Episode #34: Shawn Forbes - US Army Veteran, Investor, & Mentor

Episode #34 of the Grow to Gold Podcast with Shawn Forbes is now live on iTunes & Spotify! As you will hear on this episode Shawn is one of the most real, raw, and vulnerable people I’ver ever met. His story will captivate you and inspire you to want to continue to follow along with his journey. Growing up the mother of a drug addict and never having met his biological father until he was 25 years old, Shawn was bounced around from foster family to foster family until he was eventually adopted. The only thing that Shawn knew about his biological father was that he was a military man, which is what prompted him to follow in his footsteps. After completing a tour in Iraq and serving 6 years in the Army he was then offered a contracting position training Central African soldiers in the Congo at only 23 years old. He was one of the youngest people to ever be offered a position like this. When his time in the military wrapped up he was reintegrated back into American society without much of a purpose, PTSD, and more money than he ever had from his lucrative government contracting work. What happens to Shawn when he gets back from serving was humbling for him to say the least… As you will hear throughout this episode Shawn’s story really is one of perseverance and self awareness. Without these two characteristics it’s safe to say that Shawn would not have become the person he is today. Time and time again he was tested and was forced to start over. With how Shawn grew up he should have been nothing more than a statistic, but he was determined to not be that person no matter how many times he got close to becoming one. Now Shawn is making it his mission to help others to understand that you really can overcome anything, regardless of how you grew up or what your past is, if you just keep going and are willing to be accepting of help and guidance. If this episode resonated with you make sure you reach out to Shawn and let him know! He is definitely one of those people that you want to add to your network.