Hi,

My Willie Jolley Wealthy Ways guest this week is someone who helps others become wealthy. And he’s my friend – John Hope Bryant.

He’s the founder and CEO of Operation Hope and hosts the HOPE Global Forums, where nearly 5,000 delegates representing over 40 countries gathered for its 9th annual event in the Fall of 2022.

I was pleased to be a speaker at this standing-room-only conference where world leaders and influencers from government, community and private sectors share best practices and collaborate.

John Hope Bryant, a philanthropist, entrepreneurial leader in the business of empowerment, is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Operation Hope. It is America's first nonprofit social investment banking organization.

I asked, I begged, and I pleaded with John to join me on my show again, after hearing him at the HOPE Global Forum where he shared more of his personal story.

John’s first book, Love Leadership, explains in detail his entrepreneurial struggle from South Central Los Angeles.

From his riveting setbacks come his 18 “in your face” ideas that transformed him into the driven and giving success he is today:

1. You make money during the day. You build wealth in your sleep.
   
   
2. If two or three families can live together in harmony that household can save money.
   
   
3. The number one way that the average family builds wealth is through home ownership. But only 41% of Black people own a home.
   
   
4. Learn from a role model. Find one.
   
   
5. Focus on the paycheck. If you sign it on the front, you are the owner, and you wrote the check. If you sign the back, you’re cashing the check that someone else wrote to you.
   
   
6. Don’t just be the entertainer, own the entertainment.
   
   
7. "Wake up! If you think you're an entertainer, and you don't own the music or publishing rights, you're actually not in the music business. You're just a temporary performer.” – Quincy Jones
   
   
8. Our problem is not racism or bias, police brutality, or even the Ku Klux Klan. It’s our credit score. It locks us out of the free enterprise system. The bank is forced to tell you NO!
   
   
9. Rich people are paid by wealthy people.
   
   
10. Watch who you “roll” with. They become your model. You model what you see. Hang out with folks smarter and wiser than you.
    
    
11. Dating? After polite conversation, ask their credit score. If you end up marrying them, they become your business partner for the rest of your life – for better or worse!
    
    
12. Education first. Career skill second. Buy a home. Then marry. Then have children – in that order.
    
    
13. Practice singer James Brown’s version of affirmative action, “Open the door. I'll get it myself.”
    
    
14. Make sure nobody stands between you and your objectives. You can be generous with your money but be ruthless about your time.
    
    
15. Need help raising your credit score? Go to operationhope.org for free financial coaching services.

Order John Hope Bryant's book, Love Leadership here.

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