Entrepreneurs Circle: Recent Episodes
Erik Cabral
The goal of this show is to bring my experience (both successes and failures) to the table and to share some of my insights to building businesses and relationships. I’ll also interview fellow entrepreneurs to inspire and give you some tools you may need on your journey to freedom, legacy, and spiritual growth! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
In this episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Harley Green, entrepreneur, worldschooler, and founder of Workergenix, a virtual staffing agency helping business owners unlock freedom with high-level executive assistants.
Harley shares how he and his family of five sold it all to live a worldschooling lifestyle across 12+ countries, what it’s really like raising kids on the road, and how leveraging VAs not only fuels his business but funds a life of faith, freedom, and family adventure.
They talk about the myths of safety abroad, the joy of simplifying down to five suitcases, and why integrating faith into business creates trust, culture, and long-term impact. From avoiding burnout to finding God’s hand in unexpected places, this one is packed with inspiration and practical tools for entrepreneurs who dream of more than just the 9-5 grind.
🕒 Episode Chapters
0:00 Intro & Harley’s background
2:30 Why Harley’s family chose worldschooling
4:45 Safety myths vs. reality in global travel
9:50 How they pick destinations & handle logistics
14:10 Airbnb vs. local rentals & home exchange hacks
18:30 Pets, kids & house-sitting abroad
20:40 Building Workergenix: the VA agency story
26:30 Faith, values & culture in hiring
33:00 Passing faith down to kids while traveling
36:00 Miracles & answered prayers abroad
38:40 Awe-inspiring places: Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Mount Fuji
41:50 Burn or Bliss rapid-fire round
45:20 How to connect with Harley & grab his VA guide
47:30 Final thoughts on simplifying life & worldschooling
- Workergenix Free VA Guide: Workergenix.com/erikcabral
- LinkedIn: Harley Green
📚 Resources MentionedTruth Seekers Podcast (family Bible stories for kids)
Freedom, chastity, and healing with Jason Evert
What if chastity is not a restriction but the freedom to love well
In this episode of Be Your Brand to Glorify God, Erik sits down with Jason Evert, speaker, author, and founder at Chastity.com, to face the modern prn crisis with courage and clarity. Jason shares how Karol Wojtyla’s "Love and Responsibility" reframes chastity as the freedom to love, why an interior life of prayer outworks a thousand tasks, and how simple daily rhythms protect marriage and mission.
They talk about the epidemic of prn for men and women, why the opposite of addiction is connection, and the hard-hitting line that a father’s prn can act like a spiritual vasectomy. You will also hear the adult club doorstep encounter and the seven-hour line of students who just wanted someone to truly listen. This one gives hope, language, and first steps for anyone ready to begin.
What happens when a former military bomb dog handler turns his attention to raising a family, building businesses, and keeping faith at the center of it all?
In this episode, Erik sits down with Adam La Barr — husband, father of three, entrepreneur, and host of the BizDad Podcast. From chasing bombs in Afghanistan to chasing business deals in America, Adam shares how his faith journey shaped his approach to intentional fatherhood and business ownership.
They unpack how to raise kids in a world filled with noise without sheltering them, the lessons Adam learned from missed birthdays while serving in the military, and why he’s passionate about buying businesses that create freedom instead of consuming family life.
Adam also reveals his process for evaluating deals, how real estate led him to small business acquisitions, and why aligning with Christian partners matters in the long run.
This one’s a must-listen for fathers, faith-driven entrepreneurs, and anyone tired of sacrificing family on the altar of success.
0:00 Intro2:30 Adam’s faith journey from childhood to Afghanistan6:10 Choosing a Christian spouse and building a family foundation9:55 Raising kids with exposure, not shelter14:30 Lessons from the military on marriage, fatherhood, and time away18:10 Why Adam launched the BizDad Podcast22:20 Shifting from real estate to buying businesses27:50 The escape room deal and learning to evaluate businesses33:40 Superpowers in business: knowing your strengths (and weaknesses)40:50 Faith in business partnerships and being equally yoked47:10 Burner or Bliss: Disney, EVs, Social Media & AI52:25 Final thoughts, where to connect with Adam
BizDad Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@thebizdad
Active Duty Passive Income (ADPI) https://www.activedutypassiveincome.com/
VidAngel https://www.vidangel.com/
GoBundance https://gobundance.com/
Trail Life USA https://www.traillifeusa.com/
Resources Mentioned:
Connect with Adam: https://adamlabarr.com/
🎙️ Show Description:What happens when a Power Ranger walks away from Hollywood… and finds her real superpower in faith, purpose, and modesty?In this powerful episode, Erik Cabral sits down with actress-turned-entrepreneur Jessica Rey, best known as the White Power Ranger, to unpack her incredible journey — from TV fame and red carpet culture to launching a viral modest swimwear brand rooted in dignity and truth.Jessica shares how one awkward rosary night changed her life, the hilarious and divine way she met her husband, and why she said no to bikinis on set… even if it meant risking her career. Her story is filled with bold decisions, answered prayers, and a deep conviction to do business God’s way.Whether you’re navigating faith in your career, building a purpose-driven brand, or just wondering what modesty even means today… this episode will challenge and inspire you.🔥 What You’ll Learn:Her Hollywood-to-holiness turning pointWhy modesty is about dignity, not shameThe moment she refused to wear a bikini on setThe dating app story that only God could’ve scriptedHow her viral swimsuit talk changed everything (3M+ views)Building a faith-based brand without compromising📚 Resources MentionedJessica Rey Swimwear – Modest, fashion-forward swimsuits made in the USA 👉 https://www.jessicarey.comJessica’s Viral Talk: The Evolution of the Swimsuit (3M+ views) 📺 Watch on YouTubeOur Lady of Guadalupe – The miraculous moment tied to Jessica’s pregnancy and surrender 🕊️ Feast Day InfoFamily Theater Productions (Hollywood) – Where Jessica attended prayer and pasta 🎬 https://www.familytheater.orgTIME MOMENT0:00 Power Ranger origin story2:30 Jessica’s faith journey + rosary group in Hollywood8:00 Struggles living by faith in the television industry13:30 A divine encounter on Catholic Match15:00 The “Superpowers” request + divine confirmation story22:00 Miraculous pregnancy after surrendering to God26:55 Swimwear origin story + objectification in Hollywood34:45 The viral swimsuit talk (3M+ views)40:00 Infusing faith into business operations45:00 Behind-the-scenes of eco-conscious fashion & new cotton line📖 BUY ERIK'S NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcoverhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
What happens when the dream you chased for 20 years suddenly ends… and God hands you a new mission?
In this episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik jams with Matt Morizio — former pro baseball player turned entrepreneur, father of seven, and founder of Reconstructing Wealth. They dive deep into his journey from being drafted by the Kansas City Royals to getting released, newly married, and homeless… to now running a faith-centered wealth firm that helps people transform their relationship with money.
They talk about what obedience really looks like, why so many men wrestle with identity after their careers end, and how emotional detachment from money can unlock freedom, clarity, and presence.
This one’s packed with wisdom for anyone navigating transitions, chasing big callings, or trying to put God at the center of it all.
🔥 What You’ll Learn:
- The hidden cost of chasing dreams without asking God first
- Why money is a tool, not your source
- How to lead your family when life gets flipped upside down
- What happens when you finally pray, “God, what do YOU want from me?”
📚 Resources Mentioned
Dancing with the Analysts by David MalloukThe book that changed Matt’s perspective on investing and helped launch his career in wealth management.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MVG5W8P
Reconstructing Wealth – Matt Morizio’s firm
A faith-driven financial planning and wealth management company helping people emotionally detach from money and build lives they love.
https://www.reconstructingwealth.com
PodMatch – Podcast guest matching platform
Mentioned as a key tool Matt used to book guest appearances on 100+ shows.
https://www.podmatch.com
Matt’s Free Money Mindset Course
Mini-course on shifting from scarcity to clarity and building a healthy relationship with money.DM Matt on Instagram: @mattmorizio
0:00 Intro
5:15 Catholic upbringing and fourth-grade faith encounter
12:30 Professional baseball and dugout discipleship
18:45 Meeting his wife and faith-centered dating
25:20 Getting released and starting over homeless
32:10 The transition from baseball to wealth management
40:25 Never ask God "What do YOU want from me?"
48:50 Four pillars: Faith, Family, Fitness, Finance
55:35 Launching Reconstructing Wealth in faith
1:02:15 Living a miraculous life through obedience
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
What happens when you're pinned underwater, running out of oxygen, and suddenly realize... this is how people die?
In this episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Bo Parfet–adventure entrepreneur, mountain climber, and faith warrior who's restored sight to over 50,000 people worldwide. They dive deep into his childhood struggles with dyslexia and a speech impediment, the near-death canoe accident in Belize that gave him unshakeable faith, and how a vision on top of Mount Chimborazo led to a mission bigger than any summit.
They talk about what it means to stop making a living and start making a life, why marketplace ministries are revolutionizing faith-driven business, and how prayer before meetings gets the ego out of the room immediately.
This one's packed with wisdom for anyone ready to chase lions instead of settling for comfortable Christianity.
Episode Chapters:
0:00 Intro and childhood struggles with dyslexia
5:30 The Belize canoe accident that changed everything12:45 Foundation of unshakeable faith
18:20 Merging faith and work at DLP
25:10 Marketplace ministries revelation
32:40 Vision for sight restoration on Mount Chimborazo
40:15 Recognizing God's voice vs. your own thoughts
48:30 Obedience in entrepreneurship
55:20 Taking control of your information diet
1:02:15 Leading with love, humility, and kindness
📚 Resources Mentioned
SEE International -- Sight restoration organization
The ministry restoring vision to 1 billion blind people worldwide through $25-50 cataract surgeries.https://seeinternational.org
DLP Real Estate -- Bo's faith-forward company
Solving America's attainable housing crisis with 5-7 million unit shortage.https://dlprealestate.com
"Building an Elite Organization" by Don Wenner
The business growth framework Bo swears by for entrepreneurs.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8QXPX8
DLP Positive Returns Foundation
Tackling homelessness and childhood trafficking through faith-driven action. https://dlpcapital.com/connect/news/dlp-positive-returns-foundation-discovers-the-power-of-teen-transformation-in-guatemala-miracles-in-the-making
Dream Ons Program
DLP's version of Make-A-Wish for team members facing struggles:
https://dlpcapital.com/dream-on#:~:text=SHARE%20THE%20STORY,to%20spread%20kindness%20and%20compassion.
Bo's Upcoming Fourth Book
About growth in business, life, and thriving in your golden years (Q4 release).
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
"Be Your Brand to Glorify God" available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
What if the secret to your success was hidden in plain sight every single day? How does seeing your own reflection 55 times daily rewire your brain for confidence or self-doubt?
In this fascinating episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Brian Lipstein, founder of Henry A. Davidsen Master Tailors & Image Consultants, for a deep dive into the subconscious power of personal image, personal branding, and bespoke tailoring. Brian reveals the shocking truth that we see our own reflection 55 times per day and how this impacts our confidence and performance in ways we never imagined.
They delve into the intricate world of custom clothing, examining the distinctions between off-the-rack, made-to-measure, and true “bespoke” tailoring. Brian shares how perfect fit literally changes how people treat you, the psychology behind first impressions, and why details matter more than most people think. From measuring to the eighth of an inch to understanding fabric choices, this conversation reveals the craftsmanship behind creating clothing that becomes a second skin.
But this goes beyond just suits. Brian opens up about building a business with core values that actually matter, embracing failure as a learning tool, and his ambitious 10-year vision to bring bespoke production back to America. He also shares his exciting new podcast,“The Gentlemanly Things”, about gentlemanly pursuits; exploring whiskey, cigars, wine, and the lost art of being a true gentleman in modern times.
If you're ready to understand how image psychology impacts your success and curious about the craftsmanship behind clothing that transforms how the world sees you, this episode delivers insights that will change how you think about personal presentation forever.
0:00 Intro
2:15 The aha moment that changed everything
8:45 Subconscious psychology of seeing yourself 55 times daily
15:30 How bespoke fit creates different treatment
22:10 Bespoke vs. custom
35:20 The art of master tailoring and craftsmanship
42:15 Client experience and decision-making process
48:45 Core values: BE REAL (Reputable, Extraordinary, Authentic, Learned)
58:30 Embracing failure and learning from setbacks
1:05:15 Building the gentleman through whiskey, cigars, and class
1:12:20 10-year vision and expanding to new cities
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
Resources Mentioned:
🎙️ Brian Lipstein’s Podcast: “The Gentlemanly Things”
https://www.youtube.com/@TheGentlemanlyThings
(Also found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts)
🎯 Henry A. Davidsen Bespoke Tailoring
Brian's Philadelphia-based custom suit and image consulting company
📞 215-253-5905
✉️ brian@henrydavidsen.com
🌐 henrydavidsen.com
📚 "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
Referenced book about thin-slicing information and first impressions
https://a.co/d/euolMMW
📖 "Unreasonable Hospitality" by Will Guidara
Book Brian's team is reading about delivering extraordinary experiences
https://a.co/d/2IlLvOw
🏛️ Custom Tailors and Designers Association (CTDA)
America's oldest continually active trade association (1860s-1870s)
https://www.ctda.com/
📈 Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
Business framework Brian credits for 30-40% growth and systematic improvement
https://www.eosworldwide.com/
Ready to leverage the digital world so you can live your life on your own terms? Ready to scale your business without burning out?
In this outside-the-box episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Adrienne Green, a successful real estate entrepreneur who's revolutionizing how businesses leverage virtual talent. Adrienne shares her incredible journey from launching a real estate team in a brand new market to building a thriving virtual staffing company—all while traveling the world full-time with her family of five.
They dive deep into the world of virtual assistants, exploring the mindset shifts required for success, the tech stack that makes it all work, and why SOPs matter more than video training. Adrienne reveals the key characteristics of entrepreneurs who succeed with VAs versus those who struggle, and shares practical insights on building community with remote teams across different cultures.
But this conversation goes beyond business strategy. Adrienne opens up about their bold decision to sell everything and embrace world schooling, taking their three young children on an educational adventure across continents. From the Philippines to Vietnam to Japan, she shares how they're redefining education, family time, and what's possible when you're willing to take calculated risks.
If you're ready to work smarter instead of harder and curious about what life looks like when you truly write your own rules, this episode delivers the inspiration and practical guidance you need.
0:00 Intro
3:16 Real estate success story in a new market
5:24 Who succeeds vs. fails with VAs
12:40 Tech stack and community building
23:27 Workergenix service model explained
36:39 From corporate to world schooling journey
46:16 Financial and logistical planning
56:51 Best ways to connect with Adrienne
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
Resources Mentioned:
🌐 Workergenix Virtual Staffing
Adrienne's virtual staffing company with executive efficiency blueprint for business owners
🔗 www.workergenix.com/
📋 Monday.com Project Management
Adrienne's favorite task management system for organizing VA workflows
🔗 https://monday.com/
📞 OpenPhone Virtual Numbers
VOIP service for giving VAs professional phone numbers in client area codes
🔗 https://www.openphone.co/
🎓 Miacademy Online Homeschooling
The curriculum platform Adrienne's family uses for world schooling
🔗 https://Miacademy.co/
📱 Adrienne's Instagram for World Schooling
Follow Adrienne's travel and homeschooling journey @ArealGreen
🔗https://www.instagram.com/arealgreen
Ready to challenge everything you thought you knew about the spiritual realm? Curious about how ancient biblical truths apply to modern-day struggles and supernatural encounters?
In this deep-dive episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Eric Scovill, financial advisor and founder of Storehouse Wealth, for an unfiltered conversation that goes way off the typical format. They explore the invisible spiritual realms that impact our everyday lives, discuss portals and spiritual warfare, and dive into how Western culture has numbed us to supernatural realities that other parts of the world understand intimately.
Eric shares profound insights from "The Unseen Realm" by Dr. Michael Heiser, challenges common church doctrines, and opens up about his personal encounters with the audible voice of God, visions, and spiritual authority. They tackle tough questions about prayer, salvation, biblical giants, and why Jesus's definition of belief might be radically different from what we've been taught.
This isn't your typical feel-good faith conversation—it's a raw exploration of biblical truth that might shake some foundations. If you're ready to ask hard questions and seek deeper spiritual understanding, this episode will challenge and inspire your faith journey.
0:00 Intro
2:47 The Bible isn't what you think it is
11:57 Demons, portals, and modern encounters
14:57 God's will vs. free will theology
20:41 Challenging salvation doctrines
29:19 Works vs. grace in biblical context
31:28 Pastors and uncomfortable truths
36:26 Hearing God's voice and spiritual authority
45:49 The power and practice of prayer
54:29 Prayer methodology and spiritual gifts
57:48 Acts acronym and practical prayer tips
1:01:31 Closing in prayer together
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
Resources Mentioned
📖 The Unseen Realm by Dr. Michael Heiser
The transformational book that helped Eric understand what biblical authors were really saying in their cultural context
🔗https://a.co/d/bYkEDdZ
🎙️ The Confessionals Podcast Episode 746
"The Rise of Nephilim Magic" with Pastor Troy Brewer - mentioned for supernatural encounters and sex trafficking rescue work
🔗 https://www.theconfessionalspodcast.com/
💰 Storehouse Wealth
Eric Scovill's financial advisory firm serving mission-driven entrepreneurs
🔗https://storehouseassets.com/
🎙️ Wealth Well Done Podcast
Eric's show focused on faith-driven business and biblical wisdom
https://www.youtube.com/@ericscovill
🙏 ACTS Prayer Method
A - Adoration (worship and love)
C - Confession (asking forgiveness)
T - Thanksgiving (gratitude)
S - Supplication (requests)
Ready to build a personal brand without losing yourself in the process? Want to know how transparency and fun can actually drive business growth?
