Full Transcript for High Performance for Minds That Work Differently | Willie Blake, High-Performance Coach

view. Right. What what would 00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:45.780 you say your vision is? My vision is to be able 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:48.540 to help the neurodivergent people of the world 00:01:48.540 --> 00:01:51.000 like I grew up dyslexic ever since the first 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:54.700 grade and I just Like you said our brains are 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:57.340 just wired differently some little mechanism 00:01:57.340 --> 00:01:59.819 or neurons in there just hit little different 00:01:59.819 --> 00:02:03.659 so the neurotypical Systems that a lot of people 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:06.980 use don't fit neurodivergent people whether it's 00:02:06.980 --> 00:02:11.740 dyslexic ADHD OCD autism. There's a vast variety 00:02:12.340 --> 00:02:15.400 And it comes down to let's figure out what works 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.539 for each individual. And I think that's a more 00:02:18.539 --> 00:02:20.860 universal principle than just neurodivergence. 00:02:20.939 --> 00:02:23.939 But let's see, let's find out what works for 00:02:23.939 --> 00:02:26.960 you as the person and then build a system off 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.080 that rather than trying to fit into this wonderful 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:33.219 mold of what sometimes society likes to put us 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:36.139 into. I love that. Well, speaking of the mold, 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.099 you and I had a debate about this the first time 00:02:39.099 --> 00:02:41.539 we met where I was like, I don't want to get 00:02:41.539 --> 00:02:44.560 diagnosed. I don't really trust the doctor to 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.319 diagnose me. Well, I'm not ADHD technically, 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:49.919 or ADD, or neurodivergent, but if you spend 30 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:51.580 minutes with me, it's pretty obvious there's 00:02:51.580 --> 00:02:54.219 something going on. And with that something going 00:02:54.219 --> 00:02:59.500 on, I felt like I have greater powers not worrying 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:01.979 about it and feeling like, oh my gosh, I'm X, 00:03:01.979 --> 00:03:04.379 so now I'm limited because everybody else says 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:10.520 I am. And so with that reality, How do we create 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:16.639 more awareness for approaching, serving people 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:21.039 well that may think differently without accidentally 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:24.879 creating a hypochondriac that's worried at all 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.039 times about, oh, well, I can't fit in because 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.740 of X, Y, or Z. I know there's not a magic solution, 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.159 perhaps, but maybe you have it. Yeah, maybe. 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.250 We'll see what we come up with. Like from my 00:03:36.250 --> 00:03:38.250 experience, there's the difference between being 00:03:38.250 --> 00:03:42.050 diagnosed and then the label in which we then 00:03:42.050 --> 00:03:44.250 carry afterwards. Cause like true diagnosis, 00:03:44.370 --> 00:03:47.969 you

go to a doctor, doctor does their tests, 00:03:48.110 --> 00:03:50.550 they write it on a sheet and then either refer 00:03:50.550 --> 00:03:52.849 it out to a more specialist or if they can do 00:03:52.849 --> 00:03:54.610 it themselves and they're expert in it, then 00:03:54.610 --> 00:03:56.750 they go and tackle it. Like that's where the 00:03:56.750 --> 00:03:59.009 diagnosed part comes in and it's to help you 00:03:59.009 --> 00:04:02.129 get more information to know what's going on. 00:04:02.129 --> 00:04:04.750 So then you can make better choices afterwards. 00:04:05.310 --> 00:04:08.590 But where I see some people go to, which is they 00:04:08.590 --> 00:04:11.870 get the diagnosis, but then they use it as a 00:04:11.870 --> 00:04:17.410 label. They say, I am dyslexic or I have this 00:04:17.410 --> 00:04:20.410 type of cancer or I have miscarriage. Or their 00:04:20.410 --> 00:04:25.199 family does. I know like my wife, she's a type 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:29.600 one diabetic and love how she's been with being 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.160 an example of just always plowing through. But 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:34.480 I know also some other type one diabetics who 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.720 aren't that way. They're just like, I can't do 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:38.959 what everyone else can because I'm type one. 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:42.420 And I'm like, no, not really. Like my wife's 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:44.500 able to do it. And yes, she's a superhuman in 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:46.959 herself. But then there's also many other ones 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.759 that are out there doing it. And you just, you 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:50.579 just got to test your blood sugar and stuff. 00:04:50.579 --> 00:04:52.819 And that's some of the what I've learned over 00:04:52.819 --> 00:04:54.480 the last couple years, because when I first met 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.680 my wife, didn't know jack squat about it. But 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:59.879 that's what it is. It's the diagnosis and labeling. 00:05:00.139 --> 00:05:03.879 So I asked myself that question with my dyslexia. 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.779 And I also have OCD and a little bit of ADHD. 00:05:07.579 --> 00:05:12.000 I said, Am I using dyslexia as this label of 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.040 I'm dyslexic, I'm different, I, and because of 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.079 it, people should like me more. That's the label 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:23.220 I put. on the diagnosis side that was done in 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:25.420 the first grade and that came on the sheet of 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:28.459 different things and audio processing disorder, 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:33.019 which is part of my dyslexia. Then I could internalize 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:35.399 and it took me several years to go from that 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:38.360 label of I'm important and different because 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:41.740 of said thing and now I'm able to understand 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:45.240 myself. So

