How to Tell Your Authentic Story
Podcast

Today I met with Hope Agbolosoo, a Toronto-based content creator. Hope, born in Ghana, is a former Big Brother Canada contestant who shares his journey of resilience and growth to inspire others. He builds basketball courts in Ghana, creates lifestyle content to help people gain confidence, and believes in making an impact regardless of origins. Through city exploration, travel, fitness, and community service, Hope embodies gratitude and demonstrates that anyone can build a meaningful legacy.

I've been coaching for 18 years, and I can tell you that the technical stuff is the easy part. The real challenge? Helping coaches understand that their biggest obstacle isn't their lack of knowledge. It's their inability to get out of their own way. That's why this conversation with Hope Agoloso hit differently. Hope is 26 years old, a former Big Brother Canada contestant, fitness coach, and someone who's built eight basketball courts in Ghana while figuring out who the hell he actually is. What struck me most about our conversation wasn't his accomplishments. It was his willingness to admit that he's still figuring it out, and that the journey of becoming yourself is the actual work.

10 Key Takeaways from How to Tell Your Authentic Story

Your personal story is your only defensible moat

Hope's journey from Ghana to Canada, from building basketball courts to Big Brother Canada, is completely unique. In an age where AI can replicate expertise, your lived experience is the one thing that cannot be commodified or replaced.

Opportunities reveal who you are; they don't create you

Every opportunity Hope received didn't change him. It simply exposed to the world who he already was. The energy, the authenticity, and the drive were always there. Big Brother didn't make him. It revealed him.

Fear of judgment is rational, but it's also a mirror

Hope admitted he cares what people think. The difference is that he recognized that what he feared others thinking about him was actually what he thought about himself. When you're being authentic, there's nothing to be exposed for.

Your environment can keep you small

Hope had to leave Toronto because the environment was making him perform for people who wouldn't even help him move. When you're surrounding yourself with people who can't see your transformation, you'll stay stuck in who you were instead of becoming who you're meant to be.

Imposter syndrome might mean you're actually an imposter

If you feel like an imposter in your content or coaching, you may not know enough yet. You don't have to get ready if you stay ready. Being yourself eliminates imposter syndrome because you're not trying to be anyone else.

Content that resonates beats content that trends

Hope's trendy videos got millions of views but zero meaningful connections. His authentic, vulnerable content received fewer views but built relationships that mattered. Vanity metrics don't pay your bills or build your business.

The ability to be vulnerable is your competitive advantage

When Hope shares his struggles, people reach out. When he tries to look cool and nonchalant, crickets. Vulnerability humanizes you and makes you relatable. That's what turns followers into clients.

You have free will, and you forget to use it

Hope realized at 26 that he didn't have to stay in environments that drained him, relationships that diminished him, or patterns that kept him small. You can turn off the game. You can book the trip. You can leave the city.

Creating for validation kills creativity

When Hope creates content based on what he knows people want to see, it limits his creativity and authenticity. The next level isn't chasing numbers. It's creating without needing applause.

Your biggest problem is your inability to believe in yourself

As Hope said, "Your problem is not your inability to perform, to act, or to do. Your biggest problem is your inability to believe." All things are possible to those who believe. The action without the belief is just motion.

What I respect most about Hope is that he's not pretending to have it all figured out. He's 26, he's still learning who he is, and he's willing to share that journey publicly. That takes more courage than posting another training video or sharing another client transformation. The coaches who will win in the next decade aren't the ones with the most certifications or the biggest followings. They're the ones willing to be human, to be vulnerable, and to understand that business is just personal development with a price tag. Hope gets that. And if you're still trying to fit yourself into a box to impress people who wouldn't help you move, you need to hear this conversation.

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IG - @hopefitness

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