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,720 tell us that we can't do something. 588 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,240 And we have an opportunity, even if they have, 589 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,440 to step back into it at any time. 590 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,400 Did you ever let that defeat you? 591 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,840 Just curious, did you ever let that hold you back? 592 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,880 I'm going to say that I didn't, 593 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,240 because as you know, 594 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,640 I didn't because as you were talking here, 595 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,120 it took me back to a moment when I was about six years old. 596 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,560 We'd just moved to Japan. 597 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,960 I can see myself with my mother 598 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,000 on the outside back deck of our house, 599 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,720 looking out over the garden and the trees. 600 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,120 And she was telling me that I was living 601 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,000 in the most incredible era, 602 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,160 because I could do anything I wanted to do. 603 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:41,440 Wow. 604 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:43,600 And so I'm grateful for that. 605 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,080 That's how I was raised. 606 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:45,920 Absolutely. 607 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,120 And so if someone said no to me, 608 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,880 I would just find a way around that obstacle 609 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:55,600 and figure it out. 610 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,320 Which is another great book by Marie Forleo, 611 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:01,760 Everything is Figureoutable. 612 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,120 It's a good one. 613 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:04,960 I didn't know she wrote that, 614 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,320 but she is a great leader. 615 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,920 So I can see that. 616 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:09,560 Well, that's great. 617 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,000 And again, those of you who don't have family and friends, 618 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000 who've uplifted you and have helped you overcome 619 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,440 the negativity or the challenges of others 620 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,760 and look for creating the family and friends in life, 621 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,480 find people who are going to support you in the process. 622 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,320 It is an amazing, 623 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:27,360 is an amazing reality. 624 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,440 There's a lot of people out there 625 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,200 who do want to see you succeed with your visions 626 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,920 in the same way that Melissa Dealey is succeeding in hers. 627 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,760 So let's take a few minutes to talk about 628 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:37,800 breaking the poverty cycle. 629 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,480 One girl, one family, one village at a time. 630 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,680 What does that mean to you, Melissa Dealey? 631 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,760 How can people get involved? 632 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,960 What dynamics of that are, 633 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:48,800 do you want to go down? 634 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,440 And you've got probably three to five minutes 635 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,400 to just guide us down the right path. 636 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,920 So what that means to me is literally 637 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,040 coming back to educating the girls. 638 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:07,280 And that's because an educated girl 639 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,480 is more than twice as likely to ensure 640 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,920 her own children have an education. 641 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,120 So when we educate a girl today, 642 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,840 it has a generational ripple effect into the future, 643 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,520 which is incredibly powerful. 644 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,240 And as I said earlier, school costs money 645 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:28,280 in much of the world and they can't afford it. 646 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,280 And so when we can lend a helping hand 647 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,400 and it's so much less expensive 648 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,640 than what university is in North America, for instance, 649 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:41,040 when we can lend that helping hand 650 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,760 to give these girls the opportunity 651 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,480 to graduate from high school, 652 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,000 to go on to a vocational school, 653 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,120 to go on to university, 654 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:56,720 they are not only creating a better life for themselves, 655 00:34:57,720 --> 00:35:00,160 but also for all of their family, 656 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,840 all of the villagers and future generations. 657 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,760 And that's what I truly love about this work. 658 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,560 So we fund girls to go to boarding school 659 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,080 so that they're getting a good quality education, 660 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,560 they're getting their meals, 661 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,360 they're getting their accommodation, 662 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,040 they're getting their medical care, 663 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,440 they're getting their school uniforms, 664 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,360 so clothing, et cetera. 665 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,080 And they are well looked after 666 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,560 when they're in the boarding school system. 667 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:32,520 And that allows them to then go on to a vocational school. 668 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,320 So we've just had one girl graduate as a seamstress, 669 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,120 and she makes beautiful clothing. 670 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,120 She also made about 100 caps and gowns 671 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,120 for the preschoolers to wear 672 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,120 at their graduation from preschool. 673 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:48,920 Oh, that's cool. 674 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,960 And I have these amazing photos of that. 675 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:53,240 In fact, if you click to our solutions 676 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:56,160 and you scroll to the bottom, I believe that there, 677 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,280 that picture right there is our first university graduate. 