WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.840 Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:04.019 of Vision Pros Live. I'm your host and coach, 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:07.339 Fletcher Ellingson. So glad you're here. So glad 00:00:07.339 --> 00:00:10.439 you're in this conversation. I think these conversations 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:13.640 are a lot of fun and I love learning and I hope 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.800 you get something out of it as well. Today on 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.339 the show, we have Dusty Holcomb and Dusty is 00:00:20.339 --> 00:00:23.579 a leader, a speaker. He's got his own podcast 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:28.649 and his specialty. unlocking the potential of 00:00:28.649 --> 00:00:31.929 leaders. And I love the conversation of leadership, 00:00:32.009 --> 00:00:35.090 so let's dive into it. Dusty, welcome. Thank 00:00:35.090 --> 00:00:37.009 you, Fletcher. It's an absolute pleasure and 00:00:37.009 --> 00:00:38.729 delight to be here. I obviously love talking 00:00:38.729 --> 00:00:40.530 about leadership too, so this will be a lot of 00:00:40.530 --> 00:00:44.009 fun. Yeah, yeah. So I always like to start off 00:00:44.009 --> 00:00:45.750 with a win, right? Because there's a lot of suffering 00:00:45.750 --> 00:00:47.649 going on in the world, a lot of discontent, a 00:00:47.649 --> 00:00:49.990 lot of uncertainty, and it's easy to get sucked 00:00:49.990 --> 00:00:52.729 into that. It's easy to begin to focus on what's 00:00:52.729 --> 00:00:55.210 not going well. So my first question for you, 00:00:55.810 --> 00:00:58.350 is what's a win for you, either professionally 00:00:58.350 --> 00:01:01.270 or personally? Yeah, I love that question. In 00:01:01.270 --> 00:01:03.869 fact, I start every week. I start every day with 00:01:03.869 --> 00:01:05.329 that question, but I start every week with some 00:01:05.329 --> 00:01:07.650 of the groups I lead with that exact same question. 00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:10.629 What's a win, personal or professional? You know, 00:01:10.730 --> 00:01:14.519 my win and. It's an unsolicited video that one 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:17.500 of our leadership cohort members sent me yesterday, 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:21.700 just thanking me and thanking the group for the 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:23.560 impact that we've had in his life. And like when 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.879 somebody says, hey, man, this has changed my 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:28.459 life. Like everything else is great. That's as 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:32.140 good as it gets. Yeah, that feels really good, 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:34.379 right? It does, man. How about you? What's your 00:01:34.379 --> 00:01:40.400 win? Oh, gosh, my win, you know, I'm gonna use 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.739 this for my win. Just before this call, I got 00:01:42.739 --> 00:01:47.760 back from hanging out with my dog at the park, 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:51.939 at the lake, watching my dog swim, throwing the 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:54.900 stick for him. That's one of my favorite things 00:01:54.900 --> 00:01:58.379 to do, is just throw the stick for the dog, watch 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:00.620 him go in the water, come back out. And we live 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:04.260 about four blocks from this glacier fed lake. 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:07.140 It's called Lake Cheyenne. Yeah, it's a 50 mile 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:12.659 long beautiful crystal clear lake and The win 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:17.139 is my lifestyle allows for that. So I'm grateful 00:02:17.139 --> 00:02:20.020 Yeah, man, that sounds awesome when you can recharge 00:02:20.020 --> 00:02:22.659 the batteries in a way that you're getting some 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:25.580 sunshine You're getting some some furry love. 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:28.860 It's pretty good. Yeah You got it, man. It doesn't 00:02:28.860 --> 00:02:31.080 take much to make me happy. I think the dogs 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:32.680 the real winner though He's got somebody giving 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.479 him some exercise. That's right. That's right 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:40.490 So hey, we're talking about leadership and specifically 00:02:40.490 --> 00:02:45.949 unlocking the potential of leaders. Now our audience 00:02:45.949 --> 00:02:49.569 is made up of leaders. Our audience is made up 00:02:49.569 --> 00:02:54.930 of entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, startups and 00:02:54.930 --> 00:02:58.250 well -established businesses as well. So this 00:02:58.250 --> 00:03:03.789 is a topic that we're all familiar with and some 00:03:03.789 --> 00:03:06.090 more than others. We're at different stages in 00:03:06.090 --> 00:03:08.840 the game of leadership. But let's get clear about 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:13.780 one thing first, okay? Everybody's a leader in 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:15.840 some capacity. Would you agree with that? 100 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.759 % agree. John Maxwell wrote that leadership is 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.759 influence. Nothing more, nothing less. And so 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.599 when you have influence, you're a leader. And 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:27.539 that's what leadership is. It has nothing to 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:29.699 do with title. It has nothing to do with role. 