Mick Unplugged - Gary Linnen: Unlocking the Power of Peer Leaders

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Starting point is 00:01:00 In the 80s, one of the most memorable lines of a Whitney Houston song said, I believe the children are a future. Well, today's guest took that literally and is impacting the lives of so many youths. We're going to talk to Gary Lennon about peer forward, the nonprofit he created, that's helping young kids get into college, but not how you think. This episode, we're going to talk about why your peers are more influential than your parents. We're going to talk about the fundamentals that all kids need to know about college, and we're going to go deep into what peer forward is doing and the mission that Gary Lennon is fulfilling.

Starting point is 00:01:38 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mr. Gary Lennon. Gary, how you doing today, brother? Good. I'm good. I'm good. How are you? Dude, I am great now that I'm talking to you. Gary, you know, when I was growing up, there was a song in the first line. said, I believe the children are our future, right? I think you heard that song, too. But Gary, you're one of the few people that took action as actually doing something, man.

Starting point is 00:02:02 So I wanted to applaud you for doing the action because a lot of times we talk. And a lot of times, you know, we'll support, we'll donate, we'll do some things. But as you know, it takes a lot more than just pats on the backs to do the things that you're doing. So I applaud you about it. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, you hit on the nose, right? It said a lot of people do a great job of talking.

Starting point is 00:02:24 The question is, can you walk? You know, are you willing to do? And I'm just, you know, I'm humble and just grateful that I get the chance to be around just like some phenomenal, phenomenal folks that, you know, people just tend to overlook. No, totally agree, man. And I want to start by asking you the question of when did you know that that was something that you were supposed to do? You know, great question. You know, I'll start with, so an interesting journey. journey to me getting here, right?

Starting point is 00:02:53 And so I'm from Spanish Harlem, grew up, you know, I'm of a certain age. But, you know, I grew up during the cracking AIDS epidemic, if you will, right? And so as an individual growing up on welfare, low income, like college was never at the goal. It was about let's just get out of high school, right? And if you could do that, you've accomplished, you know, a lot. But, you know, interesting enough, I was always in an Italian. wanted and gifted program. So the Oliver program found me in junior high school. And it was like, hey, you're smart. So are some of your friends. I remember getting called in office. And I was like,

Starting point is 00:03:32 why? Am I in trouble? They were like, no, you're actually smart. I was like, oh, forgot that part, right? So got chosen and they gave me an option. And an option was to either go to a private board in school or a private day school. And in New York City during that time, like that wasn't really something that we've ever thought about. I was like an independent school. Sure. But I knew that I needed to leave. And so I chose a boarding school. And against my mother's wishes, against the family wishes, they was like, what do you mean?

Starting point is 00:04:00 You're going away. But I knew that during that time, like, I needed to get out. Because if I didn't get out, I wasn't going to get anywhere. And so that was my way of like, yes, you know, finally there's an opportunity. So I go to a private boarding school, Westtown school. Shout out to them outside of Philadelphia. And if you could imagine, it's a private Quaker school. So coming from the city and going to a Quaker school, I'm like, okay, turn to the light.

Starting point is 00:04:25 I was like, oh, my goodness, what are you talking about? But that changed my entire life because it gave me the opportunity then to go to Cornell, which was never on my list, right? I was able to meet lifelong friends that I still talked to today. And throughout that journey, what I learned is that there were individuals in my community that were just as smart as me. If not smarter, and for some reason, every time I came home, they were still on the corner. They were still on the block. They weren't doing anything. And I'm like, hold on, I'm giving a chance.

Starting point is 00:05:00 Why not them? And that for me, like, internally bothered me. Because, you know, I look at my sister. I have three sisters. And I look at how they struggled. And I'm like, but I got out. And I just don't like that notion of you get out and you don't give back. And so that's how I got into this work.

Starting point is 00:05:18 You know, I graduated from Cornell, went into it. to PR for a little bit, didn't like that. I used to work, because it was about, for me, it was inauthentic to me. It was business to business and PR for technology companies. And then I started working with the Princeton Review. And as you could imagine, like, that's helping, you know, the elite to be able to, you know, helping everyone to be able to get into college. But it wasn't fulfilling for me.

