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Darkness is the best time for light. That’s how Karl Lokko describes the consuming change that propelled him into a position of status and influence some could only dream about. In this episode of Better With Paul, we sit down with the Most Influential Man In Britain for a first take look into the mind of a mastermind.

The perfect blend of street smarts, book smarts, and innate heuristic skills all went into the maturation of a man I admire for many reasons. Born and raised in a community with a tenured history of violence, poverty, and a relentless desire to survive, Karl Lokko’s options may have been cut short long before he ever even realized he had them. By his 13th birthday, Brixton had already branded Karl in ways most people never experience. The son of council estates shares the challenges posed by managing childhood genius and the life-altering side effects that come from living in a community that was 70% prepared to be a prison before it was cleared to become housing for the poor. But it wasn’t the literal bars he needed to escape from, the bars on his mind were far more restrictive.

In Episode 2 of Better With Paul, Karl Lokko walks us through the process of going from victim to victimizer to international success. A small seed planted by a woman concerned with where his life was headed eventually grew into a pathway that changed his family’s future and inspired a legacy. That rise didn’t come on accident. We talk about how the pressures of powerlessness became a theme that burst into a lust for violence; the only antidote he thought he had. Growing up in gang culture forces your hand, either you assimilate or you become a target. Despite life’s brutal introduction, Karl’s circumstances also positioned him to develop a few transferrable skills that eventually led to his personal revolution.

Born the child of illegal African immigrants, dreams of mattering, of making a difference, and creating an empire his children can inherit were Karl Lokko’s inspiration to change. Shedding the title of being a notorious 18-year-old gang leader whose name was known around the UK wasn’t an easy job. If you ask Karl, he’ll tell you that he never even wanted to change, he was fine with the reality he’d created for himself. When he looked around, he didn’t see chaos, he saw a palatable solution to things that once kept his family terrorized by fear. He didn’t see the lifestyle as problematic, he felt the things his gang contributed to the community, resources, protection, and support, made the darker side of the lifestyle a small tradeoff. But when his life made a 360-degree turnaround, Karl Lokko immediately recognized God’s grace in action.

“In order to have more, you have to become more.” It was that realization that led Karl Lokko to read a book a week on a personal quest to become the man he felt he needed to be, to live the life he deserved. Now, he’s a billionaire by association and close friends with the royal family. Mindset was the secret ingredient to turning his life around. Karl never shunned ‘the streets’, he saw how he could do more for them, and himself, by raising the stakes and grooming himself to sit at tables nobody from council estates, almost no other person with black skin, has ever been invited to sit. In this episode, we explore the power that comes from using your differences to your advantage. Karl Lokko’s story is an inspiration to us all. Tune in as we listen to the Most Influential Man In Britain talk about what he’s done that will set him up to soon become one of the most influential people in the world.

To learn more about Karl: https://www.instagram.com/karl_lokko/

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A special ask me anything episode where I take questions from callers of the UK, France, and the U.S.

We covered the following topics:

How to motivate yourself.
- How to decide which business idea to pursue when you have several to select from.
- Tips for dating over the age of 30.
- Two important things that drive my happiness.

This is an episode full of insight and inspiration!

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Affirmations are positive statements that you should say to yourself daily. They help you to feel motivated and reshape your limiting beliefs. Many people, including myself, attribute affirmations as being key to reaching new heights professionally and personally. Simply put, when said consistently, affirmations help you become better! These affirmations in particular, will help inspire you as you drift off to sleep. This is ESPECIALLY helpful if you're feeling stressed or have anxiety before bedtime.

Be sure to take our affirmation challenge (30 consecutive days of daily and nightly affirmations). I've included 10 differently themed affirmations to use during the challenge. All of our guided affirmations are listed as bonus episodes in the Better With Paul podcast.

For support, to ask questions and learn more about affirmations as well as everything else we discuss on Better With Paul, join our newsletter: paulcbrunson.com/better.

Alone we can be strong, but together we are stronger!

Affirmations are positive statements that you should say to yourself daily. They help you to feel motivated and reshape your limiting beliefs. Many people, including myself, attribute affirmations as being key to reaching new heights professionally and personally. Simply put, when said consistently, affirmations help you become better! These affirmations in particular, will help inspire you as you drift off to sleep. This is ESPECIALLY helpful if you're feeling stressed or have anxiety before bedtime.

Be sure to take our affirmation challenge (30 consecutive days of daily and nightly affirmations). I've included 10 differently themed affirmations to use during the challenge. All of our guided affirmations are listed as bonus episodes in the Better With Paul podcast.

For support, to ask questions and learn more about affirmations as well as everything else we discuss on Better With Paul, join our newsletter: paulcbrunson.com/better.

Alone we can be strong, but together we are stronger!

Every personal development book ever written asks you to find your ‘why.’ On Episode 6 of Better With Paul, we sit down with a digital marketing genius who discovered his ‘why’ while he was still in elementary school.

Jubril Agoro is a proud Naija boy born in the UK. At six months old, he and his brother found themselves in foster care. Until nine, he was raised in a stable home outside of London. Life was flipped when his mom reclaimed them and moved to the culture shocking streets of Chicago. Quickly recognizing the difference between the haves and the have nots, he was moved by things as small as second-hand sneakers and a freezer full of food. This episode walks us through his fascinating story of childhood entrepreneurship. Reaching five figures in sales through his brilliant money-flipping ventures introduced 15-year-old Jubril to the earliest stages of digital marketing. Today, his businesses rake in $15 million a year while he blogs his travels around the world.

At the start of this episode, I had to apologize to Jubril for believing he was ‘just a travel blogger’ for all these years. In reality, he is a visionary and a world-class digital marketer. His ability to transform ideas into profitable businesses, to continue digging for ways to improve on what he’s built, and to inspire others to support his vision is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. He never settles. He never second guesses. Jubril calculates a master plan and draws a line in the sand. That’s why he’s been such a beacon of success.

You need this episode. We even cover the digital marketing strategies that have afforded Jubril the opportunity to extend five phenomenal businesses with the world. From his transformative support of Tiffany ‘The Budgetnista’ to his altruistic devotion to Passport Heavy, his self-described “expensive labor of love.” Jubril Agoro is the best example I can give you of, ‘When you know, you know’ and I’m so honored to be able to share this conversation with you.

To learn more about Jubril: https://www.passportheavy.com/about/

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