1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Colt, tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,800 Yeah, so I have a vision for the world 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:09,480 where leaders have all the tools in their toolbox 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,920 that they know how, right back here, 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,080 how to build a vibrant culture. 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,600 And so I have been working at helping people for 20 years 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,240 to understand that no business can survive 8 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:25,600 without a great team and with people who are not lit, 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,320 the LIT, lit from within. 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,080 And so what I know about running a company 11 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,700 is that if you have people who are excited, 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:34,540 love what they do, 13 00:00:34,540 --> 00:00:37,160 have a beautiful relationship with their leader, 14 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:38,800 they're gonna work really hard, 15 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:39,920 they're gonna light it up, 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,560 you're gonna have great production and productivity, 17 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,840 make a lot of money. 18 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,840 And so I wanna help leaders figure that out, 19 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:47,180 how to be good leaders. 20 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,160 Can you tell me more about that? 21 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:51,240 Yeah, of course. 22 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:56,000 So the idea of leaders getting people lit from within 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,400 is the first thing they need to do 24 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,960 is they need to lead with intention. 25 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:03,120 And what I mean by that is they need to know 26 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:03,960 where they're going. 27 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,280 Like, where are we taking this company? 28 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,160 What is the vision? 29 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,040 So back to tell me about your vision. 30 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,080 All leaders need a vision. 31 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,880 So they need to have a story put together in their mind 32 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,160 that is about the future. 33 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,480 So don't miss this, everybody. 34 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,600 It has to be made up in their imagination. 35 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,440 And I think this is a lot of reasons 36 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,280 why sometimes leaders don't have a vision 37 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:26,120 of where they're going 38 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,040 because you have to make it up. 39 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:32,000 And so it seems unsafe or it seems reckless or something 40 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,880 to dream of something bigger and better 41 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,720 and throw it out there for the world. 42 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,640 But that's exactly what leaders need to do. 43 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,000 So I don't know about you, 44 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,680 but I wanna work for a company. 45 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,360 I wanna work for a leader who says, 46 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:43,400 this is where we're going. 47 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,040 This is how we're gonna get here. 48 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,160 Here are our amazing products and services. 49 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:48,560 Here's how they work in the world. 50 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,520 And here's why people should buy them. 51 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,060 And it edifies the whole thing. 52 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:53,680 So we need to lead with intention 53 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,640 and have a written down vision for the future 54 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,440 that people can understand. 55 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,200 And then number two, integrate with integrity. 56 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,920 So if I cast a vision for a company out in the future, 57 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,840 I've got to have the dots connected 58 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,440 to every single human that works inside my company. 59 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,720 So if I say, this is where we're going, 60 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,320 we're gonna have 10 million or 100 million 61 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,240 or one bazillion dollars in revenue, 62 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,440 here's what your role in it is. 63 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,040 A, you're in customer service. 64 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,960 You're to give incredible customer service. 65 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,960 Here's our formula for giving customer service. 66 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,400 Here's our rules, our process, our procedure. 67 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:32,720 This is how you do it. 68 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,640 And then I have everything I need. 69 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,080 I'm in alignment. 70 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,360 I'm in full integrity and I can execute on my job. 71 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,240 And then I can bring that vision to manifest. 72 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,880 So I think that's really important. 73 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,840 So first thing is the leader has to have a vision. 74 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:49,660 All right. 75 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:52,360 The second thing is we have to integrate integrity. 76 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,160 I got to bring myself fully to my work, 77 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,000 but I need to know exactly what my work is 78 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,120 and how it matches the vision. 79 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,640 And then finally the T is we're gonna transform 80 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,680 the ordinary into the extraordinary. 81 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,960 So I often think that it's just very small things 82 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,160 that make a big difference. 83 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,440 In fact, there was a book that came out. 84 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,960 I don't even know how old that book is, 85 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,360 but it was called the One Degree Difference. 