WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.339 What is, what's your current active vision? It's 00:00:05.339 --> 00:00:08.859 a beautiful question. And of course I can interpret 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:11.460 the word vision is that what is my, what is my 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:14.439 purpose? What is my mission? What is my, my moonshot? 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:18.199 So I'll try to kind of roll it into one, some, 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:20.739 the one thing that, that, that drives me, that 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:23.839 gets me thinking, you know what, this is a lifelong. 00:00:24.530 --> 00:00:27.670 something that who knows how far along I'll get. 00:00:28.250 --> 00:00:31.410 So imagine the ultimate moonshot is one that 00:00:31.410 --> 00:00:36.030 you're reaching so far out of your comfort zone 00:00:36.030 --> 00:00:38.469 that chances are you'll never reach it. And if 00:00:38.469 --> 00:00:41.530 you get close to it, you realize that, you know 00:00:41.530 --> 00:00:44.070 what, I need to move it a little bit further 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:46.929 and move it a little further until it's never 00:00:46.929 --> 00:00:50.630 about that final moment when you step on the, 00:00:50.729 --> 00:00:53.880 you know, plant your... flag at the top of the 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:57.340 mountain. It's truly the cliche, the journey. 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:02.039 And so throughout the course of my life, I continually 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:05.900 ask the question, but where can I make the greatest 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:09.359 difference of all? How could I? What could I 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:13.659 do? Not from an ego standpoint of it's got to 00:01:13.659 --> 00:01:16.519 be huge, otherwise I don't matter, but rather 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:19.340 the most significant difference. Now that could 00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:22.560 be with one person, but how about... There's 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.060 8 billion people on the planet. Why would I want 00:01:25.060 --> 00:01:27.620 to leave anyone out if I could make a significant 00:01:27.620 --> 00:01:30.560 difference in the life of one person that I truly 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.599 felt could transform their lives in, of course, 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.159 all the positive manner? Well, why would I want 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:39.680 to deprive anyone of that possibility? It doesn't 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:41.239 have to have anything to do with Mark Fournier. 00:01:41.579 --> 00:01:45.700 I don't care. I mean, my nonprofit is Limitless 00:01:45.700 --> 00:01:48.629 University. It's not Fournier University. The 00:01:48.629 --> 00:01:50.510 only reason my name comes up is when I do one 00:01:50.510 --> 00:01:51.969 -on -one coaching, they need to know who they're 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:55.370 talking to. So the bottom line came to me when 00:01:55.370 --> 00:02:01.609 I realized that we live in the mind, that the 00:02:01.609 --> 00:02:05.329 physical world, it's a backdrop. We keep thinking 00:02:05.329 --> 00:02:08.889 that our lives are predicated upon the things 00:02:08.889 --> 00:02:11.409 that happen, good weather, bad weather, stock 00:02:11.409 --> 00:02:14.090 market, whatever it is that's happening, that 00:02:14.090 --> 00:02:17.849 we are reacting to that. And we're spending our 00:02:17.849 --> 00:02:22.990 lives attempting to manipulate that world and 00:02:22.990 --> 00:02:25.949 attempting to somehow overcome this physical 00:02:25.949 --> 00:02:30.169 world. And those who are good at it, I say, well, 00:02:30.210 --> 00:02:32.030 those are the people that you hear the word empowered. 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.539 They are empowered. I call empowerment is the 00:02:35.539 --> 00:02:38.080 ability to influence the world around us. The 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:39.979 greater influence you have, technically, the 00:02:39.979 --> 00:02:42.639 more empowered you are. Up until you get to a 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:46.580 certain point, which is where you realize, I 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:50.039 will never have the resources needed to change 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.620 the entire planet Earth. The resources, time, 00:02:52.740 --> 00:02:55.120 money, connections, energy. I mean, I'm not going 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:58.879 to live forever. Much less will I have even the 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.370 resources to guarantee that I will live. truly 00:03:02.370 --> 00:03:07.310 a happy and fulfilling life, that my life will 00:03:07.310 --> 00:03:09.669 somehow make a difference because we all want 00:03:09.669 --> 00:03:13.030 relevance. And so in the long run, I realized 00:03:13.030 --> 00:03:16.969 that you can't have world peace. You can't have 00:03:16.969 --> 00:03:20.229 end poverty, all these things by trying to change 00:03:20.229 --> 00:03:23.629 these physical factors. There's only one way 00:03:23.629 --> 00:03:26.069 to ever get there. And that is to raise human 00:03:26.069 --> 00:03:29.770 consciousness. That is to get. help as many people 00:03:29.770 --> 00:03:32.949 as possible realize that what comes after empowerment 00:03:32.949 --> 00:03:36.129 is enlightenment. And that's the ability to influence 00:03:36.129 --> 00:03:40.189 the world within. And that's where we live. And 00:03:40.189 --> 00:03:43.229 if you have the ability to do