In this episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Dr. Lacey Book for an honest conversation about building a multi-million dollar business by staying true to who you are—even when the spotlight feels uncomfortable. They explore how Lacey has grown her empire by leaning into her core values of fun and transparency, proving that you don't have to love the camera to build a powerful personal brand.
They dive into the work of self-awareness, the challenge of staying humble when your community grows, and why over-communication might be the secret to clarity. Lacey shares practical insights on managing the discomfort of being in the public eye while still showing up authentically, and how every relationship—business and personal—gets amplified when you're willing to put yourself out there.
If you're building a brand that reflects who you really are (not who you think you should be), this episode delivers the real talk you need. Tune in for this refreshing take on authenticity, transparency, and building something meaningful in a world that often rewards the opposite.
0:00 Intro
3:08 Core values: Fun and transparency in business
4:10 Injecting fun into family life and Journey karaoke
5:27 Transparency vs. context in communication
6:31 Daily work on self-awareness
7:39 Uncomfortable with cameras but understanding the power
8:56 How personal brand creates deeper relationships
10:20 Staying humble and grounded during success
11:36 Promise to community: Results aligned with true desires
12:42 Rapid-fire "Burn or Bliss" segment
15:15 Best ways to connect with Dr. Lacey Book
📖 BUY THE NEW BOOK NOW on Amazon!
“Be Your Brand to Glorify God” available on Kindle, Paperback, and Hardcover
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYQVKH5
A guide for mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to build a brand that reflects their faith, not their ego.
Resources mentioned
Dr. Lacey Book's Social Media
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/drlaceybook
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/drlaceybook
🔗 https://x.com/drlaceyBook
🌐 Black Diamond Club: https://www.blackdiamondclub.com/
🎙️ None of Your Business Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/none-of-your-business-podcast/id1514036779
Reel 1: Fun + Transparency = Unstoppable
Caption:
Business doesn't have to kill your passion. But without fun, it will.
Dr. Lacey Book shares her two non-negotiables: infusing fun into everything and radical transparency with everyone you serve. When you can't bring the fun factor, passion dies. When you're not transparent about expectations, relationships fail. Simple formula: Fun keeps you going, transparency builds trust.
Looking to build a personal brand that actually feels like you? Ready to discover what it truly means to stand for something in business and life?
In this episode of The Erik Cabral Show, Erik sits down with Dr. Shawn Dill, a leading voice in the chiropractic and wellness space, for a real conversation on what it takes to lead with authenticity—in both business and life. They dive deep into Shawn's philosophy that health and success are fundamental truths rather than pursuits, and explore how this mindset shapes everything from personal branding to community building.
They dig into the lessons that come from failure, the tension between tech and truth, and how to stay grounded in a world that's moving fast. Dr. Dill shares practical insight on staying human in the post-modern age, why face-to-face connection matters more than ever, and how to define what you stand for without getting lost in the noise.
If you're trying to grow a brand with purpose and clarity, this episode is a must. Tune in for this refreshing take on truth, perspective, and building meaningful connections in an AI-driven world.
0:00 Intro
5:27 Navigating differing beliefs and perspectives
8:40 Promise to audience: Learning from mistakes
11:26 Unexpected favorite reality TV show
12:51 Rapid-fire "Burn or Bliss" segment
16:05 AI's impact on future elections and society
19:33 Best ways to connect with Shawn Dill
Resources mentioned
🔗 Shawn Dill's Social Media
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/drshawndill
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/rshawndill
🔗 https://x.com/drshawndill
🌐 Black Diamond Club: https://www.blackdiamondclub.com/
🎙️ None of Your Business Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/none-of-your-business-podcast/id1514036779
📚 “Pendulum” by Roy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew
📚 Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port
How does a former bomb tech turn major sensory loss into a relentless positivity, a thriving confectionary company, and so much more?
In this absolutely life-changing episode of The Erik Cabral Show, host Erik Cabral sits down with Aaron Hale, a true American hero whose story will shatter every excuse you've ever made. Aaron's journey from the battlefield to complete darkness and silence could have ended in despair. Instead, this warrior transformed unimaginable loss into extraordinary triumph.
A man who once defused bombs with steady hands, now learning to navigate a world where he can neither see nor hear. A father and husband fighting through the darkness of depression, asking "Why me?" until he discovered the power of asking "Why me... so I can teach others?" Watch Aaron build a chocolate empire from his kitchen while managing a sleep disorder, balance issues, and the crushing weight of starting over completely.
This isn't just about overcoming obstacles - this is about a man who looked hell in the face twice and chose to smile back. Aaron's raw honesty about his darkest moments, combined with his relentless determination to show his sons that their dad can still do anything, will leave you questioning what's truly possible in your own life.
Don't miss this chance to witness pure human grit in action and learn the exact mindset shifts that turned devastating setbacks into a platform for inspiring millions. This episode will change how you view your own challenges forever.
0:00 Intro
5:51 Injury in Afghanistan and life-changing moment
10:00 Losing hearing to bacterial meningitis
14:28 Overcoming adversity and changing perspective
23:11 Role of faith and optimism
28:24 Starting a chocolate company after setbacks
34:19 Scaling up the fudge business
43:11 Current projects and future endeavors
RESOURCES LINKS:
🌐 EOD Fudge - Aaron's chocolate company: https://eodfudge.com/
🎙️ The Point of Impact with Aaron Hale: https://pointofimpactpod.com/
📱 TikTok: Aaron Hale: Kitchen hacks and inspirational content from Aaron: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.hale
📚 Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis
📚 Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port
Curious about how to integrate faith into your business practices?
In this episode of "Be Your Brand to Glorify God," Erik Cabral sits down with Justin Janowski, founder of Faith to Influence, to explore the intersection of faith and entrepreneurship. They discuss Justin's journey in building a Christian-focused business coaching company, effective sales strategies, and the art of running successful events.
Don't miss out on this insightful conversation where you'll learn how to incorporate faith into your business model, improve your sales approach by always booking the next call, and navigate the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship with integrity and prayer.
Tune in to discover actionable advice and inspiring stories that can transform your business and personal life.
0:00 Intro: Building sales systems to glorify God
2:14 How one client referral landed Tom Ziglar
6:39 The power of strategic introductions
9:19 The "yes, no, next call booked" strategy
12:00 Why most sales follow-up fails
15:00 Booking calls on the spot for instant results
16:23 Building a successful conference business
21:30 Learning from small events to big conferences
26:13 The power of asking for help in business
28:15 How prayer and action create business miracles
33:07 Incorporating faith into business practices
35:27 Building a Christ-centered business community
RESOURCES LINKS:
🔗Justin Janowski - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/justin.janowski
📘 Faith2influence Sales Training
A comprehensive program for Christian entrepreneurs wanting to master ethical sales while keeping Christ at the center.
🔗 https://www.faith2influence.com/
📝 "Yes, No, Next Call Booked" Strategy
The game-changing sales framework that eliminates chase-mode and creates decisive prospects.
🔗 F2Itribe.com
🛠️ Christian Coaches Academy Live Conference
Justin's annual gathering for faith-driven coaches and entrepreneurs seeking biblical business strategies.
🔗 https://F2Itribe.com/CCALive
👥 Weekly Prayer and Networking Calls
Wednesday community calls combining business networking with intercessory prayer for Christian entrepreneurs.
🔗 https://faithtoinfluence.com/prayer-calls
👑 Tom Ziglar Speaking Engagements
The son of legendary salesman Zig Ziglar, bringing proven sales principles to Christian audiences.
🔗 https://ziglar.com
📺 Small Retreat Model
Justin's original 8-person retreat format that generated $100K+ in his first two months of business.
🔗 Contact Justin directly on Facebook Messenger for retreat consulting
Curious about how to revolutionize event planning and embrace personal growth?
In this episode of "Entrepreneurs' Circle," host Erik Cabral sits down with Joey Goone, an expert in event planning and production. They explore Joey's journey through entrepreneurship, innovative event strategies, and personal development insights.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to transform your events into meaningful experiences and gain valuable lessons on embracing failure in business. Tune in to discover Joey's unique approaches and actionable advice that can elevate your personal and professional life.
0:00 Intro
5:17 Eureka moment: Transforming event experiences
10:56 Merging logistics and community building
31:40 Family dynamics and coping with loss
37:13 The power of writing letters to loved ones
42:45 Embracing failure in the events industry
46:56 How to connect with Joey Goone
RESOURCES LINKS:
📱 LinkedIn: Joey Goone
Joey's professional profile for connecting and learning more about his work.
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeyGoone/
▶️ YouTube: Utopia Experience
Company's YouTube channel featuring event-related content.
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/c/UtopiaExperience
📘 The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
A book that significantly impacted Joey's personal development journey and approach to events.
🔗 https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710
🎤 Front Row Foundation
Charity mentioned in the podcast that inspired Joey's approach to event experiences.
🔗 https://frontrowfoundation.org/
👥 Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)
Business network Joey is involved with, serving on the board of the St. Louis chapter.
🔗 https://www.eonetwork.org/
🧘♂️ Tony Robbins Priming Exercise
Meditation technique Joey uses with new employees at Utopia Experience.
🔗 https://www.tonyrobbins.com/priming-exercise/
📱 CVENT
Event management software mentioned for its importance in mobile app development for events.
🔗 https://www.cvent.com/
📖 The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
Book referenced for focusing on one innovative element to improve event experiences.
🔗 https://www.the1thing.com/
📚 Mr. Thank You by John Israel
Book that inspired Joey's letter-writing practice after his mother's passing.
🔗 https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Thank-You-Project-Transform/dp/1401956645
🏢 Utopia Experience
Joey's event production company specializes in immersive and wellness-focused experiences.
🔗 https://utopiaexperience.com/
Curious about how faith can transform your business journey? In this episode of "Be Your Brand to Glorify God," host Erik Cabral welcomes Matt Chenard, a Christian entrepreneur and cold plunge enthusiast. Together, they explore the intersection of faith, business, and personal branding, sharing insights on overcoming challenges and finding purpose through God-centered living.
Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation where you'll discover how to incorporate faith into your work, navigate business setbacks with resilience, and align your career with your God-given talents. Tune in to gain valuable insights and actionable advice that can propel your personal and professional life forward.
0:00 Intro: Building businesses to glorify God
2:43 Matt Chenard's journey to faith and entrepreneurship
5:34 Navigating business challenges during lockdowns
10:07 Incorporating faith into business practices
15:00 The cold plunge journey and viral success
21:06 Finding purpose through obedience to God
24:06 Tools for discerning God's will
37:49 Understanding and uprooting deep idols
46:52 The dopamine trap of modern technology
57:23 Dangers of molding God to fit our desires
1:02:00 The Resilient Man program for Christian leaders
RESOURCES LINKS:
🔗 Matt Chenard - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/mattchenard
📘 Prayer by Timothy Keller
A guide to understanding and practicing prayer, discussed by Matt Chenard as part of his spiritual journey.
🔗https://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Experiencing-Awe-Intimacy-God/dp/0525954147
📝 Ikigai Exercise
A Venn diagram tool used to find purpose by aligning passion, mission, vocation, and profession.
🔗https://www.amazon.com/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy/dp/0143130722
🛠️ Six Types of Working Genius Tool by Patrick Lencioni
A framework to identify personal strengths and frustrations in the workplace, used by Matt to enhance productivity.
🔗 https://www.workinggenius.com/
👥 Resilient Man Program
Matt Chenard's initiative to help men become disciplined and resilient leaders.
🔗 https://www.mattchenard.com/resilient-man
👑 The King's Men Group
A community for men focused on leadership and personal growth, part of Matt's Resilient Man initiative.
🔗 https://www.mattchenard.com/kings-men
📺 Little Bear & Franklin
Children's TV shows mentioned as examples of slow-paced, meaningful content.
🔗 Little Bear -(https://www.amazon.com/Little-Bear/dp/B000H5U5QK)
🔗 Franklin - https://www.amazon.com/Franklin/dp/B000H5U5QK)
📖 Book of Hosea
Referenced in the context of understanding true worship and avoiding idolatry.
🔗https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea+1&version=ESV
Curious about how to integrate your faith into your business and personal life? In this episode of "Be Your Brand," host Erik Cabral welcomes Bryce Stewart, a real estate investor and former sixth-grade teacher, to discuss the intersection of Christian faith and entrepreneurship. The conversation explores how to build a personal brand that glorifies God, the challenges faced by Christian entrepreneurs, and the importance of community support.
Don't miss out on this inspiring episode where you'll learn how to incorporate faith into every aspect of your life, understand the significance of financial stewardship, and discover the power of community support in building for God's kingdom.
Tune in to gain valuable insights and actionable advice that can transform your approach to business and personal growth.
0:00 Intro
5:25 A cautionary tale of a "Christian" contractor
10:25 Living Christian values vs. superficial faith
16:03 Christianity as the foundation, not a category
23:16 Developing a relationship with Christ
28:32 The significance of Jesus piercing the darkness
36:53 Balancing faith and practical business decisions
41:35 How to build for God's kingdom
46:42 Learning from other faith communities' support
RESOURCES LINKS:
Bryce Stewart - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bryce_w_stewart/
Curious about the secrets behind successful family businesses? In this episode of "Entrepreneurs Circle," Erik Cabral sits down with Sara B. Stern, a certified EOS implementer and expert in family-owned enterprises, to discuss strategies for navigating the complexities of family, business, and ownership roles.
Tune in to discover how separating family, business, and ownership roles can lead to harmony and growth. Learn about the transformative power of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and gain valuable insights from Sara's consulting experiences.
Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding of family business dynamics and improve your own business operations!
0:00 Intro: Family businesses and the three-circle model
5:05 Challenges of hiring family in business
10:08 Using "hats" to separate family and business roles
15:19 Baby boomers retiring and business succession
20:19 Explaining the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
22:56 Embracing failure: A lesson in trusting instincts
27:27 How Sara helps separate family and business relationships
28:30 Closing remarks and contact information
Curious about transforming your career and gaining financial freedom through short-term rentals? In this episode of "Be Your Brand," Erik Cabral sits down with Mike Sjogren, a former CPA who successfully transitioned into the world of short-term rentals. Mike shares his inspiring journey, from overcoming personal challenges to building a thriving business and community.
Join us as Mike Sjogen reveals the secrets to creating a successful short-term rental business. Discover how he scaled from a single property to managing 82 doors across multiple states, and learn about the systems and strategies that can help you achieve similar success.
00:00 Intro
01:36 Transition from CPA to Short-Term Rentals
04:12 Building a Short-Term Rental Business and Community
09:44 Identifying and Serving the Target Audience
17:27Free Resources and Marketing Approach
Curious about the intersection of faith and filmmaking? Join Erik Cabral as he sits down with Anthony D'Ambrosio, the visionary filmmaker behind "Triumph of the Heart." This episode explores Anthony's journey from agency work to creating impactful Christian content, highlighting the challenges and triumphs along the way.
Discover how Anthony D'Ambrosio navigated the transition to filmmaking, the inspiration behind his latest project, and the innovative strategies he employed to bring "Triumph of the Heart" to life. Don't miss out on learning how faith-based content is carving its own path in the media landscape.
0:00 Intro: Anthony D'Ambrosio on business challenges
11:19 How Kolbe's story impacted Anthony personally
15:26 Overview of Saint Maximilian Kolbe's life
23:09 Boxing as therapy during business transition
28:46 Physical combat's impact on mental health
33:08 The revival of Christian content in media
37:04 Challenges for faith-based filmmakers in industry
41:09 Need for entrepreneurial thinking in filmmaking
47:02 How to support Triumph of the Heart
Curious about how to transform your personal brand and entrepreneurial journey? In this episode of "Be Your Brand," host Erik Cabral sits down with Michael Fleischner, an accomplished entrepreneur and SEO expert, to explore the intricacies of personal branding and the transition from corporate life to entrepreneurship.
Join us as Michael Fleischner shares his insights on overcoming challenges, the significance of self-improvement, and strategies for building a compelling personal brand. Discover how his journey can inspire and guide you in your own entrepreneurial endeavors.
0:00 Intro
5:00 Building a Personal Brand
11:00 Transition from Corporate to Entrepreneur
17:00 Balancing Business and Personal Brand
23:00 TED Talk and Personal Branding Strategy
29:00 Client Relationships and Business Growth
35:00 Core Values and Personal Growth
41:00 Mindset and Personal Development
Curious about how faith and real estate can transform your life? In this episode of "Entrepreneur's Circle," host Erik Cabral welcomes Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh, who shares her inspiring journey from a pharmacist burdened with student debt to a successful real estate investor.
Discover how Dr. Rachel Gainsbrugh leveraged short-term rentals to achieve financial freedom and how her faith plays a pivotal role in her life and business. Learn how she empowers medical professionals to find alternative paths to financial success.
00:00 Intro
05:09 Transition from Pharmacy to Real Estate Investing
11:48 Strategic Choice of Short-Term Rentals
18:03 Empowering Medical Professionals
23:56 The Role of Faith in Life and Business
31:31 Productivity Tools for Entrepreneurs
Resources:
On Air Brands
Focus Mate
75gems.com
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
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Are you struggling to stand out in a crowded online world? The secret to building a powerful personal brand may lie in the power of video and storytelling. In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Brandon T. Adams, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and who has established himself as the "video guy" in his industry. Brandon shares top tips for creating compelling video content, building confidence on camera, and leveraging your personal story to grow your business.
