1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 Tell us about your vision. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:08,160 You know, my vision is honestly to empower the visionaries that we have in this world. 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:16,240 And I'll put the asterisk on there that they're selling or doing or providing a quality product or service that is good for the world. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:25,560 It's really about helping them potentially start, definitely grow and maybe scale whatever it is that their dream is. 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,720 A lot of people go out there and they're not really sure what that might look like. 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,320 They just have a passion for something. 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:39,360 I came into business being a personal trainer, starting a personal training business, and I was, it was built on passion and it worked. 8 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,160 But like the moment there was growth and scale, it didn't work anymore. 9 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:51,000 And I had to learn business and leadership and marketing and operations and just all of these other skills that life doesn't really teach you. 10 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,320 And I want to speed that up for everybody else. 11 00:00:54,320 --> 00:01:05,240 I loved all my businesses and my brick and mortars and that service business, but accidentally stumbled upon solving a problem for a couple of franchisees in a franchise system. 12 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:12,680 People were like, Steve, you've literally changed my life and made it so that way I'm not afraid to invest my life savings or my house. 13 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,440 And now I want to go do this. 14 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:27,120 And it was that just throwing into consulting, I'll call it coaching, if you will, that really I fell in love with opening that opportunity for other people and going along in the ride with them. 15 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,640 So in a nutshell, I want to help people with a vision, really start scale grow that vision. 16 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,160 I love that. 17 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,880 I mean, obviously our podcast is all about vision, so we're already got the bromance. 18 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:49,640 I'm sitting here going like I'm totally using the word vision way too much, but it is it is it is my like I use the word a lot. 19 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,760 So it's not it's not scripted, but I'm like, man, I just feel like, yeah, vision. 20 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,080 You got this guy on the same vision 40 times. 21 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:57,800 What's your why? 22 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,960 We know how it got started. 23 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,520 Um, but what's the why behind all of this? 24 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,880 And there might be many, but focusing on some of those deeper ones. 25 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,720 Yeah, I would say it. 26 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:09,720 It's funny. 27 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:18,480 I hear a lot of gurus and coaches say certain things and it's like, it just rubs me the wrong way kind of. 28 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,800 So I'm going to go against the grain. 29 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:27,480 And, and I had a lot of ups and downs in my first nine, 10 years of owning businesses as an adult. 30 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:27,840 Right. 31 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,720 And my first year, it was just easy. 32 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:31,680 Like it just happened. 33 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:37,720 And then the moment I got my second business all the way to the 17th, like it was ups and downs and I learned a lot of lessons. 34 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,880 And I feel like everybody goes out there with I'm predicting, I don't make mistakes. 35 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,720 And here's how I created all this massive success. 36 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:53,040 And I didn't have a really cool framework or tagline or thing until I slowed down and really looked back. 37 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,240 And when somebody asked me, why, why are you running into these struggles? 38 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,520 I didn't have the answer. 39 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,880 And the answer that I kind of gave was, well, it's that reason. 40 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,720 It's those reasons. 41 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,840 It's one of those things over there and never once did I point the finger at myself. 42 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,760 It was always things external to me. 43 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,960 And it was a big growing moment. 44 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,520 It hurt, it hurt a lot, but it was a really big growing moment. 45 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:16,800 And I really slowed down for a minute to really look back. 46 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,960 The pluses, the negatives, what things did I do, whether it was intentional or not? 47 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:30,320 Cause a lot of them weren't, they just happened on accident to help ultimately save me and get me out of like this thing's not going to work. 48 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:35,520 And through that really looking back, it is what today is the freedom framework. 49 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:43,040 And we have this big dream in America, in the world where everybody is free and they have freedom. 50 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,720 But I don't think anybody really thinks about it other than my day to day. 51 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,560 I get to kind of do what I want to do. 52 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:56,920 But I mean, man, if you want to not have to work to earn money at 45 years old, why aren't you working towards that? 53 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,560 And who here is going to empower somebody to do that? 54 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:07,960 I'm not saying quit your nine to five, quit your job, but maybe get a side hustle and go make an extra $2,000 a month, simple and easy. 55 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,720 But then there's that person that's not simple and easy. 56 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:11,320 That's a lot. 57 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,840 And it's in the nicest way possible. 58 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,560 It is simple and easy if you just go do it. 59 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:25,960 But we weren't taught that we weren't given those skills through life, through school, through college, if you went through whatever. 60 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:33,880 So the freedom framework just was really, hey, what did I intentionally or accidentally do over the past 10 years to get me here? 61 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:41,200 And putting those into steps where we can really break down the three big things, which is figure out what you need to work on, 62 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:45,280 learn about how you can solve the problem and go do it. 63 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:45,920 Right. 64 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,920 Let's not over complicate this. 65 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,360 Let's get it done. 66 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,880 And that freedom framework is really about making sure those big things can happen. 67 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:59,520 Based on your experience, how can leaders lean into funding the vision? 68 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:08,520 Yeah, I like that actually as a combination, because I think that there's I'll probably talk about the slice right down the middle. 69 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,040 But it ultimately really leans into the idea of certainty. 70 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:22,680 If you are uncertain about something, usually your plan and the ability to execute and create the outcome, you're probably less likely to fund it. 71 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:33,160 And I'll take funding in a in a monetary, but also a time commitment and a and a taking away from other things in life mentality there. 72 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:42,120 But if you're certain and you absolutely believe it in a steadfast fashion and there's there's almost no way you can fail, 73 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:50,440 then it's just a simple math equation that's a no brainer to spend the time, take away from family, put the money and put the risk in. 74 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,400 And a lot of times we go through this. 75 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,840 You have to have a business plan and a business plan on paper in Excel. 76 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:59,160 Like, I get it. And I understand. 77 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:06,120 And at some point in time, in order for somebody to support you, give you money, whatever it is that that is, 78 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,400 I don't want to say important because I disagree with that. 79 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,680 Helpful, relevant. Can be can be. 80 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,520 Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 81 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:20,440 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. 82 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,120 This is going to get more and more fun. 83 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,040 We'll have more and more engagement as well when people to participate in the show. 84 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,400 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 85 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:46,600 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.