WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.919 Tell me about your vision. My vision, okay. A 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:09.640 vision always starts with a dream, right? And 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.460 your dream changes all the time. So I'm at a 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:16.079 point of my life where my vision is constantly 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:20.760 changing with me, right? Just to give it an idea, 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:24.660 you know, I'm 33 years old. My background comes 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:28.039 from, I moved from the Philippines to the United 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:32.820 States, not. not not recently but you know not 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:36.679 long enough to call myself very adjusted to my 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:39.079 work environment the culture and everything so 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:44.179 um coming from the philippines moving here third 00:00:44.179 --> 00:00:46.500 world country first world country it definitely 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:49.340 changed my landscape and my vision and my horizon 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:54.979 so my vision for to be honest with you it's on 00:00:54.979 --> 00:01:01.280 the works i love it And it's not clear yet, but 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:06.280 it's like building Legos. But this time I allowed 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:11.019 myself to keep building without a big picture 00:01:11.019 --> 00:01:16.019 yet. So I'm letting myself build it as my problems 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:20.359 come, as my challenges come. And that is about 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:24.620 being a single mom, being an immigrant, being 00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:28.099 a woman in the construction industry. And also 00:01:28.099 --> 00:01:31.439 in the middle of career pathing. So that is my 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.439 vision. And it is in the works. Oh, my goodness. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.500 OK, so if I can give you the award right now 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:39.420 through the screen of the most authentic vision 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:41.680 that we've probably ever had, I might give that 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.879 to you. Like, oh, my God. Oh, awesome. And I 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.579 want to I want to highlight some of the pieces 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:49.840 that you talked about that for all you out there 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.510 listening, understand one. I mean. Could you 00:01:52.510 --> 00:01:55.129 get more authentic and raw and real than what 00:01:55.129 --> 00:01:57.230 Trish just did? And I'm going to pull up your 00:01:57.230 --> 00:02:00.310 name in here as well, because as a business development 00:02:00.310 --> 00:02:04.049 executive, a pro engineering consulting and understanding 00:02:04.049 --> 00:02:06.989 the value of architecture, construction and connecting 00:02:06.989 --> 00:02:10.030 strong relationships, the things that you talked 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:13.030 about behind the scenes with me, it is so easy 00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:17.129 to see how your trajectory for your vision is 00:02:17.129 --> 00:02:19.330 like on point. But you brought up something that 00:02:19.330 --> 00:02:22.090 most people aren't self -aware enough. to realize. 00:02:22.370 --> 00:02:25.509 And that is our vision. If we begin with the 00:02:25.509 --> 00:02:28.729 vision in mind, right, I can see the horizon 00:02:28.729 --> 00:02:31.650 of the farm across the street from me. Right. 00:02:31.729 --> 00:02:33.909 But I don't know what's beyond it. So until I 00:02:33.909 --> 00:02:36.490 get to that hilltop, I don't know if I'm going 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:39.150 to turn right, turn left or go straight. And 00:02:39.150 --> 00:02:42.050 so you're you're in the same thing that an 80 00:02:42.050 --> 00:02:45.490 year old and a 90 year old and eight and a nine 00:02:45.490 --> 00:02:49.099 year old are also in this life. But you're crushing 00:02:49.099 --> 00:02:52.280 it and what you're up to. And then I hear that 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.120 you're a single mom and I'm like, oh, my goodness. 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:57.259 Like when I would never have known that you immigrated 00:02:57.259 --> 00:02:59.539 from Philippines, not because I can't tell you're 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:03.379 Filipino, but because your American accent and 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:05.080 your connection to the culture, the amount of 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:09.960 dedication you've put into adapting and to recognizing 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.259 the opportunity to most likely value both cultures 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:18.199 is absolutely incredible. And I'm a single father 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.659 of four. You probably don't know that. So there's 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:26.379 like I know I know a little bit about your journey 00:03:26.379 --> 00:03:29.379 and the path and what it is you're up to. And 00:03:29.379 --> 00:03:32.900 to have the knowledge you have around business 00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:35.319 and engineering and construction of that, it's 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:37.939 just my hat is absolutely off to you. So let 00:03:37.939 --> 00:03:41.659 me let you continue on that. You know, instead, 