Onward Nation With Stephen Woessner | Interviews With Todays Top Business Owners | Careers

JT McCormick is the President and CEO of Scribe Media, a publishing company that’s created an entirely new way for you to write a book. The company has worked with nearly 1,000 authors, and was recently ranked in their category as the #2 best company to work for in Austin and #4 in their category for all of Texas. JT is also the author of “I Got There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream.” What you'll learn about in this episode: The importance of documenting your family history and your life story so that your descendants know where they came from The importance of pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, not letting excuses get in the way, and making something of yourself to achieve the American Dream Why it takes a lot of guts and courage to open yourself up to potential criticism Refusing to be a victim and overcoming your circumstances How there is always the opportunity to change, whether that's during the next hour, the next day, the next week, the next year, or the n