Dr. Billy Alsbrooks: Motivational Artist, Award-Winning Poet, Author of Blessed And Unstoppable

<div>To say that Dr. Billy Alsbrooks is a driven motivator with a ton of positivity is a gross understatement. Billy gets real about his life’s path from martial arts at the age of 5, achieving his Black Belt at the age of 9, becoming a songwriter and Billboard recording artist, producer, and dealing with the struggles of his dad’s alcoholism, and yet becoming an influencer, author of the book <em>Blessed and Unstoppable</em>, and motivational speaker, with a goal of improving the lives of 1 billion people. If you’re searching for direction, inspiration, hope, and something to believe in, this episode is for you.</div> <br> <div><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></div> <br> <ul> <li>Alcoholism is not going to happen to me. People go one of two ways and I want nothing to do with it.</li> <li>When I was doing music, I was a huge promoter of that lifestyle, even though I couldn’t stand it.</li> <li>My goal is to reach and positively Impact 1 Billion People in my lifetime.</li> <li>At school, I’d wear a smile, but I was broken inside because we had been up all night, trying to sober daddy up.</li> <li>To make progress, you gotta deal with the hard stuff.</li> <li>I witnessed his father’s death when a blood clot hit his lungs.</li> <li>My motivational career started at the funeral home.</li> <li>When seeing my family’s cemetery plots, I was told “Here’s where you’re gonna lay”. Those words hit me like a ball bat inside my head.</li> <li>How do you sum up a man’s whole life in 2 or 3 sentences for a tombstone?</li> <li>If I was to die right now, what would they put on my tombstone? I had to ask myself that question.</li> <li>Our only purpose for being here is to leave this place better than we found it.</li> <li>God’s not against us having nice things, but He is against those things owning us.</li> <li>The moment my dad died, the mic got ripped away from me.</li> <li>When I say God, I don’t mean religion, I mean relationship. There’s a difference.</li> <li>God is all-powerful, but He needs our invitation t