[00:00] Introduction
[03:11] Brandon’s strategy for his personal brand
[07:11] The importance of video in personal branding
[15:07] Challenges and sacrifices in building a personal brand
[20:52] The role of mentors and influences in personal branding
[26:57] The power of storytelling and video content
[31:53] Tactics for creating and sharing video content
Resources Mentioned:
www.brandontadams.com
The Road to Success by Brandon T. Adams
Be Your Brand podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
Learn more at: www.onairbrands.com
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In this wild world of AI transforming everything, how do we make sure it's used ethically and responsibly to do some real good?
In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Ronsley Vaz, founder of Amplify AI and host of the We Are Podcasts show. Ronsley shares his unique perspective on the ethical and responsible adoption of artificial intelligence. Learn why you should align AI with your company's brand values, how to address misinformation in the AI space, and the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities while avoiding the pitfalls of sci-fi dystopias.
This is a must-listen if you're interested in the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and social impact.
[00:00] Introduction
[04:34] Ronsley’s early influences and school experiences
[09:27] How AI became the central focus of his brand
[15:34] The rapid evolution and adaptation of AI
[20:11] The balance between adopting AI and aligning it to your brand
[25:21] The impact of social media on consciousness
[33:20] AI’s potential to enhance human capabilities and solve global challenges
[39:39] How to avoid complacency in creating more and innovating
[44:09] Get to know AI more
Resources Mentioned:
Amplify AI
We Are Podcast
Ronsley Vaz books My Affair with AI
Be Your Brand podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> www.erikcabral.co/contact
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Want to know the secret to becoming a household name in your industry? Legendary entrepreneur Kevin Harrington, one of the original Sharks on the hit TV show Shark Tank, is here to share his proven strategies.
As the inventor of the infomercial and a serial entrepreneur who has generated over $5 billion in sales, Kevin is a true master of personal branding and business success. In this exclusive interview, he reveals the invaluable insights that have propelled him to the top of his industry.
This is a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the greats. Do not miss out on the chance to implement Kevin's proven personal branding secrets in your own business!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The transformative impact of personal branding for entrepreneurs
- Richard Branson's advice that sparked Kevin's personal branding journey
- Kevin's 5-step (plus 2 bonus steps) framework for becoming a "key person of influence"
- Leveraging content, partnerships, and capital to amplify your personal brand
- Passing the entrepreneurial torch to the next generation
Episode Highlights:
[03:35] The Transformative Power of Personal Branding
Prior to focusing on his brand, he was constantly hustling to find the next big deal. But once he started investing in his personal profile through content creation, speaking engagements, and strategic partnerships, the opportunities began to flow to him. Instead of having to sell himself, Kevin found that doors were opening, and he could now pick and choose the most promising ventures to get involved with.
[09:25] Advice from a Mentor: Richard Branson's Wake-Up Call
During a conversation with “the” Richard Branson, Richard bluntly told Kevin that despite his impressive business accomplishments, no one really knew who he was. This wake-up call from Branson inspired Kevin to start taking concrete steps to build his personal brand, including writing a book, launching a podcast, and actively seeking out speaking engagements. This multi-pronged approach ultimately led to Kevin landing the life-changing opportunity to become a Shark on Shark Tank.
[14:39] The 5+2 Step System for Becoming a "Key Person of Influence"
At the heart of Kevin's personal branding philosophy is a proven 5-step framework that he outlines in his bestselling book "Become a Key Person of Influence." The steps include:
- Learn how to pitch yourself effectively.
- Raise your profile through content and speaking.
- Publish a book or other content.
- Productize your expertise.
- Build the right team
- Secure the necessary capital to execute your plan.
- Get out there and do it.
Resources Mentioned:
Become a Key Person of Influence
Be Your Brand podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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Are you ready to build a personal brand that truly reflects who you are?
From finding clarity within yourself to speaking your truth with confidence, this episode explores the key tenets that will help you unlock your full potential, build a successful personal brand, and make a lasting impact.
Drawing from his own experiences and insights gained through interviews with entrepreneurs, Erik emphasizes the need for self-awareness, speaking one's truth, and finding a deeper sense of mission and service. Hear Erik’s personal journey in defining his brand, and learn about the five core pillars that can guide you on your own path to success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The importance of clarity in building a successful personal brand
- The five pillars of Be Your Brand
- Addressing "personal enemies" and confronting fear, negative agendas
Episode Highlights:
[03:19] The Importance of Clarity in Building a Successful Personal Brand
Erik acknowledges that in the "creator economy," many people start without clarity, thinking they'll figure it out along the way. However, Erik advises against this approach, sharing that he has worked with many people who struggled because they lacked clarity on the problem they solve, the people they serve, and the value they provide. Erik emphasizes that starting with clarity is crucial, as it allows you to effectively communicate your brand and offerings to your audience.
[06:38] The Five Pillars of Be Your Brand
- Know Yourself - The importance of self-awareness and understanding your core values as the foundation for building a personal brand.
- Speak Your Truth - Authenticity and being true to your beliefs, rather than hiding behind what you think others want to hear.
- Listen with Genuine Curiosity - The importance of being a great listener, being fully present and intentionally engaged with others.
- Love and Live in Service - As a "heart-centered entrepreneur," Erik focuses on spreading love and serving others through his work and actions.
- Find Your Purpose - Discovering your true purpose and mission in life is crucial. Erik encourages you to uncover and boldly share your purpose.
[12:06] Confronting Personal Enemies and Negative Agendas
Erik addresses the importance of identifying and confronting his "personal enemies" - the fear, negative agendas, and forces that can undermine personal growth and authenticity. He introduces a new "Burn or Bliss" segment where he plans to have open discussions with guests about controversial issues, with the goal of fostering deeper connections and understanding. This reflects Erik's desire to tackle difficult subjects head-on and empower listeners to stand firm in their beliefs.
Resources Mentioned:
Be Your Brand podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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Get the inside scoop on the future of money. In this episode, Erik Cabral brings back Bob Burnett, as they dive deep into the two core purposes of Bitcoin. Bob provides a fascinating overview of how Bitcoin's decentralized, transparent design could revolutionize the global financial landscape.
If you're curious to learn more about the transformative potential of this innovative technology, don't miss this insightful discussion.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Two fundamental purposes of Bitcoin
- The genius of Bitcoin's decentralized, auditable design
- How Bitcoin could revolutionize the global financial landscape
- Exploring the eye-opening case for embracing this innovative tech
- El Salvador’s successful adoption of Bitcoin
Episode Highlights:
[07:39] The Two Fundamental Purposes of Bitcoin
- The separation of money from the state. Bitcoin was created to separate money from government control and the ability of governments to manipulate the money supply.
- To create a form of digital cash where two people can transact without the approval of a third party. Bitcoin allows for peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries.
Bob emphasizes that these two core purposes make Bitcoin a significant and innovative technological development, contrary to those who claim it serves no useful purpose.
[14:02] Bitcoin’s Decentralized and Auditable Design
The "rules, not rulers" concept is a core tenet of Bitcoin's design. Rather than being controlled by a central authority, the Bitcoin network operates based on a transparent protocol monitored and enforced by its collective participants. This decentralized approach aims to create a more equitable and resistant financial infrastructure, free from the potential abuses of centralized power.
[46:20] Potential Perils of Government-Issued Digital Currencies
Bob warns that the real threat lies not in Bitcoin itself, but in governments creating their own centralized digital currencies. These central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would give authorities unprecedented power to monitor, control, and restrict access to the monetary system, posing a serious risk to individual privacy and financial freedom.
[51:42] The Benefits of Bitcoin’s Architecture
Bitcoin's design offers key advantages, including anonymity and 24/7 availability. Transactions can be conducted without third-party approval, and the network operates continuously, enabling seamless, cross-border transfers at any time. These features provide users with greater financial freedom and independence from institutional control.
Resources Mentioned:
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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Have you noticed your grocery bill steadily increasing, with your hard-earned money losing value right before your eyes? It's time to understand the root causes and explore the alternatives.
In this eye-opening episode, Erik Cabral sits down with the renowned Bitcoin expert, Bitcoin Bob, to unravel the complex history of the monetary system and explore the transformative potential of cryptocurrency.
From the removal of the gold standard to the rampant inflation plaguing modern economies, Bitcoin Bob shares his unique insights and perspectives, guiding us toward a deeper understanding of the flaws in the current financial landscape and the revolutionary solutions offered by Bitcoin.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The failure of the fiat system and the path to Bitcoin
- Inflation, manipulation, and the erosion of wealth
- Financial illiteracy and the lack of wealth-building education
- The political implications of monetary policies
- Bitcoin as a decentralized, transparent alternative
- The global shift toward cryptocurrency adoption
Episode Highlights:
[10:58] The Failure of the Fiat System and the Path to Bitcoin
The current fiat currency system has proven to be a failure. Removal of the gold standard has enabled governments to print money without restraint, leading to rampant inflation and the devaluation of traditional currencies. This flawed system has eroded trust, undermined wealth, and created an unstable financial landscape. However, Bitcoin offers a transformative, decentralized solution that can address the shortcomings of the fiat system.
[21:31] Inflation, Manipulation, and the Erosion of Wealth
The root cause of inflation, as Elon Musk explains, is fundamentally driven by the government's ability to write endless amounts of checks that will never bounce, resulting in a currency supply that exceeds the goods and services produced in the economy. The unchecked printing of money can erode the currency’s purchasing power and undermine financial stability.
[38:40 Financial Illiteracy and the Lack of Wealth-Building Education
The current system is deliberately designed to keep the majority of the population financially illiterate. This leaves the public vulnerable to the manipulations of the monetary paradigm and trapping people in a cycle of paycheck-to-paycheck living, stunting their ability to build lasting wealth. However, the emergence of alternatives like Bitcoin offers a glimmer of hope, as these decentralized technologies have the potential to break down the barriers of financial illiteracy and empower individuals to take control of their financial futures.
Resources Mentioned:
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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Tackle your financial future like a pro with Alec Ogletree. The former NFL linebacker joins us Erik Cabral today to share his remarkable transition from the gridiron to the boardroom.
Alec shares his experiences navigating the transition from professional sports to entrepreneurship, real estate investing, and wealth mastery. Through his personal stories and insights, he provides a roadmap for athletes and business owners alike, highlighting the importance of financial discipline, building a trusted team, and embracing faith as a guiding force.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Alec's background as an NFL player and his current roles in business and real estate
- The emotional and financial challenges of transitioning from a professional sports career
- Lessons learned from a failed business venture and the importance of due diligence
- Alec's involvement in the Alpha Fund I investment fund and his focus on innovative technology and up-and-coming brands
- Alec's Beyond the Game aims to provide financial education and support for athletes
- The significant role of faith in Alec's life, from childhood to his professional and personal endeavors
Episode Highlights:
[06:07] Navigating the Transition from the Gridiron to the Boardroom
Alec Ogletree's journey from being a renowned NFL linebacker to a successful entrepreneur and investor is a testament to his resilience and adaptability. He candidly shares the emotional and financial challenges he faced during the transition, emphasizing the importance of evolving beyond one's identity as a professional athlete. Alec's experiences, both positive and negative, have shaped his approach to wealth management, highlighting the need for financial discipline, strategic planning, and surrounding oneself with a trusted team of advisors.
[20:46] Lessons Learned from a Failed Business Venture
Alec opened up about a failed business venture involving a co-branded suit line, and the emotional and financial toll of that setback. But he used it to underscore the importance of doing your due diligence and surrounding yourself with a trusted team of advisors. Alec's willingness to be vulnerable and share this experience shows his commitment to learning from mistakes - and using those lessons to make smarter moves down the line.
[28:57] Investing in the Future: Alec's Involvement in Alpha Fund I
As an active investor, Alec is deeply involved in the Alpha Fund I, a fund focused on innovative technology and up-and-coming brands. He shares his enthusiasm for specific investments, such as Connects, a modular construction home company, and Vanderhall, an electric car manufacturer. Alec's participation in the fund highlights his dedication to diversifying his portfolio and supporting emerging industries, all while leveraging his network and expertise to create new opportunities for growth.
Resources Mentioned:
Alpha Fund I
Beyond the Game Podcast
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Curious about how to build a killer passive income business and achieve financial freedom? In this latest episode, Erik Cabral chats with Russ Morgan, co-founder of Wealth Without Wall Street and co-host of the Wealth Without Wall Street podcast. Russ shares his entrepreneurial journey, including his transition from a Certified Financial Planner working on Wall Street to building a thriving passive income business.
Listen to how his pivotal moment in 2008 changed his perspective on the financial markets, the importance of mentorship, and the strategies he's used to achieve financial freedom through passive income streams.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Russ's eureka moment during the 2008 financial crisis and how it led him to seek out a new mentor
- The three-step process to help others achieve financial freedom: Goal, Plan, and Support (GPS)
- The importance of having a vision that’s big enough
- Best practices for starting a media empire
- Valuable lessons he learned from a Ponzi scheme experience
Episode Highlights:
[02:27] Russ's Eureka Moment During the 2008 Financial Crisis
In September 2008, Russ was playing golf with a friend when he received the news that the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 880 points. This moment was a wake-up call for Russ, who had been a Certified Financial Planner and believed in the expertise of Wall Street. He realized that the financial markets were unpredictable, and the experts he had trusted had no idea what was happening. This experience led Russ to seek out a new mentor, Nelson Nash, who introduced him to the concept of becoming his own banker and building wealth outside of the traditional financial system.
[10:45] The 3 Steps to Financial Freedom: Goal, Plan, Support
Russ and his business partner emphasize the importance of a three-step process to achieve financial freedom: goal, plan, and support. They highlight the significance of setting clear financial goals and creating a vision board to help the brain identify opportunities for passive income. Russ also stresses the importance of having a systematic plan tailored to one's investor profile, as well as surrounding oneself with the right mentors and peers to provide the necessary support and guidance along the way.
[15:55] The Importance of Thinking Big
Russ emphasizes the importance of having a vision that's "big enough" to achieve true financial freedom. He explains that when you limit your vision, your brain will only identify opportunities within that narrow scope. But by expanding your vision and constantly seeking to learn more, your brain can uncover a wealth of new possibilities for building passive income streams and wealth.
[33:16] Lessons Learned from a Ponzi Scheme Experience
One of the most valuable lessons Russ learned came from his experience leading clients into a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. He realized the importance of verifying trust through due diligence, rather than relying solely on reputation or recommendations. Russ also learned that reputation is more important than riches, and he took responsibility for his mistake by paying back every client who lost money in the scheme.
Resources Mentioned:
Wealth Without Wall Street
Wealth Without Wall Street: Three Steps to Freedom Through Passive Incomeby Russ Morgan
Becoming Your Own Bankerby Nelson Nash
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On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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What do physical therapy and men's fitness have in common? For Marc Rubenstein, the answer lies in his inspiring journey of personal growth and community impact. In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Marc, a physical therapist and community leader, as he shares his personal journey of mental health challenges and the transformative power of self-care, mindfulness, and the F3 organization.
Marc openly discusses his struggles with anxiety and depression, and how he found healing through practices like meditation, journaling, and connecting with a supportive community. Get inspired by Marc's inspiring story and practical insights so you can start prioritizing your mental well-being and embark on your own path to holistic health.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Marc's personal struggle with mental health challenges
- The transformative power of self-care and mindfulness practices
- The role of community and support systems in mental health recovery
- Practical tips for incorporating wellness routines into daily life
- Marc's mission to destigmatize mental health and empower others
Episode Highlights:
[10:41] The Therapeutic Approach: It's a Partnership, Not a Fix
Marc emphasizes that in his work as a physical therapist, he doesn't believe in "fixing" people. He explains that patients often come in wanting to be "fixed," but Marc sees it as a partnership where he helps coach and guide them through the recovery process. As a coach, Marc does hands-on work, but he stresses that real progress happens when the patient becomes invested in their own recovery. Marc's approach has evolved to see his role as helping patients take ownership of their health and condition, as he believes that active engagement is key to their healing and progress.
[12:56] The Power of Community in F3
Marc discusses his involvement with the F3 organization, a leadership group that teaches men to be leaders in their community and support each other's growth. He explains that the "faith" aspect refers to the belief in each other and something bigger, rather than a specific religion. Marc appreciates the consistent structure and welcoming community of F3, which brings together men from diverse backgrounds. He has found the accessibility, lack of fees, and opportunities for members to lead initiatives to be transformative.
[23:27] The Analogy of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith in F3
Marc uses a powerful analogy to describe the three key elements of the F3 organization. He explains that the "fitness" is the magnet that draws people in, the "fellowship" is the glue that keeps the group connected, and the "faith" is the dynamite that fuels their growth and impact. Marc further elaborates that the "faith" aspect is exemplified in how the members share their personal faith journeys with one another, which helps foster a deeper sense of community and connection within the group.
Resources Mentioned:
F3 Nation
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Is pursuing your passion worth the challenges it may bring? This week, Erik Cabral sits down with Dr. Randy Lehman, a general surgeon who has dedicated his career to rural healthcare through his business, Liberty Clinic.
After years of training, he returned home hoping to open a practice. But reimbursement cuts squeezed margins, and within two years his clinic was losing money fast. Most would quit, but not Randy – he found a way to partner with the local hospital, turning everything around. Now his clinic thrives.
Tune in to hear Randy's story of perseverance facing adversity and learn how dedication can help you overcome challenges in business. Learn lessons on grit, balancing family/career, and viewing resources as a stewardship to empower risk-taking.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Malcolm Gladwell’s model of immigrant success
- The stewardship mindset around money
- Lessons from grandpa
- Investing in cash-flowing properties
- Buying businesses vs. buildings
- Private practice struggles and personal growth
Episode Highlights:
[07:18] Malcolm Gladwell's Model of Immigrant Success
Randy references Malcolm Gladwell's idea that successive generations of immigrants often improve their careers and social mobility. The first may do manual labor, then their kids own businesses, and grandchildren enter professions like doctor or lawyer. Randy saw this pattern in his own family history, going from farming to other jobs to him becoming a physician. It demonstrates how families can achieve more over generations as they assimilate and children have greater opportunities.
