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Christian \u201cBoo\u201d Boucousis is an established entrepreneur, business owner, and today, an executive leadership and performance coach. At the age of 19 Boo was recruited into the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot, one of only 400 trained over a 38 year period. After serving 11 years as an elite fighter pilot, Boo was medically discharged with a diagnosis of "bone-fusing" Ankylosing Spondylitis. \n\nThis was the catalyst that brought Boo some of the most challenging and emotionally stressful times of his life, through which he entered the next phase of his life; building disruptive businesses and helping others to do the same. \n\nToday, Boo has founded a humanitarian business that develops projects on behalf of the United Nations, built the world\u2019s tallest prefabricated modular hotel, and bought and revamped his favorite childhood magazine, Australian Aviation. Now as a life coach, author, and podcast host, he serves people in an entirely new way.\n\nThis Episode\u2019s Heavy-hitter\u2019s:\n\nSince he was six years old, Boo knew he wanted to be a fighter pilot. This made focusing on achieving that goal much simpler, and Boo was networking as a kid trying to meet fighter pilots and get exposure to that world every chance he could.\n\nBoo almost didn\u2019t make it into the Air Force because of his slightly below average eyesight\u2013 since he was close enough the examiner passed him anyway and told him to get glasses after the fact.\n\nOne way Boo has managed to get more done is the \u201cwant, plan, do\u201d method. Essentially, by setting our goals too high, we usually fall short and get nothing done. He starts focusing on the smaller goals that are feasible so that he\u2019s more motivated to do more in the long run.\n\nBoo\u2019s number one qualifier for selecting a new business or vertical to get involved with is that it has to be disruptive. He says it\u2019s because he has always challenged conventional wisdom and how things have been done.\n\nThe life-or-death nature of his old job as a fighter pilot still drives Boo to make the most of his time. His mantra \u201cnever give up\u201d reinforces this for him and other veterans.\n\n\nPlease check out Boo's podcast, The Few: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-few-podcast-with-boo-sean/id1535177847\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast\n\n#thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller \u2013 the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Whether you\u2019re doubling down on business development or recruiting talent, Interseller does all the heavy lifting of finding contact data, automating the email and follow-up process, and syncs all that rich data into 20+ CRMs and ATSs. Reach out and get going in a 2-week *free* trial today and let them know you heard about them from Adam on #thePOZcast.\n\nCheck out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ\n\nFor more, please visit www.thePOZcast.com Thanks!