“If the information you’re consuming is telling you you’re a victim, it’s still low-responsibility data.” – Corrie George
In this episode of The Everyday Millionaire Podcast, Patrick Francey sits down with entrepreneur, sales strategist, and YESSA founder Corrie George to explore the intersection of sales, leadership, Education, resilience, and entrepreneurship.
Corrie shares his remarkable journey from knocking on doors as an 11-year-old to building one of North America’s highest-performing sales organizations. What began with selling services door-to-door evolved into leading large-scale sales teams, building Grant Cardone Canada into a major operation, and eventually creating YESSA, a unique sales academy designed to bridge the gap between traditional education and real-world business success.
Throughout the conversation, Corrie challenges conventional thinking about education, arguing that many young people leave school without practical skills in communication, persuasion, leadership, and business development. His solution is a hands-on training model that combines classroom learning with real-world sales experience, creating what he describes as a modern trade school for sales and entrepreneurship.
The discussion also explores the mindset required for success. Corrie emphasizes the importance of choosing advisors carefully, filtering out unproductive opinions, and developing the ability to think independently. He shares personal stories of overcoming addiction, rebuilding his life, surviving a serious Crohn’s disease diagnosis, and growing his company through some of the most challenging economic conditions in recent history.
Patrick and Corrie also discuss AI, the future of sales, business expansion into the United States, leadership development, competition as a performance driver, and the challenges facing Canadian entrepreneurs.
This episode delivers powerful lessons on personal responsibility, skill development, business Growth, and the importance of becoming the architect of your own future rather than a victim of external circumstances.
