Work Talents “Vision Goals”

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This next segment we're going to talk about vision goals. Now I love adding this one. That vision goal is that dream goal. But before you go on, it's very important that you listen to what is a measurable goal, what is a short term goal, what is a long term goal, and now vision goals. So the vision goal is that dream. It's that passion that you have and you see yourself living that dream. We talk about how important it is that you live out that vision goal. If you don't see yourself doing it, nobody else will. People go to med school, dental school, they open up their own businesses, they work for a company. Whatever it is that you do, you have to see yourself living that goal and you have to see yourself achieving it and believing in yourself that you can do it. I use this by a lot of stories. We talk about sports and I talk a little bit about different athletes. I can only speak for myself. We've had a lot of great athletes on. We've had Tanian Sturtz from the New York Yankees. He had that vision goal of playing in the big leagues. He saw himself playing in the major leagues. Now he's from Boston and he saw himself playing for the Red Sox. He ended up playing for the Rivals and, and actually there was a big fight with him and when a rod was playing. But we're not going to get into that. This is a business episode. But I think you sport fans out there would love that. Nick Kyprios, Nick Kyprios was never drafted. He said he, they told him he would never make it. He's not going to do it. Well, what did he do? He ended up playing many years in the National Hockey League. Played as what is called as an overaging junior. That means a team's allowed one 20 year old at 20 you're just about done as far as the pro level goes. And if you're not drafted, he ended up working his way up from the Flyers to the Capitals. And I've known him very well than a Stanley cup. At the New York Rangers. Todd Ellick went back and played university hockey. He told me I was sitting on a bus with him. We were 18 years old. He said My dream is to play in the NHL. Never got drafted. And he did it. I've met so many others along the way. Mike Lodish in NFL Star. And there's another athlete who played in the Super Bowl. I mean, he was on our show. Go back and listen to these if you want to be inspired. And let's talk about my friend. He opened up a. He's a dentist and he had a great practice going. His father was a dentist and plastic surgeon. Imagine that. And he said to me, he's going to open up one of the biggest mini dental implant businesses in the world. And now he has his own plane. Like, he did it and he saw himself doing it. And it was tough. It was a tough journey. But he told me, I'm going to have a huge business. I said, todd, you got a great dental practice. How can you do both? He goes, watch me. And he did. He built a team around him because it's so important to have a team. Just ask anybody. That's a good leader, get into leadership, too. But you have to really see yourself living out your dream. I don't know the full story with Mike Ilitch in Michigan. Started off, I don't think he graduated high school is the story. That was, you know, how I, how I heard the story. And he had a dream of opening up pizza places. Well, Little Caesars ended up being a pretty big franchise. Ended up owning the Detroit Red Wings for years. And what he did for Detroit was amazing. Same thing. He also owns the Detroit Tigers. And there's an individual that had a dream of having a big pizza franchise and owning a professional sport team, which his passion at the time was hockey. You could do it. You have to see yourself living these dreams. But you have to go through a process. It's not easy. There's nothing that easy. I'm telling you, there's nothing easy. And another great example is there's a friend of mine, but she's a longtime friend. I haven't even talked to her. I call her a friend because I knew her in kindergarten. Well, she's a kindergarten. I knew her in kindergarten. She is a 5th grade teacher and her name, her name is Pam and she lives in Michigan. I didn't ask her if I could mention her name here, but I just listen to her and I look on Facebook, especially when I'm bored. I try to stay away from social media, but I look at her post and she has so much passion and vision for helping people and young people. And I remember I did a story about my 5th and 6th grade teacher and she sent me a little note and thanked me and that made me feel great. So if you're a teacher, you know, you're a doctor, whatever you do, you have to bring in that passion, you have to bring in that good energy, and you have to love what you do now. I haven't talked to Pam in years. I really haven't. She was always a great person. I think I remember 25 years ago and I don't want to give up my age too easily for some of you who don't know me too well. But I ran into her in a parking lot and we just talked for five minutes. She may not even remember that. I remember the craziest things. I think my long term memory is better than my short term. But I could tell she had that good energy. She cares what she does. I watched a post. I'm talking a lot about her because I'm proud of her. Because it makes me, you