1 00:00:02,786 --> 00:00:04,873 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Growing Our Future podcast. 2 00:00:04,873 --> 00:00:08,811 In this show, the Texas FFA Foundation will take on a 3 00:00:08,891 --> 00:00:12,663 journey of exploration into agricultural science, education, 4 00:00:12,663 --> 00:00:15,990 leadership development and insights from subject matter 5 00:00:16,071 --> 00:00:19,669 experts and sponsors who provide the fuel to make dreams come 6 00:00:19,708 --> 00:00:19,969 true. 7 00:00:19,969 --> 00:00:22,422 Here's your host, Aaron Alejandro. 8 00:00:30,147 --> 00:00:33,170 Speaker 2: Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening or 9 00:00:33,470 --> 00:00:37,173 whenever you may be tuning in to the Growing Our Future podcast 10 00:00:38,155 --> 00:00:39,235 Number one, thank you. 11 00:00:39,235 --> 00:00:40,536 Thank you for stopping by. 12 00:00:40,536 --> 00:00:50,984 I mean you're sharing a little bit of your time with us and 13 00:00:50,915 --> 00:00:52,432 hopefully we're sharing something of value to kind of 14 00:00:52,363 --> 00:00:53,168 occupy that time. 15 00:00:53,168 --> 00:00:54,310 You know, in the world of agriculture, I always tell 16 00:00:54,241 --> 00:00:55,453 people if you want to know what the future is, grow it. 17 00:00:55,453 --> 00:00:56,448 If you want to know what the future is, you got to grow it. 18 00:00:56,448 --> 00:01:00,171 But to do that, you got to plant the right seeds, you got 19 00:01:00,212 --> 00:01:03,414 to take care of them, you got to harvest it and you got to share 20 00:01:03,414 --> 00:01:03,496 it. 21 00:01:04,195 --> 00:01:06,664 But we got to start by planting the right seeds, which is what 22 00:01:06,743 --> 00:01:08,106 this podcast is about. 23 00:01:08,106 --> 00:01:12,004 It's about bringing people on who share their experiences, 24 00:01:12,344 --> 00:01:16,072 their insights, their just things of life that they've 25 00:01:16,111 --> 00:01:18,950 experienced, that they say, hey, let me tell you about this, in 26 00:01:18,989 --> 00:01:21,981 hopes that it gives us a little seed of greatness that can make 27 00:01:22,043 --> 00:01:22,444 us better. 28 00:01:22,444 --> 00:01:24,108 Today we're honored. 29 00:01:24,108 --> 00:01:25,430 You're going to find out here in a second. 30 00:01:25,430 --> 00:01:26,573 You're going to see why I'm a fan. 31 00:01:26,573 --> 00:01:30,025 Y'all are about to meet Dr Justin Terry and I got to tell 32 00:01:30,045 --> 00:01:33,337 you he's an exciting individual, he's an innovator and his 33 00:01:33,418 --> 00:01:37,066 enthusiasm is contagious, and you're about to experience that. 34 00:01:37,066 --> 00:01:40,501 So, Dr Terry, thank you for being on the podcast today. 35 00:01:41,203 --> 00:01:44,170 Speaker 3: Oh, thanks so much for having me, and, man, I'm a 36 00:01:44,209 --> 00:01:46,501 little worried about that buildup in the conversation 37 00:01:46,521 --> 00:01:48,968 we're about to have, but we'll do our best. 38 00:01:48,968 --> 00:01:50,030 How about that Not? 39 00:01:50,090 --> 00:01:50,751 Speaker 2: worried at all. 40 00:01:50,751 --> 00:01:51,882 You're going to deliver. 41 00:01:51,882 --> 00:01:53,364 Trust me, you're going to deliver. 42 00:01:53,364 --> 00:01:57,962 So with that, I like to start every podcast, every podcast, 43 00:01:57,983 --> 00:01:58,323 Matter of fact. 44 00:01:58,323 --> 00:02:01,512 I think we should all start every day with this question, 45 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:06,611 and that question is Dr Terry, what are you grateful for today? 46 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:10,288 Speaker 3: Oh, man, you know, ironically, we always start 47 00:02:10,348 --> 00:02:14,225 every classroom, every meeting, anything we do in our school 48 00:02:14,246 --> 00:02:17,052 district, with good things, and it is about appreciation. 49 00:02:17,052 --> 00:02:20,888 You know, and today I'll be honest with you, we just left a 50 00:02:20,927 --> 00:02:24,825 great Easter weekend and I am grateful for family today and 51 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:27,192 the beautiful weather and the time that we had to spend 52 00:02:27,211 --> 00:02:27,573 together. 53 00:02:27,573 --> 00:02:29,326 So thank you for asking. 54 00:02:30,923 --> 00:02:32,187 Speaker 2: By the way, I agree with you too. 55 00:02:32,187 --> 00:02:38,808 I told my kids not too long ago , this last Thanksgiving, I told 56 00:02:38,808 --> 00:02:39,430 them to look around. 57 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:41,252 And we're sitting there getting ready to eat Thanksgiving 58 00:02:41,272 --> 00:02:42,715 dinner and they go what I said look around. 59 00:02:42,715 --> 00:02:46,724 And they're like what I said y'all, it just dawned on me. 60 00:02:46,724 --> 00:02:48,991 I said I'm 58 years old and it just dawned on me. 61 00:02:48,991 --> 00:02:52,266 I said I can't remember a single Thanksgiving as a kid 62 00:02:52,287 --> 00:02:56,221 growing up, because we were too poor, we never had it. 63 00:02:56,221 --> 00:02:59,366 My mom, we never traveled with other family. 64 00:03:00,106 --> 00:03:03,893 And I said I want y'all to look around and realize that there's 65 00:03:03,932 --> 00:03:05,414 good times and bad times in life . 66 00:03:05,414 --> 00:03:10,012 But if you'll just reflect, you got a family, that's right. 67 00:03:10,012 --> 00:03:12,768 You got something to be grateful for, we got food. 68 00:03:12,768 --> 00:03:16,968 We're not going to starve, just be grateful, be grateful. 69 00:03:16,968 --> 00:03:19,106 So thank you so much for sharing that. 70 00:03:19,106 --> 00:03:22,725 And you got a beautiful family and I appreciate you sharing 71 00:03:22,906 --> 00:03:23,448 that too. 72 00:03:23,448 --> 00:03:24,150 So thank you. 73 00:03:24,150 --> 00:03:27,480 Yes, sir, all right. 74 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,368 So, dr Justin, terry, that just automatically lets us know that 75 00:03:30,368 --> 00:03:31,611 there's some credentials there. 76 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:35,812 And I know for a fact, I know for a fact you did not just fall 77 00:03:35,812 --> 00:03:36,594 into that seat. 78 00:03:36,594 --> 00:03:40,903 So something tells me there was a journey, there was a path, 79 00:03:40,963 --> 00:03:45,131 something that led you to the superintendent role of the 80 00:03:45,170 --> 00:03:47,854 Forney ISD, just outside of Dallas, texas. 81 00:03:47,854 --> 00:03:50,389 So, dr Terry, kind of take us through that. 82 00:03:50,389 --> 00:03:54,189 How did you end up on this career path that landed you in 83 00:03:54,229 --> 00:03:54,752 that seat? 84 00:03:55,780 --> 00:03:58,340 Speaker 3: You know, aaron, I get this question a lot and, to 85 00:03:58,379 --> 00:04:00,002 be honest with you, you know the one thing I would always tell 86 00:04:00,021 --> 00:04:01,243 you I don't think it's anything I ever did. 87 00:04:01,243 --> 00:04:03,447 One thing I would always tell you it's it's I don't think it's 88 00:04:03,447 --> 00:04:04,407 anything I ever did. 89 00:04:04,407 --> 00:04:08,233 I think it's it has to do with the people that I've been 90 00:04:08,272 --> 00:04:10,496 blessed and surrounded with along my journey. 91 00:04:10,496 --> 00:04:20,343 And I was a grew up in an educator's household. 92 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:23,529 My father was a baseball coach and teacher and professor, and 93 00:04:23,550 --> 00:04:26,074 so I ended up as a baseball coach and teacher in a little 94 00:04:26,615 --> 00:04:28,059 small town, a little small town right outside of Corsicana 95 00:04:28,079 --> 00:04:28,579 called Mildred. 96 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:33,247 And at that point in time, you know, I was blessed to have a 97 00:04:33,288 --> 00:04:36,353 superintendent that invested in me and he saw something in me as 98 00:04:36,353 --> 00:04:41,906 a, as a leader, and he, he kind of took me under his wing and 99 00:04:41,925 --> 00:04:47,375 grew me as not only an educator but just as a leader in general. 100 00:04:48,341 --> 00:04:50,466 And then one day he looked at me and he said you know, there's 101 00:04:50,807 --> 00:04:54,105 somebody I want you to meet, and he passed me off to another 102 00:04:54,125 --> 00:04:57,675 mentor you know, gene Burton down the road in Rockwall and a 103 00:04:58,036 --> 00:05:02,029 little larger district, and you know my path made it back up to 104 00:05:02,050 --> 00:05:05,100 the Metroplex at that time as an administration and assistant, 105 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:06,846 principalships and principalships. 106 00:05:06,846 --> 00:05:10,047 And then I was blessed to have another mentor as a 107 00:05:10,086 --> 00:05:13,321 superintendent that took me under his wing, john Fuller, and 108 00:05:13,321 --> 00:05:15,528 then time after time again. 