The Power of Connections: Anthony Newton's Journey from Humble Beginnings to Industry Leader
In this podcast episode, Sonia interviews Anthony Newton, CEO and founder of Kaduceus Holdings, about his inspiring career journey. Anthony shares his inspirational journey from his early days in Houston, through a pivotal mentorship by his high school teacher Ms. Betty Brown, to becoming a leader in educational and medical training.
He discusses how his diverse experiences and exposure to different facets of pharmacy work led him to establish Kaduceus Holdings, which provides educational and medical training across the U.S.
The conversation underscores the value of CONNECTIONS, mentorship, resilience, and faith in achieving career success. The episode also highlights Sonia's upcoming career connections online course which starts July 8, 2024. It is aimed at helping students explore career opportunities and create actionable plans for their futures.
The episode emphasizes the importance of exposure, mentorship, and community in achieving success.
00:00 Introduction and Building Connections
03:32 Interview with Anthony Newton: Career Journey
06:41 Anthony's Early Career and Mentorship
12:15 Founding kaduceus Holdings
19:00 Expanding and Overcoming Challenges
26:43 Advice and Reflections
34:01 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Anthony shares his inspiringlife story from humble
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Alright, my sweet friend.
And now here's our interviewwith Mr.
Anthony Newton.
Hi, Mr.
Newton.
Morning.
Good morning.
Thanks for having me.
Thank you for, for joining us.
Um, so why don't you go aheadand start off and introduce
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yourself to our audience?
Yeah, uh, name's, AnthonyNewton.
I'm the CEO and founder ofCaduceus Holdings, Incorporated.
we established ourselves backin, June of 2005, uh, as a DBA.
And got incorporated June of2006.
Um, and, basically a nativeHoustonian born and raised here
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in Houston.
Parents were from Louisiana.
Uh, mom and dad have beentogether now for 43 years.
tell us where you are now inyour career lives.
Yeah.
So present today, um, oversee,uh, Caduceus Holdings, which is
a conglomerate.
We have the educational Form,which is in a little over 250
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school districts across thecountry in 24 states, including
Hawaii.
We have 10 different programofferings that range anywhere
from pharmacy technician to, allall the way down to.
So, um, there's a wholeassortment of different programs
that we offer.
And things are going quite well.
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We're based in Houston, Texas.
But like I said, we have a reachnationwide.
Yeah, super.
So let's go a little bit back intime.
Um, as you were growing up, youtold me a little bit about your
history and your family.
what did you have in mind as faras your, your career in high
school level?
Yeah.
So in high school, most highschoolers, uh, back then, uh, I
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really didn't have a sense ofdirection or guidance as to what
I wanted to do.
but there was a teacher by thename of Betty Brown, uh,
Cashmere high school in Houston,Texas, Houston, independent
school district.
She took me by the hands and inmy junior year, she put me in
what's called a health co opprogram.
So apparently she saw somethingin me that I didn't see in
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myself.
And she felt that I would dowell in the medical center.
Prior to meeting Miss Brown, uh,I never knew anything about the
medical field.
So I got my first job, as apatient escort at Hermann
Hospital, willing patients toand from the radiology
department.
So that's how I got my start,uh, in the medical space.
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So before, meeting Miss BettyBrown, Do you have any inkling
as far as what you were going todo when you grow up, when your
parents would tell you?
No, just, uh, just being a kid,having a good time, you know,
getting into some trouble, but,uh, no, really no, no, like,
short road as to what I wantedto do when I grew up, you know?
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So the objective was the, whenyou're younger, you think about
the here and now.
So there's not a lot of emphasison, what's going to happen
afterwards and that happened fora lot of my buddies.
So it's like, when you graduate,then the reality sets in like,
wow, I need to do something highschool is over.
But when you're in high school,you're so focused on the sports,
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the activities, the grades,things of that nature.
So, it didn't afford me theopportunity to look to the
future.
It wasn't until again, Ms.
Betty Brown, gave me thatopportunity that the exposure
and the opportunity.
Absolutely.
And that's wonderful.
And I appreciate you sharingthat because that's what we like
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to share that there are so manypeople that can really be
influential in a child's life.
and, being that she was yourteacher and that she just.
Saw that in you, to kind ofstart looking into the health
science arena.
It's pretty remarkable.
so tell us a little bit moreabout, that externship.
You were in a co op.
So what happened there?
What did you get to see andexplore?
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Yeah, so I would, I was drivingat the time.
So I think 16, 17 years of age.
But I will commute from, myresidence or from school,
actually from school all the wayto the medical center here in
Houston, Texas.
And, um, prior to getting thatjob, I had never been to the
medical center.
So I'd go out there, I'd see allthese young professionals, uh,
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doing so many different, thingsthat really impressed me and
just drew me in.
I found myself going from,school to work and then back
home.
But I started spending more timeat work, just learning from the
different professionals that Iwas around at that time.
So, well, in patients to himfrom the radiology department
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and wheelchairs and stretchersafford me the opportunity to
interact with radiologytechnicians, MRI technicians,
ultrasound technicians, the listgoes on and on.
Yeah, wonderful.
And how did you get introducedto pharmacy being in the medical
center to start, meetingeveryone pretty much.
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And, I would go down to the MRIdepartment and hang out with
those guys.
And I went over, to the pharmacydepartment too.
And I started taking, hangingout with a lot of those guys.
And I took a liking towardspharmacy.
And so an opportunity presenteditself for me to, in my senior
year to work closer to home, atLBJ hospital.
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And so I actually submitted anapplication and because of my
background in the medical field,or in the medical center, it
afforded me the opportunity towork at LBJ hospital as a
pharmacy technician.