678 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:00,720 Her name is Jane, 679 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:03,920 and she graduated a couple of years ago 680 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:07,240 from university, and now she is an administrator 681 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:10,800 and a teacher in a school helping multiple preschoolers. 682 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,320 And so it's not just about educating the girl, 683 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,120 it's their give back to their community. 684 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,200 So Jane, for instance, goes back to her community, 685 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,920 which is a very rural village 686 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,920 on the side of Mount Elgon in Uganda. 687 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:31,440 And she helps the villagers with any kind of government forms 688 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:32,280 that they need to go to. 689 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,120 And so she'll sit with them 690 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,960 and help them complete their forms, et cetera. 691 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,920 And yeah, here are all our little preschool graduates 692 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,280 in their caps and gowns 693 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:47,280 that one of our Girls Matter girls made for them. 694 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:54,320 We're now also going into a little bit of microfinancing 695 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,000 because now that she's graduated 696 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,480 from her vocational school, 697 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,560 she doesn't have to go to college anymore. 698 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,560 She's graduated from her vocational school, 699 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,360 she doesn't have access to a sewing machine. 700 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,240 And so we're loaning her the money 701 00:37:06,240 --> 00:37:08,400 in order for her to buy a sewing machine 702 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,640 so that she can start earning an income 703 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:11,800 and then pay us back. 704 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,880 And then what she's paying us back will then be used 705 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,720 to go towards another girl's education. 706 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,240 And they value their education so much 707 00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:24,280 that they love to give back in many, many ways. 708 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,720 We had another girl graduate last December 709 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:28,960 and she's in logistics. 710 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:30,880 She actually started out in nursing, 711 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,520 but during the pandemic, 712 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,200 she couldn't do any of her practical labs, et cetera. 713 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:40,000 So she switched to logistics on the basis 714 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,200 that there's a lot of corruption. 715 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:46,400 And her village community just getting supplies to them 716 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,960 is very expensive because people have to be paid off 717 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,280 every step of the way. 718 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,640 And so she's decided to go into logistics 719 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,080 so that she can find a way to be able to get supplies 720 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,840 to her village without all of the payoffs 721 00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,240 all along the way. 722 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,880 And here you can see the profiles of all of the girls 723 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,200 that we work with. 724 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:08,200 We work with a group in Kenya called the Jolly Sisters, J-A-L-I, 725 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,000 and we're funding 18 girls through them 726 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,120 that are from one of the slums in Kenya. 727 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,400 Unfortunately, many of them have been raped. 728 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,520 They're living in the slums. 729 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,160 They've had really hard times, a lot of trauma in their life. 730 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,000 And school is a place where they, again, 731 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,280 are safe and it helps them on their healing journey. 732 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:36,160 And meanwhile, the women of the slums are the ones that, 733 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,040 through Jolly Sisters, are being paid 734 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,080 to make the menstrual supplies. 735 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,200 So we send the money over to buy the raw materials, 736 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,000 and then the women get the jobs of making them 737 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,680 so that the girls can stay in school. 738 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,360 And the women are also learning vocational skills as well, 739 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,520 such as beautiful arts and crafts 740 00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,640 that can be sold on the internet to international markets, 741 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,200 as well as how to run a market stall, et cetera. 742 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,200 So there's a lot of education, 743 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,680 even beyond just keeping our girls in school 744 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,480 that we're involved in. 745 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,720 And we're moving into more projects 746 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:13,000 because there's such a need. 747 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,640 And so I'd love to talk to you more about the water project 748 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,680 because I know in our areas 749 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,080 that getting clean water is really hard. 750 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,640 There's a lot of typhoid, et cetera. 751 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,680 And another project that I'm looking at 752 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,200 is something called Hope Sacks, 753 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,200 which they put around their cooking pots. 754 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,000 So it's kind of like a tea cozy. 755 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,480 They put them around their cooking pots 756 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,480 so their food stays warmer for longer 757 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,040 so the fires don't have to burn for as long. 758 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,240 They're not inhaling all of that smoke. 759 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:44,760 And also because it's the girls who don't go to school 760 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,600 that are sent off into the woods to find the sticks. 761 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,480 And unfortunately, because men know the girls are off 762 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,840 on their own looking for sticks, 763 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,240 it's when they're also getting molested. 764 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:57,080 And it's tragic. 