109 00:05:15,528 --> 00:05:19,500 What I would just always encourage others as you begin to 110 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:23,949 explore your journey is to find a mentor, find a coach along 111 00:05:23,970 --> 00:05:27,403 the way, and find two, if you're really blessed one that's 112 00:05:27,483 --> 00:05:31,732 within the organization that you're working within, so that 113 00:05:31,771 --> 00:05:34,244 they understand your goals and aspirations and can help you 114 00:05:34,303 --> 00:05:37,172 achieve those, but also one that's outside of your 115 00:05:37,259 --> 00:05:41,369 organization that brings light into maybe a different 116 00:05:41,408 --> 00:05:44,583 perspective that they're seeing that may not be in a narrow 117 00:05:44,642 --> 00:05:44,963 field. 118 00:05:44,963 --> 00:05:51,821 So again, it's nothing that I've done, I've just been really 119 00:05:51,821 --> 00:05:53,062 blessed along the way to have good people that have guided my 120 00:05:53,084 --> 00:05:53,163 path. 121 00:05:53,184 --> 00:05:54,766 Speaker 2: Well, I don't disagree with you that at all. 122 00:05:54,766 --> 00:05:57,151 As a matter of fact, I've always told people life's not a 123 00:05:57,192 --> 00:05:57,952 solo project. 124 00:05:57,952 --> 00:06:04,302 We were not created to be the Lone Rangers, and early on I had 125 00:06:04,302 --> 00:06:04,485 a mentor. 126 00:06:04,485 --> 00:06:06,500 Interestingly enough, early on, I had a mentor and he told me 127 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:07,322 something very similar. 128 00:06:07,322 --> 00:06:10,411 He said I want you to always have 10 friends older than you 129 00:06:10,451 --> 00:06:11,702 and 10 friends younger than you. 130 00:06:11,702 --> 00:06:14,451 He goes the 10 friends older than you're going to tell you 131 00:06:14,471 --> 00:06:16,785 where we've been, 10 friends younger than you're going to 132 00:06:16,805 --> 00:06:17,547 tell you where we're headed. 133 00:06:17,547 --> 00:06:21,884 And I thought that was some pretty good advice, pretty good 134 00:06:21,944 --> 00:06:22,286 insight. 135 00:06:22,706 --> 00:06:26,762 No, then we are met we were talking before we started a good 136 00:06:26,762 --> 00:06:28,526 friend and board member, cleo Franklin. 137 00:06:28,526 --> 00:06:31,091 Uh, cleo always tells the kids. 138 00:06:31,091 --> 00:06:33,526 He said I want you to get your own personal board of directors. 139 00:06:33,526 --> 00:06:36,762 He said I want you to get a group of people around you that 140 00:06:36,781 --> 00:06:38,867 become your board of directors and make you better. 141 00:06:38,867 --> 00:06:43,245 And, uh, I just thought that was good, good wisdom as well. 142 00:06:43,245 --> 00:06:46,533 So so, yeah, there's a thing. 143 00:06:46,533 --> 00:06:50,992 What I appreciate about what you just said, though, already, 144 00:06:51,922 --> 00:06:55,132 is you've already given credit that life's not a solo project, 145 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,805 that we're in this together and if we can find people that can 146 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:03,668 make us better, find people that can build our networks, expose 147 00:07:03,728 --> 00:07:04,831 us to opportunities. 148 00:07:04,831 --> 00:07:07,144 But you've got to be paying attention. 149 00:07:07,144 --> 00:07:08,610 They're not just good. 150 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:10,668 I don't think anything just fell in your lap. 151 00:07:10,668 --> 00:07:12,687 Something tells me you had to have a little want to. 152 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:16,088 Speaker 3: Well, you know, and they've got to see that you want 153 00:07:16,088 --> 00:07:19,086 to for sure, and because I don't know that others are going 154 00:07:19,086 --> 00:07:21,620 to invest in you if they don't see that their investment of 155 00:07:21,661 --> 00:07:24,305 their time and their effort will pay off. 156 00:07:24,545 --> 00:07:29,814 And so you know work ethic and you know is a pretty powerful 157 00:07:29,853 --> 00:07:33,122 and important thing, and I think others do see that they see 158 00:07:34,103 --> 00:07:37,151 talents in you, whether you know it or not. 159 00:07:37,151 --> 00:07:39,887 You know we talk a lot in our organization that you know 160 00:07:39,908 --> 00:07:41,091 there's a lot of opportunity for growth. 161 00:07:41,091 --> 00:07:43,853 We're a really fast-gr, fast growth district and career 162 00:07:43,894 --> 00:07:46,762 growth is pretty easy to see. 163 00:07:46,762 --> 00:07:49,928 We have 200 plus 300 new positions every year. 164 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:54,302 And what I think especially young people sometimes don't 165 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:58,591 realize is every time you walk down a hallway, every time you 166 00:07:58,651 --> 00:08:01,904 are on the job, you're in an interview and people are 167 00:08:01,925 --> 00:08:05,812 watching, whether you know it or not, and so you just hope that 168 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:08,529 they see you on your best day, for sure, most of the time. 169 00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:11,762 But when it's consistent and you're having great, great, good 170 00:08:11,762 --> 00:08:14,329 days all the time, then they usually find you, that's for 171 00:08:14,350 --> 00:08:14,531 sure. 172 00:08:15,459 --> 00:08:17,084 Speaker 2: See, this is where great minds think alike. 173 00:08:17,084 --> 00:08:20,259 So one of the things I always ask the FFA kids when we're 174 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:22,867 talking about leadership is I always say tell me about your 175 00:08:22,906 --> 00:08:23,267 business. 176 00:08:23,267 --> 00:08:25,052 And they just look at me. 177 00:08:25,052 --> 00:08:26,324 They say I don't have a business. 178 00:08:26,324 --> 00:08:27,668 I said, yeah, you do, you're it . 179 00:08:27,668 --> 00:08:30,047 I said, what time do you open in the morning? 180 00:08:30,047 --> 00:08:33,750 I mean, what kind of customer service do you deliver? 181 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:35,885 You know, are you on time? 182 00:08:35,885 --> 00:08:37,527 I mean, you are your business. 183 00:08:37,527 --> 00:08:39,903 By the way, that's why everybody that knows me knows I 184 00:08:39,923 --> 00:08:40,524 go by this. 185 00:08:40,524 --> 00:08:44,211 My handle is live your brand, because I believe that it's. 186 00:08:44,211 --> 00:08:46,802 It's how we live and what we share and what we do. 187 00:08:46,802 --> 00:08:50,292 That's how people get to know what our brand is and and just 188 00:08:50,312 --> 00:08:53,145 like a fingerprint that that how you live your brand, that's 189 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,610 your fingerprint on this world. 190 00:08:54,610 --> 00:08:57,023 And, like you just said, I loved it. 191 00:08:57,023 --> 00:09:00,392 Even when you're walking down the hallway, somebody's watching 192 00:09:00,392 --> 00:09:00,392 . 193 00:09:00,879 --> 00:09:01,761 Speaker 3: That's right. 194 00:09:01,761 --> 00:09:04,730 Those actions speak so much more powerful than words in many 195 00:09:04,730 --> 00:09:05,150 cases. 196 00:09:05,150 --> 00:09:08,648 And people are always watching and they notice some of the 197 00:09:08,687 --> 00:09:10,071 sometimes the smallest little things. 198 00:09:10,071 --> 00:09:15,028 And, man, I tell you what, with the audience here in the FFA 199 00:09:15,048 --> 00:09:18,884 and agriculture, your business starts early and and I tell you 200 00:09:18,903 --> 00:09:19,885 what, that's impressive. 201 00:09:19,885 --> 00:09:24,142 I watch a lot of our students here in our, you know, animal 202 00:09:24,182 --> 00:09:24,902 science program. 203 00:09:24,902 --> 00:09:28,725 We run a doggy daycare and just amazed I mean, they're creating 204 00:09:28,725 --> 00:09:31,687 you know little reels out there to kind of promote the business 205 00:09:31,687 --> 00:09:32,828 that we're running. 206 00:09:32,828 --> 00:09:34,770 And they're doing it at 6 am on their own. 207 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:38,774 And you guys are some pretty special, pretty special group, 208 00:09:38,815 --> 00:09:40,996 so proud to be a part of this, thank you. 209 00:09:41,157 --> 00:09:44,043 Speaker 2: That's awful, I agree with you. 210 00:09:44,043 --> 00:09:45,649 I learned it not by choice. 211 00:09:45,649 --> 00:09:47,880 I learned it when I went to Boy's Ranch and I'll never 212 00:09:47,941 --> 00:09:48,241 forget. 213 00:09:48,241 --> 00:09:51,750 My dorm parent, mr Chandler, brought me a sledgehammer one 214 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:54,004 day and he told me I needed to drive to the other side of the 215 00:09:54,043 --> 00:09:57,951 ranch, which was five miles in a blizzard and bust the water 216 00:09:57,991 --> 00:09:58,953 trough for the horses. 217 00:09:58,953 --> 00:10:02,363 And I pitched a fit and I said, mr Chandler, I don't want to go 218 00:10:02,363 --> 00:10:02,363 . 