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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Alabama's Morning News. I'm JT.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Joining us now is Scott Alan Curly, who has I
mean just been through a lot in his life and
actually has turned out to be a self made millionaire
and one of the nations most unlikely and very successful entrepreneurs. Scott,
I do want to talk to you about the board
have been work and how you can overcome this and
turn the worm around and improve your workplace.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
If this is.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Something people are waking up to this morning going to
work on him and gosh, another boring day at work.
But Scott, I want to I want to hear about
your journey, which is just fascinating to me.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Man, you've been.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Through it all and spending time in prison and criminal lifestyle.
I mean, let's start at the beginning with the you know,
parents are lack thereof what's going on.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
That'll take a whole another segment and way too long.
Then you probably have to deal with me.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you for having me give me the sixty second version.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I'll give you the sixty second version. I was raising
a very dysfunctional family. There was abuse involved and an
alcoholic and addicted going in the household, and I struggled
with that Dinny, I'm sorry. Identity issues and kind of
imploded after high school and began doing a lot of drugs,
and the drugs just consumed me, and I started doing,
(01:12):
you know, committing several non violent crimes, sort of petty
things that caught up with me and ended up going
to prison and in and out of jail, in prison
for so long, and ended up spending ten years in
prison until finally I decided that I may be in it,
but I no longer choose to be of it, and
had a mindset shift and from that point decided to
(01:32):
live differently.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And here I stand.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
And of course there's still mistakes being made along the way.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, I got to tell you, we all make mistakes.
We're all full of and going into this Easter weekend,
it's certainly a time to reflect on what Christ did
for us on that cross today and what happened and
what happened on Sunday as you made your transformation, what
was at the center and what helped you turn the
light switch and head in the other direction.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I was taught man, I went, I went to prison.
I had to go through a program called IPTC stun
for in prison thera computed community and forever I was,
you know, I lived growing up as a very uh
you know, lack of self esteem, and but no one
ever knew it because I was mister popular, I was
mister everything. But at home I was just isolated and lost.
(02:19):
And I was And so when I started making all
those mistakes and going in and out of prison, I
was identifying myself as being a mistake. And I was
taught to answer your question that we all make mistakes,
but we are not a mistake. And once I really
grasped and accepted that truth, it freed me.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It really freed me and gave me.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was able to give myself a chance at life
because I you know, I didn't think I deserved anything
good until I was taught that, yeah, man, you've made mistakes,
but you are not a mistake.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
One hundred percent man, hundred percent. And you know, I
talked with the kids in the ministry for six years
about how making a decision, uh for living your life
the way God has has planned for you as opposed
to the way the world has planned for you. And
as many people try to, you know, give you good advice,
from teachers to parents, to coaches to even pastors. Sometimes
(03:10):
they're all human and they will fail you, and you
will fail people as well. But nobody has ever been
failed by a relationship with Jesus Christ and what he
promises and brings. So was there a faith face decisions
made with you as well?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Absolutely? I am a believer. I'm a Christian man, and
I do believe in God, and so I consider him
my higher power. And so I don't try to put
I try not to put labels because everyone and I
respect all faiths and and you know what other people believe,
as long as we believe and know that there is
something greater and bigger than us, because it is. You
(03:47):
can call him or her what you wish. But the
point is I did know that I was I was
not placed here by accident. I'm not a fluke, and
that I'm I'm here intentionally. And once I really accepted
and knew that, knew that even though I make mistakes,
but my higher power doesn't, then that really helped me
understand and believe.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
That there's purpose for my life.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Well, and I just started trying to find that purpose.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Just amazing, man, just I mean, it's going to be
until the day we go we're living and trying to
get to the perfect purpose with the will never reach
but every day better than yesterday and.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Not as good tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Sir, absolutely, let me talk to you about what's going
on with yourself made millionaire status now and how you
got there, in what kind of business you're doing, and
then how we can help folks listen this morning, they're
on their way to a boring job.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Well. I actually started the company that I own a
couple three actually, but Finish Line is the main one
that pretty much put the Scott Allen Curly name on
the map. We started this company with two thousand dollars
while I was homeless, and we've now grown it to
the largest in Texas, the fourth largest in the country.
