1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,540 Read th 2 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,680 if 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,720 th 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,660 th 5 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:29,700 th 6 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:33,780 And so I was actually checking you out when I Googled you, the first thing that popped 7 00:00:33,780 --> 00:00:35,620 up was your Instagram. 8 00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:37,860 Is that going to be your biggest platform right now? 9 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:44,260 That's yeah, that's probably where I'm most active is Instagram, Instagram and LinkedIn. 10 00:00:44,260 --> 00:00:46,260 Okay. 11 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:51,640 So what we're doing today, this is like the we call it a pre show, but we're still trying 12 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,500 to figure out a better name for it. 13 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:58,020 Because this in itself is going to be little segments of a podcast that we will post out. 14 00:00:58,020 --> 00:01:02,580 So I'm going to ask you a couple of questions and we will post them out to our audience 15 00:01:02,580 --> 00:01:08,300 on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all of it all the way across the pages. 16 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:11,900 And so do you have any questions for me? 17 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:19,220 No, no, I'm well any is cursing good or bad because sometimes they do curse accidentally. 18 00:01:19,220 --> 00:01:20,700 Yeah, that's fine. 19 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:21,700 To me, I curse all the time. 20 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:22,700 All right. 21 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:23,700 All right. 22 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:28,260 I always ask that respect for the show though and anything to avoid any topics you don't 23 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:29,420 like to talk about anything like that. 24 00:01:29,420 --> 00:01:31,460 I'm just prioritizing the computer real quick. 25 00:01:31,460 --> 00:01:33,820 We're all good. 26 00:01:33,820 --> 00:01:37,500 Question for you under my name, it says founder of magic production. 27 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:39,060 That's my company outside of this. 28 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:41,100 Do you want to have you so headline under there? 29 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,020 What do you want it to say? 30 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:48,780 Um, do you usually have something there? 31 00:01:48,780 --> 00:01:51,060 I'm good with just the name because that's kind of how, like you said, that's kind of 32 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:52,060 how people find me. 33 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:54,020 Um, I can just leave it like that. 34 00:01:54,020 --> 00:01:59,620 What I do it's so and I'll kind of answer that like being CEO of multiple companies, 35 00:01:59,620 --> 00:02:01,860 it's kind of hard to pick one one kid, you know? 36 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:03,580 Yeah, I got you. 37 00:02:03,580 --> 00:02:07,140 So in a minute, I'm going to ask you to tell me about your vision. 38 00:02:07,140 --> 00:02:09,980 And it's kind of a broad question, but that's how it's meant to me. 39 00:02:09,980 --> 00:02:11,460 I want you to take it with it. 40 00:02:11,460 --> 00:02:13,020 How do you see fit? 41 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:14,020 Cool. 42 00:02:14,020 --> 00:02:15,020 Yeah, absolutely. 43 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:17,060 How do you say your last name? 44 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:18,060 Ficara. 45 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:19,060 Ficara. 46 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:20,060 Okay, Mike Ficara. 47 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:23,140 Ficara Ficara for garden would tune doesn't matter. 48 00:02:23,140 --> 00:02:24,140 I'm not picky. 49 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:27,140 Okay, let's go. 50 00:02:27,140 --> 00:02:29,020 All right. 51 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:31,020 Here today with Mike Ficara. 52 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:33,740 Please Mike, tell me about your vision. 53 00:02:33,740 --> 00:02:39,460 Yeah, I mean, you know, I think my vision is is very unique. 54 00:02:39,460 --> 00:02:44,580 I think when a lot of people explain the vision, their vision business, it's very clear. 55 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:47,740 Mine is just to connect people, you know, and that's a big thing. 56 00:02:47,740 --> 00:02:52,500 I just love doing and and I learned that I want to say I learned that kind of the easy 57 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,920 and the hard way. 58 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,940 But I've learned when you connect people, whether there's an advantage to it or not 59 00:02:57,940 --> 00:03:00,540 in your business or what you're doing, and I'm sure we'll get a little bit into what 60 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:01,540 I do. 61 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:04,060 But my vision is connecting people because if you become that guy that's got a guy and 62 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:07,860 you become the guy that connects people, that's where you win. 63 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:12,140 And you win in just your character as a person and doing good in your community or for friends 64 00:03:12,140 --> 00:03:13,620 and family or in business. 