it's that difference between diagnostic 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:47.720 and label and so I don't think there's a perfect 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.120 answer and like how to go about it but I definitely 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.560 know that one of the things that tends to not 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:57.360 work very well is Holding it as a label and kind 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.899 of a victims mentality per se I Really appreciate 00:06:01.899 --> 00:06:04.180 that and I love that that people like yourself 00:06:04.430 --> 00:06:07.970 And myself, we see it as a superpower. We need 00:06:07.970 --> 00:06:10.970 to be able to transition our mind if we're going 00:06:10.970 --> 00:06:14.569 to escape that victimhood. And I want to highlight 00:06:14.569 --> 00:06:16.149 a few vision pros out there. One of the things 00:06:16.149 --> 00:06:19.209 that really drew me about Willie was his website. 00:06:19.470 --> 00:06:22.060 His website's very clean. It was very easy for 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:24.279 me to understand what he did before I met him. 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:26.800 And so if you're building a vision, I also want 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.060 to help you realize that with AI, one of the 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:32.300 best things AI is good at doing is code, by the 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:34.579 way, because it is code. And that would help 00:06:34.579 --> 00:06:36.759 you a lot. But I was looking through his site 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.399 before I met him and looking at these different 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.740 testimonials that he has, I was like, dang, these 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:46.439 people really value what he's been able to do. 00:06:48.150 --> 00:06:51.170 And while most of them are professionals and 00:06:51.170 --> 00:06:53.930 not business owners, at least from what I could 00:06:53.930 --> 00:06:57.069 gather, that doesn't mean that they're lesser 00:06:57.069 --> 00:06:59.449 than. In fact, they're just as important as the 00:06:59.449 --> 00:07:01.990 business owners out there. But what I really 00:07:01.990 --> 00:07:04.730 caught was the power of their genuine support 00:07:04.730 --> 00:07:08.240 and gratitude. for how Billy how Willie went 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.560 about coaching and helping them in their lives. 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:12.980 We might want to talk about one or two of those 00:07:12.980 --> 00:07:16.360 stories because they did fascinate me before 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.180 we jump into the story, though. Yeah, you said 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:22.500 something to me in our pre show about how the 00:07:22.500 --> 00:07:26.060 the individuals like once we turn 18, it's like 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:28.800 people forget about the whole like, oh, this 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.699 person may have dyslexia or this person may struggle 00:07:31.699 --> 00:07:35.500 with one of these. One of these realities of 00:07:35.500 --> 00:07:38.600 neurodivergence and beyond then as you said that 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:42.759 I didn't feel guilty. I felt Well, well put I 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:44.899 was like, yeah. No, I don't think about that 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:47.879 when it comes to adults at all You know, I just 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.420 see an adult as an adult And I do try to serve 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:54.540 people one -on -one But I think you gave me like 00:07:54.540 --> 00:07:57.740 yet another lever to be able to realize another 00:07:57.740 --> 00:08:00.819 empathy piece another compassion piece of like 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.420 ah, this may also be something that they're dealing 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:07.720 with. I've never heard an adult besides you and 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.160 Dr. Danny Purcell say out loud, I'm dyslexic. 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.379 Nobody talks about it once you're in adulthood. 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:19.600 Feel free to go into story time with one or two 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.620 of these individuals, or feel free to run with 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:25.899 the torch of what we just talked about. The one 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:29.100 story that comes up is one of my clients, James, 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:31.769 when we first met two years ago. It was at a 00:08:31.769 --> 00:08:35.570 networking event. And walked in, beautiful room, 00:08:35.730 --> 00:08:39.529 silicone slopes around Salt Lake City, Utah. 00:08:40.470 --> 00:08:43.409 Walked in and James was just one of the other 00:08:43.409 --> 00:08:45.389 people networking there. And as I was going through 00:08:45.389 --> 00:08:47.370 the room and he was going through the room, we 00:08:47.370 --> 00:08:50.029 finally met with each other. He's like, and I 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:51.669 asked him like, hey, James, what do you do? And 00:08:51.669 --> 00:08:55.830 he does a lot with military arms and guns and 00:08:55.830 --> 00:08:59.870 the belief and. defense type stuff for our nation. 00:09:00.470 --> 00:09:02.730 And he says, well, what do you do? And I said, 00:09:02.769 --> 00:09:06.309 oh, I work with a lot of dyslexic adults. And 00:09:06.309 --> 00:09:09.009 he's like, are you serious? And he like leaned 00:09:09.009 --> 00:09:14.169 in close and he said, I'm dyslexic too. And I'm 00:09:14.169 --> 00:09:16.889 like, and to respect his like trying to keep 00:09:16.889 --> 00:09:20.110 it secret, but also the enthusiasm I have for 00:09:20.110 --> 00:09:22.389 it. I'm just like, dude, you got to say it out 00:09:22.389 --> 00:09:24.450 loud. You got to be excited about it because 00:09:24.450 --> 00:09:28.590 it's a part of it. And we had such a great conversation 00:09:28.590 --> 00:09:33.730 Afterwards it was about a year's gap before we 00:09:33.730 --> 00:09:36.629 got reconnected and he sent me a text He said 00:09:36.629 --> 00:09:39.870 hey Willie. I was thinking about you It was really 00:09:39.870 --> 00:09:43.289 cool Just how open you were about being dyslexic 00:09:43.289 --> 00:09:45.370 because it feels like that was

just a big hidden 00:09:45.370 --> 00:09:47.789 Elephant that was in the room that I don't want 00:09:47.789 --> 00:09:51.149 to talk to people about Can we meet for a call? 00:09:51.250 --> 00:09:53.429 And I'm like, dude, it is so good to hear from 00:09:53.429 --> 00:09:55.830 you. Absolutely. Let's jump on a call. And dude, 00:09:55.990 --> 00:09:57.970 if we're around each other, let's go grab lunch. 00:09:58.549 --> 00:10:01.070 And I remember him sending me a screenshot. And 00:10:01.070 --> 00:10:04.110 on that screenshot, it said, it was the contact 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:07.830 for me. And it said, Willie Blake, dyslexic something. 00:10:10.389 --> 00:10:12.659 That's all I knew. He's like, dyslexic something. 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:15.259 But that's the part that stood out. He didn't 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:18.000 care about what I did or coaching or anything 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:20.360 like that at the time. It was just like that 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.720 dyslexia part was this instant connection for 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.960 him because there's someone out there who has 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:29.399 embraced it and sharing it. Jackson, like you 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:30.940 said, there's not many people out there who are 00:10:30.940 --> 00:10:32.700 doing that, but I think that is a conversation 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:35.340 that should be held quite a bit, because that 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:38.500 magical number of 18, right there, you hit 18, 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.419 and all of a sudden all the resources you get 00:10:41.419 --> 00:10:44.600 as a child and as a teenager, and as you go into 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:49.740 college and life, poof, magic, bad magic wand. 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.600 Magic dark wand. Yeah, magic dark wand. All this 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.029 money is just gone. It's just gone. And of course, 00:10:56.149 --> 00:10:58.950 like corporations have their own neurodivergent 00:10:58.950 --> 00:11:01.850 programs, but then it goes back to how I felt 00:11:01.850 --> 00:11:04.610 in high school to where I had the resources. 00:11:05.690 --> 00:11:08.049 But during the middle of a test, I'd walk up 00:11:08.049 --> 00:11:10.470 to the front of the classroom and I'd tell the 00:11:10.470 --> 00:11:13.970 teacher I need more time. And so then the kids 00:11:13.970 --> 00:11:15.929 behind me would be like, well, why does Willie 00:11:15.929 --> 00:11:19.980 get more time? Hmm. Why is he so special? So 00:11:19.980 --> 00:11:21.860 either they'll think of me as a special kid and 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:25.559 be like, Oh, Willie, we got to take care of him. 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:29.820 Or the whole flip side of I don't like this kid. 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:33.899 I don't want to hang out with him. So keep running. 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.559 Keep running with that. Yeah. So it's either 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:40.919 go into the front of the classroom and get the 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.600 help