Starting point is 00:05:48 And lo and behold, this position opens up, you know, during that time we were known as College Summit. And I just happened to be searching. And it was like, hey, you know, we're starting the New York office and we will love to, you know, we're building a team. And it was in that moment, I was like, I got to try this out. Like, this pretentiousness or not even pretentious, I mean, it's a viable career. But, you know, people paying $20,000 for a tutor. And it was not, you know, filling my cup. It wasn't giving me joy.

Starting point is 00:06:13 Yeah. The moment I came over to college summit and I went to the first workshop, I was like, this is a dog. going to call. Like, I got to go. Because everyone was hugging each other. And I wasn't used to that. Like, don't touch me. But they were hugging each other because they knew, we knew that we were doing the heart's work.

Starting point is 00:06:32 And that for me is what, you know, what was fulfilling and why I've been here now 18 years. I love it. So that's the journey of how you got there and why you started it. Now I'm going to ask you the question I usually ask all my guess. What's your because? What's that thing that's deeper than your

Starting point is 00:06:48 why? Like, why do you continue to do what you do? What's that purpose for you? What's your because? In the years of when we started the New York office, like the organization was founded beforehand by our three co-founders, but I took over afterwards. There are two gentlemen, Michael Ferone and Adon Penny that I met while in New York. My because is because the relationships I built with them and the brotherhood that I built. I was like, hold on, you can actually have a brotherhood with folks and they don't look at you any differently. And for them to say, you are like a father figure to me like that, I could not measure

Starting point is 00:07:27 because I didn't have kids during that time. And so I do it because individuals need somebody that looks like me, that talks like me, to be in their corner when they are at the lowest point to be able to say you can actually do that. So that's my because it's fulfilling every day to have. And I'm looking at one's a lawyer. The other one works for, you know, one of the big. form. And I'm like, wow, I think I kind of did something with that.

Starting point is 00:07:52 Yeah. That's awesome, man. That is so awesome. So for the viewers and listeners, now let's talk about peer forward. Like, talk about what it is that you all do. Yeah, thank you. So peer forward formerly known as College Summit started in 1996, a little bit before then, from our predecessor here in D.C. And what we learned is that we were actually just helping people with their college applications at first. They were bright young folks at a community center and it was like, hey, you should go to college. I went to college. You should go. And what we found is they all applied to college and they all went. It was like, this is cool. Let's run a workshop. And the workshop was focused on helping them with their essays, helping them get together a college list, you know, from like some very

Starting point is 00:08:41 reputable individuals to support them that they never had access to. But then also tapping into their why. Like, why should you show up? Why is it important for you to know that you're worthy? And so those are the three elements. I can help you with the transactional stuff, but I need you to believe in yourself as well. And that edifice, when we started started like running like wildfire. What we found is that while we were helping those students, they were going back and helping their friends. It was like, hmm, that wasn't our intention. Our attention was to help you. But everything that they learned, they went back and told somebody else. And then we got into this idea like, hold on, friends helping friends.

Starting point is 00:09:23 That's interesting. It happens all the time. How can we actually put that in a bottle and expand it? Because what we do know is that a 17-year-old is more inclined to listen to another 17-old. Any of us that have kids, family members, young folks, you can talk to your blue in the face. But the moment their friend validates it, it's going. Yeah. And so we was like, why not take that?

Starting point is 00:09:45 because that's what we're considering positive peer pressure. Leverage that to make them, you know, do positive choices. You know, so that it's not just the adult saying, go to school. It's a friend saying, I'm going, so that means you're going with me.

Starting point is 00:09:59 Let's go. And that was the birth of College Summit now peer forward. You know, we've been around being able to impact close to 700,000 students since our reception. We are, you know, in 12 states and in Bermuda.

Starting point is 00:10:14 So just excited to be able to have that international threshold. But in the states alone, you know, New York, Philly, the DMV area, Florida, California, Texas, Detroit, Colorado, Hawaii, all the different areas where we know that every single child that we have been able to support, they want to help their friends. They want to be able to succeed. And the way the end of which that we do that is by tapping into the power of peer pressure, positive. fear pressure to be able to support folks. I love that, brother. And one of the things that you do is you match the students with, what, three programs, three schools, three universities, at least three? Yeah, so they get a list of 10, but they're required to apply to at least three. And the reason why is because research shows that if you have more options, as we know,

Starting point is 00:11:06 you're more inclined to go. We are also, they're required to fill out their financial aid forms early, you'll be surprised, particularly for students in low-income communities, they are typically the last one to fill out their financial aid forms when they're the individuals that should be first in nine, not last in line. And so we were very intention about getting them to do their stuff early so they can maximize the benefits of going to college. The third piece that they're required to do is about connecting academics to college and career, right? And so we also acknowledge that as a ninth grader, you may not know what you want to do. But having a 12th grader, you know, say, hey, you know, if you were, you know, 10 years from now, if I saw you, what would you be doing?

