WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 All right. Welcome in to Vision Pros Live with 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:05.860 Jackson Callum. I'm your show host. We'll be 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:07.620 doing interviews for visionary entrepreneurs 00:00:07.620 --> 00:00:10.500 and guest leaders who are building fantastic 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:21.120 visions out there. Welcome in to another episode 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.579 of Vision Pros Live. I'm your show host, Jackson 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:25.640 Callum, founder and CEO of First Class Business. 00:00:25.699 --> 00:00:28.660 And I'm super excited to have Benaiah Sif on 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:32.929 today. So this is an interesting episode. Vinay 00:00:32.929 --> 00:00:34.409 is listening in the background. He'll get to 00:00:34.409 --> 00:00:37.969 understand some of my evolution. I have been 00:00:37.969 --> 00:00:41.049 on a journey of self -awareness, self -actualization, 00:00:41.250 --> 00:00:45.090 discovery, becoming my best self for the better 00:00:45.090 --> 00:00:49.049 part of the last five years now. And, you know, 00:00:49.109 --> 00:00:51.189 it's interesting to start that journey at 33 00:00:51.189 --> 00:00:53.350 when we think we should be starting that journey 00:00:53.350 --> 00:00:57.070 at three years old, shouldn't we? And sure. But 00:00:57.070 --> 00:01:00.859 this is where, The last five years have taught 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:03.420 me a lot about trying to become a better leader, 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:08.799 showing up and appreciating myself fully, as 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:11.760 well as those that I'm working with. And over 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.519 the last year, I've made some radical shifts 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.079 in terms of leadership and what it means to care 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.780 about others and listen to others and make space 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:25.340 for their storms and, you know, really playing 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:27.540 with healthy boundaries in a completely new way. 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.640 I share all that because Vinay has also been 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.900 on this journey for a long time, since he's 21. 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.700 And he's got at least a decade on me, I think. 00:01:36.180 --> 00:01:38.560 And he's got different cultural backgrounds. 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:40.599 There's so much wisdom that we could potentially 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.359 learn. But one of my discoveries over the last 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:47.000 six months, so really the last three months, 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:50.519 has been I can do a better job of making room 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:52.760 for alternative perspectives, perspectives that 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.450 are maybe outside of my comfort zone. And Vinaya 00:01:56.450 --> 00:01:58.829 represents that. He works with things like crystals, 00:01:58.969 --> 00:02:02.409 and that's a subject that normally we've actually 00:02:02.409 --> 00:02:05.510 turned guests down in the past, probably from 00:02:05.510 --> 00:02:08.189 an unfair, self -righteous sense of judgment 00:02:08.189 --> 00:02:11.430 on my part. And today is the first day where 00:02:11.430 --> 00:02:14.310 I'm going to say, you know what? It's okay. Vinaya 00:02:14.310 --> 00:02:17.949 has his strengths. for his life. And some of 00:02:17.949 --> 00:02:20.610 you may benefit tremendously from that and may 00:02:20.610 --> 00:02:22.569 not benefit so much from my way of thinking. 00:02:22.770 --> 00:02:25.830 So this is a new exploratory episode. Before 00:02:25.830 --> 00:02:28.009 I bring him back on, I want to give a huge shout 00:02:28.009 --> 00:02:31.229 out to Junaid Ahmed of Home Studio Mastery. He's 00:02:31.229 --> 00:02:33.610 one of the best podcast studio creators on the 00:02:33.610 --> 00:02:36.069 planet. I'm in Ecuador right now. I don't really 00:02:36.069 --> 00:02:39.490 worry about the style of the podcast from a design 00:02:39.490 --> 00:02:41.389 standpoint. As long as you can see me clearly 00:02:41.389 --> 00:02:43.370 and hear me clearly, I'm happy with that and 00:02:43.370 --> 00:02:45.789 hope you are too. But there are certain markets, 00:02:45.870 --> 00:02:47.509 there are certain brands where it makes sense 00:02:47.509 --> 00:02:49.870 to have a phenomenal studio. He's the best in 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:52.550 the business. Then there's Danny Brassell. Dr. 00:02:52.629 --> 00:02:55.169 Danny Brassell teaches parents how to inspire 00:02:55.169 --> 00:02:58.069 their children to learn, to love, to read. And 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:00.469 I once heard from my international politics teacher 00:03:00.469 --> 00:03:04.250 at BYU, if you want to change a nation, educate 00:03:04.250 --> 00:03:06.770 a mom. I love that Danny goes around the world 00:03:06.770 --> 00:03:08.669 educating parents how to educate their children. 