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The Least Likely Millionaire: How to Succeed When Everyone Expects You to Fail
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From mental hospital to millionaire. Everyone told Jonathan Beskin that his ideas would never work, his business would never succeed, and he would be a failure. He endured bullying and abuse from family, peers, teachers, and even doctors, but refused to believe them.
The Least Likely Millionaire is a triumphant memoir of overcoming crippling anxiety, toxic parenting, and a total lack of support to start and build a wildly successful company in spite of the naysayers. It's a tale of resilience, of passionate tenacity that every underdog needs to hear.
Discover Beskin's secret of leaning into a "healthy obsession" to fuel your quest for greatness. Let his real-world examples and key strategies motivate you to keep going. Filled with actionable takeaways, The Least Likely Millionaire will inspire you to rise to new heights and empower you to prove the critics wrong.
From mental hospital to millionaire. Everyone told Jonathan Beskin that his ideas would never work, his business would never succeed, and he would be a failure. He endured bullying and abuse from family, peers, teachers, and even doctors, but refused to believe them.
The Least Likely Millionaire is a triumphant memoir of overcoming crippling anxiety, toxic parenting, and a total lack of support to start and build a wildly successful company in spite of the naysayers. It's a tale of resilience, of passionate tenacity that every underdog needs to hear.
Discover Beskin's secret of leaning into a "healthy obsession" to fuel your quest for greatness. Let his real-world examples and key strategies motivate you to keep going. Filled with actionable takeaways, The Least Likely Millionaire will inspire you to rise to new heights and empower you to prove the critics wrong.
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 23, 2023
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July 18, 2023
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor – pg. 230
In his book, “The Least Likely Millionaire: How to Succeed When Everyone Expects You to Fail,” author Jonathan Beskin tells how he found himself a divorced father of one, a son of a single mother, and a childhood that found him in a psychiatric hospital for mental illness. In a banking career he lacked passion for he decided to go back to school for his MBA. It was here he heard of the concept of reoccurring revenue, or simply business with subscription services that have monthly reoccurring revenues. This concept planted a seed in his entrepreneurial brain, that grew as his lack of desire and passion for his day job continued to wilt him.
Engaging readers as much for the memoir spirit of the read as the business lessons peppered throughout, Beskin does a great job of hooking readers in each successive chapter. From visuals such as the unkempt, unshaven business owner on his old couch at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fear that sparked, to the bank robbery he experienced in his banking career, each chapter roped readers in anew and tethered us to the messages and stories within.
“The Least Likely Millionaire” taught me so much. Not just about the tenacious spirit of author Jonathan Beskin, but of the importance of finding a healthy obsession and channeling it productively. I found myself relating to the anxieties he faced, both in his career and his aspirations. However, he detailed his path to channeling this unhealthy mental obsessive nature within, to a healthy outlet that benefitted him long term. His story was inspiring, engaging, and educational.
Beskin showed sincere vulnerability every step of the way as he progressed through his story. Unafraid to dig into his humble beginnings, his mental health struggles, his obsessive nature, and the paralyzing journey he found himself on. The author was so honest as to admit this book began as a revenge story but ended up being a message of success to all the individuals without entrepreneurial role models, investors, loads of money, or conventional business backgrounds.
I found myself so energized by his spirit, story, and business success that I spent far more time than I’d admit digging in to learn more about his company, its products, and the brand he built from the ground up. More than just SinglesSwag, Beskin has built an enterprise that excitedly lands at subscribers’ doors every month – so be the love of your own damn life, go get yourself a copy of Beskin’s book, or treat yourself to a SinglesSwag box!
In his book, “The Least Likely Millionaire: How to Succeed When Everyone Expects You to Fail,” author Jonathan Beskin tells how he found himself a divorced father of one, a son of a single mother, and a childhood that found him in a psychiatric hospital for mental illness. In a banking career he lacked passion for he decided to go back to school for his MBA. It was here he heard of the concept of reoccurring revenue, or simply business with subscription services that have monthly reoccurring revenues. This concept planted a seed in his entrepreneurial brain, that grew as his lack of desire and passion for his day job continued to wilt him.
Engaging readers as much for the memoir spirit of the read as the business lessons peppered throughout, Beskin does a great job of hooking readers in each successive chapter. From visuals such as the unkempt, unshaven business owner on his old couch at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fear that sparked, to the bank robbery he experienced in his banking career, each chapter roped readers in anew and tethered us to the messages and stories within.
“The Least Likely Millionaire” taught me so much. Not just about the tenacious spirit of author Jonathan Beskin, but of the importance of finding a healthy obsession and channeling it productively. I found myself relating to the anxieties he faced, both in his career and his aspirations. However, he detailed his path to channeling this unhealthy mental obsessive nature within, to a healthy outlet that benefitted him long term. His story was inspiring, engaging, and educational.
Beskin showed sincere vulnerability every step of the way as he progressed through his story. Unafraid to dig into his humble beginnings, his mental health struggles, his obsessive nature, and the paralyzing journey he found himself on. The author was so honest as to admit this book began as a revenge story but ended up being a message of success to all the individuals without entrepreneurial role models, investors, loads of money, or conventional business backgrounds.
