Dion Payne, founder of Women for Homes. Tell
me about your vision. You know, okay, I'll say
it in broad strokes. So my vision is to end homelessness.
And I see a world where we're equal. In lots
of different areas. For me, I believe that it
starts with housing. Reason being, when we look
at Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the very base
of the pyramid is food and shelter and that sense
of belonging. You can do a lot in a home. And
I just, yeah, I really believe that's where it
starts. Our mission. based on that is to inspire
a million women to invest $5 ,000 to end homelessness
by 2030. Sometimes when I, well, initially when
I started talking about this, I did get quite
caught up in the numbers and like, oh, you know,
like, well, a million women, like, how much money
is that? But... what i'm getting and and as i
speak about this more what i'm getting is that
yes okay there's there's numbers and there's
the leverage because with five billion dollars
that leverages more money and then you can build
a lot of homes from that and then it's a case
of recycling um but also there's the what i believe
is the unseen um support for this so there's
you know something happens like there's a magic
that happens when people are inspired for a cause
and you never know what walks of life people
come from and how they can help and how they
can support um and then i i i'm going to share
something um so when i was having my children
um i had a a blessing way which was basically
a group of women um that came to celebrate me
and kind of like a baby shower but less based
on the material aspects and more based on the
what's the spiritual support that you need And
I remember in both of those circumstances and
both of the births that I had with my children,
just really feeling into all of my female ancestors
and the women that were standing behind me. And
I just knew that in both of those situations,
I wasn't actually alone. And that's how I feel.
That's the power that we're tapping into in terms
of women for homes. There's this unseen support
of ancestors of women that are saying, yeah,
like. we can do this. So from many levels, I
just feel really supported and that this movement
is going to be really amazing. That's amazing.
And that's amazing that you've tapped into your
diverse communities that you have access to,
the seen and the unseen. And I love that you
mentioned Mazos Hierarchy of Needs. I'm a huge
fan. I think I have to thank Chip Conley for
that of the book Peak, where he tied Maslow's
hierarchy of needs to how he takes care of his
team members, his customers and his investors.
It's a brilliant breakdown of how to do that.
And again, I'm going to share that on the screen
here. You guys can pause this and study this.
And it's a masterclass. We're all in it all by
itself of how to make sure that you're maximizing
your life. I love what Mazo created for us. And
in addition to that, I love the tagline you have
here of one million women investing together
to end homelessness and that you value so much
the process of education and empowering women
with education. My my international politics
teacher. one of the few people i i actually listened
to in my university experience um because of
my bad uh behaviors not because of my professors
but he said jackson if you want to if you want
to educate a nation if you want to change a nation
educate a mom and that just that hit me in a
way that i was like oh my gosh like that makes
so much sense i was raised by my mom and my five
older sisters um and so like it was a very emotionally
moving, important message for me to understand.
And so I very much saw and felt the sacred nature
of what you're doing with your vision. And I
understand how incredibly fast and big of a call
something like this is. So I have people that
I'd like to connect you with. We have opportunities
to dive so much deeper in regards to where this
came from and where you're going with the vision
and what. you're looking for in terms of bringing
both awareness to those who might benefit from
it and finding the leaders who might help you
pull it together. And oftentimes those go hand
in hand, like you said. It's amazing how you
meet somebody and they've got two hands. They've
got a brain. They've got a heart. They've got
the ability. They've got so many abilities they
don't even often realize they have to help us
accomplish things like this. So I'd love to have
you back on the show for a full episode if you're
open to it. Yes, please. Fantastic. Then we'll
wrap up today. All of you who are listening in,
definitely go check out and see, let me see that
website one more time. It was women, the number
four homes .com. Go check out what Deanna's building.
And if you'd like to get involved, it's easy
to reach out to her on any social media platform
that she's on. and engage you in a conversation.
And we'll see you on the full episode of Vision
Pros Live. Thank you for being here today. I'm
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you for giving us your time and attention. Have
an excellent time building out your vision and
becoming a vision pro yourself.