Who is JT Lawson
JT Lawson is an author who will probably be best known for his book What I Learned From My Millionaire Mentor, because it’s the only book he has written.
Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma he found a way to cheat his way through 7 consecutive years of college while managing to finish his college career without earning a college degree. JT Lawson served in the Oklahoma National Guard, went to 5 different colleges with his last college experience being in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. JT played basketball for the Providence Pilots where he set a conference scoring record, which isn’t that impressive because it was basically a division 4 school. He is now a business consultant who works under and is mentored by Clay Clark. An author, real estate investor, and the owner of a MakeYourDogEpic.com Location
In the fall of 2013 I was failing all my college classes because I stopped going to class. I then realized I couldn’t afford to go to a different college so I returned to working at the bowling alley where I was making $8.50 an hour after I had two raises. I attended a school across the street from my best friend’s college because I did not have the grades to be accepted into his college. In the fall of 2014 I had my GPA up to a 2.1 from a 1.8 the previous year. I Remembered that I still owed $4,000 to the school before Icould go back the next semester. Therefore I did the logical thing at the time and I joined the military to help pay for school. I joined the National Guard to be exact.
That way,I could still go to school and party, but I could have it paid for because that was my mindset back then. I went to basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia in January 2015.Fast forward 3 months we are doing a 4 day FTX (FieldTraining Exercise). We were being briefed on the mission and what we were supposed to be doing. Our Drill Sergeanttells us the objective and then adds “Does everyone see this tree?” As he points to a tree that is burnt and almostfalling over.“Don’t fucking touch it. It’s a part of my beautiful foresthere and it will stand forever.” Then we start digging ourfoxholes with our E-Tool, which is a 4 foot long collapsible shovel. I take the first shift while my battle buddy pulls security. Eventually we switch. I started pulling security,meaning I’m laying down behind my M249 SquadAutomatic Weapon, looking for fake bad guys, which Iknow during this point of the exercise they aren’t actually coming. The sun is absolutely cooking me, but once you accept the sweat puddle under you it starts to feel nice.I start daydreaming about what it will be like when I get back to school and see my girlfriend and friends. Then my battle buddy starts throwing dirt on me. I realized I Had fallen asleep.
He says,
“Lawson here cares more about sleep than the lives of his battle-buddies’’
I replied while terrified,’
‘No Drill Sergeant.
Nonetheless, it was hot. I was tired andI didn’t care, so I ignored it and went back to sleep. I feel more dirt being thrown on me and I say, “Bro fuckingstop.” This time I feel the dirt hit the back of my helmet.Now I’m pissed and I turn around and say “Bro what the hell is your…yes Drill Sergeant.‘’My Drill Sergeant is standing there, E-Tool in hand,not smiling. He says, “Lawson here cares more about sleep than the lives of his battle-buddies’’ I replied while terrified,’ ‘No Drill Sergeant. “Are you fucking calling mea liar private?” Trying to save face I reply “sorry DrillSergeant’’ The Drill Sergeant erupts “Oh so you not only fell asleep and got your whole platoon killed but you also think I’m a sorry Drill Sergeant.” I’m trapped in his game and no reply will work so I decide not to respond. He then throws the shovel down and leaves. I got off easy with that one.A couple hours later and no one was around other than me, a couple people and that tree that was supposed to stand forever. I look around and then impulsively sprint to the tree, jump in the air, and two leg drops kick it. Iconnected perfectly, then I fell and hit the ground. I looked up at the tree, it didn’t fall. My battle buddy said, “ Lawson, I start daydreaming about what it will be like when I get back to school and see my girlfriend and friends. Then My battle buddy starts throwing dirt on me. I realized I Had fallen asleep. Nonetheless, it was hot. I was tired andI didn’t care, so I ignored it and went back to sleep. I feel more dirt being thrown on me and I say, “Bro fuckingstop.” This time I feel the dirt hit the back of my helmet.Now I’m pissed and I turn around and say “Bro what the hell is your…yes Drill Sergeant.‘’My Drill Sergeant is standing there, E-Tool in hand,not smiling. He says, “Lawson here cares more about sleep than the lives of his battle-buddies’’ I replied while terrified,’ ‘No Drill Sergeant. “Are you fucking calling mea liar private?” Trying to save face I reply “sorry DrillSergeant’’ The Drill Sergeant erupts “Oh so you not only fell asleep and got your whole platoon killed but you also think I’m a sorry Drill Sergeant.” I’m trapped in his game and no reply will work so I decide not to respond. I was confused,but honestly he always looked pissed.I wasn’t too worried about it.
