Eat Sh*t & Smile: Surviving and Thriving on the Roller Coaster of Life

Learn how to use your own internal GPS system to get through any problem!

In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry G. Banks shares his remarkable journey overcoming personal and financial hardships to achieve extraordinary success in business and in life. Jerry's candid stories reveal how he transformed setbacks into opportunities, turning divorce and near-bankruptcy into stepping-stones for raising two daughters as a single dad, while also managing $2 billion in real estate transactions over his career. The success he makes out of temporary failures offers valuable lessons for anyone facing life's inevitable curveballs.

Jerry's Internal GPS System gives readers a practical formula for learning resilience and triumphing over some of life's toughest circumstances. You'll discover how to persevere, adapt, and turn your dreams into reality. Whether you're starting a business, navigating personal challenges, or needing a kick-in-the-pants to keep moving forward, Eat Sh*t & Smile: Surviving and Thriving on the Roller Coaster of Life is the book for you.

Join Jerry Banks as he shares the strategies and insights that helped him achieve a wildly successful life despite the odds. Discover how you, too, can turn life's detours to your advantage and live your best life now.

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After plenty of hard knocks, Jerry G. Banks realized that over decades of ups and down in life, he had learned how to tap into his own internal GPS system. This helped him navigate his way through near bankruptcy, a difficult divorce, and raising two daughters on his own.

Now that Jerry has realized his biggest dreams as a successful real estate investor, entrepreneur, and father, he wants to help you realize your dreams too. Through years of experimenting and testing, Jerry has identified five foundational inputs you need to know to help you get to your own dream destination. Using his 4Ds +1 formula: Dreaming, Decisions, Determination, Discipline + Resilience, you can maximize your results and your happiness in life-and with greater ease and speed than Jerry did!

In Eat Sh*t & Smile, Jerry shares extraordinary stories from his personal and professional life, all while teaching you the programming tricks you'll need to operate your own internal GPS. But first, you must believe! Ready to tap into the power of your GPS and achieve your best life? Then let's go!

Jerry G. Banks is the Principal and Founder of Jerry Banks Group, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. With a career that spans decades, Jerry has managed $2 billion in real estate transactions, including apartments, retail spaces, warehouses, and development properties across the United States. He also leads JBG Services, Inc., offering real estate consulting to clients like the University of Nebraska, Mutual of Omaha, and several high-net-worth families.

Prior to founding Jerry Banks Group in 2016, Jerry was a partner in NewStreet Properties, LLC, where he managed over $1.5 billion in transactions, including 8,000 apartment units and 2 million square feet of industrial property. He was inducted into the Nebraska Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2016.

Jerry's entrepreneurial ventures extend beyond real estate. He has owned thirteen pizza franchises, a residential real estate company, a bar, an advertising agency, and a small property management firm. He knows the grit and grind it takes to build a small business.

A proud single father and grandfather, Jerry raised two daughters and relishes spending time with his seven grandchildren. He enjoys the outdoors, art projects, ATV's, hiking, collecting contemporary art, traveling, and spending time with family and friends at his second home in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jerry gives back by serving on numerous boards, including on the Board of Trustees for Dakota REIT, the Real Estate Strategic Planning Committee of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and the Steering Committee of the SW Iowa Women's Fund. Historically Jerry served as a volunteer on several nonprofit boards in both Iowa and Nebraska.

Now a mentor, speaker, and author, Jerry shares his knowledge and experiences in Eat Sh*t & Smile to show readers how to navigate the ups and downs of life using his unique Internal GPS System. Jerry helps others achieve peace, happiness, and success with greater ease than he did.

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