What's your goal for being on the show?
It's funny that you say that about helping.
That was my goal, to come and help others.
It's the same reason that I'm a keynote speaker.
It's the same reason that I'm out sharing my story,
both personally and professionally.
It's why I do what I do professionally
as an enablement leader.
I'm a people person at my core.
I enjoy helping others.
Now I may not be able to make your life easier per se,
but at least a little better.
So if I can do that, if I can make one person smile
every day, mission accomplished, because that may be the only
smile they get all day.
Yeah, well, I'll take advantage.
And there you go.
It can be one.
But as you know and I know, both of us know,
it's not like job well done, I'm done for the day, right?
It's the opportunity to just continue.
And I'll call it stat padding in the best of ways.
It's like, let's get after it.
Tell me about your vision.
Let's dive into that.
My vision is that everyone learns
how to take the mask off, whether it be corporate mask,
which as an executive, we all learn how to do all too well.
And whether it be an expectation of I am said role
in the family, provider, protector, whatever it may be,
all the way out to our social circles.
And I think that a part of that is social media has made all
of us less social.
Let's be honest.
There's not enough conversations.
Everybody's trying to give a presentation.
And everybody's trying to show perfection.
There is no utopia.
Life is not unicorns and rainbows.
So I want people to start accepting
that we are the sum of all parts, good, bad, ugly,
and indifferent.
And for me, it took my stroke to really understand
what that meant, because I had the persona of being
the senior vice president.
And I flew around the world.
And I had my team.
And then I had a stroke.
And I was just a guy that had a stroke.
The title didn't matter.
The logo, the company that I worked for didn't matter.
And I'm not saying that they weren't good to me.
But it wasn't what was helping me fight
to stay alive every day.
So if I can help other people find more authentic
relationships, experiences, and never forget your why.
And I think all too often, that's
why we allow what we do to overcome who we are.
Because we're so focused on the what, the what, the what,
the what, the next, that we stop being present.
And when that happens, you lose yourself.
Absolutely.
There's layers of that that I think most of us,
I bet we all can relate to if we took the time
to just meditate a little bit on the here and now
and figure out, all right, what's my next step for that?
Do I have big steps to make?
Am I miles away?
Or am I inches away?
Yeah.
And am I successful based upon my definition of success?
Not what others expect me to be or what
others define as success.
To me, my outlook is literally my four F's.
And it's what I follow every day.
It's faith, family, friends, and fun.
Everything else is outside of my radar now.
That's cool.
I like the F's.
I like those faith, family, friends, and fun.
Problem is, it's that last one.
As adults, we tend to forget about the fun part, right?
Because we're so focused.
I like that movie Hook with Robin Williams.
It is.
Because we're so focused on it.
We talk about that a lot as a company.
Yeah, I'm doing the next thing, whether it
be a promotion, moving up the ladder, or getting a promotion,
or getting a higher salary, or a bigger logo.
And along the way, where's the fun part of doing this?
Yeah, I know.
It's got to be there.
That are very good at what they do.
And have made just boatloads of money.
I would not ever define them as happy, though.
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.