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2X Olympian Donald Suxho had to risk it all to play at the Olympic level. Suffering and sacrificing from the dangers of leaving Albania, communist-controlled country to hit rock bottom and lose it all and experience what it really means to become successful.

Donald Suxho (born February 21, 1976 in Korçë, Albania) is an Albanian-American professional volleyball player and a player for the US Olympic Team. As a setter, he participated in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece as well as the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Suxho and his family came to America in 1996 and lived in Natick, Massachusetts while searching for a college. He eventually chose to play for the University of Southern California and became one of the most well known volleyball players to come out of USC.

Suxho's father Peter is the former coach of the Albanian Junior National team as well as the Natick High School boys and girls volleyball coach and it was under his tutelage in the US and Albania that Suxho learned the game. Suxho played for the Albanian junior national team from 1991 to 1996 and made the national team while still a teenager in 1995–96.

While at USC, Suxho was a four-year starter for a nationally ranked team. He set a number of Trojan records, including 164 career aces. He became one of the top players in school history and was a two-time All-American and AVAC National Player of the Year as a senior in 2000. Following graduation, he played professional beach volleyball in Poland and has been a member of the US Olympic Team since 2001. He competed in the Athens Olympics but missed Beijing due to injury. In 2012, he's one of 40 USC athletes to make an Olympic team.

In addition to his playing career, Suxho served as the USC assistant men's volleyball coach during the 2001–02 season. In the summer of 2014, Suxho played with "Studenti" in Tirana Albania for a European Tournament.


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George Khalife is the CEO of BookBack and Director of Business Development & Marketing at Canada's #1 mid-market tech Mergers & Acquisitions advisor.

• Co-Founder & CEO at BookBack - an app for students to trade, buy and/or sell books (now available in Stores for iOS & Android)! In just the first day of launch, BookBack cracked the top 100 charts for free apps under the “Books” category.

• Founder & Host at Let’s Grab Coffee - a podcast that aims to interview successful individuals in different industries (27 episodes and counting).

• Blogger at georgekhalife.com (ranked as one of the top Lebanese blogs to follow as per The961.com) and published author on LinkedIn.

• Community Builder - work with youth influencers to create & co-host events that advocate for and promote innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

• Speaker - most recently, I was the Keynote Speaker at IEEE’s Annual Canadian Student Congress and am always looking for opportunities to speak about entrepreneurship, leadership, self-development, and branding/social media.

George has traveled to 30+ countries and lived in 4 (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Canada), developed the ability to get a better understanding of different cultures and adapt (personally & professionally) to changing environments. Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is also the reason why George does things like scuba diving / sky diving, to constantly challenge himself and overcome fear (false expectation appearing real).

Proud graduate of the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa) with a Bachelors in Finance and hold a certificate in Personal Financial Services Advice (PFSA) from the Canadian Securities Institute.

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You're listening to the 58th episode of the Humans 2.0 podcast, solo-series, FLOW! I’m recording today’s episode on how I reprogrammed my mind over the last few years.

The key is to influence your behaviors on a moment to moment basis to recreate your identity as well as various techniques on how to influence your subconscious mind.

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JT McCormick shouldn't have succeeded. He was born the mixed-race son of a drug-dealing pimp father and an orphaned, single mother on welfare. He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse and racism, and had multiple stints in the juvenile justice system. He barely graduated high school and has no college degree.

But succeed he did.

Starting by scrubbing toilets, JT hustled and worked his way into better opportunities, eventually finding incredible success in the finance and mortgage industry. He was on top of the world.

And then the mortgage industry fell apart. He lost his job, and literally all of his money. He had to borrow from his friends to make rent. He was nearly back to where he started: with nothing.

But this time, he had something that he did not have growing up in the slums of Dayton: the knowledge of what it takes to succeed. JT used this setback combined with what he learned as the springboard for him to reach even bigger heights--eventually becoming President of two multimillion-dollar companies.

Currently, JT is the President and CEO of Scribe Media. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Megan, and their three children; Ava, Jaxon, and Elle.

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Jia Jiang came to the United States with the dream of being the next Bill Gates. But despite early success in the corporate world, his first attempt to pursue his entrepreneurial dream ended in rejection. Jia was crushed, and spiraled into a period of deep self doubt. But he realized that his fear of rejection was a bigger obstacle than any single rejection would ever be, and he needed to find a way to cope with being told no without letting it destroy him. Thus was born his "100 days of rejection" experiment, during which he willfully sought rejection on a daily basis--from requesting a lesson in sales from a car salesman (no) to asking a flight attendant if he could make an announcement on the loud speaker (yes) to his famous request to get Krispy Kreme doughnuts in the shape of Olympic rings (yes, with a viral video to prove it).

