094: Why Being Broke is Your Greatest Teacher with Dwayne Clark

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Dwayne Clark grew up POOR. So poor that his mom had to take potatoes from her employer to feed her children. Then he would have to negotiate as a child to ensure they would have utilities and running water.

But Dwayne learned a powerful perspective shift about is life. He learned that he could view poverty as “POOR HIM: or as “BEING THE GREATEST SCHOOL” He chose the later.

Today, Dwayne is a serial entrepreneur and runs one of the nation’s premier assisted living communities with over 30 locations, 2000 staff members, and over 60,000 residents served. He's also an award-winning film producer, author and major philanthropist.

As CEO of Aegis Living, one of the most sought-after assisted living facilities in the US. He's also the producer of the Award-winning film 'Big Sonia' and 'Full Court' - The Spencer Haywood Story, about the iconic NBA Hall of Famer.

In his latest book '30 Summers Left' he shares the “lessons from longevity” that he has amassed from the latest health and wellness research on living the best life possible.

Join in TODAY and learn EXACTLY how Dwayne Clark LEVELED UP and created EVERYTHING from NOTHING!

In this episode, you will learn:

How to find lessons in hardship
Why adversity is your greatest teacher
Why you should always being looking for the lesson
How you can create longevity in business and life

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned high performance coach.
0:07.2	When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing?
0:11.0	How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or we've had a big setback?
0:15.2	On this podcast, I'll be talking to some of the most inspiring and courageous men and women on this planet who, at their
0:20.9	worst, learned how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible, leveling up
0:26.6	and creating everything from nothing.
0:31.9	Dwayne Clark grew up poor, so poor that his mom used to steal potatoes from her employer to feed her children
0:40.1	for a week. And Dwayne, he had to learn how to negotiate as a child to ensure that they'd have
0:46.3	utilities and running water. But Dwayne learned a powerful perspective as a young boy. And this
0:52.3	perspective shift changed his life. He learned that he could view
0:56.1	poverty as poor him, or he could view poverty as being the greatest school ever. And he chose that.
1:04.2	Today, Dwayne is a serial entrepreneur and runs one of the nation's premier assisted living
1:09.4	communities with over 30 locations,
1:11.6	2,000 staff members, and over 60,000 residents served.
1:16.3	He also is an award-winning film producer, author, and major philanthropist.
1:22.0	As CEO of the Ages Living Community, one of the most sought-after assisted living facilities in the U.S.
1:29.0	He's also the producer of the award-winning film Big Sonia. And Full Court, the Spencer
1:35.9	Hollywood story about the iconic NBA Hall of Famer. In his latest book, 30 Summers Left,
1:43.3	he shares the lessons from longevity that he has amassed
1:48.9	from the latest health and wellness research on living the best life possible.
1:53.8	Join it today and learn exactly how Dwayne Clark levels up and created everything from nothing.
1:59.6	Today on leveling up, I've got Dwayne Clark, and I'm so
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