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U.S. Marine Michael W. Allison: "The UN-LEADERSHIP" · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: The Challenge is a faith radio program behind Gary McCants
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  Speaker 1: like technology, God and our listeners. Brother Michael, welcome the
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  Speaker 1: Challenges a faith radio program, and thank you for your service.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, if I have to be pleasure to be here
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  Speaker 2: with you, Gary, thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's an honor having you on. There's an honor
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  Speaker 1: having you on. Listeners. We're having a discussion with US
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  Speaker 1: Marine Michael w Allenson on the UN leadership. So sit
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  Speaker 1: back because it's going to be an interesting, upbuilding conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Brother Michael, how are you and your loved ones?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for asking me that, Gary, to be honest
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  Speaker 2: with you. Family is good. In gress to my wife
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  Speaker 2: and my sons. Things are going great between us. You know,
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  Speaker 2: my wife is doing well with her career and we're
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  Speaker 2: grateful for that many blessing. But I'll be honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: Over the past week, it's been quite challenging. Actually, I
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  Speaker 2: was talking with my wife as was planning for twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five, And as I was planning for twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: I was saying to her, Hey, I need to go
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  Speaker 2: to Jamaica. I need to go and see my dad
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  Speaker 2: and spend some time with my mom. And Dad because
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen them in regardless to all in a
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  Speaker 2: while in regards to traveling back to the country and
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  Speaker 2: out of the blue, Gary, I get a call on
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  Speaker 2: Wednesday that my mom and dad is coming to America
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  Speaker 2: and they need to go to the emergency room. My
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  Speaker 2: dad cannot walk and from not walking, we immediately had
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  Speaker 2: to fly him up here, get him to an Aventur
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  Speaker 2: hospital into the emergency room and afen. As we got
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  Speaker 2: into the emergency room, they found a blood clot on
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  Speaker 2: his lungs. He has one of his nerves was impinged
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  Speaker 2: between his T nine, ten and eleven and his spine.
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  Speaker 2: So he literally just had back surgery two days ago,
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  Speaker 2: and we just got the news that he'll be in
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  Speaker 2: therapy and be going through a long road in regards
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  Speaker 2: to getting back to walking again and then trying to
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  Speaker 2: clear up the blood club man. So that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: been the challenge over the past couple of days that's
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  Speaker 2: been going on with me. But overall, I mean, we're
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  Speaker 2: in good spirits. Were thinking God that he made it
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  Speaker 2: out of surgery, thinking God that he's alive. We're thanking
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  Speaker 2: God that he has he has movement back in his toes,
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  Speaker 2: and his feet. The strength is not completely back there.
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  Speaker 2: He's talking, he's in good spirits. My mom is doing
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  Speaker 2: well in regards to being there, supporting and everything like that.
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  Speaker 2: So we're super thankful for that. Man and blessed.
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  Speaker 1: Praise God and listeners peat brother Michael, his total family,
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  Speaker 1: his dad, his mom, his wife, and his children all
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  Speaker 1: in prayer. So God continued to have his healing way
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  Speaker 1: on his father's life. Man, Praise God for his dad
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  Speaker 1: and everyone being alive today. Thank you for sharing this
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  Speaker 1: story my brother, brother Michael, what were yourpirations while growing up?
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  Speaker 2: You know, growing up I sparred to serve others and
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  Speaker 2: to make a difference in this world. I believe that
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  Speaker 2: leadership always intrigued me. I was deeply influenced by the
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  Speaker 2: values and the perseverance in regards to the community, just
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  Speaker 2: seeing that growing up as kid, I dreamed of always
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  Speaker 2: being someone that was able to inspire and overcome and
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  Speaker 2: help people just overcome through challenges. I have seen that
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  Speaker 2: through my parents just growing up in regards to some
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  Speaker 2: of the things that I saw them doing. You know.
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  Speaker 2: So for me, I initially as a kid, I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to get into art, and then I saw I was
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  Speaker 2: very talented when it comes to drawing and painting, and
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  Speaker 2: I used to put those emotions and feelings and things
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  Speaker 2: from what I was seeing and putting those onto paper,
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  Speaker 2: and from there it turned into writing. And so from
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  Speaker 2: there I got into writing and telling my story through books,
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  Speaker 2: and from there it got into sharing my story and
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  Speaker 2: in regards to helping people, to communicating and speaking, and
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  Speaker 2: from there I got into becoming a keynote speaker. And
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  Speaker 2: that's what I get to do now is train people
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  Speaker 2: through my speaking or through either personal development or professional development.