So that's how I got introducedto the pharmacy technician.
It was, right around that senioryear, right after high school.
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How did you transition intowhere you're at today?
What happened was pharmacytechnician is very interesting.
I got my start.
Most people start in the retailsector.
I actually started in thehospital.
And preparing those bags,working with the pharmacists and
the pharmacy technicians andstill taking the medicine up to
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the floors to deliver them tothe patients.
I really grasp that right?
And, after doing that for abouta year or so, I got the
opportunity to, affiliated witha staffing agency because again,
young, just trying to man, if Ican make this, let me go ahead
and try to make that amount ofmoney.
So the staffing agency was like,Hey, we can put you in various
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different places and we'll payyou X amount of dollars.
So when I affiliated with thestaffing agency, I probably
worked.
Okay.
And every different aspect ofpharmacy from retail to mail
order to all the different typesof things you can do as a
pharmacy technician.
And so, with that experiencefrom the age of 18, all the way
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to 21, I got the opportunity tobe a teacher at a vocational
school here.
And so I was their youngestinstructor.
form tech instructor, but theygave me the opportunity because
of my, wide array of differentexperience in the field.
So, at the age of 21, I was ateacher and I figured, man, if I
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can teach this stuff.
Why don't I go back and become apharmacist?
And so I started, uh, gotaccepted into, uh, Blinn College
out in, uh, Brenham, Texas.
And I will commute from Houstonto Brenham, which is about an
hour one way, a little over anhour one way.
Every single day, and I did fora year got a job out there as
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well.
While I was going to schoolthere, I figured I'd work out
there and I worked as a pharmacytechnician in Brenham.
And then after a year of doingthat, I came back to Houston.
And, had all my, my courses thatI needed for undergrad for the
most part.
And so I've enrolled in TexasSouthern University to start my
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path to go to pharmacy schooland I was headhunted by someone
in the educational space, thevocation educational space.
To be a, pharmacy technicianprogram chair over a vocational
school in Houston.
So, uh, again, was theiryoungest person at that time, 24
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years of age, where I got mystart as a, as a pharmacy
program chair for the pharmacytechnician program.
So I've developed it.
From the ground up, here inHouston, uh, did that for about
two years and, uh, rose to thepoint where I was overseeing the
entire state of Texas, um, forthe pharmacy, technician
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program.
So, yeah, it was a student atone point, then a teacher, and
then, rose to a director ofpharmacy all within a short
period of time.
Oh, wow.
And what happened, from thattransition to the next thing
that you went into?
Well, the next thing wascaduceus.
So, just hanging around allthese guys.
I used to have students thatwould come up to me and say,
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hey, Mr.
Newton, you know, I'm working agreat job.
Um, you know, as a pharmacytechnician, and I'm making some
pretty good money, but my, mytuition, my student loans are
really weighing on me.
So these guys were paying back.
Student loans, not for, uh,bachelor degrees or associates,
but for certificates and I justfelt that weight on them.
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So that really stuck with me, asa director of pharmacy.
in addition to that, I had a,um, task that was given to me.
As the director of pharmacy, forthe vocational school to go out
and find, IV certifications forour students, because everyone
was graduating from thosevocational schools with, pretty
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much, certification to work inthe retail sector.
And so, they tasked me withthis, monumental fee to just go
out and find an IV certificationcompany.
So we went.
We scoured all of Houston andlooked at all the different
companies out there, and I cameacross this 1 company that was
absolutely phenomenal.
so I went into the guy's office.
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I think he was a young guy toabout 28 years of age at the
time.
I was 25.
so I was very inspired by that.
And I asked him, I said, hey,buddy, um, you know, I'm
overseeing the entire state ofTexas, but we have reached
nationwide.
And this was back in 2000, wow,2005.
Right.
So we had reached nationwide andI told him, what you guys offer
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is ideal for what we need.
And, I remember, this gentleman,he, you know, as I was talking
to him expression, expressing mypassion about what we did at the
vocational schools, how we'rehelping the students to excel,
et cetera.
Uh, I remember I was verypassionate about it and I've
always had this entrepreneurialside to me as well.
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So I told him, Hey, man, look,if I can get you into this
agreement, can you work out sometype of agreement with me where
I can get 10% for every student?
That's brought to you.
and so he came, he stood up fromhis desk, put his hand on my
shoulder.
I came around to where I was,put his hand on my shoulder.
He said, Hey, I tell you what,I'll make sure, I tell your
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boss, you did a great job byintroducing your company to our
company.
Wow, and then he went and had aseat and I remember I felt
small.
I just sunk in my seat and I waslike, oh, man, I mean, this guy,
I can't believe he just reallykilled me like that.
he just, uh, he deflated my, Ihad so much passion so much
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drive so much.
You know, ambition, I was youngbut in, instead of channeling
that, that disappointment, orinstead of absorbing the
disappointment, and acting outon it, I actually channeled it
and I said, what, you know, um,what this guy is doing is
extremely impressive.
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Um, I know exactly what we need,for our vocational school.
And this is where that ahamoment came about.
I identified a problem and Ifound a solution to that
problem.
And all I had to do was combinethe two and put a price tag on
it.
And that's all business isidentifying a problem, bringing
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a solution to that problem foran agreed amount.
And depending on how big of aproblem you solve, that
determines the income that youcreate.
And so I decided to bur caduthis.
At that point, I went and hiredtwo individuals, uh, put
together, the Ivy certificationcomponents that were needed.
And my company that was birthedwas Cadus.
