How JT McCormick Went from Broke and Homeless to CEO of an 8-Figure Business

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Broke, angry, and lost. JT McCormick grew up in a tough environment, with family members killed in gangs and a drug dealer father. For a bit, JT followed their path… but then decided enough is enough. Hear JT’s story about how he found courage to explore business, how he overcame poverty and racism, and how he eventually became CEO of a massively growing startup.

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0:00.0	I'm half white, I'm half black, I've got no college degree.
0:06.1	My father was a black pimp and drug dealer.
0:08.7	My mother was a white orphan.
0:10.2	I've been sexually abused.
0:11.6	I've been a juvenile three different times. at the bottom of all of that I will outwork anyone
0:19.9	Welcome to Noah Kagan presents.
0:28.0	What up party people. It's your boy five-star, aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka Noah Kagan.
0:32.4	Today is a crazy episode with J.T. McCormick he's the president and CEO of book in a box
0:38.4	com but a lot of people are CEOs and presidents of companies, yada, yada.
0:43.4	So that's actually not the most interesting part.
0:45.6	What is interesting about JT is how he came from nothing.
0:49.3	He never graduated high school.
0:51.4	He lived with his dad who was a pimp and drug dealer. He had
0:56.2	insane hardships like sexual abuse, homelessness, juvenile detention center.
1:00.8	So how the hell was he able to go from there to becoming a
1:03.9	millionaire? This is an episode that's going to be replacing your coffee this
1:07.5	morning and I really look forward to you enjoying it. Here's three key things you're
1:10.7	going to learn. What is the number one quality that JT says made himself successful
1:15.8	and how to build that quality in yourself?
1:18.4	Second, how JT would start all over again
1:21.1	working at McDonald's to become a millionaire.
1:23.8	Yes, McDonald's.
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