Summary: Shawn shares with us his journey from crack baby to director of youth services for the city of detroit to entrepreneur, professor and mentor specialist. This is an episode you won't want to miss. Insight from this episode: Shawn’s mom inspired him to be an entrepreneur through her professional shoplifting business He learned how to cut crack at 11 years old from his older brother His early ambitions were to be a drug lord and rap due to influences of his environment He changed his ambitions due to his brother being killed in a drug transaction when he was 14. His high school counselor Ms. Champion set him on the right path to make the most of his life. She helped him fill out his scholarship applications, college applications and walked him through the entire college process **According to Shawn a person should have multiple streams of income, motivation and impact Shawn says that 90% of people who are mentored when they are young grow up and become mentors Shawn created a leadership group at the high school he was formerly a teacher at in the Bronx, NY Friendtor is a term Shawn has coined and it means that someone is a cross between a friend and a mentor Shawn was the director of youth services for the city of detroit and oversaw the my brothers keeper initiative there as well. "So many things are disjointed in the system of people all doing work, we have to come together and make sure that were communicating with one another to make a mightier blow" - Shawn Blanchard episode #62 "Mentorship is not about creating rockstars, its about making people better than what they would have been without you" - Shawn Blanchard episode #62 Shawn speaks on the importance of using a team and prioritizing to avoid doing everything all as once "Its not a matter of if, its simply a matter of when we get these things done, and how we can put these things on auto pilot" - Shawn Blanchard episode #62 "At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if you’re on wall street or if you’re a guy that’s fishing, at the end of the day when you wake up and you’re happy… that’s success" - Shawn Blanchard episode #62 **Pay attention to what you are consuming, what are you reading, watching, listening to and your social group Purchase a suite from Shawn’s company Snap Suits: snapsuits.com discount code = shawnten Shawn's 3 Keys to creating your best life: "You are the CEO of your life and you need to gather 3 things, your mentors, friendtors and resources." - Shawn Blanchard episode #62 (when asked for 3 tools to create your best life) Stay Connected: Shawn Blanchard: www.iamshawnblanchard.com https://twitter.com/shawntb https://www.instagram.com/shawntblanchard/ Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
