Think Business With Jon Dwoskin

Jon and Simon Thomas talk with Magie Cook, CEO, Keynote Speaker & Author, MC Enterprises, LLC. They discuss the mindset to adapt for a successful business. Magie bases her success on three concepts: resilience, resourcefulness and relentlessness. She starts with resourcefulness because she realized early on that all of the resources she needed were within her. Magie, whose birth name is Magdalena De La Cruz Cook Garcia, is a Latino businesswoman who was born in an orphanage in Mexico. She grew up in poverty along with 68 brothers and sisters. She missed her opportunity to play basketball for the Mexican National team because she broke her collarbone. Shortly after she immigrated to the US on a basketball scholarship at the University of Charleston. After obtaining her college degree, and not being able to find a job, Magie became homeless and lived on the streets. When someone recognized her, she was given a place to stay. A few weeks later, she entered a Fresh Salsa competition for the State of West Virg