Hot Cheetos and Dark Thoughts

The Wolf's Den

Jordan Belfort

Society & Culture, Business

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of the Wolf’s Den, JB sits down with fellow podcaster, Omar Elattar, and they proceed to delve into such intriguing topics as the unlikely invention of Hot Cheetos, the trouble with hot tempers, and the remembrance of some very dark thoughts. Omar gets nitty-gritty real here, as he talks publicly for the first time about his severe childhood depression, which got so bad that at one point it led to him actually contemplating shooting up his school. Thankfully, a more reasonable mood prevailed, and he never took this action. It’s a very deep and shocking moment, I can assure you. They go on to discuss Omar’s podcast career, stalking Grant Cardone, and a variety of other topical subjects sure to educate and entertain.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was at a point in high school, my senior year of high school man, where I was so bummed out that I literally contemplated shooting up at school.
0:08.2	But I was so fucking depressed and so mad at the fact that life wasn't going my way. I couldn't get chicks. I had acne all over
0:14.6	my face. So that should tell you a little bit of the intensity of the temper I had. Hey guys, JP here. The wolf is in the house in the wolf's den, right? Got an awesome
0:39.2	guest today and I think you can really like this because this particular man not a celebrity but has become really successful by just work ethic by sheer force of will by stick-tuitiveness and I know that there's a strategy behind it
0:56.0	because there always is I want to get that strategy from this man oh my
0:59.7	Elotah oh my how are you thanks so much for being on the show I'm
1:02.1	also find that more about you and you know your life and the whole story. So listen first of all so basically your business
1:07.9	Podcasts right? Yes sir. Tell me what you do. So basically I help people build successful podcasts through courses,
1:14.5	trainings, and workshops around the world. So it's been it's been really awesome
1:18.7	because I started it like you mentioned totally broke, regular, and I was actually down and out and had a mentor
1:25.8	telling me, well if life was perfect, what would you do?
1:28.2	And so I went about about two and a half, three years ago, rock bottom, girlfriend broke up with me, totally
1:32.3	broke, $30,000 in debt bet she's
1:34.7	a sorry now right oh yeah oh yeah the best revenge is living well right that's right
1:38.8	and you heard it from me what was the name her name was was Emily. Emily yeah. Look at you now in the way again.
1:44.9	And went ahead and she was she was a fan of three big things it was Grant Cardone because she was in
1:51.6	sales and yourself and she also was a fan of
1:56.0	hot Cheetos and Quest Bars.
1:57.7	So I went about and just won my way into networking with the billion dollar creator of
2:02.2	Quest Bars, billion dollar creator of Quest Bar,
2:03.0	billion dollar creator of Hot Cheetos,
2:05.0	and Grant Cardone got interviews with all of them
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