Ep. 28: Personal Trainer, Author, Hugger & Human High-Five, David Hale Sylvester

For Dave Sylvester, a significant personal loss became the impetus for a self-determined mission to create joyful moments and smiles, and deliver hugs and high-fives, to people all over the world. 

David Hale Sylvester Links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehumanhigh5/
Website: http://www.davidhalesylvester.com/
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-H...

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Chapters

• 0:00 Opening Clip
• 0:12 The Person You Want to Be intro
• 0:52 Introducing David Hale Sylvester
• 3:59 "I wanted to be like my father"
• 8:13 How Dave's parents engaged with him as a kid
• 14:08 Philadelphia newspapers
• 17:49 A story from "One Hug at a Time"
• 23:38 A strong sense of confidence
• 30:24 Calm down and don't take life personally
• 32:07 Kevin and Kelvin
• 46:32 September 11th
• 57:06 Kevin's memorial service
• 1:00:45 Dave's (first) cross-country bike ride
• 1:05:25 How the hugs began
• 1:13:21 The mirror provided by others
• 1:15:05 From the head to the heart
• 1:21:30 National Hug & High5 Day
• 1:26:52 The luckiest man in the world
• 1:32:08 An offer from Dave
• 1:33:44 Moments are the stuff of life