WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.919 please share your first last name the name of 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:06.320 your business and where you're located absolutely 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:09.500 so i am dan gentry i call myself the chief life 00:00:09.500 --> 00:00:13.880 architect at third power performance and i am 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.420 in ocala florida so central florida dan let's 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:20.059 just jump right into it please tell me about 00:00:20.059 --> 00:00:24.059 third power life ai whatever you have to give 00:00:24.059 --> 00:00:26.940 right now i'm open listening as well as i'm sure 00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:29.739 somebody else is too Absolutely, absolutely. 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.520 And essentially, third power performance, the 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:37.780 idea of having a third power life has been with 00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:42.740 me for a long, long time. And it really springs 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:45.479 out of like mistakes that I've made, you know, 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.359 for those that can't see me, you know, I am in 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:52.939 my mid 50s. So, you know, had some life experiences, 00:00:53.179 --> 00:00:57.159 done some things right, done lots wrong. And 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:01.460 really, it's about how do we create a life that 00:01:01.460 --> 00:01:05.219 we love how do we you know we have success right 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:08.299 we're moving forward how do we keep doing that 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:11.060 how do we have more success but not lose our 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:14.019 souls in the process right and you know i've 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:16.799 i've been there i've done that where you know 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.900 i was working crazy hours you know i did 140 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:23.180 hour work week once so it's seven days of 20 00:01:23.180 --> 00:01:28.879 hours right um and Yes, it did great things for 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:33.200 my career, but for my health, for my spiritual 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.519 life, for my family life, I mean, essentially, 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:41.659 it's not sustainable, and the universe knows 00:01:41.659 --> 00:01:43.459 that. And for me, the universe kind of stepped 00:01:43.459 --> 00:01:46.079 in and said, okay, we're going to stop that. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:48.640 So basically, in a three -month period, I had 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.299 a divorce. I got laid off from my job, and my 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:55.319 father died. in a three month period, right? 00:01:55.420 --> 00:01:59.120 And it made me really reevaluate my life. And 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:02.560 what am I really doing here? What's going on? 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:06.540 And through that, that's where the idea of the 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:08.979 life triad that I have and how Third Power Performance 00:02:08.979 --> 00:02:12.520 came into being was through that reflection. 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:16.500 And how do I, one, I don't want to go through 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:19.759 that again, right? And then how do I help other 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:23.180 people not go through that again? And, you know, 00:02:23.180 --> 00:02:25.819 I always say that my personal mission, and I 00:02:25.819 --> 00:02:27.419 know you're vision pros, you're all about the 00:02:27.419 --> 00:02:30.520 vision, right? So my personal mission is to make 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:32.819 sure that the song Cats in the Cradle is just 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:34.840 a song and not a story about anybody's life. 00:02:35.020 --> 00:02:37.819 And I know you mentioned in our pre -talk that 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:40.919 you had just listened to it. And so if you haven't 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:43.580 heard it, take a listen, at least look up the 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:50.490 lyrics. It's a powerful warning for... for my 00:02:50.490 --> 00:02:53.969 life basically please go ahead and just tell 00:02:53.969 --> 00:02:57.909 me how third power life involves that balance 00:02:57.909 --> 00:03:02.250 and what what that looks like gotcha um i had 00:03:02.250 --> 00:03:06.569 a mentor that once told me that no amount of 00:03:06.569 --> 00:03:09.770 material success can make up for a failure at 00:03:09.770 --> 00:03:16.550 home right and you know so for you know for me 00:03:16.550 --> 00:03:20.639 it's about People talk about life balance and 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:22.460 I even talk about life balance. I think in my 00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:25.479 Zoom tagline, it's Dan, AI powered life balance, 00:03:25.659 --> 00:03:28.680 right? The reality is, is life balance is a myth. 00:03:30.020 --> 00:03:34.639 It's just life, right? Work, home, they're all 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:37.719 part of our life. And for me, I prefer like a 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:41.900 life harmony, right? And one of the things that 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:45.080 you said really kind of triggered that, you know, 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.419 that we're all just kind of going with what life 00:03:47.419 --> 00:03:51.189 gives us. And there's a fantastic book, Napoleon 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:53.349 Hill. Most people know him from Think and Grow 00:03:53.349 --> 00:03:56.530 Rich. But there was a book that came out, Outwitting 00:03:56.530 --> 00:04:00.250 the Devil, which absolutely fantastic read. Little 00:04:00.250 --> 00:04:04.590 odd sometimes. But one of the core things there 00:04:04.590 --> 00:04:07.530 is most of the time we're drifting through life. 