You're listening to the Impact Theory Podcast, your source of empowering ideas and actionable techniques from the world's highest achievers.

Join host Tom Billio, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the billion dollar brand Quest Nutrition, on a journey to unlock your potential and realize your vision of success.

Welcome to Impact Theory.

Hey everybody, welcome to Impact Theory.

You will hear my friends because you believe that human potential is nearly limitless, but you know that having potential is not the same as actually doing something with it.

So our goal with this show and company is to introduce you to the people and ideas that will help you actually execute on your dreams.

Today's guest is an award-winning rapper, actor, author, entrepreneur and political figure who's made a career out of not letting people put him in a box.

When everyone told him that his dream of becoming the first ever Native American rapper was ridiculous instead of bowing his head and slinking away, he founded his own record label and signed himself,

this is pre-internet boys and girls, he did not complain about not having money or connections, he just got to work.

And over his career he's recorded 11 albums, toured around the world, performed hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of concerts and launched a thriving clothing line along the way.

He's also starred in feature films such as The Indian in the cupboard, Mortal Kombat, Cold the Conqueror as well as Monster TV shows, like House of Cards and CSI Miami.

An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and vocal proponent and lobbyist for Native American issues, he has leveraged his celebrity and talents to draw attention to the issues faced by Indigenous people.

He's testified before Congress multiple times in Native issues and proven that he's just as comfortable lobbying on Capitol Hill in a business suit as he is rocking out a rap video in a fitted cap and baggy pants.

His diverse and seemingly endless stream of accomplishments is due to a relentless mindset that refuses the back down from any challenge and a deep drive to give back.

And those aren't just words for him and his evidence of that in a single year, he clocked 54,000 miles.

That's the equivalent of driving around the earth twice, crisscrossing North America to inspire people living on reservations and show them it does not matter where you start.

It only matters where you're willing to go. So please help me in welcoming the CEO of Davis Strategy Group and the host of the Lightfoot show, the Executive Director of the Native American Financial Services Association, Gary Lightfoot Davis.

Wow.

Hi, guys.

Go ahead, go ahead.

Thank you.

Awesome.

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