219 00:10:02,363 --> 00:10:04,767 It's cold out there, it's a blizzard, the wind's whipping 220 00:10:05,047 --> 00:10:07,370 Feels like a razor, I could get lost. 221 00:10:07,370 --> 00:10:09,215 And I'll never forget it. 222 00:10:11,279 --> 00:10:12,683 Mr Chandler, in his old country wisdom he said, darling, do you 223 00:10:12,703 --> 00:10:13,586 get thirsty when it's cold? 224 00:10:13,586 --> 00:10:14,890 I said, yes, sir. 225 00:10:14,890 --> 00:10:17,067 He said, don't you think those horses get thirsty too? 226 00:10:17,067 --> 00:10:35,380 I said, aaron, what separates y'all's kids from everybody else 227 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:35,380 ? 228 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:38,005 Doesn't UIL teach speech and debate? 229 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:39,909 Doesn't band teach ensemble? 230 00:10:39,909 --> 00:10:41,900 Doesn't athletics teach teamwork? 231 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:43,966 What is it that y'all think you do in ag? 232 00:10:43,966 --> 00:10:45,191 That nobody else does? 233 00:10:45,191 --> 00:10:46,687 And I always tell them. 234 00:10:46,687 --> 00:10:49,784 I said, because in the world of agriculture, if we don't do our 235 00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:50,869 job, something dies. 236 00:10:50,869 --> 00:10:56,809 When you can give that to a kid , that becomes something 237 00:10:57,211 --> 00:11:00,749 intrinsic, that, like you just said, it'll stand out. 238 00:11:00,749 --> 00:11:05,327 It'll stand out when something depends on you to do your job, 239 00:11:06,350 --> 00:11:08,980 so good catch on your part, by the way. 240 00:11:09,062 --> 00:11:11,005 Speaker 3: So no, absolutely. 241 00:11:11,005 --> 00:11:13,893 Yeah, you know, and that is something that's great about 242 00:11:13,932 --> 00:11:15,706 this organization I never thought about. 243 00:11:15,706 --> 00:11:18,477 But what you just said is very powerful is you know? 244 00:11:18,477 --> 00:11:23,650 It's not many organizations, not many fields of study, are so 245 00:11:23,650 --> 00:11:27,659 focused on supporting others and living things and growing 246 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:32,336 things, and it is just amazing that the whole, really the whole 247 00:11:32,336 --> 00:11:35,322 organization you're describing, is really about supporting 248 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:35,624 others. 249 00:11:35,624 --> 00:11:40,332 And man, the golden rule in life will take you a long way, 250 00:11:41,942 --> 00:11:43,684 and so a lot of great lessons learned here, for sure. 251 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:48,111 Speaker 2: Well, I'm a man of faith and the one thing I can 252 00:11:48,131 --> 00:11:50,221 tell you there's a lot in the Bible about agriculture. 253 00:11:50,221 --> 00:11:54,230 So I just kind of followed that direction a little bit and it 254 00:11:54,250 --> 00:11:55,660 seems to work out okay. 255 00:11:55,660 --> 00:11:58,206 That's right. 256 00:11:58,206 --> 00:12:01,373 You know, for folks that aren't familiar with Dr Terry and his 257 00:12:01,472 --> 00:12:03,865 role at the Forney ISD, they have an incredible school 258 00:12:03,884 --> 00:12:07,472 district and one of the things that we want to point you to, 259 00:12:08,081 --> 00:12:10,664 and I want to tell you firsthand I've experienced it more than 260 00:12:10,885 --> 00:12:17,408 once is a place called the OC, and I got to tell you I don't 261 00:12:17,447 --> 00:12:19,803 know, Dr Terry, maybe one of these days you and I ought to 262 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:20,365 compare notes. 263 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:21,028 I might have you. 264 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:23,666 I don't know of a lot of people that have been in more schools 265 00:12:23,706 --> 00:12:25,070 in the state of Texas than I have. 266 00:12:25,070 --> 00:12:27,956 I don't know how many people have probably seen more 267 00:12:27,996 --> 00:12:29,782 facilities nationwide than I have. 268 00:12:29,782 --> 00:12:31,346 I'm blessed, by the way. 269 00:12:31,346 --> 00:12:33,672 That's not bragging, I'm telling you I'm blessed. 270 00:12:33,672 --> 00:12:38,908 But I had seen this video about this Opportunity Central 271 00:12:38,969 --> 00:12:40,211 building in Forney. 272 00:12:40,211 --> 00:12:45,407 I saw a video and then we have a meeting there and all I can 273 00:12:45,447 --> 00:12:50,083 tell you is I stepped on my lip, I stepped on my jaw because it 274 00:12:50,124 --> 00:12:54,374 was hung down the whole time, because this place is phenomenal 275 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:54,374 . 276 00:12:54,374 --> 00:12:59,089 I don't know I want to be careful how I say this I'm not 277 00:12:59,149 --> 00:13:01,660 so sure that I couldn't legitimately say that this 278 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:05,860 facility could be the future of career technical education and I 279 00:13:05,860 --> 00:13:08,681 would challenge anybody to take a look at it and if there's 280 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:11,229 something else out there, share it with me because I'd like to 281 00:13:11,288 --> 00:13:11,831 know about it. 282 00:13:11,831 --> 00:13:15,427 But, Dr Terry, y'all's vision and what y'all have done with 283 00:13:15,447 --> 00:13:18,573 that Opportunity Central building is phenomenal. 284 00:13:18,573 --> 00:13:21,089 Would you just take a moment and tell us a little bit about 285 00:13:21,129 --> 00:13:21,328 that? 286 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:24,611 Speaker 3: Sure and Aaron, thanks so much for the kind 287 00:13:24,652 --> 00:13:24,972 words. 288 00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:29,326 It's definitely something that we take a lot of pride in here 289 00:13:29,365 --> 00:13:31,991 in Forney and you know it's really a. 290 00:13:31,991 --> 00:13:36,894 It's a facility that's about 350,000 square feet and the goal 291 00:13:36,894 --> 00:13:40,462 is that every square foot of this facility is, you know, it's 292 00:13:40,462 --> 00:13:44,631 got some core tenets to it and that it's career, college and 293 00:13:44,672 --> 00:13:49,269 community focused, but it's also multipurposed and future proof, 294 00:13:49,269 --> 00:13:51,905 and so there's this entrepreneurial spirit that 295 00:13:51,966 --> 00:13:54,331 really runs throughout the entire building. 296 00:13:54,331 --> 00:13:57,748 And you know it doesn't really matter the career pathway that 297 00:13:57,768 --> 00:13:58,210 you're in. 298 00:13:58,210 --> 00:14:02,283 We have auto shop, we have cosmetology, we have, you know, 299 00:14:02,764 --> 00:14:06,753 a great horticultural program through our Blooms floral design 300 00:14:06,753 --> 00:14:07,293 students. 301 00:14:07,293 --> 00:14:11,469 You know we have bologna yards, but it doesn't really matter 302 00:14:11,509 --> 00:14:12,611 what the career pathway is. 303 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:17,625 The goal is that we're bringing our community and our students 304 00:14:17,706 --> 00:14:22,253 together to learn together from three years old to 103 with 305 00:14:23,134 --> 00:14:29,961 these skills that we all need, 103 with these skills that we 306 00:14:29,981 --> 00:14:30,163 all need. 307 00:14:30,163 --> 00:14:31,686 Whether you know you're going to be a veterinarian or you're 308 00:14:31,706 --> 00:14:33,710 going to be a beautician one day , there's some commonalities 309 00:14:33,730 --> 00:14:36,445 that we all have and we continue to call them this 310 00:14:36,565 --> 00:14:37,509 entrepreneurial path. 311 00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:41,160 You know communication skills and collaboration and critical 312 00:14:41,221 --> 00:14:45,792 thinking, and you know how to shake somebody's hand and look 313 00:14:45,812 --> 00:14:48,745 them in the eye and have good customer service and serve 314 00:14:48,865 --> 00:14:52,301 others and not be afraid to pick up a piece of trash on the 315 00:14:52,341 --> 00:14:55,549 floor, whatever it may be that, no matter what business you're 316 00:14:55,669 --> 00:14:58,384 in, those are the skills that people are watching for and 317 00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:01,594 that'll help you succeed, and so that's what we try and 318 00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:03,004 accomplish within that facility. 319 00:15:03,004 --> 00:15:05,850 It's also the largest event center on the east side of the 320 00:15:05,870 --> 00:15:10,149 Metroplex, so our goal is that it's a completely student-run 321 00:15:10,188 --> 00:15:11,392 facility in every aspect. 322 00:15:11,980 --> 00:15:13,125 Speaker 2: It's got a theater in it. 323 00:15:13,125 --> 00:15:16,009 I mean, y'all can disperse that thing into a theater. 324 00:15:16,009 --> 00:15:18,207 They do pickleball tournaments. 