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Shawn Meaike

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623 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

You know, and I think everybody in my family, so that was one of the first ones I broke. I graduated from college and all that. And I just, you know, wanted to be, you know, I wanted to, To your point, I wanted to be like those people on some level, but I wanted to have the same chances they had. And I had to convince myself that I could.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

You know, and I think everybody in my family, so that was one of the first ones I broke. I graduated from college and all that. And I just, you know, wanted to be, you know, I wanted to, To your point, I wanted to be like those people on some level, but I wanted to have the same chances they had. And I had to convince myself that I could.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

And when I got into real estate, I started getting around people. And, you know, I did really well. And I worked at like Remax and William Ravis. That's a big New England one. And I did really well. And I was like working my job. And I'm like, dude, I'm like number one agent. And I don't even work here full time. Like y'all don't work.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

And when I got into real estate, I started getting around people. And, you know, I did really well. And I worked at like Remax and William Ravis. That's a big New England one. And I did really well. And I was like working my job. And I'm like, dude, I'm like number one agent. And I don't even work here full time. Like y'all don't work.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

And when I got into real estate, I started getting around people. And, you know, I did really well. And I worked at like Remax and William Ravis. That's a big New England one. And I did really well. And I was like working my job. And I'm like, dude, I'm like number one agent. And I don't even work here full time. Like y'all don't work.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, this is such an awesome industry because y'all don't do anything. The people in my office, I'm like, you just hang out. Like this is easy. It's easy to beat you guys. And then I was like, I get to compete again. Like I thought I'd be playing baseball until I was 35 years old getting paid to do it. And I'm like, dude, I get to compete again. And that's what got my juices flowing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, this is such an awesome industry because y'all don't do anything. The people in my office, I'm like, you just hang out. Like this is easy. It's easy to beat you guys. And then I was like, I get to compete again. Like I thought I'd be playing baseball until I was 35 years old getting paid to do it. And I'm like, dude, I get to compete again. And that's what got my juices flowing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, this is such an awesome industry because y'all don't do anything. The people in my office, I'm like, you just hang out. Like this is easy. It's easy to beat you guys. And then I was like, I get to compete again. Like I thought I'd be playing baseball until I was 35 years old getting paid to do it. And I'm like, dude, I get to compete again. And that's what got my juices flowing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I realized I love to compete. I want to prove people wrong. I obviously developed a lot of resilience growing up. And also that hasn't left me. I see a lot of folks that go make enough money to live on. Dude, money. I have plenty of money. I'm not trying to be like, I've been very blessed. Sometimes I'm like, dude, this makes no sense. It makes no sense. You want to go eat?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I realized I love to compete. I want to prove people wrong. I obviously developed a lot of resilience growing up. And also that hasn't left me. I see a lot of folks that go make enough money to live on. Dude, money. I have plenty of money. I'm not trying to be like, I've been very blessed. Sometimes I'm like, dude, this makes no sense. It makes no sense. You want to go eat?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I realized I love to compete. I want to prove people wrong. I obviously developed a lot of resilience growing up. And also that hasn't left me. I see a lot of folks that go make enough money to live on. Dude, money. I have plenty of money. I'm not trying to be like, I've been very blessed. Sometimes I'm like, dude, this makes no sense. It makes no sense. You want to go eat?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Yeah, let's take a yacht to a restaurant. It's dumb. Let's fly a private jet. It's really stupid, and it's surreal, but it's never made me want to slow down. Ever. Like you've never been like, no, I don't feel like doing that today. Like I want to be moving all day long every day because I want to make a difference. I'm going to do things that give me a purpose.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Yeah, let's take a yacht to a restaurant. It's dumb. Let's fly a private jet. It's really stupid, and it's surreal, but it's never made me want to slow down. Ever. Like you've never been like, no, I don't feel like doing that today. Like I want to be moving all day long every day because I want to make a difference. I'm going to do things that give me a purpose.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Yeah, let's take a yacht to a restaurant. It's dumb. Let's fly a private jet. It's really stupid, and it's surreal, but it's never made me want to slow down. Ever. Like you've never been like, no, I don't feel like doing that today. Like I want to be moving all day long every day because I want to make a difference. I'm going to do things that give me a purpose.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I think my addictive personality never left me. I think I was predisposed to addiction. Everybody on both sides of my family was. There were certainly holes in our lives that I think I wanted to fill. But the first time I drank, I loved it. I loved everything. I was probably 10. First time I smoked weed, I was maybe 12. I loved it. First time I did coke, I was maybe 14. I loved it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I think my addictive personality never left me. I think I was predisposed to addiction. Everybody on both sides of my family was. There were certainly holes in our lives that I think I wanted to fill. But the first time I drank, I loved it. I loved everything. I was probably 10. First time I smoked weed, I was maybe 12. I loved it. First time I did coke, I was maybe 14. I loved it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I think my addictive personality never left me. I think I was predisposed to addiction. Everybody on both sides of my family was. There were certainly holes in our lives that I think I wanted to fill. But the first time I drank, I loved it. I loved everything. I was probably 10. First time I smoked weed, I was maybe 12. I loved it. First time I did coke, I was maybe 14. I loved it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I loved the way it made me feel. I loved that I could escape life. And it wasn't until the love for me

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I loved the way it made me feel. I loved that I could escape life. And it wasn't until the love for me

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I loved the way it made me feel. I loved that I could escape life. And it wasn't until the love for me