Sam Demma is an author and keynote speaker. His book, “Empty Your Backpack” is a bestseller that explains how the beliefs carried and the actions taken can determine whether you will achieve your dreams and goals. When it comes to being a speaker, he has spoken to over 600 crowds across North America, where his presentations address the topics of mental health, leadership, and kindness. He is currently heading to Kenya for his “Empty Your Backpack” tour for the next few weeks where he wants to inspire kids in different schools to take action and achieve their dreams.

Growing up, Sam Demma wanted to become a professional soccer player. However, after many injuries, Sam had to let go of his dream. To help him find his purpose again, he had a teacher who inspired him to get involved in service and volunteerism. His teacher wanted to show him that people can change the world by taking small, consistent actions. To start, he co-founded PickWaste, an organization that brought volunteers to pick up bags of litter. While it was difficult to attract volunteers at first, many students started to volunteer after Sam was able to talk about his story at his school. After Pickwaste, Sam transitioned into the area of being a Keynote Speaker & Author, emphasizing the importance of service and taking action. When Sam first started getting into speaking, he was rejected numerous times by people before slowly starting to get support. Since then, he has inspired thousands of people and wants to continue doing that going forward. Despite his ambition to make an impact on other people, Sam makes it a priority to take care of himself first.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Favorite soccer game Sam watched as someone who loved the sport growing up
• Why Sam wanted to be a professional soccer player at first
• How Sam's life has changed when he started getting involved in service and volunteering
• Sam's thoughts on the hardest and/or scariest thing about helping people?
• An experience Sam had where helping people went wrong, but today he is thankful for going through that experience because of the lessons learned
• "Best" negative comment Sam has received that made him feel positive
• Sam on which topic he thinks is the most difficult to talk about when speaking (mental health, leadership, & kindness)
• What Sam is excited and nervous about when he goes to Kenya for his speaking tour

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Website: https://samdemma.com/