Episode 02 | Defining Moments | He Bought a Bank at 26. That Wasn't the Turning Point. | Jess Correll

In this episode, Jess Correll joins us to reflect on what it looks like when a life built around business has to be rebuilt around something more.He talks about growing up in rural Kentucky with a father who believed he could do anything and charged him 50% interest for co-signing his first bank note. About selling Bibles door-to-door at 17, buying that first bank at 26, and building First Southern National Bank over 44 years without ever opening an account or attending a closing. About a divorce that cracked open his capacity for compassion. About a mentor he's called every Saturday for two decades — and how he doesn't spend $10,000 without checking in first. About reckless giving, the flip phone, and his father's antidote to greed.Jess has been asked many times to explain his success. He still isn't sure it's his to explain.Some lives are built quietly, from the inside out. This is one of them.