[12:08] The Stewardship Mindset: How Reframing Wealth Empowers Risk-Taking
Randy believes that seeing yourself as a steward of your money rather than its owner, allows for greater risk-taking. Working hard and saving responsibly builds assets, but viewing that as a gift from God removes pressure. This mindset of stewardship means the money isn't truly yours to lose. It lets you feel freer to take chances furthering your goals without stressing as much over potential failures.
[16:41] Lessons from Grandpa
Randy’s grandpa played a big role in shaping how he takes risks. By watching grandpa build up his money gradually by paying off farms through tough financial times, Lehman learned the importance of smart long-term investments. This showed him the value of resilience against hardships and patience in managing wealth over years. Those lessons from grandpa helped inform Lehman's style - keeping debt low and focusing on properties that bring in cash now while growing in worth down the road.
[23:06] Buying Businesses vs. Buildings
Randy notes that a well-run small business could be an appreciating asset that generates substantial cash flow to pay down debt quickly. However, he cautions that he would want to see the business already cash flowing strongly with minimal or no debt load. This aligns with his strategy of focusing on investments that produce income from the start rather than speculative plays. Overall, he is open to business ownership as an investment aligned with his philosophy of gaining assets that work for him through rental income or profits, as opposed to tying up money in non-income generating ventures like vacant land.
Resources Mentioned:
www.mylibertyclinic.com
Rich Dad Poor Dad
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Feeling stuck in a cycle of unhealthy habits?
Listen to this episode as Erik Cabral interviews functional medicine practitioner Joya Van Der Laan. Joya shares practical ways to break free through small, sustainable changes. She takes a whole-body approach to common issues beyond just covering symptoms. Discover how to support your wellbeing through nutrition, exercise, sleep and reducing toxins. Joya even recommends apps to check food safety before grocery shopping.
This episode brings some empowering tips to nourish your amazing system from the inside out -– and start getting motivated to feel your very best!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Functional medicine vs symptom treatment
- Questioning mainstream beliefs & study funding
- Breaking unhealthy habits through small changes
- Toxic chemicals & safer alternatives
- Apps for checking food toxicity
- Exercise, sleep, & nutrition for aging
Episode Highlights:
[00:56] What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine is all about finding what's really causing your health issues instead of just covering up symptoms. It digs deeper than surface level to see what's actually going on inside your body rather than just treating what you can see. Providers want to get to the why instead of just the what. They take a whole-picture look, like how your nutrition, stress, sleep and other lifestyle stuff might be affecting you. Then they help even things out so your body can do its thing in the best way.
[20:14] A Holistic Approach to Common Health Issues
Joya takes a holistic view with common issues like insomnia, headaches, and menopause changes. Instead of just masking symptoms, she uses thorough testing to find root causes like nutritional gaps or hormone imbalances. This lets Joya address health issues at the core through personalized lifestyle and eating plans. She doesn't just cover up what's happening but gets to the bottom of it.
[25:01] A COVID Spark for Questioning Old Ways
Joya discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused some folks to double down in fully trusting mainstream views. But for others with inquisitive minds, it sparked questions about things like the government's true aims and Big Pharma's role. People open to rethinking issues started connecting more dots. This "mind-opening" led some down the path of checking out alternative approaches like functional medicine.
[35:48] Check Your Products the Easy Way
Joya talks about how apps like EWG Clean Living and Think Dirty can help folks out. You can scan barcodes right in the store to see if products got any nasty chemicals or hormone messing stuff. She recommends scanning beauty and cleaning items to find better options. By taking a couple extra minutes to scan, you can shop smarter for your wellbeing.
Resources Mentioned:
www.nourishhousecalls.com
EWG Clean Living
Think Dirty App
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Shaking up the restaurant game since day one - that's Gregg Majewski for you. From Jimmy John's to now heading up Craveworthy Brands, Gregg has a proven track record of taking concepts to the next level through passion, hard work, and old-fashioned hustle.
In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with Gregg, who drops franchise wisdom as the undisputed Jedi Master of restaurants. Gregg shares invaluable insights on building unique concepts, empowering teams, and turning businesses around through grit and hustle. Some of the key lessons? Always lead with humility, equip your team, and embrace failure as a chance to grow stronger.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Lead with humility and empower your team through example
- The four walls of a successful restaurant business
- Build community through partnership, not dictation
- Focus on exceptional food and a crave-worthy experience
- Embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and grow stronger
- Dream big and motivate others through relentless passion
Episode Highlights:
[02:01] Leading by Example and with Humility
Gregg knows real leadership means empowering your crew, not being top dog. Lots of people saving struggling spots think they're the only answer, but that'll cause issues. Gregg says get in there and get your hands dirty from the jump by cooking, cleaning, and joining the team as an equal. This builds trust and respect to motivate change since younger folks want a peer, not just a boss. Leading with the team from the start earns respect and sets up for success.
[10:02] The Four Walls of a Successful Restaurant Business
Gregg stresses having solid systems and rules as the foundation of any restaurant business. He calls these the "four walls." You’ve got to have strong procedures to ensure consistency between locations. Setting up robust systems from the jump is key to keeping everywhere on the same page.
- Food quality - Ensuring consistent, high-quality food is a must. This is non-negotiable.
- Speed of service - Whether it's fast casual delivery or quick dine-in turnover, efficiency and timely service are critical.
- Cleanliness - Maintaining clean, sanitary facilities is a baseline requirement for any restaurant.
- Customer experience - The overall experience from the moment a customer walks in until they leave determines return visits and word-of-mouth marketing.
Getting the basics solid should be the priority before expanding or pushing growth. Gregg says you’ve got to have all the foundations on lock before leveling up the rest.
[22:42] Why Adhering to the Playbook is Critical for Franchise Brand Protection
If a franchise location goes off-script, it causes big problems. Not following the playbook leads to inconsistent customer experiences depending on location. That lack of reliability isn't good - people want the same vibe everywhere. Plus, one bad apple can ruin the whole bunch if customers lose faith in consistency company-wide. Franchises gotta stick to the plan to protect the brand and keep customers feeling confident.
Resources Mentioned:
www.craveworthybrands.com/
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This founder is spilling all the tea about Silicon Valley…
Kristin Johnson of Freespoke joins Erik Cabral in this episode as she pulls no punches about big tech's dirty secrets. From privacy violations and propaganda, to how certain sites target users - this woman is on a mission to expose it all.
This fearless woman is taking on the establishment with her ethical search startup. Don't miss her bombshell revelations about how corporations actually treat users. One listen and you'll see why she's shaking up the entire industry.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The need for ethical technology and guardrails on data collection and use
- Exposing the harms of pornography and its links to human trafficking
- Providing a full, unbiased view of information beyond one perspective
Episode Highlights:
[08:54] The Impact of Pornography
Kristin shares alarming statistics during the conversation that helped catalyze Freespoke's stance against pornography. She notes data from the National Human Trafficking Hotline showing it is the third most common form of sex trafficking after illicit massage parlors and escort services. Additionally, Kristin mentions a New York Times article describing over half of online pornographic images involve the exploitation of children. With over 36 million tips received in a single year by the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children's cyber tip line regarding online child abuse, Freespoke was motivated to become a pornography-free search platform to safeguard users, particularly minors, from inadvertently encountering such harmful material.
[26:03] The Founding of Freespoke
Kristin discusses how observing bias and censorship in other search engines inspired her to establish Freespoke. She focuses on respecting user privacy by limiting data collection and profiling. Kristin's goal: To enhance the search experience through comprehensive, unbiased results presented without manipulation for advertising purposes. This user-centric approach has remained core to Freespoke's alternative search model.
[35:06] The Need for Accountability in Big Tech
Kristin agrees that current ad-based business models often prioritize increasing engagement and data harvesting over delivering high-quality, accurate information. She notes these incentives can spread misinformation as companies focus on growth above all else. Kristin advocates for oversight and accountability of these companies' data practices. She believes competition from alternatives like Freespoke is crucial, as it treats individuals ethically while aiming to provide comprehensive results. Kristin hopes Freespoke can help drive positive reform within the industry by demonstrating a consumer-centric model that values people over profits.
Resources Mentioned:
Freespoke
Article: The Children of Pornhub
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Ever wonder how entrepreneurs balance high-growth businesses with personal fulfillment? In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Bennett Maxwell, founder of the Dirty Dough cookie franchise. Originally an investor, Bennett took over operations and has grown the business to over 70 locations across multiple states. But rapid expansion came with growing pains.
Bennett shares valuable lessons learned from legal battles, prioritizing infrastructure over outsourcing, and the importance of slowing growth to properly vet systems. You'll also hear how Bennett prioritizes family above all else, even missing an important business meeting to attend his daughter's kindergarten graduation.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Growing a food franchise at lightning speed
- Lessons learned from legal battles and competition
- Prioritizing family over work
Episode Highlights:
[04:20] Slowing Growth for LongevityMassively expanding the franchise too quickly led to issues retrofitting new systems. Bennett wishes he started with a co-packer instead of infrastructure to avoid risks. He now focuses on sustainable growth to continually improve franchisee success.
[13:03] Lessons from Legal Battles in the Cookie Wars
Bennett shares valuable lessons from the legal battles with a competitor, emphasizing the importance of thoroughly vetting branding elements and seeking legal counsel early on. He wishes he had hired a trademark attorney to properly evaluate all aspects of the Dirty Dough name and packaging design to avoid issues down the road, showing other entrepreneurs the importance of protecting their intellectual property from the start.
[20:02] Daughter's Graduation Wins OutMissing his daughter's kindergarten graduation for a meeting wasn't an option. Bennett prioritizes family, setting boundaries to avoid workaholism despite business pressures. His mission is to find joy through challenging times.
[24:59] Embracing Failure to Find SuccessBennett shares how dropping out of premed school to pursue door-to-door sales taught him invaluable business lessons through perceived "failures." Although everyone told him it was a mistake, he saw opportunities to learn from each rejection.
Resources Mentioned:
Dirty Dough
18 Summers
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Ready to up-level your personal brand game?
In this latest episode, Erik Cabral shares his insights on the fundamental tenets needed to build a powerful personal brand. He believes embracing these pillars can boost your personal and professional impact.
Get a dose of branding inspiration as he breaks down principles like self-awareness, authenticity, listening skills, serving others, and finding purpose.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Having a high level of awareness
- Speaking your truth authentically
- Listening with genuine curiosity
- Loving and living in service of others
- Finding your sense of purpose through meditation and reflection
Episode Highlights:
[00:46] Have a High Level of Awareness
Dig deep to understand your strengths, weaknesses, what you care about, your vibe, and who you are as a person. Really knowing yourself allows you to show up naturally instead of putting on a front. You'll have clear ideas about your unique selling points and how you differ from others.
[02:29] Speak Your Truth Authentically
Share your true thoughts without worrying what others might think. While being vulnerable isn't always easy, it shows people the real you, which creates trust with your peeps. This lets you stand out from fake competitors and find fans of your authentic self.
[04:05] Listen with Genuine Curiosity
Show others you care by genuinely paying attention to what they say and asking thoughtful follow up questions to better understand their perspective. This helps you connect more authentically in conversations.
[05:14] Love and Live in Service of Others
Build strong connections through acts of service. While that takes effort, it can significantly benefit your brand by enhancing your reputation and fostering loyalty among those you've helped.
[06:43] Find Your Sense of Purpose Through Reflection and Meditation
Take time for self-reflection through meditation or prayer to gain clarity around why you do what you do and how you can best serve others with your unique talents. Having a clear purpose strengthens your brand by guiding intentional decisions aligned with your core values and mission.
Resources Mentioned:
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Do you hold onto money tightly out of lingering worries about lack?
In a raw conversation with Erik Cabral, David Meltzer recounts hitting absolute rock bottom - renting his home and car after losing everything. It was this failure, David revealed, that taught him life's most important lessons about humility, faith, and embracing mistakes.
Today, David shares powerful lessons on overcoming the past through vulnerability, cultivating gratitude daily despite its challenges, building community around shared life experiences, and reexamining where one's own mindset still clings to scarcity rather than abundance.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Seeking humility, wisdom, and faith
- The power of gratitude
- The power of authenticity
- Building lifelong bonds through shared lessons
- Rethinking scarcity and abundance
Episode Highlights:
[05:35] The Power of Gratitude - Even the Simplest Acts Can Transform Your Life
Business leader David recently shared how just saying "thank you" each day can change your mindset. While expressing gratitude takes mere seconds, it's a foundational principle many successful people practice daily. Yet it's still a struggle for most to consistently show appreciation. David's reminder? Make the small effort to practice gratitude - whether through journaling or simply smiling more - and reap big rewards. After all, gratitude is a gateway to abundance by keeping us focused on life's blessings rather than lack.
[07:27] The Power of Authenticity: How Being Vulnerable Builds Lasting Bonds
David was open about the importance of vulnerability in fostering real connection. By baring his weaknesses and lessons learned, David aimed to help others avoid similar pitfalls through his example of humility. His willingness to openly discuss even ongoing struggles showed that authenticity and transparency build the trust at the core of meaningful relationships.
[11:54] Building Lifelong Bonds Through Shared Life Lessons
David believes in the power of shared experiences to bring people together. If a lesson deeply impacts him, he works to retell it in a way that allows others to relate and draw parallels to their own lives. His goal is to communicate the universal truths that resonated with him in a manner that helps others find similar meaning. Through openly sharing these impactful moments, David aims to cultivate a community of support where people can help each other grow and learn and feel less alone in their challenges.
[14:39] Rethinking Scarcity and Abundance
While you may preach the message of abundance, you too have moments where scarcity creeps in. As David realized, we all fluctuate along a spectrum rather than being fully abundant or lacking. Take his lesson - look within and identify where past scarcity still colors your mindset today. Do you overeat due to childhood memories of empty cupboards? Do you hesitate to spend money due to long-held anxieties around scarcity? By acknowledging these lingering snapshots, you can consciously shift perspectives hindering your path forward. Commit to ongoing self-reflection to dissolve scarcity's grip and more fully embrace abundance.
Resources Mentioned:
www.dmeltzer.com
Request a free signed copy of his book by emailing david@dmeltzer.com
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Are you ready to elevate your life and success to the next level? In this week's episode, Erik Cabral is joined by transformation titan Bucky O'Neill - a two-decade coaching veteran who's facilitated major awakenings around the globe.
Buckle up as Bucky rocks the house with electrifying personal stories from his viral TED Talk, then prepares to launch you to new heights with his proven model for manifesting your highest potential. Listen and don't miss your chance to elevate yourself and manifest your highest vision!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Vibrations, spirituality, and the hippies being right
- Personal growth through sports, meditation, and pivotal programs
- Belief systems, frequencies, and patterns
- The difference between coaching and mentorship
- Pushing past resistance through coaching
- The power of vision and the frequency of vision
Episode Highlights:
[19:32] Raising Humanity's Vibration
Bucky discusses how helping people evolve beyond just fulfilling basic needs for survival, security, and stability to reach self-actualization and higher levels of consciousness allows their innate creativity, relationships skills, and contributions to society to flourish. When operating from an elevated frequency through practices like meditation and spiritual development, humanity's shared vibration rises, bringing out the best in people and creating a better world for all as a result.
[26:13] Pushing Past Resistance Through Coaching
Bucky uses going to the gym as an example of how resistance to change is usually caused by fear. People know they want to get in better shape, but feel uneasy about doing something different. Over time, consistency builds up momentum away from old habits. But most folks get stuck before that point, bogged down by fears and doubts stopping them from taking the first step forward out of their comfort zone. This is why coaching is valuable because the speed in which you can get there is so much faster.
[33:03] The Power of Vision – and the Frequency of Vision
Bucky emphasizes that people often don't fully appreciate the true power of having a vision. It's not just about setting goals or predetermined outcomes - it's about connecting to the emotional frequency or energy that a desired outcome represents for you, even if currently beyond your reach. When envisioning success in different life areas like finances, relationships or well-being, it's less about tangible results and more about tuning into the elevated feeling, vibe or information level associated with fulfilling that vision. This frequency-based approach can provide insights and opportunities beyond what the logical mind can conceive.
Resources Mentioned:
Legacy and Leverage
Bucky’s TEDTalk: A New Way to Live: The Evolution of Human Consciousness
The Hippies Were Right from Scientific American
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Is your brand all over the place? Or are you tired of feeling stuck in the same old personal brand routine? Personal branding master Erik Cabral is spilling his secrets - and it's easier than you think!
Erik is dropping some serious gold, as he shares his top tips for developing a brand people actually connect with. First up, look within to uncover your true self. Next, he teaches how to leverage your strengths when sharing your brand. Not everyone is cut out for video - find your superpower medium! And finally, the key to lasting trust - follow through on promises!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Gain clarity on your core values and message
- Leverage your strengths in communication delivery methods
- Make promises to solve problems for your clients and community
Episode Highlights:
[00:05] Clarity in Communication
Without taking the time for self-reflection to understand your core values and beliefs, how can you expect others to understand your message? The first step is gaining clarity on who you are through meditation and introspection. With a strong foundation of self-awareness, you can then focus on crafting a message that clearly communicates what you stand for to your audience. Having clarity about yourself allows you to navigate life's challenges with confidence and solve problems from a place of authenticity.
