CYLS 078: Listen & Surrender To The Flow Of The River part 1 with Wal-Mart Executive Tony Waller

Summary: Tony Waller - Senior Director, Corporate Affairs Constituent Relations for Walmart, details his journey of growing up in Puerto Rico to moving to Virginia and trailblazing his own path at University of Virginia and making his way to the executive suite.   Insight from this episode:    Tony’s mother would always say to him that you are meant to be great, but you are not the only one who is mean to be great. We are all meant to be great She would also say when you were born you were given two things your name and the assignment that was given to you on the day you were born. Tony stopped and listened to his life’s assignment because of the continuous life signs he received when people kept saying to him “You know you’re supposed to heal people” from the age of 11 to when he was 41. At 41 is when he decided to listen. Tony is leading Wal-Mart’s relief efforts in Houston to help people overcome the devastation of hurricane Harvey Tony grew up in Puerto Rico until he was 11 years old and then moved to a completely different world in Virginia.  Tony dealt with not fitting in as a Afro - Latino growing up in Sothern Virginia at a time where everyone was considered either black or white. Going to counseling as a young boy changed his outlook and desire to fit in and it helped change and shape his life. He was encouraged to go to counseling by his parents. Tony learned his work ethic from his parents “I choose not to do it very often but if I have to do it I’m sure glad I know how to do it.” - Tony Waller episode #78 Tony created his own major at the University of Virginia because the pre- determined majors were to strict for him. He studied Interdisciplinary study in Latin -American Affairs with a concentration in Latin American Business which is now an official major at UVA.  Tony details his experience traveling abroad to Johanessburg and working in villages to help others inside of this episode. Stay Connected: Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Tony: https://www.instagram.com/1solesearcher https://www.twitter.com/1solesearcher Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on  itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast