WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.960 Tell me about your vision. Hey. Hi, Harry. It's 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.519 great to be here. So, Harry, vision for me very 00:00:07.519 --> 00:00:11.099 much is to be the best version of me. And I believe 00:00:11.099 --> 00:00:15.919 that I've been put on this earth to help people. 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:18.600 And some people I've helped, and I know there's 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.620 so many more that I will. And I know in some 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:26.219 of the dark times, like things that I'd like 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.039 to say were puzzles or challenges. I know they 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:32.600 were given to me for a reason. And my own transformation 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:37.439 where I've released over 120 pounds, I know that 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.219 everything is possible when you set your mind 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:46.100 to it and come from a place of serving and helping 00:00:46.100 --> 00:00:48.520 people. And that's the vision of my life, to 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:53.939 serve, to help. Tell me more about that. What 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:58.399 is becoming the best version of? yourself look 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:03.799 like to you, Brad? Well, for example, is always 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:08.299 being a person of kindness and helping people 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:14.400 and inspiring people. I know with my own fitness 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.500 journey, releasing that weight, I know I've inspired 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:22.159 other people to start on their own journey. And 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.219 I want to help people. And every day, if I can 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:30.370 help people in whatever aspect they are. If I 00:01:30.370 --> 00:01:32.969 can brighten somebody's day, I do that. I like 00:01:32.969 --> 00:01:35.769 to keep things light and speak with people and 00:01:35.769 --> 00:01:40.010 joke and also inspire people. And that gives 00:01:40.010 --> 00:01:44.329 me so much energy. For example, yesterday I was 00:01:44.329 --> 00:01:48.370 getting gas at the gas station and a gentleman 00:01:48.370 --> 00:01:52.269 said, gee, I sure would like to win that $1 ,000 00:01:52.269 --> 00:01:55.480 free gas. I said, what's your name? So I took 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:57.480 his name, his first name and last name and put 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.099 it in. I said, I'm sure you'll win. I hope you 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:05.819 win. So I want to give and help people. That's 00:02:05.819 --> 00:02:11.840 awesome. Where did this, I mean, I don't know 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:14.520 if asking this is the right question, but how 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:16.340 did this all get started and where did this come 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:19.680 from where you wanted to become the best version 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.289 of yourself? It's been really a journey for the 00:02:24.289 --> 00:02:26.210 last number of years. I think it really started 00:02:26.210 --> 00:02:31.550 in 1995, 1996. I was in a community college course 00:02:31.550 --> 00:02:34.530 and I was given two books, Think and Grow Rich 00:02:34.530 --> 00:02:36.750 and How to Win Friends and Influence People. 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:41.849 Two amazing books. And those books set me on 00:02:41.849 --> 00:02:46.110 a path of personal development and self -improvement 00:02:46.110 --> 00:02:52.090 ever since then. And I think even more so, even 00:02:52.090 --> 00:02:54.490 more so in the last few years, there's been more 00:02:54.490 --> 00:02:57.310 of a transformation of who I am and what I believe 00:02:57.310 --> 00:03:00.810 is possible. Because I believe my core thing 00:03:00.810 --> 00:03:03.650 is to shatter limiting beliefs of what's possible. 00:03:04.090 --> 00:03:07.370 And I very much believe in mindset being a muscle. 00:03:07.509 --> 00:03:11.789 So I continuously improve on educating my mind. 00:03:11.990 --> 00:03:15.449 And so the core of it really started back in 00:03:15.449 --> 00:03:18.009 those early days with those two amazing books 00:03:18.009 --> 00:03:20.610 that just set me on that pathway, that journey 00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:25.800 of of uh self -improvement and and it's evolved 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:33.000 even more it's blossomed very much so so um what 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.900 would you say brett um that doing that gives 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:44.900 you it it gives me energy energy and and drive 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:51.719 and motivation um when i recognized by It certainly 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.740 has evolved. When I've been developing that, 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:58.819 I realized that a lot of times we have different 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:00.840 anxieties of what we want to do in our life and 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:03.780 serving our clients and things like that. But 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:06.599 what I've really recognized in the last two years 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.879 was we have to treat ourselves like we're our 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.759 own best customers. And when you do that, when 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:16.879 you think of that analogy, when you get on the 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:21.029 airplane, People say, the stewardess will say, 00:04:21.069 --> 00:04:24.370 put the oxygen mask on first. So I've really 00:04:24.370 --> 00:04:28.189 learned to put the oxygen mask on first for myself 00:04:28.189 --> 00:04:31.790 in my own life so that I have the ability and 00:04:31.790 --> 00:04:36.209 the energy to serve others. And for example, 00:04:36.350 --> 00:04:40.790 I'll get out and go for a hike for an hour and 00:04:40.790 --> 00:04:42.569 a half where I may not have done that before 00:04:42.569 --> 00:04:45.629 in the middle of the day because it's one of 00:04:45.629 --> 00:04:47.990 the best things I can do for myself and my family. 