Imagine going from not being able to walk out of your home because everyone recognized you from your popular TV show to having nothing.

It’s a reality that Leon Winkler lived from having the MTV Network pick up his show in Holland to not getting renewed. It wasn’t that the show wasn’t popular enough, but it was because he had made some bad choices.

It was when Leon watched his father take his last breath, with a list of to-dos and dreams he never quite got to, when he decided he had an incredible opportunity that he wasn’t going to let pass him by.

He went back to school to finish his degree, a Masters, and a PhD and then landed a job with Ubisoft, who at first told him he wasn’t qualified for the job. He is now the Director of International Events for the company.

Leon shares his struggles and his triumphs in this incredible episode of Dr. Marc’s Masterclass!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/docspitsfire06

Or

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/docspitsfire06/

Full Episode Breakdown:

9:34 – Introduction to Leon, and what Hip Hop meant to him growing up.

12:50 – How Leon moved into his first entrepreneurship venture because of his love of music and hip hop.

16:03 – What growing up in Amstererdam was like for Leon, especially with his dad leaving when he was eight.

22:10 – What life was like for Leon growing up with only a mom, who was physically there, but mentally was another story. Plus how it drove him to love taking care of people.

28:10 – How he created a TV show and ended up selling it to MTV.

31:57 – Why fame totally changed Leon, and the way he approached work, and what happened when it was all pulled away from him.

35:12 – When it was all taken from him, Leon realized who his true friends were, and why everything seemed to feel like it was spiraling out of control around him.

40:29 – What was the drive for Leon to take a horrible situation and make the absolute best from it?

44:36 – How did Dr. Winkler take his love for video games into something bigger than just playing?

47:10 – How he took a rejection to a job and ended up getting hired for the job. 

52:30 – How he found his niche marketing within the gaming community, and how he was able to use all that he has done in the past.