You're listening to the online marketing made easy podcast episode number 132.

Welcome to the online marketing made easy podcast business advice so easy you'll feel like you're cheating and now your host Amy Porterfield.

Hey there. Welcome back to another episode of the online marketing made easy podcast. I'm your host Amy Porterfield and I'm so very, very delighted that you've tuned in.

Now I'm going to start this episode before we bring on my special guest with a quick story. Now this story is one that I've heard Tony Robbins tell from stage many, many times and although he is a master storyteller, I'm not going to tell it the way he tells it and I'm going to abbreviate the story but it's still worth telling so stay with me here.

So Tony tells this story of two brothers and there was a study done on these two boys because they ended up in foster care and this researcher followed them through foster care over the years.

And so the story goes that they had a really, really rough upbringing and abuse of father, a mother that was never there for them. They grew up really, really poor. They got into a lot of trouble eventually leading to the father disappearing the mother disappearing and now they're in foster care.

And so the researcher followed them through the years into foster care and then into adulthood when they were on their own. And so when they were around 40, the researcher sat down with each of the brothers individually.

One of the brothers was in and out of jail ever since foster care. He just couldn't get his life together. Didn't really have much money or any possessions to show for. Struggled to even hold a job, never got married. He just really had a rough life out of foster care.

The other brother actually had an amazing life. He married a wonderful woman. They had two children. They lived in a really nice home and a good neighborhood. He had a solid job. He had money in the bank. Things looked really good for him.

And so when the researcher sat down with each of the boys individually, the researcher said, why do you think your life turned out this way? And both brothers gave the same answer.

Both brothers said something along the lines of how couldn't my life turn out like this? Look what I went through. Look what I'd been through in foster care with my dad and with my mom. And we lived in poverty. Of course, my life would turn out this way.

And the brother who had it really hard and was in and out of jail after foster care felt that his life turned out that way because that's all he knew. He didn't even have a chance is what he felt.

The other brother thought, I'd never want a life like that. I had to turn things around. I saw what it was like to live that way. And I went in a different direction.

But both brothers had the same perspective. Like how could my life not turn out this way? And every time Tony told this story from stage, it was like, oh my gosh, it's so true. Just how you look at things and the decisions you make in terms of the direction you're going to go in your life is so incredibly powerful.

And today with my guest, we're going to be talking about looking at your life and perspective in terms of what you're going to do with what you've got.

So my guest today is Patrick Bet David. Now let me give you a little glimpse into his life. And then he is going to actually kind of lay it all out for you in our interview.

But here's just the quick notes. His story, his family fled war torn Iran when he was only 10 years old. They lived in a refugee camp in Germany for two years before immigrating to the US. His parents got a divorce. His mom returned to Iran. His dad worked in a 99 cent store. And he was a welfare kid.

He graduated from high school with a 1.8 GPA. And to this day hasn't graduated college. He racked up 50,000 dollars in credit card debt by the time he was 21.

And now at the age of 37, he's a multi millionaire. Pretty impressive, right? I mean, the guy went through a lot. And today he is incredibly successful, not just in terms of what's in his bank account.

But when you hear from him, you'll realize he lives a very rich life, a very happy life and inspiring life. Here's why I wanted to bring Patrick on the show today.

At one point or another in your entrepreneurial journey, you're going to need a little shot of inspiration. You're going to need an opportunity to get out of your head and really get yourself in motion.

And usually that comes with being inspired. And I love to get inspired by other people's stories. What's possible? What's real?

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