00:04:50.410 --> 00:04:57.449 Helps me so much. Wow, that's awesome. What would 00:04:57.449 --> 00:05:05.069 you say that applying being better, being the 00:05:05.069 --> 00:05:08.509 best version of yourselves has done for others 00:05:08.509 --> 00:05:10.769 when it compares to people around you and the 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:18.189 people you serve? What it does is you realize 00:05:18.189 --> 00:05:22.220 that We're all together. We've all been put on 00:05:22.220 --> 00:05:27.360 this earth for a reason. And I know this is going 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:30.939 to sound like a silly analogy, but Shrek, they 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:33.920 said ogres have layers. Well, we do have layers. 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:36.540 And every time we're peeling back that onion 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:39.399 to find another layer of who we are and who we're 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:43.500 capable of. So when I share some of this with 00:05:43.500 --> 00:05:46.240 other people, they realize, yeah, we are special 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.300 people, every single one of us. And we have that 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:53.360 layer of that potential of who we can become, 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:57.740 who we're intended to be. And I know right now, 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.100 every day, I'm peeling that layer of becoming 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:04.899 that version of me, who I am. because i'm that 00:06:04.899 --> 00:06:08.220 more self -discovery and i i share that and i 00:06:08.220 --> 00:06:10.459 know i inspire people but i also learn from other 00:06:10.459 --> 00:06:13.540 people who inspire me because i i've countless 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:17.779 people that inspire me so that's awesome thank 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:23.399 you for sharing that yeah um if um i think this 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:28.079 is a little little different um but going along 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:30.000 the lines of being the best version of yourself 00:06:30.699 --> 00:06:34.620 And what is success to you? Let's say 10, 15, 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:38.600 20, 30 years down the road, you're looking back 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:40.740 at the things you've done and the person you've 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:42.740 become, not what you've achieved, but what you've 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:45.639 become. What would feel like success to you, 00:06:45.699 --> 00:06:51.740 Brett? Success for me would be having what I've 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:54.519 already been blessed to have, which is my beautiful 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:59.629 wife and my children. They're my blessings. Every 00:06:59.629 --> 00:07:04.889 day, I aim to love my wife even more and my children. 00:07:05.129 --> 00:07:09.350 And that's the ultimate success. But also at 00:07:09.350 --> 00:07:12.449 the same time, being able to give back and be 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:14.870 an active member of my community and the world 00:07:14.870 --> 00:07:17.670 to help others in their own journey. Because 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:20.949 I know if anything that I've shared with anybody 00:07:20.949 --> 00:07:23.769 today, with any of the things I've shared has 00:07:23.769 --> 00:07:28.800 helped somebody, that gives me energy. And so 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:33.879 if I'm able to say, hey, one day, just because 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.639 I smiled at somebody and they may have been having 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:40.079 a rotten day, if I had all those countless little 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:42.680 moments I can look back at, or for example, I 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:44.540 do scouting, I'm involved in scouting. If I know 00:07:44.540 --> 00:07:47.839 I've impacted youth and volunteer in different 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.660 groups that I'm in, that's success for me. Making 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:54.439 an impact on the people that I get to touch every 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:58.790 day. Wow. I can feel that you don't just say 00:07:58.790 --> 00:08:00.850 it. You believe those things in your heart as 00:08:00.850 --> 00:08:05.230 well. Yeah, I do. Thank you for sharing that. 00:08:06.569 --> 00:08:09.170 There's two sides to the sick equation. I think 00:08:09.170 --> 00:08:12.550 there's a doing side and there's a being side. 00:08:12.990 --> 00:08:19.850 I think you and me both know that any growth 00:08:19.850 --> 00:08:25.540 is hard to do without being a good leader. the 00:08:25.540 --> 00:08:27.339 one who is willing to learn and grow through 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:30.759 the pains. So according to you, Brad, what is 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:36.259 the definition of a great leader? That's a good 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:41.419 question, and I hope I do it justice. For me, 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:47.059 a leader is somebody that can set by example 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:53.659 and inspire people, mentor people, show. The 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:56.580 people that lead by example inspire people to 00:08:56.580 --> 00:09:00.100 do great things and recognize their potential. 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:06.159 So if I lead by example, if I say, hey, you really 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.559 should consider going to the gym or putting yourself 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:14.000 first, I often share, you know, you can take 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.940 10 minutes three times a day and go for a walk. 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:21.220 And so if I do that and actually practice what 00:09:21.220 --> 00:09:26.009 I say. and lead by example, then that's a great 00:09:26.009 --> 00:09:31.669 leader. And also humble and not full of themselves 00:09:31.669 --> 00:09:36.250 and realize, hey, I really believe in that analogy 00:09:36.250 --> 00:09:40.690 of the glass is half full. I have a cup that 00:09:40.690 --> 00:09:43.509 needs to be filled even more of what I need to 00:09:43.509 --> 00:09:46.629 learn because I learn from every single person 00:09:46.629 --> 00:09:52.240 I speak to. Everybody can. can be impacted from 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.799 each other and learn. And so if I can lead by 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:01.179 example, that to me is the greatest example of 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:07.320 a leader. Kindness. That's awesome. Thank you 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.960 for sharing that. I think I very, very agree. 