765 00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,160 So if we can reduce the need for the sticks 766 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,400 by using the equivalent of a tea cozy 767 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,480 around a big cooking pot 768 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,760 so that they don't have to have as many fires every day 769 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,520 as well as they're not breathing in all that smoke, 770 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,320 it's a win-win for everyone. 771 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,920 Huge. 772 00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,160 Wow. 773 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:13,560 The little things in life 774 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,800 that we take for granted and overlook 775 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,120 and the opportunity to be aware 776 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:20,960 of how much of a difference we can make. 777 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,200 You've made a phenomenal amount of difference in my life. 778 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:28,120 I get to be a very small contributor right now 779 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,880 and to a very meaningful thing. 780 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,680 My international politics teacher, 781 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,760 I had a 0.33 GPA in college, by the way. 782 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,640 For those who don't know, that is the F below the F. 783 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,560 Like I could not have done worse. 784 00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,880 And I only got that high of a grade 785 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,840 because he chose to give me a C. 786 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,200 And I hadn't done any of his papers. 787 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:50,680 I attended his class. 788 00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,600 Like I loved his class. 789 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,600 And at the very end, I didn't go to the final exam, 790 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,480 but he told me, Jackson, if you want to educate a nation, 791 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,840 if you want to change the nation, educate a mom. 792 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,120 And that hit me so deep. 793 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,520 And I again, I have no idea how he knew 794 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,200 why that mattered to me. 795 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,320 His intuition, his ability to understand the value of that, 796 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,080 having my mom and my five older sisters 797 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,240 are just a whole nine yards. 798 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,000 Like, and him knowing that even though 799 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,120 I wasn't good in school at all, 800 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,920 he knew that there was something that mattered to me. 801 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,960 Like that I would take it and run with it. 802 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,200 And so just being able to hear about your vision 803 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,440 and understand it, being able to put the links to it, 804 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,000 everything we can do to support your cause 805 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,760 and what you're up to, just make the ask, let us know. 806 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,960 And of course, those of you who are listening in, 807 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,200 we'll have on the landing page, 808 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,680 we'll have the action steps. 809 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,000 So if you want to get involved 810 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,360 with what Melissa DeLeah is doing, 811 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,440 as far as health and wellness goes, 812 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,840 you'll be able to access those links. 813 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,600 If you want to get involved in Girls Matter 814 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,560 and help with the process of changing lives 815 00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:01,040 in ways that are incredibly meaningful on very, 816 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,640 I would say significantly low budgets of contributions, 817 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,240 empowering women to build, like to create like those hats, 818 00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:08,400 those graduation caps. 819 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,800 Imagine the amount of people out there. 820 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,240 As Melissa continues to tell her story 821 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,020 and showcase that picture, 822 00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:17,280 some people think the arts and crafts aren't that, 823 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,600 don't matter that much. 824 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:19,840 When you see a picture like that 825 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,760 and you're able to inspire an entire audience 826 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,560 of potential investors to throw down responsibly 827 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,600 and to really fund something like that, 828 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,520 that the impact, the ripple effect is massive. 829 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,340 And so we just have so much opportunity 830 00:42:35,340 --> 00:42:36,760 to do so many great things. 831 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,320 And if you also have a vision of your own, 832 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:41,960 something that you want to share that's important 833 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,200 and your vision is going to help and serve others, 834 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:46,520 and there's another call to action on there 835 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,120 that says be our guest. 836 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:49,940 We invite you to come on this show, 837 00:42:49,940 --> 00:42:51,200 share your vision with us, 838 00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:52,600 allow us to help you spread the word 839 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,640 about what you're up to and be involved 840 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,500 in these projects at the end of the day. 841 00:42:57,500 --> 00:42:58,960 Like when my kids ask, 842 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:00,400 hey dad, what'd you do for work? 843 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,600 You know, or what are you up to? 844 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,080 These are the things they get to talk to me about. 845 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:05,680 Like there's nothing better 846 00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,280 than being able to be involved in this. 847 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:11,440 It doesn't matter if the person is Patrick Mahomes, 848 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,220 you know, and playing football for the best team ever, 849 00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:18,080 or if the person is Melinda Gates, 850 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,200 to help build a Melinda Gates Foundation, 851 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,960 you know, or Melissa Dealey. 852 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,920 You know, what's important is 853 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,960 that if you're building something holistic, 854 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,660 come and share it, allow us to contribute. 855 00:43:30,660 --> 00:43:33,080 And it gets me ultra excited. 