Starting point is 00:11:48 If they said, I want to, you know, be a detective. You're like, great, no problem. Or I want to be a doctor. Fine. But the 12th grader is telling them, if you want to be a doctor, you may want to come to class. Like, how about you get out the hallway in order to be? The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox is an eight-episode Hulu original limited series that blends gripping pacing with emotional complexity, offering a dramatized look as it revisits the wrongful conviction of Amanda Knox for the tragic murder of Meredith Kircher and the relentless media storm that followed. The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox is now streaming only on Disney Plus.

Starting point is 00:12:30 The white chocolate macadamia cream coldberg from Starbucks, is made just the way you like it. Handcrafted cold foam topped with toasted cookie crumble. It's a sweet summer twist on iced coffee. Your cold brew is ready at Starbucks. And it's not the guidance counselor saying it. The guidance sounds always going to say it,

Starting point is 00:12:49 but it's coming from a friend, which makes it relevant to them. And that is by far been the most remarkable way of being able to increase college-going culture in our school systems. And I love that. And here's why I love it. So, you know, back in the, I'll say my decade, back in the 90s when I graduate at high school.

Starting point is 00:13:10 Yes. I knew I was going to the University of North Carolina because I was a tar hill, right? Like Carolina Blue was my favorite color. Michael Jordan went there. Right. I didn't necessarily know what programs they had. I didn't know what schools they had within there. I just knew that I was going there.

Starting point is 00:13:27 So I applied, got scholarship. I'm there. Luckily, what I enjoyed they had. But I didn't know that. that, right? Like, in the 90s and the decades before that, there wasn't the internet where you could literally go see and do matching. You didn't really go visit schools. Like, you didn't have folks from schools coming out the career center unless it was a local school, right? Like, so I grew up in South Carolina. The University of North Carolina wasn't coming to my high school to tell me about the University of North Carolina. So I applaud the fact that, yeah, the kids can look online, but like you're actually helping provide. that research as well, too, which I think is the most critical to make sure that the school aligns with you, it's never going to be perfect. But you have better capability of finding that alignment now than you've ever had. And that's why, you know, the type of student that we,

Starting point is 00:14:20 they're called peer leaders, both in the high school and the college space. The type of student that we look for is the most influential student in the building. And the reason why is because people, when they walk, people watch them. When they talk, people listen. It could be the class clown. It could be the person that's cutting class. It can, you know, it's that mid-tier student because that allows there to be a belief system for other folks in that school to say, if Johnny can do it, and I know Johnny been playing around all day, then I can as well. But the cool thing is that Johnny's sharing information and it's right to your point. It's about fit, right?

Starting point is 00:14:59 It's not just about, hey, I'm a student. I need to go to college. I'm just going to apply to the school up the street. They're asking the questions like, what do you like? You know, and what don't you like? Do you want to stay on campus? Do you don't? You know, do you know how to do your own laundry or don't you?

Starting point is 00:15:16 You know, do you have, you know, requirements or, like, commitments within your family that won't allow you to leave? Because what we found is, you know, we had a lot of students going into college, but they were not graduating for a college because it wasn't the right fit. No one asked them the right questions. They just, you know, went ahead and said, I'll apply to the school, but there was no, no yearning to want to stay. And that's why we started up here for an college program.

Starting point is 00:15:41 So historically, we've been on the high school side, but our folks were coming back to us and say, hey, whatever you did for me in high school, I need, my friends need help in college because they're leaving at large rates. Can we do something? That came from our alumni. It wasn't even us. We didn't think about it in that space. So our alumni came back and then we created a college component so that it's the same

Starting point is 00:16:02 model, friends helping friends. to be able to stay in college, minimize the amount of debt, and get a degree that's viable for the economic future. Gary, you're the perfect person to have this conversation with. I want to talk to the viewers and listeners about something that I'm noticing because my oldest son coaches football, right? And the last three years, he's been at the college level.

