051: To find community, you have to create it - Shane Feldman
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Shane Feldman is the founder and CEO of Count Me In. He is the visionary behind the world's largest millennial led movement inspiring youth to be positive change agents. Over the past decade, Count Me In has initiated 10’s of thousands of projects worldwide, contributing a value of over $2.6 billion to the global economy through service. Shane has been featured by Larry King, Dr. oz Forbes, People Magazine, and his documentary TV series from A&E follows his community-building work. Shane has spoken to audiences around the world, and he has been recognized by the White House and the United Nations for his achievements in community leadership.
Shane shares his journey as it begins in high school when he started in a new school, feeling alone and unhappy. He tried to convince his guidance counselor to transfer him to a different school and the counselor encouraged him to get involved with a variety of activities before he gave up on the school. As puts it, Count Me In, was born out of his high school locker as a community-building activity between his high school and a few other schools. It took off in ways he never imagined, and he has grown it for the past 11 years into the international youth community-building organization it is today.
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In this episode we discuss:
The story behind how Shane’s company was born out of his locker when he was in high school.
How he became a CEO at 19 and his belief in being a learning leader as CEO and how he believes that makes him approachable.
The experience Shane had when he needed to get unplugged. He visited Southeast Asia and in Vietnam, he found a sense of community that he knew he needed to apply to his life and his company.
Shane’s belief in the importance of connection and building a sense of community, no matter what job, career, or industry you are in.
How he leads from the inside out.
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