WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.279 Tell me about your vision. Thank you. And excited 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:05.660 to be here. You know, we were just talking about 00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:08.699 multiple visions and part of my work has always 00:00:08.699 --> 00:00:11.400 been around purpose. And I incorporate in that 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:16.399 word how vision, which I think is as ideal future 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.239 state and mission, like why we are doing what 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:22.000 we're doing, plus purpose, which is actually 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:24.640 an emotional. component which most people don't 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.899 think about purpose in that way and so when you 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:29.679 do a mash -up of it uh it comes out to a question 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:32.520 of really what's going to make me proud And I 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:34.659 look at what's going to really make me proud 00:00:34.659 --> 00:00:38.219 in multiple aspects of my life. So on a work 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:40.460 front, it's really about helping people realize 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:43.500 their genius and to be able to not just realize 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:46.179 and see it, but to have it be lived and come 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:49.219 out in all aspects of their lives. Personally, 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:52.880 my purpose, like with my kids and my own family. 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.060 It's I help them do the same thing. And I'm, 00:00:56.060 --> 00:00:58.579 I'm actually, I can't help myself, but coach 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:01.100 and my daughter and son will say, I actually 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:04.680 have five children, three bonus and two birth 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.780 children. And with my birth children, they know 00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:09.560 that when they ever, they asked me a question, 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:12.780 I will more likely ask them a question first 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:15.540 to help them bring it out. Because I think we 00:01:15.540 --> 00:01:18.140 all have the genius within us when we really 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:22.109 listen, listen with our heart. and be able to 00:01:22.109 --> 00:01:25.170 know and I work with executives and doing you 00:01:25.170 --> 00:01:28.030 know fortune 50 company work and all that but 00:01:28.030 --> 00:01:30.549 I do come back to the place of the heart and 00:01:30.549 --> 00:01:33.409 how do we actually have to see people and all 00:01:33.409 --> 00:01:35.390 of their brilliance that are right in front of 00:01:35.390 --> 00:01:39.329 us yeah wow tell me more about that um you can 00:01:39.329 --> 00:01:41.549 take whichever way you prefer you can talk about 00:01:41.549 --> 00:01:43.870 the business or you can talk about family uh 00:01:43.870 --> 00:01:47.540 but I want to hear more about it well I think 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:50.900 for the longest time I had imposter syndrome 00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:53.299 where I can think people can, and I know that 00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:55.019 a lot of people can relate with us where we think 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:56.799 we're supposed to be a certain way or should 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.299 do something with our lives and our careers. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.739 And it's not until we finally get to a place 00:02:01.739 --> 00:02:05.019 of being very much kinder to ourselves and understanding 00:02:05.019 --> 00:02:07.439 what our inner voice is saying that we can actually 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.340 truly be authentic. And I'll give you a quick 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:14.699 example. So I see things in pictures and I don't 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:17.900 normally. Like when I do writing, I don't write 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:20.719 just on a Word doc. I actually have to mind map 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.439 it. So a quick example of how I see the world 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:28.199 is I was teaching a class. I was at Harvard and 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.800 one of the professors I was working with, we 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.840 were doing this work with the students, the second 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.960 year students. And, you know, they all, so many 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:37.979 of them felt like either they were the last people 00:02:37.979 --> 00:02:41.560 who were admitted to the school or they were. 00:02:42.610 --> 00:02:44.930 had this impression that they had to go out and 00:02:44.930 --> 00:02:46.990 make a lot of money and do something in finance 00:02:46.990 --> 00:02:49.169 because that's what they thought was expected 00:02:49.169 --> 00:02:52.189 of them and my role was to be able to ask what 00:02:52.189 --> 00:02:54.129 do you really want what do you think your purpose 00:02:54.129 --> 00:02:56.129 is what do you love doing what lights you on 00:02:56.129 --> 00:03:00.550 fire and i was in 2016 in dallas not very far 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:04.090 from where you live and ended up being in a car 00:03:04.090 --> 00:03:08.979 ride a taxi ride with this gentleman who said, 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.719 it's been a really hard day. And he said, why 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.060 are you here? And I said, I'm here to help these 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:15.500 executives with a purpose. And he said, God has 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:19.360 brought you to me. And I'm like, okay. And I 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:22.020 didn't know like what to say to this. And he 00:03:22.020 --> 00:03:23.680 said, you need to help me figure out my purpose. 00:03:23.740 --> 00:03:27.020 And here I had worked like with Unilever in the 00:03:27.020 --> 00:03:31.560 top 300. And we do this like multi -month program. 