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:43.259 normally I would ask you something like, what's 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:47.340 the story or all the division? Based on all that 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:49.120 I said, what else do you want to contribute to 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.319 the visionary leaders that are listening in who 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.759 are also on this path of figuring it out, just 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.219 like you and I? It takes a lot of, you know, 00:03:57.219 --> 00:04:00.919 visionary leaders. I think, you know, I can speak 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.000 for them or at least from my perspective that 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.379 we're very hard on ourselves because we're leaders, 00:04:06.539 --> 00:04:09.699 you know, and I'm speaking out of not technicality, 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:14.379 but. I'm speaking out of the subjectivity of 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:17.839 your emotions, your mental state. It takes a 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.579 lot of humility to just admit, hey, you know, 00:04:20.660 --> 00:04:24.240 I'm all of these. I know engineering. I know 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.500 architecture. Where am I headed and why is life 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:30.759 like this for me? I don't have any direction. 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.279 I'm more than capable of what I'm doing right 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:37.480 now, but I don't seem to feel fulfillment. And 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:41.009 sometimes. And not sometimes. I want to say it 00:04:41.009 --> 00:04:44.370 is very, very important that you take a deep 00:04:44.370 --> 00:04:48.410 breath, sit down and just say, hey, there is 00:04:48.410 --> 00:04:52.410 no problem. I'm at a point in my life where I'm 00:04:52.410 --> 00:04:55.110 in the waiting, probably. I'm in the sailing 00:04:55.110 --> 00:04:58.290 part where I need to take a pause and pick up 00:04:58.290 --> 00:05:01.790 little lessons along the way that actually contributes 00:05:01.790 --> 00:05:06.730 to my whole being, not just a career woman or 00:05:06.730 --> 00:05:11.500 a career man. my profession. And I think the 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:15.000 transformative years is a very, very important 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:19.860 aspect of the professional life that we professionals 00:05:19.860 --> 00:05:22.759 need to put attention because that's what makes 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:27.160 us burnt out. We don't see that when we transition 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:31.360 from one role to another, that also transforms 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.360 our changes, our tasks, and not just that, our 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:38.790 dynamics from getting home from work. the people 00:05:38.790 --> 00:05:41.209 around us that takes a lot of emotions out of 00:05:41.209 --> 00:05:45.769 it, responsibilities. The transitions are important 00:05:45.769 --> 00:05:49.069 to pick up and pay attention to because those 00:05:49.069 --> 00:05:52.529 are the details that we leave out. I love it. 00:05:52.589 --> 00:05:55.129 I love it. And I love that you talk. Go ahead. 00:05:55.589 --> 00:05:58.089 The pauses are very important because that's 00:05:58.089 --> 00:06:01.430 when we get to reflect on, am I happy with the 00:06:01.430 --> 00:06:04.569 transition I'm doing? from the transition that 00:06:04.569 --> 00:06:06.949 is happening. Is this something that I controlled 00:06:06.949 --> 00:06:10.689 that was brought about by somebody else, by a 00:06:10.689 --> 00:06:12.970 situation, a circumstance? And then from there, 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:15.689 you can actually adjust yourself. If this is 00:06:15.689 --> 00:06:17.430 something that I can control, okay, what can 00:06:17.430 --> 00:06:20.649 I actually change? If this is not something brought 00:06:20.649 --> 00:06:25.069 about by myself, how can I adjust to it? How 00:06:25.069 --> 00:06:32.500 can I kind of contribute more so that I can adjust 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:36.120 a little bit more and adapt to it more um and 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.959 most visionaries we're very creative we're over 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:43.399 thinkers you know we want to as much as that 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:47.579 we can control the shiny ball where yes because 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:52.980 we want to get to the success where we are but 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:56.860 if we don't pause and respect the transition 00:06:56.860 --> 00:06:59.399 that we're having every moment of our lives and 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.379 those are milestones not in the career honestly 00:07:02.379 --> 00:07:06.220 it's where life takes you when one moves to another 00:07:06.220 --> 00:07:11.379 city when one has a breakup it changes when one 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:14.959 gives birth and becomes a parent when one loses 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:19.160 you know a family divorce or a death in the family 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.920 those are changes and those changes our vision 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:27.060 yeah absolutely there's so much value that like 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:29.100 an extra i can tell that we can go for hours 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:31.319 and i i want to so i want i want to invite you 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.060 back um division pros we would love to have you 00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:35.720 