you need but everyone else is judging you 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:47.659 from it or What I mostly did, which was sit at 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:50.799 my desk, take the allotted time for the test, 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:53.600 and if I didn't finish, I didn't finish. And 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:58.419 that's the grade I got. Ooh, that's rough. that 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:01.220 it teaches you certain things about life. Of 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:04.200 course, all of our adversities can help us become 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:05.679 that much stronger and everything else that we 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:06.820 do. We're going to come back. We're going to 00:12:06.820 --> 00:12:08.940 talk about another couple of stories too related 00:12:08.940 --> 00:12:12.440 to if you're dyslexic or you're neurodivergent. 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:16.039 I love that you lead with your openness, Willie, 00:12:16.059 --> 00:12:17.840 and that story is super powerful because I can 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.820 see you speaking in front of an audience of a 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:22.919 thousand people sharing that openly and that 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:25.799 alone. being something that turns the key to 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.419 open the door for the people who feel stuck with 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:30.159 this. So we'll come back. We'll talk about more 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.279 and how as a high performance individual, too, 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:35.240 I really think all of our minds work incredibly 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.019 differently. And if we're not looking at how 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:38.919 do we tap into that from different angles and 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:40.360 different perspectives that we may not have heard 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.639 before, then we're missing out on an opportunity. 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:45.259 We're also going to talk about businesses and 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:48.259 business coaching and how this dyslexic coaching 00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:51.210 process has also led willing to be one of the 00:12:51.210 --> 00:12:53.909 business coaches that I trust most in life. We're 00:12:53.909 --> 00:12:55.049 going to be talking about that right when we 00:12:55.049 --> 00:12:56.629 come back. We'll see you on the other side. All 00:12:56.629 --> 00:13:00.169 right. Welcome in to Vision Pros Live with Jackson 00:13:00.169 --> 00:13:02.669 Callum. I'm your show host. We'll be doing interviews 00:13:02.669 --> 00:13:05.289 for visionary entrepreneurs and guest leaders 00:13:05.289 --> 00:13:07.730 who are building fantastic visions out there. 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:19.620 Hey my friends, what's up and welcome to Inovision 00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:23.600 Pros Live. I am flying without a co -pilot today. 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.039 My team, I was debating whether I was going to 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.379 say this out loud or not, but my team, most of 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:31.480 them live in Paredes, Colombia. And Paredes was 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:34.179 the epicenter, was where the earthquake hit just 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:36.759 a few days ago. I ask that your thoughts and 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.019 prayers are with them. The great news is all 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:40.740 of my team members and their family members are 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:43.470 safe. We have one former team member who we haven't 00:13:43.470 --> 00:13:46.070 heard from and we're trying to get in contact 00:13:46.070 --> 00:13:49.669 with them, but we can come together as a community 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:52.929 and do what we can to potentially help these 00:13:52.929 --> 00:13:56.070 individuals live. So as you join me on this moment 00:13:56.070 --> 00:13:59.159 of. non -silence, this moment of walkthrough 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:01.740 from Jackson. I would really like for you to 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:04.259 understand that these people are phenomenal people 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:06.980 who have incredible families and their communities 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:10.159 have incredible needs as well. This one picture 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:14.279 represents a lot of what their beautiful city. 00:14:14.509 --> 00:14:18.110 um now has been turned down to and we're putting 00:14:18.110 --> 00:14:21.210 uh updates on here as well so you can see and 00:14:21.210 --> 00:14:22.769 learn more again i don't want to distract too 00:14:22.769 --> 00:14:25.049 much from our opportunity to help all of you 00:14:25.049 --> 00:14:27.889 but we've been so blessed over the last 24 hours 00:14:27.889 --> 00:14:31.009 to have uh people donate and we've got you know 00:14:31.009 --> 00:14:33.629 with this 1650 of our five thousand five hundred 00:14:33.629 --> 00:14:36.190 dollar goal um if you are in a position to where 00:14:36.190 --> 00:14:39.029 even you can you can put a dollar towards us 00:14:39.029 --> 00:14:42.440 um by all means please uh Please go find me on 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.940 social media and you'll find plenty of statuses 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.740 where I'm talking about the opportunity to help 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:50.340 out with this coming back centered. We've got 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:52.799 growing your own as well with rich Ashton. As 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:55.720 I've spent my life and I still spend it looking 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:57.720 for more leaders to surround myself with people 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.820 who can teach me and help me see how to improve 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:03.759 my vision and how to help others catch the reality 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.899 of what it is that we're up to. And Rich Ashton 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:08.159 is one of the best, best leaders that I've been 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.399 able to put by my side. I recommend his book. 00:15:10.580 --> 00:15:12.600 I recommend always reaching out to the authors 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.000 of books and engagement directly, especially 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.720 if you're a business

owner. There's so much wisdom 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:20.279 you can learn from his decades of experience 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.769 and Up here, there's also the AI marketplace. 00:15:23.129 --> 00:15:25.970 And the AI marketplace is where we teach authentic 00:15:25.970 --> 00:15:28.590 intelligence in addition to artificial intelligence. 00:15:28.789 --> 00:15:30.789 And we have a grant program. So if you can't 00:15:30.789 --> 00:15:32.710 afford to be one of the founding members in that 00:15:32.710 --> 00:15:34.669 process, there's a button right there to click 00:15:34.669 --> 00:15:37.549 and become and to get your application finished 00:15:37.549 --> 00:15:39.950 and to become a free grant recipient. We don't 00:15:39.950 --> 00:15:42.210 want anybody left behind in the new world of 00:15:42.210 --> 00:15:44.850 AI. There's just too many amazing things, superpowers 00:15:44.850 --> 00:15:46.629 that we've been able to gain as human beings. 00:15:46.990 --> 00:15:49.409 by using these tools. If we use them while you 00:15:49.409 --> 00:15:51.610 can use it to ruin your life, you can use it 00:15:51.610 --> 00:15:53.490 to bless your life. The difference is knowing 00:15:53.490 --> 00:15:56.769 how to use those tools and also having the right 00:15:56.769 --> 00:16:00.149 intent with that process as well. The water project, 00:16:00.169 --> 00:16:02.029 I won't forget it either. Well, Parade is going 00:16:02.029 --> 00:16:06.110 through a lot and there's incredible devastation 00:16:06.110 --> 00:16:09.049 and reasons why we could get back there if we 00:16:09.049 --> 00:16:11.529 can extend ourselves a little bit further. My 00:16:11.529 --> 00:16:13.830 other hope is don't extend yourself financially. 00:16:14.029 --> 00:16:15.690 If you're in a financial position where that 00:16:15.690 --> 00:16:19.220 feels stressful, Share the message that doesn't 00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:21.440 cost any of us more than you know five minutes 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.100 of time but i would recommend over lunch talk 00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:25.960 about with friends and family and look at some 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.379 things and just see what type of. Spirit that 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:32.039 that fills you with the water project to their 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:33.919 millions of people who don't have access to clean 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.779 drinking water and so we are so privileged to 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:40.759 talk on a podcast or to listen to a podcast for 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.919 in that that's on the week and five minutes even 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:45.600 if that means leaving the show right now. and 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.899 using the time you're going to listen to this 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:50.259 to help others please do that there are millions 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:52.759 of people who need help and the water project 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.700 is one of the most transparent organizations 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.960 in the planet they you if you donate to a specific 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.919 cause specific community for instance for their 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.379 whole well they teach you how they build it and 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:05.500 you get to see that project come to fruition 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:08.119 my friends got eight billion people in this world 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.559 to help so if you know of other projects you 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:13.230 like to see me involved don't hesitate. to put 00:17:13.230 --> 00:17:14.849 the invitation right back in front of me and 00:17:14.849 --> 00:17:17.230 say, Jackson, I would like you to see this project 00:17:17.230 --> 00:17:19.329 and see what you can do to help. I will personally 00:17:19.329 --> 00:17:21.190 take a look at it if you drop that in the comments. 00:17:21.609 --> 00:17:23.950 So without further ado, we do want to get back 00:17:23.950 --> 00:17:26.130 to helping all of you with your growth and your 00:17:26.130 --> 00:17:28.670 vision and understanding the great visionaries 00:17:28.670 --> 00:17:30.630 that are out there because we can model what 00:17:30.630 --> 00:17:33.089 they're up to. So we're going to look at a young 00:17:33.089 --> 00:17:36.579 professional. uh builder and coach willy blake 00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:38.720 what he's done to help dyslexic community and 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:40.819 how that's going to translate to also help him 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:44.640 in the world of business coaching where i cannot 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.980 find business coaches that are great very very 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:49.740 rarely i talk to a lot of coaches on here y 'all 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:52.220 know that and i hire them as life coaches or 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:54.960 i recommend them as other elements but the the 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.299 asset the aspect of business coaching is so unique 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:00.759 and so different and requires different disciplines 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.720 and different um commitments to understanding 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.519 what somebody is going through that most people 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.839 aren't capable of it. I believe highly in coach 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:11.420 Willie Blake for this. I've been bringing him 00:18:11.420 --> 00:18:14.019 on first class business to help us with our business 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:16.319 coaching aspects. And he actually coaches me 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:18.059 more than you guys even realize. He probably 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:20.700 realizes. Coach Willie, welcome back to Vision 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:22.779 Pros Live. Let's dive into business coaching. 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:25.839 All right. Sounds great. How do you want to start 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.799 off? Well, my first question for you is what 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:33.509 do you think makes a great business coach. We're 00:18:33.509 --> 00:18:34.970 going to break this down from

