At 13, he dove in while everyone else watched.
In June 1957, a crowd stood on the Lake Michigan break wall watching a girl drown. A skinny, sickly 13-year-old who didn't know how to save anyone dove in and held her above the water until the lifeguard arrived.
That day taught Kirk the idea behind everything he teaches: your beliefs decide what you see. The crowd didn't see a girl drowning. He did.
"Your oddity is your destiny."
Kirk set a record as a rookie stockbroker by making 300 calls a day, built four million-dollar businesses with no degrees, and has worked with 5,000 entrepreneurs. Now, at 82, he wants to train people who will carry this work forward.