Sean Whalen - A Lion Among Men | Essential 11 Ep. 89

When we were establishing Acton Academy Placer, we actually had our founding students choose our mascot. Groups of students created and gave a pitch for their idea and then everyone voted. Lions won. We refer to all of the young heroes at Acton as Lions to reaffirm in their minds that they are independent thinkers, learners, and doers that are courageously leading their own journeys. Someone who whole-heartedly embodies those qualities is our guest on today's podcast.

Sean Whalen is a father, entrepreneur, public speaker, podcaster, business coach, and the founder of LIONS NOT SHEEP. Sean's viral social media posts have been engaged with over 600,000,000 times, and he speaks at business and marketing events with the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, sharing his story of success, divorce, suicide, and how telling the truth both personally and in business not only saved his life but gave him the opportunity to build a globally recognized company.

While we get into the Essential 11 questions, our conversation gets into the importance of focusing on what you can control- the present. Anything beyond this present moment, specifically the past, is not worth your time or energy. But using the opportunity that you have in the present to make for a better future for yourself is not only beneficial, it is your obligation. And the best part is that you get to define what a better future for yourself looks like- it doesn't have to be what society says it should be. We also get into how young people can take advantage of knowing what they want to do, and how to discover what that may even be if they don't know right now. It's all about experience and self-awareness.

More places you can find Sean:

Instagram - @seanwhalen | @lionsnotsheep

Website - https://seanwhalen.com/

Book - How to Make Sh*t Happen

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Matt Beaudreau is a career educator and the founder and CEO of Acton Academy Placer, an alternative method of education that utilizes the Socratic method, focuses on the individual, and cultivates confident, independent young people with a strong sense of character and personal responsibility.

➤ Learn more about Acton Placer: https://www.actonplacer.com/

Matt Beaudreau is also a Certified Generational Keynote Speaker. His speaking clients range from Purina, Lockheed Martin, and American Eagle to Cedars-Sinai and the United States Air Force. A TEDx speaker and named corporate trainer of the year at Stanford University, Matt has spoken to well over 100,000 people across the United States and Mexico.

Pulling from his experience in the Acton model and teaming up with Sheepdog Response, founded by Tim Kennedy, now he has gone on to co-found Apogee. Apogee is an educational program designed for young men between the ages of 13 and 18 to take on challenges presented by the men who have come before them, in order to learn to lead. It is a right of passage through mentorship, action, and self-discovery so that the young men can become true leaders. Enrollment begins next month (October).

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