back one of the things that you mentioned was 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.620 transformative years um and what it made me think 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:42.759 of was 47 year old tom brady um and how just 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.560 a few years ago he had his transformative years 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.959 to moving from constant super bowl winner to 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:52.019 now announcing and being analyst as a as a reporter 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:54.680 for the super bowl and it also made me think 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:57.500 of a client i love very dearly her name is sharon 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.300 roth and she runs effortless vital well i guess 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:03.160 i do now i'm ceo but effortless vitality she 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:07.800 started that brand at 73 years old she's 77 now 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.160 um like come on now i mean you can you can always 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.259 be in your transformative years reimagining recreating 00:08:15.259 --> 00:08:18.019 building new things so we're going to bring trish 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:21.139 back if if she's uh willing to come back we would 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:23.480 love to have you i would love to i would love 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.079 to yeah okay fantastic well you guys can of course 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.199 look up trish flores on google um and we'll also 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.139 of course share the social media links with the 00:08:31.139 --> 00:08:33.970 posts that we do and in addition to that You've 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:38.529 got the website, proengc .com. That's for Pro 00:08:38.529 --> 00:08:40.269 Engineering Consulting, one of our initiatives 00:08:40.269 --> 00:08:42.669 currently. But definitely, I look forward to 00:08:42.669 --> 00:08:46.110 following. Trish's process of growing as a leader 00:08:46.110 --> 00:08:48.269 because you got some serious leadership skills, 00:08:48.350 --> 00:08:51.029 Trish. And Vision Pros, we will see you guys 00:08:51.029 --> 00:08:53.070 on the next episode. Take care, everybody. Thank 00:08:53.070 --> 00:08:55.029 you for being here today. I'm really happy that 00:08:55.029 --> 00:08:57.070 you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking 00:08:57.070 --> 00:09:00.330 forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 00:09:00.330 --> 00:09:02.129 continue to move forward. This is going to get 00:09:02.129 --> 00:09:04.730 more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:09:04.730 --> 00:09:06.830 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:09:06.830 --> 00:09:09.009 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:09:09.009 --> 00:09:11.269 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:09:11.269 --> 00:09:13.629 out your vision and becoming a vision. Pro yourself. 00:09:19.610 --> 00:09:25.629 Oh, my gosh. Well done. Thank you. You happy 00:09:25.629 --> 00:09:28.470 with the episode? Yeah, I'm very happy. I mean, 00:09:28.529 --> 00:09:32.129 I hope that, you know, whatever I shared, because 00:09:32.129 --> 00:09:35.649 I honestly, I'm not a leader that is tenured 00:09:35.649 --> 00:09:39.950 in season to talk about, you know, how to deal 00:09:39.950 --> 00:09:43.950 with. 5, 10, 20 people. I'm at a place in my 00:09:43.950 --> 00:09:47.370 life that's exactly where I am at. My vision 00:09:47.370 --> 00:09:50.149 is in the works and I'm figuring it out daily. 00:09:50.769 --> 00:09:54.009 Out of 8 billion people in the world, what percentage 00:09:54.009 --> 00:09:57.509 of them do you think are at your stage of leadership 00:09:57.509 --> 00:10:03.210 or have less experience with leadership? I think 00:10:03.210 --> 00:10:04.909 it would be a lot. I don't know the numbers. 00:10:05.070 --> 00:10:08.210 It's probably more than 96 % of the world relates 00:10:08.210 --> 00:10:12.720 to your story better. than any Bill Gates or 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.320 Warren Buffett that's out there. So what you 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:16.879 shared was golden, and I hope you never take 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:18.820 that away from yourself because you are doing 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:22.259 a great job on your leadership. So is there anything 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:26.440 that you'd like us to see do better in the preparation 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.700 process and the whole experience and the vision 00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:34.940 of the show? I want to caveat that with I didn't 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:36.919 name my brand First Class Business on accident. 00:10:37.370 --> 00:10:40.029 Um, we don't do second class service. Um, you 00:10:40.029 --> 00:10:43.669 know, we, we, we love evaluating. We love change. 00:10:44.110 --> 00:10:47.889 We love optimizing. So is there anything else 00:10:47.889 --> 00:10:50.330 that other than the, the obvious fiascos in the 00:10:50.330 --> 00:10:54.070 beginning of me not prepared and being like two 00:10:54.070 --> 00:10:55.649 minutes late, those are, those are big. I need 00:10:55.649 --> 00:10:58.850 to for sure button those up. Um, but is there 00:10:58.850 --> 00:11:01.730 anything else that you've experienced in podcasting 00:11:01.730 --> 00:11:03.610 or would like to experience like Jackson? Here's 00:11:03.610 --> 00:11:07.389 some ideas for you. Um, Honestly, there's none. 00:11:07.610 --> 00:11:09.950 I love the authenticity that you have, too. I 00:11:09.950 --> 00:11:14.090 actually respond to that really quickly if someone 00:11:14.090 --> 00:11:16.210 is being authentic or doing this for business. 