Episode 71: Change Your Story and Change Your Life, with David T.S. Wood [PODCAST]

This solo episode of the Crank It Up podcast is a bit unique, it’s an interview featuring our own host, David T.S. Wood on the “What’s Your Story” radio show with David’s friend, Louis Di Bianco. This episode gives you an inside look into David’s past and the path he’s walked in becoming the trainer of trainers, a successful businessman and entrepreneur, humanitarian, and owner of his own private island. You’ll enjoy hearing some of the crazy stories from David’s past and will be amazed at the transformation that’s happened in his life through the events he’s experienced. It’s an entertaining and informative show that will inspire you to think bigger about your own story.

From poverty to abundance, one step at a time.

David T.S. Wood grew up in a poverty stricken home, his parents divorced and squabbling, and his friends nothing but bad influences. He still remembers the beatings he received from schoolmates simply because he lived in the slums. His early life was riddled with crime and delinquency until a chance trip out of the country led him into the opportunity to chart a new course for himself. In this conversation you’ll hear him describe the touching and often comical way things turned out and how he has come to be the trainer’s trainer in the personal development realm.

Your story can change. But you have to change it.

Too many people are convinced that the hand they’ve been dealt in life is all they have to work with. They don’t realize that they can choose a different path. But it takes a determined mindset and a lot of hard work to see it through, and today’s conversation is between two men who have walked that path themselves. David T.S. Wood and Louis both understand the power of believing in bigger things and taking the risks necessary to see if they can happen. David’s story is powerful, an example of the kinds of things that can happen when you believe in yourself enough to step out. Be sure you listen to this inspiring story.

The determination to pursue his dreams.

Once David T.S. Wood has a dream, he was determined that nothing could keep him from accomplishing it. The conversation on today’s episode is filled with stories that demonstrate that fact. You’ll hear how he bombed when he MC’d a wedding, how he found hope from a workshop he attended, and how he told T. Harv Ecker himself that there was nothing Harv could do to stop David from speaking on Harv’s stage. It’s an amazing story of how David accomplished all those things and more, and you’ll hear it all on this episode of Crank It Up.

What legacy do you want to leave behind?

It may sound morbid to some people, but the power of looking at the end of your life is a tool that David T.S. Wood believes everyone should make use of. What do you want to leave behind? How do you want to be remembered? Are those desires only wishful thinking or are you willing to do something to make sure they happen? Listen to David’s story on this episode to be inspired so that you can pursue your own dreams of leaving a legacy that matters in the lives of the people you love and in the world around you.

Outline of this great episode

[0:48] Introduction of David T.S. Wood, the trainer’s trainer.

[3:00] Why David says that people are storytelling machines.

[5:00] David’s story as a young man in England.

[7:53] The accidental thing that got David moving in a new direction.

[15:38] David’s early education and the negative influence it was on him.

[17:54] An ideas of what he wanted to be when he was young?

[20:31] Living to survive and the beginnings of his first business.

[22:36] When David’s story began to change.

[28:25] Arriving in North America.

[30:26] How David moved to Canada by mistake.

[31:54] The first success David had in Canada and his introduction to Network Marketing.

[35:42] Why Network Marketing gives the average person a real chan...