1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Vladimir Baranov, tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,380 Great, great question, Jackson. 3 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:10,280 So I would like to be a multiplier of executives 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:15,280 in the industry that I feel I can make the best impact in. 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,680 I've been an individual contributor, I've been an executive, 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,420 but I wanted to make sure that whatever effort I make 7 00:00:22,420 --> 00:00:24,420 helps the most number of people. 8 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:25,920 And I think I've landed in a place 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,120 where being an executive coach 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,000 provides me that opportunity to make the most positive impact 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,640 and growth on individuals who then can impact the industry 12 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,880 of which I support, which is science, 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,480 deep tech and technology. 14 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,200 Wow, that's awesome. 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,640 And it reminds me of one of my favorite books 16 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:50,040 that is also my mouse pad, The Effective Executive. 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,100 That's great. 18 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:54,240 And there was this commercial I saw when I was a kid. 19 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:55,820 I was in high school, I believe. 20 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:58,360 And little kid, his dad says, 21 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,400 the kid says, I wanna be a teacher. 22 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,560 And the dad says, like, wait, don't you wanna be a doctor? 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,000 You'll make more money and you'll be able to help people. 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,560 And the kid says, dad, I wanna be a teacher 25 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,780 so I can teach others to become doctors. 26 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:17,640 And it's just like awesome, humbling moment. 27 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,400 I was like, I remember thinking about that, like, wow. 28 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:21,940 That's such a cool concept. 29 00:01:21,940 --> 00:01:24,880 And then Bill Gates, when he was being asked 30 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,240 in his many documentary series about eradicating polio 31 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,720 and why is he after that or malaria? 32 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,760 And why is he doing what he's doing? 33 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,760 The person interviewing him said, 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,880 Bill, that's not inspiring to people. 35 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,800 To look over the individual need. 36 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:41,680 And he said, I don't care. 37 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:42,720 I'm not trying to inspire people. 38 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,080 I'm trying to optimize. 39 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,520 I'm trying to optimize 40 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,120 and make things better collectively. 41 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,960 It's not about the ego and self-centered nature of progress. 42 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,160 It's about empowering more people to help with the progress. 43 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,800 So I see correlation between your thought 44 00:01:58,800 --> 00:01:59,840 and what he's up to. 45 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,960 Can you expand on that for me? 46 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,840 Well, it's a very honorable of you 47 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,840 to compare me to the thoughts of Bill Gates. 48 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,180 I wish I had the same impact on my checking account, but. 49 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:13,680 What's that? 50 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,660 I kind of felt the philosophy of individual work 51 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:20,640 has to be supported by some sort of destination. 52 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:24,660 And vision is a good idea to replace that. 53 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,000 Where we want to have a purpose, right? 54 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,800 As individuals that our work means something for somebody. 55 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,040 And I was kind of asking question 56 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,680 as I was progressing through my career. 57 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,680 How can I be at the place where I can make the most impact 58 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,800 on the thoughts and values that I believe in the most? 59 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,080 It's similar to the saying of Archimedes, right? 60 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,440 Who asked for a pivot point 61 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,980 because he was gonna use the longest lover in the world 62 00:02:55,980 --> 00:02:57,800 to move the earth. 63 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,560 And I'm trying to kind of be the human version of that 64 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,400 because in the end, humanity is part of me 65 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,000 and I'm part of humanity. 66 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,840 And without either, I don't exist. 67 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,580 And sort of like I came to a logical conclusion 68 00:03:11,580 --> 00:03:14,640 that my existence is the most purposeful 69 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:17,760 when I can impact the most humanity. 70 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,580 I love it. 71 00:03:18,580 --> 00:03:19,420 That's really cool. 72 00:03:19,420 --> 00:03:23,080 I was in my first six weeks in Uruguay 73 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,880 helping families down there. 74 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:26,400 I was down there for two years. 75 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,400 And that first six weeks, I was very overwhelmed 76 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,480 by the amount of work that we wanted to accomplish 77 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,480 and things I felt like I wanted to do. 78 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,360 And I was sitting at my desk and I received this vision 79 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,240 of me pulling the world with a chain. 80 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,900 And I don't know if the world was moving around 81 00:03:42,900 --> 00:03:44,800 but it felt like it. 82 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,560 But all of a sudden the people that I was serving with 83 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,720 in this little town, they start picking up ropes 84 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,640 and pulling along beside me. 85 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:54,740 And I started putting down the chain 86 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:57,360 and like just being amazed that, whoa, wait a second. 87 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,560 Now there's lots of people pulling in the same direction. 88 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,200 Now it's really starting to move. 89 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,120 And I started to hand out ropes to others. 90 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,840 And I realized that I needed to let go of the chain 91 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,160 and I needed to be empowering others 92 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,780 to do a similar factor. 93 00:04:11,780 --> 00:04:14,800 So I'm grateful for you being on Vision Pros 94 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:15,940 and talking about this 95 00:04:15,940 --> 00:04:19,680 because that continues to be my work in this life. 96 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,880 It's how do we empower more people to contribute 97 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,480 to the collective good and the process of moving forward? 98 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,640 We can't do that without executive coaches. 99 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,320 So we're gonna need to dive deeper on this topic for sure. 100 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,680 Thank you for being here today. 101 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,180 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 102 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:38,820 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 103 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:41,080 as these episodes continue to move forward. 104 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,800 This is gonna get more and more fun. 105 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,640 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 106 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,680 I invite people to participate in the show 107 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,040 and thank you for giving us your time and attention. 108 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,760 Have an excellent time building out your vision 109 00:04:51,760 --> 00:05:15,200 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.