Asking Texas Millionaires How They Got RICH!

excuse me sir quick question for you man is this your G wagon it is and what do you do for living out in Dallas to be able to afford a G wagon I pursue my career in finance the money is in the money business had the blessing to be uh former CEO of 7-Eleven uh I also was former chairman and CEO of Blockbuster so you were the CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster I was the CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster yeah that's incredible what has been the most amount of money that you've ever made in a single year 16. 7 million 16. 7 million and what happened that year that you were able to make over $16 million ameran Airlines filed bankruptcy have you ever been broke before absolutely I at 29 I moved back home I didn't have a phone a checking account and dead broke and you know when you hit rock bottom there's only one place to go and that's up what has been the most amount of money that you've ever made in a single year Highland Park in Dallas Texas is the number six wealthiest city in all of the United States and today we're going to be going all over Highland Park asking multi-millionaires how they became wealthy and how you can start your path to becoming financially free going into 2024 with that being said let's get this video on the [Music] way what industry did you decide to pursue a career in I pursue my career in finance the money is in the money business did you go to college uh I went to Junior College but college is not necessary college is not necessary no no you get school a life what has been the most amount of money that you've ever made in a single year uh right 650,000 in one year $650,000 and that's more than 99% of people will ever make in a single year what's the best financial advice that you've ever received throughout your career well rich people hire people and poor people don't you got to create SC scale and create leverage you got to create that leverage a lot of times people work in isolation and they're stuck by their own understanding I'll ask you a question right you have real dreams yes sir there're a shortcut to them there's no shortcut to yes it is yeah short CU mentorship now you minimize mistakes you start to learn care got straight path forward in life you need a mentor Mentor you don't know where to find the mentor and he she don't know where to find you wow you live and die and not find your dream you became a millionaire but like like have you ever been broke before I was real broke I was a broke couldn't afford a free stamp but see you can fix broke you can't fix poverty poverty is a mindset like a lot of folks say I was broke but I wasn't poor you can always fix broke but you can't fix poverty how old are you now I'm 57 what is the best advice that you would tell to your younger self you got a moment yes sir okay let me show you something all right yes sir now this strip here is from 1 to 100 now the average female there was age 81 average male age 75 so I'm going put my finger here on 75 and I'm going to tear it I would probably never see this part of life if I do it' be a blessing if I don't I'm not going to be as amatory I can't dunk a basketball then give the same quality of life all right now I look real young you may think I'm about 25 don't really about I'm 57 so put my thumb here on 57 and I'm a tear and see this is gone so this part of the ribbon here is all I got left and maybe your Ribbon is a little longer but you can have one bad sickness and the quality of the ribbon ain't the same what you got left is what you got left live East as a life in miniature live it on steroids and wake up with gratitude thank God I got today is a vote of God saying this is for you live it like you dream it my guy made over $700,000 in a single year but he just broke down some of the absolute most unreal life advice that I've ever seen think of your life is like one year it's like an inch off that measuring tape our life on this Earth is limited it's up to us to make the most out of the time that we have here shout out to him man Dallas is unreal let's go get this next one what industry did you decide to pursue a career in the eyeglass and hearing a industry what's the most amount of money that you ever made in a single year 16.

7 million 16. 7 million and what happened that year that you were able to make over $16 million American Airlines filed bankruptcy the American Airlines employees as you can imagine aircraft mechanics baggage handlers Pilots they work in an environment put them at risk for hearing loss and they had a a really generous benefit that would buy them the best in hearing help and hearing hearing aids Hearing Instruments and so when American Airlines filed bankruptcy 13,000 local employees panicked and thought I had better go use my health insurance while I still have it prior to that the most money we had ever made in a in a year was about 1.