Millionaire Went Homeless To Prove Anyone Can Make $1,000,000

This is the full story of Mike Black, a million-dollar entrepreneur who started from scratch to make $1,000,000 in 12 months. In this episode, he shares the lessons he learned and addresses the controversies that followed.
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[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Last year I read a pretty good book by Adam Shepard who did something similar back in 2007 or 2008 where he went homeless for a year but he wasn't trying to make $1,000,000 he only wanted to have a car an apartment a job and some money in the bank in the end of the year and it was difficult but he accomplished it. The title of his book was Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream.

[@games4us132]

Did he also flipped coaches?

[@abdullahsakibmaruf9032]

I saw your previous video on this guy 2 years ago and look, now every other youtuber is hopping on this trend. Your videos are not just for entertainment but cleared a lot of questions for me. In this age of rising depression among people, I believe your content is going to be hugely relevant. If I had the chance, I would want to join your DRVN community. Best of luck Leon!

[@infinite1483]

Yeah the video he made glazing him and got shit on by his own community lmao

[@abdullahsakibmaruf9032]

@@infinite1483 what do you mean by "glazing"?

[@infinite1483]

@@abdullahsakibmaruf9032 he was hyping up his achievements when in reality he barely made minimum wage in actual profit

[@wackyclock]

​@@abdullahsakibmaruf9032 it means unnecessary fanboyism and absolving of accountability

[@thecoach3339]

I have been unsubscribing to all content creators who are making this guy look like a martyr. ✔

[@anthonyman8008]

Good!!!

[@Muhluri]

Based. And it's all hustle bros selling overpriced "make money online" courses

[@nobodythenobody9779]

@@Muhluriis he actually selling a course ?

[@kamazaki007]

He's actually a total dumbass.

[@Mr.Coffee576]

What happened ? Who is he ?

[@reddrift3022]

Giving this guy more of an audience just to get views again on a hot topic is a pretty big let down in my opinion. Your first video was at least a cool story and breakdown. This just feels like a desperate grasp on a hot trend. None of his responses ever show a true kind of self reflection and none of his 'lessons' he learns are ever of any real world validity and instead just leaps in logic to match his own view of the world.

[@scotttaylor2860]

Another great video Leon! I actually forgot that you were the one who put Mike Black on my radar! What a great story. Nice to see behind the scenes.

[@thomasfriedl3137]

I don't think this video will succeed as you already made a video about him. Most people who will see this video will have already seen the other video

[@games4us132]

Is this a reupload? Ive seen video with this guy on this channel before.

[@shauryavardhanmhetre2903]

No Its not

[@willem7765]

Great pod man! But could you please put these video’s on Spotify?

[@somefishhere]

1:20:40 “Anyone who can’t find a job must really suck” - Leon H Loving the nuance in this interview! 🙏

[@NarutoUzumakiofficial]

FR ! it's such a disgustign thing to say. It's the Schrödinger hiring. You need to get 'skills to get a job but you can't get them with no job. Plus some people like me can't hold down a job. I guess i suck right Leon ? Who's able bodied but all well.

[@Muhluri]

The people don't suck, it's the system that sucks. In my country 60% of young adults are unemployed. There's no ways that it's a skill issue

[@kyuubimitch]

@@NarutoUzumakiofficialThats just a blatant excuse. Get over your excuses. He’s saying if anyone can’t find “A JOB” (any job) then you must suck and that’s completely true. You’re excuse of “being able bodied” is just silly as well as anyone can do an over the phone sales job and many youth get hired with no experience and get paid well if they perform. Remember, every excuse you make is a reason you’re not living up to your potential.

[@kyuubimitch]

@@Muhluri If you have an Internet connection, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to find employment. Every country in the world hires virtual personal assistants from anywhere.

[@NarutoUzumakiofficial]

@@kyuubimitch i don't think anyone sucks like Muhluri said it is the system. I more meant like able bodied as in no mental health issues. Which most homeless people have. I'm young. I have a degree in media, i have certification in web-design but i'm deeply mentally ill. I' can't hold down a 40 a week job. Trust me I've tried.

[@JakeCarlini]

I love Mike.

[@nobodythenobody9779]

All he had was his knowledge So He literally proved that the only thing separating us from being successful is knowledge and hard work The people who say it’s impossible didn’t do half the work he did

[@aligmal5031]

knowledge the most powerful weapon ever

[@infinite1483]

and leveraging the fact that you're an ex-millionare lmao

[@nobodythenobody9779]

@@aligmal5031 he is giving us that knowledge for free

[@harvinqueen6468]

Uh huh... meritocracy doesn't exist. Lots of people work hard -- there are other intangibles and opportunities that not everyone has... Also since he had money and property to return to -- he Cos-played a poor person but didn't actually take a chance... Stop acting like he was a martyr -- he wasn't.