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:15.639 There's so many people and leaders I look up 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:20.039 to. But if any of them didn't do the things that 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:23.679 uh they're asking people to do i don't think 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.879 they'll be as impactful as um you think they 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:31.100 would be yeah when when when jesus came and he 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:34.639 does um he was the person who did all the things 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:37.539 and he was also a follower before before he was 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:42.980 a leader yeah he said come follow me uh and you 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:45.340 know you have to be somebody that can lead for 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:48.100 to inspire somebody to lead like to follow so 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:51.769 yeah exactly yeah that's that's that's a very 00:10:51.769 --> 00:10:54.970 impactful story i think and he he he because 00:10:54.970 --> 00:10:59.070 of his his leadership he inspired so many people 00:10:59.070 --> 00:11:02.429 and and he's continued to do so still this day 00:11:02.429 --> 00:11:09.269 yeah yeah what what tips would you have brett 00:11:09.269 --> 00:11:13.409 um for leaders today i think that there is a 00:11:13.409 --> 00:11:15.629 difference between being someone but like what 00:11:15.629 --> 00:11:20.379 tips would you give from your uh to help leaders 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:27.419 today? Recognize that, number one, we all have 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:30.919 problems, but I would like to reframe that to 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.659 say that when we have problems, treat them as 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:39.019 puzzles because puzzles can be solved. The other 00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:44.559 thing is it's okay to have setbacks because those 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.740 are learning experiences and that will allow 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:52.870 you to grow. But most importantly is don't be 00:11:52.870 --> 00:11:55.889 afraid to show people who you are. Be the best 00:11:55.889 --> 00:11:58.669 version of you. Sometimes we put this wall to 00:11:58.669 --> 00:12:02.570 hide who we really are. But I really believe 00:12:02.570 --> 00:12:06.190 that we need, as a leader, show who you are. 00:12:06.250 --> 00:12:09.590 Show that compassion, that empathy that sometimes 00:12:09.590 --> 00:12:13.169 we hide. It's okay to show that so that you can 00:12:13.169 --> 00:12:19.559 lead by example. Continuously invest in yourself 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:22.220 in lifelong learning, whether that's through 00:12:22.220 --> 00:12:26.360 personal development, your spiritual side, and 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:32.179 professionally. Everybody should consider investing 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:33.840 in themselves because it's the best resource 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.639 that you can do. And, but most importantly, inspire 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:41.279 and invest in your people. Yes. Invest in your 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.629 people. I think that's a very, very powerful 00:12:45.629 --> 00:12:49.509 statement. I don't think ever on the show, no 00:12:49.509 --> 00:12:51.429 one has actually said that. Invest in your people, 00:12:51.509 --> 00:12:53.370 not just invest in yourself, but invest in your 00:12:53.370 --> 00:12:55.230 people. How do you invest in your people, Brett? 00:12:55.950 --> 00:12:59.769 Well, I liked, okay, so first of all, if I said 00:12:59.769 --> 00:13:03.289 I was perfect at that, I'm not, but I'm working 00:13:03.289 --> 00:13:06.769 on it. And so one of the key things I've done 00:13:06.769 --> 00:13:10.610 recently, I made this decision is I started meeting 00:13:10.610 --> 00:13:14.240 with my team. And a lot of times we meet with 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.519 our team and we ask what I wanted to know what 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:19.460 their goals were. But I said, I don't want just 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:21.440 I don't just want your professional goals. I 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.000 want your personal goals. I want to understand 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:27.559 what my team wants and how to help them. So and 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.820 I've encouraged them to write goals because I'm 00:13:30.820 --> 00:13:33.519 very much a believer that if you write down goals, 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:39.679 you'll get there. And personally, if I can inspire 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.559 them to. Do some of the things I do in my life 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:46.919 like, hey, volunteer where you can. And then 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:49.460 invest in your skills because we very much in 00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:53.200 today's society, we have to be lifelong learners. 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:58.100 So I've constantly encouraged my team and my 00:13:58.100 --> 00:14:02.659 family to continuously invest in themselves and 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:07.120 what you feed your mind. Feeding it with professional 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:10.740 things that inspire you. thought leaders that 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:13.480 have come before us. There's so much wisdom. 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:17.940 And we live in the best time, Harry, where there's 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:20.500 been so much thought leaders before us and continue 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:23.179 to be around us. We have the great privilege 00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:26.240 of living in today with the internet. So there's 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:29.120 unlimited resources to tap into. Thank you for 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.120 being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.399 in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:36.700 seeing your reactions as these episodes continue 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.460 to move forward. This is going to get more and 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:40.480 more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.600 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:44.779 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:47.080 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.419 out your vision and becoming a vision pro yourself.