Create Your Life Series

CYLS 135: Identity, Masculinity, and Fatherhood: An Entrepreneur Creates Community Change with Jason Rosario

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Episode Summary

Many cultures dissuade men from expressing emotions, in favor of being the “strong, silent” type. This way of thinking has been carried down through generations, and it has a particularly telling effect on men of color. Jason Rosario and Kevin have a frank discussion about how Jason’s company, The Lives of Men, is promoting healthy masculinity. Additionally, Jason and Kevin share how they have worked to build healthy masculinity into their own lives.

 

Kevin Y. Brown

Kevin Y. Brown is a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center For Public Trust (CPT) “Being A Difference” award recipient, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author.  The former MTV Networks host and NYC fashion marketer has created an international following as a speaker on personal excellence, effective communication, and leadership. Kevin has been featured by Black Enterprise magazine as a “Modern Man of Distinction” and highlighted in various publications for his self-help speaking work and helping students graduate college debt-free.  Recognized for his commitment to empowering foster care youth and as a foster care system alumnus, he has also delivered the keynote address at the International Foster Care Organizations Conference in Sydney, Australia and Osaka, Japan.  Kevin is currently the creator/host of Sirius XM’s “Create Your Life” series, a fellow in the New York Chapter of the Startup Leadership Program, and an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

 

Jason Rosario

Bronx native Jason Rosario is a social entrepreneur, content curator, and founder of The Lives of Men, an integrated media and lifestyle brand that covers the stories and the diverse interests of men of color. Early in life, he was taught the importance of hard work, sacrifice, resolve, and faith which have served as guiding principles in his life’s journey. Having witnessed first hand the socio-political norms that disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities of color, Jason dedicated his work to increasing the flow of opportunities to young men of color. Having earned his MBA from New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, he previously worked with leading financial firms such as UBS, Deutsche Bank, and CBRE. Jason’s interests focus on the intersection of masculinity, identity, and self-actualization. Featured on numerous media outlets and delivering keynote speeches at international conferences and at colleges and universities in the tri-state area, he aims to inspire, activate, and nurture the development of well-rounded men.

 

Insights From the Episode

  • Secrets to building a healthy perspective about masculinity.
  • How to use your friends to stay accountable to your goals.
  • Jason shares his path to becoming an entrepreneur with the hope that it inspires anyone just starting out or looking to take the first step.
  • Strategies for giving back to the people who support you and have your back.
  • Jason explains how emotions and accepting emotions fits into healthy masculinity.
  • An unexpected strategy for deciding whether to take a huge risk in your corporate career.

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    Quotes From the Show

    • “Just more importantly though, the maturity level that it instills in you. The level of discipline that you have to have to be able to move in spaces where you don’t have the basic comforts of home. That’s what all that experience at a young age taught me.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “What you learn about yourself is, through those experiences, is not what you’re going to learn in any academics.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “Education is something no one can even take away from you.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “I try to keep people around me that are going to remind me that I am worthy just because I exist. My lived experience alone is what makes me enough.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “Something that me and my friends, we talk about often is we have success amnesia. Sometimes we forget how far we’ve come and the great strides that we have made.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “If we’re asking men to be more vulnerable and more in touch with their emotions, then that’s something that women are uniquely positioned and prepared to be able to teach us.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “What you resist, persists.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “I think what I’ve realized is the biggest challenge I’ve ever had to face was not living and not subscribing to the notions of what other people think my life should be.” - Jason Rosario, Create Your Life Series, #135
    • “Authenticity, to me, is doing what you would do if nobody else was looking and being in alignment.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Create Your Life Series, #135

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      Resources Mentioned

      • In Touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself by John J. Prendergast, PhD and Rick Hanson, PhD
      • Passion Planner
      • Instagram
      • Evernote
      • Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill

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        Favorite Book

        • Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
        • To Be a Man: A Guide to True Masculine Power by Robert Augustus Masters, PhD
        • The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell Hooks
        • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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          Favorite Quote

          • “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paulo Coelho

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            Keys to Create Your Best Life

            • Be true to yourself. Believe in yourself.
            • Surround yourself with the right people that will support you.
            • Use failure as motivation and not as an excuse to stop.

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