Shane Robitaille | The Power of Hope in the Face of Adversity
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
From becoming homeless at just 14, to being emancipated at 15 and getting his first apartment at 16, Shane's life has been steeped in adversity. Despite this, Shane has accomplished incredible things. As a long-time listener of the show, he joins us to share his incredible story of hope in the face adversity.
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Shane is the author of Rockit Crew: The Adventures of Teenage Hip-Hop Misfits, available now!
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| 0:00.0 | So one day I got home from work at night and everything I owned was in a cardboard box. |
| 0:06.2 | And it would turn into an end table for whatever bedroom I had. I would flip it upside down and I would put my alarm clock in a little |
| 0:14.2 | lamp my little boom box of tapes or books on it or whatever well that box was in the |
| 0:19.9 | front yard when I got home with all my stuff in it. So I hit it in the woods and you know I had only been in town for a few months. I only knew one person. This is pre-Sell- days and I went to his house, his name was Mark. I threw some pebbles at his bedroom |
| 0:39.2 | window on the second floor hoping the heck that he was home. |
| 0:42.8 | Said, hey man, can I crash here? |
| 0:45.6 | Just for the night, I gotta figure things out tomorrow. |
| 0:47.7 | And he asked his parents and they said yes. |
| 0:50.1 | And tomorrow turned into a week and a week turned into a week turned into a couple weeks. |
| 0:55.0 | They ultimately offered a room to me for rent. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Sreeney Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window into the stories |
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| 1:12.4 | written best-selling books, and created insanely interested. started movements, built thriving businesses, |
| 1:12.5 | written best selling books, and created insanely interesting art. |
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| 1:45.2 | Shane, welcome to the Unmistakable Creative. |
| 1:50.4 | Thanks so much for taking the time to join us. |
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