BE#77: Do something that causes friction! Make a decision that is difficult it will help you grow as a person - says "Sam Demma."

Our young guest Sam Demma is a 21-year-old entrepreneur, youth coach, and keynote speaker. He co-founded PickWaste, created the High Performing Student, delivered two TEDx Talks, and is the youngest member of CAPS – Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. In our episode today he talks to us about: - His own experience of not being able to play football due to his knee injuries which led to depression. - How and who helped him overcome depression and changes he made to come back stronger. - How he started doing voluntary work of picking up the waste in his own city which inspired other kids and then schools invited him as a guest speaker which was the beginning of his journey as a Key Note Speaker. - He share how "Gen X and Millennials" care about future and what their visions are... - He learnt from Jason Brown owner of Dip Drops on how to keep the scores differently. Jason said most people keep score by how much money they are making, if Jason would be in his 20's again he would keep the scores by how much he learnt and how many new experiences he had vs money. - Whenever someone gets impatient it is because they dont get the results they expect and that is most often related to finances. - As a young entrepreneur if you are not learning and experiencing its a wrong thing to do. -If you have to choose between making money vs having new experiences, most people will choose money. The most ironic thing is that if you have more experience you learn new things you become more valuable and ten year later you'll probably make way more money as a consequence of that decision. - One of the biggest mistakes is loosing your hunger for service to others in the pursuit of money. - If you are giving extreme amount of value you will make extreme amount of money. Money is just an exchange for value says Sam - During Covid-19 his events got cancelled so he shares how he pivoted from in person to online events. - He also created a course called "high preforming students" helping student's plan and achieve their goal