00:11:16.429 --> 00:11:22.029 I love the branding. I would say that it can 00:11:22.029 --> 00:11:24.389 intimidate some people, but I love the branding. 00:11:25.309 --> 00:11:28.409 I keep talking about that, about the intimidation 00:11:28.409 --> 00:11:33.230 factor. one concept of it, but I find that perspectives, 00:11:33.409 --> 00:11:35.350 right? When we just look at one side, we don't 00:11:35.350 --> 00:11:37.669 always get the full idea of what it means. So 00:11:37.669 --> 00:11:40.450 I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. When I 00:11:40.450 --> 00:11:42.509 say intimidating is not a negative word, it's 00:11:42.509 --> 00:11:46.029 more like, oh, I have to really prepare. So I 00:11:46.029 --> 00:11:49.529 love that because it sets the tone on respecting 00:11:49.529 --> 00:11:54.049 the brand, respecting what do I have to put or 00:11:54.049 --> 00:11:57.240 what do I have to offer to them? You know, I 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:59.860 don't want to just blabber. And there are podcasts 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:02.340 where they just dive right on. And I'm like, 00:12:02.379 --> 00:12:04.700 I don't know what to talk about. But the branding 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:07.500 itself speaks for itself. Although when you go 00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:11.259 inside, there's this authenticity and a lot of 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:14.700 kind of like an open book like you can talk about. 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:17.960 Maybe, you know, one thing, maybe you can have 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.019 a touch base with your guests that, hey, I want 00:12:21.019 --> 00:12:23.840 to know more about this or question with one 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.809 question that I really like. uh pre -interview 00:12:26.809 --> 00:12:31.250 um with one of the podcasts that i did um was 00:12:31.250 --> 00:12:34.409 what's what's what's something that you want 00:12:34.409 --> 00:12:37.990 to share that's unique to you that people cannot 00:12:37.990 --> 00:12:42.210 see in any of your social media that is a pivotal 00:12:42.210 --> 00:12:44.909 moment for you or something of significance to 00:12:44.909 --> 00:12:47.509 you i think that would be a great question um 00:12:47.509 --> 00:12:51.590 that way you can really tap and begin to you 00:12:51.590 --> 00:12:54.509 know unravel the story of what is this person 00:12:54.509 --> 00:12:59.840 made of her values roots um because you know 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:04.820 um podcast is good because people don't think 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:08.340 they people think that they live a very you know 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.360 like i'm the only one with this problem i'm the 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:12.600 only one with this struggle i'm the only one 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.080 with this responsibility and did they get surprised 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.840 that a billion people relates to them that's 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:21.419 so cool and that's so that's such a neat question 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:24.279 so you know we get a lot of recommendations um 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:27.600 because we are constantly asking and that is 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:31.179 one of the truly special recommendations um and 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:34.620 whoever that host is did a phenomenal job of 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:37.259 either modeling somebody else or coming up with 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:40.480 some golden nugget because there's so many speakers 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:44.000 who want to say something on stage and never 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.539 have and that they've never been given the permission 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.960 And they've never given themselves permission 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.960 either to talk about it. And that's the question 00:13:52.960 --> 00:14:01.080 to ask. Yes, because I think that in the AI world, 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:04.080 technology, and I say this all the time with 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.120 business development and sales, you can do everything 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:12.460 now. Zoom, all the platforms, Skype, all that 00:14:12.460 --> 00:14:17.870 stuff. And it becomes no personal touch. And 00:14:17.870 --> 00:14:19.929 I think that in technology, we always have to 00:14:19.929 --> 00:14:22.289 find a way to make it personal. And I believe 00:14:22.289 --> 00:14:26.809 I root in that, you know, knowing knowing someone 00:14:26.809 --> 00:14:29.950 genuinely asking questions. What are you all 00:14:29.950 --> 00:14:32.710 about? And that actually gives me good sales. 