[@nobodythenobody9779]

@@harvinqueen6468 just because you work hard dosent mean anything, you can work hard at a job anyone else can do like cleaning, so of course you won’t make millions, it’s basic economics

[@iqbalferecli]

Bro, please add Turkish to the subtitle, so I can understand your videos better

[@aligmal5031]

youtube has auto translation to most videos just do it from the settings

[@iqbalferecli]

@@aligmal5031 okay

[@dawoodmarral7538]

I'm so excited for this episode

[@bChuraful]

Yenno what, on a surface level way of thinking. The fact that he struggled so much I think goes to show it was legit and the fact that he actually attempted it versus just pretending I'll give him credit for. He tried to do a New Game+ playthrough. Was it distasteful, possibly. But at least he legit tried and it goes to show how difficult it is to be homeless which is at base level some perspective building. Perhaps it's one of the hardest lessons he had to learn and he has a better understanding and appreciation for those that go through tough times while in poverty.

[@NxtYello]

I loved that video it was this thing I knew is possible and he proved it. He killed it.I appreciate his dedication spending 300k$, great respect for him

[@panagenesis2695]

Once you've practiced, built the habits, gained the knowledge & experience to be successful then you can do it again and again. The point is most people don't undertake and continue the endeavor.

[@Howcouldyoufire]

Hi ❤

[@nr12345]

You cant pretend to be poor if you have millions to always go back to. I would appreciate these millionaires who actually give away all their wealth or locking up their wealth for an extended period ie. 10years+ that would force him to be dirt poor without any safety net to suddenly return to.

[@nelsonw.9483]

Are you fcking nuts?

[@EXOTIC_individual]

How did he get that safty net? Made it?

[@MrSean737]

​​@@EXOTIC_individualfacts let's see these guys start a business. I'm not rich but I'm not making constant excuses like these ppl

[@nobodythenobody9779]

@@MrSean737exactly, these people don’t see it’s their negative attitude keeping them down, and ops comment dosent even add up, he didn’t use any of his money

[@mavor101]

Even if they did that, they still have an extremely valuable network that no homeless/poor person would ever have, along with a healthy body, no addictions, and (almost always), a strong educational background/know-how. It's disingenuous for these guys to say they are "homeless" or "poor" just because they temporarily lock themselves out of their assets.

[@damncat2793]

Hi

[@cry7242]

great

[@Candelaletras]

Bro, You told me that this guy is most hated, Since I watched your video covering him I'm crazy to find similar video, I like him and you and agree with such type of content till it really hurt real people.

[@johnathanward867]

Mike is an incredible man.

[@aligmal5031]

what ppl are missing is that you don't need to make a million dollar but to just to get out of poverty at least

[@infinite1483]

he made minimum wage and acted like it was a success + he uses the fact that hes actually a millionare to get ahead

[@Soenke89]

​@@infinite1483where did he said that? He flipped on Facebook, come up with his renting trick and drop shipping. Where was the point that he used his background? These are all skills we all could learn through KZbin etc.

[@nerd888]

@@infinite1483 65k + 10k/mo, is definitely not minimum wage. You never watched the series or listened to 5 minutes of the podcast

[@United_Wings]

Wow

[@ForLeads-zq5xm]

I loved your recent video, but I noticed it didn't get the views it deserved.

[@igor_guy]

F*ck them haters! All their butthurt about Mike and his challenge is just a metaphor for what's missing in their lives and what's wrong with it. Thanks to Leon for that clickbait title that introduced me to Mike's challenge two years ago. His challenge (well, an attempt 😂) did motivate and inspire me during a very difficult time in my life back then. Huge respect for that! I think the idea of the challenge was fantastic. Excited to see more stuff like that

[@JS-po1tt]

Theres plenty of these experiements before. Glenn Stearns, every episode of undercover boss, even ytubers lol. This guy spent his own money and his own time, didnt even shill a course. So what did he do exactly that was wrong? We really going to crucify ppl who attempts at doing something? lmfao. Its the classic, oh hes rich so hes automatically bad

[@infinite1483]

No it's that he spouts on how everyone can do it, when he barely made minimum wage

[@JS-po1tt]

I mean it’s obv there’s a minimum bar that ppl need like exp or knowledge, but his initial motive was to give motivation for ppl in a rut, not really telling everyone, especially homeless ppl, they can get rich lol

[@austinutube98]