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:32.099 It has nothing to do with size of organization. 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:35.389 It has everything. to do with being a person 00:03:35.389 --> 00:03:37.870 of influence. So that's the way I think about 00:03:37.870 --> 00:03:40.289 leadership. Thank you for saying that. And I 00:03:40.289 --> 00:03:43.969 love that you put those words to it. Leadership 00:03:43.969 --> 00:03:48.030 has nothing to do with title or role. Now, and 00:03:48.030 --> 00:03:50.949 that may surprise some people. Yeah. But that's 00:03:50.949 --> 00:03:55.849 because they may think of leaders as they have 00:03:55.849 --> 00:03:59.550 a very small box about leadership. Right. So, 00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:02.969 Dusty, expound on that for me and help educate 00:04:02.969 --> 00:04:06.509 us. Where else are we leaders in our life? I 00:04:06.509 --> 00:04:08.710 like to think about it this way. If you have 00:04:08.710 --> 00:04:12.150 a leader, a person who is telling someone else 00:04:12.150 --> 00:04:15.110 to do, you are doing or amending your behavior 00:04:15.110 --> 00:04:18.290 because someone has directed you. A real leader 00:04:18.290 --> 00:04:22.750 has the opportunity to change how you behave 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:27.839 based on how they show up. follow, one of the 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:29.980 things I preach, one of the things I really study 00:04:29.980 --> 00:04:33.480 is in order to have impact and influence on others, 00:04:33.980 --> 00:04:36.620 you have to be able to lead yourself first. So 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:39.000 when you're becoming a person of influence for 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.519 yourself, Then there's a trickle out effect a 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.259 ripple effect that creates influence and I don't 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:48.100 care, you know like one of the most influential 00:04:48.100 --> 00:04:50.980 people that I've ever had the privilege to serve 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:53.540 was the person who by title worked for me was 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:58.120 my EA at a prior company for 17 years, but man 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.839 when she whispered the entire Organization took 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.680 notice and like I changed my behavior because 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.050 of how she showed up. She was a leader Yeah, 00:05:08.230 --> 00:05:12.389 yeah, that's that's so cool And I want to encourage 00:05:12.389 --> 00:05:14.610 people listening right now. We're watching this 00:05:14.610 --> 00:05:18.990 to answer this question Where am I a leader? 00:05:19.889 --> 00:05:23.350 What area of life am I perceived as a leader? 00:05:24.189 --> 00:05:26.709 What area and I like do I want to be perceived 00:05:26.709 --> 00:05:31.490 as a leader, right? and What area of my life 00:05:31.490 --> 00:05:35.870 are others expecting me to be a leader? And really 00:05:35.870 --> 00:05:38.050 when we break it down, using some of the stuff 00:05:38.050 --> 00:05:42.470 you said, we can rephrase that question and say, 00:05:42.930 --> 00:05:46.430 where am I expected to influence the thinking 00:05:46.430 --> 00:05:51.509 of other people? Where am I expected or where 00:05:51.509 --> 00:05:55.529 can I help enroll people into a vision of what's 00:05:55.529 --> 00:06:00.660 possible? I love that you went there like into 00:06:00.660 --> 00:06:03.980 a vision of what's possible Because as I said 00:06:03.980 --> 00:06:05.980 a minute ago like you have to lead yourself first 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:08.759 How you talk to others how you think about influencing 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.560 others that same language that same philosophy 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:15.660 that same approach? Applies to yourself. So like 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.720 I love the way you reframe this. Hey, where am 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.980 I supposed to lead others to a vision? Am I clear 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:23.980 on that vision for myself and of myself? Where 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:27.160 does my behavior need to change and amend in 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:29.480 order to make that vision a reality? Because 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.240 I can't cast a vision out for others if I haven't 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.860 codified and defined it and I'm not following 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:37.439 to it. I've got to make sure I really have that. 