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  1. "Taking ownership over your outcomes in life" - William Hollis Terry McMullen 53:05

My guest, William, creates content and shares his views on self-improvement, social issues, pop culture, and many other topics (https://www.youtube.com/@talknscroll/videos). He came to the show with a strongly held belief around taking ownership/accountability of your outcomes in life. He discusses this often in his content, so we explored this belief and used the issue of sexism/the patriarchy to make it real.

Season 2 of the show is still about questioning, exploring, and seeking to understand different perspectives/beliefs. Through out this episode we tried to better understand the value of taking ownership, how difficult it can be to actually practice, and when, if ever, we are allowed to blame someone else for problems in the world? A big thanks to William for being on as the first guest of season 2 and be willing to question one of his strongly held beliefs in a productive way.

See a more complete bio for William below:

William is an up and coming public speaker, podcaster and content creator (Talk N Scroll). His content focuses primarily on self-improvement through the lens of social commentary and discussing topics around pop culture issues, relationships, sexism, finances, and a lot more. William is also an educator with over 10 years of experience in K-12, college and adult education; and he is a proud veteran of the United States Navy.

I spent much of my career trying to consult companies on how to better achieve their goals. I was a Finance major, a Harvard Business School graduate, and a business strategist. I've always been curious and I've always loved trying to solve problems. It was a really good fit for a while, but then life happened.

Within the span of a couple of years I had a son, my sister tragically passed away, and my wife became severely ill with Multiple Sclerosis. All of a sudden everything I thought I knew about life didn't seem to make sense anymore. I needed to raise my son and teach him how to be a good person but I realized I didn't even know what it meant to be a good person, let alone know how to teach him to be one. I also realized that I wasn't capable of being the person my wife needed me to be to help care for her. Simply put, I wasn't good enough.