81: How Garrain Jones Went From Homeless To Wellness Entrepreneur By Changing His Mindset

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Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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For years, today’s guest lived out of his car and was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. As if life weren’t difficult enough, he then spent two years in prison for smuggling heroin. Yet, it was through these challenges and the other tragedies he experienced that Garrain Jones found his purpose and was able to completely change the trajectory of his life. He is now a transformation coach, motivational speaker, serial entrepreneur, and the author of the number one bestseller, Change Your...

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0:00.0	I remember it was August 2011 at 343 in the morning and I was like well maybe
0:09.6	it's not everybody else's fault maybe it's my fault because I never ever took responsibility.
0:15.2	I can't change anyone else, but maybe I can change something about me. What can I change
0:21.8	about myself? And then finally the tears welled up inside of me and I just said, okay, I'm tired of fighting. I don't want to fight anymore. I want to be healthy anymore I want to be healthy I want to be happy I want to be
0:36.2	surrounded by nothing but positive people I just want to inspire people and I want to
0:41.0	make a bunch of money but I want the money to represent something that I passionately believe in that I would do for free.
0:48.0	Just show me a sign. Just show me a sign. Just show me a sign. And I just kept saying it over and over and over and over.
0:56.7	And over and over. Hey there, it's Light Watkins and we are back with another episode of at the end of the tunnel.
1:08.0	And if this is your first time listening to the show, here's what you're in for.
1:12.0	I interview luminaries, artists, philanthropists,
1:15.4	athletes, creatives, and basically anyone who has gone above and beyond to be
1:20.6	the change that they wish to see in the world.
1:23.0	Sometimes they start movements or they create films or they write books that inspire people.
1:28.0	And my guest this week has one of the most inspiring stories I've ever heard and at this point I've heard a lot of
1:35.8	inspiring stories. His name is Garen Jones. So Garen grew up in Houston, his dad was an abusive alcoholic drug dealer who was murdered when
1:45.8	Garin was just 12 years old.
1:48.0	And as a teenager he started breaking into cars and houses and this landed him in juvenile detention, but then cut to a few years later
1:55.3	Garen starts modeling and he's writing music but during that time he got busted in
2:01.9	France for smuggling heroin and the story just keeps
2:05.2	getting crazier and crazier. Anyway, Garrett ended up doing time in France for that and
2:10.0	then years later he lost everything he's now living out of his car he's hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt with no connection to his family or friends or his daughter and according to Garen he hit rock bottom more times than even he could count.
2:26.0	But then he was able to turn it all around.
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