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:35.659 Here, Harvard has this 12 -week syllabus. And 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:39.219 what did I have for Walter, who was the cab driver? 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:41.300 I had nothing except for a business card, which 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:44.939 was useless to him. So the next morning I storyboarded, 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:47.719 what would I tell Walter? And what would I say 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:49.520 to him and or my executives? Because I realized 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:51.759 my executives don't have time. Walter doesn't 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.379 have time. How do we make this really simple? 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:56.800 So I created a book. This is a book I wrote a 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:59.759 while ago. And it's actually a picture book to 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.159 help you really think through and create a lot 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.840 of white space in. to help you understand and 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.439 get you just started with thinking about your 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:10.599 purpose. And that started me on a journey where 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:12.300 I don't know if you ever had this, but I knew 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:14.659 I'd be writing three books. Now I am not, I don't 00:04:14.659 --> 00:04:16.399 consider myself a writer, but everyone else will 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:18.000 say, of course you're a writer if you've been 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.379 written books. But three books were going to 00:04:20.379 --> 00:04:22.060 come from this. The first one was for individuals. 00:04:22.180 --> 00:04:25.139 The second one was for leaders. And I just published 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:27.279 my third one called Team Purpose to Performance. 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:29.540 And it just became an Amazon bestseller. But 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:31.939 it's really to get the word out so people could 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:33.899 do this on their own without having consultants 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:36.879 come in and help them. And it became an Amazon 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:40.360 bestseller. So something's working. And hopeful 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.259 that people will just be able to take it on their 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:45.439 own and do this work. That's awesome. That's 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.879 amazing. Wow. I'm so excited you shared that 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:51.639 with us today. And did you ever hear back from 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:56.100 Walter? I did. So this is a crazy story. So I 00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:58.540 am back in Dallas. I was doing work with Toyota 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:01.360 and I've been trying to find Walter and one of 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.500 the guys who was working with me doing some marketing 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:06.540 work for the book. I said, you know, we keep 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:10.199 running up into, we keep getting stuck. And it 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.339 was actually, Walter was an Uber driver. And 00:05:12.339 --> 00:05:15.100 if anyone has ever taken an Uber, you know that 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:17.339 if you leave something in the car, you can easily 00:05:17.339 --> 00:05:19.319 call back and they'll find it for you. Or if 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:21.600 you have an issue, like someone's been abusive 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.439 or something like that, they'll handle it right 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:27.079 away. In this case, just to say thank you to 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.060 Walter and give him something, it was almost 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:32.850 impossible. So fortunately, the gentleman who 00:05:32.850 --> 00:05:35.910 i was working with knew someone at uber and went 00:05:35.910 --> 00:05:38.550 through their back doors to tell walter i had 00:05:38.550 --> 00:05:40.170 something for him because i wanted to thank him 00:05:40.170 --> 00:05:42.350 and i wanted to give him a copy of the book so 00:05:42.350 --> 00:05:45.149 while i am in dallas because i'm from boston 00:05:45.149 --> 00:05:48.290 area while i'm in dallas taking another uber 00:05:48.290 --> 00:05:53.009 to my client i get this guy's phone number i 00:05:53.009 --> 00:05:57.120 call him up and i say walter how are you and 00:05:57.120 --> 00:05:59.459 i said this is laura this is your i you know 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:02.019 you inspired me and i wanted to give you a gift 00:06:02.019 --> 00:06:05.579 of my inspiration and i he goes well where are 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:07.779 you i said i'm in dallas in an uber and his first 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:10.379 response was what are you doing in another uber 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:14.680 i don't have any other way to get a hold of you 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:17.839 so now i do anyway long story short uh i was 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.279 able to meet up with walter gave him a copy of 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.060 the book Got to talk to him about where he was 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:26.879 at. And that was the rest is history. Thank you 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.779 for being here today. I'm really happy that you 00:06:28.779 --> 00:06:31.060 tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:34.600 to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.379 to move forward. This is going to get more and 00:06:36.379 --> 00:06:38.379 more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:40.500 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:42.680 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.000 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.319 out your vision and becoming a vision pro yourself.