65 00:03:13,620 --> 00:03:15,340 And then I think you also win in business as well. 66 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:17,340 So that's kind of my vision. 67 00:03:17,340 --> 00:03:19,020 Absolutely, man. 68 00:03:19,020 --> 00:03:20,900 So where did your where your vision come from? 69 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:23,660 Where did that originate? 70 00:03:23,660 --> 00:03:28,400 You know, I'm Italian and I think obviously being Italian, that's that's something the 71 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,860 I got a guy and it's a big thing in Italian culture. 72 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:35,140 And I think just even for movies and different things like that, you know, obviously there's 73 00:03:35,140 --> 00:03:37,420 a little bit of a mafia undertone with that, I think. 74 00:03:37,420 --> 00:03:41,340 But I've always kind of been somebody that's that's just been the connector. 75 00:03:41,340 --> 00:03:45,460 I mean, even in high school, the different jobs I had, whether it was working in a restaurant 76 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:49,020 or, you know, as a major deed, a restaurant like I was always able to hook people up with 77 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:51,780 stuff or connect people with the needs of whether it was a table or different things 78 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:52,780 like that. 79 00:03:52,780 --> 00:03:56,740 And even in college, too, it was always kind of like I roamed between these different groups, 80 00:03:56,740 --> 00:03:58,300 mostly because I know what I want to major in. 81 00:03:58,300 --> 00:04:01,180 I changed my major so many times. 82 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:03,020 It just kind of became a way of life. 83 00:04:03,020 --> 00:04:07,760 Like and my dad, you know, once again, a lot of things I say is a nod to my father. 84 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,500 My dad used to call it the kid network because he even used to say, like as I got older and 85 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:14,540 he's like, yeah, but you seem to know somebody that's always working in a restaurant or a 86 00:04:14,540 --> 00:04:15,540 store or somewhere. 87 00:04:15,540 --> 00:04:18,100 Do you know somebody that works here or there that can help us out? 88 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:21,900 And I always seem to know somebody who originally started as the kid network. 89 00:04:21,900 --> 00:04:24,780 But I think that vision of just connecting people is something I've always done since 90 00:04:24,780 --> 00:04:25,780 I was young. 91 00:04:25,780 --> 00:04:26,780 And this is something I've always believed. 92 00:04:26,780 --> 00:04:30,740 I never fit into like one group of friends or one group of people or one network group 93 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:31,740 or one industry. 94 00:04:31,740 --> 00:04:33,380 I've always been kind of very diverse. 95 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:35,140 So that's really where that vision comes from. 96 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:36,420 I gotcha. 97 00:04:36,420 --> 00:04:42,500 So let me ask you a more not personal but a little bit more in there about why like 98 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,700 what's your reason for jumping on this podcast? 99 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:48,820 Are you just jumping on a bunch of podcasts to be let people know about you or what do 100 00:04:48,820 --> 00:04:49,820 you think? 101 00:04:49,820 --> 00:04:50,820 Yeah. 102 00:04:50,820 --> 00:04:51,820 Podcasting. 103 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:52,820 Yeah. 104 00:04:52,820 --> 00:04:54,380 First of all, I appreciate you having me on the show and I appreciate you asking that 105 00:04:54,380 --> 00:05:00,140 question because I think it's it's something I believe everybody should be doing. 106 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:05,780 You know, I have multiple podcasts that I host and run and you're always looking for 107 00:05:05,780 --> 00:05:07,240 guests and looking for people beyond. 108 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,580 So I believe this is, you know, it's got to kind of eat your own dog food, if you will. 109 00:05:11,580 --> 00:05:12,660 So one reason is being that. 110 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:15,140 And yeah, I mean, this is this is the way we communicate nowadays. 111 00:05:15,140 --> 00:05:16,140 Right. 112 00:05:16,140 --> 00:05:17,140 I mean, it's it's funny. 113 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:18,660 I would just pick my kids up. 114 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:22,340 They're doing summer school and I'm driving back and outside the not the school they're 115 00:05:22,340 --> 00:05:24,340 going to but another school by our house. 116 00:05:24,340 --> 00:05:27,780 There's a bunch of news reporters out there and they're reporting on a story. 117 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:29,300 And I saw my other I said, I wonder what it is. 118 00:05:29,300 --> 00:05:31,860 I turned the news on and you go and I was like, oh, OK, they were talking about metal 119 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:32,860 detectors in the school. 120 00:05:32,860 --> 00:05:33,860 Right. 121 00:05:33,860 --> 00:05:34,860 Kind of irrelevant. 122 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:36,900 But the point is, is that this is how information gets out now, though. 123 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:38,180 It used to just be the news. 124 00:05:38,180 --> 00:05:39,180 Right. 