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  Speaker 2: But it was always through the aspect of always serving,
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  Speaker 2: and it just continuously evolved throughout my growth and involvement.
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  Speaker 1: M my brother, you said a lot, so let's unpack
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  Speaker 1: it for the list of especially we as men. You know,
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  Speaker 1: one of the things you were sharing how that we
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  Speaker 1: as men, even though you didn't say that, but a
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  Speaker 1: lot of men can identify, including myself, in that a
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  Speaker 1: lot of our thoughts and emotions are from the inside
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  Speaker 1: and we may not communicate it verbally when we may
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  Speaker 1: put it in writing and hier way that we're led
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  Speaker 1: to do as you have, and at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: you're sojourn that we'll get into is showing how that
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  Speaker 1: through your aspirations that started from the inside, that you're
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  Speaker 1: able to uplift and build up others. And at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, like you shared in the beginning story, even
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  Speaker 1: though you are an uplift and upbuilder, you're also sharing
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  Speaker 1: that sometimes you need the same for your own individual life.
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  Speaker 1: Brother Michael, you're not only a veteran, but one with
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  Speaker 1: a purple heart. Why did you enter the military?
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I had a lit rough upbringing when
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  Speaker 2: I came from Jamaican came here to the United States.
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  Speaker 2: I had a very horrible experience in the Boy Scouts
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  Speaker 2: that no kids should ever experience. And I was always
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  Speaker 2: one that was always looking for a sense of belonging,
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  Speaker 2: being a part of a part of a brotherhood, part
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  Speaker 2: of a community. And throughout my years in high school,
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  Speaker 2: I played high school football and I had two injuries
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  Speaker 2: back to back toward my ACL and MCL and from
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  Speaker 2: those injuries, I started looking into how could I be
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  Speaker 2: a part of something, something greater than me and SERF
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  Speaker 2: And when I looked at the United States Marine Corps,
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  Speaker 2: it gave me the opportunity to continue in a serving
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  Speaker 2: capacity and honor the country and stuff like that and
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  Speaker 2: find it self of belonging for myself in regards to
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  Speaker 2: working on myself some of the things that the Marine
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  Speaker 2: Corps stood for on our courage commitment, that's the kind
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  Speaker 2: of person that I am. They have values and principles
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  Speaker 2: that I believed into as well. So when I said
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  Speaker 2: that I was going to be a part of this,
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  Speaker 2: I knew that joining this brotherhood would create that sense
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  Speaker 2: of belonging of something that I was looking for in
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  Speaker 2: regards to someone that was kind of like a bottled
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  Speaker 2: up type of emotional type of person, type of kid,
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  Speaker 2: and it was going to help bring some of those
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  Speaker 2: things out of me in regards to some of the
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  Speaker 2: things that I was looking for and desiring for. And
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  Speaker 2: once I did that, and I learned more about the
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  Speaker 2: Marine Corps and it had the opportunity to serve our
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  Speaker 2: country for eight years, it really taught me a lot
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  Speaker 2: in regards to what some of the things that I
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  Speaker 2: was actually looking for and discovering about myself. And then
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  Speaker 2: it led to obviously to the career that I'm doing now.
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  Speaker 2: But that was one of the biggest reason in regards
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  Speaker 2: to me just finding a sense of belonging to a
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  Speaker 2: brotherhood an opportunity where I could serve and continues to
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  Speaker 2: help others and ultimately serve our country.
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  Speaker 1: You know, all you have continued to say since opening
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  Speaker 1: on the program is helping and serving others and providing hope.
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  Speaker 1: How has your sojourn been a testament to the power
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  Speaker 1: of faith and residence.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so my journey has been one of us constant,
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  Speaker 2: reliant on face and resilience. I think facing combat, injury
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  Speaker 2: and life adversities taught me to lean on my face
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  Speaker 2: and believe in my ability to overcome. It's not about
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  Speaker 2: like avoiding hardship, but more so learning face. You know, personally,
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  Speaker 2: when I got into the military, nine to eleven hit
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  Speaker 2: and immediately my family called me and asking me, am
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  Speaker 2: I going to war because that was one of the
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  Speaker 2: biggest fears that we had. So I have a praying grandmother,
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  Speaker 2: praying mother, all the worried about me, knowing all the
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  Speaker 2: stangers that come with servant And I went to Iraq,
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  Speaker 2: man and one of the most scariest things places that
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  Speaker 2: you could ever be in, and when you never know
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  Speaker 2: when anything could happen to you. One of the biggest
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  Speaker 2: thing over there says always be vigilant and never get complacent.
