Billionaire Wakes Relieved To Be Rich, Not Stranded In Old Car Again
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- ā¢John Morgan founded Morgan & Morgan law firm in 1988 after working early jobs including selling Yellow Pages ads to go to law school.
- ā¢Despite $1.5 billion net worth, Morgan admits to imposter syndrome and checks daily reports on cases and attractions to stay motivated.
- ā¢He credits much success to embracing luck, avoiding debt, delegating tasks, and living by his father's advice to be unemployable.
John Morgan, 61-year-old self-made billionaire, admits his $1.5 billion empire started from a $15,000 personal injury lawyer year in the late 1980s. While Morgan & Morgan now has offices in all 50 states, John still wakes up panicking heās broke and stuck in some decrepit car with no cashātalk about high-stakes nightmares. He credits his success to imposter syndrome fueling paranoia, and a philosophy borrowed from late Andy Grove: āOnly the paranoid survive.ā Morganās earliest risk was borrowing $100,000 to pioneer lawyer advertising in 1988, despite being 'embarrassed about it.' He lives by his fatherās words: 'Whatever you do, be a professional, nobody can fire you,' which explains why heās obsessed with delegation and hates debt so much his dogs lounge owned-outright beside private jets and science attractions.
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Nothing like a billionaire who checks daily if the empireās still not a mirage fueled by imposter syndrome and desperation. Weāre all driving lemon cars in our nightmares.
John Morgan turned paranoia and $100k embarrassment into $1.5B while the rest of us just panic when Netflix lags.
He believes luck is a lottery if you make enough cold calls. Meanwhile, we canāt even find matching socks on Monday.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/4/2025 | Author: Kevin Reilly,Jessica Orwig
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