Hello, world, and happy holidays to you and yours from the Discover Your Talent podcast team.

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Our gift to you this week is three encore interviews of some of the most

popular shows from the last 12 months. We hope you enjoy them, and we look forward to sharing the

journeys of more fascinating guests in the coming year. Blake loved the topic of his PhD dissertation,

but he was stuck when faced with writing the last chapter. His advisor suggested he

create a rap album, so he did. A review committee member wrote on his paper that he had never before

had the pleasure of reviewing a dissertation that you could dance to. I'm delighted to bring you

our featured guest, Dr. Blake Brandis. Welcome, Blake.

Thank you, Don.

Blake, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

100%. All righty. I love the confidence in that tone of voice.

Blake is co-founder of the personal development company, motivational millennial, and co-host of the Motivational Millennial podcast.

He also runs a hip-hop motivational speaking business to help students remix your reality

through assemblies and workshops. Blake was the recipient of the Marshall Scholarship,

one of the most competitive postgraduate awards in the world, which he used to complete his

master's and

PhD on hip hop and global youth cultures at the University of Kent and England.

Blake, that's a summary of your career. Tell our listeners around the world what you're up to

now that has you engaged and excited, if you would. Absolutely. So as you could tell from the

intro, my business partner, Ivy LeClair and I are really excited about helping millennials change and deal with change in ways that help them lead a fulfilling life.

So a few of the ways we're doing that are through coaching. We also have the motivational millennial podcast where every week we

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