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:42.120 Yeah, you've got to have that. If you don't, 00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:44.560 it's hard, right? You're just going through the 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:48.389 motions and that's not leadership. Yeah. Yeah. 00:06:48.389 --> 00:06:50.730 I mean, when we think of the leaders that we 00:06:50.730 --> 00:06:53.709 respect the most, at least for me, these are 00:06:53.709 --> 00:06:57.610 people who are walking the talk, right? Yes. 00:06:57.870 --> 00:07:00.910 Yes. They are not armchair philosophers. They 00:07:00.910 --> 00:07:04.990 are, you know, the pavement where the rubber 00:07:04.990 --> 00:07:07.250 meets the road, right? They are walking the talk. 00:07:07.550 --> 00:07:10.889 They are doing the stuff themselves. And that's 00:07:10.889 --> 00:07:13.589 really what we're talking about is personal integrity, 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:16.649 right? It really is and you know they not only 00:07:16.649 --> 00:07:19.990 do they walk the talk they know and recognize 00:07:19.990 --> 00:07:22.769 that they will have off days and they invite 00:07:22.769 --> 00:07:26.170 someone to call them out when they're not behaving 00:07:26.170 --> 00:07:28.829 the way they have said they want to behave and 00:07:28.829 --> 00:07:30.009 they'll be the first of a minute like I know 00:07:30.009 --> 00:07:32.930 I've screwed up a lot in life but you know the 00:07:32.930 --> 00:07:35.230 the leaders that I respect the leaders that we 00:07:35.230 --> 00:07:38.569 want to emulate and we want to be like are the 00:07:38.569 --> 00:07:41.350 ones who have high personal integrity like they 00:07:41.350 --> 00:07:43.990 show up the way they say they're going to and 00:07:43.990 --> 00:07:47.769 when they fail and we all do they invite the 00:07:47.769 --> 00:07:50.230 friction they invite the feedback because they 00:07:50.230 --> 00:07:53.670 know that that's how they get better okay yeah 00:07:53.670 --> 00:07:58.310 so let's let's go to this next Topic you just 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:01.389 you just prepped the conversation for invite 00:08:01.389 --> 00:08:04.230 the friction. Tell me more You know one of my 00:08:04.230 --> 00:08:08.389 favorite Proverbs is iron sharpens iron and you 00:08:08.389 --> 00:08:12.149 have to be intentional in how you curate that 00:08:12.149 --> 00:08:15.550 Friction like you ask for the friction like we're 00:08:15.550 --> 00:08:18.209 not supposed to be comfortable We're not supposed 00:08:18.209 --> 00:08:20.889 to be you know going along and saying I've arrived 00:08:20.889 --> 00:08:23.879 we have that have someone who is challenging 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.680 us, who is helping us be better. I think one 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.959 of the great fallacies about leadership is that 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.740 the leader has all the answers. The leader doesn't. 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:36.240 The leader has the opportunity to ask the questions 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.960 that allow you to triangulate on the truth. So 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.200 when I think about the friction, I think about 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:46.220 intentionally asking for someone to challenge 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:48.840 my position. Based on what I know, this is what 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:51.509 I believe. What am I missing? Where could I be 00:08:51.509 --> 00:08:54.330 wrong? How am I missing out on what a different 00:08:54.330 --> 00:08:56.789 perspective may bring to the table? And one of 00:08:56.789 --> 00:08:58.629 the things that we work with when working with 00:08:58.629 --> 00:09:01.210 leadership teams is we build cohorts where we 00:09:01.210 --> 00:09:04.049 intentionally create accountability. You know, 00:09:04.210 --> 00:09:06.070 people, human nature, they'll let themselves 00:09:06.070 --> 00:09:09.169 down first, right? You know, I will choose to 00:09:09.169 --> 00:09:11.129 sleep in and miss the workout or whatever it 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:13.750 is. But the minute I have committed to another 00:09:13.750 --> 00:09:16.470 person, the minute I have told someone else, 00:09:16.850 --> 00:09:18.789 this is who I am. This is what I believe. This 00:09:18.789 --> 00:09:21.809 is what you can't expect. and give them permission 00:09:21.809 --> 00:09:23.730 to call me out when I do it, I won't let them 00:09:23.730 --> 00:09:26.429 down. Like I had that accountability and like 00:09:26.429 --> 00:09:28.610 some of the fiercest conversations that I've 00:09:28.610 --> 00:09:30.870 ever been part of is when someone was following 00:09:30.870 --> 00:09:33.330 through and giving me the hard friction I needed. 