Tell me about your vision.
Yeah, I mean, you know, I think my vision is very unique.
I think when a lot of people explain the vision
in their business, it's very clear.
Mine is just to connect people, you know?
And that's a big thing I just love doing.
And I learned that, I wanna say I learned that kind
of the easy end, the hard way.
But I've learned when you connect people,
whether there's an advantage to it or not in your business
or what you're doing, and I'm sure we'll get a little bit
into what I do, but my vision is connecting people.
Because if you become that guy that's got a guy
and you become the guy that connects people,
that's where you win.
And you win in just your character as a person
and doing good in your community
or for friends and family or in business.
And then I think you also win in business as well.
So that's kind of my vision.
Absolutely, man.
So where did your vision come from?
Where did that originate?
You know, I'm Italian and I think obviously being Italian,
that's something, the I got a guy
and it's a big thing in Italian culture.
And I think just even for movies
and different things like that,
obviously there's a little bit of a mafia undertone
with that, I think.
But I've always kind of been somebody
that's just been the connector.
I mean, even in high school, the different jobs I had,
whether it was working in a restaurant
or it was a major deed at a restaurant,
I was always able to hook people up with stuff
or connect people with the needs of whether it was a table
or different things like that.
And even in college too, it was always kind of like,
I roamed between these different groups,
mostly because I didn't know what I wanted to major in.
I changed my major so many times.
It just kind of became a way of life.
Like, and my dad, you know, once again,
a lot of things I say is a nod to my father.
My dad used to call it the kid network
because he even used to say like, as I got older
and he's like, yeah, but you seem to know somebody
that's always working in a restaurant or a store
or somewhere, do you know somebody that works here or there
that could help us out?
And I always seem to know somebody
who originally started as the kid network.
But I think that vision of just connecting people
is something I've always done since I was young.
And this is something I've always believed.
I never fit into like one group of friends
or one group of people or one networking group
or one industry.
I've always been kind of very diverse.
So that's really where that vision comes from.
I gotcha.
So let me ask you a more, not personal,
but a little bit more in there about why,
like what's your reason for jumping on this podcast?
Are you just jumping on a bunch of podcasts
to be, let people know about you?
Or what do you think your role is in podcasting?
Yeah, first of all, I appreciate you having me on the show
and I appreciate you asking that question
because I think it's something I believe
everybody should be doing.
I have multiple podcasts that I host and run
and we're always looking for guests
and looking for people to be on.
So I believe this is, you gotta kind of eat
your own dog food, if you will.
So one reason has been that.
And yeah, I mean, this is the way
we communicate nowadays, right?
I mean, it's funny, I would just pick my kids up.
They're doing summer school and I'm driving back
and outside the, not the school they're going to,
but another school by our house,
there was a bunch of news reporters out there
and they're reporting on a story and I saw them out there.
I said, I wonder what it is.
I turned the news on and you go and I was like,
oh, okay, they were talking about metal detectors
in the school, right?
Kind of irrelevant.
But the point is, is that this is how information
gets out now though.
It used to just be the news, right?
Like, how did you get people to hear your story
or hear who you are or know who you are?
Used to have to like either do something
to get on the news, good or bad, right?
That's how people knew who you are.
You had to take out an article
or get an ad on a bus stop or something like this.
I mean, this is the way, number one,
that we communicate and let people know who we are,
I think is by being on podcasts.
The second thing is, it's a great way
to connect with people, right?
You and I have never met, we've never known each other,
but I can't tell you how many podcasts I've been on
or I've had people that were guests on my podcast.
And just because we have that short 20,
30 minute conversation, you almost feel like friends
when you meet each other in person
or you stay in contact for a long time.
So for me, it's one of the greatest forms of networking.
Obviously that was amplified during COVID,
like everything else was, but I really believe
it's just a great way to meet people
and going back to my vision of I got a guy, right?
This is the way I've met people and know what they do
and know who they are.
And it's something I encourage all my clients to do,
go be guests on podcasts.
So I got to kind of eat my own dog food as well.
Absolutely.
And I'm kind of of the same mindset.
I think podcasting is a great way to meet people
and meet people that are kind of following
the same vision as yours.
If you could find, you create a podcast
that kind of narrows down on what you're into,
the people that are also into that will flock to it.
And so it's just an easy way to find people
that are all matching the same identity
or following the same vision as you.
Yep, no, absolutely.
Thank you for being here today.
I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.
I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions
as these episodes continue to move forward.
This is gonna get more and more fun.
We'll have more and more engagement as well.
We'll invite people to participate in the show
and thank you for giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision
and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.