HOW I BECAME WHO I AM

From being cut from his junior high basketball team to struggling with a below-average GPA in university, the journey to success was not easy for the founder of Motiversity. Despite early setbacks, he learned that through hard work and dedication, anything was possible. Motivational speeches from the likes of Les Brown and Eric Thomas inspired him to push through challenges and emerge stronger, eventually becoming captain and MVP of his senior high basketball team and turning his GPA from a below-average 2.6 to a nearly top-of-the-class 3.7 upon graduation.

After graduation, faced with a recession, he took the first job he could find and launched five YouTube channels to keep his dream alive. One of these channels, Motiversity, caught the attention of the world, amassing millions of views in just one month, which led him to quit his job and focus full-time on building the viral success into a brand that helps and inspires millions of people from around the world.

Motiversity was born as a media company and the world’s first record label for motivational speakers. Soon after, Joel and his team launched additional channels including Motivation2Study (4 million subscribers), MotivationHub (3 million subscribers) and the #1 personal development app, Mindset: Daily Motivation. With the help of his incredible team, Motiversity grew into a global motivational media company, reaching over 12 million subscribers on YouTube today and over 1 billion people worldwide…  Read More (Coming soon!)