John Wetmore reflects on ten years in business after growing up poor outside Boston with a single mother and becoming a parent at 16. He worked warehouse and fast food jobs before deciding to change course, driven by the fear of a physically demanding future.
Just had my 10-year anniversary in the business. I don't come from a sales background at all, but in any way. I don't come from an insurance background, family, none of that. No entrepreneurs in my family whatsoever. I grew up literally in the hood, just outside of Boston, on welfare, single mom. Had my first child on the way at 16. I was a blue-collar guy. I was working in warehouses, trying to figure things out. And I remember when I was in this warehouse, I was probably 2 years into it, and I'm probably 20, 21, 22. And I was making good money for what I was used to, you know, because I came from Little Caesars making $4 an hour. So the warehouse paid me good. I was excited. And I'm watching all these people. It was a weird shift. It was like night shift. I used to work overnights, load boxes into trucks for like restaurants. And all the other people that had been there, it's like a seniority thing, right? There was a lot of people that had been there 10, 15, 20 years and they stay in the warehouse and they, you know, they get their 50 cent an hour raise per year. And I'm watching them and they're my age now, like mid-40s. Knee braces, back braces, loading boxes into trucks. And I'm like, dude, if I don't do something, that's my future. I ain't doing this.
How YOU Can Make $15,000 Per Week from ANYWHERE ft. Keenan Stockling Jr | Ep112
