2017-03-06
1 小时 5 分钟And so sometimes people say when you find your purpose, everything's easy.
I think sometimes when you find your purpose, life gets more challenging and you then have to clear away everything that's not in alignment with that so that you can really align with your purpose.
And I think we're put through challenges and tests to develop us so that we can really become the person who is really capable of fulfilling.
Today's guest, Koot Blackson, was born in Ghana at a time where there was tremendous political upheaval in the country.
His father also at the time was fairly public and high level.
And when all this turmoil began, it became clear that they would be targeted, so they left the country.
His father actually had already been in London, and not too long after, him and his mom were sort of smuggled out, where he then spent most of his growing up years in London.
He was growing up in a way that is very foreign to so many of us.
His dad was a spiritual leader and the head of a church with 5000 congregants and some 300 other churches or so back in Ghana.
And he got brought up in a tradition that he was expected to step into.
But in his early teens, he made the decision not to.
And what unfolded from that decision, what led to it, and his experiences from Ghana to London to his journey after that is where we go in today's conversation.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
So good to be hanging out with you today.
I've been a fan of your podcast.
Oh, thanks.
Really interested in you and your story.
I have too many questions for one conversation, so we'll see how far we get today.
Let's do it.
You were born in Ghana, but you came up in London.