Grant Cardone

I didn't have credit cards.

I was in debt, failed at seven jobs.

Well, look, I was brought up in the middle class, like I referenced earlier, and my mom was really proud of that.

A lot of people don't, they see me today and they're like, bro, you got it made.

My dad died when I was 10.

And

I've been fortunate enough to be on stages with some of the most successful people on the planet, including presidents and super celebrities and really, really wealthy people.

My mom was extremely proud that they had made it into the middle class because they came from poverty.

I, on the other hand, viewed as a 10-year-old, 11-years-old, 12-years-old, 13, I'm collecting data all this time.

And, you know, all that is me kind of grinding up the food chain.

I'm collecting data about how life is.

We had a roof over our head.

We had food.

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.

We had the things that everybody should be grateful of, that we should never take for granted.

But also with that, my mom was scared constantly.

This personal honesty, not cash register honesty.

I watched my mother terrified every day.

And by the time I was 15, I'm like, if this is the middle class, if this is a good thing, I don't want it because it doesn't feel good to me.

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.