There are some stories out there that we hear that reminds us how much a person can change when they make the decision to change.

My guest today is Doug Bops, a former felon turned award-winning author, speaker, and transformation coach.

He's also the host of the Adversity Advantage podcast where he's interviewed some of the world's top thinkers and leaders.

Doug's story didn't start from success.

It started in a place where most people wouldn't even come back from.

And that moment became the start of a completely different story.

In this conversation, we talk about taking ownership, rebuilding confidence, and what it

really takes to create lasting transformation,

the kind that starts within and changes everything around you.

Let's jump in.

Your whole brand, the podcast, and potentially the book, is going to be titled Adversity Advantage. So

tell us what that means to you. You know, growing up, I used adversity to my complete disadvantage.

And as a result of that, I wound up in car straighter on felony drug charges. I became a drug

addict. I'm at 21 jobs at the time I was 21. Broken relationships, like the whole nine yards.

And so the adversity advantage, you know, the brand has become almost a playbook of what not to do.

And from the show, from interviewing people on not only how people have

turned hard times into good times, but also like bringing on experts like yourself to talk about

some of these hard themes, relationships, communication, wellness. And that types of things to be

able to like help them navigate like those without messing

their life up more because I did that as a kid I messed my life up with drugs selling drugs

and these those bad habits compounded which eventually like led to me you know being incarcerated

which oddly enough is where I finally

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