“It’s a great thing to give people exposure who are doing amazing thing but aren’t necessarily globally famous”.   Today Rob speaks to both client and friend, Michael Kalisperas. Michael has an incredibly inspiring, powerful and motivating journey which he uses as a driving force in everything he does including his businesses. He shares his story, strength and success in this episode.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   A serial entrepreneur, Michael’s career background was originally in marketing and graphics, he had a passion for many different elements of this and did an electronic and multimedia programme and was later headhunted by Sky and the BBC. He left the BBC in his mid-20s and this is when he started his first business.   Michael has written a screenplay, been on stages himself as a speaker, ran events, is an affiliate marketer and has achieved great success in many different areas. Despite this, he still says his biggest win is seeing his son survive everything he has been through so far.   In 2002 Michael and his wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy. As far as they knew and could see he was perfectly healthy. Tragically due to mistakes by health care providers his son was left severely disabled from cerebral palsy. He and his wife ended up suffering from depression and PTSD due to what they went through. It was a huge shock. Michael has turned this incredibly difficult set of circumstances and adversity into a driving force behind everything he does. Seeing his son so unwell and being unable to do anything about it has meant he seizes any opportunity and situation where he can have influence and impact. He creatively uses his knowledge, strength and entrepreneurship to empower and positively create things. You can be the most positive, giving person on the planet but you need to ensure you have the energy for yourself and your family too. You can’t pour from an empty cup. BEST MOMENTS “It’s a great thing to give people exposure who are doing amazing thing but aren’t necessarily globally famous things”   “My biggest win is seeing my son survive what he went through”   “If there’s an emotional connection there, I’ll connect to it”   “I just enjoy learning new things, it’s how my brain works”   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com