325 00:15:18,207 --> 00:15:20,167 This thing is phenomenal. 326 00:15:21,139 --> 00:15:24,769 Speaker 3: You know, there's pro wrestling this weekend, I 327 00:15:24,808 --> 00:15:26,393 believe, in the theater as well. 328 00:15:26,393 --> 00:15:28,648 So yeah, it's very much multi-purposed. 329 00:15:28,648 --> 00:15:33,008 We've had Taekwondo National Championships and Pickleball, 330 00:15:33,028 --> 00:15:35,553 the graduations you name it Concerts. 331 00:15:35,553 --> 00:15:39,660 It's got a 79-yard-a-seat arena in the middle of it, so it's a 332 00:15:39,701 --> 00:15:41,822 lot of fun and brings community together, which is one of the 333 00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:42,783 most powerful things we do. 334 00:15:43,583 --> 00:15:45,504 Speaker 2: Yeah, I flipped through your social media on 335 00:15:45,524 --> 00:15:48,528 your Facebook one day and I'm just scrolling through, you know 336 00:15:48,528 --> 00:15:51,549 , and some pictures catch my eye and all of a sudden I see 337 00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:54,331 something very theatrical and I go, wow, that looks pretty good. 338 00:15:54,331 --> 00:15:58,174 It was the OC, y'all were having some theatrical 339 00:15:58,235 --> 00:16:01,216 presentation and the visual was stunning. 340 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,163 Speaker 3: It was the AV and I think there was a Shrek Junior 341 00:16:09,183 --> 00:16:10,807 House Shrek performance the other day that they brought in 342 00:16:11,288 --> 00:16:14,643 projection mapping and kids had a part to setting all the lights 343 00:16:14,643 --> 00:16:18,836 and staging and it's got a walkable grid and so, again, 344 00:16:19,357 --> 00:16:21,645 pretty much every aspect of every career you can imagine, 345 00:16:22,509 --> 00:16:26,201 there's the ability to somehow participate in that facility and 346 00:16:26,201 --> 00:16:31,707 really let our students be the leaders of the entire facility, 347 00:16:31,768 --> 00:16:32,589 no matter what's happening. 348 00:16:34,091 --> 00:16:36,773 Speaker 2: Well, I hope everybody hears loud and clear. 349 00:16:36,773 --> 00:16:42,999 If you're a teacher and you want to be inspired, go check 350 00:16:43,019 --> 00:16:43,438 this out. 351 00:16:43,438 --> 00:16:47,403 If you're a student and you're wondering, one of the guests 352 00:16:47,423 --> 00:16:50,085 that have been on this podcast is Mike Rowe, and when Mike and 353 00:16:50,164 --> 00:17:01,051 I talked, we talked about what if, and so I hope that a student 354 00:17:01,051 --> 00:17:02,712 may watch this and they may go to the OC and say, wow, because 355 00:17:02,734 --> 00:17:03,955 one day they're going to be a taxpayer, they're going to live 356 00:17:03,975 --> 00:17:05,217 in a community, and wouldn't it be cool to see somebody that 357 00:17:05,257 --> 00:17:07,681 watches this partner with their local school district and say, 358 00:17:08,663 --> 00:17:10,365 what if we could do something like that? 359 00:17:10,365 --> 00:17:17,503 And it doesn't have to be the OC, but good ideas are scalable. 360 00:17:17,503 --> 00:17:21,921 Good ideas are scalable and they can be honed to fit an 361 00:17:22,170 --> 00:17:22,570 audience. 362 00:17:22,570 --> 00:17:25,980 But I just want to make sure everybody hears me loud and 363 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:26,781 clear, and I think you did. 364 00:17:26,781 --> 00:17:28,311 Go check out the OC. 365 00:17:28,311 --> 00:17:31,577 But, dr Terry, there's something even bigger than your 366 00:17:31,657 --> 00:17:32,057 OC. 367 00:17:33,661 --> 00:17:37,634 So every summer, we take a group of teachers on a week-long 368 00:17:37,675 --> 00:17:39,059 leadership development experience. 369 00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:42,420 I take three teachers from each of the 12 areas of Texas. 370 00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:46,173 We'll travel over a thousand miles, they'll visit about 15 371 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:50,511 locations and they'll hear from over 70 speakers and one of the 372 00:17:50,551 --> 00:17:53,459 things that we do when we pull up to a location is I tell the 373 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,823 teachers okay, here's your assignment. 374 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:57,997 I want you to go inside and I want you to look around and see 375 00:17:58,057 --> 00:17:58,920 what's on the walls. 376 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,624 What messages do you see? 377 00:18:00,624 --> 00:18:05,015 And then I want you to talk to the people and I want you to see 378 00:18:05,015 --> 00:18:07,240 if their messaging is consistent with what's on the 379 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:07,642 walls. 380 00:18:07,642 --> 00:18:11,678 And then we all get back on the bus and I said now tell me what 381 00:18:11,678 --> 00:18:13,561 you saw, tell me what you heard . 382 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:17,832 And then we talk about culture and you said that's what's 383 00:18:17,873 --> 00:18:19,554 called organizational culture. 384 00:18:19,554 --> 00:18:24,136 And the one thing that I commend you on and the district 385 00:18:24,297 --> 00:18:27,479 on and share with all your teachers is it is very. 386 00:18:27,479 --> 00:18:42,172 You walk around and you see messages of empowerment, of 387 00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:45,571 encouragement, and then you talk to the people and nobody's 388 00:18:45,612 --> 00:18:46,375 having a bad day. 389 00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:47,932 I mean everybody. 390 00:18:47,932 --> 00:18:50,394 If they are having a bad day, they're hiding it really good, 391 00:18:50,851 --> 00:18:53,357 because they're just very polite . 392 00:18:53,357 --> 00:18:54,320 And let me help you. 393 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,517 And here's where you go and thank you for stopping by to see 394 00:18:57,517 --> 00:18:57,637 us. 395 00:18:57,637 --> 00:18:58,832 And this is teachers. 396 00:18:58,832 --> 00:19:01,758 Everybody that's in the facility. 397 00:19:01,758 --> 00:19:05,132 So I just want to say thank you for creating such an incredible 398 00:19:05,132 --> 00:19:06,756 culture, because I know that's important to you. 399 00:19:07,397 --> 00:19:09,932 Speaker 3: Oh, man, that may be one of the biggest compliments 400 00:19:09,953 --> 00:19:10,836 you could have ever given. 401 00:19:10,836 --> 00:19:11,460 It really is. 402 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:14,913 I wish we could all have a perfect day every day in Forney, 403 00:19:14,913 --> 00:19:15,473 trust me. 404 00:19:15,473 --> 00:19:17,077 But you know, you know we do. 405 00:19:17,459 --> 00:19:20,526 Uh, you know there's a couple of values that that that we really 406 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:22,971 focus on here, and the first one is people first and taking 407 00:19:23,011 --> 00:19:25,980 care of others, and and we kind of talked about that early on, 408 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,655 and so that's uh, we believe that our, our values should 409 00:19:29,675 --> 00:19:30,498 drive our behaviors. 410 00:19:30,959 --> 00:19:34,635 Um, and and so we, we have some conversations about this all the 411 00:19:34,635 --> 00:19:37,402 time, about really building relationships first with our, 412 00:19:43,609 --> 00:19:45,395 our, our people, whether it's our, our classroom that we're 413 00:19:45,415 --> 00:19:46,700 working with, or our peers or our community. 414 00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:47,903 So that's, that's a huge compliment, and you know, to 415 00:19:47,923 --> 00:19:50,691 your point about, just you know, the messaging that we try and 416 00:19:50,711 --> 00:19:55,280 get across too, is it, we hope, to inspire innovation and 40, 417 00:19:55,340 --> 00:19:57,094 and sometimes it's facilities. 418 00:19:57,094 --> 00:20:00,593 But, to your point, we actually named two roads after our 419 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:04,701 vision statement, and I think branding your values and what 420 00:20:04,741 --> 00:20:08,059 you believe in hopefully also drives some of those behaviors. 