[01:31] Leveraging Your Strengths in Delivery
Focus on your natural strengths when choosing a communication method like podcasting, writing, or video. Not everyone is comfortable in front of a camera, so it's key to leverage formats that play to your talents. The options range from written content like blogs and newsletters to audio-only mediums. Go "all in" on your strongest delivery approach rather than spreading yourself too thin across multiple channels. By understanding your unique abilities and preferred styles of conveying information, you can authentically connect with your audience through the right vehicles.
[02:51] Keeping Your Promise
Make clear promises to your audience and be sure to follow through. Whether it's clients, family or friends, people expect commitments when interacting with brands and individuals. Think about how you uniquely solve problems for others and the assurances you can provide. By living up to the promises you make through effective clarity and delivery, you can develop meaningful connections and serve your community with confidence.
Resources Mentioned:
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Tired of the same old routine and ready to take things to the next level? Then you don't want to miss this throwback chat with power couple Dr. Shawn Dill & Dr. Lacey Book.
As hugely successful coaches and entrepreneurs, Sean and Lacey have helped tons of people and businesses win big. Tune in to hear their best unfiltered advice for developing a growth mindset, strengthening important relationships, and learning to delegate and mentor effectively.
These two know what it takes to succeed, and through their Black Diamond Club community, they've helped many others do the same. Get their top tips for empowering people, expanding your network and taking your game to a whole new level.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Creating an abundance mindset
- Opening yourself to new relationships
- What got them to grow and scale their business
- The power of delegating responsibilities
- Opening yourself to receiving and committing yourself to learning
- Reinvesting your money back into yourself
- The rule of ‘no compromise’ in relationships
- Why the key person in the deal is the synergist
Episode Highlights:
[06:14] Creating an Abundance Mindset
Transformation begins with self-awareness. If you have a negative belief system around money, that is going to hold you back from stepping into true abundance. Therefore, you have to shift your mindset around money and work really hard to stay in that abundance mindset. Believe that you can create and attract wealth into your life, and you have to commit to that belief.
[08:22] Opening Yourself to New Relationships
Opening yourself to new relationships opens the possibility for deeper connection and collaboration among people so you can amplify your message and reach more people. Constantly look for people who have a similar vision for helping other people and whatever message you want to put out to the world. While you will meet the right people, there are also people who will not be the right fit. When that happens, just move on and open yourself again to new relationships.
[16:36] Growing and Scaling Your Business as Partners
A lot of people working together get frustrated when they attempt to come together to become one. They think they have to sit down and both be in charge of the finances and the decisions. But once you figure out the delegation of responsibilities and learn how to utilize each other's strengths, that's how you can amplify your business.
This happens not just with significant others, but also in many partnerships in business. The delegation has to be clear, otherwise, you will end up becoming ineffective, hitting the limitations of growth and scale.
Resources Mentioned:
https://shawnandlacey.com/
Black Diamond Club
None of Your Business by Dr. Shawn Dill & Dr. Lacey Book
Traction by Gino Wickman
Predictable Success by Les McKeown
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Are you looking to build meaningful connections but don't know where to start? In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with behavioral scientist and bestselling author Jon Levy, the man behind those elite secret dinner parties, where he brings together over 100 notable guests each year. From cooking meals to swapping stories, Jon has cracked the code on community - and it has nothing to do with status!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How a book becomes your calling card
- Book marketing and podcasting strategies
- The ripple effects of our social connections
- Using social connections to influence behavior and build community
- Creating community through intimate dinners with famous guests
Episode Highlights:
[06:02] Your Book as an Effective Calling Card
Writing a book can serve as an effective calling card, even if the book itself may not be of the highest quality. For someone like an accountant who specializes in a niche area like serving plumbers, authoring a book about accounting for plumbers would make them the sole credible resource on that topic. When people search for information about accounting for plumbers, their book and name would come up. Simply making the effort to write a book demonstrates the author has deeply considered the issues within their specialized field more than anyone else. In this way, the book can become a very effective calling card that drives new opportunities, according to Jon.
[15:00] How Habits Are Contagious
Jon references a study that found how contagious our habits can be among those in our social circles. He notes the study showed things like happiness, divorce rates, obesity, and even voting habits have been seen to spread between individuals connected to one another. The influence was found to extend up to three degrees - so if you have a friend who exhibits a certain habit, there is a 45% increased chance you will too, your friends who don't know that person have a 20% increased chance, and their friends have a 5% increased chance. This emphasizes how powerful our connections are in influencing one another.
[16:08] Leveraging Influence: How Connecting Others Creates Lasting Bonds
Jon explains his strategy behind the secret dinners. He notes that by bringing together the most influential people in culture and connecting them to each other through the dinners, it causes them to form deeper bonds around him as the host. While acknowledging this is somewhat selfish, Jon argues it benefits everyone involved. When extraordinary individuals are connected to one another, it strengthens the social fabric. And for Jon, by placing himself at the center of this network, he is able to retain these impactful relationships long-term which enrich his own life experience.
Resources Mentioned:
www.jonlevy.com
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Life threw Robert Humble a curveball with a tough divorce, but he didn't let it keep him down. Using mindfulness, therapy, and a hefty dose of self-discovery, Rob picked himself up and rebuilt his life. He ditched the safe route and dived headfirst into entrepreneurship. Now, he's rocking it at the top of his own business, Gatsby Glass.
In this episode, hear all about Rob's epic comeback from personal crisis to real success. If you're looking to bounce back from adversity and rewrite your story, his journey is one heck of an inspiration.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Paying attention to your gut biome
- Overcome limiting beliefs by feeding your mind with positivity
- Believing in your ability to create the life you envision
- Taking leaps of faith and risks by trusting in your potential for success
Episode Highlights:
[12:15] Your Gut Instincts Matter More Than You Think
We've all had moments where our gut told us one thing but our mind went another way. As it turns out, our gut biome influences us greatly. It's time to start listening closer to your body wisdom. Pay attention to subtle feelings in your body - it could save you from "constructs" like societal pressures leading you astray. While thoughts are powerful, don't let them override what your body knows. Make decisions from a place of calm awareness rather than mental chatter. In stressful times, return to your core by checking in with how your gut and body feel.
[22:24] You Are What You Feed
The Cherokee fable that Rob references has deeply impacted his perspective on life. In the story, a grandfather tells his grandson about the two wolves that live within each person - one focused on negativity, the other on positivity. When the grandson asks which wolf wins, the grandfather wisely responds "whichever one you feed." For Rob, this taught him the power we each hold to overcome inner negativity or limitation. By consciously choosing to "feed" the wolf of hope, gratitude, and optimism within yourself, you’re able to shift your mindset and see new opportunities.
[23:26] The Power of Intention
Your thoughts shape your reality. By focusing on a specific vision for your life and believing fully in your ability to manifest it, you open yourself up to new opportunities. When you're aligned in body, mind, and spirit around your goals, the universe has a way of supporting you. Envision clearly where you're headed and maintain an open, grateful mindset – and watch your dreams emerge before you.
Resources Mentioned:
Gatsby Glass
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
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Looking for a dose of motivation to break through your own perceived limitations? In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Erin Bradley, founder of Pursuing Freedom, a platform dedicated to helping others unlock their potential for success and happiness.
Erin's unconventional journey from waiting tables to building a thriving business and retiring early is proof that you have no idea what you're truly capable of until you start chasing your limitless potential. Tune in to hear Erin share her hard-won lessons on transforming mindset, embracing failure, and living life to the absolute fullest through bold risk-taking and relentless passion for personal growth.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- From teaching English abroad to starting her mortgage career
- How a major financial setback led Erin to hire her first business coach
- Transforming your relationship with money
- Strategies for cultivating limitless thinking in yourself and your kids
Episode Highlights:
[01:57] If Not Now, When?
Erin chose to experience the world after college rather than immediately pursuing a "real job". This led her to take a job waiting tables to save money for travels, where she had adventures like kayaking in Mexico and teaching English in Barcelona. This pivot launched her journey of self-discovery, risk-taking, and a philosophy of living by "why not?" and "if not now, when?" that has shaped her success ever since.
[12:12] Transform Your Relationship with Money
People with a tangible relationship view money emotionally - when they have more money they feel safer and happier, and when savings decrease they feel debilitated. Those with an intangible relationship don't feel as strong of emotions about money and can say things like "I could always make more" or see it as just a means to an end. Erin says understanding where you fall on the spectrum is important, because it impacts how you should set goals. Those more intangible may not feel motivated by income goals alone, while tangible types need goals tied to experiences money can provide.
[32:33] From “I Can’t” to “How Can I?”
Erin discusses an important lesson she teaches her children about changing their language from "I can't" to "How can I?". She explains that saying "I can't" closes the valve to possibilities, while asking "How can I?" opens the valve by shifting to a problem-solving mindset. Erin emphasizes that "can't" is actually a decision that limits ourselves, whereas exploring "How can I?" gets us thinking creatively about solutions instead of roadblocks. This mindset teaching resonates with Erin's overall message of cultivating a growth mindset that believes in limitless potential.
Resources Mentioned:
Pursuing Freedom
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
Happy Money by Ken Honda
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Struggling with turning your vision into reality? In this episode, Erik Cabral shares the mic with Tony Johnson. With over 20 years of experience in construction, Tony has navigated both the ups and downs of the industry. In their discussion, Tony shares his journey from bartender to founder and president of Timeless Capital Investments and Timeless Properties Construction.
Tony opens up about his transformational journey - from living paycheck to paycheck to realizing his goal of owning lavish homes through focused vision boarding and daily goal-setting. Listen in as Tony offers invaluable insights on sales strategies, identifying industry niches, and his outlook on the current real estate market.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Tony’s "eureka moment" that led him to start his own construction company
- Lessons learned from early business ventures like owning a bar
- How vision boards and goal-setting helped manifest Tony's goals
- The importance of understanding AI platforms
- A story of failure and the important lessons Tony took from the experience
Episode Highlights:
[16:07] Turning Vision into Reality
Tony vividly recalls the humble beginnings when he first started his journey in real estate, living on a couch in a shared home with little money and high credit card debt. He details how he visualized his dream home in a prestigious community through pictures on his vision board. Tony persevered with daily goal-writing and affirmations, eventually purchasing land, building homes, and upgrading each time over the following decade until he manifested living in an even grander home on the golf course. Tony's story demonstrates the power of vision, goals, and relentless focus on manifestations over time.
[22:00] The Current State and Future of the Real Estate Industry
Tony takes a measured view of the current real estate industry, acknowledging that the peak has passed and a decline is underway. He believes the downturn will progress slowly over the next year and a half, with housing transactions slowing by 20-30% but not declining drastically further. Tony notes various factors like high personal debt, tightening lending standards, and commercial properties coming due will impact sectors differently. While certain areas like office face challenges, the housing shortage remains real and provides stability according to Tony's regional experience and analysis.
[24:56] The Importance of Understanding AI Platforms
Tony emphasizes the rapidly evolving nature of artificial intelligence and how crucial it is for business owners to gain even a basic understanding of emerging AI technologies. He notes that platforms like chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and if one doesn't make an effort to comprehend these developments, they risk being left behind as the space advances quickly. Tony stresses that staying on top of AI is necessary to avoid becoming obsolete or losing ground to more digitally savvy competitors in the coming years.
Resources Mentioned:
Timeless Capital Investments
Timeless Properties Construction
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Aiming to carve a niche in the speaking world? In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Zach Nadler, co-founder and CEO of VaynerSpeakers. Zach shares hard-earned lessons on transforming obstacles into opportunities and living life on your own terms. Tune in to be motivated by Zach's journey and gain fresh perspectives on building influence, following your vision, and achieving the success others only dare to dream about.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Nadler's "eureka moment" that shifted his focus at CAA
- The history and evolution of the speaking industry over the past 100 years
- Advice for building a personal brand and tips for breaking into the speaking world
- Why you shouldn’t waste mistakes
Episode Highlights:
[04:48] The Evolution of Speaking
Nadler discusses how the speaking industry has changed over the past century. He notes it originated around 100 years ago with touring speakers like Mark Twain doing presentations on trains. The industry grew in the late 1970s and 1980s with politicians and local celebrities doing talks. Fees for speeches were much lower back then due to different economic conditions and travel being more difficult. Zach explains how the rise of social media, business becoming "cooler,”, and more fame and talent in various fields have transformed speaking into a major industry over the past 10-15 years.
[19:56] VaynerSpeakers’ Relationship-First Approach
VaynerSpeakers approaches working with their clients in a bespoke manner. Zach explains that no two speakers are the same, so they don't provide a one-size-fits-all roadmap. Rather, their focus is on truly understanding each individual client - who they are, what their goals are, and how to adapt their support accordingly over time as the client progresses in their career. The goal is to be in sync with clients and evolve alongside them at each stage.
[32:16] Don’t Waste Mistakes
Zach discusses an important lesson he's learned from a client who said "Don't waste mistakes." The idea is to reflect on failures and setbacks to learn from them rather than simply moving on. When mistakes happen, it's important to analyze why in order to extract the lessons that can improve your work going forward. Reflecting deeply on failures prevents them from just being seen as failures - there is always something to gain from mistakes if you take the time to understand what caused them and how to grow.
Resources Mentioned:
VaynerSpeakers
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Want to feel like a million bucks in your next suit? In today’s episode, learn all the secrets of bespoke tailoring as Erik Cabral suits up and sits down with renowned tailor Jeffrey Scott. Jeff provides invaluable insights into the art of custom suitmaking and the differences between bespoke, made-to-measure and off-the-rack suits. As a business professional, having well-fitted, high-quality suits is important. And if you’re looking to up your suit game, you might as well give this a good listen!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Building trust with clients
- Going for style over trends
- The difference between bespoke, made-to-measure and custom suits
- Fabric selection from mills around the world
- The multi-step bespoke fitting process
- How technology could enhance custom clothing
Episode Highlights:
[13:19] The Beauty of Bespoke Clothing
One of the main beauties of bespoke clothing is its ability to be completely customized to each individual client. When crafting a bespoke garment, the tailor takes into account every unique aspect of the client's body - from their posture and shoulder slope to arm pitch and back shape. This allows the tailor to create a fully bespoke pattern specifically tailored, quite literally, to that person. This level of precision and personal attention is what truly distinguishes bespoke clothing from off-the-rack or made-to-measure options.
[17:21] The Importance of Building Trust to Boost Client Confidence
Building trust with clients is extremely important when working with them to select unique and bold suit choices. Many men come in wanting safe, conservative options but Jeffrey enjoys pushing them outside their comfort zone. Through developing a relationship over multiple fittings, clients learn to trust Jeffrey's expertise and recommendations. They know he has their best interests in mind to make them feel and look their best. Once that trust is established, clients feel comfortable taking creative risks they wouldn't otherwise. Jeffrey shared a story about a client who started with simple blues and grays but now has a bold plaid as one of his favorites. By gaining clients' trust, Jeffrey is able to help boost their confidence by finding styles that reflect their personalities through bespoke tailoring.
[32:09] The Three Most Important Aspects to Look Out for in Bespoke Suits
According to Jeffrey, the three most important aspects to look for when determining if a suit is truly bespoke are:
- The fitting process - A bespoke suit involves creating a completely custom pattern for each client based on their exact measurements and shape, which is then refined over multiple fittings.
- Construction - Factors like the full canvas interior, hand-sewn buttonholes, and other details that go into crafting the suit indicate higher quality bespoke construction.
- Fabric selection - Choosing rare, high-quality fabrics is another hallmark of bespoke tailoring. This has a major influence on the suit's overall look, feel and longevity.
Resources Mentioned:
https://jeffreyscott.com/
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Open to exploring alternative paths to creativity, growth, unpacking traumas, and healing? In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with multifamily real estate mogul JP Albano as they dive deep into exploring alternative therapies and treatments for unlocking one's potential. From cold plunges and breathwork to microdosing psychedelics, the discussion covers a wide range of topics on transforming perspectives and unlocking past traumas.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The benefits of cold plunge
- Microdosing benefits
- The power of breathwork
- Comparing microdosing to full psychedelic experiences
- Setting intentions for breathwork and plant medicine journeys
- Letting go of limiting beliefs
Episode Highlights:
[03:30] The Amazing Benefits of Cold Plunge
Cold plunges and cold water immersion therapy involve the body's exposure to low temperatures, triggering beneficial stress responses such as increased metabolism, neurotransmitter boost, immune system enhancement, improved circulation, and mental resilience. To make the experience more tolerable, strategies like controlled breathing, muscle tension and release, gradual immersion, setting a timer, and distraction techniques such as counting or meditating can be employed. At home, cold therapy can be practiced through methods like cold showers, ice baths, kiddie pools with ice, cold water bucket dumps, or specially designed cold plunge tubs.
[14:04] The Benefits of Breathwork
The numerous benefits of practicing breathwork include reducing stress and anxiety by slowing the heart rate and relaxing the nervous system, boosting mood through the release of endorphins, sharpening focus and concentration by training the mind to stay present, increasing energy levels by delivering more oxygen to tissues, strengthening the immune system as deep inhales help white blood cells, improving digestion and elimination through abdominal massages, and potentially allowing for altered states with advanced practices that induce meditative or psychedelic experiences.
[22:17] Microdosing Benefits
JP discusses how microdosing psilocybin mushrooms has helped increase his patience, creativity and ability to gain insights. He outlines that a microdose is typically 100mg of dried mushrooms, taking every 3-4 days with breaks in between, and notes it allows normal functioning while experiencing subtle effects. JP credits microdosing with helping "level up" his consciousness and recognize limiting beliefs, comparing it to guided full-dose experiences which require proper intention setting and mindset to unlock deeper healing under a practitioner's supervision.
Resources Mentioned:
www.jpalbano.com
So Rich You Can Quit!
