What's your goal for being on the show?
You know, the goal to be on the show is like,
we talked on the previous episode is,
my vision is to help people level up their authenticity
in the way they look on camera.
Because not only is this building your brand,
but it's also the first impression
that you show off when you're on camera, right?
It's how people see you.
And if that first impression is right on the dot,
right on the money, well guess what?
People are gonna be intrigued to follow you
and listen to you even more.
And if that audio quality on that first video is good,
guess what?
People are gonna listen and they're gonna stay around.
But if it's the other case,
then people might have to find more ways to listen to you.
So that's basically my vision,
is to help people understand the value of good content creation,
good video, and how you show up for people.
Awesome, thank you for sharing that.
I'm gonna go dive deep directly into this.
I think if you have any tips for people,
and you just shared tips from me
and that was very effective.
If you have any tips for entrepreneurs
who are in home studios, what can they implement today?
To make sure they have a better experience.
Absolutely, so in home, the first thing you wanna do
is analyze which kind of room you're sitting in.
What type of surfaces you have in your room.
Where are the windows and the doors, for example.
My son recently just came in.
He took something from the printer on the left.
But because he's not in the shot,
I can continue to record this conversation,
continue to be live essentially.
So again, analyzing your space and understanding,
hey, what does it take to actually start?
So you start with the foundation of figuring out
which room you're gonna do it in.
The number two thing that you wanna look at is,
where is the light coming from?
Can I use the windows in my room as a light source?
Because number one, lighting is essential
for cameras to be able to see you.
And if people can't see you properly,
well, it's going to not create a really good experience.
So that's the number two thing.
The number three thing that I like to focus on is,
if you're going to be investing in your space,
the first thing that you wanna invest in is a microphone.
Like I mentioned earlier, the tips that I gave you
was to bring that microphone closer to you
so that it's not catching,
it's not picking up the sound from around you.
So it's capturing the most authentic,
most pure sound coming out of your mouth.
So that's the second tip.
Third tip is to get a good microphone
and that will be the first investment that you're making.
The second investment that you make on the number four thing
is again, add some good lighting in your space
so that even if you have a webcam or a smartphone,
you look sharp and clean
because the more light you have in the room,
the better it is for the camera to work.
Now, some things that you want to avoid
is avoid having bright lights in your shots.
So one thing that I didn't get to is,
you have that nice light behind you,
it's taking away attention from your face.
Like it's taken away
because it is a very hot spot in the shot.
So you want yourself to be the hot spot.
And then so the camera focuses more light
and more pixels towards that.
Like all the surroundings in my space are dark
because I want everything, all this focus to be here.
So those are a few tips that I talk about in my book,
that I talk about in my five day challenge that I do.
That's gonna help anybody start from zero
and look good on camera.
That's awesome, I'm gonna turn it off
once we're done with this episode.
But thank you for sharing that, Junaid,
that was very helpful.
I have two more questions for you, Junaid.
And you being an entrepreneur, having the business set up,
you might be able to answer this,
you can take time to think about it.
The first part of the question is,
why do leaders hide from funding their vision?
And there's a second part of this question is,
how do leaders lean into funding their vision?
And I'm gonna go back to the first one.
When you're ready, just let me know,
I'll put the question back up.
Absolutely, so let's go to the first question.
Why do people hide or leaders hide
from funding their vision?
One of the biggest problems that we all face is
being afraid of rejection.
And when we have a vision about something,
we think that it's a very small, it's a small idea,
and what if people say no to it?
So to make that vision a reality,
you first have to believe in yourself.
Number two, you have to tell it to other people
and get some of their feedback.
And not to somebody who has never had a vision,
but talk to people who have had visions
and who have had or who had made their visions a reality.
Because when you talk to those people
who've made their visions a reality,
they're going to be your number one supporter.
They're gonna be your number one cheerleader.
So again, you gotta find the right people
that are gonna say, oh my God, that is amazing.
I'm gonna back you, I'm gonna support you
in any which way that I can.
So that's one of the reasons why leaders hide
from funding their vision,
because they don't believe in it bad enough.
So you gotta say, hey, how bad do I believe in it?
Who can I find around the community
that's gonna help me see this vision through
or help me find the funding for it or make it a reality?
Because you wanna make sure that that vision is deliverable
and there are pieces that are not missing around it.
So again, lots of different elements
that go into making that vision a reality.
There's a thing that I talk about a lot.
This is Bill Nye, the science guy,
he's actually coined this term.
It's called the upside down pyramid of design.
And essentially what he talks about is,
once that vision or the idea that you have
made sense for you, you need to talk to four other people
to make sure that that vision has scalability,
can scale, can go certain distance.
And then from those four people,
then you talk to another 16 people.
So again, it exponentially rises when you have that vision
really tight and really something that can move forward.
So that's something that I would think why people
are hiding from funding their vision.
If you wanna tell me more about that,
I feel like there's a story where who were those people
for you where you had a vision and you explored it
and you shared with other people.
Absolutely, that's really powerful.
Now for the longest time, I had launched a pod.
So I come from a digital background.
I've been blogging since 2004.
I've been creating websites since 95.
I've been in the digital space for a long time
creating content like it's nothing.
And then when I discovered podcasting in early 2010s,
I launched my own podcast with two of my relatives,
my cousin, my brother-in-law,
and we called it Still Brewing.
And we managed to publish four podcast episodes,
but we weren't able to move forward
because platforms like StreamYard or Zoom weren't available.
So what I did is I waited, I waited, I waited.
But it wasn't until 2018 that I was pushed
towards creating my own podcast.
And this was from reading books, believing in myself
and reading books like from Gary Vaynerchuk, Steve Jobs,
how did they do it?
You look at people who have gone down the path
that you wanna go down.
So when you start putting information,
when you start pulling information from them,
you're able to then go far in that space.
So that's the first thing that I do,
that is continue to put in more good information.
And in the last part of that book, Gary mentioned,
well, it's hard to come up with a story.
It's hard to tell a story.
And if you're having trouble telling a story,
why don't you just document your journey?
Document the path that you're already going into.
And I was like, well, what am I documenting?
And it just turned out that I had finished
my beekeeping course to become a beekeeper in 2018.
And that's when I launched my podcast,
Hacks and Hobbies, documenting my beekeeping journey.
But it wasn't long, it didn't take me long
to start interviewing people on my podcast
because I wanted to see how they took their visions
to profit, how did they take their passion to profit?
So on the podcast, as I learned more stories
from other people, like, well, they had the people
around them, so they found the right communities.
That's another thing that I didn't mention was
before I even got into beekeeping,
for six months I was watching videos
around beekeeping on YouTube.
The last video that I watched, the guy was like,
well, if you really want to become a beekeeper,
you need to find a local beekeepers association.
You need to find other people who are already beekeeping.
So you need to find other people
that are funding their vision.
You want to find other people that are going down
the path that you want to.
So books, finding the community,
those are the things that we don't have immediate access to
because we haven't thought that far yet.
So listening to podcasts like this, listening to books
is going to enable you to find a community
that's gonna help you grow and find your vision.
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 gonna 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.