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title: "From Drugs and Abortions To Focus and Family: Meet Brian Scrone"
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Jun 23, 2017
# From Drugs and Abortions To Focus and Family: Meet Brian Scrone
 [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer)
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## Your reality is in between your ears...so fix it
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## [Commitment Tips](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) you'll learn in [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)...
- Grew up in a loving household in NJ near NYC...but it was a little too fast-paced
- Got into drugs at age 13 and was even a drug dealer
- Despite the trouble he lives with no regrets
- Your challenges in life are either crises or opportunities
- Hit rock bottom at 23
- Got a couple of girls pregnant at 21 within six months
- Both ended in abortion
- Sent him into a deep depression for a couple of years
- Sought help
- Surrounded himself with loving people who had been around the block
- Now he's careful with those that are around him
- Keith Cunningham in Austin presented the 5Fs to Brian 20 years ago...but it didn't sink in
- Multi-millionaires before 30...and bankrupt by 32 after the 2008 real estate collapse
- Was living beyond his means
- Was not mature enough to handle the growth and income
- His wife stuck with him through it all
- Moved west when he hit rock bottom ("You can't fall off the floor")
- Was in Arizona then California
- Was shoveling horse manure and teaching and couldn't pay his rent with his business partner
- They researched industries and came to the conclusion that real estate was the way to make money
- Got his money from Family, Friends, or Fools
- His dad had some trust and unconditional love to fund some of their early investments
- "You can't do a good deal with a bad guy"
- How to succeed without hitting rock bottom
- How to enjoy life
- You get what you focus on
- We all live in our own realities...that are between our ears
- This is a process, not an event
## [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)
## Links Mentioned In [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)
- Visit Brian Scrone's home on the web
- Connect with [Brian on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BrianScrone5Fs)
- Order Brian's book "[What Matters Most?](http://amzn.to/2rF1XZ0)"
- Learn about [Family Board Meetings](http://familyboardmeetings.com/)
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