You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast success story segment.

I am your host, Alex San Felipe.

In this short segment of the show, I bring on friends of the podcast to share a motivational,

inspiring, and sometimes even challenging story from their entrepreneurial journey,

along with a

practical takeaway for us to implement.

The point is for each of us to be able to learn and grow from the experiences of others.

With that said, please enjoy today's success story episode.

What's going on?

My name is Zach Babcock, and I am the host of the Underdog Empowerment Podcast and the CEO and founder of Podcast PowerTrain.

I'm really excited to be here today with you guys to share a story.

After I got out of prison, you know, I became an entrepreneur.

Now, look, dude, I did over five years of my life in prison for being a knucklehead and making a lot of poor decisions.

In fact, dude, I spent a large chunk of my childhood in adolescence in and out of juvenile detention centers, boys' homes.

If you looked up the definition, the kid heading nowhere fast, you'll see a picture of me in there.

It was for real, man.

I just was making a lot of poor decisions in life before I finally turned my life around.

Well, when I went back to prison this final time, I went back just 20 days where my twin

sons were born.

And that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

That was the moment where I decided to take full ownership of my life and stop at nothing until I was

back in my kid's life and being happy and successful. Didn't even know what that looked like a lot at the time.

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