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:10.800 you know we're just going with you know i'm chasing 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.520 you know money i'll just take a job for the next 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.519 you know for whoever will pay more or we're just 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.860 kind of going through life without a real plan 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:25.279 without a strong vision of our future and so 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.220 for me my whole concept revolves around becoming 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:30.920 a commander of your life don't just drift through 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.920 life you have to take command of your life go 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:37.029 where you want it to go so Balance or having 00:04:37.029 --> 00:04:41.589 that harmony in life means being aware of where 00:04:41.589 --> 00:04:46.410 you're going. In my personal program, I have 00:04:46.410 --> 00:04:49.389 the life triad. So basically, I break life balance 00:04:49.389 --> 00:04:53.129 down into nine areas of life. Your spiritual 00:04:53.129 --> 00:04:57.629 health, your mental health, your physical health, 00:04:57.850 --> 00:05:00.750 and then same for relationships, same for money. 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.439 The key is, is that to be aware of all nine areas 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.240 of life balance, or however you want to define 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:13.120 it, and make sure that everything is handled 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.740 to your satisfaction. It doesn't mean you need 00:05:16.740 --> 00:05:19.279 to spend the same amount of time going, you know, 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.100 taking care of your spiritual life and your mental 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:23.620 life and your physical life, right? But it does 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:28.120 mean that, am I okay spiritually? Am I okay with 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.660 my relationships? Am I okay with my financial 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:35.660 education? And so it's not about being balanced 00:05:35.660 --> 00:05:38.420 necessarily. It's making sure that it's all taken 00:05:38.420 --> 00:05:45.079 care of. And that's really what I promote a lot. 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:49.240 And part of the way that I've done that. Because 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:52.079 I am a technology geek, right? You know, we said 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:53.959 at the beginning, yeah, I wrote my first computer 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:57.680 program in 1980. So I've been coding and in the 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:01.019 technology world a long, long time. And there 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:03.839 are changes that are coming with AI and agents 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.600 and all of that that are dramatically changing 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:10.120 our world. And there was a coach that I was talking 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.170 to. i don't know it's probably been six nine 00:06:13.170 --> 00:06:15.850 months ago because i i was like i want to do 00:06:15.850 --> 00:06:18.509 the technology stuff but i also want to help 00:06:18.509 --> 00:06:20.589 people with you know the self -improvement and 00:06:20.589 --> 00:06:22.790 they're like why don't you combine it and i'm 00:06:22.790 --> 00:06:26.449 like one of those duh i wish i thought of that 00:06:26.449 --> 00:06:29.990 uh moments and so that's what i've come as like 00:06:29.990 --> 00:06:34.100 i'm helping people now get up to speed with technology 00:06:34.100 --> 00:06:37.819 with ai here's how you can save 10 hours a week 00:06:37.819 --> 00:06:41.399 with ai but then the key is this is where it 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.480 comes into that balance thing is the time that 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.519 you're going to that technology is going to save 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:52.319 you don't just fill it with more bs fill it with 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.480 things that are going to be fulfilling take those 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.540 take those hours and spend it with your kids 00:06:56.540 --> 00:07:00.040 spend it with you know your relationships spend 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.879 it making yourself better self -improvement you 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:04.740 know that project that you've been really wanting 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:08.100 to do learning a new skill right all of these 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:13.060 things that we can how do we make our lives better 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:16.360 is what it really boils down to and how do we 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.439 take care of all of the different aspects of 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.879 life that make a fulfilling life you know so 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:25.860 the kind of the the fun tagline is like how do 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:28.060 we have more success and not lose our souls in 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:30.779 the process kind of thing so that was really 00:07:30.779 --> 00:07:33.199 important so if you guys have heard anything 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:36.579 hear that do not fulfill your lives with more 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:41.500 stuff if you can utilize ai yeah i when i'm not 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:43.740 speaking on somebody else's platform i use a 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:45.699 little bit more colorful language around that 00:07:45.699 --> 00:07:50.199 but the here's the thing as you know as a solopreneur 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:54.120 myself right you know and you know in in the 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:58.399 corporate world in whatever we we do these things 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:02.639 that that oh i can get more done right and the 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.399 immediate urge is well i'm going to do more and 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:11.860 more in this area right in my job in my business 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:16.459 if i you know if i save five hours I got five 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:20.720 more hours to do business. And sometimes you 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.540 need that, right? And yeah, don't get me wrong. 