Apps: Othership / Breathe
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Let's raise a toast! Erik Cabral is all set to celebrate yet another significant milestone - the 300th episode of the Entrepreneur Circle podcast. In this special episode, he takes us down memory lane, reminiscing about some of the most unforgettable and influential chats from the show.
This episode isn't typical; it's a grand celebration of the wisdom and growth that 300 episodes of the Entrepreneur Circle have fostered for us and our community. So, come on over, let's celebrate this milestone together in true Entrepreneur Circle style!
Here are some of the best highlights over the past 5 years:
- Amanda Holmes on Chet Holmes’ 6 Steps to Time Management for Billionaires
- James Altucher on finding partners aligned with your goal of selling your company
- Hal Elrod on why podcasting is the most effective marketing tool for promoting your book and how it worked to establish the Miracle Morning
- Chris Do on personal branding and building trust
- Chris Do on his definition of brand
Episode Highlights:
[04:57] Amanda Holmes Shares Her Father's Six Steps to Time Management System
Amanda Holmes shares the six steps to time management secrets used by billionaires, specifically her father Chet Holmes who worked closely with Charlie Munger who was Warren Buffetts’ business partner. She outlines concrete tactics like touching each task only once, listing your top priorities each day, estimating time needed for tasks, prioritizing, and scheduling your day - providing valuable time management advice drawn from her father's experience working with billionaire investors.
[11:59] James Altucher's Advice on Positioning a Business for an Exit
James provides strategic advice in positioning a business from the start with the goal of eventually selling it. He recommends considering who potential buyers may be and courting them early on. He also suggests finding partners who are already in your ecosystem and aligned with an exit, noting this can help lay the groundwork for a future potential acquisition. His insights offer a glimpse into how to strategically structure a company to maximize opportunities for a later sale.
[24:36] Hal Elrod on Using Podcast Interviews to Publish Successfully and Market His Book
- Bestselling author Hal Elrod used podcast interviews as his main marketing strategy for his book, The Miracle Morning. He found that these interviews significantly boosted sales, even outperforming TV appearances and public speaking, primarily because podcast listeners are typically interested in self-improvement, the book's focus. This strategy proved effective even without a pre-existing platform, demonstrating the power of podcast promotion in building an audience and driving book sales.
[33:00] Chris Do on Using Your Authentic Narrative to Build Trust and Connections in Personal Branding
- Chris Do underscores the significance of personal branding, emphasizing how your authentic story can foster trust and rapport with prospective customers. He asserts that emotional resonance with a brand's values and perspectives influences people's choices more than pure logic. By sharing your life story and worldview, you allow others to connect with you, establishing a sense of trust that sets your personal brand apart in the market.
Resources Mentioned:
Interviews:
Hal Elrod
James Altucher
Amanda Holmes
Chris Do
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Learn how to build strong brands and cultures centered around customer needs. In today’s episode, Erik Cabral chats with Sid Yu of The CEO Project, a business advisory group for high-performing, experienced CEOs. Sid shares invaluable insights from his career path - starting in corporate America for over 20 years before making the leap to founding startups. If you’re seeking advice on scaling businesses through focus and execution, this episode is a must-listen.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Leaving corporate life and pursuing entrepreneurship full time
- From staying ahead of the curve to designing for different customer segments
- Building brands and cultures centered on customer needs and delivering on your promise
- Embracing failure, focusing on execution, and scaling businesses through removing constraints
- Sid's work helping CEOs through The CEO Project to create clarity and focus
Episode Highlights:
[12:32] The Importance of CEO Advisory Boards in Mid-Sized Businesses
Running a $100 million or even a half-billion dollar business can be isolating, but it's even more so for CEOs of $200 million businesses who lack the resources of larger corporations. That's why having a powerful and supportive CEO advisory board is crucial. These boards help identify issues, constraints, and provide guidance to navigate complex challenges, offering much-needed support to CEOs in mid-sized businesses.
[21:13] How Brand and Culture Are Deeply Interconnected
A brand is defined by the promise a company makes to its customers about what experience they will receive. This brand promise shapes the core values and beliefs that guide employee behaviors and define the culture. On the other hand, culture is how a company lives up to its brand promise through everything it does and the way people are treated. So in essence, a strong brand identity drives the development of an aligned culture where all employees understand and help deliver on the experience promised to customers. The brand and culture reinforce one another to create a consistent customer experience.
[29:11] The Fine Line Between Innovation and Ahead of Your Time
One of the lessons Sid learned was to be one step ahead of the market and one step ahead of the customer – but don't be two or three steps ahead. As an entrepreneur or business leader, it's good to anticipate customer needs and market trends and be the first to address them. Being one step ahead allows you to innovate and gain a competitive advantage. However, it's risky to try to be too far ahead of customers and the overall market. Even if your innovative idea or product is good, customers may not be ready for something that far ahead of existing needs and preferences. The market needs to catch up.
Sid gives the example of Revel casino being too far ahead by making the entire facility non-smoking before customers and gamers were fully ready for that change. So it's best to be slightly ahead of the curve rather than too far in front of the market.
Resources Mentioned:
The CEO Project
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Tired of the 9-5 grind? In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with real estate investor Matt Cavanaugh. As a former teacher, Matt knows what it's like to struggle financially on a traditional salary. Today, he shares his journey from the classroom to the top of sales and how he now coaches agents to find alternatives to the career path. Matt offers invaluable lessons learned from past failures and successes, insights into his sales approach, and how to achieve financial freedom through real estate. Get inspired and learn practical strategies from someone who's lived it!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Finding energy and maximizing productivity
- Using the Enneagram to speak your prospect’s language
- A personalized real estate coaching business
- Matching your strategy to risk tolerance and personality
Episode Highlights:
[19:52] Using the Enneagram to Speak Your Prospect's Language
One of the key tools Matt Cavanaugh leverages in his sales approach is the Enneagram personality typing system. He discusses how understanding someone's core Enneagram type provides valuable insights into how to best communicate with them. Through thousands of reps analyzing different types, Matt has gained an understanding of each type's strengths, weaknesses, comfort levels, and blindspots. Armed with this knowledge, Matt is able to tailor his communication style to be in sync with a prospect's language based on their Enneagram type. Where some may see tools like the Enneagram as manipulative, Matt views it as a way to show care and respect by communicating in a language the other person can understand. His goal is not manipulation but rather having the other person's best interests at heart.
[20:19] How Matt is Building a Personalized Real Estate Coaching Business
- With a focus on personalized approaches, Matt's insights prioritize tailored strategies over traditional methods. On the agent side, the emphasis is on helping individuals discover their true identity and creating a business plan that embraces their unique qualities. Likewise, on the W-2 side, instead of simply advising individuals to quit their job, Matt develops an investment strategy that ensures a smooth transition when the time is right. By considering financial needs and personality traits, options like syndications, fund investments, property purchases, and joint ventures are explored. This individualized approach charters a clear path from point A to point B, guaranteeing long-term fulfillment and success in the real estate industry.
[22:16] Personalized Real Estate Investing: Matching Strategy to Risk Tolerance and Personality
When it comes to investing in real estate, it's crucial to consider an individual's risk tolerance and personality. For those with a low risk tolerance who prefer a slower and analytical approach, throwing them into high-risk situations is not a good fit. Instead, introducing them to passive investments with lower returns allows them to participate in real estate without the need for immediate action. Understanding that different people have varying levels of knowledge and comfort, it's important to tailor the strategy accordingly. Assessing risk tolerance and personality helps determine the appropriate path, ensuring that everyone can invest in real estate and achieve financial freedom, but each person's approach may differ.
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Did you know there are alternative ways to fund your business growth or acquire other companies beyond traditional bank loans? In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Paul Neal of Vantage Point Commercial Capital which uses non-traditional capital and mergers & acquisitions to help entrepreneurs and business owners succeed. Paul shares his unique journey from engineering to entrepreneurship and discusses strategies for business owners looking to expand through strategic partnerships and acquisitions. Don't miss this insightful discussion on unlocking your business's potential through non-traditional funding and M&A.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Paul’s career background
- Business failure, lessons learned, and resilience
- Navigating business challenges with a supportive network
- Business acquisition and expansion strategies
- Buying and selling businesses with little to no money down
Episode Highlights:
[17:38] How to Navigate Business Challenges
One of the most important lessons in navigating business challenges is to align yourself with like-minded individuals. Building a network of peers, coaches, mentors, and mastermind groups can provide invaluable support during tough times. By surrounding ourselves with a supportive network and seeking mentorship or coaching, we can tap into the collective wisdom and experience of others. Together, we can navigate any business challenge that comes our way and emerge stronger than ever before.
[23:58] Business Acquisition and Expansion Strategies
Paul discusses several insightful strategies for business acquisitions and expansion through strategic partnerships:
- Buying complementary businesses to gain synergies, like acquiring related service providers to upsell to your existing customer base.
- Approaching potential partners/acquisition targets softly by floating a "trial balloon" to gauge interest before formally proposing a deal.
- Evaluating if an acquisition is a good strategic and cultural fit that can be efficiently integrated.
- Structuring deals creatively, like seller financing or leveraging the acquiring company's existing equity, to minimize upfront capital needs.
- Pursuing competitor acquisitions during economic slowdowns when owners may be more willing to sell as a way to consolidate market share.
- Partner buyouts to allow key employees to take an ownership stake and ensure business continuity.
Paul stresses doing due diligence on valuation and cash flow projections. His firm also provides funding options to execute deals smoothly. This allows business owners to expand through strategic non-organic growth.
[35:10] Buying and Selling a Businesses with Little to No Money Down
- Paul explores the possibility of buying and selling businesses with little to no money down, similar to real estate transactions. This can be achieved through seller financing, leveraging existing equity, focusing on customer base and contracts instead of physical assets, utilizing 401k rollovers, and leveraging corporate career skills for business acquisition. By implementing these strategies, sellers can exit smoothly while acquirers can pursue growth without significant upfront cash requirements. However, thorough due diligence is still essential to assess potential cash flow.
Resources Mentioned:
Vantage Point Commercial Capital
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Looking for insights into navigating challenges and embracing change? Look no further! In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Nik Tarascio, CEO of Ventura Air Services and host of The Dream Beyond podcast. During the pandemic, he shifted his perspective from risk avoidance to seizing opportunities, resulting in exponential growth at his company. Now, Nik focuses on sound meditation, using music to help people connect with their emotions. He sees entrepreneurship as a spiritual practice, inspiring others to pursue their talents while confronting their past issues.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Pivoting business strategies during the pandemic
- Discovering true wealth and letting go of external measures
- Entrepreneurship as a spiritual journey
- Embrcing authenticity beyond talent
- Finding the crossover between music and aviation
Episode Highlights:
[01:50] Taking Risks and Finding Success During the Pandemic
- In the face of the pandemic, Nik, like many others, learned valuable lessons about business and personal safety. Prior to 2020, Nik was cautious, always mitigating risk and protecting their nest egg. However, when everything came to a halt, Nik realized that even with all their precautions, external factors could wipe out everything they had worked for. This realization propelled Nik to take a different approach. Instead of playing it safe, they decided to pursue their passions and swing for the fences. Nik made bold moves, investing in planes and hiring talent, despite the uncertainty. And to their surprise, their industry experienced an unprecedented boom, allowing them to triple their company's success during the pandemic. This taught Nik that sometimes playing it safe can actually hold you back.
- [07:35] Embracing Impermanence and Pursuing Glorious Failure
- At some point, we must confront the reality of impermanence. We have to acknowledge that everything will eventually come to an end. So, how do we want to approach it? Do we want to fade away quietly, gripped by fear like a mouse? Or do we want to go out with a roar, like a lion? It’s time we stop playing it safe, living small, and trying to recreate past experiences. If we're going to fail, let's fail gloriously. And if things do turn around, let's ride that wave. It's time to embrace impermanence and pursue a life filled with boldness and audacity.
- [22:38] Embracing Authenticity Beyond Talent
Relying solely on our talents can limit our journey through life, reducing us to mere "human doings." Instead of deriving value from what we do, we should find value in who we are. Exploring our shadows, facing challenges, and embracing the spiritual path of entrepreneurship allows us to grow by confronting our fears and demons. True growth comes from the combination of both talent and personal development.
Resources Mentioned:
Ventura Air Services
The Dream Beyond podcast
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Have you ever wondered how top athletes develop the mental toughness and resilience needed to succeed at the highest levels? In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with Hans Struzyna about his journey from rowing in the 2016 Rio Olympics to becoming one of the top real estate agents in the Bay Area.
Hans shares invaluable lessons learned from his rowing career like being coachable, separating physical and emotional reactions, and the importance of recovery and mental preparation. He also explains how overcoming the perceived failure of finishing 4th in the Olympics inspired him to reframe perspectives on both success and failure.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Hans’ family and career background
- College rowing, Olympic dreams, and scholarship opportunities
- Hans’ Olympic experience
- Key things he learned as an athlete that apply to business
- Embracing nervousness and failure
Episode Highlights:
[23:33] Reflections on US Rowing: Seeking Improvement in Athlete Support
- Hans believes that the US rowing organization seems to be lacking in its ability to truly serve the athletes it aims to support. It appears to be a self-centered organization that may not fully understand the needs of the athletes. When reflecting on our experiences and successes, such as winning national championships in college, we draw comparisons to the shortcomings of US Rowing. This allows us to identify what worked and what didn't, and apply those best practices to our own business and team. By analyzing both the failures and successes, we strive to create a more supportive and effective environment for our athletes.
- [25:31] Applying Lessons from Athletics to Business Success
Some of the key things Hans learned as an athlete that he has applied to his business include:
- Coachability: Hans understands the importance of taking feedback and implementing it quickly, enabling him to adapt to changing conditions in his business.
- Rapid Learning: Hans embraces the need to learn quickly and iterate on lessons, ensuring he stays ahead of the competition and avoids potential losses.
- Comfort with Discomfort: Hans pushes through physical and mental discomfort, knowing that giving in can result in setbacks and losses in both athletics and business.
- Prioritizing Recovery and Self-Care: Hans recognizes the significance of rest and self-care to avoid burnout, ensuring long-term sustainability in his business.
- Building a Strong Mental Game: Hans employs techniques like reframing narratives and focusing on performance rather than outcomes, cultivating resilience to overcome setbacks.
[31:06] Embracing Nervousness and Failure
- Feeling nervous is actually a good thing - it signifies that you truly care and want something. This applies to everyone, even the best athletes who experience nerves before a race. The key lies in how you handle those nerves. Will you let them scatter and overwhelm you, or will you channel them into focused determination? Remember, everyone has butterflies; it's how you deal with them that sets you apart. Embrace the nervousness and direct it towards your goal.
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Feeling called to make a change but afraid you won't succeed? In this episode, join Erik Cabral as he engages in a conversation with Justin Janowski, the visionary behind Faith2Influence. Delve into Justin’s journey of answering God's call to leave a secure job and launch a business that supports Christian coaches. Discover valuable insights from Justin as he shares lessons on embracing failure, cultivating ethical sales skills, and forging genuine connections with clients. Explore the transformative power of prayer and surrounding yourself with the right community, propelling you toward unimaginable success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Embracing your self-worth and rewriting your story
- The power of emotional connection in effective communication
- The power of affirmations, prayer, and surrounding oneself with positive influences
- The importance of transparency
- Jesus' divinity and historical impact
Episode Highlights:
[22:23] The Power of Emotional Connection in Effective Communication
- Effective communication requires understanding and connecting with our audience on an emotional level. Regardless of how we feel ourselves, it's important to meet people where they are emotionally, whether they are ecstatic or feeling down. By paying attention to their emotions, tone, and pace of communication, we can adapt our own approach to create a meaningful connection. This authentic and attentive approach allows us to effectively communicate and resonate with others.
[30:00] Embracing Self-Worth and Rewriting Your Story
Many of us have been influenced by negative or disempowering narratives about ourselves, whether from family, teachers, or others. Along the way, we internalized these stories, believing that we were not smart enough, worthy enough, or good enough. However, it's crucial to recognize that this is not how God sees us. If we feel called to something that appears daunting and intimidating, it's a testament to our inherent worthiness. Trust that if you are being summoned towards this challenging endeavor, it's because you possess the abilities and purpose to succeed in it. To fully embrace our potential, we must rewrite the narratives we hold about ourselves and redefine our identities.
Here are three ways Justin discussed for empowering your identity and shifting to a new level:
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Tell yourself new stories about yourself through positive "I am" statements and repeating empowering affirmations.
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Surround yourself with people who speak life into you, believe in you, and empower you with their words and presence.
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Engage in prayer and ask God to help you see yourself the way He sees you, to heal any parts of you that need healing, and to open doors to your fullest potential.
Resources Mentioned:
Faith2Influence
Soundtracks book by Jon Acuff
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If you're looking to up your leadership game, build your brand through content, or learn from the experiences of a proven entrepreneur, then you’re in for a treat! In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down for an in-depth conversation with entrepreneur and business leader Jerry Macnamara. Jerry shares lessons from his career in franchising and building high-growth companies, including the importance of mentors, embracing failure, and prioritizing self-care. He also discusses his strategies for content creation and community building through his podcast "The Best Places to Lead." Jerry offers valuable insights on leadership, growth mindset, and how to positively impact others through service and love.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The price of success in entrepreneurship
- Navigating the demands of high-growth companies and investment capital
- Embracing Personal Agency: The power of attitude and choice
- His mission is to impact 5 million people in the next 5 years
- The challenges of building a podcast and some lessons learned
Episode Highlights:
[17:32] The Price of Success in Entrepreneurship
- Jerry's entrepreneurial journey was marked by an unwavering pursuit of success, working grueling 100-hour weeks. However, his health suffered a significant blow on Valentine's Day, forcing him to rest on a gurney and reflect on the steep costs associated with his achievements. He recognized his failure in neglecting self-care and acknowledged that running a business and aiding others is impossible when one's own health is compromised. Genuine success encompasses not only external milestones but also the preservation of personal health and resilience.
