CYLS 088: Everybody Eats At The Family Dinner Table with Lawrence Adjah

About our Guest:

Lawrence E. Adjah is an entrepreneur and community builder dedicated to creating content, community and conversation that unites, heals and transforms lives.

He’s the Founder and Chair of Family Dinner Foundation, an international, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to connect the world as a family at, and beyond, the dinner table.

 

Episode Summary

Lawrence discusses building friendships and relationships as an adult, the challenges of running a global volunteer organization and the importance of a network vs. people who actually care about you.

 

Insight from this episode:

 

• Lawrence’s background as a Nigerian American growing up in New Jersey and its influence, plus his Olympic dreams and change of focus for his personal goals
• The unintentional creation of Our Family Dinner in 2008 based on a responsibility to friend feeling depressed and lost in an unknown city
• Taking the idea of extended family and bringing it to the dinner table and creating a viral movement around it
• Overcoming the challenges he faced building a global non-profit through taking ownership, building a sustainable/scalable business model, & understanding that friendship and relationships are everything

• Next steps for Lawrence and his foundation: continuing to serve around the world and helping to build relationships & friendships

 

You’ll learn:

• Why Lawrence founded the Family Dinner Foundation
• How to  a worldwide team through understanding the mission and the fundamentals
• How to scale up a global volunteer organization
• The fundamentals of Networks vs. Relationships and the importance of genuine friendships in business
• How Lawrence has accomplished growing the brand globally and empowering a volunteer global staff to further the reach of his brand
• The keys to empowering people to partner with you financially
• The two different type of dinners that exist for the organization
• Tips to train volunteers remotely

 

Quotes from our guest:

 “ If anything, I said just by osmosis how much can I grow and How much can I learn” - Lawrence Adjah episode #88

“Our mission is to connect the world as a family over the dinner table” - Lawrence Adjah episode #88

“Our tradition is everybody eats at the family dinner table”  - Lawrence Adjah episode #88

“Something magical happens over a meal” - Lawrence Adjah Episode #88

“Family means everybody” - Lawrence Adjah Episode #88

 

 

Resources Mentioned:

• https://www.ourfamilydinner.org/
• Google Hangouts
• Zoom

 

Favorite Books:

 

 

• The Last Lecture  by Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow

 

• Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community by Martin Luther King, Jr

Favorite Quotes:

 

• “But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.” Moses from Deuteronomy 4:29 The Bible
• “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” Paul from 2 Timothy 1:7 The Bible

 

3 keys to Create Your Best Life:

1. Have faith
2. Be courageous
3. Use your greatest asset to meet your greatest need

 

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Guest Name:

http://lawrenceadjah.com/

Instagram: @adjah_l

Twitter: @ajah_l

Facebook: @lawrence.adjah

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