00:03:09.050 --> 00:03:11.490 All of us that are listening in right now know 00:03:11.490 --> 00:03:14.409 the power and value of reading. And if you look 00:03:14.409 --> 00:03:15.969 at the most successful people on earth, most 00:03:15.969 --> 00:03:18.229 of them would claim that reading is one of the 00:03:18.229 --> 00:03:21.810 cornerstones and pillars of their success. So 00:03:21.810 --> 00:03:24.210 we got one more piece up here, and that's the 00:03:24.210 --> 00:03:26.800 water project. There are millions of people in 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:28.539 this world who don't have access to clean drinking 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:30.759 water. My hope is that you and I will bring the 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:32.500 subject up with more and more people, even if 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:34.020 you're not in a financial position to give back 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:36.699 to it. Just showing people the Water Project 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:40.180 and seeing how the Water Project goes about transparently 00:03:40.180 --> 00:03:43.280 showing you. which villages have need for which 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:45.379 water systems and how much it's going to cost 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:47.500 to build it you get to see the projects come 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:49.960 to fruition and you get to make a generational 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.539 impact on others like i said even if you just 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:54.819 share that over dinner and show people what they're 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:58.419 up to that person you show it to might end up 00:03:58.419 --> 00:04:01.000 funding an entire project for an entire village 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.560 and that's the type of impact that i hope we're 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.300 willing to make for the world and if there's 00:04:05.300 --> 00:04:09.699 other means of causes to support that you would 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:11.500 like us to support, then just drop the comment 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:14.060 below and let us know. And I will take a look 00:04:14.060 --> 00:04:15.639 at that personally, and I will probably talk 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.800 about it with others as well, if it's something 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.500 that I feel called to do. And this is one way 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:24.720 we can go about bridging the gap in economics 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.800 that exists between North America, South America, 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.019 and the rest of the world. And it's one way we 00:04:28.019 --> 00:04:29.839 can make sure that we're trying to help the 8 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:31.360 billion people out there who really need it. 00:04:31.459 --> 00:04:33.939 So without further ado, Vinaya, thank you so 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:36.629 much for joining me on Vision Pros Live. Yes, 00:04:36.629 --> 00:04:40.629 thank you. Wonderful project. I really appreciate 00:04:40.629 --> 00:04:45.889 that. Thank you. I'm happy to hear that. So back 00:04:45.889 --> 00:04:48.490 to helping these visionaries that are out there. 00:04:48.689 --> 00:04:52.470 I asked you a strange question, which was, what 00:04:52.470 --> 00:04:54.490 question, what powerful question should we be 00:04:54.490 --> 00:04:58.930 asking in order to maximize and learn from your 00:04:58.930 --> 00:05:04.339 years of wisdom and your perspectives? The first 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:09.360 would be to become aware that in a certain way, 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.560 no matter how beautiful life was to this moment, 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:16.579 right? We had beautiful moments and love and 00:05:16.579 --> 00:05:21.899 yeah, it was overall actually pretty cool. Maybe 00:05:21.899 --> 00:05:29.079 we even have our dream job. And if I really look 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:36.079 and feel inside and notice that Yeah, but there's 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:39.639 still something missing. What am I missing here? 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:44.920 What is that which always remains unfulfilled? 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:51.899 And to find that or to become aware that, yeah, 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:55.420 there's more. And it's not more in the sense 00:05:55.420 --> 00:05:58.819 of more cars and more happiness or anything, 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:05.519 but more security in my life. is exactly the 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.439 way it is supposed to be and i'm the master of 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:15.300 where it goes and learning to step into that 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:21.180 has the requirement to actually feel that and 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:24.699 know yeah wait there is more no clue what it 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:27.360 is never mind i had no clue what i was looking 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.689 for And then one starts on the journey and then 00:06:31.689 --> 00:06:35.230 one starts to look at one's programs and ways 00:06:35.230 --> 00:06:39.790 of doing things and reacting and not being present. 