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So I allow Cadus to come in andpresent to my firm at the time.
And, my boss and I were there,the company did an outstanding
job and we decided to give themthe contract.
And so, uh, that's how Caduceuswas birthed pretty much, out of
a moment where you think is theworst moment of your life, To
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change everything.
And that's why I say all thingshappen, for the good, when
you're pursuing your path.
So just always look at it fromthat perspective.
I love it.
I love the way you reframed thesituation and how that brought
you a lot of opportunity.
Let's go a little bit back toyour story.
you came up with the, with theIV certification and you were
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basically selling it to, yourcurrent, employer.
Correct?
That is correct.
Okay.
And how did you branch out andbecome independent?
Yeah, so I figured, you know,once a business, starting to
generate revenue and you'veidentified a problem, and you
bring a solution to thatproblem, then you may think
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about it and say, wow, ourvocational school had this
issue.
Maybe other vocational schoolshave the same issue.
So I went off to offercertification to.
A multitude of differentvocational schools throughout
Houston and the surroundingareas.
I did that for a year whilesimultaneously working for the
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vocational school.
And so the success start to takeoff.
And I remember, when I turned26, a year after I had started
Caduceus and just DBA makingsupplemental income, everything
was great.
Well, one of the things I lookedat is the fact that.
It was generating revenue, um,and.
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If there's opportunity inHouston, there may be an
opportunity in surroundingcities and in surrounding states
and so on and so forth.
So what did I do?
I went back to my employer and Itold him, um, you know what?
Uh, I'm going to go part timeand, uh, I'm giving you guys a 4
week notice.
And, um, that was that.
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So they were all shocked becauseeverything was going so well.
I was an outstanding worker.
I always try to separate myselffrom everyone else by going
above and beyond the call ofduty.
Cause I feel like if you're, uh,the best at what you do, there
will always be a position foryou.
And so, um, again, I wasn'tfired, uh, wasn't let go or
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anything like that.
And I actually didn't give a twoweek notice.
I gave a quality note, but thenI went to a church the following
Sunday.
And something dropped in myspirit.
I didn't tell you to go parttime.
I told you to quit your job, youknow, resign from your job,
apart from your job and startyour company full time.
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So that was wrestling in myspirit and I decided to act on
it.
And I remember going back to mydirector and saying, Hey, look,
uh, no, I gave a 4 week notice,and I was going part time, but
now I want to give you a 6 weeknotice and let you know that I'm
transitioning, out of thisposition in its entirety.
So I just wanted to make sureeverything was solidified before
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stepping out.
And I did that in three monthsafter I parted ways from the,
from the vocational school.
I decided to, uh, I was workingwith a group of individuals and
we decided to put a pharmacytechnician curriculum around the
certification component and wewent down to our 1st school
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district, which was Houstonindependent school district and
they end up closing.
Our deal with us and my firstcheck from Houston Independent
School District back in, uh,2006 was for 58, 000.
Yeah.
Wow.
Go a little bit more in detailand share with us if that's
okay.
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How did you get into HISD?
It's the largest school districtin the Houston area.
Yeah, I think definitely faithbecause I had no, I was this
young kid, 26, a lot of me was avery naive at that point.
I felt like I could conquer theworld.
Right.
And I remember my mom put me incontact with an individual that
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knew another individual and,they got me the introduction to
just, you know, they, they ledme to say, Hey, go, why don't
you try going down to H I s D.
So I remember going down to the.
Yeah.
And I remember, they're tellingme about the CTE department,
career and technical education.
And so I go to the front desk ofthis huge building off from
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Houston, Texas.
It's off to 90, the building.
and I go in there and they say,okay, uh, you're for the CTE
department and they, give me thephone and they let me speak to
an individual.
And, uh, this individual, Ican't remember his name to this
day, but, the individual that Ispoke with said, oh, I'm sorry.
I'm not the right person.
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You need to speak to this is theperson you should speak to.
And I said, okay.
And when I got the connectionfor that person, I said, hello,
miss such and such thisindividual told me that you're
the person I need to speak to inregards to presenting our course
for the pharmacy technicianprogram for independent school
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district.
And because this is years later,she told me this after the fact,
because I said that individual'sname that transferred the call.
That is the only reason sheallowed me up into her office.
So it was a subtle name drop,you know, uh, from one person
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that had referred me to her, andshe allowed me into her office.
I presented.
I was very passionate when Ipresented.
Didn't have a lot ofinformation.
It was more conceptual thananything, but that young lady at
Houston Independent SchoolDistrict gave me the
opportunity.
That I needed, that catapultedme to where I'm at today.
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Wow.
That is, that is amazing.
And thank you for sharing about,stepping out of your comfort
zone and just knocking on thatdoor, a huge door, huge for me,
it was just a door, you know,cause I was 26, this is just
another door.
Let me go do it.
In fact, this was a building.
I mean, it was the largest I'veever set foot in.
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Wow.
That's amazing.
And then how did you get tocreating new programs?
You just decided that you wantedto continue to expand?
Well, see, this is what I'velearned about life, you know, as
things come at you, people mayask you to do monumental tasks
that may ask you to do a littletask.
If you pick and choose what youwant to do, then you're picking
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and choosing how you moveforward in life.
Every task that they brought tome at the vocational school, I
took it on, I used to work 60,70 hours a week, and I never
knew that what I was doing thenwould help me for caduceus and
what I was about to do in myfuture.
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And so I always tell people, nomatter how big or small the task
is, take it on and don't look atthe.
Compensation that you'rereceiving for it now because you
will need it later on in yourlife.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
What would you tell them rightnow?
