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Potential is a priceless treasure, like gold. All of us have gold hidden within, but we have to dig to get it out.

—Joyce Meyer, A Leader in the Making

ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS of writing a book is hearing from you, the readers. I wrote my first book, Disrupt You!, as a way of helping others to transform their lives. I wanted to break down the business world in a way that made success accessible to all. Disrupt You! flipped the message of most books: in order to change the world, you first must learn to change yourself. The book connected with readers around the globe (and is currently published in 10 languages).

I was humbled and touched by the response. I received emails from thousands of readers. Readers from dozens of countries shared stories with me of how they applied the lessons in Disrupt You! to their lives and businesses. I heard from a dentist in Pakistan who went from not being able to support his wife and children to having one of the most successful practices in Islamabad. I heard from intrapreneurs who gained the courage to change old companies from within and from single moms building side hustles that gave them the freedom to quit their day jobs. One young reader, still in his early twenties, even drove hundreds of miles to see me speak and thank me. He wanted to tell me that in just two years of applying what he learned in Disrupt You!, he was able to buy his parents and grandparents their own homes. As gratifying as these responses were, the one note that haunted me was from another young man who loved the book, but didn't believe he could make it happen.

At twenty‐something years old, he had already given up on his goals. He hated his dead‐end job and was drowning in credit card debt. He couldn't envision a future beyond living paycheck to paycheck. He felt trapped and defeated. He didn't think success was possible. I read and reread his email, trying to muster the proper response. By failing to prove to him that success was possible for everyone, I had failed him.

What would it take, I wondered, to convince a millennial – or anyone – that they could achieve financial success? He had written me, I surmised, as a cry for help. His pain gnawed at me and kept me up until dawn. Could I take individuals with very little work experience and no family background in business and mentor them into becoming a self‐made millionaire? How long would that take? Could it be achieved in a year? Would they learn the skills to be future proof for life?

This is the story of how I decided to challenge myself and see if I could create a Future Proofing millionaire. For a year, I mentored one individual on how to turn his perseverance into his first million dollars. I took detailed notes of each weekly session and I mapped out the process. My goal wasn't to just mentor one person but to come up with a program by which anyone could Future Proof their life. You now hold in your hand the knowledge and the results of our experiment.