James shares what we must believe in order to achieve what we truly want and deserve. Take away: Our perceptions create our reality. Action step: Stop saying things that make you weak. Money Learnings: James' mom was always broke and his dad was always hustling. He grew up with a scarcity mindset. Bio: Only two years removed from solitary confinement in jail, James Purpura began his journey into the tech world. In 2007, he took a chance on a small construction software startup called PlanSwift. He quickly ascended to Vice President of Sales and then, a year later, took over as President and became an equity partner in the company. Under James' leadership, PlanSwift grew from $8,000 a month in volume to over $1,000,000 a month in volume and over 50,000 customers in 24 countries, becoming one of the most well-known and largest technology companies in the construction industry. In 2013, James led the M & A process to sell PlanSwift to a firm outside of Chicago called Textura. Shortly after joining Textura, James helped the company go public. Over the next few years, James ran four different business units at Textura and played an instrumental role in facilitating a $650 million exit of Textura to Oracle. James spent six months working as a Vice President at Oracle before negotiating the purchase of his original business, PlanSwift, back from Oracle. Again at the helm of PlanSwift, James quickly led the company to generate sufficient revenue to repay the purchasing costs, positioning PlanSwift as an attractive acquisition target. With PlanSwift firmly established, James negotiated a lucrative sale to a large competitor, allowing him to exit and pursue his dream of creating the world's first personal evolution company Powerful U. Highlights from this episode: Link to the episode page

• The power of awareness.
• A different viewpoint on forgiveness.
• How to achieve clarity.
• Success is about being, not doing.
• Change is hard, this is what ensures success.
• The cost of not changing is massive.
• Vulnerability is powerful.
• You have permission to tell your story.
• Money does not equal happiness.
• The principles we need to understand.
• You are never beyond hope.

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