1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,480 Tell me what defines a great leader. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,600 Empathy for others, definitely empathy for others. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,440 And knowing what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are. 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,640 So I went into the business, my when I first started my school at Mitchell 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,120 Telecommunications Consulting franchise, that was the first time I went into 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,640 actually owning a franchise is knowing what are the things that you like to do best. 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,480 So I tried everything on that. 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,400 And then I realized there are some things I'm not good at, or I just didn't 9 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:31,600 really want to do. I just weren't all that exciting. 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,560 And I wasn't going to be very good at it because I didn't like doing it. 11 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:39,200 So knowing how to delegate those things that you don't like to do 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,360 or you don't want to do to other people who have a passion for those sort of things. 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,680 On there, that way, you can concentrate on your skill set and what you do best. 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,240 And then when you have people around you that's working for you, you know, 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:56,080 have some empathy for them and really get to know them quite a bit as people. 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,600 When I was working for the master 17 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,200 franchiser over at Taco Bell and help building up her teams 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,880 throughout the Sacramento, California area on the different. 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,120 She had about 50 Taco Bell's out there. 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,200 And I built up her teams and it was really getting to know employees 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,080 who really what what did they want out of life? 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,720 What were they looking to get into? 23 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,680 And just, you know, did you want to move up on the world 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,640 in the world of Taco Bell or becoming a manager or assistant manager 25 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,720 or chef leader or something like that? 26 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,200 Finding out from them, what is your goal? 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,000 And then helping them towards that goal, you know, having some feelings 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,280 towards them, getting to know what their aspirations are in life. 29 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,360 And just helping others as much as possible. 30 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,680 I think it was Zig Ziglar who said, you know, you help as much. 31 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,120 Many people get what they want in life. 32 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,120 You get what you want in life, something like that. 33 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:36,480 Paraphrasing a little bit. 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,360 But that's the whole idea behind being a good leader is helping people 35 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,360 get what they want and being a good 36 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,800 just a business owner as well, because you are helping other people 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,840 get what they want. So putting that all together, you help people. 38 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,440 You'll get to where you want to be. 39 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,920 And the lady from the Taco Bell that her name was Kathy, right? 40 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,200 If my memory serves me. Yes, yes. 41 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,800 I remember your story. 42 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,920 I tell you, I've been talking about you since I met you. 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,360 So, yeah, of course, of course. 44 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,400 So when it comes to you personally, I want these are thoughts 45 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,040 that I want to know from you, because I want to also get to know Greg as well. 46 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,560 What is success to you? 47 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,160 OK, it is being able to do what I want when I want on that one. 48 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,480 So it is nice to be able to feed the family and pay the bills. 49 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,920 That is one good thing about being successful, not have to live 50 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,480 paycheck to paycheck. That is always successful as well. 51 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,600 But the most important thing to me is that my time is my own. 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,960 I can go out and do the things that I want to do whenever I want to do them. 53 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:41,640 In my particular area of consulting, I do this pretty much all by myself. 54 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,160 So it is like having a job basically on that. 55 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,720 If I won't get paid, I don't work, I don't get paid. Simple as that. 56 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,120 But I get to decide how much I want to work and how much I want to get paid 57 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,120 on that work with the job. 58 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,440 You just go in nine to five and you've got that set 59 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,560 basically all that you're going to be on here. 60 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,160 I don't. I want to work a little bit harder, a little bit smarter. 61 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,360 I do have other people that will do quite a few things for me to help me out. 62 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:08,760 But my work with the people are one on one on that. 63 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,120 But if for some reason I don't feel like doing anything that day, 64 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,920 then I'll come on my schedule day off and then just go out and do whatever I want. 65 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:17,880 So I like the freedom. 66 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,200 I think being able to do what you want when you want. 67 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,360 And of course, having the money to do it is definitely a success for me. 68 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,480 Thank you for being here today. 69 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,960 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 70 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,840 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. 71 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,600 This is going to get more and more fun. 72 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,440 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 73 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,520 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 74 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,880 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 75 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:50,520 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.