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What if the most important leadership you’ll ever do isn’t at work — it’s at home?
In this episode of The 1% Shift with Niyi, host Niyi sits down with Olaolu Ogunyemi — U.S. Marine Officer, award-winning author of Crow From the Shadow, and founder of Parent-Child-Connect.
Olaolu grew up as a young Black man who had every opportunity to become a statistic. Instead, he became a Marine, a father, a mentor, and an author whose work is opening up conversations in thousands of families about emotions, choices, and self-worth.
In this episode, we discuss:
• Growing up and choosing a different path
• How military discipline shapes parenting and leadership
• What Crow From the Shadow teaches families about emotions and self-worth
• Bridging the gap between parents and the next generation
• What it means to Lead Last — serving before seeking the spotlight
• Raising confident, compassionate kids in a world working against them
Whether you’re a parent, mentor, educator, or leader — this conversation will challenge and inspire you.
Head over to Parent-Child-Connect.com/free-resources where you’ll find practical, free tools including conversation guides, worksheets, and leadership reflections to help you lead better at home and in life.
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What does it look like to live with purpose when the world sometimes sees your wheelchair before it sees you?
In this episode of The 1% Shift with Niyi, host Niyi sits down with Elisa Neven-Pugh — motivational speaker, advocate, and woman of faith living with Cerebral Palsy Quadriplegia. Elisa grew up in a family of service, came to Christ in 2021, and hasn’t looked back since.
Her message is simple but powerful: challenges don’t have to define you — they can transform you. Through her platform Positively Adaptive, Elisa helps people develop a Christ-centred growth mindset that acknowledges pain with compassion and turns it into something that heals.
In this episode we talk about:
• Growing up with Cerebral Palsy and what it taught her about resilience
• How coming to Christ in 2021 changed everything
• What a Christ-centred growth mindset really looks like in practice
• How to turn your biggest challenge into your greatest contribution
• Why being seen — truly seen — matters more than most people realise
This is one of those conversations that will stay with you long after it ends.
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In this episode of The 1% Shift with Niyi, host Niyi sits down with Gaylen Wilson — heart transplant survivor, 20-years-sober former alcoholic, relationship author, erectile dysfunction advocate, Certified Thriving Relationship Coach, and founder of The Monument Method Institute with his wife Heather.Gaylen’s life has not been one comeback. It has been a series of forced reinventions — farm failure, a collapsed stockbroker career, alcoholism, sobriety, rebuilding after 9/11, and then in 2014, a virus that attacked his heart and left him in end-stage heart failure.
On June 19, 2018, he sat his wife Heather down and told her he probably had only a few months left. Thirty minutes later, the transplant center called. The next morning, he received a new heart.
In this episode we talk about:
• What those three and a half years of uncertainty did to Gaylen and Heather as a couple
• How he used his second chance to serve 60,000 men through erectile dysfunction support communities
• Why there can be no sexual desire without emotional safety
• What the Sanctuary Bond is and how any couple can build it
• What you do with years you were never supposed to have
This is one of those episodes that stays with you long after it ends.
🔗 Visit www.monumentmethodinstitute.com to explore books, programs, and resources for building stronger relationships.
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What if the fear, self-doubt, guilt, and shame holding you back aren’t character flaws — but a game you unknowingly learned to play?
In this episode of The 1% Shift with Niyi, I sit down with Steve Barton — executive coach, author, and creator of The Game of Ten®, a US-registered awareness-based framework helping leaders and high achievers operate at their highest level of clarity, confidence, and performance.
Steve spent over 47 years in business, scaled a company from $200K to $2 million, and presented his coaching process to the Harvard Business School Case Study Team. But the real turning point wasn’t the revenue — it was realising that success alone doesn’t guarantee peace of mind, strong relationships, or a sense of purpose.
In this conversation we talk about:
• Why high achievers unknowingly sabotage their own success
• The difference between reacting from pressure and leading from awareness
• How intuition becomes a measurable leadership advantage
• What it really takes to overcome fear and self-doubt without years of therapy
• How to create extraordinary results without sacrificing your inner peace
If you’re tired of performing at a high level on the outside while running on empty on the inside, this episode is for you.
🔗 Learn more and book a Discovery Call with Steve at www.stevebartoncoaching.com
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This is where it all begins.
In this intro episode, Niyi introduces The 1% Shift — the podcast for people who are done waiting and ready to start moving. Learn what this show is about, who it’s for, and the one simple idea that can change everything: that you don’t need a massive breakthrough to transform your life. You just need a 1% shift.
If you’re ready to level up your mindset, your habits, and your life — one small shift at a time — you’re in the right place.
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