Turn Your Mess Into Your Message, Feat. Yahya Bakkar, with Joel Marion – BTI 45

Born to Impact

Joel Marion

Born, Career, Podcast, Relationships, Self-help, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity, Impact, Bestsellingauthor, Family, Serialentrepreneur

4.8 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for an amazing conversation with Yahya Bakkar.

Yahya is a global keynote speaker, speaking coach, and online business consultant who has spoken on more than 500 stages across the world including Harvard, Yale, and TEDx.

Additionally, Yahya’s story has been featured all throughout the media including Success Magazine, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Inc.

We discuss:

-How to turn your mess into your message

-Growing up in a Muslim household

-Yahya’s Father disowning him

-Yahya meeting his Mother for the first time at age 25

-How emotional healing is an ongoing process

-Why you don’t need to be perfect to get started as an entrepreneur

And so much more.

Yahya’ story will inspire you, encourage you, and pull you even closer to living the life you were born to live ... don't miss it.

Even more, be sure to subscribe to the Born to Impact podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!

After listening, connect with Yahya on Instagram @YahyaBakkar and create a movement around your message by visiting www.WorldClassSpeaker.com/BluePrint

Transcript

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0:00.0	You don't have to be perfect to get started.
0:02.0	You don't have to be ready to get started.
0:03.9	It's not about ready, aim, fire.
0:06.0	It's about fire, aim, and then eventually you'll get ready over time.
0:09.1	And what will make you world class is being so committed to your craft
0:13.1	that you eventually end up becoming amongst the best.
0:16.6	And it takes small wins to get to bigger wins.
0:18.4	But the bigger ones become easier once you get to smaller wins.
0:20.9	Right? So you start somewhere next to you,
0:23.2	you know, you got another gig for 600 bucks.
0:25.3	Next to you, you know, you're calling people and say,
0:27.0	hey, yeah, my name's, yeah, yeah, I've been on TEDx,
0:29.1	spoke to Harvard and Yale.
0:30.3	And the people want that right now,
0:32.8	people want that right now before they get started.
0:34.5	They think, oh, well, if I get this degree,
0:36.0	or if I get this credential, then I'll be ready.
0:38.4	And what I'm saying is if I did it and I didn't have any,
0:41.2	like, I was a college dropout, right?
0:43.2	Like, I didn't have any.
0:44.1	And I never spoke my first speech.
0:46.2	I got paid to practice.
	...

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