125 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:41,500 Like, how did you get people to hear your story or hear who you are, know who you are? 126 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:44,220 Used to have to like either do something to get on the news, good or bad. 127 00:05:44,220 --> 00:05:45,220 Right. 128 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:46,220 That's how people knew who you are. 129 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:49,220 You had to take out an article or get an ad on a bus stop or something like this. 130 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:50,980 I mean, this is the way. 131 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:55,260 Number one, that we communicate and let people know who we are, I think, is by being on podcasts. 132 00:05:55,260 --> 00:05:57,140 The second thing is it's a great way to connect with people. 133 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:58,140 Right. 134 00:05:58,140 --> 00:05:59,140 You and I have never met. 135 00:05:59,140 --> 00:06:00,140 We've never known each other. 136 00:06:00,140 --> 00:06:02,540 But I can't tell you how many podcasts I've been on or I've had people that were guests 137 00:06:02,540 --> 00:06:03,540 on my podcast. 138 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:07,580 And just because we have that short 20, 30 minute conversation, you almost feel like 139 00:06:07,580 --> 00:06:10,580 friends when you meet each other in person or you stay in contact for a long time. 140 00:06:10,580 --> 00:06:12,780 So for me, it's one of the greatest forms of networking. 141 00:06:12,780 --> 00:06:16,020 Obviously, that was amplified during covid like everything else was. 142 00:06:16,020 --> 00:06:18,220 But I really believe it's just a great way to meet people. 143 00:06:18,220 --> 00:06:20,820 And, you know, going back to my vision of I got a guy, right. 144 00:06:20,820 --> 00:06:24,020 This is the way I've met people and know what they do and know who they are. 145 00:06:24,020 --> 00:06:27,060 And it's something I encourage all my clients to do, go be guests on podcasts. 146 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:29,340 So I got to kind of eat my own dog food as well. 147 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:30,340 Absolutely. 148 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:31,700 And I'm kind of of the same mindset. 149 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:35,260 I think podcasting is a great way to meet people and meet people that are kind of following 150 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:36,940 the same vision as yours. 151 00:06:36,940 --> 00:06:41,360 If you could find you create a podcast that kind of narrows down on what you're into, 152 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,420 the people that are also into that will flock to it. 153 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:44,420 Sure. 154 00:06:44,420 --> 00:06:47,860 So it's just an easy way to find people that are all matching the same identity or following 155 00:06:47,860 --> 00:06:49,340 the same vision as you. 156 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:50,340 Yep. 157 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:51,340 Absolutely. 158 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:57,180 For myself on my side of this, I started my company this January where I do video production, 159 00:06:57,180 --> 00:06:59,540 live streaming for events. 160 00:06:59,540 --> 00:07:01,480 And a part of that is also podcasting. 161 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,180 So I'm trying to get into more podcast producer seats. 162 00:07:05,180 --> 00:07:09,300 And so that's technically what I'm doing here with Vision Pros is I produce this pre-show 163 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:13,860 and then there's a live show that we'll do every so often that I'll see. 164 00:07:13,860 --> 00:07:17,540 I'm leaning towards putting you on that one next too, because that'll be on with Jackson. 165 00:07:17,540 --> 00:07:18,540 That'll be fun. 166 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:19,540 Awesome. 167 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:23,300 Our last two questions, it's kind of like an A and B part. 168 00:07:23,300 --> 00:07:24,300 Sure. 169 00:07:24,300 --> 00:07:27,820 And it's why do leaders hide from funding their vision? 170 00:07:27,820 --> 00:07:30,900 And then it's how do leaders lean into funding their vision? 171 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:32,980 Could you say the first one again? 172 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:34,740 Just because you broke up, I apologize on that. 173 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:40,060 How do leaders hide from funding their vision? 174 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:42,740 So I love answering a question with a question. 175 00:07:42,740 --> 00:07:46,140 Give me a little bit of insight on that, what you mean by funding their vision, right? 176 00:07:46,140 --> 00:07:48,540 Because funding could go a lot of different ways. 177 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:55,440 Financially, motivationally, what's your kind of take on that question from that angle? 178 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,540 So funny enough, we've worded it so that it is open to interpretation. 179 00:07:59,540 --> 00:08:04,980 I want you in your experience to tell me how do leaders hide from all types of funding? 180 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:09,300 If you see it as multiple or if you see it as one main, how do leaders hide? 181 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:10,300 Sure. 182 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:15,140 And I mean, look, vision for people I don't think is linear, right? 183 00:08:15,140 --> 00:08:16,260 I think we all have different visions. 