[19:45] Navigating the Demands of High-Growth Companies and Investment Capital
- Balancing the demands of running a high-growth company and seeking investment capital is no easy feat. The tasks of creating business plans, crunching numbers in Excel, and meeting the expectations of venture capitalists require dedicated time and effort. However, when these responsibilities are combined with the day-to-day operations of the business, it can become overwhelming and potentially lead to a chaotic situation. It's crucial to recognize the challenges that come with juggling these discrete functions and find strategies to navigate them effectively to avoid disaster.
[25:53] Embracing Personal Agency: The Power of Attitude and Choice
- Life is full of circumstances beyond our control, but we always have control over our attitude and approach. It's important to realize that we choose how we react to situations and shouldn't relinquish that power to external forces. By taking ownership of our time and attitude, we can avoid a life where we feel tossed around like a leaf in the wind, unsatisfied with the outcomes. Instead, we can use these experiences to propel ourselves forward and make a meaningful impact on the world.
Resources Mentioned:
www.provenchaos.com
The Best Places to Lead Podcast
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Did you know that the average laundromat deal generates higher cash flow than most real estate investments? If you're looking to leave behind your nine-to-five job and achieve financial independence, consider investing in a laundromat.
In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with Jordan Berry, who shares his incredible story of transitioning from a career in ministry to becoming a leading expert in laundromat investing. Jordan also talks about starting Laundromat Resource and how he helps others find financial freedom through laundromat ownership and commercial real estate investing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Pivoting from ministry to real estate investing
- Technology and the laundromat industry
- Laundromats as an asset class
- Jordan’s early struggles that led to his consulting business
- The lucrative cash flow of laundromats
Episode Highlights:
[12:58] The Growing Influence of Technology in the Laundromat Industry
The laundromat industry has traditionally been slow in adopting technology, with a reputation for dingy and outdated establishments. However, we are now witnessing a significant shift. Over the past year or two, more technology has been introduced to our industry than in decades combined. Digital payment options such as credit cards, debit cards, app payments, and loyalty cards are becoming prevalent, transforming the way customers interact with laundromats. By eliminating the reliance on quarters and introducing software systems for remote management, including machine activation and repair requests, laundromats can be efficiently managed at scale. As a result, this asset class is poised for continued growth, attracting sophisticated investors who recognize the potential offered by modernizing the laundromat experience.
[23:22] Overcoming Struggles: Jordan's Journey in the Laundromat Industry
Jordan's early foray into the laundromat industry was fraught with challenges, leaving him and his wife under immense stress. As he labored to renovate the neglected laundromat at night, Jordan turned to real estate investing podcasts for guidance and invaluable lessons. However, the business had also become a hub for gangs, leading to physical altercations during his attempts to keep it running. Reflecting on his experience, Jordan realized the importance of thorough due diligence, evaluating deals accurately, and addressing security concerns. Though arduous, these costly lessons propelled him to turn his fortunes around and establish a thriving laundromat consulting business.
[26:33] The Lucrative Cash Flow of Laundromats: A Smart Investment Choice
The average laundromat deal outperforms most real estate investments in terms of generating cash flow. If your goal is to achieve financial independence and leave your nine-to-five job behind, buying a business like a laundromat is a wise choice. The high cash flow potential of laundromats surpasses that of real estate, allowing you to accumulate the necessary funds for your financial freedom. Once you have built up that cash flow, you can then consider investing in real estate for long-term wealth and equity. With the added benefits of low time commitment and attractive tax advantages, laundromats truly offer a winning combination for savvy investors.
Resources Mentioned:
Laundromat Resource
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Are you questioning religious institutions or feeling limited by the beliefs you were raised with? In this episode, Marty Nocchi joins Erik Cabral to share his journey of leaving the priesthood after over 20 years in ministry. Marty shares how pushing against boundaries and questioning authority led him to find more freedom and purpose outside of the church structure. He also talks about the work he's doing now through Get Out of Your Own Way, as an integrator, to help others break free from limiting beliefs and boxes. This insightful conversation explores topics of faith, identity, ego, and living an examined life. So get ready!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Self-discovery is never-ending.
- Marty’s transition from priesthood to purpose
- The development of human consciousness in the Bible
- Embracing Jesus’ call to step outside the box
- About Get Out of Your Own Way
- Breaking free from self-limiting beliefs
Episode Highlights:
- [05:19] The Never-Ending Journey of Self-Discovery
- As we journey through life, just when we believe we have ourselves figured out, a paradigm shift occurs. The ground beneath us drops once again, urging us to delve even deeper. We come to realize that there is much more to us than we initially thought. This constant sense of curiosity propels us forward, unlocking the unexplored depths of our being. Marty's insights shed light on the never-ending journey of self-discovery; a quest that challenges and rewards us with each new revelation.
- [06:12] Embracing the Unconventional Path
- Marty constantly challenged the confines of the established norms and believed that pushing against the boundaries was what defined his worth as a priest, and in many ways, it did. However, he realized he failed to thrive within the institutional framework, as it prioritized preserving the box rather than nurturing genuine faith.
- [21:42] Embracing Jesus’ Call to Step Outside the Box
- In churches, the focus on following Jesus often overshadows the equally important message of "fear not." These commands carry great significance, but we often limit our understanding to Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, assuming He will take control from there. However, there is no scriptural basis for such assumptions. To truly follow Jesus, we must embrace His call beyond suffering. This entails breaking free from our comfort zones, embarking on a transformative journey, and shedding our egoic selves to discover our true identities. It invites us to question our perceived identities and uncover our authentic selves.
- [29:07] Breaking Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs
- Worthiness, being enough, and being lovable – those three realities are where we create boxes and limiting beliefs about ourselves – that “I'm not worth it,“ “ I'm not enough,” and “I'm not lovable.” They are the things that end up manifesting this box around ourselves and that keep us from becoming the person we want to be. By acknowledging that the answer lies within ourselves, we can fill the void and embrace self-awareness, freeing ourselves from the endless pursuit of external validation.
Resources Mentioned:
Get Out of Your Own Way coaching program: https://getoutofyourownway.coach/
Marty Nocchi's social media profiles: https://www.instagram.com/martynocchi/ https://www.facebook.com/martynocchi
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Are you an engineer or leader looking to avoid burnout and reach your full potential? In this latest episode, Erik Cabral interviews career coach Zach White about his journey from burned out engineer to helping others find fulfillment in their work. Zach shares his powerful "lifestyle engineering blueprint" approach for developing a mindset, strategies and actions that cultivate fulfillment and balance. Walk away with tangible tools to bring more meaning and well-being into your own life, no matter what stage you're at!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Pivoting careers and finding purpose after burnout
- Rethinking work-life balance
- Living life by default vs. by design
- Zach’s lifestyle engineering blueprint
- The four pillars of success
- Embracing failure and leadership lessons
Episode Highlights:
[13:48] Rethinking Work-Life Balance
- The traditional scale model of work-life balance, where work and life are opposing sides that need equal weighting, doesn't make sense. Life encompasses everything, and work is just a part of it. Balancing a miserable work life with an enjoyable personal life leads to extremes and burnout. Instead, balance should be an active pursuit, constantly assessing and adjusting values and priorities across all domains of life. It means making choices based on current circumstances and being proactive in maintaining harmony, adapting and evolving as needs and circumstances change.
[17:00] Living by Design
There is a great possibility of experiencing fulfillment, joy, and happiness in all areas of life. The key lies in intentionality. Rather than living on autopilot or by default, it's about taking control and deliberately designing our lives. By consciously choosing our experiences and making daily shifts towards a design-driven life, we can find true satisfaction. It's a mindset shift that distinguishes between a life we've designed and love, versus one we've drifted into and feel unhappy about. Embracing this principle sets us on a transformative path, bringing profound changes and enhancing overall well-being.
[21:28] The Four Pillars of Success
Zach introduces four main areas that serve as pillars in our journey towards success and fulfillment. By assessing our challenges through the lens of these four pillars, we can identify where our focus should lie.
- Purpose: Clarity in our purpose is crucial. It involves understanding why we're here, what matters to us, and aligning decisions with core values for intentional living.
- Priority: Gaining clarity in vision, goals, and priorities is essential. Knowing what to say yes and no to helps make swift decisions and avoids being trapped in decision paralysis.
- Productivity: Maximizing time and energy is key. Being productive means effectively utilizing these resources to make meaningful progress in important areas. Optimizing habits and routines drives results.
- People: Recognizing the significance of relationships and collaboration is paramount. Building a supportive network, being in proximity to helpful individuals, and seeking assistance contribute to overall success and well-being.
Resources Mentioned:
Happy Engineer Podcast
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Have you ever found yourself saying you eat well, but struggle with sleep? Or maybe you think you're eating right, but the stress from a toxic relationship has spiked your cortisol levels, putting your body in fight-or-flight mode. It’s time to unlock the secrets to a healthy and balanced lifestyle with a personalized path to wellness.
In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Jeff Donatello, CEO of the renowned Center for Wellbeing. Jeff shares great insights and invaluable lessons from his vast experience in the health and wellness space. And brace yourself, too, as Jeff shares his thrilling adventures from conquering ice volcanoes to exploring exotic destinations. This is an episode you won't want to miss – one packed with inspiration, wisdom, and adventure!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Jeff’s eureka moment
- The importance of moving and eating well
- The key to longevity
- How stem cell therapy works
- The common misconceptions about stem cells
Episode Highlights:
[09:58] Using a Personalized Approach to Health and Wellness
Many individuals who claim to eat well often struggle with sleep deprivation, caused by factors such as heightened cortisol levels due to stressful relationships. This fight-or-flight response leads to the body preserving fat as a long-term energy source, contributing to the high rates of overweight Americans and pre-diabetic individuals. It is crucial to understand that a personalized approach is necessary, as generic diets and calorie reduction alone are not sustainable solutions. Center for Wellbeing’s dedicated team of health coaches will analyze your blood work, food sensitivities, and genetics, offering an individualized approach to unlock your body's potential.
[16:35] The Key to Longevity
- In our 40s, the choices we make directly impact our future well-being, especially as we reach the age of 55. It becomes clear that self-care is vital, considering the leading cause of death among human beings. Without dwelling on morbidity, it's important to recognize that as we age, we may witness our grandparents or great-grandparents becoming frail, experiencing falls, broken hips, twisted knees, and eventually succumbing to pneumonia due to lack of movement. To defy this fate, the number one priority is to maintain strength and keep moving, ensuring a vibrant and healthy life.
- [21:23] How Stem Cell Therapy Works
Stem cell therapy utilizes purified amniotic fluid, rich in microvesicles or "little bubbles," to facilitate tissue repair. Extracted from the healthy amniotic fluid of both mother and baby, the stem cells undergo rigorous testing akin to blood supply screening. By employing ultrasound technology, damaged areas are precisely identified for treatment. The stem cells are then injected with ultrasound guidance, ensuring accurate placement. Optimal outcomes are observed in individuals with low inflammation levels and good overall health. Patients often experience remarkable results, including tissue regeneration, reduced pain, and improved mobility. However, the therapy is most effective for those who are already leading healthy and active lifestyles.
Resources Mentioned:
Center for Wellbeing
GoBundance
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Is pain something you’ve avoided for so long? There’s no other way out but to go through it! Confronting your pain is key to achieving your full potential in business and life. In today’s show, Erik Cabral welcomes Jake Kaufman, a passionate life coach, motivational speaker, and the author of the bestselling book. Let Love In: The Pain Stops When the Truth Starts. Jake has inspired countless individuals on their healing journeys by sharing his vulnerable story of overcoming childhood abuse. He believes that confronting past pain and trauma is necessary to achieve transformation and transcendence.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Breaking the silence and confronting trauma
- How the pattern always reveals the problem
- Why do we find ourselves stuck in a cycle?
- How the lack of control affects people's lives and businesses
- How to create your new reality
- The two great catalysts of transformation
Episode Highlights:
[10:16] Unveiling Patterns: Resolving Personal Problems for Business Success
- Patterns hold the key to understanding our underlying problems. Analyzing these problems reveals the pain we must overcome. Business problems often stem from unresolved personal issues rooted in childhood experiences. Our beliefs and identities form during our formative years, shaping our adult lives in relationships, parenting, and careers. Sadly, many people remain unaware of these patterns, operating on autopilot. By becoming conscious of these dynamics, we can resolve personal problems and unlock success in business.
- Until you address the wounds that shaped your beliefs and continue to attract similar people and characteristics in your professional relationships, this cycle will persist. Carl Jung, the renowned psychotherapist, aptly stated that unless we bring our unconscious into awareness, it will unconsciously guide our lives, leading us to believe it is fate. Many individuals find themselves caught in this cycle. Moreover, people who are prone to overworking, prone to burnout, and addicted to stress – these are all unconscious compensating strategies in order to avoid themselves.
- [18:40] How to Create Your New Reality
- The ego can be deceptive when it comes to uncovering unconscious beliefs. Many people mistake an epiphany for a breakthrough, but true transformation occurs when we integrate awareness into our behavior and create different results. Awareness is the initial step, followed by acceptance and healing where we resolve the experiences that shaped our beliefs. Then, taking new actions that contradict the old belief leads to disconfirming experiences that help undo it.
[25:08] The Catalysts of Transformation: Love and Suffering
In the journey of personal transformation, two powerful catalysts emerge – great love and great suffering. While both hold the potential for change, for many men, it is often the latter that serves as the impetus for profound transformation. It seems that we require a wake-up call, a jolt to our system, in order to break free from adaptive traits and compensating strategies that do not align with our true selves. These behaviors and patterns, borne out of a desire for acceptance and success, create inner conflict and detach us from authenticity. They form a complex personality, blending genuine traits with adaptive responses to pain or the avoidance of it. This struggle often manifests itself as a need for control.
Resources Mentioned:
Let Love In: The Pain Stop When the Truth Starts
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Can’t wait to leave your W-2 job to start your journey to entrepreneurship? The sad thing though is you don’t know how to start. It’s just overwhelming, right? Don’t fret as Erik Cabral sits down with real estate guy, Jamie Gruber to talk about the 3 C’s framework for leaving your job successfully.
Not only has he built an impressive portfolio in the real estate space, but Jamie is also a powerful connector of great minds. Jamie is the host of the Tribe of Millionaires podcast and he’s a very effective facilitator of events, including GoBundance.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What “balls on the walls” means
- Paul’s story that inspired Jamie to leave his job
- The 3 C’s: Transitioning from a W-2 mindset to entrepreneurship
- How to prepare for interviews and go off-script
- Embracing the art of podcasting
Episode Highlights:
[13:13] Paul’s Legacy That Left an Imprint on Jamie’s Life
Jamie recounts the profound impact of Paul's untimely passing, which served as a wake-up call. Reflecting on the transient nature of life, Jamie found a renewed sense of purpose. His decision to embark on a journey to Florida allowed him to evaluate his path and make life-changing decisions. Returning home, he took the leap, resigning from his job to pursue a fresh start. Paul's story became the catalyst for Jamie's transformation, igniting a passion for living life to its fullest potential.
[21:09] The 3 C’s Framework for Transitioning from W-2 to Entrepreneurship
To leave your job successfully, follow these three essential steps:
- Clarity: Outline a clear vision for your future. Define what you want your life to look like, such as traveling with family for three months anywhere in the world. Assess if your current job aligns with your aspirations.
- Confidence: Shift your identity towards where you're going, not just where you are. Embrace the new path you're forging. Remember that identity starts in the present, even before achieving your goals.
- Community: Build a supportive network of like-minded individuals. Surround yourself with people who share your vision and aspirations. Seek out networking groups, mentorship programs, or communities in your field of interest for accountability and support.
Additionally, understand the value of your time. Ensure every hour is productive towards your goals. Consider hiring out non-productive tasks to free up time for your side hustle or business. Leverage your time effectively to focus on high-value activities.
By following this framework of clarity, confidence, community, and valuing your time, you can prepare yourself for a successful transition out of your job.
Resources Mentioned:
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Adam Hill is a CEO, international speaker, transformation coach, and bestselling author. He shares his journey of overcoming addiction and anxiety through embracing fear. Adam completed an Ironman triathlon and now helps others face their fears through his podcast “Flow Over Fear”.
Adam Hill is a CEO. He's an international speaker. He's a transformation coach. He's a world championship qualifying triathlete, and best-selling author of the book, Shifting Gears. And last but not least, he is the host of the “Flow Over Fear” podcast.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Adam's rock bottom moment that led him to get sober over 10 years ago
- Shedding a part of your life that no longer fits
- How he used the "80% rule" to train for an Ironman triathlon by consistently pushing just outside his comfort zone
- Developing a morning routine to help manage anxiety and feel energized each day
- Reframing fear as a "gift" that signals opportunities for growth
- His "BRAVE" framework for believing in yourself, building a roadmap, taking action, maintaining vitality, and embracing fear
Episode Highlights:
[18:22] Embracing Fear and Taking One Step at a Time
Fear doesn't have to be something negative or uncomfortable. It can actually be a gift, signaling that we're pushing our boundaries and have the opportunity to become better. Whether it's starting a new challenge like training for an Ironman or facing life's obstacles, every moment of fear is now seen as an opportunity for growth. Embracing fear and taking it one step at a time has transformed my perspective.
[43:37] The BRAVE Framework
Adam's BRAVE framework is designed to help people become more courageous in facing their fears. It stands for:
- B - Believing in yourself. Having the knowledge that you can achieve your dreams and points of reference from past successes.