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  Speaker 2: And I've been in dangerous situations many times while i
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  Speaker 2: was over there, and to come back with everything intact, arms, legs, eyes,
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  Speaker 2: you name it. That's only a testament and thanking God
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  Speaker 2: for that. You know. I was involved in a car bomb,
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  Speaker 2: I lost my best friend, had to put my best
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  Speaker 2: friend in the body bag. The first mission that we
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  Speaker 2: went on. I was getting RPG shot at me, shoot
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  Speaker 2: over my head, and to walk away was just an
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  Speaker 2: injured back, an injured shoulder and be here here to
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  Speaker 2: tell my story and talk to you and get to
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  Speaker 2: honor those guys that we lost. It's truly a testament,
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  Speaker 2: you know. So I just thank God for those situations
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  Speaker 2: that I've been in and been through. Even though the
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  Speaker 2: transition out of the military was not easy. I had
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  Speaker 2: to go through a pretty rough patch actually, to be
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  Speaker 2: honest with you. Transition out of the service just trying
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  Speaker 2: to adjust and acclimate to things and dealing with my
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  Speaker 2: family and my kids, my wife and all of these
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  Speaker 2: things which turn into pretty rough once I got out.
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  Speaker 2: But I had to learn through some things. I work
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  Speaker 2: with quite a few different people to help change my
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  Speaker 2: life to the point where I'm at now today.
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  Speaker 1: And having shared that, how has the challenges to your
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  Speaker 1: faith turned into victory? Through those.
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  Speaker 2: Every change to my faith has been an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: deepen in When life tested me, I chose to see
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  Speaker 2: setbacks more as a setup for more as a combat.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's really testing you to see what you're
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  Speaker 2: truly made of. I think faith gave me the strength
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  Speaker 2: to persevere and to transform moments of doubt into milestones
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  Speaker 2: and victories. I always think about whenever I've been faith
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  Speaker 2: with some tough times and tough situations, and I could
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  Speaker 2: easily get into the mindset of being woe with me
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  Speaker 2: and asking God, why me? Why this? All those different
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  Speaker 2: types of things. But I more so look at things
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  Speaker 2: more so now as God is setting me up and
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  Speaker 2: preparing me to give my testimony and help people. He's
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  Speaker 2: not going to give you nothing that you can't handle.
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  Speaker 2: And I've always believed that ever since I was a kid.
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  Speaker 2: And I've always also just admired my parents. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I've seen my parents get through a flood, get through
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  Speaker 2: a hurricane, and lose everything that they've worked for. I've
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  Speaker 2: seen my parents work three jobs. I see my dad
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  Speaker 2: working three jobs, my mom working two jobs, and all
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  Speaker 2: these these different things and making it with bare minimum
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  Speaker 2: salary to take care of their kids and their family
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  Speaker 2: and things like that. And I've always seen how they've
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  Speaker 2: worked hard and persevered through things. So I've always had
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  Speaker 2: that mindset. I've never given up or never quitting, and
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  Speaker 2: you're always going to make it through whatever situation circumstances
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  Speaker 2: you're faced with.
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  Speaker 1: And listeners, you continue to hear our brother Michael share
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  Speaker 1: his story, but at the same time, you continuously hear
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  Speaker 1: him share the challenges to his own faith. But at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, he's still providing hope because he's still
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  Speaker 1: given on under God by sharing how others, including his
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  Speaker 1: loved family members, have persevered irrespective of the challenges to
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  Speaker 1: their own faith. For Michael, how has your faith helped
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  Speaker 1: you to build strong faith faith relationships?
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  Speaker 2: Faith has been the founder of my relationship. It has
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  Speaker 2: taught me to approach others with compassion, understanding, and integrity.
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  Speaker 2: My wife and I, for example, have built a marriage
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  Speaker 2: based on these principles, you know, even overcoming unique challenges.
