{"id":135042,"date":"2024-07-22T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=135042"},"modified":"2024-07-22T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T16:40:29","slug":"18-year-old-black-high-school-graduate-launches-podcast-and-book-about-becoming-a-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=135042","title":{"rendered":"18-Year-Old Black High School Graduate Launches Podcast And Book About Becoming A CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135037\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mychal_connolly_jr_author_realistic_ceo_book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mychal_connolly_jr_author_realistic_ceo_book.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mychal_connolly_jr_author_realistic_ceo_book-160x84.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Mychal Connolly Jr.,<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nationwide<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Mychal Connolly Jr., known affectionately as Mikey, embarked on his entrepreneurial journey with a powerful message: Dreams come true. And dreams are meant to be pursued. During his senior year of high school, his teacher told him it was \u201cunrealistic\u201d for him to be a CEO. From the age of 10, Mikey had aspired to be a CEO, and he responded by asserting that it is realistic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Mychal Connolly Jr. and his \u201cRealistic CEO\u201d initiatives, to watch the podcast, buy the book, or book Mikey to speak, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realisticceo.com\/\">RealisticCEO.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For press inquiries, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:myke@realisticceo.com\">myke@realisticceo.com<\/a>\u00a0or 413-356-0820.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now on his\u00a0<em>Realistic CEO<\/em>\u00a0Podcast, Mikey holds interview conversations with successful Founders, CEOs, Presidents, Business Owners, Executives, and Community Leaders to learn from them what it takes to be a successful CEO. He and his father also co-wrote a book entitled\u00a0<em>I Am a CEO<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Realistic CEO<\/em>, based on his story, to help people never give up on their dreams, no matter what.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikey is more than just a budding entrepreneur; he is also an avid basketball player and video game enthusiast. These interests have honed his strategic thinking and team-building skills, essential traits for any aspiring CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mychal Connolly Jr., Nationwide\u00a0\u2014 Mychal Connolly Jr., known affectionately as Mikey, embarked on his entrepreneurial journey with a powerful message: Dreams come true. And dreams are meant to be pursued. During his senior year of high school, his teacher told him it was \u201cunrealistic\u201d for him to be a CEO. From the age of 10, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135044,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135042\/revisions\/135044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}