How did The Growth Now Podcast become a Movement? an interview with Justin Schenck

After the first year of podcasting, Justin Schenk was about to give up, when a listener from Japan reached out and emailed him, “because of your show, I have decided not to take my own life.” From that moment of only 40 listeners, he decided to keep going. Today Justin’s podcast The Growth Now Movement gets 6000 downloads per episode and is listened to in over 100+ countries. A reluctant entrepreneur, and told he would never success in life, Justin shares life moments, the death of his mother, his favorite episodes, and how he and Brad met in Reading, Pennsylvania. Listen in as Justin shares his extraordinary journey to become one of the Top Podcasts in America, and one of the top podcaster live events.Website: https://growthnowmovement.com/About Justin Schenck:Hi My Name Is Justin, I’m the host of the INC Magazine top rated podcast The Growth Now Movement and host of the world renowned event Growth Now Movement LIVE! But, it wasn’t always like that….You see, if there was a senior superlative for Least Likely to Succeed, that would have been me. I found myself with a 1.7 GPA, while my mom was in the middle of a 20 year opioid battle and my dad was in jail. All signs pointed to no hope. Anyone would have said to me “you’ve got no shot, kid”.Like most people, I thought that it was my past that defined me. Because I didn’t come from a great up bringing and didn’t have the resources so many had, that I was destined to fail. Then, at 19 years old I got introduced to personal development by a mentor of mine. I became obsessed with the idea that I have full control over the outcome of my life simply by choosing to grow. The realization that it doesn’t matter where I come, but the choices that I make today to create a better tomorrow for myself and others is all that matters, was life changing.When I launched the Growth Now Movement podcast in 2016, I had no idea what it would become. Now it gets played in over 100 countries every single week, I speak all over the country on overcoming adversity, and most importantly, I’ve discovered that we all have the power to create our own happiness, to grow into the person we were meant to be, and that we can all create the life we truly desire.About your Host, Brad Szollose:Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation®—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary. This podcast will challenge your beliefs.Think Art Bell meets Joe Rogan.