I found myself so energized by his spirit, story, and business success that I spent far more time than I’d admit digging in to learn more about his company, its products, and the brand he built from the ground up. More than just SinglesSwag, Beskin has built an enterprise that excitedly lands at subscribers’ doors every month – so be the love of your own damn life, go get yourself a copy of Beskin’s book, or treat yourself to a SinglesSwag box!
July 22, 2023
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor – pg. 230
In his book, “The Least Likely Millionaire: How to Succeed When Everyone Expects You to Fail,” author Jonathan Beskin tells how he found himself a divorced father of one, a son of a single mother, and a childhood that found him in a psychiatric hospital for mental illness. In a banking career he lacked passion for he decided to go back to school for his MBA. It was here he heard of the concept of reoccurring revenue, or simply business with subscription services that have monthly reoccurring revenues. This concept planted a seed in his entrepreneurial brain, that grew as his lack of desire and passion for his day job continued to wilt him.
Engaging readers as much for the memoir spirit of the read as the business lessons peppered throughout, Beskin does a great job of hooking readers in each successive chapter. From visuals such as the unkempt, unshaven business owner on his old couch at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fear that sparked, to the bank robbery he experienced in his banking career, each chapter roped readers in anew and tethered us to the messages and stories within.
“The Least Likely Millionaire” taught me so much. Not just about the tenacious spirit of author Jonathan Beskin, but of the importance of finding a healthy obsession and channeling it productively. I found myself relating to the anxieties he faced, both in his career and his aspirations. However, he detailed his path to channeling this unhealthy mental obsessive nature within, to a healthy outlet that benefitted him long term. His story was inspiring, engaging, and educational.
Beskin showed sincere vulnerability every step of the way as he progressed through his story. Unafraid to dig into his humble beginnings, his mental health struggles, his obsessive nature, and the paralyzing journey he found himself on. The author was so honest as to admit this book began as a revenge story but ended up being a message of success to all the individuals without entrepreneurial role models, investors, loads of money, or conventional business backgrounds.
I found myself so energized by his spirit, story, and business success that I spent far more time than I’d admit digging in to learn more about his company, its products, and the brand he built from the ground up. More than just SinglesSwag, Beskin has built an enterprise that excitedly lands at subscribers’ doors every month – so be the love of your own damn life, go get yourself a copy of Beskin’s book, or treat yourself to a SinglesSwag box!
In his book, “The Least Likely Millionaire: How to Succeed When Everyone Expects You to Fail,” author Jonathan Beskin tells how he found himself a divorced father of one, a son of a single mother, and a childhood that found him in a psychiatric hospital for mental illness. In a banking career he lacked passion for he decided to go back to school for his MBA. It was here he heard of the concept of reoccurring revenue, or simply business with subscription services that have monthly reoccurring revenues. This concept planted a seed in his entrepreneurial brain, that grew as his lack of desire and passion for his day job continued to wilt him.
Engaging readers as much for the memoir spirit of the read as the business lessons peppered throughout, Beskin does a great job of hooking readers in each successive chapter. From visuals such as the unkempt, unshaven business owner on his old couch at the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fear that sparked, to the bank robbery he experienced in his banking career, each chapter roped readers in anew and tethered us to the messages and stories within.
“The Least Likely Millionaire” taught me so much. Not just about the tenacious spirit of author Jonathan Beskin, but of the importance of finding a healthy obsession and channeling it productively. I found myself relating to the anxieties he faced, both in his career and his aspirations. However, he detailed his path to channeling this unhealthy mental obsessive nature within, to a healthy outlet that benefitted him long term. His story was inspiring, engaging, and educational.
Beskin showed sincere vulnerability every step of the way as he progressed through his story. Unafraid to dig into his humble beginnings, his mental health struggles, his obsessive nature, and the paralyzing journey he found himself on. The author was so honest as to admit this book began as a revenge story but ended up being a message of success to all the individuals without entrepreneurial role models, investors, loads of money, or conventional business backgrounds.
I found myself so energized by his spirit, story, and business success that I spent far more time than I’d admit digging in to learn more about his company, its products, and the brand he built from the ground up. More than just SinglesSwag, Beskin has built an enterprise that excitedly lands at subscribers’ doors every month – so be the love of your own damn life, go get yourself a copy of Beskin’s book, or treat yourself to a SinglesSwag box!
March 3, 2025
I did not enjoy this book. In one of the earlier chapter Beskin talks about how dehumanizing it was to be talked down to by an established businessman. This whole book felt like this. Personally, this didn’t seem like a self-help book or even a biography. It felt like Beskin patting himself on the back. He felt shady, proud of the fact he would do anything for more profit. The way he talked about sending cheap things in pretty packaging for profit just felt shifty. He talked as if he was so superior. It was ordered strangely, jumping from a month in, to a year, to 3 months. I thought I was decently written, nothing great but nothing horrible. Unlike the quote on the cover, this book is not a "must read for anyone looking to unlock their full potential." I believe it could only be helpful if you are in the very specific situation of being a online seller entrepreneur. Sadly, this book was just terribly average.
January 12, 2024
It’s always fun to learn the stories of those who start small with an idea and $2000 yet despite the nay-sayers win in the end. Great description of the hard work of a start up business which is great advice that ironically, he was never given! If you want to do something… it’s really up to you!
September 8, 2024
This reads like a humble brag from the most overconfident entrepreneur out there. Disguised as a self help book, it’s just a big pat on the back of his underdog accomplishments.
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