421 00:20:08,059 --> 00:20:11,292 And so we you drive in on either innovation way or 422 00:20:11,333 --> 00:20:14,746 inspiration boulevard, because our vision statement here is 423 00:20:14,987 --> 00:20:18,516 inspiring students through innovative education, and we try 424 00:20:18,516 --> 00:20:22,313 and really dream big and make it happen, and that's a second 425 00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:23,919 value that we really hold dear. 426 00:20:23,919 --> 00:20:26,895 So I appreciate that that means a lot to me. 427 00:20:26,895 --> 00:20:28,998 I know it will to our community as well. 428 00:20:30,349 --> 00:20:34,711 Speaker 2: Well, y'all have done it, Having traveled around the 429 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,330 country it's something that you just said that really I'm going 430 00:20:37,352 --> 00:20:38,291 to share this with you. 431 00:20:38,291 --> 00:20:39,752 I remember my son. 432 00:20:39,752 --> 00:20:42,232 I took him on a 12-university tour to look at some 433 00:20:42,854 --> 00:20:45,375 universities when he was very young, as a freshman and 434 00:20:45,394 --> 00:20:48,415 sophomore, because I want him to start understanding the concept 435 00:20:48,415 --> 00:20:49,836 of college and what that looks like. 436 00:20:49,836 --> 00:20:53,778 And one of the places that we went was Clemson University. 437 00:20:53,778 --> 00:20:59,940 Oh, I've been there so you know when you're driving it's 438 00:21:00,039 --> 00:21:01,300 championship way. 439 00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:01,901 That's right. 440 00:21:01,901 --> 00:21:03,182 Oh, been there. 441 00:21:03,182 --> 00:21:03,961 They're in Forney. 442 00:21:03,981 --> 00:21:05,603 You said something a while ago. 443 00:21:05,603 --> 00:21:10,664 I want to just kind of jump back to this and we'll start 444 00:21:10,684 --> 00:21:28,778 kind of wrapping up, but I like to ask the kids. 445 00:21:28,778 --> 00:21:30,786 I said how many high schools are in the state of Texas? 446 00:21:30,786 --> 00:21:32,770 And they always chuckle and they'll say a lot, and I'm like, 447 00:21:32,770 --> 00:21:33,653 yeah, there's a lot. 448 00:21:33,653 --> 00:21:37,122 There's actually over 3000 high schools in the state of Texas. 449 00:21:37,122 --> 00:21:42,013 And I said how many of them are going to have a graduating 450 00:21:42,054 --> 00:21:42,474 class this year? 451 00:21:42,474 --> 00:21:42,955 Oh, I guess all of them. 452 00:21:42,955 --> 00:21:43,778 I said that's right. 453 00:21:43,778 --> 00:21:44,819 I said now, think about that. 454 00:21:44,819 --> 00:21:45,782 Everybody's going to get out. 455 00:21:45,782 --> 00:21:51,344 They're going to be looking for a job, a scholarship or an 456 00:21:51,364 --> 00:21:51,746 opportunity. 457 00:21:51,746 --> 00:21:53,030 And so I always ask them. 458 00:21:53,050 --> 00:21:55,031 I said what's your competitive edge, what separates you from 459 00:21:55,092 --> 00:21:57,153 everybody else that's going to be getting out looking for 460 00:21:57,192 --> 00:22:00,816 something, and so I guess that's kind of what my question to you 461 00:22:00,816 --> 00:22:01,056 is. 462 00:22:01,056 --> 00:22:05,179 If you were going to give kids some advice on honing a 463 00:22:05,239 --> 00:22:07,740 competitive edge, what would you tell them? 464 00:22:07,740 --> 00:22:10,342 Now, you kind of alluded to it by pay attention to what you 465 00:22:10,382 --> 00:22:12,884 show the world, because there are going to be people watching 466 00:22:12,923 --> 00:22:13,044 you. 467 00:22:13,044 --> 00:22:17,487 But what else would you say to a student to say here's how you 468 00:22:17,547 --> 00:22:18,686 hone the competitive edge. 469 00:22:27,349 --> 00:22:28,612 Speaker 3: Well, you know, I really believe in man. 470 00:22:28,612 --> 00:22:29,794 I could probably talk about this all day Aaron and it's. 471 00:22:29,794 --> 00:22:31,496 I really believe we all have a gift and you know it's just many 472 00:22:31,496 --> 00:22:34,660 times that I think it's a lot of the adult's job, especially 473 00:22:34,701 --> 00:22:38,005 in education, to help students begin to unwrap what that gift 474 00:22:38,125 --> 00:22:38,244 is. 475 00:22:38,244 --> 00:22:42,297 They may not know what it is as they're going through school. 476 00:22:42,297 --> 00:22:47,352 And so I think, really looking at and we do strength finders 477 00:22:47,393 --> 00:22:51,000 here I'm sure you all are familiar with that but to help 478 00:22:51,141 --> 00:22:55,095 us try and find what strengths that you have that you really 479 00:22:55,134 --> 00:23:00,203 can succeed in, that uh that God blessed you with and and that 480 00:23:00,423 --> 00:23:02,655 um that you can take and run with. 481 00:23:02,655 --> 00:23:05,506 And so I think many times when you talk about a competitive 482 00:23:05,625 --> 00:23:07,996 edge, I think a lot of it is just understanding yourself. 483 00:23:07,996 --> 00:23:11,551 Uh, you know we talk about our strengths, but we also 484 00:23:11,592 --> 00:23:15,821 understand you know I'm limited on my constraints to um flip, 485 00:23:15,842 --> 00:23:19,578 flipping, um shares a lot about that and um that and a lot of 486 00:23:19,618 --> 00:23:24,757 his research that he's done, and so understanding who you are 487 00:23:25,538 --> 00:23:29,770 will help you portray, in my opinion, who you can be the best 488 00:23:29,770 --> 00:23:33,221 at and what you can be the best at, who you are as a person. 489 00:23:33,221 --> 00:23:36,694 I think there's a couple other things that go along with that, 490 00:23:36,714 --> 00:23:37,819 when it really talks about the future of work. 491 00:23:37,819 --> 00:23:38,923 I just, I think there's a couple other things that go 492 00:23:38,943 --> 00:23:39,286 along with that. 493 00:23:39,286 --> 00:23:41,655 When it really talks about the future of work, I just, I think 494 00:23:41,675 --> 00:23:42,881 there's a new. 495 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:44,888 I'm reading a book right now called the Entrepreneurial 496 00:23:44,909 --> 00:23:49,557 Leader and I really think that there are a couple components to 497 00:23:49,557 --> 00:23:53,682 setting ourselves apart as leaders in the future, or 498 00:23:53,784 --> 00:23:58,136 workforce or whatever, and one is that we're going to all have 499 00:23:58,176 --> 00:24:00,843 to have a creative, entrepreneurial mindset. 500 00:24:00,843 --> 00:24:02,692 George Chiros behind me. 501 00:24:02,692 --> 00:24:06,653 He talks about the innovator's mindset and we argue all the 502 00:24:06,692 --> 00:24:09,019 time about whether or not that's the right name. 503 00:24:09,019 --> 00:24:12,250 You know, innovator's mindset or entrepreneurial mindset but 504 00:24:12,290 --> 00:24:12,391 it's. 505 00:24:12,391 --> 00:24:18,130 You know there's going to be a lot of rote, standard processes 506 00:24:18,309 --> 00:24:21,019 that are going to be natural and that technology will absorb, 507 00:24:22,371 --> 00:24:24,615 but the creativity of an innovator's mindset or an 508 00:24:24,675 --> 00:24:26,902 entrepreneurial mindset, I think is something that we've all got 509 00:24:26,902 --> 00:24:27,462 to embrace. 510 00:24:28,450 --> 00:24:32,231 And then I think we're going to have to understand and be able 511 00:24:32,291 --> 00:24:32,951 to change. 512 00:24:32,951 --> 00:24:39,013 The world is changing at such a rapid pace that, even if again, 513 00:24:39,013 --> 00:24:41,275 understanding who you are and what your constraints and 514 00:24:41,295 --> 00:24:46,116 strengths are, even if you know it's not natural for you to 515 00:24:46,477 --> 00:24:47,417 embrace change. 516 00:24:47,417 --> 00:24:51,479 You have to be adaptable to it, because it is going to be, it's 517 00:24:51,479 --> 00:24:53,440 inevitable, and if not, we're standing still. 518 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,320 And then, finally, I would just tell you, you know, I think 519 00:24:57,422 --> 00:25:01,163 what cannot ever leave us, no matter what AI comes in or 520 00:25:01,182 --> 00:25:04,724 technology comes in is there's always a human side, and the 521 00:25:04,765 --> 00:25:08,605 relational component of who you are and how you portray yourself 522 00:25:08,605 --> 00:25:13,067 and how you communicate to me is what will always set you 523 00:25:13,127 --> 00:25:22,292 apart from others, and it is. 524 00:25:22,292 --> 00:25:23,797 It's something that I think is a skill set that we have to 525 00:25:23,817 --> 00:25:25,420 tackle and focus on, and, even though these screens are 526 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,050 comfortable, humans are the thing that are going to really 527 00:25:27,111 --> 00:25:27,833 drive us forward. 528 00:25:29,836 --> 00:25:30,838 Speaker 2: Well, I agree with that. 529 00:25:30,838 --> 00:25:33,772 Again, I don't think any of us were created to be the Lone 530 00:25:33,813 --> 00:25:37,182 Ranger and there's no doubt what you just said we were created 531 00:25:37,201 --> 00:25:41,678 to be in communion with one another and to recognize that 532 00:25:41,718 --> 00:25:43,701 and to tap into that kind of strength. 533 00:25:43,701 --> 00:25:46,653 I like to say none of us is as strong as all of us. 534 00:25:46,653 --> 00:25:51,363 That's true mentally, academically, physically, 535 00:25:51,442 --> 00:25:52,570 emotionally, spiritually. 536 00:25:52,570 --> 00:25:54,315 There's power in numbers. 537 00:25:54,315 --> 00:25:57,221 And I love what you said about creativity. 538 00:25:57,221 --> 00:25:58,384 See, great minds, think alike. 539 00:25:58,384 --> 00:25:59,102 I'm telling you creativity, see great minds, think alike. 