00:14:33.509 --> 00:14:37.730 Right. For sure. Yeah. Also very helpful to be 00:14:37.730 --> 00:14:39.370 dynamic. Right. That's the more you give, the 00:14:39.370 --> 00:14:41.509 more you get. I've been fortunate. I've worked 00:14:41.509 --> 00:14:45.919 from home since 2010. And so. work from home 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:48.440 like stay -at -home dad and and when i had my 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.139 kids full -time i'm twice divorced i'll learn 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:53.080 some some difficult lessons about relationships 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.620 along the way but uh there's there's so much 00:14:56.620 --> 00:15:00.000 truth to the the technology is not the problem 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.139 with the relationship unless we make it the problem 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:05.840 um right that can be true but it doesn't have 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.559 to be and i would love to invite you as well 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.019 if you're open to it um i'd love to invite you 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:13.870 to be on one of our other shows And that show 00:15:13.870 --> 00:15:18.110 is called Opportunities for Filipinos. And so 00:15:18.110 --> 00:15:20.190 I've got a great team in the Philippines that 00:15:20.190 --> 00:15:25.590 they are currently in host transition. So we've 00:15:25.590 --> 00:15:28.710 got two new brand new hosts that are in training 00:15:28.710 --> 00:15:30.750 right now. And they're going to be doing their 00:15:30.750 --> 00:15:33.870 first podcast interviews, hopefully within the 00:15:33.870 --> 00:15:36.190 next few weeks. What I want to make sure happens 00:15:36.190 --> 00:15:39.330 is that they get that experience with leaders 00:15:39.330 --> 00:15:42.820 who are loving. and supportive and kind and appreciative 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:44.980 because it's, you know how nerve wracking it 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:48.100 is to, to do this. Um, you know, and they're 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:50.919 going to be, um, they're going to be awesome 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:52.940 what they do, but it's always helpful when I 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:55.340 find leaders who are highly nurturing and relatable. 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:59.299 So this podcast is always going to be a very 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:01.720 special one to me, very memorable because first, 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:05.639 um, you're a single dad yourself and I just four 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:10.100 kids. I have one and I'm already losing my marbles 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:13.100 here and there. So you're doing a great job and 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:16.960 never, ever doubt that you are sufficient at 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:20.539 what you do. And I agree with you working from 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:22.379 home. We got to make it work because I do the 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:25.159 same thing. I work remotely, but I travel, but 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:28.179 that's what makes it work. And I'm just, you 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:31.100 know, people probably did not like what happened 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:33.500 with COVID and all that stuff, but it allowed 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:37.899 me to have a lot of. space and a lot of flexibility 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:40.940 to care for my family care for my child you know 00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:45.019 and number two you have a special place in your 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:47.860 heart for filipinos and i love that because i'm 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:50.899 from philippines i love my country and all the 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:55.139 more when i left my country is when it's just 00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:57.860 you know like when people ask me where from where 00:16:57.860 --> 00:17:00.759 are you if i can shout philippines i will you 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.200 know and thank you thank you for creating opportunities 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:08.259 for them Filipinos are great with people. We're 00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:11.539 excellent speakers. We're excellent communicators. 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:17.819 If your podcast is pegged on love, we have the 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:22.329 most love in the world. For sure. I've been fortunate 00:17:22.329 --> 00:17:24.170 to work with a lot of great teams from the Philippines 00:17:24.170 --> 00:17:27.950 and our little team is expanding rapidly over 00:17:27.950 --> 00:17:31.029 there. If you're okay with it, I'd be happy to 00:17:31.029 --> 00:17:33.769 share a few minutes of my vision, but I don't 00:17:33.769 --> 00:17:36.029 want to eat into your time. I know you've probably 00:17:36.029 --> 00:17:38.430 got other appointments coming up. I have time. 00:17:38.509 --> 00:17:41.970 I reserve a slot on my calendar for an hour and 00:17:41.970 --> 00:17:44.890 a half because usually some of the podcasts run 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:47.009 long and then some are, you know, I have the 00:17:47.009 --> 00:17:50.450 briefing and I also kind of take a pause and 00:17:50.450 --> 00:17:52.190 then because you know there's a lot of speaking 00:17:52.190 --> 00:17:55.150 and then i take 30 minutes to before i go back 00:17:55.150 --> 00:17:58.130 to you know my emails and all that stuff so i 00:17:58.130 --> 00:18:00.890 can do uh i can do five minutes um so i'll keep 00:18:00.890 --> 00:18:03.569 it brief um that way you you have that and uh 00:18:03.569 --> 00:18:07.609 yes one thing i added to my calendar um about 00:18:07.609 --> 00:18:10.849 four months ago i asked my assistant um from 00:18:10.849 --> 00:18:13.210 the philippines they said uh hey i want to change 00:18:13.210 --> 00:18:16.960 my schedule now to where Between every meeting 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.559 that I have, I've got 30 minutes of prayer and 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:24.480 meditation. And so it's been such a game changer 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.240 for us. It's helped us progress a ton just to 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.359 have that extra space of specifically like prayer, 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:32.720 