that, you start 00:03:43.229 --> 00:03:46.729 realizing that ultimately, if I live in the mind, 00:03:46.750 --> 00:03:49.409 then my reality is really just the stories, the 00:03:49.409 --> 00:03:52.250 thoughts and stories that I buy into. It comes 00:03:52.250 --> 00:03:56.150 down to what do I believe? And imagine if you 00:03:56.150 --> 00:03:59.969 could. impact the belief system of an entire 00:03:59.969 --> 00:04:04.669 culture, of a country, of a world. And if everyone's 00:04:04.669 --> 00:04:06.629 beliefs could be in alignment in regard to what 00:04:06.629 --> 00:04:09.449 is it that really matters, what is it that we 00:04:09.449 --> 00:04:14.909 really need? And if on an elevated level of consciousness, 00:04:15.250 --> 00:04:17.930 we realize, well, most of us already have what 00:04:17.930 --> 00:04:20.449 we need, food, shelter, water, and oxygen, you 00:04:20.449 --> 00:04:26.879 know, classic Maslow. But in the end, Look at 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:28.600 the wars. Look at the famine. Look at all the 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:30.980 problems. How many of them have something to 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:34.740 do with ideologies, with people believing that 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:38.819 I need your land. I need this. I need control 00:04:38.819 --> 00:04:40.819 over you. I need this power and all these other 00:04:40.819 --> 00:04:43.060 things. And so they fight for it. And, of course, 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:46.439 how many wars are based on religion and so on 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.759 and so forth. But in the end, you look at that 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:56.769 song by John Lennon. Imagine. No possessions, 00:04:57.029 --> 00:05:02.930 no religion. Imagine just we already accept that 00:05:02.930 --> 00:05:06.629 I am all I need to be and I have all I really 00:05:06.629 --> 00:05:09.269 truly need. Then imagine what's left as you spend 00:05:09.269 --> 00:05:11.329 the rest of your life reaching out to others 00:05:11.329 --> 00:05:14.470 so that they can not have everything they need, 00:05:14.509 --> 00:05:17.810 but so they can realize they already do. And 00:05:17.810 --> 00:05:19.810 of course, the more poverty stricken countries 00:05:19.810 --> 00:05:22.730 and so on would be the ultimate recipients of 00:05:22.730 --> 00:05:26.639 those who have. finally realized I don't need 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.879 to accumulate more of anything. All I need to 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.019 do is share this knowledge and this insight. 00:05:32.339 --> 00:05:35.139 And so that is a long convoluted answer to a 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:38.740 short question. But all I can tell you is a very 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:41.259 beautiful answer. And I didn't mean to cut you 00:05:41.259 --> 00:05:43.240 off. You got all you can tell us. Go ahead and 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.300 go with that, Mark. All I can say is that in 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:51.779 the long run, if you want. If you really want 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:55.800 to create a better world, it starts with you. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:58.660 And you've got to learn how to create a better 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:01.800 world within. And when you reach this level of 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.519 enlightenment, of understanding that I don't 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.220 need to spend my whole life seeking validation. 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:12.100 I don't need to be special. I just need to accept. 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:18.879 I call it the four pillars of basically of your... 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:22.220 We'll have to get into that. It's know thyself. 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:27.339 And so with my clients, I go, yeah, get to know 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:28.819 who you really are. That's the oldest philosophy 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:32.160 recorded. It was Imhotep. He was an Egyptian 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.660 priest who invented all little things like modern 00:06:35.660 --> 00:06:38.040 math, modern science, the pyramids, and so on. 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:40.680 Pretty bright guy. Yeah, and the first philosophy 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:42.699 ever recorded is know thyself. It must be pretty 00:06:42.699 --> 00:06:46.439 important. Socrates, the others all picked it 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:49.269 up too. Once you know who you really are. What 00:06:49.269 --> 00:06:50.689 are the other three, Mark? I know we only got 00:06:50.689 --> 00:06:52.329 a couple minutes, but I want to make sure to 00:06:52.329 --> 00:06:53.629 - You know what? You're right. I'm taking too 00:06:53.629 --> 00:06:55.250 long for this. No, we're going to be able to 00:06:55.250 --> 00:06:57.629 dive deep, but I'm also going to extend an invitation 00:06:57.629 --> 00:07:00.089 already, Mark. I want you on my other show. Thank 00:07:00.089 --> 00:07:02.110 you. Thank you. My other show is the Be Your 00:07:02.110 --> 00:07:04.720 Best Show. All right. Oh, okay. The Be Your Best 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.279 show is where we're going to dive in two to three 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:10.560 hours and really, really hit the depths. If you 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.079 would be willing to be over there, I'd be honored. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.079 You guys are all laughing already because you're 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:17.160 like, Jackson, he's just regurgitating what you 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.199 say on almost every episode. Yes, I'm not telling 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.800 you anything you haven't already heard. Okay, 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.560 I'll give you the other three. No, no, it's okay. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.639 Here's the point. We met 20 minutes and 11 seconds 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:29.860 ago, guys. He didn't know I existed. I didn't 00:07:29.860 --> 00:07:32.819 know he existed. Mark's got the Emmys, right? 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:35.319 He's got the awards to his name as well. And 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.600 the point I'm making with that, Mark, is most 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:40.939 of the people who come to our show are looking 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:44.279 for this level of depth, and they're hearing 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.160 it for the first time, maybe the second time 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.399 in their life, right? And so if they don't hear 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.639 the repetition, right, coming from different 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:52.519 sources, people who have been there, done that, 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:54.040 people who have different types of backgrounds, 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.540 and it may go in one ear and out the other. It 00:07:56.540 --> 00:08:01.060 may not stick. So you speak our language and 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:03.699 we speak the language that you're putting out 00:08:03.699 --> 00:08:06.439 there as well. You're just new to us today. You 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.540 didn't know this community existed here. You 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:10.139 had your own brilliant community that you've 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:12.279 been building for it. And I'm excited for my 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:14.339 community to see and recognize that and be able 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:16.000 to realize like, okay, this guy is a limitless 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:19.040 coach. And sure enough, he talks with the same 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:23.319 types of stories and word choices. And you have 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:26.019 the same type of demeanor as the people who I'm 00:08:26.019 --> 00:08:28.759 constantly looking for. So I want to honor that. 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:30.779 If you can hit the three fast, let's do it. But 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:32.840 we're going to keep it less than 45 seconds. 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:36.539 All right. In 45 seconds or less. This is something 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:39.580 that we all want to be striving for. Know thyself. 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:42.120 Figure out who you really are. Strengths and 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:45.740 weaknesses. Step two, accept thyself. Ooh, that's 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:48.679 a big one. Because most of us don't. We only 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.299 accept the things about us that we think are 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.299 wonderful and incredible. We don't accept the 00:08:52.299 --> 00:08:54.840 fact that, well, I'm not so great about this 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.769 and so strong. It's okay. I'm not perfect. No 00:08:57.769 --> 00:09:01.409 one is. And that's okay. I'm doing my best to 00:09:01.409 --> 00:09:03.210 be my best. So I'm going to accept myself. And 00:09:03.210 --> 00:09:06.309 number three is now be true to thyself. Now that 00:09:06.309 --> 00:09:08.610 you know who you are and you've accepted, build 00:09:08.610 --> 00:09:11.450 a life based on who you really are. And the fourth 00:09:11.450 --> 00:09:13.049 one is the toughest, but that's what they show 00:09:13.049 --> 00:09:15.210 the heroes doing in the movies. And we love them 00:09:15.210 --> 00:09:18.090 for it. Speak thy truth. That's when the hero 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:20.169 stands up and says the thing we all wish we could 00:09:20.169 --> 00:09:22.730 say, but we're afraid. Afraid that the world 00:09:22.730 --> 00:09:24.470 won't accept us for who we are. But if you've 00:09:24.470 --> 00:09:27.200 already accepted yourself, then you have the 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:29.679 strength to stand out there and say, this is 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.179 what I believe. Thank you for being here today. 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:34.120 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.759 Pros Live. I'm looking forward to seeing your 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.539 reactions as these episodes continue to move 00:09:39.539 --> 00:09:41.500 forward. This is going to get more and more fun. 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:43.379 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:45.320 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:47.500 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:50.419 Have an excellent time building out your vision 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:51.820 and becoming a vision pro yourself.