724 Do What You Love with Mike Holston: The Real Tarzann

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 7:25 a.m.

b'DO THE UNEXPECTED.\\nDo you go the easy route? The expected route?\\nOr do you find your own path that compliments your unique passions?\\nFinding your own way takes inner strength. You won\\u2019t be able to do it without believing in yourself.\\nIt takes a special person to defy expectations and break into a new field.\\nPeople will doubt you when you do something unexpected. That\\u2019s a given.\\nIt\\u2019s how you respond when people try to dissuade you will determine if you\\u2019re successful or not.\\nOn today\\u2019s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk with an unlikely zookeeper who is known online as The Real Tarzann: Mike Holston.\\nMike Holsten is a 24 year-old zookeeper at Mario Tabrue\\u2019s Zoological Wildlife Foundation. He recently did a collaboration with Will Smith and has over four million followers on Instagram.\\nMike says that working hard, believing in yourself, and prayer will help you be successful against any odds.\\nSo get ready to learn how The Real Tarzann came to be on Episode 724.\\nSome Questions I Ask:\\nHow many animals do you have right now? (16:00)\\nHow many times have you been bitten or stung? (22:30)\\nWhy is important to see someone who looks like you doing what you do? (28:30)\\nWhat was the first job you had that paid you to work with animals? (33:00)\\nWhat\\u2019s the most endangered animal? (38:00)\\nWhat has being around animals taught you about humans? (39:00)\\nWhat has changed since Will Smith posted about you? (51:00)\\nWhat has kept you motivated to pursue this dream? (53:00)\\nDo you eat meat? (1:03:00)\\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\\nThe biggest thing Cesar Millan taught Mike (14:00)\\nWhy some species get along with each other (19:00)\\nThe best pet Mike has (20:00)\\nAbout the time Mike swam with sharks (24:00)\\nIf Mike thinks that wild animals should be left in the wild (35:30)\\nThe story of how Will Smith found Mike (47:00)\\nWhat Mike did to get out of his depression (49:00)'