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• JT’s interview on the 1 Thing podcast
• Scaled software company, now a president and CEO of a publishing company, BookinaBox.com
• No motivational story of someone who stood by him. Pushed through a bad educational system that did not meet his needs.
• What I quickly learned…There is no geometry on a deposit slip.
• Mindset, choices, and hard work = success for me.
• Get up at 4 am.
• If there’s anything I don’t like in life, it’s up to me to change it.
• Where did these ideas come from?
• What would you tell a 10 year old JT?
• It’s not always what you tell a kid, but more what you show them.
• 3 of the greatest moments - marriage, birth of children, mentor at-risk youth.
• First time they got to see an office building.
• Connecting with kids - What’s wrong with this picture? And this?
• Shake hands with a firm handshake - when do we teach them this?
• Manners, a firm handshake, and other small things have served me very well in life.
• How is there not a life essentials class?
• Every school a subscription the Forbes 400.
• 3 avenues out of poverty: 1. Athlete 2. Rapper 3. Drug Dealer
• Nobody told me the fourth option: entrepreneur.
• If you are going to think, dream, or set goals
• Money does not bring happiness.
• Many children just don’t understand the ways of the world.
• If you lost it all, what would you do?
• Put in the time, put in the hard work now.
• Have your own personal excellence every single day.
• Show them examples of people who have accomplished great things.
• Show little girls female executives.
• Bring the examples in to the schools.
• I have built a career off of asking questions.
• There are no dumb questions!
• No means not right now.
• How to be a transformative principal? Show kids.
• Routine is what breeds success
• I Got There - Book
• You can’t change the past, but you can change the future

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