We generated about fifty million dollars from that two thousand
(04:52):
dollars initial investment without any investors. It's just grit, hard work,
determination and the refusal to quit and so and what
I try to do now I try to help other
people know that you don't have to have it all
figured out.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
The point is if once we commit to the commitment.
So many people commit to things, but then they they
fall off. Then they start getting meeting themselves up and
the challenge and the mistake that we make when we
do that is that we can't just commit. We have
to commit to our commitment. And then once we commit
to our commitment, the rest is just details. I'm not
saying it'll be easy, but it's still just details.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Right I look at it. So somebody, will, you know
listening right now?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Your advice is they getting ready to pull into the
parking lot and get to work and battle through what
they think is a boring job.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And they just aren't really motivated to keep moving in this.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Wow, I'm probably the best and the worst person to
ask out too, because man, you know, I spent ten
years in prison, and my worst day out here is
still better than my best day in prison. So my
point is what we you know, I think it's important
for us to remember, you know, what we have, as
opposed to focus on what we don't happen. Have an
attitude of gratitude the fact that you even have a job,
(06:02):
you know, I mean people out there were not be
homeless and that don't have jobs, that are not able
to work that wish they could. So I think if
we just step back a moment and really have that
attitude of gratitude and really think about how blessed and
fortunate we are to even have this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Opportunity that would happen.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Even if it's not the best one, it still may
help change the perspective.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Man, love talking to you.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I could do it for another hour, Scott Allen Curly,
Thank you, man, I appreciate you and we'll have you back.
Congrats and bless you for you know, pulling through everything
you've been through and fighting through and getting where you
are today.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Keep it up, man, I really appreciate it. Thank you
for having me all right,
The Alabama's Morning News. I'm JT.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Joining us now is Scott Alan Curly, who has I
mean just been through a lot in his life and
actually has turned out to be a self made millionaire
and one of the nations most unlikely and very successful entrepreneurs. Scott,
I do want to talk to you about the board
have been work and how you can overcome this and
turn the worm around and improve your workplace.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
If this is.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Something people are waking up to this morning going to
work on him and gosh, another boring day at work.
But Scott, I want to I want to hear about
your journey, which is just fascinating to me.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Man, you've been.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Through it all and spending time in prison and criminal lifestyle.
I mean, let's start at the beginning with the you know,
parents are lack thereof what's going on.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
That'll take a whole another segment and way too long.
Then you probably have to deal with me.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Thank you for having me give me the sixty second version.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I'll give you the sixty second version. I was raising
a very dysfunctional family. There was abuse involved and an
alcoholic and addicted going in the household, and I struggled
with that Dinny, I'm sorry. Identity issues and kind of
imploded after high school and began doing a lot of drugs,
and the drugs just consumed me, and I started doing,
(01:12):
you know, committing several non violent crimes, sort of petty
things that caught up with me and ended up going
to prison and in and out of jail, in prison
for so long, and ended up spending ten years in
prison until finally I decided that I may be in it,
but I no longer choose to be of it, and
had a mindset shift and from that point decided to
(01:32):
live differently.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And here I stand.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
And of course there's still mistakes being made along the way.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Well, I got to tell you, we all make mistakes.
We're all full of and going into this Easter weekend,
it's certainly a time to reflect on what Christ did
for us on that cross today and what happened and
what happened on Sunday as you made your transformation, what
was at the center and what helped you turn the
light switch and head in the other direction.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
I was taught man, I went, I went to prison.
I had to go through a program called IPTC stun
for in prison thera computed community and forever I was,
you know, I lived growing up as a very uh
you know, lack of self esteem, and but no one
ever knew it because I was mister popular, I was
mister everything. But at home I was just isolated and lost.