00:09:35.789 --> 00:09:39.149 I'm really enjoying this concept about invite 00:09:39.149 --> 00:09:44.149 to friction. I really appreciate this language. 00:09:44.629 --> 00:09:47.090 It's not language that I've used in the past, 00:09:47.330 --> 00:09:50.330 but this is a concept I'm really gonna incorporate. 00:09:51.870 --> 00:09:55.629 Because we all know what friction is. And friction 00:09:55.629 --> 00:10:02.990 is abrasive. Oh, it's just like, ouch. But I 00:10:02.990 --> 00:10:06.370 really invite you who are listening or watching 00:10:06.370 --> 00:10:09.549 this right now, man, really take this to heart. 00:10:09.909 --> 00:10:12.929 Take what does he's saying to heart invite the 00:10:12.929 --> 00:10:15.809 friction now. This is going to be a practice 00:10:15.809 --> 00:10:20.230 because if you are not someone who is used to 00:10:20.230 --> 00:10:22.409 Taking ownership and saying oh, that was me. 00:10:22.409 --> 00:10:24.789 I messed up. Oh, that was me I got that wrong 00:10:24.789 --> 00:10:28.710 or or if you're not used to people saying you 00:10:28.710 --> 00:10:31.350 were wrong or pointing out your Where you could 00:10:31.350 --> 00:10:34.169 have improved? That's going to be something that 00:10:34.169 --> 00:10:37.029 massively impedes your growth accomplishment 00:10:37.029 --> 00:10:40.529 and success in life. So I'm gonna Again, listen 00:10:40.529 --> 00:10:42.370 to what he's saying and I want to invite you 00:10:42.370 --> 00:10:46.789 to really assess yourself. Am I that person who 00:10:46.789 --> 00:10:50.570 invites the friction or do I recoil? Do I deny? 00:10:50.629 --> 00:10:54.029 Do I defend? Do I divert? Do I avoid? Because 00:10:54.029 --> 00:10:56.230 I'll tell you what, when I, and I'm going to 00:10:56.230 --> 00:10:59.269 use your term, when I decided to invite the friction 00:10:59.269 --> 00:11:02.730 into my life, whoa, things started to change 00:11:02.730 --> 00:11:06.690 radically. I'm the person in the room who now, 00:11:07.090 --> 00:11:08.809 oh that was me, I'll raise my hand, I messed 00:11:08.809 --> 00:11:12.990 up. Like I used to before I'd lie about it. Hmm. 00:11:13.470 --> 00:11:14.970 No, no, no, that wasn't me. It must been someone 00:11:14.970 --> 00:11:20.509 else No, no, that was me my mistake Yeah, I would 00:11:20.509 --> 00:11:24.090 I'm gonna jump in there. I'm guessing I can't 00:11:24.090 --> 00:11:26.830 speak for you, but I can speak for myself. There 00:11:26.830 --> 00:11:29.090 are times and seasons in our lives we are way 00:11:29.090 --> 00:11:31.330 more worried about what other people are going 00:11:31.330 --> 00:11:34.309 to think about us. So we lie, we don't raise 00:11:34.309 --> 00:11:36.649 the hand, whatever it is we do. But the minute 00:11:36.649 --> 00:11:39.090 we say, hey, I screwed up, I'm the one that, 00:11:39.289 --> 00:11:41.350 like we're leading, we're setting the example, 00:11:41.669 --> 00:11:45.610 we own the consequences of our behavior. Invite 00:11:45.610 --> 00:11:48.450 the friction, iron sharpens iron. The knife does 00:11:48.450 --> 00:11:51.730 not get sharper without friction. The car does 00:11:51.730 --> 00:11:54.470 not go faster without friction on the highway. 00:11:55.330 --> 00:11:58.049 Everything we do, everything we do in growth 00:11:58.049 --> 00:12:00.509 in life has a friction. And there are things 00:12:00.509 --> 00:12:03.409 that work against us. We have to break through. 00:12:03.970 --> 00:12:06.889 We have to break through. And so there's a wonderful 00:12:06.889 --> 00:12:10.009 book, The War of Art, where he talks about pressing 00:12:10.009 --> 00:12:13.669 through the resistance. That's friction. Like 00:12:13.669 --> 00:12:16.509 the world does not conspire to give you a tailwind 00:12:16.509 --> 00:12:18.889 the world conspires to give you a headwind and 00:12:18.889 --> 00:12:22.029 it's through the perseverance that you get the 00:12:22.029 --> 00:12:26.129 strength to meet the Next level I got I like 00:12:26.129 --> 00:12:27.929 to think in metaphors and one of the metaphors 00:12:27.929 --> 00:12:29.809 that we talk about a lot with leadership is you're 00:12:29.809 --> 00:12:31.830 just climbing a mountain and when you get to 00:12:31.830 --> 00:12:33.970 the top There's gonna be another one and you 00:12:33.970 --> 00:12:35.909 go down a little bit you go up again And you're 00:12:35.909 --> 00:12:38.830 always going through this cycle and there's always 00:12:38.830 --> 00:12:42.009 friction and that's okay. It's how you grow that's 00:12:42.009 --> 00:12:44.669 important and And then when you do it for yourself 00:12:44.669 --> 00:12:47.789 and you invite it, man, I'm not saying it's easy. 00:12:48.450 --> 00:12:53.950 It's powerful. It's uncomfortable. Sometimes 00:12:53.950 --> 00:12:57.710 it's very disturbing, but yes, it's powerful. 00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:02.669 Again, I'm a big fan of language, words matter, 00:13:02.929 --> 00:13:05.649 and I like what you just said a few sentences 00:13:05.649 --> 00:13:10.009 ago. One of the things I always say is life was 00:13:10.009 --> 00:13:12.009 always working out for my greatest evolution, 00:13:12.110 --> 00:13:14.480 right? But I want to put it in the words you 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:18.220 just said, life is not, you said life is not 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:20.399 something but a tailwind. Say that again, please. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:23.519 Yeah, life does not conspire to give you tailwinds. 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.659 Yes. If you have headwinds, you must press through. 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:30.600 Yes, exactly. That is so beautiful. Because when 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.840 we get that headwind, it doesn't feel like life 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:36.320 is working out for me. Doesn't look like it doesn't 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.860 sound like it may not taste like it, right? No, 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:43.000 no, no. But it is. That's the opportunity. And 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:49.379 yeah, so life as it's conspiring for you is actually 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:52.980 maybe giving you a huge headwind so that you 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:55.980 can expand. Yeah, it really is. And so again, 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.960 mental model that I like to think about the imagery 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.690 is if you're familiar with the art of judo. And 00:14:02.690 --> 00:14:07.230 judo is a Japanese grappling art, martial art. 00:14:07.590 --> 00:14:12.970 And the way a great judo fighter wins is he redirects 00:14:12.970 --> 00:14:16.350 energy. He redirects the energy away. And so 00:14:16.350 --> 00:14:18.289 when we think about life and these challenges 00:14:18.289 --> 00:14:20.870 that come up for us in our leadership, in our 00:14:20.870 --> 00:14:24.090 business growth, in whatever it is, instead of 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:26.919 trying to absorb it, and take the pain, take 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.740 the hit. We find a way to redirect that energy 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:33.139 and then seek what we learn from it. What I love 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:35.779 so much about the judo metaphor is you can have 00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:37.860 a white belt get on the mat with a black belt 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:40.220 and the white belt can kick the black belt's 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:42.240 tail because he happens to have studied a lot 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.279 of arts. He happens to be very experienced. You 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.700 bow when you get on. You go at it hard. You bow 00:14:48.700 --> 00:14:51.419 when you leave and you have learned. That's embracing 00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:54.379 the friction, the opportunity to learn. What 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:55.860 does this have to do with business? What does 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:58.279 it have to do with leadership? It's a mental 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.679 model. It's a mindset shift that you say, this 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.620 is what's happened for me. I get to do this. 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:09.159 Let me embrace this opportunity to be better 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:12.240 and have higher degrees of impact and influence. 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:18.659 Yeah, well articulated. So good. Gosh, I hope 00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:22.840 you all are listening and paying attention to 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.460 this good stuff he's laying down. I'm feeling 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:28.879 inspired right now. So thank you for this time. 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:34.200 Dusty, we're coming up towards the end of our 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.120 conversation here. But I want to know, and for 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.080 those listening, maybe I want to work with Skye. 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.330 I want to find out more about this. How do they 00:15:41.330 --> 00:15:45.409 reach you? And before you say that, what is it 00:15:45.409 --> 00:15:48.529 that you can offer people that do want to work 00:15:48.529 --> 00:15:50.830 with you? Like, what's the package or what do 00:15:50.830 --> 00:15:53.470 you help companies, do you help individuals enlighten 00:15:53.470 --> 00:15:56.590 us? Yeah, principally, we work with high performance, 00:15:56.870 --> 00:15:59.230 high functioning leaders who are trying to break 00:15:59.230 --> 00:16:02.110 through that friction point, that transition 00:16:02.110 --> 00:16:04.710 period from where they are to where they're going. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:08.440 three core pain points that leaders always feel. 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:12.399 They feel isolated and alone. They feel like 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:16.159 they're just stuck. They can't get the traction 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:18.899 they want. Or they feel like they're the bottleneck. 