a couple angles. 00:18:35.150 --> 00:18:36.890 We'll debate about it back and forth as well. 00:18:37.329 --> 00:18:42.450 So why is it that I don't trust 99 % of business 00:18:42.450 --> 00:18:45.289 coaches from what you've learned from our conversations? 00:18:46.430 --> 00:18:48.769 I think the very first thing was the aspect of 00:18:48.769 --> 00:18:52.289 humility that came up and I'm not talking you 00:18:52.289 --> 00:18:54.930 showed it to me. We're not talking the Google 00:18:54.930 --> 00:18:58.309 Translate one of humility of seeing yourself 00:18:58.309 --> 00:19:02.079 as weaker than. In yourselves in a position that 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:05.140 other people are on a pedestal but true humility 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:08.740 as it goes to biblical times where it goes into 00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:13.259 we are capable and we have the confidence just 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:18.039 like The model of humility of Christ who he led 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.099 the streets and he did miracles and if he Was 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:24.799 so humble but yet could still talk to the people 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:26.720 who are just like yeah, I think this is dude's 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.819 crazy I think this person, like the Pharisees 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:32.180 and Sadducees, I think he's going off and doing 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:36.559 these things, and he's not who he says he is. 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:39.720 But then Jesus would rebuke them and say, do 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:43.039 better. Do better with what you're doing. That's 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.200 not a person who thinks of other people on a 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.859 pedestal. That's someone who is very confident 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:50.440 within himself, knows what he's saying. You saw 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:52.819 my thunder just now, and you know how happy I 00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:57.109 am about that? You know how happy I am? I don't 00:19:57.109 --> 00:19:58.930 have to be the one to bring the thunder today. 00:19:59.309 --> 00:20:02.609 Thank you. You know, like the thunder lightning 00:20:02.609 --> 00:20:06.509 we'll see, but thunder we both got. My point 00:20:06.509 --> 00:20:09.289 with that too is like, this is me exercising 00:20:09.289 --> 00:20:12.750 humility, my friends. And this is where the world 00:20:12.750 --> 00:20:16.200 says, wow. um you know someone's got full of 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:18.579 humility today and and they misinterpret the 00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:20.559 reality that humility and confidence go hand 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:23.980 in hand so my my favorite humility experience 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:26.380 ever probably was when I was in potato with my 00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:29.519 team and they were teaching and I was sipping 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:33.019 on a juice box in the corner I felt like a kid 00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:35.920 I was I was just sipping on this juice box like 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.819 happy like my team's teaching all the things 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:39.700 that I pour my heart and so on to and toss it 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:42.650 and I was just relaxing like wow They're doing 00:20:42.650 --> 00:20:44.069 a phenomenal. Oh, wow. She did that better than 00:20:44.069 --> 00:20:48.750 I do. Sweet. This is so much fun. So yes, I love 00:20:48.750 --> 00:20:51.230 that you brought it back up and that humility, 00:20:51.470 --> 00:20:55.650 a great coach, does not have this sense of self 00:20:55.650 --> 00:20:58.890 -deprecation or this sense of like, oh, I don't 00:20:58.890 --> 00:21:03.029 really know for sure, or a fear of the power 00:21:03.029 --> 00:21:05.609 of others. So thank you. Keep going. You're on 00:21:05.609 --> 00:21:08.690 a roll. Yeah. Let's talk about the opposite of 00:21:08.690 --> 00:21:14.140 humility. I'm down. Green apple for me. Let's 00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:15.720 talk about the flip side of it too, which the 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:18.740 opposite of humility is pride. Pride what a lot 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:20.960 of people think of just as ego, but it's not. 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:24.140 It's also the bad side of competition. It's also 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:26.720 jealousy that goes into pride because when you 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.740 think of other people better than yourself, that's 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:33.420 a very inward thing because you are telling yourself, 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:37.319 that you aren't at the level of somebody else. 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:39.440 I'm going to bridge a little gap real quick to 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:42.259 any business owner here that says I already have 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:45.140 a coach. You were working with a coach that struggles 00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:47.640 with humility and you and they might even realize 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:49.700 it and they may not realize they boxed you in 00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:54.000 that every every great business coach works with 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.559 the team of the business owner. That should be 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:59.920 a big clue. If your coach has never talked to 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:02.279 your team, has never engaged them, or is not 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:05.140 proactively trying to engage with them to understand 00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:07.140 your business and what you're doing, they have 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:08.980 no idea what they're doing. It might be a great 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:10.740 human being. They are not a great coach. And 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:13.519 it goes back to this pride aspect. There's a 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.200 lot of hidden pride. There's a lot of hidden 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:17.759 ego that exists in these realities. Again, continue 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.500 down your course. And it goes with also the persona 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:23.660 that people carry themselves. That you have, 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:26.839 you have to have this certain persona or character 00:22:26.839

--> 00:22:29.859 that you, a lot of times when I talk to people 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:31.619 that like they feel overwhelmed, they feel like 00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:34.359 they can't do it. And usually it's comparison 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:36.740 to other people or sometimes comparison to themselves 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:39.059 to where they have to present themselves in such 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:42.839 a way that it impresses someone else. So if it's 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:44.519 investors, you have to present yourself more 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:46.859 professional and well -knowing. If it's someone 00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:49.460 like your client, you got to hold yourself to 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.980 a different pedestal. If you're with your friends 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.960 and family, you can let easy a little bit more 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.920 and you might have a little bit more fun, but 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:57.720 it still might not be entirely you. So we change 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:00.599 the way in which we hold ourselves to other people. 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:04.170 And I think that can be very dangerous because 00:23:04.170 --> 00:23:07.109 it comes back to that pride aspect of I have 00:23:07.109 --> 00:23:10.190 to hold myself to this degree. And like we talked 00:23:10.190 --> 00:23:12.789 about earlier with labels, I have to keep myself 00:23:12.789 --> 00:23:15.950 at this label, which then harms us because then 00:23:15.950 --> 00:23:18.009 if we're trying to grow and if we're trying to 00:23:18.009 --> 00:23:20.509 move and do new things and sometimes like what 00:23:20.509 --> 00:23:22.690 first class business does, where they are, they 00:23:22.690 --> 00:23:24.390 go into the cockpit and they're just like, no, 00:23:24.490 --> 00:23:26.769 go away, go back to first class, go network and 00:23:26.769 --> 00:23:28.450 go do what they need to do, what you need to 00:23:28.450 --> 00:23:31.730 do as an entrepreneur. They can't do that. They 00:23:31.730 --> 00:23:34.089 can't do things messy again. They can't make 00:23:34.089 --> 00:23:36.950 mistakes. They feel like they can't be able to 00:23:36.950 --> 00:23:42.009 do those new things without being seen as weak. 00:23:42.990 --> 00:23:45.349 But the true leaders out there, at least the 00:23:45.349 --> 00:23:48.329 ones that I've noticed who have this part of 00:23:48.329 --> 00:23:51.849 dropping your pride and have humility, they're 00:23:51.849 --> 00:23:54.150 the ones who are continuously in the trenches 00:23:54.150 --> 00:23:57.670 and aren't afraid to talk about it. Yeah. I love 00:23:57.670 --> 00:24:00.390 that. And that it takes me back to what we've 00:24:00.390 --> 00:24:02.390 we've discussed, but perhaps audience haven't 00:24:02.390 --> 00:24:04.710 heard this. My first startup was invested in 00:24:04.710 --> 00:24:06.730 by Paul Buckeye, the investor of Gmail, Matt 00:24:06.730 --> 00:24:08.990 Cutts, the search director of Google. I was