(02:19):
And I was And so when I started making all
those mistakes and going in and out of prison, I
was identifying myself as being a mistake. And I was
taught to answer your question that we all make mistakes,
but we are not a mistake. And once I really
grasped and accepted that truth, it freed me.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It really freed me and gave me.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
I was able to give myself a chance at life
because I you know, I didn't think I deserved anything
good until I was taught that, yeah, man, you've made mistakes,
but you are not a mistake.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
One hundred percent man, hundred percent. And you know, I
talked with the kids in the ministry for six years
about how making a decision, uh for living your life
the way God has has planned for you as opposed
to the way the world has planned for you. And
as many people try to, you know, give you good advice,
from teachers to parents, to coaches to even pastors. Sometimes
(03:10):
they're all human and they will fail you, and you
will fail people as well. But nobody has ever been
failed by a relationship with Jesus Christ and what he
promises and brings. So was there a faith face decisions
made with you as well?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Absolutely? I am a believer. I'm a Christian man, and
I do believe in God, and so I consider him
my higher power. And so I don't try to put
I try not to put labels because everyone and I
respect all faiths and and you know what other people believe,
as long as we believe and know that there is
something greater and bigger than us, because it is. You
(03:47):
can call him or her what you wish. But the
point is I did know that I was I was
not placed here by accident. I'm not a fluke, and
that I'm I'm here intentionally. And once I really accepted
and knew that, knew that even though I make mistakes,
but my higher power doesn't, then that really helped me
understand and believe.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
That there's purpose for my life.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Well, and I just started trying to find that purpose.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Just amazing, man, just I mean, it's going to be
until the day we go we're living and trying to
get to the perfect purpose with the will never reach
but every day better than yesterday and.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Not as good tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Sir, absolutely, let me talk to you about what's going
on with yourself made millionaire status now and how you
got there, in what kind of business you're doing, and
then how we can help folks listen this morning, they're
on their way to a boring job.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Well. I actually started the company that I own a
couple three actually, but Finish Line is the main one
that pretty much put the Scott Allen Curly name on
the map. We started this company with two thousand dollars
while I was homeless, and we've now grown it to
the largest in Texas, the fourth largest in the country.
We generated about fifty million dollars from that two thousand
(04:52):
dollars initial investment without any investors. It's just grit, hard work,
determination and the refusal to quit and so and what
I try to do now I try to help other
people know that you don't have to have it all
figured out.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
The point is if once we commit to the commitment.
So many people commit to things, but then they they
fall off. Then they start getting meeting themselves up and
the challenge and the mistake that we make when we
do that is that we can't just commit. We have
to commit to our commitment. And then once we commit
to our commitment, the rest is just details. I'm not
saying it'll be easy, but it's still just details.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Right I look at it. So somebody, will, you know
listening right now?
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Your advice is they getting ready to pull into the
parking lot and get to work and battle through what
they think is a boring job.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And they just aren't really motivated to keep moving in this.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Wow, I'm probably the best and the worst person to
ask out too, because man, you know, I spent ten
years in prison, and my worst day out here is
still better than my best day in prison. So my
point is what we you know, I think it's important
for us to remember, you know, what we have, as
opposed to focus on what we don't happen. Have an
attitude of gratitude the fact that you even have a job,
(06:02):
you know, I mean people out there were not be
homeless and that don't have jobs, that are not able
to work that wish they could. So I think if
we just step back a moment and really have that
attitude of gratitude and really think about how blessed and
fortunate we are to even have this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Opportunity that would happen.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Even if it's not the best one, it still may
help change the perspective.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Man, love talking to you.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I could do it for another hour, Scott Allen Curly,
Thank you, man, I appreciate you and we'll have you back.
Congrats and bless you for you know, pulling through everything
you've been through and fighting through and getting where you
are today.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Keep it up, man, I really appreciate it. Thank you
for having me all right,
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