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Connect with Brett Kaufman

Brett Kaufman

https://brett-kaufman.com/  

Twitter: @bkaufman125

IG: @brettkaufman

LinkedIn: @Brett-Kaufman

Founder, Kaufman Development 

https://livekaufman.com/

IG: @livekaufman

https://gravityproject.com/  

IG: @gravityproject

Host, Gravity Podcast

https://brett-kaufman.com/podcast/ 

IG: @thegravitypodcast 

[00:00:00] Brett Kaufman: [00:00:00] You know, I think you said that this kind of defining, letting your past to find you, you know, to me, that's really a choice and it's not an easy one. I mean, these are very, very complex things, but it is a choice to rewire. Repattern kind of how you think, how you act and how you create your life and your future.

[00:00:23] And most people are unconsciously just recreating their past over and over again. And. You know, at a certain point, I just decided I didn't want to do that. And it wasn't without hell 

[00:00:36] Bob Wierema: [00:00:36] today on the climb, crossroads and 

[00:00:39] defining moments, we had mr. Brett Kaufman and join us. Brett joined us and  shared with Michael myself, so many good nuggets and takeaways. We have, I think you could write a book with the quotes that we have taken away from this one. He talks about his passion 
for sharing and giving back and where he started coming from his childhood to where he is [00:01:00] today. And just a great conversation around. Who he is as a person and how he's continuously striving to be better each day and talks a lot about just being a work in progress and what that means to him and how he's going to continue moving forward.

[00:01:25] Well, well, Brett, welcome to the climb podcast with myself and Michael. We appreciate you joining us this morning. 

[00:01:33] Brett Kaufman: [00:01:33] Yeah, thanks for having me happy to be here with you. 

[00:01:35] Bob Wierema: [00:01:35] Well, your know, a, you're no stranger to 

[00:01:38] podcasts yourself, 

[00:01:39] so, you know, let's make sure we get you a plug for your gravity 

[00:01:42] podcast 

[00:01:43] and maybe share a little bit, let's start there with what you're looking to accomplish 

[00:01:46] there so we can let everybody 

[00:01:48] know, about your podcasts as well.

[00:01:51] Brett Kaufman: [00:01:51] Sure. Yeah. We, launched our podcast last year and have recorded. I think we're over 40 episodes. They're kind of getting released once [00:02:00] a week and really the purpose behind the podcast is really to get people, to tell their life journey, their full life. Journey all the kind of childhood experiences good, bad or otherwise, and how that's shaped their lives.

[00:02:18] As they've gone on to have varying levels of success in different areas. And really the point is the hope that the listener will see themselves in these people and in their journeys and take some comfort and get some inspiration to continue forward in their own in their own lives. 

[00:02:38] I 

[00:02:38] Bob Wierema: [00:02:38] know when we talked kind of the first time when I was thinking about launching the podcast with Michael and what we were looking to 

[00:02:45] accomplish 

[00:02:46] a little bit of a different bend to it, but, but not too dissimilar, which is, I think there's a lot of different points within your life that are, you know, as we say, the crossroads, the defining moments of 

[00:02:56] when you make a 

[00:02:57] certain decision or certain things that, that make you go [00:03:00] left instead of right.

[00:03:01] So it's kind of cool to see how those, you know, your piece and ours intertwined a little bit. 

[00:03:07] Brett Kaufman: [00:03:07] Yeah, I think it's great what you guys are doing. And, there's definitely some similarities there. I think, you know, these kind of stories need to be told and, you know, at the end of the day, we're all the same.

[00:03:18] We're all kind of grappling with the same things in bearing degrees. And, it's really helpful for people to kind of be together and learn from each other. 

[00:03:29] Bob Wierema: [00:03:29] Yeah, absolutely. So what's Brett's story, like where does that 

[00:03:33] start? And maybe bring us 

[00:03:34] to 

[00:03:35] today and then 

[00:03:36] Michael, and I'll pepper you with some questions in between.

[00:03:39] Brett Kaufman: [00:03:39] All right. Well, yeah, that's a, could be a really long answer. So I'll try to condense that, you know, as it is with most people, you know, our lives are full and that's been the case for me. I grew up in Akron, Ohio for the first 10 years of my life. my parents had [00:04:00] kind of a, a pretty chaotic, marriage.

[00:04:03] My father was, an addict and, abusive and, and struggling quite a bit. And, that led to a divorce and eventually, moved to Columbus where I live today. Live most of my life. And, you know, I like to kind of tell the first part of that story because you know, it really did eventually end up informing who I am in a very positive way.

[00:04:27] I have a lot of gratitude for that time, despite how difficult it really was. I got to learn a lot about me. I got to kind of do that in a challenging way. As I went into high school and college, I may...