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  Speaker 2: We were divorced and we had to work on our
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  Speaker 2: relationship to remarry, and a big testament to that was
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  Speaker 2: incorporating the men's group for my church and going through
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  Speaker 2: a freedom program at our church to help me work
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  Speaker 2: on myself personally first to work on myself to be
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  Speaker 2: a better husband, to be a better dad, and to
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  Speaker 2: be a better man, be a better man of God.
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  Speaker 2: And then she kind of did the same thing too,
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  Speaker 2: and she went through that same journey, which was a
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  Speaker 2: blessing for us to do those things in our own past,
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  Speaker 2: which brought us back together and putting our relationship back together.
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  Speaker 2: But incorporating like minded individuals that are faith based, God
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  Speaker 2: fear and type of people to support me and a
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  Speaker 2: group of men that really wanted to see me do
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  Speaker 2: better for myself, do better for my family, and ingratiating
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  Speaker 2: me and having me to be a part of the
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  Speaker 2: church body was a true blessing when I was going
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  Speaker 2: through some of those tough times for myself.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't know what God is doing with
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  Speaker 1: with we men, whether be of faith or non faith.
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  Speaker 1: And I say that because here in the United States,
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  Speaker 1: and I can't talk about any other place at this moment,
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  Speaker 1: but here in the United States. You know, it seems
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  Speaker 1: to be especially in the black community, men who are
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  Speaker 1: starting to look inward like you shared and I'm when
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  Speaker 1: I say I'm hard on men, I start with myself
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  Speaker 1: first because of exactly what you're sharing His released to you.
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  Speaker 1: But men are starting to ensure it, begin to look
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  Speaker 1: inside so that they could in fact get up and
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  Speaker 1: be all they need to be and should be, not
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  Speaker 1: only for God and only for self, for loved ones,
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  Speaker 1: which affects their community and so forth, like you're discussing today. So,
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  Speaker 1: Brother Michael, let's turn towards your organization, the Adversity Academy.
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  Speaker 1: Why did you form it and what are goals?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I formed the Adversity Academy to empower others to
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  Speaker 2: transform the adversities and opportunities for growth, you know, having
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  Speaker 2: overcome personal and professional challenges that you heard me share
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  Speaker 2: here on the show earlier. I wanted to create a
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  Speaker 2: platform that equips individuals and organizations to build resilient teams
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  Speaker 2: and to unlock their true potentials. I don't believe that
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  Speaker 2: though professional development and persons development are separate, I do
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  Speaker 2: believe those two go together, and they can coincide together
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  Speaker 2: in regards to having a better individual that works for
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  Speaker 2: a company, for an organization, or for themselves individually. And
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  Speaker 2: I think ultimately that helps infuse some of those things
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  Speaker 2: within a company and organization to drive team performance peak
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  Speaker 2: performance within a company and organization. As I was going
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  Speaker 2: through some of those personal challenges that I was facing
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  Speaker 2: on my own when I transitioned out as a military,
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  Speaker 2: I still had a corporate job and things that I
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  Speaker 2: had to deal with and go through. And for me
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  Speaker 2: to show up in a company or organization as my
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  Speaker 2: best self, I had to work on my personal self
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  Speaker 2: too as well. That's why I say it they cannot
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  Speaker 2: separate themselves. They're one and the same to me. And
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  Speaker 2: that's some of the things that we try to work
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  Speaker 2: through with our programs that we have to serve people,
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  Speaker 2: and the ultimate goal is for us is to create
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  Speaker 2: the best versions of people. So we try to be
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  Speaker 2: a global impact on people in regards to the services
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  Speaker 2: that we offer from our personal development services and professional
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  Speaker 2: development services. So we offer leadership programs for our senior executives,
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  Speaker 2: middle management and first time supervisors to five day intensive workshops,
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  Speaker 2: and then we have online programs as well for your
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  Speaker 2: professional personal development to as well, which are instructor led
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  Speaker 2: online curriculum programs that guides you through week to week
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  Speaker 2: different modules and then We also have assessments that we
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  Speaker 2: partner with different organizations to help go through some of
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  Speaker 2: the assessments that is needed for individuals and organizations to
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  Speaker 2: help you get some of those areas maybe gaps or
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  Speaker 2: some weakness and things like that to get people to
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  Speaker 2: operate optim as well too.