He proceeded to chew me out for
about 5 straight minutes.
Now you might be saying, “5 minutes isn’t that long.” But, 5 straight minutes of someone yelling is a long time. To sum up our one-sided conversation, he basically said that I fucked up 3 times today. One more fuck-up and he is kicking me out of his army because I’m not ready to soldier up, and he wouldn’t want to fight beside me in war, and how I was a shit bag and on and on. Now, I learned something from being with one of my past girlfriends—If someone is mad at me and I shut off all emotion and show they didn’t get to me. It normally turns the argument back around on them and they get more pissed. I tried this tactic with my Drill Sergeant. It seemed to be working, because he just kept getting more and more pissed. He eventually sent me back to my foxhole. While I was walking back to my foxhole, I thought to myself, “I don’t want these other guys thinking he got to me. Standup straight and make no facial expression. Oh and it will probably be a good idea to whistle to yourself. I mean you are like 50 yards away. No way the Drill Sergeant hears me.” So then I started whistling to myself very quietly.
In the distance I hear, “Who the absolute fuck is whistling?!” I turn to my right and see my friend Locklear in the foxhole. I whisper, “Bro please, please, please take the blame for this. Please. I’ll pay you.” Now this is supposed to be my best friend in basic training. He looks at me and says, “You’re fucked buddy. Not a chance.” I then hear the Drill Sergeant yell with more anger now, “ WHO. THE FUCK. WHISTLED?!” I realize there is no getting out of this. I yell back, “ME Drill Sergeant!” “Holy fucking shit.Lawson! Come back over here,” he yells. I run back over.The Drill Sergeant is calm now and has a smile on his face.He calmly says, “Gather all of your stuff and go back to the ammo checkpoint. You will no longer serve in my army.”For the rest of the 4 day FTX I sit at the ammo checkpoint. While no one talks to me. No one asks me to do anything. I offer to help with other things and all the Drill Sergeants just tell me to go sit back down and shut up.When anyone walks by they just look at me and shake their head. Four straight days of sitting and looking at ammo boxes. Then the FTX ends and we go back to the barracks and a different Drill Sergeant informs me that because I Didn’t complete the FTX, even if the Drill Sergeant changes his mind, I still can’t graduate. They stop including me in any of the training. When they would go out for training they would leave me back at the barracks with the people who were getting medically discharged from the army. To This day I don’t know if they were playing mind games or if they just forgot they were kicking me out or didn’t want to do the paperwork. Somehow, I ended up graduating basic training I’ll share more stories like this throughout the book because if Clay Clark, my millionaire mentor can help me become successful, he can help you also.
Having a millionaire mentor changed my life and I know it can change yours too!
Once I met my millionaire mentor, I realized that almost everything I had learned during my many years in college spent earning a business degree was a complete waste of time and money. My millionaire mentor completely shattered my preconceptions of achieving success in business and in life itself. What I learned from my millionaire mentor has set me on my own path to making millions. This book contains some GAME-CHANGING mindsets, strategies, systems and processes that I learned from my millionaire mentor. I’ve discovered in life, we either choose to learn from fake teachers, such as those in college, who teach theories and concepts that don’t work or we can learn from REAL entrepreneurs who have actually achieved success as a result of implementing the mindsets, strategies, systems and processes that they live out on a daily basis. My millionaire mentor has interviewed hundreds of successful people, and has also discovered that nearly all SUPER SUCCESSFUL people implement the same fundamental principles. The process to become SUCCESSFUL isn’t complicated; however action is the real measure of intelligence.
