Podcasts about brave young heroes

In this episode, Eric speaks with Bolaji Oyejide, VP of Marketing at TestBox, a free self-serve platform that helps users test and compare multiple customer support software solutions and find the best one for their specific team. Bolaji has held many demand gen roles throughout his career, including serving as Director of Demand Gen at both MetaData and at Bevy. During this fun, fast-paced chat, Eric and Bolaji talk about how branding is often defined as “anything that can't be measured” - and why Bolaj thinks that's a false narrative. He also discusses founding Oh Happy Day Marketing, and how his passion for comic books ultimately led to his own career today. Don't miss it! About Eric Stockton, VP of Demand Gen at SharpSpring:With expertise in the areas of internet marketing, eCommerce, lead gen, publishing, and online media, Eric has directly led $3MM+ ad budgets and $70M+ top-line sales organizations.Connect with Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericstockton     About Bolaji Oyejide, VP of Marketing at TestBox Bolaji's 20-year career has allowed him to hone Classical Branding at Procter & Gamble, Software Branding at IBM, SaaS Marketing at Red Hat, Data-Driven Demand Gen at Metadata, and Human Storytelling at Brave Young Heroes. Now at TestBox, he helps companies take the pain out of the search for the right software, providing instant access to live products they can play with side-by-side. No more slides, sales pitches, demos, or unfulfilled promises.Connect with Bolaji: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bolaji/ For more information & to connect with us:Visit our website: www.sharpspring.comHave a question? Reach us at https://sharpspring.com/contact-us/Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sharpspringWatch video versions of our podcast on YouTube or in the “Resources” section at https://www.sharpspring.com.Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/c/Sharpspring

Brave Young Heroes- Author Interview-Kids Are Heroes Too! Bolaji Oyejide has wriiten over 50 books for children and young adults in his "Brave Young Heroes" series- giving us stories that help young people face big challenges by letting them know that there is a superhero in all of us. In this interview Bolaji discusses his inspiration and some of his characters- from Kid Creative, an orphan dealing with life in Detroit, to the Titan, a young girl who, despite serious challenges with her weight, attacks life with a positive spirit and learns to help others. Amazon Link to his stories:  https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Bolaji+O&search-alias=books&field-author=Bolaji+O&sort=relevancerank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bolaji Oyejide joins me on the Learning on Fire podcast and explores the most important learning and educational moments that shaped his life. Our guest – Bolaji Oyejide (https://www.educationonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bolaji-sitting-smiling1-e1507924673190.jpg)               Bolaji O is the creator of Brave Young Heroes – a series of 50 superhero books featuring diverse kids who find their inner strength. Despite differences like anxiety, autism, dyslexia, obesity, shyness, OCD, and more. As Doctor Hero, Bolaji helps kids to write themselves into a heroic story. He founded Superhero Academy: A reality role-playing adventure game that helps kids master character development by putting them right in the middle of an epic struggle for the future of childhood. He also invented I, S.U.P.E.R. – a proprietary method for creating a confident, bully proof, growth mindset in children. Bolaji has been featured on ABC, TEDx, the News & Observer, and school counselor conferences across the country. Questions asked on the Learning on Fire Podcast Interview 1. Who are you? 2. What does your life look like now and how is it different from when you were growing up? 3. What was valuable about your school experience? 4. Which teachers do you remember and why? 5. Who did you admire when you were young? 6. What was it about that person that had such an impact? 7. What was the best piece of advice you have ever been given and who gave it to you? 8. What advice would you give your younger self? 9. What does your future look like? 10. What podcast, book, video, film, song or other resource has had the biggest impact on your life and why? Resources mentioned (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia) Contact information (https://www.educationonfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Brave-Young-Heroes-Logo.jpg)           http://www.BraveYoungHeroes.com (http://www.BraveYoungHeroes.com) http://www.Facebook.com/BraveYoungHeroes  (http://www.Facebook.com/BraveYoungHeroes) http://www.Instagram.com/BraveYoungHeroes (http://www.Instagram.com/BraveYoungHeroes)   Show Sponsor (https://nape.org.uk) Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.  