meditation, and rest. Like those three things 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.759 in between the meetings. I didn't, you know, 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.500 I was like permission for yourself. It's like, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:41.400 okay, doing that in the morning and nights, dinners 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.960 and all that. Cool. But during the workday, I'm 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:46.210 supposed to be working. um you know no no that 00:18:46.210 --> 00:18:49.410 was like the best move ever um so it was really 00:18:49.410 --> 00:18:53.910 helpful so my uh my vision is to bridge the economic 00:18:53.910 --> 00:18:56.910 gap between north america south america and the 00:18:56.910 --> 00:19:01.710 rest of the world and uh we have a very strong 00:19:01.710 --> 00:19:04.089 latino team as well i speak spanish fluently 00:19:04.089 --> 00:19:07.740 um and so they are they have helped me pave the 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:09.640 way for the last 14 years we've been working 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:11.700 on building this up it was very slow for the 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:15.779 first 13 years of extremely grinding process 00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:19.700 and to honor your vision a little bit um you 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:21.960 know my mom got to a point where she said you're 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.339 delusional um like go get a real job um you know 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:29.160 like you need to do this or that or the other 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:34.180 and and i remember finally feeling like Maybe 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:37.799 I am delusional. Maybe I'm not going to be able 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:40.299 to pull this stuff. Maybe I am spread too thin. 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:45.119 Then about two years ago, it was two or three 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:46.319 years ago. I can't remember where it's now. Time 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.119 runs together. I think it was two years ago in 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:50.900 January. My team took some of my programs for 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:54.039 Christmas, and they finished building out those 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:58.640 programs. It was like watching all of the streets 00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:02.779 of a city come together. And realizing, oh my 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:06.880 gosh, like we're building something far bigger. 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:09.920 Everything connects. Everything that I was doing 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.460 independently where people were saying, why don't 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:15.460 you just, you know, focus on the one thing, Jackson. 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.579 Read the one thing by Gary Keller. And so many 00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:21.279 people were trying to push that narrative and 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:23.960 that initiative. And I was thinking of one of 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:27.200 my superhero favorites, LeBron James. And how 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:29.880 a reporter many years ago, because of his political 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:33.200 views, said, why don't you just shut up and dribble? 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:38.079 Well, that reporter's career is now in the tank. 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:42.019 I'm sure they're doing well with their own niche. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:47.039 But what a horrible legacy to be remembered for, 00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:49.539 right? To tell somebody to go do one thing. And 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:52.880 here's a man who has over 100 companies while 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:55.529 being... one of the best basketball players in 00:20:55.529 --> 00:21:00.529 the world. And so that and Richard Branson both 00:21:00.529 --> 00:21:03.470 inspired me that, you know, you can have your 00:21:03.470 --> 00:21:06.869 cake, you can eat it too, and you can have a 00:21:06.869 --> 00:21:10.029 conveyor belt of cakes. You know, it's a matter 00:21:10.029 --> 00:21:12.589 of what limitations do you set on yourself. And 00:21:12.589 --> 00:21:17.529 so the Philippines program is very close to launching 00:21:17.529 --> 00:21:22.029 with the same type of, let's see here, of interface 00:21:22.029 --> 00:21:26.359 that the Spanish teams, podcast and process flows 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.900 with. And they don't quite have this page set 00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:34.079 up yet for their podcast and their guests. And 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:38.240 these are my two co -hosts for the Latino show. 