the 00:24:08.990 --> 00:24:12.089 first sales rep hired by this company. And Matt 00:24:12.089 --> 00:24:13.990 Cutts, the search director of Google, taught 00:24:13.990 --> 00:24:17.109 us that a true sign of an expert is not somebody 00:24:17.109 --> 00:24:19.869 who knows it all, but is the person who is willing 00:24:19.869 --> 00:24:23.049 to go get the answer. And he admitted he said, 00:24:23.089 --> 00:24:26.210 guys, I don't know everything about SEO as a 00:24:26.210 --> 00:24:28.970 director. of SEO for Google, like he didn't know 00:24:28.970 --> 00:24:30.970 everything. And that was kind of shocking to 00:24:30.970 --> 00:24:33.309 us. But he's like, and then he revealed, he said, 00:24:33.329 --> 00:24:35.950 I've got over a thousand people who work on this 00:24:35.950 --> 00:24:39.130 algorithm every single day and they try to improve 00:24:39.130 --> 00:24:41.890 it. How would I know what they did today or yesterday? 00:24:41.890 --> 00:24:44.250 You know, unless I go ask. So if you guys have 00:24:44.250 --> 00:24:46.130 a burning question or need to know something, 00:24:46.490 --> 00:24:48.809 don't hesitate to ask. I will be the professional, 00:24:48.869 --> 00:24:52.329 the expert who goes and gets the answer and you 00:24:52.329 --> 00:24:54.579 can do the same. And I was so happy because I 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:57.099 didn't have a degree. And I didn't feel like 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:59.680 I was trying to figure out how to be a professional 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.160 and understand things. But before he unlocked 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:05.579 that path for me, I felt very inferior to the 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:08.960 other individuals who had degrees and had studied 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:11.759 more, apparently. No, we're still the same age. 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:14.559 It's how many hours you fly the plane, not how 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.900 long you've been a pilot anyway. So the reality 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:20.339 is everybody out there who doesn't have a degree 00:25:20.589 --> 00:25:23.829 And who feels like you know what i don't know 00:25:23.829 --> 00:25:26.710 as much as so and so this is your golden gate 00:25:26.710 --> 00:25:29.930 and opportunity to realize that. You don't need 00:25:29.930 --> 00:25:31.930 to know everything you just need to be willing 00:25:31.930 --> 00:25:34.569 to go get the answer and if you're able to do 00:25:34.569 --> 00:25:37.289 that you're already ahead of what i don't know 00:25:37.289 --> 00:25:39.769 how what percent but i'm out of the world coaches 00:25:39.769 --> 00:25:42.390 i can tell you first hand that out of over a 00:25:42.390 --> 00:25:45.569 thousand coaches less than five percent of them 00:25:45.569 --> 00:25:48.559 are willing to set their ego aside enough. to 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:51.539 go get the answer from something other than their 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:54.680 internal source that they feel is the power of 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:58.779 truth and the internal source of like my ego, 00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:02.400 my mind, my heart. I am not the source of all 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.440 wisdom. I need to be willing to go get it from 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:06.779 elsewhere and study things out. So what else 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:09.500 would you add? Willie, there's there's so many. 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:13.599 How is a business owner or a visionary? How do 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:17.609 I go about finding? those mentors, those leaders, 00:26:17.849 --> 00:26:20.789 or those coaches, those team members that are 00:26:20.789 --> 00:26:24.789 going to be the types of people who are going 00:26:24.789 --> 00:26:27.549 to help me create clarity of my vision and build 00:26:27.549 --> 00:26:30.269 it out. This is such a hard subject, guys, to 00:26:30.269 --> 00:26:31.690 think through the right question and to think 00:26:31.690 --> 00:26:34.049 through the answers. This is not easy, so I'm 00:26:34.049 --> 00:26:36.430 putting Willie in a very hard spot right now. 00:26:38.109 --> 00:26:41.410 I don't know the exact answer of the person who's 00:26:41.410 --> 00:26:46.690 listening to be able to do. But what's what has 00:26:46.690 --> 00:26:49.730 worked for me is to get off the couch and start 00:26:49.730 --> 00:26:54.009 talking to people Like go on LinkedIn and comment 00:26:54.009 --> 00:26:56.289 on someone else's post that really resonated 00:26:56.289 --> 00:26:59.150 with you because they're out there doing something 00:26:59.150 --> 00:27:04.049 to go outside of the house literally and Talk 00:27:04.049 --> 00:27:06.470 to the neighbors and while I'm at the grocery 00:27:06.470 --> 00:27:10.619 store say hi to the people that are around Being 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:14.339 able to just open my mouth and have a conversation 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.779 with people. I think that's very lost these days 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:19.640 I think as we get into more social media and 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:21.680 it's just used to the key though. I said a key 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.900 that can be easily overlooked I've got a I got 00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:26.519 to hit it because you use the word resonated 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:31.900 and So you you're correct that the conversations 00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.259 in general are a bit lost but in the business 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:36.480 owner world we I think a lot of people try to 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:40.000 talk to everybody and anybody and you end up 00:27:39.769 --> 00:27:42.349 putting the square peg in the round hole, um, 00:27:42.730 --> 00:27:44.950 one accident and it doesn't work out very well. 00:27:45.369 --> 00:27:49.109 Whereas if I am selective, you know, I'm going 00:27:49.109 --> 00:27:51.769 to wait patiently and like fishing, I'm not just 00:27:51.769 --> 00:27:54.170 going to try to like grab every fish in the water. 00:27:54.230 --> 00:27:56.430 I'm going to, I'm going to put my pull out there 00:27:56.430 -->

00:27:59.349 and I'm going to be patient with it. If people 00:27:59.349 --> 00:28:01.970 don't do that, they risk running into and building 00:28:01.970 --> 00:28:04.349 relationships with people who can manipulate, 00:28:04.589 --> 00:28:08.299 coerce, distract, confuse them. Um, but That 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:10.980 that essence of resonating i'd call it somebody 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:14.500 intrigues tracks and inspires me you know then 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.660 that's the type of person that i need to latch 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:19.480 onto so that's me and willy right now like your 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.779 opportunity is to reach out to social media and 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:24.299 say hey. I like what you guys talk about you 00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:26.160 know can you can you mentor me can you help me 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:28.500 out through things there's so many people who 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.339 hide and they go my gosh jackson was a company 00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:32.599 called first class business he's gonna cost a 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:34.640 fortune and i'm like what are plans that are 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:38.299 one dollar so. Yeah, Christopher room and I were 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:41.000 talking about the lens and is that goodness $1? 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:44.240 Yeah, I was like people get distracted by their 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:47.880 own premeditated routines. But like you said, 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:51.359 we want to look for who do we resonate with and 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.559 then take the proactive opportunity to reach 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:56.279 out to them and have a genuine conversation. 00:28:56.440 --> 00:29:00.099 So continue again. How else can somebody recognize 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:04.009 the difference between a business coach? that 00:29:04.009 --> 00:29:07.130 is not going to serve their best interests and 00:29:07.130 --> 00:29:13.869 one that is prepared to serve them well. I think 00:29:13.869 --> 00:29:16.630 even more important to go into is what are your 00:29:16.630 --> 00:29:21.569 values? What is it you actually care about? Yes. 00:29:22.390 --> 00:29:25.349 Because if you don't know your values, then anybody 00:29:25.349 --> 00:29:28.509 is going to seem attractive because you don't 00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:31.180 know. You don't know what you don't know. And 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.740 because of that, let's play with that a little 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.400 bit. Well, yeah, I'm going to put you in the 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.740 hot seat again on this one. So yeah, we all know 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:41.440 my values. And so if I go to coach Willie and 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:44.400 I haven't met him before and my first interview 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:48.619 question is, uh, Hey Willie, um, do you share 00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:52.119 my values? Are you loving? What's going to happen? 00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:57.500 I can be like this guy is kind of crazy. I got 00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:00.450 into it. But what's happening to me as a business 00:30:00.450 --> 00:30:03.410 owner, if that's my question, is it is a question 00:30:03.410 --> 00:30:08.170 that's called leading the witness. Yeah, the 00:30:08.170 --> 00:30:10.009 like the way that you phrase the question saying, 00:30:10.509 --> 00:30:14.369 are you do you follow my values? Do you find 00:30:14.369 --> 00:30:17.029 that you need to be loving? Well, then it's either 00:30:17.029 --> 00:30:22.250 I say, yes, and we carry a conversation or I 00:30:22.250 --> 00:30:25.589 say no. And if I say no, it's just like K. Jackson's 00:30:25.589 --> 00:30:28.720 gone. That's the end of the conversation. Yeah. 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.299 So I've put you in a position to where you know 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:34.359 exactly what you need to say in order to move 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:37.279 through this process. So I can't really evaluate 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:41.359 you as a business coach based on my values if 00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:45.740 I'm gifting. So how then can an individual go 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:49.180 through an interview and not lead the witness, 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.819 not accidentally tell the person the answer before 00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:54.940 it starts? How do you assess whether the business 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:59.460 coach actually shares your values? or may not 00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:02.400 be as great of a fit. How do you feel for that 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:07.740 resonance? How do you tee up resonance? The questions 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:10.740 you ask is something that's worked well for me. 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.960 I don't think I know the perfect answer to this, 00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:15.339 but I think there's different ways in which questions 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:18.819 can be asked. With the loving aspect, it's talking 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:24.539 about, it's asking them about their family. You're 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:27.460 like, hey, are you a family individual? And maybe 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:30.339 that even might be hard enough. Just says who 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:33.200 who do you love and care about these days? Who 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:36.460 is in your inner circle? Is that family members? 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:38.579 Is it friends? Is it people who are blood related 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:42.619 or not? Who's in your inner circle? And then 00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:44.940 there's other ones of like if they if my friends 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:47.599 you just witnessed why I love and trustfully 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.400 so much as a as a coach and why I believe in 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:53.460 him as a business coach and there there's so 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:55.180 many elements where we all have an opportunity 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:58.059 to learn. and he's willing to so he said i don't 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.660 think i have the perfect answer for this and 00:32:00.660 -->

