Unique Leaders Podcast

Alexander was born in Orlando, FL. He has 2 incredible parents. He has 2 young siblings and they grew up in a great home. He had some childhood drama that has shaped him into the person he is today. He was top of his class and a top athlete in HS. He graduated with honors and had a full ride to Florida State University. He received a degree is psychology. He was not a therapist because he is an empath, but he became a teacher to be able to teach in the subject of psychology.He learned after HS and going into his first year of college, he learned he loved public speaking. He did very well during his classes in college. After college he went into hospitality during his undergrad and first few years of graduate school. He worked for many hours during this time. He finally got an opportunity to be an academic advisor and later he worked with kids with disabilities. He loved to be able to work with the kids. He would show up every day to try to become an adjunct to teach social sciences.He met his wife 18 years ago and they have been happily married for 15. They both have 2 children, a daughter and a son. He is so blessed to have his small family. A few years ago, during a time with his daughter, he went to an amusement park and was unable to ride a roller coaster with her. This was the catalyst to him working on his health and becoming more fit. From there he began to work with a networking company and promote a product to help others get to the place they want for a healthier lifestyle. The company is called Prüvit. They help others to get to the place they want to be. He has been so excited to be a part of this company and other people’s lives.

Scott is from southern West Virginia. He has a bother and they grew up in the lower middle class. Their
parents worked very hard to give them opportunities. Both their parents were a part of large families and
they both worked hard. They also pushed both Scott and his brother during their childhood to work hard
to be in successful jobs. They were also raised by their aunt who was a big part of their life. She was
never married and never had her own children, but she was always there for them growing up. During his senior year he was doing his high school classes, college classes, playing baseball and working at a local fitness place. He was working close to 60 hours a week. His parents, especially his dad, lived in the scarcity mindset. He would push Scott and his brother to save and make sure they work hard to have enough. Scott did not want to continue to live his life that way. He learned a lot from his dad in terms of
finances and his work ethic.Scott has always had a happy heart. He believes this comes from his mother. He chooses to be kind to
others and not make enemies. If someone wishes him ill will, he acknowledges that and moves on. He has
bad days like everyone, but he works hard to be positive for his business team. He’s a leader and he
believes positivity in the workplace is important. He is married to a beautiful wife of 20 years and he has one daughter and a son. He feels very blessed to have the family that he has. He does wish they did have more children but he does mentor
kids in the local area that are going through tough times with family life or other places.

Jessica was born in Missouri, in a town that no one knows. She had some struggles during her childhood. Her parents lived joyless lives. She believes that if you don’t have joy in your heart, you can’t give it to others. Growing up they lived more in poverty compared to others in their area. Even though she had these challenges, she was called to be a leader later in life. She was put on the spot one day, and was told she is going to write a book. She was very reluctant at first to do this and share her story. She worked to write in the voice that she wanted to share with others.Jessica has multiple identities. The first one is a wide. Her and her husband have been married for 17 years. She is a mother of two young boys. She owns a few businesses with her husband and she is best selling author. She tells people that it is important to have different identities so that when one goes away, our whole world doesn’t come crashing down. She believes it’s not a good thing to put everything on one “identity.”She has made the choice to be an example, the good, the bad, and the ugly. She realized that the story people hear doesn’t have to “perfect” and she is happy to share her story with others and be the motivation. She’s not afraid for people to see her failures. It would be a good example for them. Don’t be afraid to fail in front of others.

Tara was born in Toronto, Canada. She grew up in a middle class family. Both her family worked and both her and her brother grew up well off. Before her teen years her family moved. Her life was wonderful until she was in her teens. Tara had a hard life from 14 to 18 years old. When she was 14, her and her friend were abducted by 2 men, sex traffickers. In order to subdue the girls they drugged them with cocaine. She unfortunately never saw her friend again. She would try run away as many times as possible. Also, during this time her mother was in a horrible car accident that caused mental and physical trauma.At 16 she ended up almost being murdered by one of the men that were trafficking her. She ended up escaping and running home. She hadn’t ever told anyone about what happened. This was a pivotal point in her life that led her on a new journey.Through her teen and young adult years, she tried to commit suicide about 18 times.In her early 20s she met a young man that she felt was “the one”, but this ended up to be a terrible relationship for her. She ended up having 3 children with him and was married for 11 years. Towards the end she finally had to leave. She moved back in with her parents at the age of 33 which was a humiliating thing for her. After his she went to many doctors to help her cope. After much time and hard work, she is now able to forgive and appreciate all the bad things that happened to her in her life. Now she is working to help other people to find this foundation of self-love that she was able to find.