856 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,680 But Melinda Gates and Patrick Mahomes, 857 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,520 if you heard this, we'd love to have you 858 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,160 on the show as well. 859 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,200 So without further ado, 860 00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:42,960 thank you again everybody for tuning in, 861 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,240 to Vision Pros Live. 862 00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:45,600 Melissa Dealey, thank you for your time 863 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:46,500 and for sharing your visions. 864 00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:48,080 This was incredible. 865 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,280 It's absolutely my pleasure. 866 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,800 Thank you for having me and allowing me to share this. 867 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,080 Because as I said at the very beginning, 868 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,480 people need to be aware of the greater problems 869 00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:58,980 around the world so that they can choose 870 00:43:58,980 --> 00:43:59,920 to make a difference. 871 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:02,620 I know that everybody would like to help in some way, 872 00:44:02,620 --> 00:44:05,160 and they just don't necessarily know how. 873 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,240 And this gives them an avenue. 874 00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:11,120 And one thing, the reason I started Girls Matter 875 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,200 versus contributing to another foundation for girls 876 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,000 is at the time, I couldn't find one 877 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,440 that gave all the money to the girls. 878 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,500 And that was really important to me. 879 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:25,480 There's so many foundations where the CEOs are earning 880 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,480 multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. 881 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,680 Or you donate and then you get beautiful cards 882 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,880 and address mailing labels and things back in the mail. 883 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,120 I don't want any of that. 884 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,800 My board of directors were all volunteers, 885 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:42,760 and we don't give you anything in return monetarily. 886 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,400 We will send you girls' report cards. 887 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,800 We will send you newsletters as to what we're working on. 888 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:47,820 And we don't overdo it. 889 00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:49,880 You're not getting spammed. 890 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,800 You'll get videos and letters from the girls 891 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,680 if you sponsor a girl. 892 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,680 And to me, as a donor, I would much rather have that 893 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:04,120 than receive something back in the mail 894 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,460 that I didn't need in the first place. 895 00:45:05,460 --> 00:45:08,120 And that's not what I wanted my money spent on. 896 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:09,240 Sure. 897 00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,120 Teach their own on the process. 898 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,720 With Oprevianes de Trabajo para Latinos, 899 00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:17,520 we don't just spend all the money on the program. 900 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,440 We don't even have, we're not a 501c3. 901 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,880 I don't, the legal stuff will be handled over time 902 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:24,960 with the right stuff. 903 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:29,800 But, you know, it's, whether that's your approach 904 00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:32,840 to business and how you grow it or not, 905 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,040 at the end of the day, all of us have to survive 906 00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:38,480 in this world, all of us have to have funds 907 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,200 that help us in some capacity or another. 908 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,800 But as far as what you're building with Girls Matter, 909 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:44,880 I think it's awesome. 910 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,400 And I respect the way that you go about it, 911 00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,760 but I also respect the way that the Water Project 912 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,080 or our others go about their good too. 913 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:53,920 And- 914 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:54,740 Absolutely. 915 00:45:54,740 --> 00:45:56,960 And our vision may change over time. 916 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:57,800 To do it. 917 00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,960 You know, I hope that you all pursue it holistically. 918 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,360 And as Melissa shared, that book 919 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,320 on the mindset growth opportunity, you know, 920 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:11,400 be ready to mastermind and willing to look and learn. 921 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,440 You know what, I'll circle back one more time 922 00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:14,960 to travel leadership. 923 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:16,360 One of the things that I learned in this 924 00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,400 that I hadn't quite grasped was the ability, 925 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,840 not the ability to align with people 926 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:26,480 and the difference between alignment and agreement. 927 00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,460 And agreement meaning we're on the same page, 928 00:46:30,460 --> 00:46:33,640 we believe the same thing versus alignment 929 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,980 kind of meaning we don't necessarily see this the same way, 930 00:46:37,980 --> 00:46:41,000 but we still can appreciate and build together. 931 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,600 That is an aspect of leadership 932 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:48,620 that I'm striving to learn to dive more into. 933 00:46:48,620 --> 00:46:51,560 And I hope that, again, those of you who are listening, 934 00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,760 that you take these principles to heart, 935 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,080 you learn from them and you contribute to us 936 00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:56,900 in the comments. 937 00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:59,280 Let us know how we can continue to improve as leaders 938 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,280 and we will see you in the next episode. 939 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:02,120 Take care everybody. 940 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:02,940 Bye bye. 941 00:47:02,940 --> 00:47:03,780 Thanks for being here today. 942 00:47:03,780 --> 00:47:06,200 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 943 00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,840 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 944 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,120 as these episodes continue to move forward. 945 00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:12,840 This is gonna get more and more fun. 946 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,640 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 947 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,760 We'll invite people to participate in the show 948 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:19,120 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 949 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:38,120 Have an excellent time building out.