540 00:25:59,102 --> 00:26:00,630 I'm telling you, dr Terry, great minds, think alike. 541 00:26:01,152 --> 00:26:04,510 I actually have an inkblot that I carry when I give 542 00:26:04,570 --> 00:26:05,275 presentations. 543 00:26:05,275 --> 00:26:07,366 I'll share this with you because you might want to use 544 00:26:07,406 --> 00:26:07,548 this. 545 00:26:07,548 --> 00:26:11,255 But I carry this inkblot and I hold it up and I ask the crowd 546 00:26:11,275 --> 00:26:14,179 to tell me what it is, and it never fails. 547 00:26:14,179 --> 00:26:15,480 Somebody will say what's an inkblot? 548 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,261 I said great. 549 00:26:16,261 --> 00:26:18,365 I said let me tell you about this inkblot. 550 00:26:18,365 --> 00:26:22,520 I took this inkblot into a classroom of 25 kindergartners 551 00:26:22,891 --> 00:26:25,078 and I asked 25 kindergartners what is this? 552 00:26:25,078 --> 00:26:27,053 How many hands do you think went up? 553 00:26:27,053 --> 00:26:31,863 All of them, how many is? 554 00:26:31,903 --> 00:26:34,432 Speaker 3: that 22,. 555 00:26:34,432 --> 00:26:36,920 Usually 50. 556 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:38,616 Speaker 2: How do kindergartners raise their hands? 557 00:26:38,616 --> 00:26:42,038 They're stomping their feet, saying call on me. 558 00:26:42,038 --> 00:26:45,780 25 kindergartners gave me 76 responses. 559 00:26:45,780 --> 00:26:47,717 That's what that inkblot was. 560 00:26:47,717 --> 00:26:51,118 It was a cross-section of wood hole in the snow, spit on the 561 00:26:51,138 --> 00:26:52,522 street, bug on a windshield. 562 00:26:52,522 --> 00:26:54,496 One little boy looks under his desk. 563 00:26:54,496 --> 00:26:55,459 He goes, it's under here. 564 00:26:55,459 --> 00:26:57,557 76 responses. 565 00:26:57,557 --> 00:27:01,298 And then I took the same inkblot into the largest civic 566 00:27:01,337 --> 00:27:02,380 club in my community. 567 00:27:02,701 --> 00:27:04,434 I tried and I said what is this? 568 00:27:04,434 --> 00:27:05,906 They said it's an eight blot. 569 00:27:05,906 --> 00:27:09,277 And there's an old saying that said we enter this world as 570 00:27:09,336 --> 00:27:12,864 question marks and we leave this world as exclamation points. 571 00:27:12,864 --> 00:27:18,317 And so to your point challenge people to have that competitive 572 00:27:18,397 --> 00:27:19,319 edge of creativity. 573 00:27:19,881 --> 00:27:25,277 That's right Of innovation To think outside of the box. 574 00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:27,480 Unless you're in Forney, then we're going to think inside 575 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:27,701 Forney. 576 00:27:27,701 --> 00:27:31,597 So I love what you said. 577 00:27:31,597 --> 00:27:34,634 You know one more thing that I'd like to share with you, 578 00:27:34,775 --> 00:27:38,942 because I think you're creating this culture there, and I want 579 00:27:38,962 --> 00:27:40,532 to again compliment you. 580 00:27:40,573 --> 00:27:44,682 But I used the story of when I went to a Friday night football 581 00:27:44,722 --> 00:27:47,717 game and I love hearing people chuckle when I say that and I 582 00:27:47,757 --> 00:27:49,971 said, yeah, I went to one, it was really good. 583 00:27:49,971 --> 00:27:53,905 I said there were seven coaches on the side and I said at 584 00:27:53,986 --> 00:27:56,192 halftime three more came out of the press box. 585 00:27:56,192 --> 00:27:59,039 And then I found out there were three more out that were 586 00:27:59,059 --> 00:28:03,817 scouting other teams and I said, now do the math on that it's 13 587 00:28:03,817 --> 00:28:04,298 coaches. 588 00:28:04,298 --> 00:28:05,942 For what? 589 00:28:05,942 --> 00:28:13,242 For one season and one sport on one field of that kid's life. 590 00:28:13,242 --> 00:28:16,479 Yet they've got their entire future ahead of them. 591 00:28:16,479 --> 00:28:22,575 They put all that effort in to compete, and so I challenge 592 00:28:22,655 --> 00:28:23,238 educators. 593 00:28:23,238 --> 00:28:25,478 I said what are you doing to compete for the minds of your 594 00:28:25,518 --> 00:28:28,959 kids when you walk into that classroom every day? 595 00:28:28,959 --> 00:28:33,309 It's not about checking a box so I can turn in an assignment, 596 00:28:33,770 --> 00:28:37,741 a classroom to show my principal that I did my assignments. 597 00:28:37,741 --> 00:28:43,035 It's about competing for the minds of those kids because 598 00:28:43,055 --> 00:28:45,840 they've got their whole field of life ahead of them. 599 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,837 The whole game is still ahead of them and we need to compete 600 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:54,373 for their attention, the same way we compete in sports, in 601 00:28:54,453 --> 00:28:57,901 band, in fine arts, in ag, it doesn't matter, I don't care 602 00:28:58,001 --> 00:29:01,717 what it is, it's not just about chasing the banner or the trophy 603 00:29:01,717 --> 00:29:01,717 . 604 00:29:02,759 --> 00:29:04,992 I tell people all the time we're not trying to race champion 605 00:29:05,073 --> 00:29:08,782 animals in ag and FFA, we're trying to race champion kids. 606 00:29:08,782 --> 00:29:12,958 Well, to race champion kids, I got to compete for their minds. 607 00:29:12,958 --> 00:29:14,451 I got to compete for their attention. 608 00:29:14,451 --> 00:29:17,493 I got to have them doing what you're doing and that's thinking 609 00:29:17,493 --> 00:29:17,974 what if? 610 00:29:17,974 --> 00:29:19,457 Compete for their attention? 611 00:29:19,457 --> 00:29:20,719 I got to have them doing what you're doing and that's thinking 612 00:29:20,719 --> 00:29:20,878 what if? 613 00:29:20,878 --> 00:29:22,361 Think about possibilities? 614 00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:32,450 And because of what you do with your district, you've inspired 615 00:29:32,490 --> 00:29:32,990 that in your teachers. 616 00:29:32,990 --> 00:29:34,032 So then, what are your teachers doing? 617 00:29:34,053 --> 00:29:35,173 Speaker 3: They're doing that exact same thing and something 618 00:29:35,193 --> 00:29:37,458 tells me, if they're not, not, they may be moving to another 619 00:29:37,478 --> 00:29:41,463 school district, but it's because that's the culture 620 00:29:41,483 --> 00:29:45,910 that's trying to be created well , and I appreciate you saying 621 00:29:45,970 --> 00:29:50,519 that, aaron, and you know you hit on this concept of risk 622 00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:53,575 taking and I think it's something that we all have to do 623 00:29:53,575 --> 00:29:57,426 , especially moving forward in in the of education. 624 00:29:57,426 --> 00:30:01,096 It's a transforming beast that we're all going to have to 625 00:30:01,156 --> 00:30:04,531 figure out together and what that looks like and you know 626 00:30:05,394 --> 00:30:09,061 what you keep talking about it really comes down to one word to 627 00:30:09,061 --> 00:30:10,853 me, and it's called engagement. 628 00:30:10,853 --> 00:30:14,602 Whether it's a Friday night football game or whether you're, 629 00:30:14,602 --> 00:30:18,859 you know, in the barn in the mornings at 6 am shoveling 630 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:23,817 manure, you know, I mean my gosh , my daughter did that and she 631 00:30:24,018 --> 00:30:26,082 raised a pig and she loved it right. 632 00:30:26,082 --> 00:30:29,517 She was thinking she would sit there and have more fun 633 00:30:29,576 --> 00:30:32,852 shoveling manure than I did hitting a baseball, I promise 634 00:30:32,872 --> 00:30:33,012 you. 635 00:30:33,073 --> 00:30:36,240 But it's finding what that engagement is in that connection 636 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,397 for those kids and you hit on that and it's so important that 637 00:30:39,417 --> 00:30:40,560 we compete for that. 638 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,069 But I'm going to broaden it a little wider. 639 00:30:43,069 --> 00:30:46,632 I think we're also now getting in the world of it's not just 640 00:30:46,692 --> 00:30:50,273 about the engagement of the student, but it's also going to 641 00:30:50,295 --> 00:30:51,714 be about the engagement of the family. 642 00:30:51,714 --> 00:30:56,337 That is something that, from a mindset standpoint, we're going 643 00:30:56,357 --> 00:30:58,640 to have to broaden our perspective and approach, 644 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:02,721 because I think it's going to be more of a collective decision 645 00:31:02,922 --> 00:31:05,304 and engagement that we're going to have to really go tackle 646 00:31:05,324 --> 00:31:05,743 together. 647 00:31:05,743 --> 00:31:07,664 So just a thought. 648 00:31:07,986 --> 00:31:09,446 Speaker 2: No, no, let me tell you something. 649 00:31:09,446 --> 00:31:11,768 Let me tell you how far ahead you are with what you just said, 650 00:31:11,768 --> 00:31:18,452 mr Walrath, dick Walrath, very, very we're very appreciative of 651 00:31:18,452 --> 00:31:18,814 his philanthropy. 