Look at this guy. He’s a millionaire who went homeless as a social experiment. His goal? Prove that anyone can make $1M in 12 months with just a phone. The story of Mike Black and what happened next:

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Skills come from taking action. Most people are too comfortable for their own good. If schools taught people how to build desire and the belief that the desire can be achieved, humanity could achieve so much more. Unfortunately your right though. People aern't given the tools

@AatishDave @T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Desire and belief without that phone full of contacts to give him free stuff are not helpful.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie You are forgetting also that people are simply not equal.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie This is exactly y thought. He already has a leg up because of his knowledge of the business world. Most don’t have a clue how to negotiate or invest.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie This! And a good portion of the belief and motivation to achieve comes from previous success. He’s already experienced the success of being a millionaire. In his mind, combined with his previous skills, education, and experience, being a millionaire is a very real possibility.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie I was about to post the exact same thing— plus the story is compelling in itself

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Completely agree! This ‘experiment’ overlooks so many social factors that breed success! Including that he is a man.. No chick would of been staying in a nice Craigslist’s persons RV. Ha!

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Bingo

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Also tonnes of jobs like in marketing or branding you need a college degree just to get in that's not something everyone has

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Exactly. Even the verbiage that you would need to interview for a marketing gig or anything else can be beyond a normal person’s range. You have to look at the precise skills that he is using, the already acquired knowledge that he has when taking on a project like this.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Or the favours people gave him during the process, and the smart phone he kept - without that it would have been a very different story

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Totally agree! People don't think that everyone's life goes differently. It's easier if you have a stable childhood, a good education, go to university, and good job opportunities, among other things! The starting line is sometimes so far away for some people.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Finally someone said it!!! Privilege does not only come in the form of money but also knowledge

@sadgoeswhereigo @T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie And social network. No one I know has a free RV for me conveniently located near the lucrative job that someone else handed me.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Slap on a drug habit, PTSD or maybe just some rogue schizophrenia and see how he copes with it.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Not to mention that a lot of folks who end up homeless ALSO struggle with sever mental health disorders. Nobody is going to want you to be the middle man of a craigslist flip if you’re ticcing or otherwise “acting crazy”. And thats a major setback.

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie Not to mention the networking

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie This was my thought. So someone who's already achieved making a million dollars and knows the pathway to do it, is going to prove that "anyone" can do it from nothing. 🤔

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie This is it ⬆️

@T_Cortazzo @ecomEddie And connections. That is a key tool many do not have. And choosing to be homeless as to actually being forced into survival changes the neuropath in the brain so it's much more difficult. Reality is important in an unbiased study.