86 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,240 And the whole point of the book was, 87 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,920 it's just like one little thing can make water boil, 88 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:21,440 like one degree. 89 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,120 And I totally agree with that. 90 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,440 And I think that if we look at what we're doing 91 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,700 inside of our organization, 92 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:29,600 oftentimes we just need to up the ante 93 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,980 or tweak one little thing 94 00:03:32,980 --> 00:03:35,600 so that we can transform what is ordinary 95 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,480 into the extraordinary. 96 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,440 And so I'll give you an example. 97 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,640 There's a plumbing company in New York City 98 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,960 and they have red carpet service. 99 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,940 So literally when they come to your home, 100 00:03:47,940 --> 00:03:49,640 they roll out a red carpet. 101 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,520 The plumber has on a T-shirt that looks like a tuxedo. 102 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,900 When they get done fixing your bathroom 103 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:57,040 and fixing your toilet, 104 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,560 they wrap it with a red bow and they clean the bathroom, 105 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,820 and they make sure that it is picture perfect. 106 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:06,480 So they go from fixing the toilet 107 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,920 to having an extraordinary experience. 108 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,440 And so I think that's what we can do 109 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,600 to help people build a vibrant culture 110 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,600 is we can do those three things, get everybody lit. 111 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,320 That is also your why of what you do, your mission statement. 112 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:22,600 Oh, absolutely. 113 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,520 Yeah, like why do you get out of bed in the morning? 114 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,600 Yeah, because I'm on a mission to energize, 115 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,480 impact and influence people to lead a more vibrant life 116 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:29,980 through engaging with what's possible and make it probable. 117 00:04:29,980 --> 00:04:31,600 I mean, that's what I'm gonna do today. 118 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,640 And so like, if you just looked at my day, 119 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:34,920 because right now we're recording, 120 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,260 it's five o'clock my time, Eastern Standard Time. 121 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:40,880 But I started out this morning working with a young lady 122 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,880 who is in human resources 123 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,600 and I am helping her learn how to do human resources. 124 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:47,800 And like, don't miss, and see, 125 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,560 here's the thing people miss. 126 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,360 So I'm helping her, we're doing an HR audit, 127 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,220 which doesn't sound like the greatest fun in the world, 128 00:04:55,220 --> 00:04:59,000 but we are auditing the processes of human resources. 129 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:04,000 But there are 176 people that work where she works 130 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,560 and she is responsible for them. 131 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,280 And we are going through and doing an audit and saying, 132 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:13,600 do we have the best benefits that we can have? 133 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,880 Do we have the right policies in place? 134 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,040 Is our bonus program the right thing to do? 135 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,360 So just right in her little world 136 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,920 that I'm getting to play in right now, 137 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,360 we can impact 176 people. 138 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:31,360 And so I'm trying to help us look at what's possible 139 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,680 and then how do we make it probable? 140 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,400 How do we make the 401k better? 141 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,040 How do we make these different things better? 142 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,680 How do we make the uniform policy more user-friendly 143 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,160 or whatever this stuff is? 144 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,520 And then you know what happens? 145 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,780 Those people leave work, they go home, 146 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:46,860 and they're with their family. 147 00:05:46,860 --> 00:05:50,200 They're either happy, vibrant, as I like to say, 148 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,440 or they're unhappy because they don't like the policy, 149 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,300 the 401k or the whatever. 150 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:58,340 But see, everything in this life is a ripple effect. 151 00:05:58,340 --> 00:05:59,280 Everything in this thing. 152 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:01,600 And so again, like I said a minute ago, 153 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,160 the reason why I think the world might be in a hot mess 154 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,080 is because not everybody understands their why. 155 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,320 But as soon as we do that, 156 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,680 and then we bring ourselves fully to that work, 157 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,960 and we begin to understand the impact of my work today 158 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:19,060 is gonna have a ripple effect across everybody I touch. 159 00:06:19,060 --> 00:06:22,720 And so I would absolutely say that my mission statement, 160 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,000 my purpose statement is my why. 161 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,240 And you end up falling in love with your work 162 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:29,960 if you understand your why. 163 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:30,800 Because you're like, oh my God, 164 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,440 I have to do this as a responsibility. 165 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,640 Where did this come from? 166 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:39,400 Yeah, so well, I'll tell you, 167 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:44,160 I read a book in 2007 and it was called The Path. 168 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,040 And it's a book by a woman named Lori Beth Jones. 