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  Speaker 1: What is the Young Leadership Show?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the On Leadership Show is my new podcast
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  Speaker 2: that will be debuting this January twenty twenty five. I'm
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  Speaker 2: transitioning from my previous podcast, which was the Overcoming Adversity Podcast,
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  Speaker 2: and this podcast here is going to be focusing on
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  Speaker 2: some thought provoking conversations. It's an initiative that's going to
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  Speaker 2: challenge conventional leadership norms. So we focus on breaking down
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  Speaker 2: misconceptions about leadership and empowered individuals to lead authentically, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's in business, personal life, or within your community. And
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  Speaker 2: the idea and the concept came about if you take
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  Speaker 2: a look at the military, if you look at any
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  Speaker 2: organization that's been around for many, many years, you'll see
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  Speaker 2: how the business and organizations is structured and leadership is
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  Speaker 2: at every single level. And I think there's a misconcept
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  Speaker 2: that leadership is at a certain level and it stays
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  Speaker 2: stagged at a certain level. For example, a new employee
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  Speaker 2: could come into a company and it may think that
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  Speaker 2: they have no leadership role or anything like that, and
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  Speaker 2: that's a big misconception where you could actually be a
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  Speaker 2: leader your first day coming into the job and things
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  Speaker 2: like that. It's more so the mindset and the concept
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  Speaker 2: that we try to talk about that within our company
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  Speaker 2: and show that there's leadership at every single level. And
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  Speaker 2: it really dawned on me when I was serving and
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  Speaker 2: I was just a sergeant and we have generals colonels
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  Speaker 2: within the military, but I'm a sergeant leading thirty two
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  Speaker 2: different men. I'm doing different types of things, leading at
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  Speaker 2: my level, and you could still be successful at that
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  Speaker 2: level that you're at too. I've seen it with one
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  Speaker 2: of the guys that we lost in Iraq, Pucket. He
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  Speaker 2: was a lance corporal and he passed away in Iraq,
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  Speaker 2: but he was the one that was saving people's lives
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  Speaker 2: when the tanks was burning up and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: So at any different level, you're fully capable of leading
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  Speaker 2: your team, your organization, and that's what we try to
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  Speaker 2: work on and teach within companies, within an organization, and
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  Speaker 2: that's some of the same things that we'll be discussing
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  Speaker 2: and talking about through our podcast as well too.
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  Speaker 1: And congratulations to the Unleadership Show because it's also a
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  Speaker 1: thought provoking anybody who would hear the title and just
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  Speaker 1: like you shared, you share what the end result that
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  Speaker 1: you are looking to accomplish, and I'm sure it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be successful. What are the three leadership pillars of
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  Speaker 1: the un Leadership.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so the three pillars of the own leadership falls
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  Speaker 2: under unlocking, unleashing, and unbounding. And so the unlocking piece
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about how can we work and build confidence
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  Speaker 2: and influence for ourselves and for our companies. And then
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  Speaker 2: the second pillar is the unleashing aspect, so we look
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  Speaker 2: at that from a vision standpoint and an innovative standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: and then how can we be visionary and how can
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  Speaker 2: we be innovative for ourselves and for our companies. And
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  Speaker 2: then the last pillar is the unbounding part, and that
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  Speaker 2: talks about growth and the impact that we're going to
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  Speaker 2: be making for ourselves and our organization, which to be
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  Speaker 2: solutions focused, success driven in regards to every single aspect
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  Speaker 2: of this. So there's always a end goal in understanding
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  Speaker 2: what is the difference that we're making.
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  Speaker 1: Brother Michael, you recently participated in an event where the
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  Speaker 1: topic was break the Bottle. Would you tell us more
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  Speaker 1: about it?
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  Speaker 2: Oh Man, this was an awesome event. I you know,
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  Speaker 2: the Break the Bottle event was a powerful discussion where
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  Speaker 2: I had the chance to speak about breaking free from
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  Speaker 2: your limiting beliefs and imposter syndrome. And it's about recognizing
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  Speaker 2: things that are holding us back and taking us, taking
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  Speaker 2: us from achieving our goal and things that we have
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  Speaker 2: all these aspirations, just like you asked me when I
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  Speaker 2: was younger, things that I wanted to grow up and
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  Speaker 2: be that we all aspired be and grow up to be.
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  Speaker 2: But there's something inside of our mind that keeps us back.
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  Speaker 2: And this conversation was all about how can we break
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  Speaker 2: down some of these barriers and actually go after things
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  Speaker 2: that we truly achieve, things that we truly want in life.
