You Don't Know Jack: 
Dropping out! Life anew at forty-two.

By Jack R. Taylor

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were able to change your life based on what you know now as a mature, educated, and experienced person? Well, that’s exactly what Jack did.

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Financially independent at forty-two, with two grown children and two ex-wives behind him, he leaves it all. Challenging life’s axioms and pursuing the life of an iconoclast, he lives out fantasies others can only dream about.

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In You Don't Know Jack, Taylor shares his extraordinary journey from an underprivileged child to a successful real estate developer in Silicon Valley. This story is about the transformative power of mentorship and the idea that success is less about being in the right place at the right time and more about being with the right people. Malcolm Gladwell writes in Outliers that our successes are the result "— of the contributions of lots of different people and lots of different circumstances—"

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However, as Jack achieved professional success, his personal life was on the brink of disaster. On the verge of losing his wife, children, and career, Jack had to confront his inner Lothario demon and reconcile with his past. Through experiences as intense as LSD and Primal Scream therapy, he grappled with deep-rooted compulsions and the damaging influence of a hellfire-brimstone and damnation religious zealot stepfather.

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In this candid memoir, Jack reveals his life's lows and highs, demonstrating that perseverance can prevail even when life seems stacked against you. His journey is a testament to the power of resilience, the importance of mentorship, and the transformation that comes from confronting one's darkest secrets.

His seemingly insatiable search continues. Where is the love and family that has evaded him his entire life?

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Jack R. Taylor is an entrepreneur, former Stanford football player, real estate developer, and author of You Don’t Know Jack. After helping build a successful real estate company during the rise of Silicon Valley, he retired from business at forty-two and began an entirely new chapter. Now in his nineties, Jack shares the lessons of a remarkable life shaped by hardship, mentorship, reinvention, forgiveness, and the people who changed his path.

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