169 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,800 And that book changed my life. 170 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,480 And number one, all of you listening, 171 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,600 leaders read everybody. 172 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,520 You need to read, you have to read, I insist. 173 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,280 It will make you smarter. 174 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:03,240 And it will turn on your brain if you read. 175 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,280 So I read this book by Lori Beth Jones, 176 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:06,600 it was called The Path. 177 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,800 And I have heard for many, many years 178 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,960 about people having mission, people having vision. 179 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,040 But I didn't really think to myself, Nicole Greer, 180 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,400 you need one for your own life. 181 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,880 And so in her book, she has a little exercise 182 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,360 and I can send that out to people 183 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:28,040 if they wanna contact me at nicole at vibrantculture.com. 184 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,600 It's Lori Beth's little manifesto 185 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,200 to create a mission statement for your work. 186 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:34,960 And for your life. 187 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,240 And one of the things that I learned was that, 188 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,720 while it's obvious, when somebody spells out 189 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,760 the obvious for you, it can make your brain click 190 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,160 and go, oh my gosh, that's for real, real. 191 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,800 So I was about 42 years old when I read that book. 192 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:54,280 And it basically said, you've got one life to live 193 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,600 and you're traveling a lifeline. 194 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,080 And you need to get on with your life. 195 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,400 You need to figure out why you're here on planet earth. 196 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,480 And so you need to figure out your personal mission 197 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,200 statement for work and life. 198 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,440 And so I created the mission statement 199 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,840 based on Lori Beth's model. 200 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,240 And my mission statement is Nicole Greer is on a mission 201 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,120 to energize, impact and influence people 202 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,320 to lead a more vibrant life through engaging 203 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,920 what is possible and doing the work to make it probable. 204 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,200 So that might sound like a bumbo jumbo 205 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,880 of a bunch of words to somebody else, 206 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,640 but to me, that means everything. 207 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,840 And here's the truth about our world. 208 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,680 It's a mess. 209 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:38,800 I mean, just this past weekend, former President Trump 210 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,840 was at a rally and somebody tried to kill him. 211 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,880 And it's like, whoa, did he see that bullet coming? 212 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,480 Some might say, yes, I don't know, 213 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,960 because he turned his head just right at the right moment. 214 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,440 But life is short and there's crazy things 215 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:54,520 going on in this world. 216 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,160 And I think the reason why the world is in the shape 217 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,960 that it's in is because most people don't know 218 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,880 that they have a mission. 219 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,200 And if they understood that you popped on the planet 220 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,000 for a reason, you're not a mistake 221 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,760 and you have some work you need to get done, 222 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,120 once you kind of grasp that, 223 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:14,120 oh, my life has meaning and purpose, 224 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,800 and then you get on with it, 225 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,520 you start to clean up little messes in the world. 226 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,280 And so when I work with individuals doing training 227 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:25,840 or executive coaching, or I speak in front of a group 228 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:29,160 or an audience, I'm giving them information 229 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,360 to lead what I call a more vibrant life. 230 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,240 And then when each individual person is again, 231 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,080 lit from within, you get a vibrant culture, 232 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,840 you get a happy place to work. 233 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,400 And here's what I know, when we have good places to work, 234 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,640 we have good economy, and when people are doing well, 235 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:51,240 people are happy and we can take that prosperity 236 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,280 and we can pay it forward. 237 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,760 So it essentially started with a book I read 238 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,960 a very long time ago, and I've been practicing 239 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:03,200 what it preaches ever since, because it's truth for me. 240 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,520 Thank you for being here today. 241 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,000 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 242 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,640 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 243 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,920 as these episodes continue to move forward. 244 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:13,640 This is gonna get more and more fun. 245 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,440 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 246 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,560 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 247 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:19,920 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 248 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,640 Have an excellent time building out your vision 249 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,440 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.