184 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:20,180 We have visions for our family, we have visions for our jobs, we have visions for us personally, 185 00:08:20,180 --> 00:08:21,180 right? 186 00:08:21,180 --> 00:08:23,100 Like, no matter how you look at visions, right? 187 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,100 There's multiple areas. 188 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:26,940 I mean, you probably some people may have 10, 20, 30, 40 different visions, right? 189 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:27,940 Look at Elon Musk, right? 190 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:29,900 He's got his vision is just one thing. 191 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:34,220 It's SpaceX, it's Tesla, it's all these different things. 192 00:08:34,220 --> 00:08:38,980 I think the number one reason we hide from our, and I wouldn't say hide as much as don't 193 00:08:38,980 --> 00:08:42,020 pay attention to is probably a better word is because we're spread thin, right? 194 00:08:42,020 --> 00:08:43,020 We're spread thin. 195 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:44,020 Everyone's spread thin. 196 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:46,180 I don't, I never want one person to be like, yeah, I got you figured out. 197 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:47,180 Everything's balanced. 198 00:08:47,180 --> 00:08:48,180 You know, I'm good. 199 00:08:48,180 --> 00:08:50,680 I've never met one person who said that. 200 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,080 So yeah, it just doesn't exist. 201 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:57,180 So I think the idea is I don't think as much we hide from it as we, we struggle to prioritize 202 00:08:57,180 --> 00:08:58,180 that, which is important, right? 203 00:08:58,180 --> 00:09:02,900 And I think depending what phase of life you're in, you know, sometimes it's easier to focus 204 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:05,620 on your business, right? 205 00:09:05,620 --> 00:09:09,140 You know, I even saw someone post, I think it was my sister posted, you know, I see more 206 00:09:09,140 --> 00:09:12,040 people who are happy slowing down and speeding up right now, right? 207 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,560 But we're also in our forties, which makes sense, right? 208 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,140 Because we're starting to see, you know, somewhat of our mortality, not that we're going to 209 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:21,140 die at 40, but you're, you know, you know, when you're in your twenties, you could double 210 00:09:21,140 --> 00:09:23,560 your age and you got a lot of life ahead of you when you're in your forties and you double 211 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:24,560 your age. 212 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:26,740 It's like eighties, man, that sounds old, you know? 213 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:31,460 So I think it's the idea of the phases of life you're in, the prioritization, the different 214 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:32,460 things going on. 215 00:09:32,460 --> 00:09:37,980 I think as much as there's multiple visions, there's multiple reasons why leaders or anybody. 216 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:40,260 And I think everybody's a leader in their own capacity, right? 217 00:09:40,260 --> 00:09:43,700 Like, I mean, I think no matter who you are, you're number one, you're the leader yourself, 218 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:44,700 right? 219 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:48,140 You lead your life, who you are, what you look like, how much you weigh, what you eat, 220 00:09:48,140 --> 00:09:50,820 you know, who you interact with, what your financial status is. 221 00:09:50,820 --> 00:09:54,700 You know, if you're, if you're a parent, you're a leader of your, your family, you know, if 222 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,660 you're a mother or a father, you're a leader of your family and who you are. 223 00:09:57,660 --> 00:09:59,980 If you're a CEO, you're a leader of your business. 224 00:09:59,980 --> 00:10:00,980 But we all lead in certain ways. 225 00:10:00,980 --> 00:10:03,000 We're all called to lead in certain ways at different times. 226 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,460 So I think it's, it's a prioritization really. 227 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:09,420 And I, you know, like you said, you guys asked me, there's a broad question, has a broad 228 00:10:09,420 --> 00:10:10,420 answer. 229 00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:11,780 It could be a multitude of things. 230 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:12,900 I don't think there's any one answer. 231 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:17,140 I think internally though, when it comes down to it, you had to ask yourself why. 232 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:18,140 And it's a struggle. 233 00:10:18,140 --> 00:10:22,420 I think the older I've gotten, I realized I wasn't, I always struggled with, because 234 00:10:22,420 --> 00:10:23,420 I was never a good student in school. 235 00:10:23,420 --> 00:10:26,660 I always struggled with, I'm not working hard enough and I'm not doing a good job. 236 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:30,100 As I've gotten older, I realized, wait a second, I'm just not prioritizing well. 237 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:32,940 And I'm taking on things maybe I shouldn't be doing, and I should be saying no more than 238 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:33,940 yes. 239 00:10:33,940 --> 00:10:37,960 And that's been, been, you know, like I said, hiding wouldn't be the right word or just 240 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,580 not really paying attention. 