(Sway Them In Color) Your Uniqueness is a Strength and Not Someone's Punchline

What do you do when you feel like you don't fit in, and you're not living up to your potential? Those questions propelled my guest Tayo Rockson to take some major risks that changed his life forever. Growing up as a child of a diplomat parent, Tayo moved to five countries and four continents and had a near death experience that became his wake up call. We discuss the impact of that experience, the beauty and power of not muting your identity for anyone else's comfort, finding community when you feel like you don't fit in anywhere, surviving going broke and getting fired, navigating parental expectations of success, handling doubters, and swap hilarious stories and impressions about dealing with differences and the strengths of being an outsider.   Tayo Rockson is a storyteller, cultural translator, and brand strategist for change-makers on a mission to use his difference to make a difference.  He is a 4x TEDx speaker, the CEO of UYD Management, and the host of As Told by Nomads podcast. He's been named a "Top 40 Millennial Influencer" by New Theory magazine and is the author of Use Your Difference To Make A Difference a book on how to connect and communicate in a cross-cultural world. You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter @tayorockson and peep his website and purchase his book at www.tayorockson.com.