How I Lost Everything By Making One Decision

How I Lost Everything By Making One Decision

“What was I thinking?”

 

That’s the question I asked myself almost every day for three months after accepting the challenge of being Discovery Channel’s next Undercover Billionaire. That’s right. Uncle G is back on TV for season two of the hit TV show on Discovery Channel which airs January 6th, 2021. 

 

I’ll tell you right now that there were times I wasn’t sure if I was going to last. Hell, there were a few times when I didn’t know if I was going to survive. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Undercover Billionaire, here’s the deal. Discovery Channel takes a successful entrepreneur business owner like me and takes away everything. I mean everything. They took my name. They took my possessions. They took my phone and all my contacts. They even took my @#&*ing hair…and I agreed to all of it. Then they gave me an old cell phone, a beat-up set of wheels (to replace my Rolls-Royce) and $100 before they dropped me off in a town which had definitely seen better days. Oh yeah, they gave me one more thing; a challenge to start a business which could generate $1,000,000 in, get this, 90 days. And I said “yes” to it all. 

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What was I thinking?

 

I can’t even claim ignorance on this one because I watched my friend Glenn Stearns go through the same thing on the first season of Undercover Billionaire. I remember watching Glenn suffering and struggling every week. Every episode I said to my wife, Elena, that I would never do that. But at the same time, I was asking myself if I could do that. At the time I never imagined that I would have the chance to find out…the hard way.

 

So with a new identity and a new appearance I rolled into my new hometown for the next three months. I had no place to stay and no friends. Hell, I didn’t know a soul in this town and I looked like I had just crawled out of a dumpster. I had no plan and no resources except for a piece of junk car, a cell phone and $100 in my pocket. It’s been a while since Uncle G was this down and out like this. I never thought that I would find myself back in this situation, that it would be my decision and that the whole thing would be televised for millions to watch.  

 

Once again…what was I thinking? I’m still not 100% sure but I do know that if what Glenn and I went through can inspire and give hope to people who are truly facing the challenges we took on voluntarily, then everything I went through will have been worth it. 

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I hope you’ll join me in January for season two of Undercover Billionaire on Discovery Channel. Until then I’ll leave you with this to think about. I had everything taken away from me as the result of one decision but I’ll tell you that everything I have today came to me as the result of another single decision…to be great, successful, happy, and free! 

 

Stay tuned to this 10X station!

 

-GC

 

If you are ready to make the same decision and change your life I can show you how in my 10X Income Webclass, the best first step you can take towards success.

Freddie Blanton

Sales Representative at Bobcat of Spartanburg

4y

I’m ready to watch this Grant Cardone !

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Looking forward to this. Show the Wolf how its done. ;)

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Jamie TeRangi

Over Promise, then Over Deliver on that Promise! This mindset keeps me performing to the best of my ability all the time.

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Like!

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Stuart Walton

Web designer, writer and content creator, based in Manchester. Almost famous on TikTok. Created over 500 websites for businesses. Always available for: web design, copywriting, SEO & social media. Stoic and left wing.

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Lost everything on your head? Thoughts and prayers

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