Grant Cardone

And then a drug dealer got a hold of me in Lake Charles, Louisiana when I was 15, introduced me to drugs that would take me down the rabbit hole for 10 years.

The one thing I think the one thing that has kind of saved me along the way is this divine discontent, never happy, never satisfied, always wanting to do better.

This personal honesty, not cash register honesty.

Became a habitual daily drug user.

Didn't want to be, by the way.

Nobody starts thinking, OK, I'm a drug addict.

I'm talking about this personal honesty that I have about myself and about what I'm capable of doing, not by your standards, but by what I think I'm capable of.

But, you know, I made a lot of poor choices.

And then at 25, I started pulling myself out of it and turning my life around.

In the last 35 years now has been me trying to figure out how to be the best version of myself.

And so when you were growing up, like I mentioned, you had a single mother.

most of the time having no idea how to do that.

What was your mindset about money?

Because now, you know, one of your life's purposes is to help other people create wealth.

A lot of stumbling, the self-made thing.

I mean, I'm not made by myself, but I'm certainly, I didn't have any debt, didn't have any connections.

And that's what you do.

You're helping millions of people do that.

So curious to understand, what was your mindset in terms of money when you were growing up and how did that shift over time?

I didn't have banks to help me is what I mean with the debt.