know, I look at what people bring in and what they bring to society and what they bring into helping people. And I just love when I see people that care about other people. I think teachers are so underpaid and I could do a three hour podcast on that. I believe police officers are underpaid as well. Not getting into the whole political thing with police officers and firefighters. I envy those people. I wish some of our athletes can donate some of their salaries to these people because of the efforts and what they do for society. But I was watching how Pam was so excited that her. I think it was her first day back at school after Covid and all the kids gave gifts or even during gifts, I think they were dropping them off to her house, if I remember correctly. But anyways, hey, Pam, I'm proud of you. I'm bringing this out because I see and you don't have to say anything, words like, I said we don't talk, but I could see the passion for what you're doing. I'm going to use another person as an example. I'm going to use my girlfriend as an example. Cheryl. She worked in the Rochester school district for 17 years and as the dietitian in Rochester, New York. And she said she loved it because she was helping kids and loved it. Well, one day, one of the founders of Chobani came to her and said, we would love for you to join our company because of the relationship that she built with this individual, Kyle o', Brien, one of the founders of Chobani. Kyle brought her to Charlotte. I could thank him for that. And she gave up what she did for 17 years working with kids, and she went into corporate America, helped build that company from the ground up, did every work in every different division. But she liked it. She really did. She liked what she did. But she told me her passion one day is to open up her own dietitian company and help people that have SIBO and all these different things that have something going on with them. But in her voice she goes, I love it. Now she's doing it. And I watch her and she brings so much energy and happy energy in every day. She goes, boy, I just, she can't tell me because everything's HIPAA compliant, but she goes, boy, I just helped this lady today and her life has been changed. And her doctor said that, you know, I'm not going to get into all the medical stuff. But her doctor said, I can't believe the difference. Like, what are you doing? And it's not always about the dollar. But money will come if you do the right thing. Money will come if you do the right thing, if you're in the business of serving and helping people, or I don't care if you own an ice cream shop. And every day you're pleasant and you have a smile on your face. It's amazing. I remember I read a book, I was working with a franchise company several years ago and they made everybody read the book Fish. Now I've read it. It's a very short. When I mean a book, I mean, I read three to four books a month. This will take you, I don't know, it could take you a half hour to read 20 minutes, some of us. But the Fish was about how they worked in the Seattle fish market and what, what, I mean, if you ever been to Seattle, these, these, these people that work in this fish market, they get up at three in the morning and they, they slap around this stinky, smelly fish and they're throwing the fish up in the air and, and by 8 o' clock in the morning, people are looking in the window and they're entertained by these people that are throwing this fish around. And. But if you look at them, they're smiling, they have energy, they love what they're doing. They're bringing that passion to people and they're fulfilling other people's lives by saying, boy, look at these guys and think about what they do. Can you imagine? Every day you go in, you are going into a business and you got this stinky, smelly fish, but they're making the best of what they do and that's another part of what I want to talk about. We're going to have ups and downs, everybody. There's going to be days where you don't want to do it. Like people say, boy, Mike, you're always positive, you always have great energy, but let's not fool anybody. Personally, I have a pity party for myself. I've had them a few different times where I say, boy, I'm working with this company, it's not going the way I wanted to, and I get down on myself. Then I got to snap out of it. That's normal. I remember as an athlete, I didn't play much for the New York Rangers. They told me, I'm going to be an insurance policy. And I felt bad for myself. Then I realized, you know what? Pinch yourself. You're playing for the New York Rangers. What else would you rather be doing? If you could approach things in life like that, I promise you money will come and good things will come your way. If you need any help, go to Hartman Academy. Because a lot of us listen by podcasts. This is on the website Go there. It's under the work talents index section. And at the very bottom of the there's an icon. Ask us questions if we could help you. And for some of you, I use an example. I hope you don't get mad at me, Pam and Cheryl. I didn't ask for, you know, you. If I. If I could use your names. But we're definitely proud of you. Everybody, if I could help you in any way, please reach out.

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