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In today’s episode, Monti Washington discusses what it really takes to overcome adversity and find success, despite a tough upbringing. He personally found his way out of negative situations and now is on a mission to share what he has learned through his experiences. When you believe in YOU, anything is possible. Monti teaches us how to take that one step forward to a better life and set achievable goals. If you connect with his story, you can even learn more with his book, From The Streets To The Stage: 20 Ways Make It From The Streets Of Your Fears To The Stage Of Your Dreams.

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Monti is a motivational speaker, author, actor and an award winning poet. Known as “America’s Adversity Coach”, because of his ability to show students how to turn any adversity into real life success, Monti has positively impacted the lives of thousands of students nationwide. He strives to provide students with learning experiences that can truly help in real life situations. In his own life, Monti overcame adversity and obtained two college degrees, become a state basketball champion, award winning poet and much more.

Key Topics

Greater Than Your Story

• Monti had a rough background – his mother was a crack addict, he never met his father, he bounced around in foster homes where he was physically and mentally abused, slept in parks for months and more.
• Growing up, he was told that he was stupid and started to believe the negative names he was called.
• He even tried to commit suicide twice.
• In his last foster home, he finally found a positive male role model and started his journey to healing.
• He went from being in special ed classes to being on the honor roll every year in high school.
• He worked hard, graduated, went on to college where he graduated with two degrees and then wrote his book.

You Are The Shit!

• To move forward in life, we have to stop saying things like “try” and “wish” – you have to do something about it and do more to get more.
• While in therapy, Monti’s therapist helped him see that we can’t change what has happened to us, but we can change our perspective.
• With that mentality, he developed the I’m the Shit Activity. Before speaking, he does a I’m the shit activity.
• You have to find the confidence within yourself and BELIEVE that what you are doing is the shit.
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