Ex-Jehovah’s Witness, the Army and Connecting People

Sam is a 26 years old friend from Australia. He grew up in a family that belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses community. At the age of 15, Sam decided together with his sister and mom to separate from this religion. Today, Sam is an Aircraft Engineer living in Sydney. He’s one of Ben’s best friends. Ben and Sam met in Chile and travelled together through Colombia. Next to his job as an Aircraft Engineer, Sam is working for the army reserve. In this interview, he shares his insights about the relationship with his family, his European-Russian ancestors, his learnings and experiences from his life so far. He talks about his experiences at the army, the changes he went through in his life and the challenges that he’s still facing. If you want to learn why it is important to keep people close together and how to connect on an everyday basis, listen to this episode. Listening and learning from each other is key for personal development and success.

20:00 Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

26:24 Alexander Nisiriou

26:27 Band Chronolyth

28:30 Kurt Cobaine