00:06:40.009 --> 00:06:44.949 And it's all variation of the same story, basically, 00:06:44.949 --> 00:06:49.689 but different for everybody in this moment. And 00:06:49.689 --> 00:06:54.610 through readings, I can give you. It's basically 00:06:54.610 --> 00:06:57.589 I read or not read, but I'm a medium for your 00:06:57.589 --> 00:07:01.379 higher self. and basically tell you what you 00:07:01.379 --> 00:07:05.300 know but not listening to, how to get all on 00:07:05.300 --> 00:07:09.399 your feet and become more aware, more the master 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:14.000 of your life, more content. It's not about happiness, 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:19.600 but contentment. That's an interesting word because 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.620 in English that word has a negative connotation, 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.360 but in Spanish that's the word for happiness. 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:29.019 So I'm glad you combined the two. i'll uh i'll 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:32.459 just put a shot out there for those of you listening 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:36.839 in um i have found my answer for what fills that 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.839 void oh man it doesn't mean it works for everybody 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.220 i can't predict what worked for you but i can 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:45.779 tell you for sure for myself it is gratitude 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:50.959 it is gratitude if i if i lose sight of being 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:53.139 grateful for what i've been given in any moment 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:56.529 whether it's good bad or ugly hard and adversity 00:07:56.529 --> 00:07:58.910 a blessing not then of course there's going to 00:07:58.910 --> 00:08:03.290 be a void but if i am truly grateful for everything 00:08:03.290 --> 00:08:07.170 that comes to pass in life then there's no space 00:08:07.170 --> 00:08:10.569 for a void i can be at peace um so that would 00:08:10.569 --> 00:08:15.589 be my my secret that's absolutely uh correct 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:19.629 in my book and there is this wonderful exercise 00:08:19.629 --> 00:08:25.060 i share sometimes where you take once a day like 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:29.980 a few minutes and just get in inside start a 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:32.399 bit of a breathing exercise become conscious 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:36.200 of your breath and then open your eyes and see 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:42.279 wow how much have i got thank you so much i am 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:47.720 alive and really feeling that is a wonderful 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:51.409 exercise to really be in that space you automatically 00:08:51.409 --> 00:08:54.629 are in now because you learned and became aware 00:08:54.629 --> 00:09:00.190 and yes that's huge it's it is part of my daily 00:09:00.190 --> 00:09:02.350 exercises and so i'm glad you mentioned it because 00:09:02.350 --> 00:09:05.809 i've been i've been doing these uh exercises 00:09:05.809 --> 00:09:09.870 uh trauma exercises for like the last three weeks 00:09:09.870 --> 00:09:14.970 um it's about it's about an hour um in the morning 00:09:15.470 --> 00:09:17.110 And if I miss in the morning, I'll do it in the 00:09:17.110 --> 00:09:19.149 afternoon. But I do it two to three times per 00:09:19.149 --> 00:09:22.590 day. And they're little exercises. They're five 00:09:22.590 --> 00:09:27.049 minutes to seven minutes maximum. But one of 00:09:27.049 --> 00:09:30.090 them is exactly what you said. Another one is 00:09:30.090 --> 00:09:35.210 similar. And the similar one, I address my power 00:09:35.210 --> 00:09:37.529 of God as Heavenly Father. When I say Heavenly 00:09:37.529 --> 00:09:42.549 Father, I release my need to control the outcomes. 00:09:43.950 --> 00:09:47.990 Please teach me to trust in thy timing and in 00:09:47.990 --> 00:09:53.929 thy plan. And then the exercise is to sit in 00:09:53.929 --> 00:09:58.070 silence for five minutes and to try not to do 00:09:58.070 --> 00:10:00.549 anything. Don't worry about the breathing exercises. 00:10:00.750 --> 00:10:04.610 Don't worry about the what. thoughts come to 00:10:04.610 --> 00:10:08.169 your mind um and that's in addition to my typical 00:10:08.169 --> 00:10:11.649 prayers and meditations and other exercises but 00:10:11.649 --> 00:10:16.970 that has been one of the most empowering processes 00:10:16.970 --> 00:10:21.889 of my day over the last three to four weeks has 00:10:21.889 --> 00:10:27.610 been that almost like that sense of of Just letting 00:10:27.610 --> 00:10:30.309 it go. Just letting it go. Vinaya, again, thank 00:10:30.309 --> 00:10:31.769 you for guiding me to think through that and 00:10:31.769 --> 00:10:33.269 voice it out loud. I haven't told anybody about 00:10:33.269 --> 00:10:36.789 that. So you inspired it. Is there any final 00:10:36.789 --> 00:10:40.350 thoughts of wisdom or perspective that you'd 00:10:40.350 --> 00:10:44.549 like to share before we wrap up today? Yeah. 00:10:45.490 --> 00:10:49.909 This is a tricky little thing. Cool. I like tricky. 