241 00:10:40,580 --> 00:10:41,700 You know, it's like your house, right? 242 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:44,220 You never realize how messy it is till you're having company over. 243 00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:45,220 Absolutely. 244 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:46,220 Yeah. 245 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:47,780 I know exactly what you mean. 246 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:52,780 And so you kind of already answered part B, which is how do leaders lean into funding 247 00:10:52,780 --> 00:10:53,780 their vision. 248 00:10:53,780 --> 00:10:56,220 It's just a matter of prioritizing is what you said. 249 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:57,500 You want to go further into that? 250 00:10:57,500 --> 00:10:58,500 Yeah. 251 00:10:58,500 --> 00:10:59,500 Yeah. 252 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:03,020 I mean, I think it's just, it's a matter of sometimes it's, it's hour by hour, right? 253 00:11:03,020 --> 00:11:04,800 I think it's, it's micro and macro. 254 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,980 It's looking at, there were a lot of great CEOs who are great examples of this, you know, 255 00:11:08,980 --> 00:11:10,980 it's like, Hey, look, like, no, this is what I'm doing today. 256 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:13,260 Like, do I have a ton of work and ton of responsibilities? 257 00:11:13,260 --> 00:11:14,260 Yes. 258 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,740 But today my kids are off from school, so I'm going to spend time with my family, you 259 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:18,060 know? 260 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:22,940 So I think you lean into it by, by prioritizing and sometimes it's prioritizing on a, on a 261 00:11:22,940 --> 00:11:24,760 micro and a macro scale, right? 262 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:25,760 It's hour by hour. 263 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,100 And sometimes it's been a minute, like this is summer, my whole family's home, you know, 264 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:32,500 normally they're at work and school and nobody's home now everyone's home. 265 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:35,300 So I prioritize my day a little bit differently knowing that, right? 266 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:39,980 Cause like it's hard working from home, even knowing that, you know, my office is in our 267 00:11:39,980 --> 00:11:40,980 garage actually. 268 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:43,640 Um, but it's, you know, still people come out their home. 269 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,740 If I go in to get a cup of coffee now, it's not, it's not one minute, it's five minutes, 270 00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:50,020 you know, if I go in to get a glass of water, you know, like the distractions are more, 271 00:11:50,020 --> 00:11:51,220 I prioritize things differently. 272 00:11:51,220 --> 00:11:52,220 Do I get mad? 273 00:11:52,220 --> 00:11:53,220 Do I get frustrated? 274 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:54,220 Do I get angry? 275 00:11:54,220 --> 00:11:55,420 No, I just, okay, this is different. 276 00:11:55,420 --> 00:11:56,420 This is a different way. 277 00:11:56,420 --> 00:12:00,860 So I think as leaders, we have to learn how to prioritize sometimes minute by minute and 278 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:05,100 not feel the guilt of I should be here and I'm there, or I should be there and I'm here. 279 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:08,500 The most successful CEOs I know are not panic stricken. 280 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,820 The people I know making the most money are not anxious. 281 00:12:10,820 --> 00:12:11,820 They're not panic stricken. 282 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:12,820 They're not worried. 283 00:12:12,820 --> 00:12:15,460 They don't, they don't freak out every time there's a small problem. 284 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:17,260 They're, they're, they're balanced. 285 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:21,420 They're balanced in their emotion and they're, I wouldn't say they're balanced in that prioritization, 286 00:12:21,420 --> 00:12:24,820 but they're okay knowing that, okay, today, this is a business day and I'm neglecting 287 00:12:24,820 --> 00:12:27,580 my family and this is a family day and I'm neglecting my business. 288 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:28,580 They're okay with that. 289 00:12:28,580 --> 00:12:32,780 Um, and the best CEOs I know are able to kind of find that balance and know where that is. 290 00:12:32,780 --> 00:12:33,780 Yeah. 291 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:35,420 Bouncing between those two is massive. 292 00:12:35,420 --> 00:12:39,500 Finding a work life balance when you're working at home or working from home is difficult 293 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:40,500 for a lot of people. 294 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:41,500 Absolutely. 295 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:42,500 Yeah. 296 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:43,500 Yeah. 297 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,180 And you almost got to not call it work life balance, you know, because there is no such 298 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:46,180 thing, right? 