Bravepreneur Parents Academy With Bolaji O

Brian Horn had it made.  He was a high-flying, high-achieving entrepreneur. His career couldn't be going better. And he and his wife had their first child.  Little Jackson. Things couldn't be going better. Then, the most frightening moment in any parent's life. The first day of his life was pretty normal. They were about to go check out of the hospital - the nurse came to take Jackson for some final tests A few minutes later, Brian's mother-in-law rushed in, crying. ""Something is wrong with Jackson!"   Brian rushed out, and saw Jackson, gray, limp, with doctors and nurses urgently trying to revive him.   Brian's son was in intensive care for a week. During that time, he was diagnosed with Down syndrome.   Brian Horn is the co-founder of Authority Alchemy. He’s been featured by Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine and on Howard Stern.  Brian’s worked with the biggest, most authoritative names across multiple industries.     LIGHTNING RO

Jay Forte is a business and motivational speaker, author and nationally-ranked thought leader. He's fired up about teaching today's young adults how to know themselves and know their world, so they can create successful, happy, impactful and GREAT lives.   Jay spent most of his own life wandering around, wondering where he fit both personally and professionally.   After spending decades doing what others thought he should be doing, he discovered his own passion.   He helped develop a process that combines identifying people’s behaviors with their skills and experience, to assist in putting them in the right jobs.   The book The Greatness Zone, came out as a way to help people discover what it is they came packaged with, and what are their talents, passions and values.   The ability to be self aware is something we have not valued, until lately.     Jay says that Ready4Life has taken the challenge and commitment to help the next generation to land on th

She's the award-winning author of The Juice Box Bully, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun, Pink Tiara Cookies for Three, Chocolate Milk, Por Favor, and SEVERAL other amazing books about bullying, empathy, confidence, and kindness. With degrees in education AND child development...With over 10 years experience in education, She's an absolute ROCK STAR in classrooms and on stages across the United States. One of her books is now touring the country as a STAGE PLAY! A highly-sought after speaker her dedication to empowering children with courage and confidence Please welcome this amazing Mom, wife, author, child advocate, and all around superhero:     As a teacher, Maria was seeing what was happening with her students’ level of self-esteem. They had concerns with how others viewed them based on clothing, hair, etc.   “I thought this is ridiculous; 5 and 6 year olds should be concerned about things like if they are going to play on the monkey bars or the slide.”   She wondered what

A personal health scare got Parul Agrawal to finally try juicing for the first time. Then her Dad had a serious health incident.And juicing brought him back from the brink. Now she's a huge advocate for getting families...especially KIDS... drinking exotic green juice recipes! Personally - my juicing adventures lasted from January 1st, to January 2nd.‪#‎EpicFail‬  Parul talks me off the ledge, and gets me excited about trying juicing again.

When Mike first started his Dad blog, SunshineDad.com, he didn't tell a soul.     He was afraid things wouldn't work out. He didn't even like WRITING!   A year later, on the anniversary of his launch,    -- SunshineDad.com is at 150 posts,     -- dozens of sponsorships,     -- and even an invitation to star in a reality show.    -- Oh, and let's not forget another baby on the way.       *** All this -- from an accidental Stay-At-Home Dad situation.     But when you hear what kind of stock Mike Smith comes from...   maybe you'll better understand   that isn't an accident.      

He Survived Gangs.  But Work Almost Killed Him. Rodney Kellum of Fatherpreneurship.com   “Growing up watching my mother tell stories and captivate rooms, that was something that was ingrained into me”   Rodney had a major health scare when he almost died after an artery closed.   As well, he was let go from his job after refusing to go into work late one night as he was looking after his son (Rodney did the work from home, through email, but was notified the following day that he was no longer employed). This came at a tough time financially for the family.   “I stood up and chose my family over work”   Rodney originally had a vision to help men, as he was a self-confessed “workaholic”. As he continued to tell his story, women came on board and buying his products. He decided to include them and coined the term “Familypreneur.”

Stacy Curtis – WriteOfYourLife.com   Stacy Curtis wants to live in a world where everyone feels free to share their stories. She is the creator of WriteOfYourLife.com and host of her own podcast. Her show is all about life storytelling and introduces fascinating people while capturing their life story.     “I teach people who are not writers how to share their stories” - Stacy Berg Curtis.   She says that life storytelling can benefit the writer’s immune system, as well as lower stress levels.   Stacy wants her children to learn how to “fail well”   “I want them to learn those lessons. It’s okay, failure is just another 'It doesn’t work. Change it up.”   “I help (my kids) to understand that you’ve got to put forth the effort. If you don’t, then you don’t get the prize.”   Going through a difficult divorce, she used birthday money from her mother to enroll in a memoir class, as frie

Hogan Hilling is the founder of the DADLY Rally,the author of eight parenting books, and an amazing fatherhood expert. Hogan has appeared on Oprah. Hilling has co-founded and helped establish several fatherhood networks in the USA since 1992. Hilling is also the creator of: The DADLY book series, Dads Behaving Dadly: 67 Truths, Tears and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood, Dads Behaving Dadly: 72 More Truths, Tears and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood, and The DADLY Way: 10 Steps to More Active Fatherhood and Equal Parenting, With more Dadly books to follow. Hilling lives in southern California.   Listen as Bolaji Oyejide (Bolaji O) gets Hogan to delve into his stunning life story.  

John Lee Dumas (JLD) is the founder and host of EOFire, an award winning podcast where he interviews most inspiring entrepreneurs 7 days a week. John has produced over 1000 episodes of the show and it EOFire generates over $300,000 a month, with over one million unique monthly listeners in just the past three years.   JLD considers refers to the word focus as “Follow One Course Until Success”. He developed his focus during his days as a US Army officer.   “I graduated college at 22 years old with a lack of focus, and that was not going to fly in the army during a time of war”   -JLD considered himself a solid “B” student while in high school, but says that - teachers felt he wasn’t living up to his potential.   “Focus is so critical (as an entrepreneur), I know when to just crush it”   JLD speaks to Bolaji Oyejide (Bolaji O) about the importance of the top five people you surround yourself with. When he started his entrepreneu

WELCOME TO BRAVEPRENEUR PARENTS ACADEMY! Where the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs reveal their most defining childhood moments and share their legacy for raising Brave Little Heroes who will grow up to change the world. I'm your host, BOLAJI O, and this is Episode 0!