What would be the biggesttakeaway, um, that they should
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hear from you who has come froma background of, you know,
family who, who really didn'thave that, that role model for
you to follow?
Yeah, so I'd tell people.
A high school students to getinvolved in as much things as
you can get involved in becausethe exposure is where it's at.
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Had I not been exposed, there'sno telling what I'd be doing
right now.
So that's the whole purpose forcaduceus is just to allow.
Exposure to individuals, uh, sothat they can have opportunity
that stimulates from theexposure.
You may, uh, go and realizethat, hey, uh, after doing this
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job or after experiencing this,this is now what I wanna do.
I like it.
I like the way the people are,the environment, the work, uh,
flow and, and things of thatnature.
So, uh, I tell people, Just keepyour mind open to exposure
because once you're exposed,then opportunities develop from
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that.
Because a lot of times, I mean,I wasn't passionate about
medical field prior in highschool, but the exposure.
Created the opportunity and thenthe passion for what it is.
I started doing over and overagain, day in and day out
developed.
So that came over time, but howyou first have to be exposed to
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it.
Beautiful.
Wonderful.
other than Ms.
Betty Brown, who has influencedyou the most?
Wow, man, I was, like I said, Iwas like a sponge.
So I pretty much.
Took from a lot of people, whenthey, when they crossed my path,
uh, no matter what, uh,ethnicity, no matter what
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religion, no matter, uh, whatthe person was, uh, involved in,
I was just.
I had the ability to extract thepositive and leave behind what
it is that, that I didn'tdesire.
And so, throughout the years,there's just been a multitude of
individuals that I've extractedfrom that have helped me to
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become who I am today.
So, uh, that's 1, but I thinkthat the biggest, Influencer,
you know, I watch my parentswork hard, uh, they work hard
day in and day out and they wereblue collar workers.
And so that was not somethingthat I wanted to aspire towards,
but I really admired their workethic and how they kept the
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family together.
And how they stayed married foras long as they did.
I love, I love how you sharedhow you've taken every
opportunity and you have learnedfrom it and, you've had some
pretty big obstacles that you'veovercome, but is there anything
looking back?
Yeah.
Mindsight is always 2020.
Is there anything you'd dodifferently?
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Yeah, you know, um, I wouldn't,even though, I had my, my fair
share of obstacles, I wouldn'tchange anything.
The reason why, because so manylives have been impacted over
the last, 17 years that I'vebeen in business, not only just
my life, my family's life,those, that are employed with
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our companies, the students, theteachers.
Uh, the CT directors, the schooldistricts at large, the
communities at large, when youhave an individual that can come
up to you and say, man, it wasbecause I was exposed to a
program in high school, I'm nowa pharmacist.
I'm now a nurse.
I'm now a medical doctor.
that's a great feeling.
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And I feel if I go back andchange anything, it could change
everything.
So I'd rather keep everythingthe way it is.
No regrets.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.
what do you think, what are thequalities that you think that
has stood out from you the most?
And I, and I think, and I'm, Imight step in a little bit here
and say, is it your ability tojust absorb all the good from
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others and be able to just,defer anything else that's,
probably not productive orsomething that's going to help
you in the long run?
Yes, I would definitely say thatwas major because you got to
learn to extract the good andleave behind the negative.
And if you have thatperspective, you can learn from
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anyone and everyone because.
Everyone that crosses your pathis crossing your path for a
reason, and there's somethingthat you can extract from that
person.
It may even be what not to do,or it's what to do, or how to do
it better.
So these are things that I pridemyself on also to having faith
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is so huge because fear keeps usfrom doing a lot of things that
we want to do.
So how can you overcome fear?
Well, you can only overcome itwith having faith.
And if you have no faith, thenyou'll always have fear and
it'll keep you, pretty muchstagnant and not moving forward
towards the things you want toaccomplish in life.
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Yeah, absolutely.
What's your definition ofsuccess?
So success to me is relative.
I feel every single person issuccessful in their own way.
So the single mom that's takingcare of her two kids, uh,
working, nine to five, cominghome, tending to them.
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She's successful, a successfulbusinessman that have rise to a
certain level in their lives.
Uh, they're successful.
The teacher.
Which has 1 of the most hardestjobs in the world sits down and
deals with students day in andday out with all different type
of personalities all from alldifferent walks of life, and
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they're able to keep theirsanity.
Okay.
That's impressive.
And they are successful.
So to me, success is relative.
We're all successful in our ownway.
And it's all about perspectiveperspective and perception.
So, uh, that's my definition ofsuccess because if I talk to
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anyone for.
Prolonged period of time.
I can identify their success.
And what inspires you now you'vemade it to such an amazing,
opportunity to have your owncompany and you're continuing to
grow when inspires you.
Yeah.
So my, my, my biggestinspiration is my kids.
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the reason why is because itdoesn't do me any good to go out
and educate tens of thousands ofstudents around the world and
not take the time to give tothose that are nearest and
dearest.
And closest to me.
So, they're a huge source ofinspiration for me today.
Uh, just making sure they'resuccessful and they have every
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opportunity, that I had, if notmore, the people I work with my
colleagues, they inspired mebeing able to, see them excel in
their careers and give more toour teachers and our students,
so that they can be successful.
That's inspirational.
Thank you so much, Newton forspending your time with us for
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sharing your story from yourupbringing to how you channeled
all the different challenges inyour life and how you reframe so
many situations to be the personyou are today and To have
accomplished everything you'vedone so far.
And I can't wait to see how youcontinue to grow.
Thank you.
Thank you so much, Sonia.
