When you think about a mentor or coach guiding you, you never consider someone who is a felon or was once homeless. Yet Garrain Jones, a multi-millionaire, has been through those rough struggles and overcame each of them. Getting to where he is required him to overcome self-doubt and a system that’s stacked against him.
Starting as an Artist
Jones grew up as someone who loved to draw and sing. Unfortunately, his father died when he was twelve, and that threw him into a downward spiral. He started getting into trouble at school and made multiple trips in and out of juvenile detention.
Eventually, like so many others, he moved to Los Angeles to seek a new life and clean up his act. He started to appear in a few small stints as a model and even made it onto Destiny’s Child’s music video as Beyoncé’s love interest.
Signing A Record Deal
As luck would have it, Jones met with Ludacris and signed a deal at Def Jam Records. Unfortunately, as is the case with many workers at LA music companies, Jones hit burnout pretty quickly. He decided to break his contract and attempted to go it alone.
Failure after failure left Jones $200,000 in debt and sleeping in his car for the better part of two years. This was a pivotal moment, and he was tired of fighting for things. He wanted to make a difference in the world and asked God for a sign. To God’s credit, He delivered.
Getting The Sign
Signs are strange things, and Jones only realized what the sign was after it had already passed. He was at a gas station, and a panhandler asked him for money. After giving the man some change, Jones added, “Change your Mindset, Change your Life.”
Taking his own advice, he got involved in a health and fitness initiative in LA, which turned him into a seven-figure earner in 2016. He managed to find that sweet spot of doing something that could change the world and getting paid for it.
A Commitment to Personal Growth
Social media was the spark that grew Jones’ presence online. Many people within the business he was running knew who he was, but here was a way to impact a whole new set of people through his positivity and mindset.
Jones grew his social media following quickly, including driving his Instagram followers to over 250,000 in a short space of time. His honest and vulnerable videos connected to hundreds of thousands of people and drew even more followers to his account.
It All Starts With Your Mindset
As the author of a book entitled “Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life,” it’s obvious that Jones understands how vital having the right mindset can be. He suggests that entrepreneurs need to think about things in a positive light.
He states that once you see things in a positive light, it gives an entrepreneur perspective on how that thing helps them. It allows them to better shape and mold their lives into what they want to experience from it.
A Morning Routine that Touches Soul, Body, and Mind
Jones has said that a person is all three parts – the soul, the body, and the mind. To this end, he’s told many of his followers about a morning routine that prepares the entrepreneur (or anyone else) to face the day in a positive way.
In Jones’ regimen, you’d spend twenty minutes focusing on a mental skill, twenty minutes on a physical workout, and twenty minutes on something spiritual. Jones says that the positive impact on a person’s life reaches all parts of their experience.
Being Vulnerable on Social Media
Aside from the mentality behind being a success, Jones also notes that you have to connect to your audience genuinely. He’s seen a lot of people who use social media to sell things, but Jones has never been into pushing a product on people.
Instead, he tries to build rapport with his audience, and that requires him to open up to them. Many influencers on social media find this to be dangerous and avoid it. Jones thinks it’s the only way that people will know who he is and what he’s about genuinely. Jones says that entrepreneurs should never overestimate being genuine.
Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Past
Jones advises entrepreneurs to not be ashamed of their past and what they’ve gone through. Everyone has tough times. As someone who went from living in their car to being a seven-figure success, he knows the highest highs and the lowest lows.
He suggests that knowing where you came from and what you’ve been through gives you perspective on life. Being ashamed of your past doesn’t help anyone and makes you feel less of a person because you’re focused on a negative, not a positive.
Believe In Yourself and Stay Motivated
As an entrepreneur, it’s hard to stay motivated, especially when failure is right around the corner. Yet Jones says it’s the most crucial thing. Not giving up when things get rough is the hallmark of a great business owner.
Believing in yourself, even when no one else does, is a critical part of becoming a success. Jones says that there were times when the only person who believed he could succeed was himself. And that mindset is what spurred him to rethink his life and find real success.
Teaching Others to Think Positively
Aside from Jones’s book, he also offers direct coaching to individuals. As a coach, his social media sees millions of followers, each of them interested in what he has to say. As for Jones, he thinks the world could always use more support. He advises all of his followers that the only way they can overcome their struggles is to change their mindsets.
Jones has also opened an artist power collective to help artists find their inspiration. Through it, he hopes to inspire artists to create and to connect those artists together to inspire a whole new generation of people. Without even realizing it, Jones is changing the world.