00:32:03.220 you're right and i don't think i have the perfect 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:05.559 answer for this either by the way yet i do know 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:07.480 i have a little bit more training in this department 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:10.160 than you do and willy doesn't get upset about 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:14.380 that and that's that's a huge aspect of collaborating 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:17.299 with somebody who's a coach or mentor or a business 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.279 partner etc is knowing how to go back and forth 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.400 so if you continue to ask if you ask about the 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:24.500 family you're still leading the witness If you 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.759 ask, who do you love right now? You're still 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.960 leading the witness on those opportunities. So 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:31.119 it's not it's not that that can happen. But asking 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:35.279 an open ended question that that allows the person 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:38.640 to think freely. So, you know, where would you 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:42.359 like to take this conversation? I have not revealed 00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:45.960 anything whatsoever. If that person talks about 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:49.380 bottom line and revenues and hustle and grind 00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:53.480 and crushing it. And I already know. that while 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:55.720 they may have some type of essence of loving 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.359 within them, that they're not focused on loving. 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:04.740 And so and then your demeanor, your ability to 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:07.579 say, I don't I don't think I know that. And then 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:09.960 to go right back into family matters, like that's 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:12.519 just your natural prerogative to think through 00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:14.740 that and to focus and to stay centered on that. 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:19.039 I could feel the value of that. And so my my 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.740 greater point for all of you as visionary leaders 00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:24.460 out there is It's not important. It's not as 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.400 important to find a coach who has some type of 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:28.680 specific path or specific approach or some type 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:32.039 of framework or some type of mechanism. What 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:34.920 is super important is being able to recognize 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.400 what do they naturally emulate and does that 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:42.059 align with that? Would that feeling of of resonate 00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:44.740 that Willie talked about? And that's what attracts 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.680 me to Willie. That's why I'm like, oh my gosh, 00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:48.460 like I want to work with this guy long term. 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:50.579 So with that said, do you have anything else 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:55.839 you want to add? I would just add to that, that's 00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:59.880 what I've seen too. I think that is a great question. 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.980 Just like, where'd you like to carry this conversation? 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:05.099 It doesn't focus on the values, but you let them 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.400 talk about it. I think that is a fantastic way 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:09.440 to go about it. Because even the questions I 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.480 asked might be a little bit less leading, but 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:13.099 they're absolutely still leading because they're 00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:15.599 leading to the values. But finding those just 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:19.940 like Jackson gave of ones where, let's just talk 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:22.909 friend to friend. Let's just chat and see what 00:34:22.909 --> 00:34:24.190 the conversation is. What have you seen too, 00:34:24.349 --> 00:34:26.730 Willie? We're working together on this whole 00:34:26.730 --> 00:34:29.309 business coaching aspect. You've also come on 00:34:29.309 --> 00:34:33.489 board as a client in the process. What have you 00:34:33.489 --> 00:34:38.909 seen that unlocks your ability to be an even 00:34:38.909 --> 00:34:42.530 better business coach? What materials have helped 00:34:42.530 --> 00:34:46.670 set precedents and all of that? What can other 00:34:46.670 --> 00:34:51.670 people use in their lives? I mean, I feel free 00:34:51.670 --> 00:34:53.690 to spitball or feel free to focus on one item. 00:34:55.769 --> 00:34:58.230 First thing is, I really like the blogs that 00:34:58.230 --> 00:35:01.309 you put out and not to promote you or anything, 00:35:01.469 --> 00:35:03.230 which I'll always promote you. You're awesome. 00:35:03.230 --> 00:35:05.309 I think it's important. Yeah, I think so too. 00:35:05.670 --> 00:35:09.489 The blogs that you put out, they are by far some 00:35:09.489 --> 00:35:14.110 of the best articles that I've seen because they 00:35:14.110 --> 00:35:17.619 don't talk to, they don't just... They don't 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:20.559 come from a framework of I know this and you 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:23.059 need to listen to me and like my post and subscribe 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:26.480 to me. They're very. Here's the data. Here's 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:30.800 the information. Do with what you will. I think 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.280 that's very good as an example. What's one that 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:39.199 made a big impact? The the four questions for 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:43.039 the for a discovery call. Because it used to 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:45.860 be and there's a 30 minute one of 30 minute meetings 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:49.400 as well. When I would go into 35th minute meetings 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:53.119 for the discovery calls, it would be hey, how 00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:57.400 you doing? Tell me what you're working on projects 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:00.039 wise and I remember at the beginning of when 00:36:00.039 -->

00:36:04.000 I would do coaching It would be very slow at 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:06.980 the beginning and then I'd gather so much information 00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:09.179 Like a sponge I took it all in and then squeeze 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:11.860 what I could out But it took like an hour hour 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:16.260 and a half to be able to do but then with the 00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.739 right questions. It's like, I only asked four 00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:20.739 questions and goodness gracious, they give me 00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:23.380 all the information. We're only 15 minutes into 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:25.599 it. Now we can have a coaching session as well. 00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:28.300 It's like bada bing, bada boom. I freaking love 00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:31.519 it. That's huge. I'm glad you brought it up and 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:33.639 that you're teaching me as we go. Like even though 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:35.900 some of my material, my materials notes, I stand 00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.039 on the shoulder of giants, my friends, like the 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:39.880 articles I've written are based on years and 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:42.480 years of practicing. I remember being at Lifetime 00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:45.139 Fitness and this was after my two year mission. 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:48.579 And it's one of the most sophisticated gym fitness 00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:51.039 sales processes in the world. And there were 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:54.000 five objectives that we had to hit before we 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.880 left the office to go on a tour with somebody 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.119 like we knew what they were and we knew how to 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.780 extract this information. But I couldn't see 00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:03.780 how that applied to my next job. And I went to 00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:06.239 my next job and I had to learn a whole new process 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:07.940 and hopefully I had to do my hour and a half 00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:10.159 stuff, you know, maybe three hour stuff sometimes 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:12.300 to try to figure out where to go and how to get 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:14.539 it. And then I went to the next place and the 00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:17.000 same thing. And the same thing I did not, I could 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.780 not put this together, but I started to kind 00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:22.239 of see little trends between my mission, lifetime 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.320 fitness, own local restaurant connect, like all 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.739 these different things to sort of say, like, 00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:29.199 wait a second. It's really like all kind of aligned 00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:31.360 somehow. And I got to give a huge shout out to 00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:33.559 a program that unfortunately doesn't exist anymore. 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:36.659 Taylor Welch, the sales mentor. That was where 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:41.099 my eyes were open to. Oh, like

