Episode 107 - Houston Kraft : Kindness Is Almost Always A Sacrifice

Houston Kraft is a kindness advocate. He’s the Founder of Choose Love Org which sole purpose is to help the world live love a little better everyday. He’s the Co-Founder of Character Strong, a business focused on creating curriculum and training to help build compassionate schools and as of today he has spoken to over 600 schools across the nation. He spent the first four years of his life in Kennebunk, ME before moving west to Snohomish, WA where he spent his childhood growing up. In high school he started taking speech, theater, debate, drama and leadership which started to give him some sense of direction as to what he wanted to do with his life. He attended Bowdoin College where he became the the president of his class. After graduating and working alongside Ignite Leadership, he honed in on his storytelling skills and hit the ground running. That first year he spoke to 13 schools and now does on average 135 schools a year. The art of storytelling has become one of his greatest skills. He figures out “the gemstone” of the keynote and connects stories from his own life to help elaborate on the message. In this episode Houston discusses you can do anything but you can’t do everything, the greatest gift you can give people is perspective, our life is about as big as the things we know, most successful people have grit, the forever skill of balancing and kindness is almost always a sacrifice. - If you enjoy this podcast, please screenshot & post it to your Instagram Story tagging @HoustonKraft & @PurposeintheYouth. I appreciate it and so too does my beard! - Connect with Houston! Instagram: @HoustonKraft Twitter: @HoustonKraft Check out Choose Love Org! Instagram: @ChooseLoveOrg Website: Choose-Love-Org.myshopify.com Check out Character Strong! Instagram: @CharacterStrong Website: CharacterStrong.com   Connect with your favorite bearded man, Bobbbaaaay: Instagram: @Bobbbaaaay Twitter: @Bobbbaaaay Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for new interviews (and more) Follow us on Spotify Follow us on Soundcloud Subscribe to iTunes Follow us on Instagram: @PurposeintheYouth