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Philip, tell me about your vision.

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You know, it's such a big question

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as far as what that entails, right?

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And I think that, you know, for me at 39,

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about to turn 40, I think one of the things

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that comes up top of mind for me is, you know,

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depending on how you look at the life expectancy,

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a lot of people will probably say 40

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is about that midlife midpoint, we'll say.

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Some people look at it as a midlife crisis,

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some people look at it as a midlife inventory check.

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And so I think for me, it's a great time for me

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to take note of what's happened over the past 39, 40 years,

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and then ask myself, what's the vision for God willing,

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the next or the last 40 years potentially?

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And so I think what that vision is for me

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is just essentially a part where I'm being a great husband

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and father, active and present,

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which was different from how I had a father

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when I was growing up.

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Somebody that builds a business that I love,

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that's helping a lot of people,

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that's taking care of my family,

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that I enjoy each day getting out of the bed,

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and really just creating a lot of endless memories,

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not only for family, but for loved ones,

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while also having a strong positive impact

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on those I come across as far as being a good student

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is what I've been blessed with,

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and influencing people for the better,

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helping them live better lives.

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How do you do the influencing?

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So I think for me, one of the things

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I started working on was getting a lot of the thoughts

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that are in my head and putting it on paper.

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So I've written and published six books this year,

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and I think that's it for now.

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And part of it is essentially being able

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to share a lot of perspective

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that I've kind of gone through in my life up to this point,

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and sharing one with others,

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to basically open up little mini conversations with people,

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to bring in insight, to challenge some thoughts,

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some prior paradigms of thinking,

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and allow people to grow over the course of engaging

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with me, whether in the written word, spoken word,

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the audio word, visual word,

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that allows me to see how they can do better

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from what they've been experienced or exposed to before.

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What would some of those experiences and questions be?

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So I think for one book that comes up top of mind for me

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is one where the question becomes,

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hey, when it comes to a disagreement I have

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with someone that I care about,

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does that necessarily mean

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that it's the end of the relationship?

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Or is this a great opportunity for me

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to learn more about this person,

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and for that person to learn more about me?

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So instead of us staying at the superficial surface level,

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this is opportunity for deeper intimacy,

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deeper connection, and a stronger bond

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that allows me to respect and love that person

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in a healthy relationship,

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even if we don't see eye to eye on everything.

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So where did this vision, Phillip, come from?

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You know, I think the vision just comes

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from just a regular inventory of how life is progressing,

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and especially with me having kids and being married,

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you're starting to think to yourself, it's like, okay,

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this is a new stage where my life is going.

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You're going to a stage where it's not all about you,

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it's about other people.

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And for a lot of people, that's a tough transition,

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and being able to balance that with the sense that,

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you know, you still have wants and needs and desires,

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but you're also balancing that with those

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that are in your close-knit family.

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And so you're realizing that as much as I'm here

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to serve my family and to provide for them,

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I also have to take time to consider what do I want

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in this particular point in my life,

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and where do I want to go from here 10, 20 years

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or beyond from here.

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And once I have a good sense of what that is,

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then I ask myself the question, okay,

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what can I start doing day to day to get me closer

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to where I'm trying to go, to where I'm trying to grow into?

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What are you trying to grow into?

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I think a lot towards the vision I shared earlier

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as far as being an active and present husband and father,

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as my kids grow up, as my marriage gets more seasoned,

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I say, and building a business, impacting people

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for the positive, and doing it on a consistent daily basis

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where I'm basically getting out of bed very much thankful

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of the type of life I'm living and being able to enjoy that

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and take part in it with each new day I have.

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What would you say, Phillip,

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is your goal for being on the show?

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I think the part of it is going back

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to what you asked about before as far as like influence

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and impacting people for positive.

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I think from just sharing my experiences

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and where I am at this point

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and what I think could be helpful for others,

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I think that's a big part in playing a role

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towards part of that vision, like putting that in reality

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as far as another opportunity to be of service,

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to be of impact, to be of influence,

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to people to help them live better lives.

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Thank you for being here today.

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I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.

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I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions

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as these episodes continue to move forward.

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This is gonna get more and more fun.

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We'll have more and more engagement as well.

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We'll invite people to participate in the show

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and thank you for giving us your time and attention.

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Have an excellent time building out your vision

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and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.