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Hey everybody, it's Bob Goff here.

Welcome to the Dream Big Podcast.

So glad that you're joining. I it's been a great week. I hope you've had your head on a swivel.

Looking for all the beautiful stuff you're gonna find what you're looking for. If you're looking for a bunch of cynics, you'll find them. And if you're looking for a bunch of hope, you're going to find that. And you're about to find some hope here. I have Emmanuel Acho on with me today and I'm Manuel welcome to the podcast. I'm just so

delighted that you're with us. It's an honor my friend I feel like I have known you

for years now since I started reading and getting familiarized with your work so this is

I'm most excited about this conversation brother.

Man you are Joy on Wheels whenever I want like a little pick me up I'll just find something

you're putting up but you also have gears like you can actually say hey we

got to talk let's have conversations, but somehow you navigate that with joy and hope and what I would say about you is you're a guy who's safe, but they're just fiercely committed to the things you're committed to, but you do it with joy.

Tell us for people that don't know you, like, what's a little of your background?

Like how did you get here?

So son of Nigerian immigrants, my dad moved to America

in the late 70s, my mom in the early 80s.

My dad's a pastor, has a church out in Dallas, Texas.

My dad also has his doctorate in psychology. He's been a marital counselor for 40 years now. My mom has her doctorate and nurse practitioners. Bob, if you know anything about Nigerians. It is education, education,

You know what I think you're growing up. You must be a doctor, you must be a lawyer,

you must be an engineer. That is what you will hear in a Nigerian household, but Bob I ended up being six to 240 pounds.

I was like, oh, I'll play football.

I went to a private school in Dallas Texas. It was a all boys private school

gray slacks white button down. St Mark School of Texas is a name. I'm the

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