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I'm proud of you too, for evenstarting this podcast and,
reaching the audience thatyou're reaching, cause it's
definitely a necessity and Ilove the fact that you're going
with your passion and what youlove to do.
So thank you for having me and Igreatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
soon./ Thank you for listeningin.
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I'll talk to you next week.
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Alright, my sweet friend.
And now here's our interviewwith Mr.
Anthony Newton.
Hi, Mr.
Newton.
Morning.
Good morning.
Thanks for having me.
Thank you for, for joining us.
Um, so why don't you go aheadand start off and introduce
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yourself to our audience?
Yeah, uh, name's, AnthonyNewton.
I'm the CEO and founder ofCaduceus Holdings, Incorporated.
we established ourselves backin, June of 2005, uh, as a DBA.
And got incorporated June of2006.
Um, and, basically a nativeHoustonian born and raised here
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in Houston.
Parents were from Louisiana.
Uh, mom and dad have beentogether now for 43 years.
tell us where you are now inyour career lives.
Yeah.
So present today, um, oversee,uh, Caduceus Holdings, which is
a conglomerate.
We have the educational Form,which is in a little over 250
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school districts across thecountry in 24 states, including
Hawaii.
We have 10 different programofferings that range anywhere
from pharmacy technician to, allall the way down to.
So, um, there's a wholeassortment of different programs
that we offer.
And things are going quite well.
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We're based in Houston, Texas.
But like I said, we have a reachnationwide.
Yeah, super.
So let's go a little bit back intime.
Um, as you were growing up, youtold me a little bit about your
history and your family.
what did you have in mind as faras your, your career in high
school level?
Yeah.
So in high school, most highschoolers, uh, back then, uh, I
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really didn't have a sense ofdirection or guidance as to what
I wanted to do.
but there was a teacher by thename of Betty Brown, uh,
Cashmere high school in Houston,Texas, Houston, independent
school district.
She took me by the hands and inmy junior year, she put me in
what's called a health co opprogram.
So apparently she saw somethingin me that I didn't see in
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myself.
And she felt that I would dowell in the medical center.
Prior to meeting Miss Brown, uh,I never knew anything about the
medical field.
So I got my first job, as apatient escort at Hermann
Hospital, willing patients toand from the radiology
department.
So that's how I got my start,uh, in the medical space.
(09:03):
So before, meeting Miss BettyBrown, Do you have any inkling
as far as what you were going todo when you grow up, when your
parents would tell you?
No, just, uh, just being a kid,having a good time, you know,
getting into some trouble, but,uh, no, really no, no, like,
short road as to what I wantedto do when I grew up, you know?
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So the objective was the, whenyou're younger, you think about
the here and now.
So there's not a lot of emphasison, what's going to happen
afterwards and that happened fora lot of my buddies.
So it's like, when you graduate,then the reality sets in like,
wow, I need to do something highschool is over.
But when you're in high school,you're so focused on the sports,
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the activities, the grades,things of that nature.
So, it didn't afford me theopportunity to look to the
future.
It wasn't until again, Ms.
Betty Brown, gave me thatopportunity that the exposure
and the opportunity.
Absolutely.
And that's wonderful.
And I appreciate you sharingthat because that's what we like
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to share that there are so manypeople that can really be
influential in a child's life.
and, being that she was yourteacher and that she just.
Saw that in you, to kind ofstart looking into the health
science arena.
It's pretty remarkable.
so tell us a little bit moreabout, that externship.
You were in a co op.
So what happened there?
What did you get to see andexplore?
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Yeah, so I would, I was drivingat the time.
So I think 16, 17 years of age.
But I will commute from, myresidence or from school,
actually from school all the wayto the medical center here in
Houston, Texas.
And, um, prior to getting thatjob, I had never been to the
medical center.
So I'd go out there, I'd see allthese young professionals, uh,
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doing so many different, thingsthat really impressed me and
just drew me in.
I found myself going from,school to work and then back
home.
But I started spending more timeat work, just learning from the
different professionals that Iwas around at that time.
So, well, in patients to himfrom the radiology department
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and wheelchairs and stretchersafford me the opportunity to
interact with radiologytechnicians, MRI technicians,
ultrasound technicians, the listgoes on and on.
Yeah, wonderful.
And how did you get introducedto pharmacy being in the medical
center to start, meetingeveryone pretty much.
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And, I would go down to the MRIdepartment and hang out with
those guys.
And I went over, to the pharmacydepartment too.
And I started taking, hangingout with a lot of those guys.
And I took a liking towardspharmacy.
And so an opportunity presenteditself for me to, in my senior
year to work closer to home, atLBJ hospital.
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And so I actually submitted anapplication and because of my
background in the medical field,or in the medical center, it
afforded me the opportunity towork at LBJ hospital as a
pharmacy technician.
So that's how I got introducedto the pharmacy technician.
It was, right around that senioryear, right after high school.
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How did you transition intowhere you're at today?
What happened was pharmacytechnician is very interesting.
I got my start.
Most people start in the retailsector.
I actually started in thehospital.
And preparing those bags,working with the pharmacists and
the pharmacy technicians andstill taking the medicine up to
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the floors to deliver them tothe patients.
I really grasp that right?
And, after doing that for abouta year or so, I got the
opportunity to, affiliated witha staffing agency because again,
young, just trying to man, if Ican make this, let me go ahead
and try to make that amount ofmoney.
So the staffing agency was like,Hey, we can put you in various
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different places and we'll payyou X amount of dollars.
So when I affiliated with thestaffing agency, I probably
worked.
Okay.
