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Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Akeem Haynes - Going from Homeless to Winning an Olympic Medal

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Akeem Haynes, undoubtedly one of the most inspiring people walking this planet right now. I love this person.Akeem is originally from Sav-la-mar Jamaica. At the age of 7, he moved to Canada for a better life with his mother. Shockingly, at the age of 13, Akeem and his mother became homeless and lived at a bus stop for a period of time. He learned early in his life to use his pain as fuel to push past the obstacles that came his way. Akeem went on to represent Canada in 2 Olym...

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0:00.0

I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

0:16.3

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

0:20.3

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

0:25.7

Welcome to slow more. My guest today is the ever-inspiring incredible man, Aikim Haynes.

0:40.0

Aikim is originally from Jamaica. He came to Canada at age 7 with his mother looking for a better life.

0:47.0

Later on, in 2012 and 2016, he represented Canada in two Olympic Games and in 2016 he broke a 25 years habit and actually won a bronze medal.

1:00.0

Something that we should all be very proud of.

1:04.0

But if you know Hakine's personal story,

1:07.2

you would be even more proud if you know the difficulties

1:10.0

he had to go through in life,

1:11.3

to get to that place in life.

1:13.2

You would be so inspired.

1:14.9

And if you have been following him like I have,

1:17.7

and you understand a little bit about his ideals

1:20.2

and his values, you would understand that this man has so much to teach us. I am so excited

1:26.8

to be talking to someone with such a value system today. So hang in there and don't leave

1:31.6

us until the end of this conversation.

1:33.7

Hakim, thank you so much for being with us today.

1:37.7

Hello, hello, can you hear me?

1:40.3

My God, there you are.

1:41.8

Perfect, you can hear me okay?

1:43.0

I can hear you well and I adore you.

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