9 years old: I had my first run-in with the police
11 years old: I was kicked out of private school for repeatedly fighting
12 years old: I stole my first car and had my second run-in with the police
13 years old: I was caught drinking at our 8th-grade class trip at six flags
14 years old: I cut school more than I like to admit and had my third run-in with the police
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14 years old: A Coach handed me a lacrosse stick and asked me to play. I was a natural.
16 years old: I made the NY National team
18 years old: I accepted a D1 scholarship at UMass
19 years old: I was a Rookie of the year runnerup and accepted a full athletic-academic scholarship to play D1 at Sacred Heart
22 years old: I graduated Summa Cumme Laude
27 years old: I started my first company
28 years old: I made my first million
31 years old: I sold my first company
Sometimes we have to help people find what they’re passionate about. It only took one person for me to completely change the direction of my life.
I don’t like to go to “What If” land, but what if they never took that chance? Where would I have ended up?
We can’t continue to look at people (in life and business) as a lost cause but rather redirect them to something where they can shine.
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