{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff1a78062-9f2f-4939-b472-2115aad7cce7","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"6. (Part 2) The 'Comeback Kid' ","description":"Bill Bartmann was one of the wealthiest men in America.\u00a0 Bill has graced the covers of Inc. Magazine, Forbes and more.\u00a0 Bill came from extremely humble beginnings; growing up on welfare, food stamps and one of eight children.\u00a0 Bill\u2019s father, a janitor, worked but couldn\u2019t make end\u2019s meat.\u00a0 The family shuffled around, sometimes living in derelict buildings and often going to sleep with rumbling stomachs.\n At the age of fourteen, Bill, left home saying, \u2018I am not sure if anyone actually noticed.\u2019\u00a0 By fifteen Bill was in a street gang, developing what he referred to as \u2018bad behaviors.\u2019\u00a0 In a drunken stupor one night he fell down a flight of stairs and broke his back, losing all mobility in his legs.\u00a0 The doctor told Bill he would never walk again.\u00a0 Mysteriously, a copy of the infamous tome Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, appeared on Bill\u2019s hospital bed.\u00a0 Dismissing it as \u2018garbage,\u2019 Bill threw it across the room.\u00a0 The next morning the book was on his bed again.\u00a0 The weeks passed and eventually a bored Bill began to read the book.\u00a0 He credits this with shifting his mind.\u00a0\n Bill would go on to get his GED, go to college and eventually law school.\u00a0 He spent the entire four years on probation but eventually passed.\u00a0 Bill and his great love, Cathy, started in the oil and gas industry, quickly rose to success and then, with the OPEC crash, went into a million in debt.\u00a0 Bill then started a new business and once more he and Cathy rose to meteoric heights.\u00a0 When one of the partners committed fraud, everything was lost once more.\n After numerous set-backs, Bill is once more building a new company; one that is destined to be a huge success.\u00a0 Today Bill is also advocating for everyday folks who are upside down in consumer debt.\u00a0 He is committed to reform the debt collection industry.\u00a0\n LISTEN TO PART 2 Of Susan's Amazing Interview.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e093efec-8c5d-430e-9c51-ac34e48cc412/3414b22ba10d5d61d09f8d5c3740e6ef.jpg"}