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  Speaker 2: And the event was truly a success where we talked
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  Speaker 2: to a room of quite a few different veterans and
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  Speaker 2: business owners that came in there that was struggling within
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  Speaker 2: their business, that was struggling for themselves and they were
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  Speaker 2: dealing with some of the things that was tied to
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: around like your PTSD. Some of the things with their
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  Speaker 2: confidence and some of the things from even their childhood
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  Speaker 2: that they it affected them in their day to day
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: life and their day to day business. And for us
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  Speaker 2: to have that conversation, have that talk and help them
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  Speaker 2: break free from some of the things that was holding
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  Speaker 2: them back was truly truly inspirational.
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  Speaker 1: M How can listeners interested listeners sign up?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so listeners cans and visit the Adversity Academy dot
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  Speaker 2: com ww dot dudiversity dot com to learn more about
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: all of our programs and then if they want to
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: learn more about me and my speaking engagements, just type
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  Speaker 2: in Michael w Allison dot com as well too, and
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  Speaker 2: you'll find all the information there. You have our emails,
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: you have our phone numbers, and then you also have
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  Speaker 2: my social media which is I am Michael w Alson
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  Speaker 2: dot com IMW I am Michael w Alpin as well
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  Speaker 2: to you on all social media platforms.
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  Speaker 1: And listeners take a look at our show notes as
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  Speaker 1: relates to Brother Michael so that you can in fact
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  Speaker 1: reach out to him for interviews and everything that he
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: just share and more. Brother Michael, you know you shared
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  Speaker 1: a lot today, you know, really you shared a lot.
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  Speaker 1: You know you was personal and think about we as men.
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  Speaker 1: We know how we some of us have been taught
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: to keep it all inside. Of course, now you can
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: get so stressed out that you can end up hurting
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: yourself physically, including dying based upon all of that. But however,
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: you also was personally as relates to your loved wife
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: and y'all sojourn and men, you know how we are.
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  Speaker 1: We don't even get into it, but you are moving
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  Speaker 1: the way God would have you to for your own sojourn.
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: But maybe you're not realizing that you're having an impact
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  Speaker 1: unbeknownst to you because others have not shared it, and
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  Speaker 1: I hope they do. And I'll tell you that. Any
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: final words for our listeners.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely remember advert the is not the end of the
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: story at the beginning of transformation and breaks challenges as
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: opportunities to grow stronger lead authentically positive, positive impact. And
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: I just want to thank you for having me on
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: your podcast and having me on your show. For your
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: listeners out there, just stay resilient, keep on moving forward.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: If you want to get to your destination. Just make
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: sure that we identify some of the decisions the directions
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: in regards to where we're trying to get to with
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: our goals, and I truly, truly believe that every one
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: of us will be successful achieved some of those things. Gary,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: thank you so much for having me. Brother.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, listen, Honor, haven't you and you come back anytime God,
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  Speaker 1: so Lee let us know what's going on. Listeners, you're
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: hearing from our beloved brother Michael w. Allenson. He's Sharon,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: his sojourn and more, but he's also trying to ensure
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: that you be all used to be. You heard him
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: talk about the bondages that we can allow ourselves to
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: be set in when we know we should be moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Tune in, listen to him, Listen to his new podcast
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: coming up. That's very important. But at the same time,
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: while listening to whoever God directs in your life, like
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  Speaker 1: our beloved brother today, take it to heart. Take an
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: examination of yourself. Don't take away from yourself, but understand
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: you should examine yourself to see where you need to be,
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: where you should be because you yourself can have an
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: impact on your family, your neighborhood, your country, just like
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: brother Michael has shared it. But again I want to reemphasize,
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: did you notice that when our beloved brother came on.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he didn't come on talking about you know,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: even though he knows today's wonders of chance of sunshine,
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: but he also let it be known, you know, all
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: is not well. But through it all, he's sharing how
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: that God is still moving in his beloved family's life,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: especially as released to his beloved father. And again I
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: encourage all to keep his total family lift it up
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  Speaker 1: so that God continues to get the praise and the glory. Again,
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  Speaker 1: Brother Michael, thank you for taking the time out of
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  Speaker 1: your schedule coming on challenges of Face Radio program to
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  Speaker 1: share your sojourn my pleasure.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, You're welcome.