Walk Your Own Path To Leadership with Shamin Mohamed Jr
Bart welcomes Shamin Mohamed Jr, founder of LetsStopAIDS and co-founder of Deciem to the podcast. Drawing on his unique journey Shamin shares perspectives on how to be inspired in your own career and life, and how to avoid being bound by stereotypes of career success that hem in so many of us. He also explains how important communication has been in his advocacy work and provides some tips to improve your ability to inspire.
00:53 - Introducing Shamin
01:37 - Activism at 15
02:35 - Starting LetsStopAids
04:43 - Bart talks about how unique Shamin's career path is
05:14 - What does "inspiration" mean to Shaman
07:07 - LetsStopAIDS organization
08:39 - What keeps you inspired?
10:18 - Advice on keeping up inspirational tank
11:09 - Who has inspired you to keep going?
13:27 - Deciem journey
14:29 - Corruption in the beauty industry
15:33 - Brandon
16:42 - Thinking disruptively
19:42 - Advice about clarity of purpose
21:07 - Leaders who inspire you?
22:18 - More about Brandon
22:43 - Care and openness - and integrity
23:57 - Leaders in global advocacy
25:39 - Asking for advice
27:02 - Storytelling
29:39 - Telling stories is a full-bodied experience
30:34 - Thank yous
30:45 - Outro
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