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:42.599 But bringing this together and making this happen 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.279 and creating a space where Latinos can come in 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:51.900 for free, just like in the Philippines. it takes 00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:55.279 them to a facebook academy um a guide through 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:58.380 facebook where they can then learn how to become 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:02.339 virtual assistants how to how to lead with authenticity 00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:06.299 how to attract influencers how to present themselves 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:09.680 and celebrate their victories and then they go 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:13.279 into an appointment where we also help them become 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:16.509 what we call digital ambassadors And as they 00:22:16.509 --> 00:22:18.930 become digital ambassadors, they learn how to 00:22:18.930 --> 00:22:21.390 represent brands and they go through a 12 -day 00:22:21.390 --> 00:22:24.950 full -time intensive leadership academy. And 00:22:24.950 --> 00:22:26.950 if they need to slow play that, that's fine. 00:22:27.009 --> 00:22:30.450 It's all free for them. But it's literally 11 00:22:30.450 --> 00:22:34.910 to 12 days of fully intense leadership skills 00:22:34.910 --> 00:22:38.650 and listening, how to understand people and what 00:22:38.650 --> 00:22:40.670 types of characteristics to look for in companies 00:22:40.670 --> 00:22:42.569 you might want to represent or work with. And 00:22:42.569 --> 00:22:45.460 they go through a 90 -day program. of being able 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:48.240 to implement what's really 78 days more of being 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:50.519 able to implement all the things that they learned 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:53.640 on a continual basis and then get certified um 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.660 and receive a diploma from the university or 00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:58.039 sorry the academy of first class businesses um 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:01.299 either find their own jobs or throughout the 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:05.799 process if we see people that are loving patient 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:09.539 persistent consistent and reliable and we recognize 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:12.099 that there's somebody that we want a scholarship 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:15.400 in We end up hiring them during the process and 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.180 basically providing them what you'd call a scholarship, 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:21.440 right, to finish the process and program and 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:23.140 then come work with us if they have that talent. 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:27.539 So that's that's the that's where we've gotten 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:29.819 to with the vision and where we're going with 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:32.599 it. I'll be in Puerto Rico next month doing what 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:34.740 I just did down in Panama. And then I'll be in 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:39.599 Colombia in May expanding this. And then I'm 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:42.720 hoping that. ready to go back to columbia in 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:46.579 september um but we're in november we plan on 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:49.779 going to africa um for one of the water projects 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:57.059 um but it's possible in um october or december 00:23:57.059 --> 00:24:00.740 i make some time to finally get out to the philippines 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:05.380 oh yay oh my gosh i am so jealous i want to go 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:09.339 home but uh yeah they're down in uh i can't ever 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:17.589 pronounce it right Thank you. We've mapped out 00:24:17.589 --> 00:24:19.690 the trip. Thank you, ChatGPT. I couldn't do any 00:24:19.690 --> 00:24:24.549 of this without AI. It planned the whole thing. 00:24:24.650 --> 00:24:28.049 I'm like, oh my gosh, this is great. I'll be 00:24:28.049 --> 00:24:30.970 in South Korea. I'll be in Taiwan. I'll be in 00:24:30.970 --> 00:24:33.690 three different cities within the Philippines 00:24:33.690 --> 00:24:36.930 when I go on that trip. I know the budgets. I 00:24:36.930 --> 00:24:39.539 know everything about it. Why? Because AI. plan 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:42.819 things like this yeah that's great and i hope 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:47.200 um please bring um mosquito repellent um don't 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:51.819 drink water everywhere um but eat the food yeah 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:56.220 enjoy the food enjoy the food um enjoy the beach 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:59.299 the monga has one of um like yeah i think they 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:02.480 have like the pink sand i've never been beach 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:06.740 yeah beach is there too we have beaches everywhere 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:09.819 because we're basically like spread out islands 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.920 you know just asking well where is the nearest 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:14.720 beach you probably have to you know kind of travel 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:19.599 on land quite you know will hurt your butt probably 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:23.420 for the road it's worth it it's beautiful and 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:26.359 i hope you have a great time um i'm sold with 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.839 your vision uh first because um i have a very 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:34.740 uh i've been looking for something to give uh 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:37.660 where to give um i'm a very spiritual person 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:42.140 as well um every birthday