Brave Young Heroes- Author Interview-Kids Are Heroes Too!  Bolaji Oyejide has wriiten over 50 books for children and young adults in his "Brave Young Heroes" series- giving us stories that help young people face big challenges by letting them know that there is a superhero in all of us.  In this interview Bolaji discusses his inspiration and some of his characters- from Kid Creative, an orphan dealing with life in Detroit, to the Titan, a young girl who, despite serious challenges with her weight, attacks life with a positive spirit and learns to help others. Amazon Link to his stories:   https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Bolaji+O&search-alias=books&field-author=Bolaji+O&sort=relevancerank

BOLAJI O (DOCTOR HERO) is a superhero movie producer and the bestselling author of the 50-book Brave Young Heroes series.  His goal is to give every kid who’s ever felt like an underdog, a superhero that is just like them. Bolaji uses story to teach children how to overcome adversity, and change the world. This is another longer episode, but SO worth it!  I had such a great conversation with Bolaji!  He's such an amazing person, and it was so easy to talk about this topic with him.  There are so many great gems in this episode! Bolaji and I start our conversation talking about how he got started on his journey as an entrepreneur.  I loved this part of our conversation because this is something I have been learning about myself, especially after my conversation with MJ DeMarco, the entrepreneur and author.  He talks about the hero's journey, just like I talked about with Kathy Mellor in more detail, and how he was reluctant to answer the call to do something different than the status quo at first.  He told of the inspiration for starting his journey and changing the course of his life. Then, Bolaji talks about the inspiration for why he writes about super heroes to help kids cope with the trials of their lives.   There is a subtle difference between super villains and super heroes.  We can all raise our kids to be super, but are we also guiding them to be heroes?  Bolaji talks about what distinguishes heroes from villains.  The difference comes from how the heroes and villains react to trauma, and whether they have the virtues Bolaji lists as qualities of a hero in his latest book (below). Gem: "Are we preparing the path for our children or are we preparing our children for the path?" We talked in detail about his new book I, S.U.P.E.R.: How to Raise a Superhero; and what each letter in the acronym stands for: I - Identity S - Super Powers U - Unlimited Gratitude P - Purpose E - Empathy R - Resilience You will have to listen to find out how each of these apply to the hero's journey, and how they distinguish heroes from villains.  We can incorporate each of these traits into our family culture through our values, our conversations, in the way we instruct and discipline.  We are guiding our children to be heroes, not just to be super.  Make super hero training a part of your family culture by supporting the hero in each of our kids. Find Bolaji at http://BraveYoungHeroes.com (Brave Young Heroes) and Facebook Twitter Instagram Join the Family Success Toolkit Free Membership http://homeandfamilyculture.com

Young Bolaji O was a shy child in Nigeria when he fell in love with Spider-Man comic books and the hopeful power of storytelling. Fast forward to him having children of his own. In addition to reading them books, he also made up stories for them. His wife was always encouraging him to write them down, and after being laid off from his job, he began to do so. Bolaji O is the founder of Brave Little Heroes Media, a publisher of children's books and mobile games. He specializes in writing humorous and uplifting stories for brave little heroes. We talked a lot about the familiar topic of needing books to serve as both mirrors and windows. He tries to make sure that every one of his superheroes and books keeps this need in mind, especially when he sets a story in a country that he might not personally know a lot about. He always tries to include lessons that kids can take away beyond his story. I promised on the podcast that I’d share a link here to my friend’s movie Lemonade that shares stories of people finding inspiration after being laid off. You can also watch the full Lemonade: Detroit online if you wish. Chatting with Bolaji O is an injection of positive energy! Swing by Brave Young Heroes to learn more about him, his over fifty positive kid superhero books, and his special school visits.