00:08:22.939 --> 00:08:27.579 It's not just black and white, but to stop and 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:31.319 ask yourself that question. And that's what I, 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:34.000 you know, like you said, if nobody, if you don't 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.539 take anything else away from this, introspect, 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:41.480 look at where am I going, right? And is that 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.320 okay? Yeah. That's kind of a paraphrase. Jim 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.080 Rohn talks about, you know, you look at the five 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.500 people around you. What are they doing to you? 00:08:49.539 --> 00:08:52.220 And is that OK? Right. Which is still really 00:08:52.220 --> 00:08:55.960 good, really good thing. But when we look at 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.240 the tools that we're using and the systems we're 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.480 using and, you know, OK, yes, it's making me 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:05.860 more efficient. What else am I doing? And is 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:08.799 that OK? You know, where am I spending my time? 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:12.309 And is that OK? I want that to kind of be the 00:09:12.309 --> 00:09:16.570 recurring question that let's look at what I'm 00:09:16.570 --> 00:09:20.129 doing. Any decision I'm making, and you know 00:09:20.129 --> 00:09:24.210 this, being in the vision business, I call it 00:09:24.210 --> 00:09:30.289 your purpose. What's your purpose? When you have 00:09:30.289 --> 00:09:34.110 a strong vision for your future, a strong purpose, 00:09:34.429 --> 00:09:38.710 every decision needs to be evaluated against 00:09:38.710 --> 00:09:42.519 that. right you know i'm trying to change generational 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.740 habits the habit of overworking that the whole 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:48.360 cats in the cradle thing that's that's why i'm 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:53.200 here right and so when i'm faced with do i do 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.259 a podcast interview right is that going to help 00:09:56.259 --> 00:10:02.240 me in that vision and you know the the line from 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:07.500 my tedx talk the like it's not just a yeah right 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:13.100 No maybes. It's either hell yes or no. Yes. That's 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:16.179 it. Right. Yeah. Cause here's my thing. You know? 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:20.899 Yeah. You can, maybe it might be, I don't want 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:24.059 a maybe might be level life. I want a third power 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:31.240 life. What's your why? My why, you know, my. 00:10:31.850 --> 00:10:34.769 And again, it comes back to that purpose. And 00:10:34.769 --> 00:10:37.049 I always tell people this, your why needs to 00:10:37.049 --> 00:10:40.529 make you cry. Because if you don't get emotional 00:10:40.529 --> 00:10:44.330 talking about why you're doing what you're doing, 00:10:44.470 --> 00:10:49.529 you're doing it wrong. I'm just saying. But for 00:10:49.529 --> 00:10:52.909 me, it is, it's, I mentioned it, it's like I'm 00:10:52.909 --> 00:10:56.289 making, I'm changing. the world i'm changing 00:10:56.289 --> 00:10:59.789 generational habits because here's the thing 00:10:59.789 --> 00:11:02.110 you know i've been you know i talk about the 00:11:02.110 --> 00:11:04.169 cats in the cradle and you haven't heard it you 00:11:04.169 --> 00:11:08.009 know Guy has a son and, you know, he's too busy 00:11:08.009 --> 00:11:10.850 working to actually spend time with his son until 00:11:10.850 --> 00:11:13.590 he retires. And then his son, you know, he's 00:11:13.590 --> 00:11:16.049 like, you know, hey, I'd love to see you if you 00:11:16.049 --> 00:11:18.090 don't mind. He said, I'd love to, dad, if I could 00:11:18.090 --> 00:11:20.649 find the time. But the new job's a hassle and 00:11:20.649 --> 00:11:22.649 the kids got the flu. So it's sure nice talking 00:11:22.649 --> 00:11:24.610 to you. And it occurred to me that he'd grown 00:11:24.610 --> 00:11:27.919 up just like me. Right. And that's. that's what 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.580 that song really encapsules and that's what i'm 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:33.460 trying to change is because i've been on both 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:36.320 sides i've been the kid the kid wishing his dad 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:39.279 was there and i was the dad that was working 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.559 so much i wasn't there and i've realized that 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:45.919 and that you know the universe kind of made me 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:51.919 realize it but i want to change not only my habits 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.820 and you know being there for my kids both of 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:57.649 my boys that live you know that are still here 00:11:57.649 --> 00:11:59.669 in the house i have five kids three are older 00:11:59.669 --> 00:12:01.669 and already have their own families and all of 00:12:01.669 --> 00:12:07.690 that um but for my sons that are here they i've 00:12:07.690 --> 00:12:12.289 been there for them right and so they understand 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:15.669 because i talk about this yes and they will not 00:12:15.669 --> 00:12:19.070 do the same mistakes so i'm now changing it not 00:12:19.070 --> 00:12:23.110 just for me but for them and for their children 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.799 