652 00:31:18,814 --> 00:31:19,857 They made a movie about him. 653 00:31:19,857 --> 00:31:24,579 He's given over $30 million to 4-H and FFA kids just right here 654 00:31:24,579 --> 00:31:25,362 in the state of Texas. 655 00:31:25,362 --> 00:31:28,798 But I remember he and I were sitting and talking one day and 656 00:31:28,817 --> 00:31:31,071 he was telling me exactly what you just said he goes, aaron, he 657 00:31:31,071 --> 00:31:31,231 goes. 658 00:31:31,231 --> 00:31:34,038 Times have changed, he goes used to. 659 00:31:34,701 --> 00:31:36,893 You'd sit down with your grandparents and the older 660 00:31:36,952 --> 00:31:40,319 people and they'd tell you about life and things he said. 661 00:31:40,319 --> 00:31:44,449 Now, technology and information , the kids are sharing 662 00:31:44,489 --> 00:31:47,516 information with people older than them. 663 00:31:47,516 --> 00:31:49,560 They're showing their grandparents how to get on 664 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:53,915 FaceTime and how to use an app, and I mean so. 665 00:31:53,915 --> 00:31:56,881 There's no question to your point that the dynamics of 666 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,055 family and communication have changed, and you can stand in 667 00:32:02,095 --> 00:32:02,557 front of it. 668 00:32:02,557 --> 00:32:05,278 You can say stop, it's like a big millstone rolling downhill. 669 00:32:05,278 --> 00:32:07,897 Yeah, you're going to get squished, that's right. 670 00:32:07,897 --> 00:32:11,211 Maybe you can get on one side or the other To your point. 671 00:32:11,211 --> 00:32:16,971 Maybe help direct it to where we want it to go, dr Terry. 672 00:32:16,971 --> 00:32:19,058 So one last question here leadership. 673 00:32:19,058 --> 00:32:21,816 Real quick, give me three leadership tips If you were 674 00:32:21,836 --> 00:32:24,194 going to give somebody three leadership tips, what would you 675 00:32:24,214 --> 00:32:24,494 tell them? 676 00:32:27,663 --> 00:32:29,846 Speaker 3: I think I hit on some of this earlier, probably. 677 00:32:29,846 --> 00:32:33,432 But you know, I would say, embrace and be adaptable to 678 00:32:33,531 --> 00:32:35,454 change and not be risk adverse. 679 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:36,362 You've got. 680 00:32:36,362 --> 00:32:37,586 You've got to be ready for it. 681 00:32:37,586 --> 00:32:42,490 You know, have an open mind to the possibilities and be willing 682 00:32:42,490 --> 00:32:43,792 to tackle the future. 683 00:32:43,792 --> 00:32:48,326 And probably then, most important, the core component is 684 00:32:48,326 --> 00:32:53,721 always going to be you know, take care of others and build 685 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,108 relationships with those around you and no matter what business 686 00:32:57,128 --> 00:33:00,565 that you're in, and no matter you know, what decision you're 687 00:33:00,585 --> 00:33:02,770 trying to tackle or tough conversation that you're trying 688 00:33:02,790 --> 00:33:04,761 to approach, you can always be kind. 689 00:33:04,761 --> 00:33:06,885 You can always be kind. 690 00:33:06,885 --> 00:33:11,054 That is something that I think will pay dividends in the long 691 00:33:11,094 --> 00:33:13,605 run, even when it's a challenging conversation that 692 00:33:13,645 --> 00:33:17,163 you're trying to tackle and you may not like that person as much 693 00:33:17,163 --> 00:33:20,451 as maybe somebody else that's sitting across from you, but we 694 00:33:20,490 --> 00:33:25,648 can always be kind and it sets a stage for them to return that 695 00:33:25,689 --> 00:33:25,930 favor. 696 00:33:25,930 --> 00:33:27,794 Sometimes that'll take you a long way. 697 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:29,742 Speaker 2: I'm going to have to send it to you. 698 00:33:29,742 --> 00:33:33,833 So you remember the great motivational speaker, zig Ziglar 699 00:33:33,833 --> 00:33:33,833 . 700 00:33:33,833 --> 00:33:38,832 So Zig's son, tom Ziglar, serves on our board of directors 701 00:33:38,832 --> 00:33:38,832 . 702 00:33:38,832 --> 00:33:43,170 I'm drinking my coffee one Saturday morning, the phone 703 00:33:43,210 --> 00:33:43,450 rings. 704 00:33:43,450 --> 00:33:45,182 It's Tom and he goes. 705 00:33:45,262 --> 00:33:47,303 Aaron, I've been watching the news and I've been watching and 706 00:33:47,343 --> 00:33:48,387 listening to social media. 707 00:33:48,387 --> 00:33:49,843 I've been following everything that's going on. 708 00:33:49,843 --> 00:33:50,023 He goes. 709 00:33:50,023 --> 00:33:53,391 I want you to know that I'm choosing to identify as a 710 00:33:53,451 --> 00:33:53,972 virtuist. 711 00:33:53,972 --> 00:33:57,005 And I said, okay, you got my attention. 712 00:33:57,005 --> 00:33:59,009 This is what he said. 713 00:33:59,009 --> 00:34:00,472 He said, aaron, he goes. 714 00:34:00,472 --> 00:34:05,009 If I were blind and if I were deaf, he goes. 715 00:34:05,068 --> 00:34:09,123 What difference would your politics make, or your color of 716 00:34:09,164 --> 00:34:13,813 your skin, or your religion, or your sexual orientation? 717 00:34:13,813 --> 00:34:15,045 He just goes through this whole list. 718 00:34:15,045 --> 00:34:17,327 He goes, aaron, I think if I were in that position, he goes. 719 00:34:17,327 --> 00:34:20,427 The only thing that would matter is the way that you treat 720 00:34:20,427 --> 00:34:20,586 me. 721 00:34:20,586 --> 00:34:21,630 That's right. 722 00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:25,402 And then he goes through his list of 10 virtues and I told 723 00:34:25,422 --> 00:34:28,730 him I said, tom, hang up, go call copyright copyright, that, 724 00:34:28,769 --> 00:34:29,833 because that's really good. 725 00:34:29,833 --> 00:34:31,644 And he did. 726 00:34:31,684 --> 00:34:36,255 But to your point, at the end of the day, it's really those 727 00:34:36,315 --> 00:34:41,646 virtues of kindness, of how we treat people I can still be 728 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:47,581 progressive, but I can do it with patience, that's right, 729 00:34:47,842 --> 00:34:48,324 dignity. 730 00:34:48,324 --> 00:34:52,418 And I can be open-minded, by the way, y'all like the 731 00:34:52,478 --> 00:34:53,201 open-minded thing. 732 00:34:53,201 --> 00:34:55,344 Just don't be so open-minded, your brain falls out. 733 00:34:55,344 --> 00:34:57,489 So be open. 734 00:34:57,489 --> 00:35:01,664 You know, dr Terry, I've I've only gotten to know Dr Terry 735 00:35:01,704 --> 00:35:05,061 over the past couple of years and I just got to tell you, um, 736 00:35:05,702 --> 00:35:06,864 I like talking to him. 737 00:35:06,864 --> 00:35:09,168 He energizes me because of the way that he thinks. 738 00:35:09,168 --> 00:35:14,277 And um, talking to him, he energizes me because of the way 739 00:35:14,597 --> 00:35:14,978 that he thinks. 740 00:35:14,978 --> 00:35:19,681 And um, you know, we always and around our shop we always say 741 00:35:19,702 --> 00:35:23,469 the essence of leadership is to plant trees under whose shade we 742 00:35:23,469 --> 00:35:23,849 may never sit. 743 00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:26,581 And when we're we're in the work that we're in, by the way, dr 744 00:35:26,601 --> 00:35:29,143 Terry, I told Tom Ziegler one time he said tell me what you do 745 00:35:29,143 --> 00:35:29,143 . 746 00:35:29,143 --> 00:35:31,146 And I said I'm in the future business. 747 00:35:31,146 --> 00:35:33,230 And he said what do you mean? 748 00:35:33,230 --> 00:35:34,391 I said I'm in the kid business. 749 00:35:36,353 --> 00:35:40,027 And when I think about what a privilege it is to do that and 750 00:35:40,047 --> 00:35:42,920 to do it with some passion and to do it with some innovation, 751 00:35:43,581 --> 00:35:46,186 and do it because we want to make it better for those that 752 00:35:46,206 --> 00:35:50,012 are going to follow in our footsteps, to create trees under 753 00:35:50,012 --> 00:35:54,105 whose shade we may never sit, I just want you to know that I 754 00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:55,748 appreciate you in that vein. 755 00:35:55,748 --> 00:35:56,952 I appreciate what you do. 756 00:35:56,952 --> 00:36:00,425 I know it's not easy to be a campus administrator. 757 00:36:00,425 --> 00:36:02,911 It's a thankless job. 758 00:36:02,911 --> 00:36:04,422 It's probably like an elected official. 759 00:36:04,422 --> 00:36:08,217 People that don't know all the intricacies of what goes into 760 00:36:08,257 --> 00:36:11,980 that of managing personnels and facilities and parents and 761 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,443 community standards. 762 00:36:13,443 --> 00:36:14,445 I mean, oh my gosh. 763 00:36:14,445 --> 00:36:17,681 I have no idea the politics that you deal with, but 764 00:36:19,226 --> 00:36:22,335 something tells me you do it because you want to give back 765 00:36:22,376 --> 00:36:24,262 and make it better for the people that are in your care. 766 00:36:25,625 --> 00:36:27,911 Speaker 3: You know, there's no doubt you know school districts 767 00:36:27,971 --> 00:36:28,873 make great speed bumps. 