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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

169: Former Tech Pro Helps Kids Find Their Own Super Powers

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5618 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Bolaji Oyejide, author of the bestselling Brave Little Heroes books, uses stories to help kids discover “their own super powers.” His Bravepreneur Parents Academy podcast helps parents create unforgettable moments with their kids. “I didn't go to top schools to learn to make comic books or write about super heroes. Both my parents are medical doctors who lifted our family out of poverty in Nigeria. I actually enjoyed my corporate career and was good at it, but I never really felt fulfilled until now.”

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0:00.0

Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 169. I'm creator and host,

0:17.8

Don Hutchison. Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do

0:23.2

work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

0:28.0

Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Balaji Oijide.

0:32.7

Belaji, welcome.

0:34.0

Thank you, Don.

0:34.6

I'm so glad to be here.

0:35.9

Thank you, sir.

0:36.8

Quick question, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely. All righty. Bilaghi for you G-day is the seven-time bestselling author of Brave Little Heroes books, where he uses the power of story to help kids discover their own superpowers. He's also the host of the

0:55.0

Braithpreneur Parents Academy podcast, where he helps modern parents create those unforgettable milestone

1:00.9

moments with their kids. An award-winning speaker, his passion for doing things that matter has taken

1:06.8

him to the Olympics, MTV, and a host of national media outlets. Belagia, that's a summary

1:12.6

of your career. Tell us what you're engaged in now that has you excited and fired up.

1:18.6

Don, I have to say, first of all, it's a thrill to be on the show. I appreciate the work that you do.

1:24.3

You have obviously discovered your talents.

1:31.8

It's been a while, Belanger. But thank you.

1:36.4

Yeah, past couple of weeks, you've been on it, man. I'm loving it. Thank you.

1:47.4

But being here is actually one of the things that has me excited. Being able to talk to people about their talent zone and not just their talent zone, but their passion zone is what has me excited. I happen to be a big kid. I'm 39

1:55.2

years old. I've got a couple of sons. I was just telling Don about how they went trick-or-treating

2:00.1

as Thor and Batman this past

2:02.6

weekend. They're eight and five years old. But I've always been passionate about working with kids.

2:07.4

And the thing that has me really fired up right now, Don, is kind of doing what you do,

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