Jia learned that even the most preposterous wish may be granted if you ask in the right way, and shares the secret of successful asking, how to pick targets, and how to tell when an initial no can be converted into something positive. But more important, he learned techniques for steeling himself against rejection and ways to develop his own confidence--a plan that can't be derailed by a single setback. Filled with great stories and valuable insight, Rejection Proof is a fun and thoughtful examination of how to overcome fear and dare to live more boldly.

Jia Jiang is the world’s foremost expert on rejection. He is the founder and CEO of Wuju Learning, a company that trains organizations and employees to become fearless. Jia’s story started when several years after his career in the corporate world, he took a risk and stepped into the unknown world of entrepreneurship, which resulted in everyone’s biggest fear…REJECTION.

This became the catalyst that set Jia on the path to his true calling. To conquer the fear of rejection, Jia embarked on a personal quest and started a video blog to face the 100 Days of Rejection. His journey revealed a world that was hidden in plain sight, a world where rejection is an advantage instead of a setback, and where there are opportunities behind every rejection. It has become Jia’s mission to help others to discover that world for themselves.

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You're listening to the 57th episode of the Humans 2.0 podcast, solo-series, FLOW! I’m recording today’s episode on entitled people and complacency after success.

I see so many people in every field that reach a certain point of success and become entitled, which leads to complacency and ultimately sadness and depression.

Don't have expectations for the people around you because you will always be unhappy.

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PickWaste is a community initiative that was started out of the necessity to clean up mother earth. We make an impact by cleaning up local landscapes for one hour, once a week. It began as four young men but has quickly spread throughout the community. There are now over 200 people on our email list, and each week we clean up alongside 15-20 local volunteers. We are a team and a family, one that welcomes all members of any age.

Today I speak to Sam Demma, Dillon Mendes, and Scott Berty!

At PickWaste we know that nature and the vitality of the human species is one and the same. When we pollute Mother Nature, we are in turn causing much unnecessary suffering to ourselves.

- The oceans we fill with chemicals is ultimately the water we will drink and the fish we will eat!
- The air we pollute with greenhouse gases and smoke from industrial factories is ultimately the air that we will breathe in!
- The soil we spray with pesticides and fertilizers is ultimately growing the vegetables and fruits that we will eat!

This is why we believe there are so many diseases and degenerative conditions in today's society. This is why we're so passionate about PickWaste and saving the environment, and essentially saving all of humanity!

We are big believers in starting small towards producing massive change, and there is no better way to start fixing this problem than by picking up trash. Garbage clean up is so simple, yet so effective.

Simple because everyone can participate and there are no educational requirements. Effective because the law of social proof states that when people observe others partaking in any activity they will feel more inclined to join themselves! Its these little consistent actions that will change our planet.

X-Navy Seal, William H. McRaven, said that if you do the little things right you can change your life, and then change the world. We believe that picking up garbage is the little thing that can change our community, and then the world will follow!

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I recently got a message from a friend of mine that told me she gave a presentation in one of her classes about my movement of becoming a Human 2.0 at college.

Crazy right? Listen to this short speech because I was mind-blown from her kind words.

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Tucker is the co-founder of Scribe Media formerly known as Book In A Box, a company that turns book writing and publishing into a service.

Tucker Max has written three #1 New York Times Best Sellers, which have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. He is credited with being the originator of the literary genre, "fratire,

His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, spent five years on the NYT list, and has over 2 million copies in print. His second book, Assholes Finish First, and his third book, Hilarity Ensues, are also NY Times Best Sellers. He co-wrote and produced the movie based on his life/book, also titled “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.”

He has also been credited with being the originator and leader of a new literary genre, “fratire,” is only the third writer (after Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Lewis) to ever have three books on the NY Times Nonfiction Best Seller List at one time, and was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009.

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I had the honor of speaking on a panel at Manhattan College in New York City about the speed of change of technology and mindset with a Head Director at Microsoft.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Catholic teaching order started by Saint John Baptist de La Salle. The Lasallian mission drives our focus on quality education for all and service to our neighbors in need. Our picturesque campus is located in The Bronx, a 35-minute subway ride from the heart of Manhattan.

Shoutout to Raymond for inviting me and running this awesome event!

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