768 00:36:28,873 --> 00:36:34,161 No doubt you know school districts make great speed bumps 769 00:36:34,161 --> 00:36:34,161 . 770 00:36:34,161 --> 00:36:35,501 We really do, and no matter what the topic of conversation. 771 00:36:35,501 --> 00:36:36,081 But, as you said, it's a. 772 00:36:36,081 --> 00:36:39,425 It's a challenging, thankless job that educators take on, but 773 00:36:39,445 --> 00:36:40,505 it's the most important. 774 00:36:40,505 --> 00:36:44,728 In my opinion, my humble opinion the most important 775 00:36:44,768 --> 00:36:48,052 career in the world, because every career starts in the 776 00:36:48,092 --> 00:36:51,594 teacher's classroom and those students that run through those 777 00:36:51,634 --> 00:36:55,356 classrooms they're worth it and even on the tough days they are 778 00:36:55,396 --> 00:36:55,737 worth it. 779 00:36:55,737 --> 00:37:03,829 So we appreciate you and appreciate what FFA and our 780 00:37:03,849 --> 00:37:05,280 agricultural programs do across Texas and our nation. 781 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,568 It's amazing the skill sets that you guys are putting in and 782 00:37:08,568 --> 00:37:10,092 instilling in our students and staff. 783 00:37:10,092 --> 00:37:11,184 So thank you, guys. 784 00:37:12,121 --> 00:37:15,126 Speaker 2: We appreciate that and we're not done. 785 00:37:15,126 --> 00:37:16,813 Keep working on, that's right. 786 00:37:16,813 --> 00:37:21,182 Yeah, and I echo what Dr Terry said Teachers, you're never 787 00:37:21,222 --> 00:37:22,447 going to be told thank you enough. 788 00:37:22,447 --> 00:37:24,565 But let me tell you something. 789 00:37:24,565 --> 00:37:26,967 There's a guy right there, dr Terry. 790 00:37:26,967 --> 00:37:29,248 There's a guy right there, aaron Alejandro. 791 00:37:29,248 --> 00:37:32,744 Y'all made a difference, so now we're trying to do that. 792 00:37:32,744 --> 00:37:34,905 So you never know how you touch the future. 793 00:37:34,905 --> 00:37:36,387 That's what Krista McCullough said. 794 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:38,590 She said I touch the future, I teach. 795 00:37:38,590 --> 00:37:42,255 So anyway, all right, dr Terry. 796 00:37:42,255 --> 00:37:43,516 One last fun question. 797 00:37:43,516 --> 00:37:52,721 Oh no, I'm just curious, dr Terry, what is the best concert? 798 00:37:53,780 --> 00:37:54,282 Speaker 3: you've ever been to. 799 00:37:54,282 --> 00:37:57,784 Oh man, this is one area that I am not real strong in. 800 00:37:57,784 --> 00:38:01,867 My wife makes fun of me constantly because I just make 801 00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:05,489 up the words to my own music and I never can tell you who sang 802 00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:10,032 it, but usually when I sing it in my head, it's always better 803 00:38:10,072 --> 00:38:11,014 than the way I heard it. 804 00:38:11,014 --> 00:38:12,735 So you know, uh. 805 00:38:12,735 --> 00:38:13,454 So I'm not very. 806 00:38:13,454 --> 00:38:16,958 I'm really don't attend many concerts, to be honest with you, 807 00:38:16,958 --> 00:38:24,061 never, never, really have. 808 00:38:24,061 --> 00:38:26,364 But I do remember, uh, george Strait, uh, especially, uh, you 809 00:38:26,384 --> 00:38:27,865 know with the audience that we got here who can't enjoy George 810 00:38:27,885 --> 00:38:30,007 Strait at um AT&T or Texas stadium, I think it was at the 811 00:38:30,027 --> 00:38:30,289 time. 812 00:38:30,289 --> 00:38:32,010 So, uh, george Strait at AT&T or Texas Stadium, I think it was 813 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,893 at the time, so big, great venue and always an excellent 814 00:38:33,932 --> 00:38:34,313 performer. 815 00:38:34,853 --> 00:38:35,173 Speaker 2: Thank you. 816 00:38:35,173 --> 00:38:36,715 I love asking that question, by the way. 817 00:38:36,715 --> 00:38:41,465 By the way, I got to give you hey, george is probably the top 818 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:44,054 of the list of all the people the best concerts, but it ranges 819 00:38:44,054 --> 00:38:49,750 from Pitbull to Metallica to Michael Bublé to the greatest 820 00:38:49,789 --> 00:38:50,291 showman. 821 00:38:50,291 --> 00:38:52,005 And then I've got two. 822 00:38:52,005 --> 00:38:53,927 I don't know if you ever heard Coach Nate Hearn. 823 00:38:53,927 --> 00:38:55,083 Have you heard Coach Nate? 824 00:38:55,083 --> 00:38:56,346 I have not. 825 00:38:56,346 --> 00:38:58,612 Friday Night Lights no, sir. 826 00:38:58,612 --> 00:39:00,286 Yeah, I know, friday Night Lights. 827 00:39:00,286 --> 00:39:01,463 You should probably book him. 828 00:39:01,463 --> 00:39:04,347 Great speaker, matter of fact, tom Ziegler said next to his dad 829 00:39:04,347 --> 00:39:04,347 . 830 00:39:04,347 --> 00:39:06,143 He said that may be the best speaker I've ever heard. 831 00:39:06,643 --> 00:39:07,585 Oh well that's good to hear. 832 00:39:07,585 --> 00:39:08,425 I'll write that one down. 833 00:39:08,425 --> 00:39:11,269 Yeah, coach Nate's incredible Coach Nate. 834 00:39:11,269 --> 00:39:12,351 And then Dan Oulabi. 835 00:39:12,351 --> 00:39:17,619 Dan's another one that people don't know a lot about, but I 836 00:39:17,639 --> 00:39:18,922 strongly tell people you got to get to know Dan Oulabi too. 837 00:39:18,922 --> 00:39:20,123 I'm not going to tell their stories. 838 00:39:20,123 --> 00:39:23,250 Y'all go watch their podcast interviews and you will hear two 839 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:28,081 of the most incredible answers to that question what is your 840 00:39:29,063 --> 00:39:29,684 best concert? 841 00:39:29,684 --> 00:39:31,768 Dr Terry, thank you for spending some time with us. 842 00:39:31,768 --> 00:39:35,414 Keep up the good work You're doing. 843 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:42,351 You're just doing incredible work and it's I'm inspired to 844 00:39:42,411 --> 00:39:44,778 see what the future is going to be because of what y'all are 845 00:39:44,818 --> 00:39:45,039 doing. 846 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:49,449 Y'all are leading an example, not just in facilities, but 847 00:39:49,469 --> 00:39:52,233 you're planting seeds of greatness in the minds of those 848 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:55,447 kids, and I can't wait to see what they do and what they 849 00:39:55,487 --> 00:39:59,463 accomplish, and then, when they start giving back and they start 850 00:39:59,463 --> 00:40:02,391 innovating themselves, there's no telling what the future of 851 00:40:02,431 --> 00:40:04,623 the OC and your community looks like. 852 00:40:04,623 --> 00:40:08,112 So thank you for taking some time to join us today. 853 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,108 Speaker 3: Well, thanks for having me Always great to visit 854 00:40:11,168 --> 00:40:11,329 Aaron. 855 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,708 Speaker 2: Well, folks, thank you for stopping by again. 856 00:40:14,708 --> 00:40:15,983 You know time's the only thing. 857 00:40:15,983 --> 00:40:17,548 You can't save it, you can't hoard it. 858 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:20,545 All you can do is spend it, and we appreciate you spending a 859 00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:22,190 little bit of your time with us today. 860 00:40:22,190 --> 00:40:25,202 Like we always say, if you want to know what the future is, 861 00:40:25,302 --> 00:40:25,702 grow it. 862 00:40:25,702 --> 00:40:28,523 But to grow it, you got to plant the right things, the 863 00:40:28,583 --> 00:40:32,246 right mindset, you got to get the right people around you to 864 00:40:32,286 --> 00:40:35,788 help you be your best, and I think Dr Terry and today's 865 00:40:35,849 --> 00:40:38,650 program was a great reminder of that. 866 00:40:38,650 --> 00:40:42,532 So thank you for stopping by and until we meet again, go out 867 00:40:42,592 --> 00:40:45,594 and do something great for somebody, do something to make 868 00:40:45,655 --> 00:40:48,376 their day better, encourage them , empower them, equip them. 869 00:40:48,376 --> 00:40:54,702 Trust me, you'll feel better about it and our world will be 870 00:40:54,722 --> 00:40:56,626 better because of it. 871 00:40:57,007 --> 00:40:59,751 Speaker 1: Thank you, we hope you've enjoyed this episode of 872 00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:01,474 the Growing Our Future podcast. 873 00:41:01,474 --> 00:41:08,242 This show is sponsored by the Texas FFA Foundation, whose 874 00:41:08,262 --> 00:41:09,427 mission is to strengthen agricultural science education 875 00:41:09,447 --> 00:41:12,181 so students can develop their potential for personal growth, 876 00:41:12,541 --> 00:41:15,768 career success and leadership in a global marketplace. 877 00:41:15,768 --> 00:41:18,132 Learn more at mytexasffaorg.