1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Linda Kausament, tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,240 Well, my vision is big. It's really big. 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,040 That's good. That's what the show's for. 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:18,880 Yeah, but it might be bigger than is realistic, but it's world peace, you know, like a proper 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:26,080 pageant queen that I am not. I would say I want world peace for the world. And I've actually 6 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:31,920 taken quite a bit of time thinking about, okay, how do we make this happen? Because I do have a 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,280 logical brain. I do have 18 years of experience as a business consultant. I do also have all the 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:46,560 spiritual, meaningful experience and depth that I think is required to make something like this 9 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:53,120 happen. But obviously we're not there yet. So I still, we still have a lot of work to do. 10 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:01,760 And the way I see it, it's not that complex. We just need to stop being assholes, if I can say 11 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:07,440 that on here, to one another. And it's really simple. We don't need to be friends with everyone, 12 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:16,560 but if we can at least smile to the bus driver or say hi to your neighbor or not throw away 13 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,960 whatever you're holding in your hand in the street, but just put it in a bin somewhere. 14 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:27,120 If we would all be able to do that, I think the world will be at peace within a couple of years. 15 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,120 Now, of course, the problem is how do we get there? And for that, I don't have an answer beyond 16 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:40,480 education, making sure that all our basic structures and systems are in place, that everybody is fed 17 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:46,800 and housed and healthy physically and mentally and all that. And I don't have the capacity, 18 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:52,800 obviously, on my own to make that happen. So I've scaled back to figuring out, okay, what can I do? 19 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:58,560 Because I do think that we all need to do something. What is the thing that I do? And the thing that I 20 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:07,680 do is one, I write fiction novels, literary fiction that are really lovely little stories 21 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:14,240 that hold a lot of meaning that make people, the readers think and feel and question like, okay, 22 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:20,080 what is meaningful to myself? Am I living the life that I want to live? And if I were to die, 23 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:26,480 because my main character is a ghost, would I move on? Or is there still heaviness that is holding me 24 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:33,200 back? Because it's that heaviness that also disallows us to be, you know, in the present moment 25 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:38,160 with all the friendliness and kindness and empathy that I would want to see in the world. So 26 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,920 that's something I do. I've just published my first novel. I'm writing my second and I'm also writing 27 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:49,440 a nonfiction novel, a nonfiction book that's more about the practical philosophy around it. 28 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:56,640 And I'm going to create an online course. And I also do self-portrait photography, just to mix it 29 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:02,640 up a little bit. So that's a big nutshell, but in a nutshell, that is what I do to make that vision 30 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:09,680 happen. It'll teach us about what's the story behind your why? How did you get to this point 31 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,360 of your life that that's what matters and this is how you're going about doing it? 32 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:21,600 Well, the simple answer is that there's just no other way for me. There's just, I can't not 33 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:29,920 do this. The more down to earth story is that I studied international business, 34 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:34,800 and back then I really thought, you know, I want a big career. I might want to lead a business at 35 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:40,960 some point. I like the house and the car and all the things. And at a certain point I had, or at 36 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,600 least not the big house and the big car, but I had a couple of things in place. And I figured, 37 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:52,000 you know, now is the time where I should feel, yeah, I've made it, or at least I'm well on my way. 38 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:59,680 And I wasn't feeling it. I wasn't feeling fulfilled. I wasn't feeling happy. Instead, 39 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:06,000 I was just feeling very empty. You know, I had a big existential hole in myself. I think a lot 40 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,920 of people will relate to that. Stuck in the corporate world, not knowing what I did want to 41 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:19,920 do, just knowing that I didn't want to do this. And yeah, at a certain point, I thought, well, 42 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:26,960 yeah, at a certain point, I figured, even if I don't know what my path is going to look like, 43 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:34,000 I do now have to make a step to at least not do that what brings me down, what sort of destroys 44 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:43,200 my energy. And I made the decision and it's taken, well, I don't know, 10, 12 years of figuring out 45 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,920 and traveling the world and writing and trying and failing and doing all the things we need to do to 46 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:54,880 get to the point where I am now where I feel like, oh yeah, I'm in my power now. I can actually give 47 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:00,480 my value to the world without burning myself out. Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy 48 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:06,240 that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 49 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,920 continue to move forward. This is going to get more and more fun. We'll have more and more 50 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,160 engagement as well. We'll invite people to participate in the show. And thank you for giving 51 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:19,920 us your time and attention. Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.