Welcome to the Professional Troublemaker Podcast.

This is a place where we help you cultivate the courage, authenticity, and audacity you

need to use your voice, take up space, and live a life that is so bold even your wildest

dreams say goals.

I'm your host, Levin Jaijone, New York Times best-selling author, sought after speaker,

and sad eyesors, bringing you thought-provoking conversations with amazing people who have

taken action, done scary things, and rocked the boats to an audacious life.

Like the late great John Lewis said, these are the kind of people who are never ever afraid

to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

Before we jump into today's interview, know that this podcast is named after my second

New York Times best-selling book, Professional Troublemaker, The Fear Fighter Manual, which

is available now wherever you get your books. With this book and with everything that I

do, I am on a mission to help a million people live audaciously.

To do that, they must fight their fear.

So think of it, a million people who are out there standing on the edge of something great

and need that little push of encouragement, that push to be the domino to say the hard

thing, to have the hard conversation.

A million people kick in their fears to the curb and step into the life that they've been

dreaming of. A million people asking for a raise. A million people, starting a fierce

job that they're not sure they're ready for. A million people doing something that feels

so big that their wildest dreams say goals. My goodness.

That is what writing this book has done for me, what it's already done for those who

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