1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,760 Where are you going with your vision? 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:12,040 That's a timely question to ask me, Harry, 3 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,520 because about 10 minutes before we came on, 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,400 I just got the final draft of my book. 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,680 So that is one significant place that I'm going to go, 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:31,440 is using that to get the word out about what it is that I do, 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,240 but also what I've experienced. 8 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,720 And secondly, hopefully having some impact on lives 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,720 through that and through maybe connections 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,240 that I'm able to make through that publication. 11 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,460 So that's a big vision, one. 12 00:00:49,460 --> 00:00:56,360 Secondly, I want to take good care of myself. 13 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,720 I'm not a spring chicken anymore, 14 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:03,120 but I think I've still got a lot to offer. 15 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,780 I've got all this knowledge that I've 16 00:01:04,780 --> 00:01:08,080 accumulated through the years, and I 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,360 want to keep myself in such condition 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,200 that I'm giving myself a decent chance 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,720 to do that for a long, long time just yet. 20 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,640 With the draft of that book, I'm hopeful to get that 21 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:28,200 into the hands and ears and eyes of a lot of people 22 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,960 that are out there who are looking for direction, 23 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:39,360 pathways, maybe a little bit of advice, some thoughts, 24 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:43,600 as to what their next directions are going to be. 25 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,760 I hope I'll have the opportunity to interact 26 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,880 with many of those folks that receive that. 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,280 So that's one vision, and that relates to my authorship 28 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,800 as well as my coaching practice. 29 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:04,560 The second thing is I want to keep myself in good condition. 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,160 I'm not as young as I used to be. 31 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,880 None of us are. 32 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,000 But I want to put myself into a position 33 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,880 that I'm able to be here for quite some more time 34 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,160 and continue to have connections with people 35 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:26,080 and talk to people and have relationships with them 36 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,440 through my coaching practice. 37 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,840 Thank you for sharing that. 38 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:37,000 If I were to ask you more about your coaching practice, 39 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,400 and I think you've already told us about that, 40 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,400 would you like to share something more about it? 41 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,880 It's built on two things. 42 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,440 I think, first of all, developing a connection 43 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,080 with someone. 44 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,320 How do we go about identifying connection? 45 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,560 I was talking with somebody earlier today, 46 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:02,840 and I think that's the most important element of what 47 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,480 comes next, and that's building relationship. 48 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,520 But the connection is born by what 49 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,960 we have in common. 50 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,680 So much of what we often focus on, I think, 51 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:19,920 is what are our differences in background, education, 52 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:24,960 where we're raised, faith or non-faith, 53 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,800 just kind of where life has taken us up to that point. 54 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,440 So where is our commonality? 55 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Where does that intersection lie first? 56 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,880 Once we've established that, we can build a relationship 57 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:44,160 on top of it, I believe, focusing on many of the things 58 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,760 that we have in common, acknowledging 59 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,240 what makes us different, but also celebrating that, 60 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,720 because with what a variety of people bring to the table, 61 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,840 you're stronger with those divergent viewpoints. 62 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,360 So my coaching practice starts from that standpoint. 63 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,320 It feeds into curiosity after that. 64 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:13,320 I'm interested in people and what their backgrounds are. 65 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,800 Learning things that I'm not familiar with 66 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,520 makes me better as an individual. 67 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,640 And so it's building that curiosity, 68 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,880 satisfying my interest in that that comes next. 69 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,080 From there, we can dig into coaching. 70 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,320 What is it that you want, client? 71 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,520 How can I help and assist you to get there? 72 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,880 What are your tips for early entrepreneurs? 73 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,720 What are you interested in first? 74 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Starting from the standpoint of, I 75 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,200 want to have my own business. 76 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,080 I want to have my own enterprise. 77 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,320 I want to be an entrepreneur. 78 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,000 Great. 79 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,560 What are you interested in? 80 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,240 What is your passion? 81 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:10,280 What do you offer that is different, unique, distinctive 82 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:12,720 of what somebody else has out there? 83 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,280 It may be a little bit of a reinvention of a product. 