Right About Now with Ryan Alford - The Reality of Building Wealth in Your 20s and 30s with Alex Morton

Episode Date: February 20, 2026

Alex Morton has seen every side of success — early wins, massive income, public stages, and personal collapse. In this episode of Right About Now, Ryan Alford talks with Alex Morton about the real journey from a broke college kid to multimillionaire, and why the moments no one sees matter more than the highlights. Alex opens up about: Making his first million at 24 — and what it didn’t fix Losing nearly everything after peak success Why network marketing works and why it gets a bad reputation How honesty beats hype in sales and leadership Why confidence and self-image determine outcomes What crypto and financial education really represent How success changes as life evolves This episode is raw, reflective, and grounded — a reminder that the journey is never linear. Host & Guest Info Ryan Alford Host, Right About Now Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanalford Website: https://ryanisright.com Alex Morton Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexmortonmindset YouTube: Alex Morton Mindset

I talk about how I went from a broke college kid to a multi-millionaire. It really boils down to just the age-old success principles, but I kind of tailor it to like the millennial generation. Because a lot of young people, man, they don't want to listen to somebody with white hair. It is what it is. But to listen to a young guy with a Rolls-Royce and some big houses and some jewelry, you kind of blind them with like, hey, this is what I have and this is what I've done. And then you give them real information that they can apply and actually change their life if they want to.

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We're talking to Alex Morton. What's up, brother? What's up, man? Happy to be here. Hey, brother. It's good to have you. You came. I'll just say this.

You'd hit my radar a little bit. But the people that I really trust that I really like, you need to talk to Alex Morton. And I said, all right, I want to talk to Alex Morton. I appreciate that. I know you're a best-selling author. I know you got a lot cooking. Momentum Creator, Growth Catalyst.

I'm like, this guy must be in marketing. I like to do this start reading about you. Let's start wherever you want to start. You kind of give them your background, your history, kind of your success journey. I was born in Houston, middle class America. I saw mom and dad working super hard at a young age. They were in home building. Then they had a massive bankruptcy in the mid-90s. And then they got into the insurance business. So we went from like Houston, Texas to six months in West Virginia. Eventually landed in Bexley, Ohio, small town. And really at 14, 15, 16, my dad gives me think and grow

rich, rich dad, poor dad, think big and kick ass by Donald Trump. I'm like looking at business and entrepreneurship and be my own boss. And in school, I did okay. I made the honor roll a few times, football, basketball, tennis, whatever. But I was never interested in what they were talking to me in the classrooms. I was always into business and marketing and sales and doing something big. At 18, I left Cold Ohio. I went to Arizona State for college.

I mean, over there, I fell into real estate, actually. At 18, I saw a million dollar listing. I got my real estate license at literally just 18 years old. I was wheeling and dealing. I was stealing agents listings, marketing them as my own campus, making some money. And then I fell into a specific industry. And I've been there now for almost 12 years. And I was just super fortunate to hit something at a great time because there was an industry out there that never really had young people marketing. And I saw it. And I said, man, if these older folks

can make 30, 40, 50, 100K a month, I think young people can really blow this sucker out of the water internationally. And that's where I made my first million at 24. And it was kind of like this rock bottom to rock star to rock bottom again and now thankfully i'm back doing some amazing things so it's been a hell of 12 years i've spoken in 75 countries around the world i've made a lot of money i've spent a lot of money i've made a lot of mistakes i made a lot of good decisions and now i'm sitting here talking it's been fun i watch some of your speaking stuff you're really dynamic there's an authenticity to you man that really struck me it wasn't overly produced but it was still polished it was authentic that's probably had something to do with your success, have I had to guess.

You can always tell someone that maybe made $100,000 one time in a month or even a year, and everything's got to be super formulated and organized, all this kind of stuff. And one of my good friends and mentors, Grant Cardone, which a lot of people know, I love the guy so much, not just because he's a good dude, but he's so raw and real. And he's like, I'm going to tell you the way it is because I've done it. And I feel at my age, are there people that have made more money than me? Absolutely. But being able to earn dozens of millions of dollars in your low 30s, you learn a lot of stuff.

And I feel like I know how to just give people the truth. So why mess around with all the marshmallows and rainbows? Just tell people how it is. And if some people like you, love you, or hate you, that's not even my business. My business is to give people the formula to go out there and win. And that's that. What defines success for Alex Morton?