299 00:12:46,180 --> 00:12:49,060 Like, and, and like I said, it's those two things, I think work life balance and making 300 00:12:49,060 --> 00:12:52,620 money, like, like you ask anybody, you go, I've seen people pull up in a Ferrari and 301 00:12:52,620 --> 00:12:55,260 they're still not happy with how much money they're making, you know, like, oh, well I 302 00:12:55,260 --> 00:12:58,340 did this, but I really should have got paid this to do this there or do this there. 303 00:12:58,340 --> 00:13:00,660 You know, like there's no such thing as this. 304 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:01,660 There's no, there's no perfect. 305 00:13:01,660 --> 00:13:02,660 There's no normal. 306 00:13:02,660 --> 00:13:03,660 There's no balance. 307 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:07,900 It's like, we have to learn more, I think, to live in the moments than we do in the, 308 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,200 and I wrote about this in my book, like socks on a rooster. 309 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,780 We have to avoid the cliches because the cliches are really, it's just a cliche saying that 310 00:13:13,780 --> 00:13:18,380 are holding us back more than the prioritization of what we should be doing. 311 00:13:18,380 --> 00:13:21,100 Absolutely, man. 312 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:24,620 I know in my personal life, there are some people that I want to get you connected to. 313 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:25,900 You're trying to be a people connector. 314 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:29,820 I'm like, I know people that like networking is their thing. 315 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:33,060 And I'm like, I want Mike to know Donnie and I want Mike to know Keith. 316 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:35,180 And I'm like, these are people that I want to connect you with. 317 00:13:35,180 --> 00:13:36,660 I'm like, this is going to be so cool. 318 00:13:36,660 --> 00:13:38,860 I'm excited to get in touch with people, man. 319 00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:40,060 I appreciate that. 320 00:13:40,060 --> 00:13:41,060 I appreciate that. 321 00:13:41,060 --> 00:13:42,060 Yeah. 322 00:13:42,060 --> 00:13:43,060 Felix mutuals, you're talking about what you do. 323 00:13:43,060 --> 00:13:44,060 I'm going to connect with a couple of people. 324 00:13:44,060 --> 00:13:49,540 So yeah, here, let me share my screen with you because I'm going to push you on towards 325 00:13:49,540 --> 00:13:51,340 the bigger stage, the live stage. 326 00:13:51,340 --> 00:13:55,180 I was looking at your website. 327 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:56,180 Here we go. 328 00:13:56,180 --> 00:14:04,100 The CRM first things first approved, vision of pros live approved. 329 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:07,720 So it should be sending you an email with a link in it that just like how you signed 330 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,060 up for today, we're signing up for the, uh, the live podcast, which I think right now 331 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:14,140 we're signing up for September. 332 00:14:14,140 --> 00:14:15,140 Okay. 333 00:14:15,140 --> 00:14:16,140 Good. 334 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:17,620 So there's a runaway on that. 335 00:14:17,620 --> 00:14:22,820 Yeah, no, it's a two, two months out, maybe three months out now at this point, but we're 336 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:25,460 getting busy, which is great. 337 00:14:25,460 --> 00:14:28,060 Are you interested in being on more podcasts? 338 00:14:28,060 --> 00:14:30,780 Um, yeah. 339 00:14:30,780 --> 00:14:34,420 I mean, you know, I'm always looking to do to speak and be under impact. 340 00:14:34,420 --> 00:14:36,180 You know, I do a lot of speaking as well. 341 00:14:36,180 --> 00:14:37,180 Right. 342 00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:38,180 I know you said it earlier. 343 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:39,180 Yeah. 344 00:14:39,180 --> 00:14:40,180 Yeah. 345 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:41,180 Yeah. 346 00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:42,180 I mean, I enjoy being on the podcast. 347 00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:43,180 I do. 348 00:14:43,180 --> 00:14:44,540 I do a lot of speaking events and different stuff like that. 349 00:14:44,540 --> 00:14:45,540 Yeah. 350 00:14:45,540 --> 00:14:49,540 I love, I love taking the opportunity to be on other people's podcasts, vision pros VIP 351 00:14:49,540 --> 00:14:50,540 email. 352 00:14:50,540 --> 00:14:55,700 So I'll show you just a rough outline of what that one looks like that I'll send you. 353 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:59,900 We work with, uh, a bunch of other podcasts that we're close with, and I'm just sending 354 00:14:59,900 --> 00:15:02,980 you a link to all of those guys that we know. 355 00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:07,260 And uh, I know they'll kind of send out whenever they're looking for people to jump on. 356 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,820 And uh, I know sometimes that gets a little spammy. 357 00:15:09,820 --> 00:15:12,140 So if you feel like you need to unsubscribe from it, go ahead. 358 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:13,140 Like, okay. 359 00:15:13,140 --> 00:15:16,100 You're not going to know your face is on there too. 360 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:17,100 So you do. 361 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:18,100 Yeah. 362 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:19,100 Yeah. 363 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:20,100 Yeah. 364 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:24,380 I think, uh, yeah, the high demand coach, I think I've been on that one pretty sure 365 00:15:24,380 --> 00:15:26,180 I've been on Dave Morrow too. 366 00:15:26,180 --> 00:15:28,100 Oh, Dave's great. 