Entrepreneur, philanthropist, former quadraplegic and advocate of joy, Barry Shore is bursting with life experience. Though he has run a number of successful businesses, his greatest achievement is found in choosing happiness in the face of adversity.
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Barry Shore is a serial entrepreneur who is now known as the Ambassador of Joy. From shoveling snow and selling scorecards at Fenway Park as a kid to building multi-million dollar empires, he has spent a lifetime learning what business was all about and capturing opportunities.
In this episode of “Making It”, Barry shares his journey, which is full of plot twists and lessons learned. Through a combination of wondrous success and unforeseen tragedy, he discovered that nothing is more important to him than love and joy. We may not always be able to choose what life brings our way, but we can always choose our response.
“That's the genius of real business; everybody in the process of the business transaction is happy because business is both transactional and transformational.”
“Whatever level of success you have, joy and love are not byproducts. They are the foundations of building an entrepreneurial successful life and business .”
– Barry Shore
Barry Shore, known as the Ambassador of Joy, was completely paralyzed (overnight… from a rare disease) and went on to build a system to enable others to live in joy daily.
In addition, because of his successful entrepreneurial background, he conceived of and attracted people to build platforms that will give more than One Billion dollars at little or no cost to the Giver.
Since childhood he has been involved in doing things that both bring benefit to people and make money. Barry had the ideal job for a kid growing up in Boston, MA, selling scorecards outside Fenway Park. From ages 12-14 he made lots of money and learned important life lessons for other successful business ventures.
The Ambassador of joy was also an inveterate traveler, who dropped out of college and went to Europe on a one-way ticket. He learned about life and business and created a number of entrepreneurial empires both in the United States and abroad.
He utilized his talents and refined his skills in working with people from many cultures and viewpoints to not only survive but flourish. He is an avid philanthropist and currently hosts his own podcast, “The Joy of Living”.
