Linda Kausament, tell me about your vision.
Well, my vision is big. It's really big.
That's good. That's what the show's for.
Yeah, but it might be bigger than is realistic, but it's world peace, you know, like a proper
pageant queen that I am not. I would say I want world peace for the world. And I've actually
taken quite a bit of time thinking about, okay, how do we make this happen? Because I do have a
logical brain. I do have 18 years of experience as a business consultant. I do also have all the
spiritual, meaningful experience and depth that I think is required to make something like this
happen. But obviously we're not there yet. So I still, we still have a lot of work to do.
And the way I see it, it's not that complex. We just need to stop being assholes, if I can say
that on here, to one another. And it's really simple. We don't need to be friends with everyone,
but if we can at least smile to the bus driver or say hi to your neighbor or not throw away
whatever you're holding in your hand in the street, but just put it in a bin somewhere.
If we would all be able to do that, I think the world will be at peace within a couple of years.
Now, of course, the problem is how do we get there? And for that, I don't have an answer beyond
education, making sure that all our basic structures and systems are in place, that everybody is fed
and housed and healthy physically and mentally and all that. And I don't have the capacity,
obviously, on my own to make that happen. So I've scaled back to figuring out, okay, what can I do?
Because I do think that we all need to do something. What is the thing that I do? And the thing that I
do is one, I write fiction novels, literary fiction that are really lovely little stories
that hold a lot of meaning that make people, the readers think and feel and question like, okay,
what is meaningful to myself? Am I living the life that I want to live? And if I were to die,
because my main character is a ghost, would I move on? Or is there still heaviness that is holding me
back? Because it's that heaviness that also disallows us to be, you know, in the present moment
with all the friendliness and kindness and empathy that I would want to see in the world. So
that's something I do. I've just published my first novel. I'm writing my second and I'm also writing
a nonfiction novel, a nonfiction book that's more about the practical philosophy around it.
And I'm going to create an online course. And I also do self-portrait photography, just to mix it
up a little bit. So that's a big nutshell, but in a nutshell, that is what I do to make that vision
happen. It'll teach us about what's the story behind your why? How did you get to this point
of your life that that's what matters and this is how you're going about doing it?
Well, the simple answer is that there's just no other way for me. There's just, I can't not
do this. The more down to earth story is that I studied international business,
and back then I really thought, you know, I want a big career. I might want to lead a business at
some point. I like the house and the car and all the things. And at a certain point I had, or at
least not the big house and the big car, but I had a couple of things in place. And I figured,
you know, now is the time where I should feel, yeah, I've made it, or at least I'm well on my way.
And I wasn't feeling it. I wasn't feeling fulfilled. I wasn't feeling happy. Instead,
I was just feeling very empty. You know, I had a big existential hole in myself. I think a lot
of people will relate to that. Stuck in the corporate world, not knowing what I did want to
do, just knowing that I didn't want to do this. And yeah, at a certain point, I thought, well,
yeah, at a certain point, I figured, even if I don't know what my path is going to look like,
I do now have to make a step to at least not do that what brings me down, what sort of destroys
my energy. And I made the decision and it's taken, well, I don't know, 10, 12 years of figuring out
and traveling the world and writing and trying and failing and doing all the things we need to do to
get to the point where I am now where I feel like, oh yeah, I'm in my power now. I can actually give
my value to the world without burning myself out. 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 going to 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 time and attention. Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.