Jamison Phillipi runs a multi-million dollar retail and online arbitrage business (Amazon FBA), is an avid Tony Robbins Fan, and is one of the most positive, kind hearted people I know.

In this episode, Jamison and I talk about how he got to where he is today, his dark days of drug addiction, his brush in with suicide, and how to change your life around when things are at there worst.

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TOPICS WE DISCUSS

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:03:29) Jamison’s 2M $ Per Year Business. What is Retail Arbitrage?

(00:04:13) If You Want to be Successful, do Work You Enjoy

(00:05:17) How Jamison Got Started with Entrepreneurship

(00:08:19) The Key to Being Successful and Outperforming The Competition

(00:11:23) A Common Misconception About Entrepreneurship

(00:12:09) A Tough Failure From Jamison's Early Days And How He Recovered

(00:14:57) How to Leverage Failure for Future Success

(00:18:55) How Jamison Knew It Was Time to Chase Different Opportunities

(00:21:56) Important Advice from Jamison’s Business & Life Coach

(00:25:04) How to Allocate Your Time if You Want to be Successful

(00:27:01) Jamison’s Dark Days. Drug addiction, World of Warcraft, Ending up in Rehab

(00:33:05) Buffalo Wild Wings Catching on to Jamison’s Drug Problem

(00:42:21) What Drug Addiction Taught Jamison About Business

(00:47:14) Jamison's Rough Upbringing: Growing up Poor, Murder, and Battered Women's Shelters

(00:48:34) Jamison's Best friend Getting Murdered

(00:51:27) The Brain's Ability to Rationalize Things (Be Honest With Yourself)

(00:57:41) Life and Business Lessons From World of Warcraft

(00:59:53) The Dangers of Sunken Cost Fallacy: Facing His World of Warcraft Addiction

(01:03:46) How a Poor Mindset Will Set You Back in Life & Signs to Lookout for

(01:05:06) How Being Unemployable Effects Your Mental State

(01:06:05) The Last Job Jamison Ever Applied for (Blessings in Disguise)

(01:07:15) The Start of Jamison's Journey into Amazon Selling

(01:09:32) Being Forced into a Life of Entrepreneurship (Going Where Life Takes You)

(01:13:16) Family Guilt and Having the Courage to Say No

(01:17:00) Why You Need to Cut Negative People From Your Life, Today

(01:19:56) Why Awareness is the Start of Growth

(01:24:26) Key Lessons From Jamison's Journey

(01:27:40) Misconceptions About Success and Happiness

(01:29:53) How Tony Robbins Changed Jamison's Life

(01:33:36) Jamison's Brush in With Suicide and Turning His Life Around

(01:39:29) How Jamison Defines Success

(01:40:43) Why You Should Start Prioritizing Your Own Needs More

(01:42:43) Will Being Rich Make You Happy?

(01:48:46) Outro