JuVan Langford - The Power of Mentoring (Mentoring)

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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JuVan Langford is a YouTube Influencer and the founder of Mentors Making Major Moves Inc.; a non-profit organization that introduces foster youth to inspiring mentors from all walks of life. JuVan lost his father to leukemia at a young age and lived in foster care. JuVan shares his story on what it was like growing up without a father, what it means to be a man, and shares so much more insight on the subject of masculinity. Key Takeaways: [01:40] What does Juvan do? [03:15] Juvan was raised in a foster home. [04:00] How has not having a father impacted Juvan? [09:55] What is the best part of being a man? [16:25] Sometimes just showing up is enough. You don't always have to -do- something. [20:50] What are Juvan's core beliefs? [22:00] Juvan talks about Mentors Making Major Moves [24:50] What inspires Juvan? [27:00] What does it mean to be a man? JuVan explains the AIM acronym. [29:30] Integrity is about being real with yourself. [31:05] Our greatest shame shows up in every aspect of our life. You have to control it. [32:25] Take risks! [33:45] JuVan talks about his mentor, Michael Gates. [36:45] What legacy would JuVan like to leave behind? [38:00] What's JuVan excited about these days? Mentioned In This Episode: http://mantalks.com/ info@mantalks.ca https://www.youtube.com/user/themrjlangford http://www.mxfour.org/ Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (jesusparlange.com– lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've got some living yet to do.
0:04.4	I won't give up on you.
0:08.1	Save these machines.
0:10.1	Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Mantox podcast.
0:12.8	My name is Roger.
0:13.9	And I'm Connor Bidden, founder of Mantox.
0:15.8	Today we have Javon Langford.
0:18.0	Javon's coming all the way down from L.A.
0:20.3	Javon has an incredible story to tell.
0:22.2	He has created his own organization and legacy around building better men at a young age
0:29.6	in this world.
0:30.7	Connor, why you fill in a little bit more because you know him best?
0:33.3	Yeah, so basically, Javon's mission right now is to work with teenage kids that, you know,
0:39.6	maybe can't afford to have the experience of working with a mentor.
0:44.1	And he provides that space.
0:45.6	So they go into, you know, schools and work with 200, you know, kids, teenage boys and really,
0:51.6	you know, give them the experience of doing sports and working with mentors
0:55.5	in marketing and business and athletes. It's a very, very cool company. So this podcast is going to be
1:02.2	all about masculinity, you know, growing up as a kid and how to develop, you know, if you're
1:08.8	a father, how to develop your, your sons,
1:17.5	um, and more. So much more. So check it out. All right. Without further ado, Mr. Javon Langford.
1:37.0	Awesome. So Javan, welcome to the Mad Talks podcast. Well, before we get started, we always like to build a little context for our listeners. Why don't you let us all know what it is that you do? How do you describe what it is that you do?
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