367 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:29,100 Yeah. 368 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,260 I feel like he's been on minor. 369 00:15:30,260 --> 00:15:31,700 I've been on his one of the two. 370 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,500 So okay. 371 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:38,820 And then last thing I have for you, I know you said, uh, LinkedIn and Instagram are your 372 00:15:38,820 --> 00:15:39,820 main ones. 373 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:42,980 Are you trying to grow on any other platform or those just the ones you're happy with? 374 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:43,980 Not really. 375 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:44,980 Yeah. 376 00:15:44,980 --> 00:15:45,980 Yeah. 377 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:47,540 I'm good on where I'm at with those. 378 00:15:47,540 --> 00:15:52,700 I know I have a Facebook ads thing that sometimes I'll send to people if they were interested, 379 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,260 but if you're not interested in growing on that one, then there's no point in sending 380 00:15:55,260 --> 00:15:56,260 it to you. 381 00:15:56,260 --> 00:15:57,260 Yeah, no, no. 382 00:15:57,260 --> 00:16:02,260 I live in that world way too much to flush money. 383 00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:03,620 Yeah, man. 384 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:08,220 Um, it's like, unless you're spending a grand a day, it's not worth it. 385 00:16:08,220 --> 00:16:09,340 You know, right. 386 00:16:09,340 --> 00:16:11,380 I know what you mean. 387 00:16:11,380 --> 00:16:16,340 Honestly, I'm more of a, for, for this company, at least I'm more of the front desk guy. 388 00:16:16,340 --> 00:16:19,760 Whenever it comes to getting in the weeds of all the CRM and in the weeds of helping 389 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,700 grow a business somewhere else or on another platform, I take a step back and I let the 390 00:16:23,700 --> 00:16:24,700 rest of the team handle it. 391 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:25,700 I just do the, yeah, yeah, yeah. 392 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:26,700 No, I hear you. 393 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:27,700 I hear you. 394 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:28,700 Yeah. 395 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:29,700 Yeah. 396 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:31,640 I've got a couple of e-commerce businesses I work with and consult for and we do, uh, 397 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:32,980 we do a lot with Facebook ads. 398 00:16:32,980 --> 00:16:33,980 Yeah. 399 00:16:33,980 --> 00:16:36,640 So I just, I know it's a science and I don't, I don't, I personally don't have the energy 400 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,140 to dedicate towards a lot of what I do. 401 00:16:38,140 --> 00:16:40,140 I do is referral based. 402 00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:42,300 So I'm very, that's why I'm, I'm consistent. 403 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:47,100 I've been consistent and organic is, is for me and what I do is, is kind of my strategy, 404 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:49,900 you know, that's what's going to work for me strategy wise. 405 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:50,900 Yeah, man. 406 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:53,460 Well, I'm going to send you those links. 407 00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:56,700 They should be coming to you pretty soon if you haven't gotten them already, but that's 408 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:57,700 all I got. 409 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,300 You have any more questions for me before we go? 410 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:00,300 No, man. 411 00:17:00,300 --> 00:17:01,300 I appreciate it, Peyton. 412 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:02,300 And then, um, yeah. 413 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:03,900 So what would you guys do? 414 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:05,500 You're doing live events and stuff like that, huh? 415 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:08,060 Is that your, like you're doing media for it or? 416 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:09,060 Yeah. 417 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:10,660 My company is all live streaming. 418 00:17:10,660 --> 00:17:15,020 So I set up the cameras and I live stream it out to whether it be client zoom or Facebook, 419 00:17:15,020 --> 00:17:17,740 LinkedIn, YouTube, whatever it is they want to use. 420 00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:19,700 And I just do multi cam. 421 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:23,660 So I set up three cameras at once and then I switched between them live. 422 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:25,500 Were you, were you based that again? 423 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:31,580 I'm based out of Fort Worth, Texas, but I live full time in an RV so I can travel. 424 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:32,580 Good stuff. 425 00:17:32,580 --> 00:17:35,220 So I got good friends of mine, Natalia and Caleb. 426 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,900 Um, they do, they do a lot of live. 427 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:43,940 But that's basically what their company does is, uh, they do live events, but they handle 428 00:17:43,940 --> 00:17:46,220 a lot, you know, the sales, the sales aspect of it. 429 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,660 They set it up, market it, sell it, all that stuff. 