Ryan Blair - Scaling Business without Sacrificing Purpose

<p>In this episode, our guest is Ryan Blair. He is a father, husband, and business leader who was able to navigate craziness into impacting millions of lives.</p> <p>He has successfully created something that impacted millions of lives not just from the aspect of the business but from the heart. He is now in the direction of taking what he has experienced, and what he has learned and bringing it to the world of entrepreneurship and humanity.</p> <p><strong>[3:10] Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p>I speak from love and when I talk to people, I do it with love. Love is my energy. My energy is love and so when I speak to people, I speak with love.</p> <p><strong>[5:26] What is the story that progressed you to the level that you are right now?</strong></p> <p>I grew up in a household with low vibration. I had a difficult childhood, growing up in an atmosphere where my basic needs were not provided. I last saw my father when I was 13 years old. My mother struggled with alcoholism. I was dissatisfied, but I eventually channeled my urge to be powerful into a street brawl.</p> <p>I was imprisoned for four years. I wrote the judge a letter appealing for mercy when I was 17 years old. The court signed the letter, I was freed, and that was the start of a new progression in my life.</p> <p><strong>[7:38] What was the reason why you wrote the letter?</strong></p> <p>I wasn't a good writer, and I had a hard time spelling, but I was determined to speak with the judge. What I told him was that I accepted responsibility for my mistakes and expressed regret, as well as writing to the judge pleading with him to release the other convicts out of love. He read the letter and agreed to let me go to college, but cautioned me that if he saw me again, I would be sent to prison. I had to adjust my entire life at that time.</p> <p><strong>[9:44] What was the moment you decide to venture into entrepreneurship?</strong></p> <p>I was assigned to a mentor who was a successful entrepreneur. My father came from a working-class family.