At the young age of 6, he immigrated from Portugal to the US. He faced many difficult situations growing up. Besides the obvious language barrier, Tony was brought up in a very strict & abusive household; he had very little freedom growing up.With all of these challenges compiled, Tony became very shy, often coming across as an introvert. Feeling overwhelmed, He struggled with the desire to fit in. At one point in his teens, he faced depression and thoughts of suicide.All this changed on his18th Birthday when he faced death & experienced a life-altering out of body experience after having a massive car accident. He soon realized and appreciated his gift, with his new God-given gift of a "new life." Tony decided shortly thereafter that he wasgoing to experience everything that life had to offer as he nearly died without having lived, if he were going to die tomorrow, he would live today. Being afraid of heights, translated into Skydiving. Being afraid of deep water/non-swimmer, translated into scuba diving, etc. Life is to be experienced, savored, lived, not just survived.Tony has always been entrepreneurial and started in the real estate industry straight out of high school. Over the last 30 years, he has successfully started, owned and runseveral businesses such as a friend Real Estate Brokerage, Construction/Development Company, Real Estate Investments Co, Sports Bar/ Restaurant, Horse Farm/Equestrian Center, Strategy/Coaching Company and others.Tony has had many successes and "failures" as well. Tony believes that "failure" is an Essential part of Success, when you "fail" you learn and you only ever truly fail if you quit, You either win or you learn. In all areas of your life, it's not about how many times you fall, but how many times you get up that determines your success. Every Time we fall, we have an opportunity to #GetUpNGrowTony has now been involved in personal development for over 2 years. He started out like many others seeking to help himself go and grow through the challenges he faced and continues to face. Tony now uses what he's learned to help others grow through what they grow through. His journey has been long, at times arduous, and fruitful as he has learned from many mentors such as Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Jim Rohn,Wayne Dyer, Brendon Burchard, Zig Ziglar, Gary V and many others.Tony believes that it is his social responsibility to share the knowledge that he has garnered over the years. Because what good is knowledge if you don't put it to use and share that knowledge and your talents with the world.Tony currently lives in NJ on his "gentleman's farm" with his wife and 2 boys and continues to run & Grow his Real Estate Organization with EXP Realty, manage his Real Estate portfolio and his Strategy/Coaching Practice & Masterminds. He is also a Tony Robbins Trainer with Robbins Research International; he is also a Certified High-Performance Coach & NLP Practitioner.One of the greatest gifts we've ever been given is potential and one of the greatest gifts we can give is to tap into it and use it, for yourself and for the good of others.

Marcus Ellis was born in Pensacola, Florida at the beginning of the funky 1970s. He never lost the groove and flow of that period and has remained funky to this day. From the moment he came into this world, Marcus has had a Love for music that cannot be compared. At the age of 15, he began to follow his favorite band, Grateful Dead around the U.S. for many years. He fell in Love with the community aspect of the traveling circus known as Dead Heads. The kindness, compassion, and generosity of Dead Heads on the road resonated fully with Marcus due to him being the loving and giving soul that he is. In his 20s, Marcus built Gibson USA electric guitars by day and interned at a Warner Brothers owned a recording studio, The Loft...which means he makes an incredible cup of coffee and is a seasoned veteran of cleaning restrooms. These days Marcus is the lead vocalist of a regionally recognized Rock & Roll Tribute Band, White Tie Rock Ensemble. He is blessed to have the experience of sharing the stage with his stunning wife, Laura who plays violin in the band. He sings on stage, but he is also now speaking on stage as a motivational speaker. Marcus is a Loving father of five children ages 22, 18, 16, 7, and 2 years of age.

