Summary: If Jay Z and Warren Buffett collaborated on a how to guide to building personal capital, then Jerry Ford’s book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Drugs-Wealth-Three-Income-Success-ebook/dp/B07GT94XF8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guns, Drugs, or Wealth</a>, might well be the result. It’s a combination of financial expertise with street smart wisdom. Jerry should know, because he overcame inner city poverty, violence and tragedy and went on to achieve remarkable success.<br> In this episode, he’s going to share his inspiring true story and a powerful three pronged investment strategy that anyone can follow to financial security and peace of mind.<br> Even if you’re an inexperienced investor, you can still reap phenomenal rewards by establishing the streams of income that Jerry talks about. By the end of this episode, you’ll have proven investing strategies that can help you live the financial life of your dreams.<br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Drugs-Wealth-Three-Income-Success-ebook/dp/B07GT94XF8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Get Jerry’s new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Drugs-Wealth-Three-Income-Success-ebook/dp/B07GT94XF8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guns, Drugs, or Wealth</a> on Amazon.<br> <br> <br> Jerry Ford: As you guys know, I’m from Detroit, Michigan, but I’m from the ghetto. I am from the gutter. There’s no better way to put it. When I was 14, my brother was murdered on my mom’s birthday.<br> That was by far the hardest thing my family and I ever had to deal with.<br> Shortly, after that, my best friend was murdered. Seeing all of that negativity drove me to be one type of person, and that’s pretty much a product of my environment.<br> The first time I felt like I had a bit of luck is when I went to college. I was able expand my horizons and get out to Rutgers University, and after that, I started personal training where I saw a lot of those high end clients, high end net worth individuals and as anybody may know, when you get around people who are a lot wealthier than you are, you kind of start to wonder what are they doing that I’m not doing. What are they doing that I could be doing?<br> <br> That’s what really got my wealth clock ticking.<br> <br> Before that, I had only known loved ones leaving me though death and seeing all of these things on the street. I mean, I witnessed gun violence, witnessed drug abusers, witnessed murders. I witnessed a lot of things I can leave somebody down their own path.<br> Coming from there to seeing first hand these high net worth individuals and princes and royal family members and celebrities, that really motivated me to do something different.<br> Picking a Path<br> Charlie Hoehn: I’m curious, a lot of people who grew up in your circumstances, they end up staying, right? They go down the path—your book is called Guns, Drugs, or Wealth. They go down one of the first two paths. Maybe they did see some wealthy people but they decided for whatever reason, the story in their head stayed that this is the life I’m destined to live.<br> What do you think separates you from them? What do you think made you choose that path and ultimately succeed on it?<br> Jerry Ford: Well, you know what? It’s funny you mentioned that because my book is called Guns, Drugs, or Wealth specifically for that reason and it’s because where I’m from, there’s choices, right? There’s this choice of choosing the gun, which is the gangs and the territory. And then there is the choice of choosing the drugs, which is finding a way to take the pain away through drugs and alcohol. And then there is wealth, which is not really on the table.<br> What really made me go toward something different was, when I was younger, I competed in martial arts. We always got a chance to travel state to state and a country to country to compete. The first time I traveled outside of Detroit,
