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is why do leaders hide from funding their vision?

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I think one of the reasons for that is that the leaders are,

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I think they're scared that their vision is actually not going to work or it's not going to come true.

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So they're afraid to invest in it.

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I've been in that position myself where I was afraid to either invest,

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well, it was either financial capital or it was time.

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I think they're both valuable.

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And I would not, I hesitated from investing in the project

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because at the time I didn't believe that it was actually going to work.

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And sometimes it didn't work and other times it did.

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So, you know, we don't always know the outcome of how something's going to turn out,

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but that's the gamble. That's the risk of life.

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You know, there are no guarantees.

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So you have a vision for something that you want to achieve either, you know,

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if I don't follow through with that vision to achieve, call it the big dream,

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I think somebody else will, you know.

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But yeah, I think the, you know, we're going to hold back from funding the vision

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until we can actually make ourselves believe that, yes, it is possible.

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But we also need other people on board as well, you know,

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whether those are supporters, people who are going to be helping us to build the project or build the dream.

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We need to have other people to help us with this as well.

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So it's not just a one-man show.

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That is awesome, Scott. Thank you for sharing that.

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Okay. So what is your goal for being on the show, Scott?

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Well, I love the concept of the show, like the vision for us.

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I love the concept of actually, like, vision building is one of the things that I think is,

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it's a skill you can develop,

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but I want people to understand the power behind having a vision.

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And, you know, I spend a lot of time doing, like, meditation as well.

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And what I'll call creative visualization is actually what my meditation is really about,

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where I'll spend 10 or 15 minutes every night, yes, looking at my vision board,

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but just sitting down and closing my eyes and visualizing how I want things to materialize in the future.

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So I'm really big on future building.

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And for me, the best way to do that is to build a vision for that.

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And I'll add one more thing to that as well.

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I also have something called an anti-vision, which I got from Dan Coat, one of my mentors and coaches.

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And the anti-vision is really powerful because having a vision is a great thing,

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but then there's always the question of what happens if, you know, I don't follow through with my vision?

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What happens if I don't pursue my dream?

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The anti-vision of that is becoming the worst version of myself

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and not having that dream come true.

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So I just thought I'd put a little spin on it there.

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But that's something else that I find is very motivating is to have, you know, you've got the vision,

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you've got the anti-vision, and they can both be very powerful.

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That is amazing. So you have, like, hey, I know what I want to become,

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but I know what I don't want to become. So you put that right there here.

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So is that something like you're always looking at as well, like, hey, I don't want to become that,

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so it's motivating you?

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It is.

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Yeah, so I don't want to get to the end of my days and look back and have those regrets of, you know,

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those are the things that I could have done that could have made a difference, and I didn't do them.

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So my goal for being on the show, the other goal is actually just to, you know,

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teach that philosophy as well if we have the time for it and you're open to it.

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Yep. That is awesome. That is awesome.

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So I think that's all I need from you, Scott. That is amazing.

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I'm glad that we had this conversation, and I'm pretty sure our audience will benefit from being with you.

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So sweet.

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I'm going to send you a link.

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Any episodes you guys usually record a week?

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Pre-shows, I want to say maybe 20 pre-shows a week, and our Vision Pros podcast is booked out,

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I want to say two or three months right now.

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So yeah, we are pretty, yeah, there's a lot of things moving right now.

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Perfect.

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All right, so I sent you this first link.

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The second link I'm going to be sending you,

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would you like us to introduce you to other podcasters that are in our network that shake on the same vision like us, and there's like 15, 20 of them?

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Yeah, actually, I'm looking to build out my schedule for July. I've got a pretty full schedule in June so far. I do about 15 interviews per month.

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Try to keep it to that just because of for time, but sure, if you have a network you can introduce me to, that would be great.

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That would be awesome. I'm going to also send you a third email.

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In that email, Jackson literally says don't invest in Facebook ads unless you agree to watch the whole video, so feel free to look into that.

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All right, will do. Perfect. I think I sent you all those emails. It was great having you on the show, Scott.

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Also, before I end this conversation, so you have a wonderful vision, Scott, right?

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And so if someone wants to, someone's inspired by your vision and they want to go search you, right?

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We're going to have a page for you, like a landing page. Do you have those some of those nice phrases that people can click on to go reach you?

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Yeah, the phrases, are they referring to links to back to the like I have two websites and yeah, people can.

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Basically, like a long tail keyword that we just use specific pages, your newsletter, your books or something like that. You have those, right?

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Oh, yes, I do. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, if you like, I can send you over some of those links.

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That would be amazing. If you do you have our Teams link or like a platform or like an email that you can send directly to or do you just have my email?

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I think I have the one that you were sending to my calendar here. So it's the PR at firstclassbusiness.io. Is that the main?

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Yeah, you can send that to that. That'd be awesome. Perfect, Scott. That's amazing. Thank you so much, Scott.

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You have any questions for me before I end the conversation?

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I think I'm good. I'll take a look at the emails, Bill. I will. Yeah, I will build out the, sorry, I'll schedule the call and then anything.

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If I have any questions, I'll be sure to let you know. That is amazing. All right, sweet Scott. All right, you have a wonderful day, Scott. Yeah, you too.

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Thanks for having me. Time to go. Take care. Bye. You too.