Starting point is 00:16:29 And every day during enrollment for the football team, He calls me and he's like, Dad, it happened again. Dad, it happened again. Gary, here's what's going on. Children, kids, youth that are going to college day one, they don't understand the things that they need to survive, like having their ID and what their ID numbers are. Their Social Security numbers.

Starting point is 00:16:53 Their mother's maiden name. Like, I'm going to say this. Things that I took for granted, right? Things that, you know, I talked to my kids about. it didn't have to be a long conversation. It was just, hey, these things you've got to make sure you know how to do. Little things like that. Forget laundry, right?

Starting point is 00:17:10 Forget financial literacy, all that. We're going to talk about that too. But just the basics of you got to know some things. And day one, you're going to need to know those things. Like, literally, my son Jay is listening to this right now. He will tell you how many times someone will drive or fly in out of state and literally have to go back because they can't register. They can't get their dorm room because they don't know how important it is to bring an ID.

Starting point is 00:17:40 They don't understand, you know, how to fill out an application. Like, talk to us, talk to the viewers and listeners, to the parents, to the students about just the fundamentals that you've got to have to survive. You know, it's funny you mentioned. I'll tell you this quick story that it's a generational thing. I don't get it. My nephew just applied to college, which was great, but he used my email and my number. So I'm getting all these calls from colleges as if I went, I was like, what do you mean?

Starting point is 00:18:12 Like the rudimentary, the basics, like use your number. Use your ID. My name is not Nazia. Why are they calling me looking for you? Right. And I think that's the challenge that we're seeing across the board, particularly with just, you know, young folks about understanding the basic needs. And that's where it's, it's important for us as an organization, school systems,

Starting point is 00:18:37 and friends to have that type of checklist, like, hey, in order for you to go to college, here's the five things you need to understand, right? And it's back to understanding, you know, what are the different academic offices that are there? What are the personal information that you need to make sure that you have? What are the emergency contact information that you need to have? Because you get in there and, you know, what happens if you, you know, stomp your toe or whatever the case may be, they just don't know.

Starting point is 00:19:03 And it's sad, but we're seeing that across the country. And so I think as parents, whether you went to college and or not, we understand that there's basic things that our individuals, our young folks need to have. And we have an opportunity to make sure they have them, regardless if they go to college or not. It's like when you're turning at age of 17 and 18, you need to know your social security number.

Starting point is 00:19:24 So how do we educate folks to like, hey, these are the five, things as you go into adulthood that everybody, you know, should have. And unfortunately, in the age of the internet, uh, information goes too quick and it's not landing well with our young folks. Yeah. You just brought up something to about email and my youngest son who's in grad school at the University of Miami only has an email account because he needed one for the University of Miami, right? But I'm starting to see colleges now on application. and I'd love to get your viewpoint of this, they're asking more about what's your preferred social handle

Starting point is 00:20:03 so that they can communicate with you that way. And at first I was like, why our college is doing that? But then I realized I'm just getting older and I'm turning into that stubborn old grandparent, right? There's like, you can't be doing that. But I was like, okay, I guess it does make sense because this generation, I mean,

Starting point is 00:20:21 I have team members, employees that, yeah, they're going to check social before they check an email. Like, talk us through what you're saying, seeing that type of shift in colleges and universities? We are, like I graduated in 1996 from high school, and it's the same. Emails, not see, oh, there we go. Email is important to us. It's a generational thing that we're finding.

Starting point is 00:20:43 And so social media is always going to be what we've learned the easiest way to get to them because it's the way in which that they communicate. We try our best to say get on email, get on email, but the reality is that we have to pay attention to the market. And that means looking at social media and using that, like you have to diversify the way, and we're doing this, diversify the way in which that you're communicating with folks, but that is, it's not going anywhere.

