Six marriages and four divorces on the part of his parents.

Nine different schools in eight years.

I have a friend whose upbringing was like that. And yet he is one of the kindest, friendliest people I know.

Not to mention: one of the most successful.

Over lunch earlier this month, I asked him: what was your big break?

And he said: it wasn't one discrete thing. It was an accumulation of things. But that unstable upbringing played a big role: it made me determined to succeed.

My friend went on to became a top scholar. A top athlete. Number-one salesman. Incredible entrepreneur. And on and on and on.

And he told us frankly: I kept striving for success because subconsciously I was thinking, "Am I good enough now? Am I lovable now?"

That was powerful.

This kid had everything working against him. He fell into substance abuse to boot.

And now he's on top of the world.

He had to get there by steamrolling through his self-doubt and working his tail off.

Be thankful that you are not starting off at that point, because although those conditions can motivate people like my friend, they would have demoralized most others.

Your own path can be much more pleasant, and I recommend you start with my free presentation next week.

I get that we are cynical about "free" presentations. They give you 65 percent of the information, and then it's $20K for the other 35 percent.

That ain't how ol' Woods rolls.

I'll teach you step by step how to monetize the Internet, in precisely the way that this friend of mine does, and I won't leave out a thing.

Your own kids can and should learn what I'll be teaching, too.

Let's do it:

https://www.tomwoods.com/learnfromwoods

Tom Woods