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Zondra grew up in East Texas near Texarkana. Her grandfather and a part of her family lived in Arizona and graduated high school from Arizona. Later she went and worked at Intel in California. She spent about 30 in California. She was able to made decisions and run certain parts of the company that helped to teach her many things.She always had an entrepreneurial spirit and always had a side hustle. This was a part of her heritage. Later on she ended up getting a certification to be a coach. She has a business degree so it’s crazy that she is was getting a certification that had to do with communication. She learned as time went on that business has ups and downs. When she left Intel to start her entrepreneurial journey and she questioned whether this was for her. Then came a position with health care company and she joined them, leading their sales team. After a few years she got the golden handshake -got laid off. She was actually happy about it. She was working on an exit strategy to leave the company and go out to stat her motivational speaking and coaching company. She also wrote her first book.During this time she was called to buy he own Rooku channel and this is when Zondra TV began. She wasn’t sure what the end was going to be, but she feels like God has been shaping her and her channel over the years. She didn’t start out with it being a faith based channel but one day she felt a small voice that pushed her to give God the glory through everything. From the meetings to the shows, give the God the glory. In 2020, she really jumped on the streaming platform bandwagon. Now her program is a big success. Zondra’s program works with people and walks them through how to become a producer. She teaches them how tomonetize their content and then apply the things they learn in the program on their own. She has quite a few people graduate from the program I Season 1 & 2 and is about to do a Season 3 with more people who want to learn what she has to teach.She is a big proponent of continuing to learn and to apply what you learn to something you are doing. This is a very important aspect that she teaches in her program.

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Michael grew up in a small town in Lancaster, Ohio. He grew up in a home with an alcoholic father and a religious mother. There were many memories that he blocked out of his mind. At the age of eleven he was born again and decided to follow Christ. He believes this helped him to deal and understand things that happened during his childhood.He ended up getting a scholarship for track and graduated with the most athletic award. He went to college at Ohio State with a major in Sports Science and later moved to Florida. He worked more in the fitness industry. He worked with Ballie Fitness for a while and then decided to move out on his own. He then met his wife and got married. His wife is a major part of his company even today.A few years ago him and his wife were separated for a few years and then God fixed their marriage and now they are closer and better than they were. They work better together and his wife is there for him and helps him to grow. She doesn’t tell him what he wants to hear but what he needs to hear, which has been a major part of his growth. After he was born again at eleven, he has been a strong advocate for Christ. He has been a strong follower. The one person that really helped him and supported him through his childhood and early adulthood was his grandmother. Her influence still fuels him today. He has been tested these last few years. He believes that we will have deeps and valleys throughout our lives. During these times in the valleys, we can learn so much, but we are not meant to stay there. We need to reach out and take God’s hand and let him lead you where to go next. With this idea, he will continue to follow the plan that God has for him.

Christy grew up in Washington state. She was always a very bubbly child and very outgoing. She was always a team player and wanted people to win. She wanted other kids to feel special and important. She was the youngest of six, three bothers and two sisters. She currently lives in Washington and lived in different places during her young adult years but she moved back to Washington. After high school she went to Eastern Washington University with bachelor’s in business and marketing. After college she did an internship at an apartment complex and rented people apartments and condos. She was able to use her business management skills from school. She began getting into social media in 2007 with Facebook. She enjoyed being able to connect with other people and knew she would do something with this but she wasn’t sure what yet. She go into selling things on eBay from items she found at garage sales. She got married in 1995 and had two children. She was a stay at home mom for while. They had a good life until one day her husband was in an accident. Through his recovery he began to become addicted to prescription drugs. After a marriage of 18 years she got a divorce. Within a short while she lost everything, her home, her car and even her own mother, who passed away during this hard time. Christy dug deep and looked into her spirit and tried to understand what she was going to do next. This fueled her to do something for other women to help them during hard times or navigate other needs they may need. Christy really has a true unique leader, giving spirit. Now she works with many women and people in general and helps them to navigate social media and other marketing needs with her knowledge and skills. She knew that she was meant for something more and she found her purpose and passion with helping others.