1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,880 Tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:08,600 Yeah, I mean, you know, I think my vision is very unique. 3 00:00:09,860 --> 00:00:11,220 I think when a lot of people explain the vision 4 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:12,980 in their business, it's very clear. 5 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:15,460 Mine is just to connect people, you know? 6 00:00:15,460 --> 00:00:17,560 And that's a big thing I just love doing. 7 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:20,740 And I learned that, I wanna say I learned that kind 8 00:00:20,740 --> 00:00:22,240 of the easy end, the hard way. 9 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:24,920 But I've learned when you connect people, 10 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,280 whether there's an advantage to it or not in your business 11 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,960 or what you're doing, and I'm sure we'll get a little bit 12 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,000 into what I do, but my vision is connecting people. 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Because if you become that guy that's got a guy 14 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,120 and you become the guy that connects people, 15 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,120 that's where you win. 16 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,480 And you win in just your character as a person 17 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:39,840 and doing good in your community 18 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,160 or for friends and family or in business. 19 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:43,960 And then I think you also win in business as well. 20 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,080 So that's kind of my vision. 21 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,560 Absolutely, man. 22 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,640 So where did your vision come from? 23 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:50,840 Where did that originate? 24 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,560 You know, I'm Italian and I think obviously being Italian, 25 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,000 that's something, the I got a guy 26 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,040 and it's a big thing in Italian culture. 27 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,800 And I think just even for movies 28 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,320 and different things like that, 29 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,240 obviously there's a little bit of a mafia undertone 30 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,080 with that, I think. 31 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,800 But I've always kind of been somebody 32 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:09,960 that's just been the connector. 33 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:12,940 I mean, even in high school, the different jobs I had, 34 00:01:12,940 --> 00:01:14,160 whether it was working in a restaurant 35 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,560 or it was a major deed at a restaurant, 36 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:17,960 I was always able to hook people up with stuff 37 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,960 or connect people with the needs of whether it was a table 38 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,320 or different things like that. 39 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:23,320 And even in college too, it was always kind of like, 40 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:25,200 I roamed between these different groups, 41 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,960 mostly because I didn't know what I wanted to major in. 42 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:28,560 I changed my major so many times. 43 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,520 It just kind of became a way of life. 44 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,480 Like, and my dad, you know, once again, 45 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,280 a lot of things I say is a nod to my father. 46 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,800 My dad used to call it the kid network 47 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,000 because he even used to say like, as I got older 48 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,240 and he's like, yeah, but you seem to know somebody 49 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,720 that's always working in a restaurant or a store 50 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,960 or somewhere, do you know somebody that works here or there 51 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:46,780 that could help us out? 52 00:01:46,780 --> 00:01:47,920 And I always seem to know somebody 53 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,400 who originally started as the kid network. 54 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,400 But I think that vision of just connecting people 55 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,960 is something I've always done since I was young. 56 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,440 And this is something I've always believed. 57 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,560 I never fit into like one group of friends 58 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:59,440 or one group of people or one networking group 59 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:00,280 or one industry. 60 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,900 I've always been kind of very diverse. 61 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,080 So that's really where that vision comes from. 62 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:04,920 I gotcha. 63 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,840 So let me ask you a more, not personal, 64 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,960 but a little bit more in there about why, 65 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,600 like what's your reason for jumping on this podcast? 66 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,120 Are you just jumping on a bunch of podcasts 67 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:16,840 to be, let people know about you? 68 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:19,880 Or what do you think your role is in podcasting? 69 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,120 Yeah, first of all, I appreciate you having me on the show 70 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:23,480 and I appreciate you asking that question 71 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,220 because I think it's something I believe 72 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:27,480 everybody should be doing. 73 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:32,280 I have multiple podcasts that I host and run 74 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,760 and we're always looking for guests 75 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:35,800 and looking for people to be on. 76 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,260 So I believe this is, you gotta kind of eat 77 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:40,140 your own dog food, if you will. 78 00:02:40,140 --> 00:02:41,280 So one reason has been that. 79 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:42,720 And yeah, I mean, this is the way 80 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,040 we communicate nowadays, right? 81 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,220 I mean, it's funny, I would just pick my kids up. 82 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:48,880 They're doing summer school and I'm driving back 83 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,320 and outside the, not the school they're going to, 84 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:52,820 but another school by our house, 85 00:02:52,820 --> 00:02:54,720 there was a bunch of news reporters out there 86 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,160 and they're reporting on a story and I saw them out there. 87 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,000 I said, I wonder what it is. 88 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,440 I turned the news on and you go and I was like, 89 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,920 oh, okay, they were talking about metal detectors 90 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:01,760 in the school, right? 91 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:02,580 Kind of irrelevant. 92 00:03:02,580 --> 00:03:04,760 But the point is, is that this is how information 93 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,600 gets out now though. 94 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,040 It used to just be the news, right? 95 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,480 Like, how did you get people to hear your story 96 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,160 or hear who you are or know who you are? 97 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:11,680 Used to have to like either do something 98 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,800 to get on the news, good or bad, right? 99 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:14,800 That's how people knew who you are. 100 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:15,780 You had to take out an article 101 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:17,880 or get an ad on a bus stop or something like this. 102 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,640 I mean, this is the way, number one, 103 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:23,000 that we communicate and let people know who we are, 104 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:23,840 I think is by being on podcasts. 105 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,160 The second thing is, it's a great way 106 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:26,000 to connect with people, right? 107 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,960 You and I have never met, we've never known each other, 108 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,200 but I can't tell you how many podcasts I've been on 109 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:31,840 or I've had people that were guests on my podcast. 110 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:33,680 And just because we have that short 20, 111 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,640 30 minute conversation, you almost feel like friends 112 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:37,620 when you meet each other in person 113 00:03:37,620 --> 00:03:39,120 or you stay in contact for a long time. 114 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,400 So for me, it's one of the greatest forms of networking. 115 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,680 Obviously that was amplified during COVID, 116 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,520 like everything else was, but I really believe 117 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:46,760 it's just a great way to meet people 118 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,360 and going back to my vision of I got a guy, right? 119 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,800 This is the way I've met people and know what they do 120 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:52,640 and know who they are. 121 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,520 And it's something I encourage all my clients to do, 122 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:55,680 go be guests on podcasts. 123 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,040 So I got to kind of eat my own dog food as well. 124 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:58,880 Absolutely. 125 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,360 And I'm kind of of the same mindset. 126 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,400 I think podcasting is a great way to meet people 127 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,960 and meet people that are kind of following 128 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,440 the same vision as yours. 129 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,000 If you could find, you create a podcast 130 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,940 that kind of narrows down on what you're into, 131 00:04:09,940 --> 00:04:12,320 the people that are also into that will flock to it. 132 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,320 And so it's just an easy way to find people 133 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,920 that are all matching the same identity 134 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,040 or following the same vision as you. 135 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,480 Yep, no, absolutely. 136 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,840 Thank you for being here today. 137 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:23,320 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 138 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,960 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 139 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,240 as these episodes continue to move forward. 140 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,960 This is gonna get more and more fun. 141 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,760 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 142 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,880 We'll invite people to participate in the show 143 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,240 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 144 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,960 Have an excellent time building out your vision 145 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:48,960 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.