Born March 21, 1916, J. Earl Shoaff came from a poor farming family. During the Great Depression while he was in the ninth grade, he decided to drop out of school so he could work and contribute financial support to his family. Shoaff was born with a heart condition and when he became old enough his service was denied by the military during World War II. Instead J. Earl Shoaff decided to become a medical volunteer with the American Field Services. His role was an ambulance driver and medical corpsmen; positions that required him to be in constant combat duty. Unfortunately, these roles would cause permanent damage that would lead to his premature death later in his life. …show more content…
As he settled into adulthood he decided to adopt a personal motto: "Earl, live each day as though it were your last due to the fact inside your condition, currently might be all you have!" And Earl did just that. Starting out as an "average joe" he took into business what he learned in his former life on the farm: weeds, reaping, sowing and tending gardens. Before his death at the age of 49, J. Earl Shoaff was the head of several corporations and was an inspirational speaker that changed countless of lives.
Not a whole lot more is known about the life of Shoaff, The Millionaire Maker. However, anyone who has studied the success of Shoaff has heard of Jim Rohn. J. Earl Shoaff was a personal mentor to Rohn, who is now very wealthy and successful himself. Rohn has made it his mission to share with the world just how much Shoaff changed his life. Just like Shoaff, Rohn also came from a humble background. So what was the secret that made J. Earl Shoaff and Jim Rohn