The problem with setting out to prove that anyone can make it rich and then playing the victim is that people see it as a distraction from the reality that many are living in and ignorance to the actual struggles of real people. Which is inescapable poverty or a very difficult life especially in USA where wealth inequality is greater than any other developed country. We need actual solutions that include stopping the billionaire class from getting away with not paying hardly any taxes and controlling who has the opportunity to run for political offices. Some people can work hard enough to be lucky to escape poverty but largely we are facing unrealistic medical bills and housing costs that push people into homelessness or the verge of it. We can’t even allocate enough resources for medical care for the most mentally ill, many who have succumbed to drug addiction that plagues every urban city in America after a failed “war on drugs”. All of these issues are resolvable if we stop funneling public funds to the billionaire class and stop stigmatizing poverty and homelessness as people who didn’t try hard enough to escape it. Not everyone wants free hand outs but when every corporation you are forced to shop at to save money is paying less taxes than you and your neighbors, escape feels impossible.

[@austinutube98]

And as a millionaire when you attempt to “become homeless” you ignore the fact that you had the support system to become an educated and successful software developer and you don’t lose that education by “becoming homeless”. You also have the convenience to choose to stop being poor at any time, and don’t have the stress of actually losing everything you have and letting down the people who depend on you. All you did is mock actual poor people by pretending to make a bigger sacrifice than you actually did.

[@austinutube98]

You spent 300k on a production crew so this was clearly done with the intent to achieve fame. That’s 300k that could of otherwise went to actually helping people.

[@florianschneider3982]

"Billionaire class" Seriously, can you say I'm a mentally ill communist any more obviously than that? The whole billionaires are evil thing is proven communist propaganda.

[@anthonyman8008]

99% of the shit he pulled would never fly in reality

[@Muhluri]

It could, but you'd probably get murdered or in crazy debt

[@aligmal5031]

tell that to ppl who were poor and homeless yet got out of it

[@anthonyman8008]

@@aligmal5031 🤣 they had help and they're not millionaires! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nerd888]

@@anthonyman8008 you have never been around money how would you know who is and who isnt?

[@sunwukong6917]

He prove again and again is 99% about being born into the right family with money

[@nerd888]

over 80% of millionaires are self made

[@user-ts1qc2tz5b]

My granny Always told me, it's not what you know it's WHO you know.

[@iqbalferecli]

100 likess dam£

[@vendora319]

First

[@infinite1483]

Fixed Title: Millionaire Went Homeless To Prove Anyone Can Make Minimum Wage Starting a Business

[@abilashmathew4448]

Ah damn missed being first

[@NarutoUzumakiofficial]

He's a Fraud. Also kinda rude. People aren't homeless out of laziness the dude had good health, good back ground, etc. Also had a phone. I don't understand how anyone can praise this man.

[@aligmal5031]

still missing the point there are ppl who used to be poor and homeless now they are not i wonder what they did hmm

[@NarutoUzumakiofficial]

@@aligmal5031 you missed my point. I'm saying he's fraud i never said people can't do it. but the window is closing and mental health is most important thing.

[@maxalbert8903]

So everyone can be rich in our society?

[@onmywayup94]

Obviously. Make yourself valuable, work a lot, live frugally, and save. It wont happen overnight

[@nr12345]

That is the scam of this thought theory. If everyone could be millionaires then millionaires would not be wealthy, prices would adjust upwards to even out. Same goes for everyone being billionaires. These people are just snakeoil ideologists who doesn't think beyond the fact, most people will be poor or not so well off, a super minority will have alot or everything. There is always going to be a balance in society to this effect specially in a free market. If you want everyone to be equal to the extremes of being equal then all hail true communism and give everyone only what they need equally.

[@aligmal5031]

not rich but at least on basic standards it depends on how you use opportunities around you

[@ChibiTalha]

@@nr12345 "It's called Capitalism. You rip people off and get paid for it."

[@happymiro]

Nah. That guy just failed his mission and now he is making excuses to justify his failure.

[@daayemshehzad]

I see a lot of controversial comments. Can soemone give me a very brief TLDR? Don't wanna waste time on a fraud

[@infinite1483]

He's a millionaire who went 'homeless' but never slept outside even. Broke his own rules he set for himself, dad got cancer, he got stressed which led to health problems quit his challenge two months before. Only made 60k ish in revenue but only about 30k in actual profit. So more like minimum wage and not a million.

[@daayemshehzad]

@@infinite1483 real Gs move in silence like lasagna. And you're one of them. Thank you buddy.

[@dilshersingh1568]

Unsubscribed

[@AkshayAradhya]

Bye. You won't be missed