Willie said, this 00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:44.179 takes four questions. um and can take between 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:47.059 two minutes and 15 minutes and i can know whether 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:49.380 i'm wasting somebody's time or whether i'm helping 00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:52.860 them out move forward or move on uh depending 00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:56.260 on the the scenario and so it will is 100 right 00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:59.820 i designed those articles because i don't have 00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:02.679 enough coaches to help the people who come my 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:05.239 way and i'm i'm not a coach that's not that's 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:07.840 not what i do have to sometimes step into that 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.320 but I need more coaches by my side because 95 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:14.820 % of the people who come on my stage, not even 00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:17.880 just the applicants, desperately need a better 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:21.380 coach by their side. All of us, if we want to 00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:24.079 hit the types of dreams and ambitions and goals 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.960 and visions and build the way that we really 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:28.599 want to, we've got to have coaches by our side. 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:30.980 Every coach needs a coach. It's like every doctor 00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:34.730 needs a doctor and every doctor need specialists 00:38:34.730 --> 00:38:37.050 by them to refer people to as well. This goes 00:38:37.050 --> 00:38:39.050 very deep. It's very important as a visionary 00:38:39.050 --> 00:38:41.909 that we understand that depth of humility, that 00:38:41.909 --> 00:38:46.010 I am not meant to do this alone. That's not solopreneur. 00:38:46.050 --> 00:38:48.489 You want to go fast, go alone. You want to go 00:38:48.489 --> 00:38:51.369 far, go together. Thank you, African proverb. 00:38:52.289 --> 00:38:53.730 That's at least where I've heard it came from. 00:38:53.949 --> 00:38:58.639 I have no idea. But Willie. What else man that's 00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:01.300 in this what else have you learned throughout 00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:03.219 your life or thought your time with this either 00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:06.829 one? that helps you prepare for the dynamics 00:39:06.829 --> 00:39:09.210 of a business coaching. Why is this so serious? 00:39:09.449 --> 00:39:11.889 Everybody can launch a business these days. Just 00:39:11.889 --> 00:39:15.090 go to your bank and get your LLC through. Get 00:39:15.090 --> 00:39:17.250 your guidance of how to open your account. Go 00:39:17.250 --> 00:39:19.909 get your LLC somewhere else. Don't pay a lot 00:39:19.909 --> 00:39:21.530 of money for that, by the way. Use AI to help. 00:39:22.349 --> 00:39:25.570 I'm not a financial consultant, by the way. Never 00:39:25.570 --> 00:39:28.329 mind. Don't even listen to me. I'm not qualified 00:39:28.329 --> 00:39:31.199 to give that type of advice, my friends. You 00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:33.380 guys kind

of seen the point like this whole business 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:35.159 thing gets talked about as something that's easy 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.860 But then there's all these nuances that happen 00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:39.559 later. So Willie what what what's opened your 00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:42.960 eyes over the last several years? First thing 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:44.679 is the thing you mentioned which is teams. I 00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:46.500 think that's under talked about I think we should 00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:49.619 take a moment to talk about it So you're saying 00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:51.739 I can't do it alone. No, I can't do it alone. 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:55.019 But Yeah, I I'm gonna just to bridge that gap 00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:58.579 real quick guys. I've spent My life, my adult 00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:00.699 life, the last 20 years, pretty much working 00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:04.760 with entrepreneurs, I have never met a single 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.500 solopreneur who's successful. I have met a bunch 00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:09.260 of people who lie about it. I've met a bunch 00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:12.039 of people who step on their virtual assistants 00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:14.719 and cause what we call virtual abuse and don't 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:17.039 acknowledge the team that exists. And they probably 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:19.280 don't feel very well. At least that's what I 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:21.239 got out of my relationship with those individuals. 00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:25.400 I have never met a single solopreneur who's successful, 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:28.920 not one. And I have met my whole life talking 00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:32.199 to him. So it is not a very good path to follow 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:35.079 Do not try to be the unicorn continue will a 00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.280 team now we can talk about team Continue with 00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:41.820 that aspect. How many fortune 500 companies out 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:45.980 there have one employee? Yeah Zero like they 00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:48.320 have teams and they have they have many people 00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.639 in many different departments who work on their 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:53.440 own individual strengths I think if it goes, 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.980 but I love Stephen R Covey and his book Seven 00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:58.460 Habits of Highly Effective People, because one 00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:01.679 of the things rings true to me so much, which 00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:04.860 is his first half of the book helps you go from 00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:08.460 dependency to being independent, having to rely 00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:12.940 on other people to do everything and you just 00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:15.539 have to have that happen, to then being independent, 00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:18.000 being able to carry yourself and do the hard 00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:20.760 work necessary. Then there's the second part, 00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:23.670 which... Hits me even more which is going from 00:41:23.670 --> 00:41:26.809 independent to interdependent Which is saying 00:41:26.809 --> 00:41:30.409 I can do it, but I don't have to do it alone 00:41:30.409 --> 00:41:34.389 Yeah, well, but Willie I don't want a fortune 00:41:34.389 --> 00:41:37.489 500 company I just I'm a single mom and I want 00:41:37.489 --> 00:41:41.389 to run my business from my home Surely I can 00:41:41.389 --> 00:41:45.409 do that by myself my inner ego says many thoughts 00:41:45.409 --> 00:41:50.320 I Think you can sure try And maybe you'll bring 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:52.360 in a couple hundred, couple thousand dollars 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:56.500 extra that can help out. But I also think - I 00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:59.019 would say it's like walking a tightrope across 00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:02.019 two buildings. Do you really want to put your 00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:05.400 life, like your family at risk? by trying this 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:07.619 just because you think you can and then some 00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:09.920 boss babe told you you can or some marketing 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:12.019 bro who's using his mom's credit card to run 00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:14.559 his business um and they don't actually make 00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:17.320 any money on the business i i had a fire client 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.559 a couple of about one year ago she had spent 00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:23.099 three hundred and thirty thousand dollars of 00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:26.260 her parents money dad was pissed at them they 00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:29.099 thought dad was toxic Uh, no, I'm sorry, but 00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:31.940 if you're kind and you've spent over 300 ,000 00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.519 of your dad's money and you haven't made a dime 00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:38.840 on what you do, that's toxicity. That's not healthy. 00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:41.659 And so I work for the single moms out there. 00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:44.420 Like you want to try to start a business by yourself. 00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:47.940 You're putting your family at risk. You can, 00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.320 like I said, it's like walking a tight rope across 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:54.000 two skyscrapers to your choice, but like, And 00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:57.500 it's, I just, I get so frustrated with, with 00:42:57.500 --> 00:43:00.880 that. So, um, uh, again, but it's, it's not about 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:04.320 fortune 500s that can be, but it's about stability 00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:07.139 and sustainability for most of you want, you 00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:08.900 want some type of sustainability. You want to 00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:11.340 be safe. You want to, you want to have that American 00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:14.780 dream coming to fruition. So, um, feel free again, 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.719 back to teams or Willie, what, cause what if 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:20.010 you've, I've already tried that. Willie, I've 00:43:20.010