that i have i oh ever 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:44.980 since i got here i would work with project 150 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:48.000 celebrate my birthday ask my friends hey come 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:50.640 volunteer with me this is your birthday gift 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:54.440 to me your time so i'm sold it's opportunities 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:56.900 for filipino whether you have me as a guest or 00:25:56.900 --> 00:26:00.660 let me know how i can help well i'll tell you 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:03.519 what i'll introduce you to jessimae she runs 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:06.619 the team in the philippines um and then y 'all 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:08.559 can coordinate based on that and based on other 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.960 needs um you know if you're if you're ever looking 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:13.680 for help with growth um you know if you're ever 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:17.259 looking for virtual assistants too and and exploring 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:20.000 how to build whatever you may be building you 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.880 know whether it's with the engineering company 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:24.519 or with your own ventures we're always here um 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:27.279 i'm a big believer in in not selling actually 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.440 um so i'm i'm have you ever been you go to costco 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:34.599 or sam's club what's your I tried both. I do 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:38.059 like both more. So you know how you walk in, 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:42.940 right, to these stores and you walk past that 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:45.819 technology section and there's people there that 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.380 are trying to sell. And I usually, you know, 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:50.500 I don't go like this, but I find a way to avoid. 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:54.140 I want to go to the samplers. Exactly, right? 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.500 So we don't like to be sold to as human beings. 00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:01.019 Everybody goes to Costco and Sam's Club almost 00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:03.000 always walks out with something they didn't intend 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:06.119 to. Yeah. And that's because we love to buy. 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:09.980 But we love to buy according to our own desires 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:14.059 and our own ability to explore. And so J .W. 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:16.099 Marriott does an excellent job of that, too, 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:18.079 where it doesn't matter if you're a guest in 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.440 the presidential suite or in one of the cheapest 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:23.640 rooms possible or you're a guest or a visitor 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:26.140 who is sneaking into the pool. They're going 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:29.140 to honor. all those individuals as best they 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:33.339 can and so my team is also like again they train 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:35.980 on that concept of yes give people the space 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:40.240 to really see and feel what this is like my biggest 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:43.819 best pet peeve when i'm shopping is keep being 00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:47.680 at keep being asked like um do you need help 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.599 and then the second time around hey do you need 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:52.819 help and then show me this and i'm like Yeah, 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:55.299 I don't want to shop anymore. I'm exploring. 00:27:56.079 --> 00:28:01.059 I think I'm a happy person or I'm like old enough 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:04.240 to actually approach and ask, hey, I need help. 00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:06.579 I don't know this. Can you tell me more about 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:11.200 this? And, you know, information is available 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:15.140 to people now. So sometimes giving that respect 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:21.099 to a client or customer goes a long way. Getting 00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:24.920 to know them. Selling is not the goal. The goal 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:27.619 is to get to know their needs. Thank you for 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:29.619 being here today. I'm really happy that you tuned 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:31.900 in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:35.200 seeing your reactions as these episodes continue 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.960 to move forward. This is going to get more and 00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:39.019 more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.099 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:43.279 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:45.539 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:47.900 out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.