Starting point is 00:21:12 Secondly, though, the challenge with that is that our young folks use social media for both public and private use. And so how do we educate folks to say, you know, colleges want your handle. Why? Because they're looking at like, what type of person are you? And if you, you know, if you have an account that, you know, can have individuals question the type of person that you are, then that's probably not the best handle that you want to use because it's another way of screening folks. That's just the reality of where they are. And I think our young folks don't know that. They're like, oh, yeah, follow me on some random name. That's one. Secondly, we're trying to educate them on the names that you use. Because, you know, it can't be, you know, sexy something, you know, and you're giving that to, you know,

Starting point is 00:22:02 an admissions officer. So part of our education is like, great, if they're going to ask if I handle, make sure it's a formal one where you're not posting, you know, what you're doing, you know, at the dark. Absolutely. And remember, things you did two and three years ago

Starting point is 00:22:18 are still there. So you should probably do some type of audit on your social media as well, too. Yes. You know, that It's funny. I had a changed mine years ago. I was sitting on a board. And I had my handle from college my entire life. And, you know, the moment you become a public figure, they're like, hey, remember what you did at Cornell in 1999? I was like, whoa. Yeah, let me go ahead and get a new handle. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So, Gary, man, what are some of the metrics or KPIs that you as the CEO look at? to determine the success or the areas that we need to improve with peer forward? Yeah, so I'm breaking up into two sides.

Starting point is 00:23:05 So for the high school side, the major KPI is like, am I getting individuals into college? And so we're looking at college enrollment data. And what we're finding is that for our peer leaders, the individuals that go directly through our program, there's a large 10% increase. So 60% of them are actually enrolling in college. versus 50%, which is the national average. And so we're outpacing the national average, but there's still work to be done in that.

Starting point is 00:23:33 So that's one major KPI. The second one that we're looking at, particularly for participants, is around fast-vote completion. And so we know that you can apply to all your schools, but if you don't have money to be able to get in and sustain it, then you're not going to go. And so what we found is that schools that partner with us,

Starting point is 00:23:52 they have a 26% higher fast-for completion rate, versus others, which unlocks about $100 million more in financial aid for students and or school partners with us on that side. So those are the two main ones that we look at, enrollment data as well as financial aid completion, if you will. On the college side, we're looking at retention. So what we do know is that generally speaking, individuals are graduating about 26, it's about 20% of individuals, excuse me, graduate by the age of 24 in six years. Like that is a significant challenge.

Starting point is 00:24:31 And so, and the major drop-off tends to be between their first and second year. And so we look at fall-to-spring retention rates and fall-to-fall retention rates. And what we've found in some of our partner schools is that due to that mentoring program, we have a 71% higher completion rate of individuals going to, in college and decreasing the amount of time it takes for them to do it, which has been very, very promising for us on the college side. That's deep, Joe. That's totally deep, man.

Starting point is 00:25:04 But I would say, like, those are the transaction of the major KPIs. The one that we cannot measure that by far is anecdotal is the transformative experience for our young folks. And so the fact that they come back, I mean, literally from 1993, and they're still volunteering with us. They're still, you know, serving as a writing coach. Our 60% of our staff are alumni. And we've been very intentional about that. It's the part you can literally never measure because it's the heart of, you know,

Starting point is 00:25:36 the connections that literally is immeasurable and an invaluable experience for them. And you know what that tells me, Gary, is that you've created and established an amazing culture because culture is something you can't. talk about culture is something that's felt culture something that's seen right good or bad so i'm telling you you have an amazing culture the fact that you have alumni that are coming back and donating time and donating wisdom speaks volumes for you and the leader that you are so give yourself another pat on the back for that one brother thank you i appreciate that i mean it's it's it's a blessing and a curse because i'm like let go go home they don't want to go home but i love it though

Starting point is 00:26:21 It's like, you know, you have that whole family where you create a community where, you know, we can have a slumber party all doggone day. But I'm like, I need you to go home. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you got to go home. You got to go home. Gary, so for the viewer listener right now that is intrigued with what you're doing, and they're like, hey, I don't have peer forward where I'm at, but I want to be involved in the community and with youth, right?

Starting point is 00:26:46 What's some advice that you have for them to start, again, they don't have to start what you've created, but to start that impact and that transformation. So one, I think it's there are, it's about small wins for them, right? The ability to be able to help at least one person in your community and share, you know, it doesn't necessarily need to be about getting them into college, getting them out of college, but helping them to tap into their own potential, something as small as saying, I see, goes a long way because they're individuals

Starting point is 00:27:23 that are not seen and sometimes we really forget how powerful that goes and how long it can go. The ability just to say thank you for showing up, affirming your friends goes a long way.

