Ron Worley - Ditches to Riches

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, our guest is Ron Worley, from homeless, addicted, and alone to a multi-millionaire. and the author of "Ditches to Riches: How to Survive Your F&%$ed-Up Life and Create a Kick-Ass Business. He reveals his chaotic past, personal reflections, pivotal decisions, and life lessons. He also shares how every man needs a woman to support him through happiness and pain.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[8:13]</span> <strong>Why should I listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I'm pretty vulnerable, which I put myself out there right away to most people. Right off the bat, as you said, you see a big smile. And you're going to have a good interaction with me, and I will be honest with you. And a lot of times, my wisdom is all I've got.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[9:21]</span> <strong>Highlight and lowlight real moments</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was a drug addict; by the time I was a senior in high school, I was full-blown into every drug that you can imagine, and it destroyed my life. I let it ruin my football career in college, and I got kicked out of college a couple of times, which led me to my career path into bail bonds. I was successful, but I'm still a heavy drinker and womanizer and all-around wrong person because I lost my marriage and children. I got into cocaine badly in my later 20s, and that's how I ended up homeless was too much cocaine. I couldn't support the habit after I lost my job. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:40] After a few years of beating with alcoholism and drug addiction, along the way, there are attempts in my life, and I ended up in suicide mentally. I did everything I could not be alive. And my whole path was to try and die. I was busy and what was I going to do? So I got out of that hospital, spent a couple more weeks drugging and partying. I woke up from that car accident in the hospital. And the right person told me to eff