And every different aspect ofpharmacy from retail to mail
order to all the different typesof things you can do as a
pharmacy technician.
And so, with that experiencefrom the age of 18, all the way
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to 21, I got the opportunity tobe a teacher at a vocational
school here.
And so I was their youngestinstructor.
form tech instructor, but theygave me the opportunity because
of my, wide array of differentexperience in the field.
So, at the age of 21, I was ateacher and I figured, man, if I
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can teach this stuff.
Why don't I go back and become apharmacist?
And so I started, uh, gotaccepted into, uh, Blinn College
out in, uh, Brenham, Texas.
And I will commute from Houstonto Brenham, which is about an
hour one way, a little over anhour one way.
Every single day, and I did fora year got a job out there as
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well.
While I was going to schoolthere, I figured I'd work out
there and I worked as a pharmacytechnician in Brenham.
And then after a year of doingthat, I came back to Houston.
And, had all my, my courses thatI needed for undergrad for the
most part.
And so I've enrolled in TexasSouthern University to start my
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path to go to pharmacy schooland I was headhunted by someone
in the educational space, thevocation educational space.
To be a, pharmacy technicianprogram chair over a vocational
school in Houston.
So, uh, again, was theiryoungest person at that time, 24
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years of age, where I got mystart as a, as a pharmacy
program chair for the pharmacytechnician program.
So I've developed it.
From the ground up, here inHouston, uh, did that for about
two years and, uh, rose to thepoint where I was overseeing the
entire state of Texas, um, forthe pharmacy, technician
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program.
So, yeah, it was a student atone point, then a teacher, and
then, rose to a director ofpharmacy all within a short
period of time.
Oh, wow.
And what happened, from thattransition to the next thing
that you went into?
Well, the next thing wascaduceus.
So, just hanging around allthese guys.
I used to have students thatwould come up to me and say,
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hey, Mr.
Newton, you know, I'm working agreat job.
Um, you know, as a pharmacytechnician, and I'm making some
pretty good money, but my, mytuition, my student loans are
really weighing on me.
So these guys were paying back.
Student loans, not for, uh,bachelor degrees or associates,
but for certificates and I justfelt that weight on them.
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So that really stuck with me, asa director of pharmacy.
in addition to that, I had a,um, task that was given to me.
As the director of pharmacy, forthe vocational school to go out
and find, IV certifications forour students, because everyone
was graduating from thosevocational schools with, pretty
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much, certification to work inthe retail sector.
And so, they tasked me withthis, monumental fee to just go
out and find an IV certificationcompany.
So we went.
We scoured all of Houston andlooked at all the different
companies out there, and I cameacross this 1 company that was
absolutely phenomenal.
so I went into the guy's office.
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I think he was a young guy toabout 28 years of age at the
time.
I was 25.
so I was very inspired by that.
And I asked him, I said, hey,buddy, um, you know, I'm
overseeing the entire state ofTexas, but we have reached
nationwide.
And this was back in 2000, wow,2005.
Right.
So we had reached nationwide andI told him, what you guys offer
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is ideal for what we need.
And, I remember, this gentleman,he, you know, as I was talking
to him expression, expressing mypassion about what we did at the
vocational schools, how we'rehelping the students to excel,
et cetera.
Uh, I remember I was verypassionate about it and I've
always had this entrepreneurialside to me as well.
(17:20):
So I told him, Hey, man, look,if I can get you into this
agreement, can you work out sometype of agreement with me where
I can get 10% for every student?
That's brought to you.
and so he came, he stood up fromhis desk, put his hand on my
shoulder.
I came around to where I was,put his hand on my shoulder.
He said, Hey, I tell you what,I'll make sure, I tell your
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boss, you did a great job byintroducing your company to our
company.
Wow, and then he went and had aseat and I remember I felt
small.
I just sunk in my seat and I waslike, oh, man, I mean, this guy,
I can't believe he just reallykilled me like that.
he just, uh, he deflated my, Ihad so much passion so much
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drive so much.
You know, ambition, I was youngbut in, instead of channeling
that, that disappointment, orinstead of absorbing the
disappointment, and acting outon it, I actually channeled it
and I said, what, you know, um,what this guy is doing is
extremely impressive.
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Um, I know exactly what we need,for our vocational school.
And this is where that ahamoment came about.
I identified a problem and Ifound a solution to that
problem.
And all I had to do was combinethe two and put a price tag on
it.
And that's all business isidentifying a problem, bringing
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a solution to that problem foran agreed amount.
And depending on how big of aproblem you solve, that
determines the income that youcreate.
And so I decided to bur caduthis.
At that point, I went and hiredtwo individuals, uh, put
together, the Ivy certificationcomponents that were needed.
And my company that was birthedwas Cadus.
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So I allow Cadus to come in andpresent to my firm at the time.
And, my boss and I were there,the company did an outstanding
job and we decided to give themthe contract.
And so, uh, that's how Caduceuswas birthed pretty much, out of
a moment where you think is theworst moment of your life, To
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change everything.
And that's why I say all thingshappen, for the good, when
you're pursuing your path.
So just always look at it fromthat perspective.
I love it.
I love the way you reframed thesituation and how that brought
you a lot of opportunity.
Let's go a little bit back toyour story.
you came up with the, with theIV certification and you were
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basically selling it to, yourcurrent, employer.
Correct?
That is correct.
Okay.
And how did you branch out andbecome independent?
Yeah, so I figured, you know,once a business, starting to
generate revenue and you'veidentified a problem, and you
bring a solution to thatproblem, then you may think
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about it and say, wow, ourvocational school had this
issue.
Maybe other vocational schoolshave the same issue.
