"Part 1 of the Transcript of Donna Fox's Amazing In Search Of Heroes Interview" by Ralph Zuranski
Ralph Zuranski: Hi, this is Ralph Zuranski. Today I’m interviewing Donna Fox. She is one of the most successful women on the internet and I’ve seen her at quite a few different conferences. Some of them she has actually coordinated and put on herself.
Donna, how are you doing today?
Donna Fox: I am fantastic and I am so delighted to be here. It is such an honor to be interviewed by you, Ralph.
Ralph Zuranski: Donna, I’ve always been impressed with just how hard you work and the many things that you do. Do you think it would be possible just to share with the listeners a little bit about who you are and what you do?
Donna Fox: I would love to. I’ve always found it fascinating to hear the story behind the public story of the mentors and the heroes in my life. So I’m happy to share. Ask away.
Ralph Zuranski: Well Donna you know there are a lot of good questions. It’s a real thrill for me to be here asking you these questions. A lot of these questions come from the work of Napoleon Hill who had the opportunity to ask a lot of very rich and famous people how they were able to attain the success that they did in their lifetime.
So the first question that I wanted to ask you is what do you want out of life in ten words or less?
Donna Fox: My goal in life is really to live every day with child-like abandon. You know how children just see such freshness and newness everywhere they look and in everything that they see? I really try to capture that youthfulness and that innocence every day, just the happiness and the ability to take pleasure in seeing an ant on a blade of grass.
Ralph Zuranski: That really is good to be able to have that innocence to be able to see the things that are going on around you and living in the present. What is your dream or the vision that sets the course of your life?
Donna Fox: I actually have really very simple dreams. I don’t have a big grandiose dream. I don’t dream of a huge house or really effecting thousands of people’s lives or changing the world or ending poverty. Those things would be nice.
My kind of dream life is very simple. It’s waking up, eating healthy foods and having a healthy lifestyle full of activity. It’s yoga in the morning, swimming in the afternoon.
It’s living in some place warm. It’s having friends over for dinner. It’s really just very simple and very basic. It’s about enjoying people and relationships and living in the moment.
Ralph Zuranski: That is really a wonderful way to live life with exercise, good food, and good friends. How important is it to stay focused on your primary goal?
Donna Fox: I think even more important than the primary goal is to stay focused on the reason why. Sometimes our goals change, and even our primary goal changes over time.
But usually the reason why you want to achieve the goal doesn’t change. Now whether that be so you can take care of your parents when they need it or your children or you can send your grandkids to college or whatever that goal be for you and it’s different for everyone.
The big “why” is the thing that doesn’t change. That is what is really important to keep in your narrow sights.
Donna is also one of the coaches and trainers for the amazing Butterfly Marketing Program.