and there so i'm setting the standard for our 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:30.159 family that work is not the most important thing 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.940 in the world and so again i call it changing 00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:37.440 generational habits absolutely so i'm setting 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.240 that in motion for my family and i want to set 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.059 it in motion for you for yours too for everybody's 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:49.759 yes yes work is important yes financial you know 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:55.620 wealth is important For good or ill, you need 00:12:55.620 --> 00:13:00.899 money to live a good life. They say that money 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:03.320 won't buy you happiness, but it does keep a lot 00:13:03.320 --> 00:13:07.500 of misery at bay. I've met lots of people that 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:09.279 have lots of money who are still miserable. So 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.840 it's not everything, but it does keep a lot of 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:17.519 misery at bay. And so for me, that's my why. 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.860 That's, you know, I don't want other people to 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:29.019 do the heart -wrenching just mistakes that I've 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:31.879 made in my life that, you know, I could go back, 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:35.080 you know, if I only knew, right? And that's why 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:39.320 I do this. I want other people to know while 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:44.519 their kids are still small. Absolutely. And that 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:49.139 was so, I even heard the tone in your voice changed 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:52.320 when I asked you what's why. And I've never heard 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.519 it like that. If your why doesn't make you cry, 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.600 you need to ask what's your why? What's your 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:01.960 true why? And it's an emotional, it's a gut soul 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:06.340 kind of thing that one has to search for to actually 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:10.820 activate. You know why you're doing what you're 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:13.299 doing and the journey that you're taking. Just 00:14:13.299 --> 00:14:15.639 like you said, Dan, you you got to figure it 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:18.740 out. Yes. Yeah, you do. There is an exercise 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:21.580 that I take my coaching clients through that 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:25.960 is really, really powerful. You don't need to 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:28.980 hire me as your coach to do it. But if you want 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:33.240 to. But it's I call it the seven levels deep. 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:37.559 Right. And it's. Most of us, we have a goal that 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.960 we want. For my business, I want to make a million 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:44.779 dollars this year, right? Great. Why? Why do 00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:50.179 you want that? Well, I want to be able to have 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:52.759 a nice house and a nice car and take care of 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:56.120 my family. Awesome. Why do you want a nice house? 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.539 Why do you want a nice car, right? And keep asking 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:04.019 why, right? And every time I've done it, the 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:09.799 first... five levels are, you know, up here. 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.100 It's mental, right? It's, you know, it's, I just, 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:15.440 you know, I want the stuff. And then there's 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:19.980 a change that usually happens somewhere between 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:25.220 step five and step seven. And, you know, usually 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:29.000 the head tilts a little bit and there's a pause 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:34.600 and it's like, well, it's because I don't, you 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:40.330 know, I didn't have that father figure and there 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:43.070 when I was a kid and I want to make sure that 00:15:43.070 --> 00:15:48.190 my kids have that right and that they're secure 00:15:48.190 --> 00:15:52.649 in themselves and so it goes from the head to 00:15:52.649 --> 00:15:56.690 the heart and it and there's there's a pause 00:15:56.690 --> 00:16:00.429 and it's like you feel you know you almost get 00:16:00.429 --> 00:16:03.759 the goosebumps or you get the You know, you can 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:08.799 feel the emotion and that is the gateway to your 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:11.340 real why. Thank you for being here today. I'm 00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:13.059 really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:16.039 Live. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:18.679 as these episodes continue to move forward. This 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.559 is going to get more and more fun. We'll have 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:22.379 more and more engagement as well. We'll invite 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:24.779 people to participate in the show. And thank 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:26.740 you for giving us your time and attention. Have 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:29.399 an excellent time building out your vision and 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.539 becoming a vision pro yourself.