So I went off to offercertification to.
A multitude of differentvocational schools throughout
Houston and the surroundingareas.
I did that for a year whilesimultaneously working for the
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vocational school.
And so the success start to takeoff.
And I remember, when I turned26, a year after I had started
Caduceus and just DBA makingsupplemental income, everything
was great.
Well, one of the things I lookedat is the fact that.
It was generating revenue, um,and.
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If there's opportunity inHouston, there may be an
opportunity in surroundingcities and in surrounding states
and so on and so forth.
So what did I do?
I went back to my employer and Itold him, um, you know what?
Uh, I'm going to go part timeand, uh, I'm giving you guys a 4
week notice.
And, um, that was that.
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So they were all shocked becauseeverything was going so well.
I was an outstanding worker.
I always try to separate myselffrom everyone else by going
above and beyond the call ofduty.
Cause I feel like if you're, uh,the best at what you do, there
will always be a position foryou.
And so, um, again, I wasn'tfired, uh, wasn't let go or
(21:43):
anything like that.
And I actually didn't give a twoweek notice.
I gave a quality note, but thenI went to a church the following
Sunday.
And something dropped in myspirit.
I didn't tell you to go parttime.
I told you to quit your job, youknow, resign from your job,
apart from your job and startyour company full time.
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So that was wrestling in myspirit and I decided to act on
it.
And I remember going back to mydirector and saying, Hey, look,
uh, no, I gave a 4 week notice,and I was going part time, but
now I want to give you a 6 weeknotice and let you know that I'm
transitioning, out of thisposition in its entirety.
So I just wanted to make sureeverything was solidified before
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stepping out.
And I did that in three monthsafter I parted ways from the,
from the vocational school.
I decided to, uh, I was workingwith a group of individuals and
we decided to put a pharmacytechnician curriculum around the
certification component and wewent down to our 1st school
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district, which was Houstonindependent school district and
they end up closing.
Our deal with us and my firstcheck from Houston Independent
School District back in, uh,2006 was for 58, 000.
Yeah.
Wow.
Go a little bit more in detailand share with us if that's
okay.
(23:10):
How did you get into HISD?
It's the largest school districtin the Houston area.
Yeah, I think definitely faithbecause I had no, I was this
young kid, 26, a lot of me was avery naive at that point.
I felt like I could conquer theworld.
Right.
And I remember my mom put me incontact with an individual that
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knew another individual and,they got me the introduction to
just, you know, they, they ledme to say, Hey, go, why don't
you try going down to H I s D.
So I remember going down to the.
Yeah.
And I remember, they're tellingme about the CTE department,
career and technical education.
And so I go to the front desk ofthis huge building off from
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Houston, Texas.
It's off to 90, the building.
and I go in there and they say,okay, uh, you're for the CTE
department and they, give me thephone and they let me speak to
an individual.
And, uh, this individual, Ican't remember his name to this
day, but, the individual that Ispoke with said, oh, I'm sorry.
I'm not the right person.
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You need to speak to this is theperson you should speak to.
And I said, okay.
And when I got the connectionfor that person, I said, hello,
miss such and such thisindividual told me that you're
the person I need to speak to inregards to presenting our course
for the pharmacy technicianprogram for independent school
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district.
And because this is years later,she told me this after the fact,
because I said that individual'sname that transferred the call.
That is the only reason sheallowed me up into her office.
So it was a subtle name drop,you know, uh, from one person
(24:59):
that had referred me to her, andshe allowed me into her office.
I presented.
I was very passionate when Ipresented.
Didn't have a lot ofinformation.
It was more conceptual thananything, but that young lady at
Houston Independent SchoolDistrict gave me the
opportunity.
That I needed, that catapultedme to where I'm at today.
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Wow.
That is, that is amazing.
And thank you for sharing about,stepping out of your comfort
zone and just knocking on thatdoor, a huge door, huge for me,
it was just a door, you know,cause I was 26, this is just
another door.
Let me go do it.
In fact, this was a building.
I mean, it was the largest I'veever set foot in.
(25:44):
Wow.
That's amazing.
And then how did you get tocreating new programs?
You just decided that you wantedto continue to expand?
Well, see, this is what I'velearned about life, you know, as
things come at you, people mayask you to do monumental tasks
that may ask you to do a littletask.
If you pick and choose what youwant to do, then you're picking
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and choosing how you moveforward in life.
Every task that they brought tome at the vocational school, I
took it on, I used to work 60,70 hours a week, and I never
knew that what I was doing thenwould help me for caduceus and
what I was about to do in myfuture.
(26:26):
And so I always tell people, nomatter how big or small the task
is, take it on and don't look atthe.
Compensation that you'rereceiving for it now because you
will need it later on in yourlife.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
What would you tell them rightnow?
What would be the biggesttakeaway, um, that they should
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hear from you who has come froma background of, you know,
family who, who really didn'thave that, that role model for
you to follow?
Yeah, so I'd tell people.
A high school students to getinvolved in as much things as
you can get involved in becausethe exposure is where it's at.
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Had I not been exposed, there'sno telling what I'd be doing
right now.
So that's the whole purpose forcaduceus is just to allow.
Exposure to individuals, uh, sothat they can have opportunity
that stimulates from theexposure.
You may, uh, go and realizethat, hey, uh, after doing this
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job or after experiencing this,this is now what I wanna do.
I like it.
I like the way the people are,the environment, the work, uh,
flow and, and things of thatnature.
So, uh, I tell people, Just keepyour mind open to exposure
because once you're exposed,then opportunities develop from
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that.
