Life Transformation & Overcoming the Odds | Remi Adeleke
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Life started out living as Nigerian royalty but took a dramatic turn.
After the loss of his father at the age of 5, Remi Adeleke moved to the United States and was raised by his single mother in the Bronx. He eventually started getting into trouble and dealing drugs as a teen.
After his life was threatened from a drug deal that went bad at age 19, Remi decided to join the military with one goal in mind, becoming a Navy SEAL. However, there were a few obstacles he needed to overcome. He couldn't swim, he was thin, and he didn't have the academic scores the elite special operations unit required.
He overcame and with a lot of work, his perseverance paid off.
His is an inspiring story of true personal transformation.
At every turn, including throughout his naval career, Adeleke found a way to overcome the odds, even when it didn’t make sense.
RESOURCES:
- Pick up Remi's new book TRANSFORMED
- Follow Remi on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm the co-founder of Positive You. And on today's episode, John talks with Remy Adeleke |
| 0:11.0 | about his fascinating journey from African royalty to troubled teen, Bronx |
| 0:15.5 | Hustler, and eventually becoming a Navy SEAL. |
| 0:19.1 | It's a powerful story of personal transformation, perseverance, and overcoming the odds. |
| 0:24.0 | And regardless of where you are in your life, I know you're going to benefit from the lessons that Remy |
| 0:28.0 | shares here. |
| 0:29.0 | But before we join their conversation, I want to tell you about the Power of Positive Leadership Certified trainer program. |
| 0:35.7 | If you're interested in bringing John's proven power of positive leadership model, |
| 0:40.3 | principles and practices to others, this certification will provide you everything you need. |
| 0:45.2 | To become a certified power of positive leadership trainer by attending an upcoming training, |
| 0:50.3 | you can get all that information at John Gordon. |
| 0:52.9 | com forward slash leader. |
| 0:54.8 | That's J-O-N-G-D-D-O-D-M-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-T-T-E-T-T-E-T-T-E-Til... Hey, I'm John Gordon with positive you, and today my guest is Remy Adeleke. |
| 1:05.0 | Did I say that right, Remy? |
| 1:07.0 | Yes, sir, I say Adeleke, good enough. |
| 1:10.0 | And Remy is a former Navy SEAL. |
| 1:13.0 | He's also an actor. |
| 1:15.0 | And he's the author of a new book that just |
| 1:17.4 | recently came out called Transformed. |
| 1:20.3 | Let me talk about transformed. Yeah, transform is my journey story. |
| 1:24.0 | For years I've had people who've heard my story going from Africa to the Bronx selling drugs in the Bronx |
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