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.
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