430 00:17:49,660 --> 00:17:53,900 Um, they've done, you know, they do coach bird, they do Tim story. 431 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:55,160 They do a lot of those people. 432 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,700 So I know, and I think as they travel, they look for different people in various areas. 433 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,220 So I'd love to connect you with them. 434 00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:04,420 Um, I'll connect you guys via email. 435 00:18:04,420 --> 00:18:07,700 Um, so this way, you know, they're looking, you know, couldn't hurt to just have a chat. 436 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:08,700 You guys are definitely in the same space. 437 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:10,100 So I think that makes sense. 438 00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:11,100 You know? 439 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:12,300 Yeah, that helps out a lot, man. 440 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:13,300 I appreciate it. 441 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:14,300 Yeah. 442 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:15,300 Yeah. 443 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:16,300 No, my pleasure. 444 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:17,300 My pleasure. 445 00:18:17,300 --> 00:18:20,940 And like I said, the fact that your mobile is even, uh, even better, you know, so cool 446 00:18:20,940 --> 00:18:21,940 man, good stuff. 447 00:18:21,940 --> 00:18:22,940 Good stuff, brother. 448 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:28,100 And then on the same train, I'm going to introduce you to Keith. 449 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:34,100 Let me find you. 450 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:43,500 Uh, I'll do the introduction over LinkedIn. 451 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,500 Does that work for you? 452 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:45,500 Yeah, that's perfect. 453 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:46,500 That'd be great. 454 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:49,740 When what does Keith do? 455 00:18:49,740 --> 00:18:53,620 Uh, Keith right now, he is kind of like a two part. 456 00:18:53,620 --> 00:18:55,860 He does a success champions networking. 457 00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:56,860 Okay. 458 00:18:56,860 --> 00:19:03,000 If you heard of them, they're, uh, I think they're trying to turn into global, but right 459 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,620 now they're all across North America and they're just a bunch of virtual networking groups 460 00:19:06,620 --> 00:19:08,260 with people in the local areas. 461 00:19:08,260 --> 00:19:13,780 So here in Fort Worth, we have seven chapters and they're just a bunch of people and we'll 462 00:19:13,780 --> 00:19:19,140 be like, if we have a CPA that works with lawyers, then we don't want to bring in another 463 00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:20,500 CPA that works with lawyers. 464 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:21,860 We'll kind of push another one. 465 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,900 If they're interested to another chapter that doesn't have one, try to keep everybody local, 466 00:19:25,900 --> 00:19:31,700 but we've got chapters now in, um, Canada, we've got chapters in California, Florida. 467 00:19:31,700 --> 00:19:33,540 We've got everywhere now. 468 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:35,260 So almost like a BNI type situation. 469 00:19:35,260 --> 00:19:36,260 Yeah. 470 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:37,260 Like BNI, but we're a lot smaller. 471 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:38,260 Yeah. 472 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,260 Yeah. 473 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:40,260 Which makes sense. 474 00:19:40,260 --> 00:19:41,260 Honestly, I like it. 475 00:19:41,260 --> 00:19:42,260 Cool. 476 00:19:42,260 --> 00:19:43,260 Cool stuff, man. 477 00:19:43,260 --> 00:19:44,260 I appreciate that. 478 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:45,260 Yeah. 479 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:46,660 And then who knows? 480 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:50,260 Maybe I'll see you in there because on the side I helped them out a little bit, but most 481 00:19:50,260 --> 00:19:53,300 of them are trying to grow business. 482 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:54,300 That's awesome, man. 483 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:55,300 Well, I appreciate it, man. 484 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:56,300 Yeah. 485 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:58,260 Does anyone else I can introduce you to or, uh, you see anyone in my network? 486 00:19:58,260 --> 00:19:59,620 I'm always having to make that connection. 487 00:19:59,620 --> 00:20:00,620 Like I said, so just let me know. 488 00:20:00,620 --> 00:20:01,620 All right. 489 00:20:01,620 --> 00:20:02,620 I appreciate it. 490 00:20:02,620 --> 00:20:03,620 We'll be in touch for sure, Mike. 491 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:04,620 All right. 492 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:05,620 Appreciate it, man. 493 00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:06,620 Talk soon. 494 00:20:06,620 --> 00:20:07,620 All right. 495 00:20:07,620 --> 00:20:08,620 Bye. 496 00:20:08,620 --> 00:20:09,620 Bye. 497 00:20:09,620 --> 00:20:31,620 Perfect.