Jerry “DRhino” Clark Presents:

POWER TIP SERIES

VOLUME 3:  NETWORK MARKETING GIANTS

“Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”

Disc 1:

Blitz and Grow Rich, Part 1

Jett

INTRODUCTION

Jett:

The basic principle is that for 90 days, you can do anything, you can give your all, you can work...

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Right

Jett:

You know, until you almost pass out for 90 days. [Laughter]

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

For 90 days, right.

Jett:

So my career has always been that--a series of 90-day blitzes.  And then I’ll put another blitz together, I’ll put another blitz together, and so I utilize that concept of the 90-day blitzes to build and develop new leadership because I feel my role in network marketing is not so much, Jerry, about me being the leader, me being the one people say, “oh, he’s the guy, he’s the man.”

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Right.
 

Jett:

My job is to build leaders.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Hello, everyone.  This is Jerry “DRhino” Clark welcoming you to another issue of Power Tips.  And we are definitely Standing on the Shoulder of Giants on this issue.  We’re giving you a regular dose of energy and power, and who we have here is an individual that has lots of energy, lots of power, and has utilized that energy and power to create a magnificent lifestyle, the type of lifestyle that each and every last one of you have only dreamed of creating.  The interesting thing is that you can turn that dream into reality.  That’s exactly what this individual has done.

I’ve known this individual for a number of years, I believe since 1994.  That’s when we first met.  And I said, “My goodness.  This guy’s got so much energy and so much power.”  He was so dynamic and so forth that I just wanted to know more about what he was up to and what he was doing.  I found out he was up to big things in life.  I found out he was up to making things happen.  I found out he was up to living his dreams.  Found out he was up to making a contribution to others.  And over these years, I’ve seen him build a networking business, build an organization from literally zero to over 500,000 people worldwide, a global organization generating millions and millions of dollars each and every single year.

I am in his lovely home right now on the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii.  It is like being in paradise.  You walk out and you see the beautiful ocean from one end all the way to the other end.  You’ve got all the beautiful land, you’ve got the tennis court, you’ve got the basketball court.  This guy’s got about 10 vehicles or something, you know, he’s got a car for every day for two weeks!  You know, a Mercedes, Jaguars, Corvettes, and Lexus--he’s got it all.  It’s definitely my pleasure to have him here.  His name is Jett.  That’s what you get.  Jett.

INTERVIEW

Jett:

Hey, Aloha, Jerry.  I am so pumped and just so turned on to be able to share with you today.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

All right.  Well Jett, let me ask you a question.  I mean, life as it is right now, has it always been like this for you?  Were you born like this?

Jett:

Obviously you know the answer to that.  No, I grew up in south central Los Angeles, and a lot of the challenges people read and hear about about growing up in LA, I lived through that stuff.  You know, you hear about gangs and drugs and all these types of negatives.  You know, I dealt with that, lived through it, and it was from that that I just made a decision that I had to have a different reality.  I had to have a different type of lifestyle.  I did not want to continue in the type of situation I was seeing around me.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

So you’re basically saying that you were born in south central LA which a lot of people will call the ghetto.  So you came from that particular area and you went through all the things that people go through who come from that area, because I know that I came from the projects up in the Oakland, California area, and you’re down in southern California and so forth experiencing the same type of situation.  So what was it about what was happening during that particular period of time in your life?  What were you seeing that got you to say you know what?  This is not how I want my life to be.

Jett:

So much negativity.  There was so much violence.  Seeing people strung out on drugs and seeing that destitution, seeing the alcoholism, seeing people in all these negative situations, and then, you know, you look on something like television and you see these folks sitting out on yachts with these cocktails traveling around the world.  It’s like the reality of what you see when you’re watching TV was so different from the reality I was living, I was, like, well, man, there’s got to be a better or different way to live life, and I wanted to experience that.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And so how old were you when you started to think that way?  When you said, “Wait a minute.  I’m looking at all the television glamour and all the stuff that’s happening, but there’s no glamour around me.  So how can I experience this glamour?”  How old were you?  Do you remember, approximately?

Jett:

Oh, yeah.  I was eight and nine just really realizing that, man, people were living different types of existences.  My mother was a schoolteacher.  I was raised by a single parent, and so she really emphasized the importance of education.  So she used to have me bussed.  She used to send me to schools out in west Los Angeles.  I’d go to schools out in Hollywood, so I’d see the interaction and how other people were maybe living different.  As I say, watching television, you’d see that, and then you’d see the type of things people were involved in right there in my community, and I was, like, there’s just got to be a better way of living life.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And so were there any changes in your actions then in between eight years of age all the way on up to teenager and so forth?  I mean, was there something that started to shift for you in regards to the different things that you started to do to generate revenue or figure out how you can make life better for yourself?  Tell us about the progression of that throughout those years.