--> 00:43:23.630 hired teams and I've hired teams upon team members. 00:43:25.690 --> 00:43:31.269 Doesn't work. Yeah. And I think many people have 00:43:31.269 --> 00:43:35.050 that same echo of think that I've been burned 00:43:35.050 --> 00:43:38.090 is usually the the battle cry that happens. I've 00:43:38.090 --> 00:43:41.250 been burned by said coach said company said team. 00:43:41.469 --> 00:43:45.369 I don't want to do it with them. And I come back 00:43:45.369 --> 00:43:50.639 to say that I get it. And I also know the value 00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:55.960 and importance of teams. And don't let one team's, 00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.639 coach's, business's mistake let you harm your 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:04.880 future of working with great people. Yeah. Or 00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:08.199 three or four. I did that. I'm speaking from 00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:10.340 my own past experience of feeling these things, 00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:13.880 my friends. And I was pointing my finger. at 00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:15.960 others saying it was the team's fault. It was 00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:17.920 the team's fault. It was the team's fault and 00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:21.000 not realizing three fingers are pointing right 00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:23.360 back at me. I love how you said that. I think 00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:25.579 you're the only other person I've ever heard 00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.519 say that because I say that too. It's like whenever 00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:30.619 you point the blame, look at your hand. There 00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:33.400 are three fingers pointing back at you. That's 00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.900 incredible. I'm glad that you brought that up. 00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:39.260 Guys, again, this is a big reason why I love 00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:42.000 Coach Willie Lake. He's willing to collaborate. 00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:45.139 He's willing to listen and learn. And while he 00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:47.460 may not have the exact concept on the front end, 00:44:47.559 --> 00:44:51.199 if I'm like, hey, Willie, help me evaluate my 00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:55.119 AOV, my average order values. He might be like, 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:57.400 I don't know a thing about that. And that's OK, 00:44:57.400 --> 00:45:00.239 because I can then put my content in front of 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:03.619 him. I can ask Willie to go research on AI as 00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:06.699 well and see what else exists out there. and 00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:09.300 then I can have him gather his questions and 00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:10.900 his comments and come back. We can collaborate. 00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:13.619 You just need to take the time, my friends, as 00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:15.840 visionaries to study these types of things out 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:18.880 with people that you can absolutely trust. and 00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:21.559 i can actually trust willy are there better business 00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:23.780 coaches out there than coach willy as a business 00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:27.059 coach i guarantee it um you know i 100 are there 00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:29.920 better business owners than me out there or podcast 00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:33.039 us yes go watch stephen bartlett for crying out 00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:36.420 loud go watch any late night show host they're 00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:38.980 like a thousand times better than me um and it's 00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:42.699 okay um the the bit but what what is hard is 00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:44.800 there's so many business coaches out there that 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:48.400 are great phenomenal probably But they cost a 00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:51.840 fortune and if you don't get a fortune in order 00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:56.019 to hire those set individuals then They they're 00:45:56.019 --> 00:45:58.840 not useless to you, but they may not be accessible 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:02.239 to you Coach really is accessible currently and 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:04.079 that is something that is massive So if you're 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:07.239 in a position where you you are and you know 00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:10.539 You need more coaches more visionaries more mentors 00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:14.000 by your side the day to work with somebody like 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:17.599 Willie is today while they have that availability 00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:20.960 a year from now. It is going to be so fun. I 00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:23.019 cannot wait to do an interview with you one year 00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:26.980 from now when you have grown so much and we asked 00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:29.039 the same type of questions. We come back through 00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:32.079 this and the audience is going to see a completely 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:34.739 different man in that process. Well, they're 00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:37.519 going to see two completely different men in 00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:40.079 that process because I too am hungry to continue 00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:42.960 to grow and figure out how do I become that much 00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:45.610 better? How do I do my best? It's not about being 00:46:45.610 --> 00:46:47.650 better than those other coaches out there. If 00:46:47.650 --> 00:46:50.469 you're a visionary, I hope you hear this advice 00:46:50.469 --> 00:46:52.789 now, because I learned it too late. I learned 00:46:52.789 --> 00:46:55.150 it far later than I wanted to. And I wish I could 00:46:55.150 --> 00:46:57.869 go back and tell my 19 -year -old self, be your 00:46:57.869 --> 00:47:01.010 best self. Don't worry about others. Just continue 00:47:01.010 --> 00:47:03.570 to work on being your best self each day. And 00:47:03.570 --> 00:47:05.489 don't get distracted by what other people are 00:47:05.489 --> 00:47:08.769 doing or how good other people might be. So Willie, 00:47:08.849 --> 00:47:12.170 this is your last chance to share your vision. 00:47:12.809 --> 00:47:17.710 And to share with visionary leaders, counsel, 00:47:18.130 -->

00:47:21.530 wisdom, advice, a question they might think through. 00:47:22.650 --> 00:47:35.510 What would that sacred wisdom be? The path in 00:47:35.510 --> 00:47:39.730 which you go down is your choice alone. And the 00:47:39.730 --> 00:47:42.039 people who you have by your side. Going down 00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:45.380 that path with you is also your choice. So choose 00:47:45.380 --> 00:47:52.340 wisely. I love that. I don't only love the wisdom 00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:55.579 that you shared, but the spiritual way in which 00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:58.260 you answered that, the deep breath you took, 00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:02.800 the thoughtfulness, not feeling scripted, not 00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:04.320 feeling like you needed to share some type of 00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:07.559 tagline. You thought through that very intentionally. 00:48:09.070 --> 00:48:11.409 visionaries, the examples that we've gotten to 00:48:11.409 --> 00:48:14.710 see today. If we can look at this interview and 00:48:14.710 --> 00:48:16.630 say, how do I learn from this? I'll give a shout 00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:19.650 out to the channel, Charisma on Command. For 00:48:19.650 --> 00:48:21.989 those of you who don't know how to do that, watch 00:48:21.989 --> 00:48:25.829 Charisma on Command on YouTube and watch how 00:48:25.829 --> 00:48:30.349 the man who runs that show studies interactions 00:48:30.349 --> 00:48:34.230 and is able to pull from those interactions how 00:48:34.230 --> 00:48:37.780 certain behaviors transpired. We all have the 00:48:37.780 --> 00:48:40.400 ability to study that and then look at right 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.119 now. How do I apply that to my own life? It's 00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:44.480 one of the best channels for teaching this concept 00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:46.619 that I've come across. I haven't thought about 00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:48.800 in that way before, but I hope that the visionary 00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:51.480 is listening to this message right now that one 00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:53.559 of you at least is able to pick up on that and 00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:55.340 say, you know what? I can now apply this to my 00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:57.260 life. You can go back and watch this interview 00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:59.500 and see some of the subtleties about the way 00:48:59.500 --> 00:49:01.880 that coach Willie Blake and I interacted. You 00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:04.400 will understand why coach Willie Blake is one 00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:06.239 of the most important people in the world to 00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:08.690 me. moving forward. So you guys have a phenomenal 00:49:08.690 --> 00:49:10.690 time building your vision. We'll see you on the 00:49:10.690 --> 00:49:13.110 next episode and Willie, keep being awesome. 00:49:13.230 --> 00:49:15.070 Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy 00:49:15.070 --> 00:49:17.349 that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking 00:49:17.349 --> 00:49:20.750 forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 00:49:20.750 --> 00:49:22.369 continue to move forward. This is going to get 00:49:22.369 --> 00:49:24.989 more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:49:24.989 --> 00:49:27.050 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:49:27.050 --> 00:49:29.210 the show and thank you for giving us your time 00:49:29.210 --> 00:49:31.530 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:49:31.530 --> 00:49:33.949 out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.