David Wood, quick bio:

David Wood is the host of the The Kickass Life Podcast. He is a Business Leader, Author, Trainer, Coach and Humanitarian who has lived, traveled and worked in over 50 countries and brings his passion for people, culture and the unknown to everything he does. As a business leader he has grown multiple multi-million dollar companies. As a Trainer and speaker, he brings his global experience and deep understanding of the human condition to create some of the most dynamic, engaging, fun and effective trainings, courses and events. As a coach, David is internationally recognized as “The Trainers Trainer” and works with thousands of trainers, teachers and educators, and has a goal to personally train 10, 000 trainers who are committed to delivering transformational work. As a Humanitarian, David is a spokesperson, fundraiser and advocate for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. David would tell you, however, that his greatest accomplishment is being the father of his two boys, Calvin and Ben.

In his own words:

Hi Friends.

Looking back over my lifetime, I’ve selected just a few sound bites that adequately share a journey of almost 50 years and millions of miles on planes, trains, cars, sailboats, fishing boats, camels, horseback and a unicycle.

After my mother and father went their separate ways when I was 7 years of age, it became very clear that if I wanted anything, I had better be prepared to work for it. So by 11 years of age, I had two paper routes, cleaned cars, worked in a store on Saturdays, and bred and sold guinea pigs and rabbits. (Which were easy to breed and not always as easy to sell.)

Can’t say that I ever loved school, and at age 15 my history teacher Mr Orsler sat me down and told me of a few things that he said he was certain of. He was certain that I would “never amount to anything”, and would end up on the streets or in jail. It would not be appropriate to share my reply to his comments; however I did leave school that day, and never looked back.

I worked really hard for the next few years, running pubs (under age), restoring antiques, picture framing, and starting my own businesses; window cleaning, chimney sweeping, landscaping, decorating, and importing cars. I had even joined Amway and dabbled in network marketing, amongst other things. I had bought my first house, fallen in and out of love, and was loving life at the ripe old age of 20.

Source: www.thekickasslife.com