Do you remember what you wanted to be or do as a kid? You know, the thing that just might reveal your true authentic self and where your creative power lies. Garrain Jones has achieved fantastic success by doing this very thing after having a very rocky start in life. Garrain is a coach, entrepreneur, and podcaster. His goal is to help people discover the gifts that already live inside them. He does this through retreats, workshops, and 1:1 coaching. He’s a motivational speaker who has spoken in over 60 countries. He’s also the author of Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life: Lessons of Love, Leadership and Transformation. He’s a successful entrepreneur and a devoted husband and father.
Garrain’s journey to get to where he is today is one of the most interesting, diverse, and heartbreaking stories I’ve heard. He had a rough childhood that led him to lose trust in humanity after being put in a running dryer when he was four and being intentionally pushed into dangerous water when he was ten years old. He almost drowned, had a near-death experience, and was miraculously saved. He shares details of his unique journey in this episode. Garrain has been a model. He was in a Beyoncé video and had an opportunity to work with Ludacris and Def Jam. He was arrested for International drug smuggling and served prison time in France. He was even featured in National Geographics Locked Up Abroad. Working on personal growth, mindset, and divine luck brought him to where he is today.
- [02:50] Garrain is grateful for the wild journey that he has had, so that he can share wisdom with others.
- [04:35] Garrain shares some of his backstory. He wouldn't wish the environment he came from on his worst enemies. When he was seven years old, some older kids or teenagers tried to drown him. Someone miraculously grabbed his arm and saved him, yet he saw nobody. This was the experience that made him stop trusting people.
- [11:23] Garrain's dad was murdered when he was 12 years old. The trauma made him stop caring about anything.
- He was in and out of jail and busted for smuggling drugs. He was sentenced to 12 years in a French prison, but he got out in two and a half years.
- [16:14] Garrain always wanted to change his life, he just didn't know how.
- [16:56] He was modeling in LA and was given The Power of Positive Thinking. Reading this book out loud fixed his speech impediment and gave him amazing results.
- [20:40] When he stopped reading the book, things changed and he went back to the state that he was in before.
- [21:26] In Europe, he smuggled drugs from one country to another for the equivalent of $9,000. He did this route seven times within two months. On his 8th trip, he got caught.
- [25:24] Life doesn't happen to you, it responds to you.
- [26:39] Garrain has two daughters, a 21 year old and 1 year old.
- [27:23] He shares his French prison experience. The universe was telling him to stop. He even got a flat tire, but he kept going and got busted at the French border. There was heroin in conga drums that he was transporting.
- [31:03] He spent five days in a holding cell.
- [33:06] He felt like the French prison did want him to rehabilitate. Everyone wanted to be his friend in prison and learn about America.
- [36:56] He spent time in prison rehabilitating. He even began using his non-dominant hand to exercise his brain.
- [38:10] He began painting and running. He felt more free in prison. When he felt free, he was released early.
- [41:08] The results of your life are a direct correlation of your beliefs in yourself, your level of selfless service, the love of yourself, and how you see your life.
- [43:33] We have to beat the bosses of our life or pass the test of resistance. Approach your tests with gratitude.
- [47:03] Artist power. The artist is the little kid inside of all of us before our passion was stripped away. Garrain teaches people how to safely tap back into that energy and unlock their power.
- [49:30] Garrain teaches people how to let creativity flow. How to come back to your most authentic state.
- [53:49] Garrain's company is Artist Power. They launched a week ago and signed up 700 memberships in one day.
- [55:28] The kid forgets about themselves unknowingly.
- [58:41] Garrain breaks down authenticity.
- [01:02:15] We have the opportunity to tap into something big which is us.
- [01:03:13] Doing what you love and serving your heart is a place to start for authenticity.
- [01:04:44] Leverage affirmations with something like toothbrushing. Tell yourself who you are.
- [01:05:36] Write a letter with your dominant hand from your big self to your little self. Then switch to your non-dominant hand and write a letter from your little self to your big self. Process whatever motions come up.
- [01:08:00] Being a present loving father and husband and leaning in while creating all of this amazing stuff is his current biggest struggle.
- [01:11:35] Garrain breaks down his morning routine. He uses running to train his breath.
- [01:16:59] Are you on the right side of change?
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