84 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:21,840 Sometimes what's old becomes new again and has appeal. 85 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:25,400 But starting from that standpoint, 86 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:30,160 the next step is, what is your vision for this enterprise? 87 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,840 What do you hope that it accomplishes? 88 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:36,040 What do you want it to do? 89 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,320 What is your plan next? 90 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,520 So we get into strategic planning 91 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,600 of how you go about doing that. 92 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,640 I don't know is what you get often. 93 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,880 That's where a coach or an advisor 94 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:54,160 can help out a person quite significantly in that area 95 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,360 with taking those steps. 96 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,800 You want to, of course, you've got to feed yourself, maybe 97 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,000 a family as well. 98 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,560 So it's got to be something that is going to eventually 99 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,040 be financially productive, however 100 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:11,960 you identify that as being. 101 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,840 And what I see is a lot of people now, 102 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:16,440 they're part of the gig economy. 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,760 I've got this. 104 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,160 I've got this other interest that's here. 105 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,080 I've got some investments. 106 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,240 So they're working several different things. 107 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,640 What one of the advantages is to that 108 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,320 is one enterprise dips for whatever reason, 109 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:31,640 just a little bit. 110 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,800 Maybe the other one can balance that off. 111 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:41,040 I would start there as an early entrepreneur. 112 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,880 Your passion, your interest, what you do well, 113 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,680 what you do differently than anyone else that's out there. 114 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,000 And then we're into the game. 115 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,640 And there's a lot more detail, obviously, 116 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,360 to dive into beyond that. 117 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,160 That was insightful information. 118 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,000 Thank you for sharing that, Kirk. 119 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,200 My next question for you is, let me see if I can find a good one 120 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,600 that will fit directly. 121 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,560 Why do you think leaders hide from funding their vision? 122 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:22,520 They don't believe in it, I think, first of all. 123 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,040 They're timid. 124 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,600 They're shy for whatever reason. 125 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:32,880 And I get that, introverted by nature. 126 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,080 But change the philosophy or the approach to that. 127 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:41,600 If you're a leader and it's that fear that 128 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,160 is presenting an option to you, what 129 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:49,920 is the fear that is presenting an obstacle towards you 130 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,120 taking that step forward towards funding? 131 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,320 First of all, you've got an idea. 132 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,560 The idea does no good just sitting on the shelf. 133 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:04,800 There are people that need to hear your story. 134 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,000 This is what I do. 135 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,640 This is what I'm thinking about doing. 136 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,680 How does that align with where your pain point may be, 137 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,280 where your interest may lie, something that you haven't 138 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,480 seen before that's unique? 139 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:25,400 We deprive people a lot of times in making connection with them, 140 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,480 I believe, because we're timid. 141 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,040 They don't have time for me. 142 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,800 They don't want to hear from me. 143 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,680 And so it becomes approach in how you go about doing that. 144 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:40,760 Rather than go in and say, here's my business idea. 145 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:42,760 I want to pitch that. 146 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,520 We go back to building that connection 147 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,440 and that relationship. 148 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,960 How are things going in your enterprise now? 149 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,000 What are some of the obstacles that you're facing? 150 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,240 What would be a pain pill to take 151 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,560 to ease some of those challenges and obstacles 152 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:02,560 that you're not facing? 153 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:05,240 Then there's the opportunity to start 154 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,280 talking about what your vision as a business owner is 155 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,160 and how you may be able to provide some relief 156 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,600 to that individual you're speaking with. 157 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,000 Thank you for being here today. 158 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,480 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 159 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,120 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 160 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,320 as these episodes continue to move forward. 161 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,080 This is going to get more and more fun. 162 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,000 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 163 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,040 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 164 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,400 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 165 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,120 Have an excellent time building out your vision 166 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:42,520 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.