Tell me about your vision.
Yeah, thanks Harry.
Thanks for having me on the show here today.
I guess a little bit about my vision.
I was recently reading a really good book
by Ryan Holiday called, Right Thing Right Now.
It's all about living a just life
and what does that mean for each one of us?
And it's really got me doing some searching on my own.
And one of the things that I've been saying for years
is part of my vision is, it's gonna sound a little cliche,
but you know, having an impact
and leaving the world in a better place
than when you found it, when you came into it.
And when I was reading Ryan's book, it came up again.
And he talks a lot about how we need more of that.
We need more folks that are, you know,
climbing bigger mountains with their craft, with their work,
but leaving the world in a good place
through the work that they do
and the actions that they take along the way,
whether that's looking at social justice,
whether that's looking at, you know, the words you write,
whatever that might be,
I think is really, really important.
So it's kind of resurfaced for me.
And then that, I guess at the end of the day,
my vision is to do that, to leave an impact,
whether it's with a reader, a client, with work,
and to just leave the world in a better place.
That is amazing.
Tell me more about that when you,
when you mean believing the world a better place,
what exactly is it that you do?
Yeah, so a great example,
when I published my second book called Your Best Decade,
really what I was trying to do was just, you know,
there was a lot out there around life hacks
and, you know, live your best day, live your best hour,
but there was really nothing looking at the time horizon
of 10 years of that decade.
And so I kind of looked at that and zoomed in
on that decade of time.
And what I wanted to do with the reader there
was just leave them feel inspired
to either make a change in their life
that would improve their lives,
or just leave them maybe thinking about some of the things
that they may need to do in the future
to make their lives a little bit better for themselves,
for their family, within their work, and all of that.
And so when I published that book,
that was just really my goal.
My goal was just to meet readers where they're at
and to leave them in a better place.
And if it's through my book that that happens, amazing,
but if it's through another book, that's amazing too.
And I really do believe in the power of books
to do that for people.
And I've often said that, you know,
the best books are not always necessarily
the ones that are just on the New York Times bestseller.
They're the ones that meet you where,
they're the ones that meet you where you're at
when you need them the most.
And that to me is, yeah,
it's kind of why I continue to write
and why I continue to share ideas out there
just to make people's lives a little bit better
and to leave a bit of an impact there.
That is awesome.
So, Ryan, where would you say,
or what would you say is your why?
I know you mentioned is leaving the world a better place.
Is there something other than that
that's make you started on this path of your why?
Yeah, great question.
So this goes back to when I was 12 years old.
So when I was 12 years old, I was actually diagnosed
with chronic migraines.
And long story short, medications were not working.
They were not getting rid of these migraines.
So as part of this study,
just looking at kind of lifestyle intervention treatment.
And basically what I was told to do was just journal,
journal everything, journal what you eat,
you know, days you're active,
what that physical activity is, all of that.
And so what they ended up finding out in the study
and what I ended up finding out about myself
is that the days that I was active, I ate better,
I slept better, and that I was not getting these migraines
on days I was physically active.
And so 12 years old,
that really was a foundational shift for me to realize,
okay, if I wanna be well and I wanna feel good,
I need to move every day.
And so that really took me on this path
of looking at wellbeing,
looking at personal growth and development.
How do I continue to improve that?
And what does that look like for me?
And it's really been a thread that's been woven
into everything that I do, you know,
when I really look at the pursuit of wellbeing,
what does that look like in our work?
What does that look like in our relationships,
in our personal lives,
and in our physical fitness as examples?
And that's really, really my why.
You know, I love the writing side of that
when writing in the wellness space.
I love speaking in that space,
but I also love working with schools
and in the education space to improve school environments
so that they can be healthy and well for all children.
So I guess that's a little bit about my why.
And it's been great to be able to make a career out of that
and just to be aligned with, you know,
what you do and who you are and what you really stand for.
So it's been good.
Thank you for sharing that.
It was very insightful.
Brian, what would you say is your goal for being on the show?
Yeah, I mean, as folks know,
the show is called Vision Pros.
And I, you know, for me,
when I was kind of jumping into entrepreneurship
and jumping into writing,
you know, I had these ideas
and I had, you know, the creative kind of juices there.
But I didn't really have a lot of outside inspiration
and outside of role models and thought leaders.
I could lean into their messages,
lean into their stories
and try to emulate that a little bit
and try to maybe follow those breadcrumbs for myself,
for my own success.
So my goal here is, you know, if someone here is listening,
hopefully they'll even aspire to, you know,
take their own jump, their own journey,
whether that's writing, whether that's speaking,
whether that's hosting a podcast.
But just to not be scared to cast that vision
and to surround yourself with content like this,
with mentors and different folks
that can help you along the way.
So if someone out there is inspired,
then I hope I've done my job.
Are there any services or things that you do,
you provide for our audience?
Yeah, absolutely.
So one of the things that I do is I coach authors
that are looking to publish their book.
A lot of times these are authors that are very new
in their author journey.
So they, you know, they're not quite there.
And with authorship having gone through that,
it's a bit of an identity shift from,
okay, now I'm a published author, what does that mean?
And how do I step into that identity?
And so I really work with authors
to help them step into that with confidence
and to have success in the market right away.
And so that's one of the things that I do.
One of the other things that I do as well,
back to my why, is I do a lot of workshops,
both online and in person and consulting around wellness.
So, you know, supporting organizations
and individuals with that.
So what does well-being look like for each one of us?
And how do we take tangible steps
in order to improve our lives
and to improve our overall well-being?
And so I support people in that area as well.
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 support.
For giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision
and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.