No matter what hardships you endure in life, making the most of a situation is ALWAYS possible!
Today on the show we’re talking with JeVon McCormick CEO of Scribe Media, and author of IGot There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream. JeVon has had to overcome some true challenges in his life, from his father not being around much to getting sexually abused as an 8 year old, life was anything but easy for JeVon.
JeVon learned how to be a better person in every circumstance, he chose to not let his past bring him down, but show him how to improve. JeVon believes that becoming a smarter, better, harder working person is possible every single day.
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MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
Check out Scribe Writing: www.scribewriting.com
JeVon’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jtmccormick/
Scribe Media’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scribe-media
Scribe Media’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scribemediaco/
Scribe Media’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/scribemediaco
JeVon reclaiming his name: https://qz.com/work/1914116/scribe-media-ceo-jt-mccormick-is-reclaiming-the-name-jevon/#:~:text=I%20figured%20out%20early%20on,improve%20my%20odds%20of%20success.
TIMESTAMPS
02:22 – What did JT want to be when he grew up?
06:52 – Never wanting to be in a position of life never knowing what to do at the age of 8
09:25 – Writing book for JT’s children and his children’s response to JT’s story
12:15 – JT’s parents and growing up as a child (You don’t know what you don’t know)
14:20 – JT’s mother, the first 9 years of JT’s life (Life Lesson: Keep going, non-stop attitude)
16:35 – JT’s view on women
18:15 – How to trust women after being sexually abused by women
20:15 – Not seeing himself as a Victim (Get up at 3.45am and get on with my day)
22:05 – Mindset on how to deal with Trauma (Does not compare to a Syrian Family)
23:10 – Not speaking to father for 30 years before he died and what would JT say? (Well played Dad)
25:30 – Drug dealers have an entrepreneurial mindset (People loving JT’s father)
27:20 – Drug dealers and pharmaceuticals
30:08 – Seeing the first $1M come through.
31:28 – Being negative broke and how JT rebuilt himself.
37:08 – How to scale a business (You only fail if you stop trying)
38:00 – No-one talks about the Sacrifice that goes into success
40:54 – JT’s definition of success
41:38 – How JT became the CEO of Scribe Media
47:30 – How can start up’s hire an expert with little money
50:51 – Advice to Millennials & Gen Z’s
51:50 – The 3 words that JT has eliminated from his vocabulary
56:03 – What does JT do when he deals with challenges
57:25 – What JT would want his children to say about their father
59:43 – 1 lesson learned from JT’s childhood (The world is what you make of it)
01:01:58 – What impact does JT want to have on the world? (we can change a min of 30% of the lower economic community)
01:11:33 – What is JT’s definition of limitless potential?