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:22.340 Everything ends up on their desk. They just like, 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.820 why is this all saddling me? So as we work with 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:29.679 leaders, we help build a system, a leadership 00:16:29.679 --> 00:16:33.389 operating system that they can install. in their 00:16:33.389 --> 00:16:36.110 system, in their business, in their life, we 00:16:36.110 --> 00:16:38.789 surround them with a cohort of like -minded leaders 00:16:38.789 --> 00:16:42.190 and we enable them to break through. It goes 00:16:42.190 --> 00:16:45.149 back to when you work on yourself, when you lead 00:16:45.149 --> 00:16:47.669 yourself, you can lead a team and you can influence 00:16:47.669 --> 00:16:50.529 and impact an organization. So we start from 00:16:50.529 --> 00:16:52.950 the inside to work out and we really follow the 00:16:52.950 --> 00:16:55.389 mantra of slow is smooth, smooth is fast. But 00:16:55.389 --> 00:16:59.009 when you do that, Man, you can create real change. 00:16:59.389 --> 00:17:01.490 So that's what we do. We do leadership group 00:17:01.490 --> 00:17:03.990 and leadership impact accelerators, put together 00:17:03.990 --> 00:17:06.670 cohorts of 12 like minded leaders, give them 00:17:06.670 --> 00:17:10.009 a system, the time and space to install it and 00:17:10.009 --> 00:17:12.769 help each other be accountable to that. One of 00:17:12.769 --> 00:17:16.089 the things is that those pain points resonate 00:17:16.089 --> 00:17:20.809 for folks. We have a wonderful quick assessment 00:17:20.809 --> 00:17:23.069 that you can take that will just give you as 00:17:23.069 --> 00:17:25.509 a quiz, hey, which one of those pain points is 00:17:26.129 --> 00:17:29.009 choking me out the most right now, and it's just, 00:17:29.009 --> 00:17:32.349 you know, clarity, excuse me, leadershipgapassessment 00:17:32.349 --> 00:17:34.910 .com. You can just go there, leadershipgapassessment 00:17:34.910 --> 00:17:39.069 .com, and take that non -question quiz, or you 00:17:39.069 --> 00:17:42.130 can just go to Arcus Group, A -R -C -Q -U -S, 00:17:42.130 --> 00:17:45.849 group .com, and we have tons of resources there. 00:17:46.230 --> 00:17:48.309 So, like, whether you engage with us or not, 00:17:48.609 --> 00:17:50.690 you know, our purpose and mission in life is 00:17:50.690 --> 00:17:53.559 to enable the success of others. And that's why 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.420 I started this firm is I want to impact the lives 00:17:56.420 --> 00:18:00.000 of 10 million leaders. And so go find resources, 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:04.200 go check us out, and lead better by leaving yourself. 00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:08.240 Right on. Well said. Thank you so much for your 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:14.480 time today. My notebook here is full of notes 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.579 and things you've said, so I love this. Things 00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:19.380 I haven't heard before. Invite the friction. 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:23.460 Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Iron sharpens 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:27.359 iron. All this is gold. Thank you so much for 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.019 your inspiration and contribution today. You're 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:31.759 welcome, Pleasure. It's great. I love talking 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.799 about this stuff, as you can tell. It's always 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.920 nice to be able to talk with someone who it resonates 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.480 with, so thank you for that. Yeah, you bet. Alright, 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:42.799 we'll have you back again for the long form. 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.279 Ladies and gentlemen, Dusty Holcomb, thanks for 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:49.059 being on Vision Pros, and now it's time for you 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:51.380 to get out there. Be a source of kindness, be 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:53.559 a source of contribution. You do have something 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.319 to offer this world, and I believe in you. Thank 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.240 you for being here today. I'm really happy that 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.400 you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:03.740 forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.420 continue to move forward. This is going to get 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:08.000 more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.059 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:12.220 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:14.539 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:17.019 out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.