Empty Your Backpack with Sam Demma

About this episode

Sam Demma discusses how a serious soccer setback led to a decade of impactful speaking and storytelling focused on small, consistent actions.

One torn-up knee can change a whole life, but only if you’re willing to look for the lesson instead of the loss. Sam Demma, Author of Empty Your Backpack, joins us to share how a serious soccer setback became the starting point for a decade of keynote speaking, service, and storytelling built on one principle: small, consistent actions. We dig into the moments that shaped Sam’s message, from picking up trash as a first “small action,” to a flight attendant who turned a paper cup into a phone...

People in this episode

Host: Brad Weisman

Guest: Sam Demma

Topics covered

• personal growth
• keynote speaking
• service
• storytelling
• small actions

Keywords

• soccer setback
• keynote speaking
• service
• storytelling
• small actions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Empty Your Backpack

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