Starting point is 00:27:36 And so I think sometimes society, you know, we look for somebody else to do it when we have the power to be able to do it. I love that. Just affirm your friends. Affirm yourself. Look in a mirror one day

Starting point is 00:27:46 and say, I'm beautiful. And I'm worried. and I'm going to show up in my best way. I love it. And when they're ready, call me because we can come into that community. I'm okay with that, too. You know, we're looking to go into new markets as well. So that was going to be a personal follow-up question for me.

Starting point is 00:28:04 What do we got to do to get in the Carolinas, man? We used to be. Yeah, so interesting enough, we used to be in South Carolina years ago. And my family's from Dunbar, South Carolina. down from South Carolina. But we were in near Columbia. We could talk offline, yes.

Starting point is 00:28:23 More than have, I think lower Richmond area. Yeah. So happy to get back. One of my colleagues lives in South Carolina as well, and he's definitely like, hey, we need to get back. So, you know, it's nothing more than a conversation with a district, a school that says, yes, this type of program is what we need.

Starting point is 00:28:41 And then, you know, my team is to be able to find out the philanthropic support to, you know, because it has to be both, right? We want to make sure that the investments are there, the community is there, because we want to help everybody, and that if I could be in every state, I would. There you go.

Starting point is 00:28:56 Okay. Gary, man, I appreciate you so much. I want to get you out of here on the top five, though. So it's my rapid, quick-fire five questions. Yes. Ready? All right. First question.

Starting point is 00:29:11 Why did you hate PR so much, man? during that time it was too transactional for me and you had to like oh my god hi how are you doing that's not me it's not it was not my field i was just getting used to talking to folks and i was like never mind look at you now look at you now look at you now all right are you a let's chat at a coffee shop or less chop it up on a whiteboard kind of person where you're drawn to first uh whiteboard uh whiteboard Yeah, white boy, definitely. Yeah, whiteboard all day.

Starting point is 00:29:50 All right. What's been a book that you can always go to? What's a regular read for you? I'm going to draw a blank, but it's a social bandwidth. It's this book that talks about everyone's social bandwidth, and the fact that when you wake up, you start at 100 by the time, you know, you get out the door, you're probably at 70. How do we acknowledge that?

Starting point is 00:30:13 and knowing that there's a huge disparity with our young folks. It's social bandwidth. It's a blue book that's sitting on my desk. We got you covered. So speaking of mornings, what's a daily non-negotiable routine for you? Like, no matter what, you're making sure this gets done. Great calling my kids. I have a five-year-old, four-year-old, and now a three-month-old.

Starting point is 00:30:47 And so my, because I'm on the road so much, like, there's no negotiables. If I'm home, like, it's blocked up. I have to pick them up from school. I have to take them to school. It's non-negotiable. I won't take a call on the car with them. And, you know, because we got to sing Chris Brown residuals every day. You know, that's our song together.

Starting point is 00:31:07 Every day out. All right. So last question. What's your theme song? Gary Lennon's about to walk on stage. What's the song that's playing behind you? I'm coming out by Diana Ross. There you go.

Starting point is 00:31:22 There you go. Walk it out to it. I love it. Gary, man, where can people find and follow you? I'm going to make sure I have links to appear forward, but where can people find and follow you? They can definitely follow me on Instagram. It's Zebby, JLM.

Starting point is 00:31:38 I can definitely send that to you and or follow up here forward. That's the easiest way to get us on Instagram as well as on Facebook and all social media handles. But we do a lot of, there's a lot of visibility there. Also on LinkedIn, you definitely want to find me, hit me up on LinkedIn. It's learned more and have it and have a conversation with folks. I love it. Ladies and gentlemen, this has been Gary Lennon. He believed that the children were the future and is doing something about it.

Starting point is 00:32:05 Gary, brother, I thank you from the bottom of my soul, man. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. You got it. To all the viewers and listeners, remember your because is your superpower. Go unleash it. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Mick Unplugged. If today hits you hard, then imagine what's next. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and share this with someone who needs it. And most of all, make a plan, and take action. Because the next level is already waiting for you. Have a question or insight to share. Send us an email to hello at mickunplugged.com. Until next time, ask yourself how you can step up.

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