Jett:

We utilized the terminology of defining moments, and I had a couple of really defining moments in my life.  Probably one of the first ones was when my mother went on an educational seminar to Hawaii and she took me with her--me and my brother.  And so we came to Hawaii, and this was when I was about 12, and I was just overwhelmed by it, Jerry.  I mean, the beauty, the tranquility, the peace.  I mean, as a 12-year-old, I just remember this thought.  My whole thinking was that, wow, this must have been where Adam and Eve got kicked out of.  I mean, this must Eden.  This is paradise.  This is the ultimate.  This is the lifestyle.  I mean, the beautiful ocean, the beautiful trees, the peace, everybody’s smiling, everybody’s, you know, aloha.  I mean it was just, like, wow.  It must be the most ultimate life to be able to live in that type of scenario.  And that was definitely a defining moment, just even realizing that this was a possibility, that that’s even an alternative, that people could even live in a place like that.  That very much impacted me.

And then another real defining moment to where I made a life change and then I made that decision that I was going to either win in life or I would perish.  I mean it was just really that clear to me.  I had an experience at 14 where, you know, just some of the negatives you’re dealing with.  I had a best friend and we’re running from this sort of gang of people who were just extremely hostile, shooting at us and stuff, and we’re trying to clear it and everything.  And I cleared the fence and my best friends didn’t clear it.  And they may have been killed in that situation and, you know, it was just one of those things.  Man, I was that close to dying and seeing that and helping him, I was, like, I’ve got to escape.  I’ve got to get out of this.

So that was definitely a defining moment for me.  I was, like, I don’t want to live in this type of environment anymore.  I’ve got to do something different.  It was very clear to me at that point no knowing anyone that was wealthy, not knowing any millionaires or anything like that.  But once again, just from looking at television, I made that decision that I wanted to become a millionaire.  To me, if I could accumulate wealth, then I could travel, then I could get out of that environment, then I could live a different reality and some of the things that you see people experiencing.  I was, like, I’m going to do whatever it takes to make that happen.
 

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Wow.  So it seems like a couple of things here.  Number one, you really had a strong backbone there with your mother.  I mean, you had the single parent and so forth, but she was a really strong individual, really wanted to give you the values and the things that would allow you to be able to create a better life and so forth.

Jett:

Right.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

So it seems like that was number one.  And then--

Jett:

Oh, very much.  I mean, her strength, her character, her dedication--I look back over it and you talk about sacrifice.  I mean, being a single parent and choosing not to date just because she didn’t want to have different men and everything around us.  Her choosing-- I played football, so driving me to the football practice.  I played basketball, doing that.  She gets me into drama, takes me to this, takes me to that, and that dedication for me and my brother meant so much.  And her exposing us to these different things and then as I said, that trip to Hawaii was sort of the ultimate in saying, okay, there is a different way to live life as opposed to just the things people were caught up into in our community.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And it seems like exposure is a very important, key element here--

Jett:

Very much so, Jerry.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

--because you were in the particular environment that you were in.  You were engrossed in everything that was around that was happening and so forth.  But nevertheless, you started to allow your mind to think outside of the environment and being exposed to other areas, you started to notice that, wow, not only do these other environments exist on TV, but they really exist in real life.

Jett:

Exactly.
 

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And so your mother brought you to Hawaii.  Now let me ask you about this.  Because you were 12 years of age, you were in Hawaii, you were seeing how beautiful it is and so forth, were you thinking at that time, my goodness, if I could live here one day, or did you make a decision that I’m going to live here one day?  I mean, what were your thoughts about that once you were here?

Jett:

My thought at that time, because I didn’t have that belief level, I didn’t have that type of hope, my thought was if that was ever possible in life, to live in some type of environment like this, that would be the ultimate.  But at that point, I didn’t see that happening for me.  I was just, like, wow, that would be the ultimate lifestyle if that could ever happen.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

But it was just powerful just to be in the environment--

Jett:

Yeah.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

--yourself physically.

Jett:

To even know these types of situations existed, yes, extremely powerful.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Now, let me ask you this.  Was it a very emotional experience for you?

Jett:

Extremely emotional.  It was the absolute ultimate.  It was nirvana.  It was, man, I felt such a peace, I felt such a connection.  I mean, you don’t realize the stress that you are under in an inner city when you’re hearing helicopters every night, hearing sirens, hearing gunshots all the time, hearing just traffic noise and everything like that.  And then when you come to an environment like this and it’s completely peace, completely quiet, all you hear is waves and the sound of the wind blowing through the trees, it’s, like, my, this is just amazing!  And so yeah, it was extremely emotional.  I was, like, if that could ever happen to me, it would be such a blessing.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And the reason why I ask if it was emotional is because a lot of times when people have a dream or desire or just anything, the more emotion that they attach to it, the more it actually does something for them and engages them in actions that will allow that to be manifested.  So the reason why I’m saying that is because right now, you’re living here in Hawaii.  Right now, you get a chance to have the wind, breeze going through the trees and so forth.  You get a chance to sit here right now in your beautiful office and we’re overlooking the ocean right now.  We see the Pacific Ocean right there.  I mean, my goodness!  And you’ve got these big coconut trees right here and everything.  All this stuff is right here.  So the question I have for you is do you think there is a correlation to you being in Hawaii at the age of 12, experiencing that, having something emotional happen, thinking that this would be the ultimate, to actually living it right now?

