Chapter 1: What inspired Will Packer to pursue a career in storytelling?
I helped him to make our first little tiny movie and I helped to distribute it, self-distribute it, get in front of investors, get in front of distributors, get in front of audiences. And ultimately, that was the foundation for me saying, I can do this. I can be a storyteller. I know how to go out, raise a little bit of money, execute a film project and get it out there to the masses.
So I didn't wait for my passion to hit me in the face. And I think too many of us do that.
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In this episode, I'm talking to one of my top three favorite people in the world. He doesn't know how much he's inspired me, but we are about to get into it. I am talking about the best producer in the game. His movies make you think, they make you cry, they make you laugh.
Chapter 2: How does Will define the concept of 'paying it forward'?
But more importantly, he's written a book that I believe is the number one leadership book, and I am talking about none other than The Visionary. the compassionate, the leader of leaders, my guy, the man in the hat, Mr. Will Packer. Will, how you doing today, brother?
The man in the hat. Nick, I'm so appreciative of you having me. Listen, top three, that ain't bad. I don't even want to know who the other two are, okay? Because I just know if I'm top three, I'm passing a lot of people. So if I'm top three in your book, I'm doing something right, my friend.
I appreciate you. I have a mom and a wife. I have a mom and a wife. So there you go.
Well, I'm never going to get that high.
Chapter 3: What does Will mean by 'success requires action, not just passion'?
You know what I mean? You're a smart man, so you keep them to top two. You know that. Yes, sir. I appreciate you. Thank you, and thank you for having me.
Hey, man, I'm the honored one. This is a pinch myself moment. Definitely top of my bucket list. Man, Will, I'm just going to get into it, right? So on Make Them Plug, we like to talk about your because, that thing that's deeper than your why, right? Like, I probably know your why. Your why is probably your kids, right? your spouse, your family. But there's a reason they're your why.
Chapter 4: What is 'healthy arrogance' and how does it contribute to leadership?
And I call that your because. So if I were to say, Will Packer, man, like today, what's your because? Why do you keep doing what you do?
I feel, and that's great, and I love that you separate the because from the why, because I think of it the way that you said, the because is like the reason you get to the why. The because is the reason that you keep going beyond the why. The because is the reason you're able to even facilitate whatever it is you're trying to do for the why, right?
So my because is because I feel an obligation to, in the situation and in the seat that I sit, in the situation I'm in, in the seat that I sit, meaning the privileged seat that I sit in, I've worked very, very hard to be in this position, but because I am here, if I am not paying forward, and that is not just to my immediate nuclear family, my extended family, but also my community family, right?
If I am not paying it forward, The ability that I have to touch people and hopefully inspire people, but certainly the ability I have to deploy resources in a certain way, to deploy power in a certain way, to try to be an example. And I hope a positive example of what it looks like when someone like myself gets into a position of power. If I'm not doing that, I would be remiss.
I would be wasting a God given opportunity to go out. And then I hope create a positive cycle of success. Your legacy at the end of the day, we are not the things that we do.
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Chapter 5: How did Will's upbringing influence his leadership philosophy?
We are not the things that we buy. We're not the things that we accomplish. Those can be drivers. Right. Those can be things that keep us going. I'm a very ambitious person. There are things that I'm striving to do, things that have to do with, you know, quantifiable success metrics in business. Hollywood, you know, box office streaming numbers, even awards.
But ultimately, at the end of the day, when I leave this earth, I won't be the number one box office hits. I won't be, you know, New York Times bestseller. What I will be is the people that I have influenced and the people that I have touched. What I will be is that legacy that I leave behind.
And I'm somebody that believes that if we're always trying to positively manifest impact on others, if we're living a life where we're thinking about the impact that we have on other people, I promise you, you will live an incredibly fulfilled life. What I call a blockbuster life. I like to take it to the movie analogy, right?
Chapter 6: What lessons does Will share about the importance of self-belief?
So that's my because. Because I feel like I have to. I have an obligation and a responsibility to it.
Yeah. So I want to go into that, like that obligation, because that's something I talk about with leaders. Right. Like you have an obligation to lead. And for me, that obligation started when I was 10. Right. Like everybody that knows me knows I made my mom a promise that I was going to change her life and the life of my sister and brother. And every day I just fulfill that promise of obligation.
That's literally it. I look myself in the mirror. Some days I do. Right.
Chapter 7: What are the key principles from Will's book, 'Who Better Than You'?
Some days I don't. But like I made sure that I fulfill the obligation more than I don't fulfill the obligation. Right. So for you, growing up in St. Pete. Right. Then going to FAMU. When did when did you know that that was your obligation to to do bigger, to do better than maybe the people that were surrounding you?
Yeah. You know what? I have been very. You can be anything. Yeah. And that's so powerful and so important. And I like to say that to all my folks out there listening who have kids.
Chapter 8: How can listeners apply Will's insights to their own lives?
Listen, you have a responsibility. My kids, I like to say they took me to the highest mountaintop they could find. St. Petersburg, Florida is pretty flat. It's not a lot of not a lot of. Not a lot of elevation, but they lifted me up and they said they did me like cinema. They said everything the sun touches is yours. Right.
And they literally instilled in me this idea that I had the ability to accomplish and achieve whatever it was that I was willing to set my mind to. And I was willing to work hard for and that there was nobody more deserving than you. And the only barrier to my own success would be me, not external people.
And we have a tendency to give our power away to external people, forces, people with titles, people with money. We give them the power. And they say, well, when you tell me I'm ready or if you tell me that I can be successful, then I'll accept it. If you tell me I'm not, then I won't accept it. We give that power away. My parents taught me very, very early on. you don't give that power away.
So when you asked when I realized that, you know, I had the ability to do something special, it definitely would have been just in terms of like my matriculation sometime around the time that I got to FAMU, I got to Florida A&M University. And I like to say that I really found my voice. I certainly found my passion for storytelling. I was connected with another brother named Rob Hardy.
And Rob had a passion for filmmaking. I had a passion for entrepreneurship. I knew that I wanted to have my own business. I wasn't sure to make exactly what business that would be, but Rob had a passion for filmmaking. I linked up with him.
I helped him to make our first little tiny movie and I helped to distribute it, self-distribute it, get in front of investors, get in front of distributors, get in front of audiences. And ultimately that was the foundation for me saying, I know how to go out, raise a little bit of money, execute a film project, and get it out there to the masses.
So I didn't wait for my passion to hit me in the face. And I think too many of us do that now. I didn't wait until all the boxes were checked in terms of the thing that I wanted to do, was passionate at, was good at, was going to get paid to do. I went and did something that I did well. And then I found my passion within it.
Yeah. I love that, brother. I love that, man. And, you know, when I told my family and friends that you were coming on the show and, you know, they all are huge fans of you and my audience and viewers and listeners are as well, too. And I always like to tell the difference between, like, the producer, the director on film sets because a lot of people assume producer, director are usually as one.
And I'm like, no, the producer is the most important because they have to tell the story. They have to make this thing in paper. Yeah. Come to life. How would you describe that difference as well for the viewers and listeners that maybe they're like a lot of people that the director producer pretty much are the same?
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