1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,560 So you launched the book in December, you said? 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,160 Yeah, yeah, I wrote. 3 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,600 So originally what I did Jackson is I wrote a book called Quit Losing 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,560 Talent, kind of a small version. 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,360 That's not it. 6 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,000 It's the one below. 7 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,400 That was kind of the original version. 8 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,800 You see the 399 and then I wrote the expanded edition, the one there to the, 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 yep, that one, that published it. 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,480 So that's, that's kind of my entire framework to help companies recruit land, 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:28,760 lead people, right? 12 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,440 Keep wind, keep and inspire great employees. 13 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:36,600 And so we, we teach that launch, publish that in December. 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,800 We'll, we'll launch the, the digital course that we're creating, 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,560 hopefully by one August is kind of the plan. 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,200 All right. 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,440 All right. 18 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,000 Let's see here. 19 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:51,440 Let's go check out the brand a little bit. 20 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,080 So while I mean, while we're on the subject, so new author and, you know, 21 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,360 the author of the book is inspired by your background. 22 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,040 Tell us about your background a little bit. 23 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:08,360 Yes, I've spent, you know, the last 25, 30 years just leading coaching people. 24 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:14,000 Really where I kind of got the inspiration to, to write the book is I, 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,520 I got out of the army in 1999, Jackson. 26 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:17,800 I was, I was a recruiter. 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:18,600 I was a headhunter. 28 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,680 So I helped companies hire people, right? 29 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:27,200 And, and then over the last really 12, 13 years I've gone in and, 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,240 and helped companies do a lot of coaching, leadership, development, team building. 31 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,840 And in putting, putting the practices that I wrote in the book that we're putting 32 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,240 into the digital course, putting those into practice in their, in their workforce 33 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,480 so they can create, you know, more productive teams. 34 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,000 And so it's just kind of that culmination of those 25 plus years of leadership 35 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,760 experience and training and development with other companies that, you know, 36 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,280 kind of inspired me to write this book. 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,360 How can I help more people than just the customer that's right in front of me? 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:02:02,320 Right. A book, a podcast, a digital course are great ways to be able to do that today. 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,920 Never would have, you know, never thought I would have been, 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,640 would have been doing that, but here I am, man, because technology's so, so here you are. 41 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:13,640 I don't even know where you're at, but we're talking somewhere live, right? 42 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:15,000 Thank you for being here today. 43 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,480 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,360 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward. 45 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,120 This is going to get more and more fun. 46 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:25,920 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 47 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:28,000 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,400 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:45,840 Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.