Jett:

I definitely do.  As I said, it planted a seed in terms of that would be the ultimate.  And then as I started the working on myself, as I started the personal development, as I started changing my beliefs about what could be done, what could be accomplished, what I can do and be and have as a human being, then it came to a point where I said that’s what I’m going to create.  I’m going to make that happen in my life.  I’m going to live in Hawaii one day.  So, yeah, the seed was planted there as I went on to work on myself to achieve financial independence, then it became clear to me that I was going to live here one day, and I became very clear on that.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

Now, you just said something very important.  You said, “As you began to work on yourself.” 

Jett:

Right.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

So at what point would you say you deliberately started to work on yourself.  I mean, okay, I’m going to work on myself.  What does working on myself mean?  I mean, who told you to work on yourself?  Who told you that was even something that was necessary?
 

Jett:

Jerry, I can tell you exactly when.  As I said, I went through that second, very much defining moment with the death of my friend and at that point, I made a decision.  And this is one the key words I teach.  This is what, when I’m talking to people, when I’m sharing with folks, when I’m encouraging them to live their life dreams and to win and to fight, I talk about making a decision, because so many of us might make a decision to get a college education, or I’m going to marry that particular spouse, and the effort and energy that comes from that decision to make that happen.  Well, it was at that point at age 14 when I made that decision that I was going to be a millionaire.  And when I made the decision, Jerry, now I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t have any role models.  I said, okay, how am I going to do that?  How am I going to make that happen?

That is where I started researching.  I went to the library and I started there.  I started reading books.  I check out all the biographies.  I checked out all the books on personal development, personal growth, on what it takes to become a millionaire.  I was just reading what all the successful people said.  And then I read what books they recommended.  That was where it started for me--the reading of the books.  And I was a ferocious reader to get a plan together in terms of how I would go ahead and become a millionaire.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

And so with the reading of all of these books and the different things that you discovered in there, at that early stage, what were some of the most important things you started to come across?  In other words, were there some common denominators you started to recognize within the personal development books or within some of the autobiographies and so forth you were reading, anything that stands out that really started to boost you to continue to go and so forth?  What were some of the commonalities that you were learning from some of these books and so forth?

Jett:

As I was reading, one of the things that really stood out to me from the different things is that if you’re looking for financial wealth, financial freedom, that sales was the highest paid profession, that there’s a real importance in terms of owning your own business if you want to really hit it big.  You’re not going to hit it real big or make the multimillions working for somebody else.  You need to own your own business.  And so those were some of the clear messages that were coming through.

Then when I finally got to the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, that was a book that just really put in a formula in terms of the importance of putting your goals in writing, because so many say the words, Jerry, that I’m going to have a successful life or I want to become wealthy, or I want to make millions, or I want to do this.  I mean everybody wants a good life, everybody says the words.  But when it got clear that the common denominator of the most successful, the people who built this industrial civilization is that they had a clear, concise mental picture.  They had it so clear that it was in writing.  This was a common denominator and so at that point I started putting my goals in writing and wording them correctly and start making things manifest and making a change in me as I got that type of clarity.  You know, Jerry, so many people say they’ve read Think and Grow Rich.  Well, you know, I lived with the book.  I studied it.  I read that thing over 500 times.  I mean, I’ve lived with it.  I’ve studied it over and over because it sort of was to me the initial game plan in terms of how I could go from where I was at to achieve financial independence, and it sort of gave me that clear direction on what to do.

Jerry “DRhino” Clark:

So, you’re 14 years old, you started reading these books and so forth.  Now, with the Think and Grow Rich and a really key point that you just really brought into everyone’s attention here is that you just didn’t read it casually.  You just didn’t read it one time.  You just didn’t say, oh, yeah, I’ll see what this thing is about, let me graze through it.  You devoured the material.  You devoured the information.  That book became you.  You think and grow rich.  Okay, let me figure out how to think and grow rich and let me really get the nuggets in here and let me really get the concepts in here, and let me really start to utilize this information.  So as you started to really indulge yourself in this material, obviously it started to change some of your actions and so forth.  What are some things that you started to do to generate income?  Did you have a paper route, any of these types of things as a 14- or 15-year-old?  There’s only so much you can do, but what were some of the things you started to do?

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