00:10:51.710 --> 00:10:56.039 So without having a goal, I don't go. go anywhere 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:03.279 obviously right and focusing on the goal is something 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.379 i might want to avoid because then i'm in the 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:12.539 future i'm not here intending the goal being 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:17.100 aware of what i want to achieve and then dropping 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:23.399 that and being here now on the way but here i'm 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:30.590 not there anymore You know what I'm saying? That 00:11:30.590 --> 00:11:36.950 would be my last words. I do. I love that. I 00:11:36.950 --> 00:11:40.490 love that. That is, it's beautiful. And it, cause 00:11:40.490 --> 00:11:42.649 it's like, okay, we're wrapping up the podcast. 00:11:42.730 --> 00:11:45.549 So I'm thinking ahead. I'll write about that, 00:11:45.590 --> 00:11:48.149 but I'm also trying to be present with you because 00:11:48.149 --> 00:11:50.370 this is beautiful and amazing. It makes me feel 00:11:50.370 --> 00:11:55.190 good. And I've got plans tonight. And so. yes 00:11:55.190 --> 00:11:58.429 it is a balancing act and i i'll go back to the 00:11:58.429 --> 00:12:02.230 gratitude aspect right to be grateful that wow 00:12:02.230 --> 00:12:06.870 i i have the ability and the privilege to be 00:12:06.870 --> 00:12:10.789 able to do both those things um right and and 00:12:10.789 --> 00:12:14.590 ultimately it's my choice uh which which area 00:12:14.590 --> 00:12:19.889 i choose to focus on um and it's it's freeing 00:12:19.889 --> 00:12:23.159 to It's freeing to play with the subconscious 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:26.320 or whatever that feeling is. I'm definitely a 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:27.960 vision pros. I'm not your guru on this stuff. 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:31.320 I'm just in the process of learning about how 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:33.399 it all works as well. And I'm super grateful 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:35.460 for the piece that I have. I'm grateful for the 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:37.519 piece that you brought today, Vinaya, as well. 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.879 I hope someday we get to meet in person. That 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.080 would be super cool. And vision pros, those of 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:45.059 you that want to come on and share your vision 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:49.240 as well, it may be something as personal. as 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.639 meditation and practice for yourself. Or you 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:55.779 may have a vision of building some type of, I 00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:58.179 don't know, global scaling company that you want 00:12:58.179 --> 00:12:59.960 to share with people. We want you to come on 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:01.899 here and I know this is a safe space to share 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:03.620 it. Just click the button in the top right corner 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:06.940 that says be our guest and book your time and 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:09.080 we'll see you on the show. Vinaya, thanks so 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.080 much for being here. You guys can find Vinaya 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.519 at the links provided as well as by looking him 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:16.120 up, Vinaya Sif. on the internet um and that's 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:17.879 pretty good at getting us to where we want to 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:20.580 go these days so we will see you guys on the 00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:23.639 next episode take care everybody god bless Thank 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:25.620 you for being here today. I'm really happy that 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:27.659 you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:30.899 forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:32.700 continue to move forward. This is going to get 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:35.299 more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:37.419 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:39.600 the show and thank you for giving us your time 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.899 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:44.220 out your vision and becoming a vision pro yourself.