The Story of an adopted black hockey player

“Perspective can be your Prison or your Passport” – Thomas R. Williams

Cole Schaefer and Brian Waddick, college roommates, had started a sunflower seed company in their dorm room at the University of Minnesota: SMACKIN’ Sunflower Seeds.

Ryan Schachtner is the epitome of Paying It Forward, and his journey to becoming that, is inspiring.

Dr. Jahkari “JT” Taylor completed his freshman year in high school with a .75 grade point average.

Today’s guest, Jerremy Newsome, sees Money Everywhere!

Jerremy Newsome, credits Forest Gump for the inspiration to pursuit wealth to help others. At a very early age, Jerremy Newsome discovered that money did grow on trees, in the form of Blackberries. Selling Blackberries door to door was the beginning of Jerremy’s journey from abject poverty, to becoming one of the leading global minds on Stock Market education.

Jerremy, author of “Money Grows on Trees”, is the CEO of Real-Life Trading, and a philanthropist at heart. Today, he helps people achieve financial freedom by creating revenue streams via the stock market. His Real-Life Trading brand is global and is committed to reaching as many as possible, especially children  @RealLifeTrading  , Jerremy founded the RL Foundation whose mission is to enrich the lives of those who are enriching others.

His greatest investment is as a Husband and a Father.

For Phillip Spencer, incarceration seemed inevitable. Raised in a single parent home in the inner-city of Milwaukee, with his 3 siblings, Phillip's journey from Poverty to Philanthropy is transformational and inspiring. He defied the odds, survived the melee and turned his street smarts into business know-how, to become an uber-successful businessman. His book, "Breaking The Chain: Leaving 27th Street" , tells of his remarkable journey. "A True American Story of Family, Faith, Fatherhood and Fortune".

In 1953 Nate Allen was shot and killed by a White man who was also his employer. Witnesses remained silent and no investigation was conducted. In 2020 George Floyd was murdered at the knee of a policeman and witnessed across the world because of the camera in a cell phone.

On this episode of Paralysis to Purpose, I get to have a candid conversation about racism, reconciliation and redemption with Phil Allen Jr., the grandson of Nate Allen and the author of two books, Open Wounds: A Story of Racial Tragedy, Trauma, and Redemption and The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency From MLK to Darnella Frazier.

Today’s podcast is intentionally released in conjunction with the anniversary of the death of George Floyd.