Walter Freiberg, tell me about your vision. What
I see in the future, in my future and in the
future of the world, is people really learning
in a variety of languages and really empowered
to live the life of their dreams, including learning
about what they really care about, creating the
future they want to live. and doing that regardless
of the culture of the country they're living
in, the language, creating their best version
of themselves and not letting borders get in
the way of creating that. That's what I want
to create. I love that. And as we got to know
each other right before the show, we've never
met before. We've been guys, everybody listening
in. We started talking 14 minutes ago, 14 minutes
and 40 seconds. And I was just blown away by
the depth of this man and reading about how he
collects his thoughts, how he helps people move
towards greatness by turning towards goodness
and turning towards depth play versus, you know,
going after and just crushing things. There's
so many things that I was like, whoa. I got to
get Walter on here for a much, much bigger show
and episode for all of our sakes. He's got some
serious depth, guys, and I don't say that lightly.
So, Walter, let's dive into some of that depth.
Where did your vision come from? I think that
it all started when I got passionate about languages
in my teenage years. I was born in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. And to me, language and English in
the first place was the opportunity, an opportunity
to create something new for myself. And I learned,
I took private classes, private lessons. I was
fortunate that in my, when I was a teenager,
my parents could afford that. And then after
that, in my 20s, my early 20s, I took the full
responsibility on that, on my learning. And that
was a bridge to get into. creating my online
business, entrepreneurship, creating products
and services for people. And ultimately that
was creating a new identity for myself in a different
language. And then I did that again and again
in other languages. So it came from, now that
I see it, a desire to reinvent myself in a new
language. Whoa, that's huge as somebody who speaks
Spanish myself as well I know what that reinvention
process can feel like and I also want to give
a huge shout out to my personal coach Fletcher
Ellison because Fletcher he has helped me also
recognize and understand this power of language
that is so often overlooked and taken for granted
a little bit. So we're going to come right back.
We're going to dive in a little bit deeper on
this episode, guys. And then I'm going to do
everything I can to get Walter to come back again
and again because we got too much fun to explore.
This is going to be awesome. All right. Welcome
in to Vision Pros Live with Jackson Callum. I'm
your show host. We'll be doing interviews for
visionary entrepreneurs and guest leaders who
are building fantastic visions out there. Vision
pros, I got to give a shout out to all those
in the audience who are looking at this listening
and going, you know what? Wait a second. We're
supposed to be interviewing Walter Freiberg,
but Jackson's bringing up a competitor. Well,
great leaders don't see competitors as an enemy.
They see the opportunity for correlation. And
I use that for all of you to be able to assess
and evaluate, wait, how do I put this situation
and this person in a box that's appropriate and
secure for me? So while Walter and I are at the
very beginning stage of figuring out who we are,
how we correlate, I can say that I see the types
of leadership attributes and traits of Fletcher
Ellingson, of Simon Sinek, of Patrick Mancione,
John Maxwell, to me, the greats of the greats.
And it just creates a huge curiosity in me. I'm
like, okay, Walter. You know, again, where did
you figure all this out? How did you move so
far along this path so fast? But I'm going to
derail all those questions for future episodes.
And I'm going to start with a question that I
don't hear enough people asking. You have a why
that's strong. You wouldn't have learned languages
if you didn't. And you're about reinventing yourself
and those other languages. You went on that path
and journey. What's the story behind the why?
What led you to want to do that? I love that
question, Jackson. And it all started with difficulties
and challenges on my own learning. It started
with a struggle to learn and to learn how to
learn. uh in my early 20s i was studying psychology
at a university level and i was feeling like
i was going through the motions i was passing
exams and i wasn't really learning and i wasn't
getting much from that so i had my crisis moment
a learning crisis when i was in university and
when i think of my passion of learning and empowering
learners that's one of the big moments in my
life when i found out that I could really take
responsibility for my own learning. And if I
wanted to create something and become a person
that I admired, that was on me. And that was
something that I really needed to take care on.
And that was something that I needed to work
on myself. And it's not something that I could
delegate. Or it's not something that the university
would do for me or just passing exams or getting
good grades. I needed to take ownership of that.
So that's how it all started. And that's what
I wanted to provide or help support others with.
That's awesome. You led right into my next question,
which is OK. How are you utilizing that to help
and support others? We'll go into the house since
we know that's what you want to do is help and
support others. How do you go about that and
how can others begin to lean into the process
of being ready for the type of help you provide?
I started helping people with that with e -books
and I wrote a series of creator readers for Spanish
learners. I started writing them in 2012. So
that was more than 10 years ago. And that was
the first vehicle. vehicle that i found to support
others in their learning and then i i'm being
a piano teacher and now i'm a coach i'm a life
and language coach and so i think that what's
been most valuable for me in getting started
on this path is being around people who see who
saw a possibility in me and that's something
that i would recommend for others who want to
become someone new or maybe create a new version
of themselves and that can take many forms sometimes
it's a mentor or a coach or a teacher somebody
we admire and usually it's being around some
somebody who inspired us or a group can take
many forms and usually for me it's being a social
element there i love that and i would i would
i would just double down on that somebody's um
you know it's a i'm looking at this picture behind
me of lebron james and i find it sad when when
some visionaries talk to me they're like i already
have a coach yeah how many coaches that guy has
i've been on all the different aspects of his
life and to the the most successful people in
the world they're typically surrounded by communities
taylor welch said it really well he said that
a weak person in a strong environment will outperform
a strong person in a weak environment And so
the environment is who we surround ourselves
with, how we uplift ourselves, super, super important.
That's why I'm incredibly grateful for Walter
having come across my path. I'm like giddy. It's
like a birthday present of the day or the Christmas
present of the day is getting to meet you, Walter.
So thank you for being here. And Vision Pros,
those of you listening in, we'd love to have
you join us on the show as well. You don't have
to be somebody that makes me feel like it's my
birthday. I'll still be excited to meet you and
see you. On the top right corner is a button
up there. It says, be our guest. Come and try
this. Come and jump on stage and talk about your
visions. And if you're looking for a wise mentor
and somebody who is going to help you maximize
the purpose in this life, then I would definitely
put Walter in the deck of people that you interview
and explore that with. Walter, can I get you
back on the stage at some point? I would be delighted.
Please. Awesome, man. I'm excited for it. Vision
Pros, we will see you guys on the next episode.
Stay inspired, everybody. Thank you for being
here today. I'm really happy that you tuned in
to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking forward to seeing
your reactions as these episodes continue to
move forward. This is going to get more and more
fun. We'll have more and more engagement as well.
We'll invite people to participate in the show.
And thank you for giving us your time and attention.
Have an excellent time building out your vision
and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.