210. From Addiction to Peace and $3 Million Dollar Business

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For the first 24 years of his life, Chris Rickerson’s future looked dim. He grew up in poverty, with a drug-addicted mother and drug demons of his own. Facing dire consequences, he turned his life around and, in 2013, started Elite Staffing Solutions, a Wichita, Kansas-based staffing company that lifts up people who are struggling as he once did.

We talk about;

• Growing up in a home with a drug addicted mother
• Chris’s own battles with substance abuse
• How his faith helped him turn his life around
• Why his firm doesn’t hesitate to hire those with similar backgrounds to Chris’s
• The keys to Elite Staffing Solutions rapid growth
• Mentors
• People over profit
• Advice to other entrepreneurs

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