Because a lot of times, I mean,I wasn't passionate about
medical field prior in highschool, but the exposure.
Created the opportunity and thenthe passion for what it is.
I started doing over and overagain, day in and day out
developed.
So that came over time, but howyou first have to be exposed to
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it.
Beautiful.
Wonderful.
other than Ms.
Betty Brown, who has influencedyou the most?
Wow, man, I was, like I said, Iwas like a sponge.
So I pretty much.
Took from a lot of people, whenthey, when they crossed my path,
uh, no matter what, uh,ethnicity, no matter what
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religion, no matter, uh, whatthe person was, uh, involved in,
I was just.
I had the ability to extract thepositive and leave behind what
it is that, that I didn'tdesire.
And so, throughout the years,there's just been a multitude of
individuals that I've extractedfrom that have helped me to
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become who I am today.
So, uh, that's 1, but I thinkthat the biggest, Influencer,
you know, I watch my parentswork hard, uh, they work hard
day in and day out and they wereblue collar workers.
And so that was not somethingthat I wanted to aspire towards,
but I really admired their workethic and how they kept the
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family together.
And how they stayed married foras long as they did.
I love, I love how you sharedhow you've taken every
opportunity and you have learnedfrom it and, you've had some
pretty big obstacles that you'veovercome, but is there anything
looking back?
Yeah.
Mindsight is always 2020.
Is there anything you'd dodifferently?
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Yeah, you know, um, I wouldn't,even though, I had my, my fair
share of obstacles, I wouldn'tchange anything.
The reason why, because so manylives have been impacted over
the last, 17 years that I'vebeen in business, not only just
my life, my family's life,those, that are employed with
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our companies, the students, theteachers.
Uh, the CT directors, the schooldistricts at large, the
communities at large, when youhave an individual that can come
up to you and say, man, it wasbecause I was exposed to a
program in high school, I'm nowa pharmacist.
I'm now a nurse.
I'm now a medical doctor.
that's a great feeling.
(30:23):
And I feel if I go back andchange anything, it could change
everything.
So I'd rather keep everythingthe way it is.
No regrets.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.
what do you think, what are thequalities that you think that
has stood out from you the most?
And I, and I think, and I'm, Imight step in a little bit here
and say, is it your ability tojust absorb all the good from
(30:47):
others and be able to just,defer anything else that's,
probably not productive orsomething that's going to help
you in the long run?
Yes, I would definitely say thatwas major because you got to
learn to extract the good andleave behind the negative.
And if you have thatperspective, you can learn from
(31:08):
anyone and everyone because.
Everyone that crosses your pathis crossing your path for a
reason, and there's somethingthat you can extract from that
person.
It may even be what not to do,or it's what to do, or how to do
it better.
So these are things that I pridemyself on also to having faith
(31:34):
is so huge because fear keeps usfrom doing a lot of things that
we want to do.
So how can you overcome fear?
Well, you can only overcome itwith having faith.
And if you have no faith, thenyou'll always have fear and
it'll keep you, pretty muchstagnant and not moving forward
towards the things you want toaccomplish in life.
(31:57):
Yeah, absolutely.
What's your definition ofsuccess?
So success to me is relative.
I feel every single person issuccessful in their own way.
So the single mom that's takingcare of her two kids, uh,
working, nine to five, cominghome, tending to them.
(32:18):
She's successful, a successfulbusinessman that have rise to a
certain level in their lives.
Uh, they're successful.
The teacher.
Which has 1 of the most hardestjobs in the world sits down and
deals with students day in andday out with all different type
of personalities all from alldifferent walks of life, and
(32:38):
they're able to keep theirsanity.
Okay.
That's impressive.
And they are successful.
So to me, success is relative.
We're all successful in our ownway.
And it's all about perspectiveperspective and perception.
So, uh, that's my definition ofsuccess because if I talk to
(32:59):
anyone for.
Prolonged period of time.
I can identify their success.
And what inspires you now you'vemade it to such an amazing,
opportunity to have your owncompany and you're continuing to
grow when inspires you.
Yeah.
So my, my, my biggestinspiration is my kids.
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the reason why is because itdoesn't do me any good to go out
and educate tens of thousands ofstudents around the world and
not take the time to give tothose that are nearest and
dearest.
And closest to me.
So, they're a huge source ofinspiration for me today.
Uh, just making sure they'resuccessful and they have every
(33:42):
opportunity, that I had, if notmore, the people I work with my
colleagues, they inspired mebeing able to, see them excel in
their careers and give more toour teachers and our students,
so that they can be successful.
That's inspirational.
Thank you so much, Newton forspending your time with us for
(34:04):
sharing your story from yourupbringing to how you channeled
all the different challenges inyour life and how you reframe so
many situations to be the personyou are today and To have
accomplished everything you'vedone so far.
And I can't wait to see how youcontinue to grow.
Thank you.
Thank you so much, Sonia.
(34:25):
I'm proud of you too, for evenstarting this podcast and,
reaching the audience thatyou're reaching, cause it's
definitely a necessity and Ilove the fact that you're going
with your passion and what youlove to do.
So thank you for having me and Igreatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
soon./ Thank you for listeningin.
If you enjoyed this episode, itwould mean so much to me.
(34:45):
If you share it with a friend, acolleague, or your own
community, if you share it onsocial media and tag me, I'll
make sure to personally thankyou.
My two favorite places to hangout are Instagram and LinkedIn.
Check out our show notes for adirect link.
I'm so thankful for each andevery one of you.
And as always stay well, bepresent and enjoy the journey.
(35:07):
I'll talk to you next week.
Adios.
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