- R - Building a roadmap. Creating small, incremental goals and a plan to achieve your larger dreams, just like training for an Ironman by gradually increasing your distance by 5% each time.
- A - Taking action. Executing the plan you've created step-by-step while consistently putting in 80% effort.
- V - Maintaining vitality. Developing daily habits for your physical, mental, and emotional health so you have the energy needed to pursue your goals.
- E - Embracing fear. Continuing to challenge yourself by stepping into uncomfortable situations and reframing fear as an opportunity for growth and fulfillment.
Resources Mentioned:
Shifting Gears
Flow Over Fear Podcast
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Connor Steinbrook's journey from an accidental mastery of online poker to becoming a top real estate influencer is an inspiration to those who want to overcome setbacks and obstacles. Join Erik Cabral as he uncovers Connor's story of hitting rock bottom after losing his poker career, educating himself through free resources, and rebuilding his life through personal development and faith. Connor is the founder of Wolfpack Revenue Share Organization and one of the top 30 eXp Realty influencers. His journey to success is an inspiration to many having overcome numerous setbacks,
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How he got into online poker
- Online poker vs. live poker
- The competitive dynamics of poker and real estate investing
- How he ended up in deep debt and how YouTube changed his life and mindset
- The power of educating yourself
- The importance of discipline and habits
Episode Highlights:
[01:32] Connor’s Journey as a Poker Player
Connor lost his career as an online poker player when government regulations shut down poker sites in 2011. He fell into debt and depression before finding his way. Poker was not just a role for him, but it formed his entire world. It was a micro-universe where he and his friends were deeply immersed. Suddenly, overnight, it all vanished, leaving them in a state of chaos and emotional turmoil. Many struggled to find their next direction in life. For some, this became their defining moment, never able to recover. However, others took it as a challenge, using it as fuel to find a better path. Surprisingly, many poker players went on to build successful businesses in various industries such as real estate, insurance, entrepreneurship, and digital marketing. They transformed their setback into an opportunity for growth and reinvention.
[20:57] Contrasting Battlegrounds: The Competitive Dynamics of Poker and Real Estate Investing
In poker, the competitive environment is intense, with players vying to win each other's money and ego being at stake. It's a lifetime pursuit filled with ups and downs. On the other hand, real estate investing is a different ballgame. Real estate is a long-term business that requires perseverance and learning from failures to eventually succeed. Unlike in poker, where each year starts anew, real estate allows for building upon previous successes, such as growing rental portfolios or residual income. While poker demands constant adaptation due to the ever-evolving game, real estate provides opportunities for repeatable strategies and patterns if the fundamentals are executed correctly over time.
[30:45] Self-Development to Success: Connor's Inspirational Journey
Connor recognized that in order to change his life, he needed to work on bettering himself in all aspects. This involved not just gaining knowledge, but also developing mental toughness and physical fitness. Connor was overweight, unhappy, and lacked self-respect, but through dedication and hard work, he shed the excess weight and transformed his body. This physical transformation had a ripple effect, improving other areas of his life, including his financial success.
Resources Mentioned:
Wolfpack Revenue Share Organization
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success
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Scaling your business doesn't have to be complicated. In this episode, Erik speaks with real estate financing expert Beau Eckstein, who shares simple strategies for using multimedia like podcasting and YouTube.
Beau is your go-to guy for all things real estate financing. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting out, Beau specializes in helping professionals in the real estate investing industry secure funding for their projects. Today, learn how to leverage multimedia to help you scale your business!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Learning from people who are already successful in what you want to do
- Why start recording even if you don't feel ready at first
- Targeting specific keywords and niches to show up in search results
- Getting on smaller podcasts first to practice before the bigger stages
- Sharing your "Dream 100" list of influencers you want to connect with
- The power of outsourcing multimedia
- The value of investing in a business coach
- How to "clone" yourself online
Episode Highlights:
[12:15] Streamlining Content Creation
Get in the habit of creating content and just do it, even if you don't want to do it, then systematize it. Either outsource the work to a company that can do everything for you, or create a system where you might have a virtual assistant to help you with creating thumbnails and uploading to YouTube and descriptions.
[21:54] The Power of Outsourcing Multimedia
If your business is already generating substantial revenue, it would be wise to consider outsourcing the entire process. By doing so, you can leverage the expertise of professionals who can help you create superior content, improve your show, and achieve higher conversion rates and increased traffic. Investing in assistance that can enhance your overall performance becomes a logical choice when you have a seven-figure business.
[29:56] Attracting the Right Audience
For example, if you're looking to start a podcast aimed at inspiring thousands of individuals to start their own successful home-based businesses and leave behind their traditional jobs, it's crucial to understand your target audience. Many new podcasters fail to gain traction because they overlook the importance of truly connecting with their intended listeners. To avoid this common mistake, it's essential to dive deep into understanding the mindset and needs of your target market. By doing so, you can create content that resonates with them and ensures that your podcast gains the traction it deserves.
[46:47] The Power of Storytelling in Building Connections
By cloning ourselves through various platforms and mediums, more people will hear our stories and resonate with them, regardless of their specific interests or needs. Whether it's through podcasts or other forms of content creation, the key is to deliver your story authentically and consistently. This approach builds trust and allows people to not only hear but also see you, establishing a stronger connection. Ultimately, the goal is to help people by providing valuable insights and strategies.
Resources Mentioned:
www.beaueckstein.com
Investor Financing Podcast
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Discover the grit gap and unlock your true potential! In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Clay Speakman, a high-net-worth expert and entrepreneur, about how success can breed comfort, which erodes your grit. Clay shares his personal journey of cultivating grit through extreme physical challenges, and how he now helps others develop their own resilience. With his upcoming program, the Grit Masters, Clay aims to empower individuals to overcome obstacles, embrace discomfort, and achieve lasting success. Don't settle for comfort when you can thrive with grit!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How seeking comfort erodes grit
- Cultivating grit by doing the hard things
- Closing the “grit gap” for lasting success
Episode Highlights:
[06:48] How Comfort Erodes Grit
As people have success, they often get more comfortable and seek more comfort. But this comfort then erodes their grit. As their grit decreases, so does their ability to be successful. This creates a "grit gap." Clay says he experienced this himself. As his businesses became more successful when he was around 35 years old, he got more comfortable. But this made him realize he lacked the grit to handle failure. This doubt drove him to develop grit through extreme physical challenges.
[20:54] Pushing Yourself Beyond Your Limits
By prioritizing the most challenging tasks and running towards them, you'll set yourself apart from the norm. While many seek comfort and avoid difficult endeavors, you'll be lightyears ahead by intentionally tackling the toughest items on your list. It's not about only doing what comes easily; it's about pushing yourself beyond your limits and embracing the growth that comes with it. Don't shy away from the hard things; instead, make them a priority and watch yourself thrive in business, life, relationships, and your spiritual journey.
[28:52] Closing the "Grit Gap" for Lasting Success
1. Cultivate grit - Make a conscious effort to develop grit through hard challenges, both physical and mental. Start small and build up.
2. Do hard things on purpose - Seek out and embrace challenges that are difficult for you. Don't avoid or procrastinate.
3. Embrace discomfort - Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Face failure, chaos and unfairness to build mental toughness.
4. Have a "why" - Have a clear vision and purpose for why you want to develop grit. This can motivate you through challenges.
5. Find accountability - Having others hold you accountable can help you follow through on developing grit. Consider a program, group or coach.
6. Practice daily - Incorporate small grit-building habits every day, like carrying heavy groceries or having hard conversations.
7. Avoid seeking comfort - Resist the instinct to seek comfort and ease. Comfort breeds more comfort and erodes grit over time.
Resources Mentioned:
The GoBundance Spartan Race Team
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What career pivots or reinventions are you considering? In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Lisa Copeland, a serial entrepreneur and international keynote speaker, who has successfully pivoted and reinvented her career multiple times. Through her story of navigating the challenges of the pandemic and transitioning from speaking to real estate, she shares valuable lessons on the importance of having a clear purpose, setting goals and accountability measures, embracing failure, and above all, having the courage to reinvent yourself and chase your dreams.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Lisa's "eureka moment" during the pandemic
- Reasons for Lisa's success in real estate
- The power of authenticity
- The power of accountability as a leader and coach
- Why coaching doesn’t mean you have weaknesses
- Lesson on embracing failure and cutting losses
- The power of purpose beyond just making money
- In one word, Lisa says she helps people find "courage"
Episode Highlights:
[09:52] The Power of Authenticity: Embrace Your True Self for Success
Authenticity is a game-changer in both personal and professional spheres. Your most successful self will always be your most authentic self. Just like how you can easily spot a fake purse, people have an innate ability to detect authenticity. In the world of sales and business, authenticity holds incredible value. Influential figures like Gary Vee and Grant Cardone, known for their charismatic personas and strong opinions, attract people not necessarily because everyone agrees with them, but because they exude authenticity. They have the courage to stand up for what they believe in. And that courage is vital for achieving success in life.
Having the audacity to take a stand, to show up as your true self, is crucial.
[16:43] The Power of Accountability: Unlocking Success as a Leader and Coach
Accountability plays a crucial role in both leadership and coaching. Without it, many people struggle to achieve success. It's not easy to hold oneself accountable as humans tend to face challenges in doing so. That's why finding an accountability partner becomes essential. By sharing your goals with someone who can hold you accountable, you increase your chances of staying on track and accomplishing what you set out to do. It's important to lay out your goals clearly and boldly. Don't shy away from setting big, audacious goals that push your limits. In fact, making them public can provide an added layer of motivation and encouragement. When you make your goals known to others, you create a sense of external responsibility. This can inspire you to put in the necessary effort and work harder towards achieving your objectives.
[32:45] The Power of Purpose: Going Beyond Self in Business and Life
When it comes to business and life, having a strong purpose is key. It's about finding something that is greater than yourself, something that ignites passion and drives you forward. Consider this: if your purpose is solely focused on making as much money as possible, it may not be compelling enough to lead you to true success. Instead, align your actions with a higher purpose, where money becomes secondary. Take the time to reflect and determine what truly fuels you. What is your purpose? What motivates you to get out of bed each morning? Having a purpose that goes beyond monetary gains is essential for achieving heightened levels of success.
Resources Mentioned:
www.lisacopeland.com
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
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Personal branding is about differentiation – but how are you going to stand out from the thousands of other offerings out there? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Michael Diettrich-Chastain, the founder of Arc Integrated, an organizational consulting and executive coaching firm specializing in leadership, emotional intelligence, and communications.
Listen in as Michael discusses the importance of personal branding for business owners and leaders. He shares how he developed his own personal brand and the influence of conscious leadership on his brand. Michael also provides a seven-step system to help create and manage change based on seven predictors of our ability to do so.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The importance of personal branding
- The four elements of emotional intelligence
- Michael's seven predictors of our ability to create change
- Developing consciousness by helping leaders become their best selves
Episode Highlights:
[02:11] The Importance of Personal Branding
Personal branding is crucial to differentiate oneself from competitors and avoid being seen as just another option among many. A clear personal brand helps communicate uniqueness, and focusing on a specific area of expertise can enhance identity and resonate more with the target audience. Michael's rebranding to emphasize leadership development and workplace culture helped his business succeed and a personal brand serves as a logo for one's expertise.
[14:59] The Four Elements of Emotional Intelligence
- Self-awareness: Being aware of your own emotions and how they affect your thoughts and behaviors. This includes recognizing your strengths, weaknesses, drives, and biases.
- Self-management: Ability to regulate your own emotions and impulses. This includes self-control, adaptability, transparency, and achievement orientation.
- Social awareness: Ability to understand and empathize with others. This includes recognizing their emotions, needs, and concerns.
- Social skills: Ability to manage relationships and build networks. This includes inspiring and influencing others, managing conflict, and building rapport.
[26:37] Seven Predictors of Our Ability to Create or Manage Change
- Cognition - How we think and approach problems. Are we abundance-minded or scarcity-minded?
- Heart - Our emotional selves. Being aware of and managing our emotions.
- Actions - Our habits and routines that become our "regular routine".
- Nourishment - How we treat our physical selves through movement, diet and sleep.
- Guts - Our courage to act on our convictions and with integrity.
- Environment - The people, places and things that surround us and influence us, including online environments.
- Spirit - Our belief systems about what we're capable of and the nature of the world.
Resources Mentioned:
www.arcintegrated.com
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
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Despite losing $2 million due to the dot-com bubble, Jeremy Delk refused to give up and worked hard to overcome adversity. In this episode, Erik Cabral sits down with Jeremy to talk about his journey of embracing failure.
Jeremy Delk is the managing director of Delk Enterprises, a diversified investment firm. He's a serial entrepreneur, with a massive passion for disrupting industries for over 20 years. Jeremy is also the author of Without a Plan: A Memoir of Unbound Action and Failing My Way to Success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Two major events that shaped his life
- How Jeremy is helping small businesses
- Things to look for when investing in companies
- How to stay motivated and passionate about what you do
- Your clients as your best form of information
- Two ways to grow your business
- Building a personal brand
Episode Highlights:
[06:15] Lessons from Losing $2 Million
Society often teaches that failure is a bad thing, but Jeremy believes that it's where real learning happens, and failure should be embraced. His experience gave him the courage to keep moving forward and pursue his dreams, even if he fails along the way. Looking back, he realized that having lost $2 million actually did so much more for him today in the last 20 years, than the $2 million he would have had. Failure taught him the importance of resilience, perseverance, and embracing failure as an opportunity for learning and growth.
[13:47] Things to Look for When Investing in Companies
When investing in companies, it's important to look beyond the product or service being offered and focus on the founder or leader of the organization. Are they transparent and authentic when discussing their company, or do they pretend to have all the answers? A vulnerable and honest leader who acknowledges their weaknesses is more likely to succeed because they can seek help and collaborate with others when needed. Don't be afraid to show vulnerability and transparency, as this can build trust with potential investors and customers. Life would be easier if more people could do this, but insecurities often prevent us from being our authentic selves.
[29:10] Two Ways to Grow Your Business
There are two main ways to grow a business: acquire more customers or deepen relationships with existing ones. Many people overlook the value of offering premium services to current customers who would be willing to pay more for additional benefits. By having conversations with clients and asking for feedback, businesses can identify areas where they can offer additional value and create tailored, premium services that meet specific needs. This approach not only deepens customer relationships but can also lead to new sales as satisfied customers become advocates for the brand.
Resources Mentioned:
Book: Without a Plan
Delk Enterprises
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Why is it that saying "Jesus" too many times turns people off? In this episode, Eric Scovill shares his journey and passion for service with Erik Cabral. Tune in to find out how we can get past this issue and grow in our faith! Eric also shares his insights into prioritizing relationship with God, giving back through stewardship, and more.
Eric Scovill is a financial planner with top-tier alternative investments from hedge funds and real estate, to royalties and world-changing venture capitalist opportunities.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Eric’s turning point and transition into financial investing
- Staying mentally healthy as a provider
- Leaning into failure and faith
- Understanding Stewardship: The Key to Financial Success and Philanthropy
- Is the modern-day church fulfilling its purpose?
- The analogy between coincidence and the tree
- Embracing your journey with God
Episode Highlights:
[27:08] Understanding Stewardship: The Key to Financial Success and Philanthropy
Many individuals overlook the importance of comprehending their finances and instead solely focus on earning money. Recognizing this issue, Eric set out to assist those who require guidance in this area. By helping people with their finances, he hopes to inspire them to embrace philanthropy and stewardship. Understanding that we are merely stewards of God's assets rather than owners is crucial. Giving back to God rather than keeping everything for ourselves is a paradigm shift that can have a significant impact on people.
[29:26] The Importance of Prioritizing Relationship with God Over Service
God desires more than just our service, as a perfect parent He yearns for a deep relationship with us. Prioritizing this relationship should come before any other pursuits. If that means allowing God to break us of financial struggles or emotional wounds, then so be it. This realization has shifted my focus towards strengthening my vertical relationship with Him first, so that I may use the blessings He gives me to make an impact in the world.
[38:07] Is the Modern-Day Church Fulfilling Its Purpose?
The modern-day church has veered away from its intended purpose, as depicted in the New Testament and Acts of the Apostles. The present-day church lacks the characteristics and qualities that it was meant to embody. Consequently, individuals who are not deeply rooted in their faith may be pushed away by this deviation from the true essence of the church.
[52:38] Embracing Your Journey with God
In our spiritual journey, it's important not to rush through the process. Each lesson and experience, whether as a father or a husband, should be embraced rather than wished away. It is the journey that brings us closer to God, not just the destination. God doesn't require us to save the world or bring love and money to different organizations because He's already taking care of that. What He wants is for us to join Him in this beautiful journey of faith.
Resources Mentioned:
Elysium Therapeutics
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Want to leverage the power of science for more effective branding? Check out our latest episode as Erik Cabral sits down with Staeven Frey, where he shares insights on System 1 and System 2 thinking and how they impact our decision-making process.
Staeven Frey is the founder of Chief Brand Science and Chief Brand Scientist at Quantum Branding. He helps brands become authentic and memorable category leaders through the power of brand science, the core of what fuels a successful brands growth, sales and marketing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Neurodiversity, defined
- System 1 thinking vs. System 2 thinking
- How to leverage science for more effective branding
- How we process making decisions in life
- The importance of making decisions based on your goals
Episode Highlights:
[01:54] What is Neurodiversity?
Neurodiversity is a term that encompasses the varying ways in which people are wired. It acknowledges that differences in neurological wiring do not necessarily mean being "wired wrong". While some people may have a disability such as blindness, there is a spectrum of neurological differences, including conditions such as ADHD and dyslexia. This spectrum is not a clear-cut line, but rather a starburst of quadrants.
[12:57] System 1 Thinking vs. System 2 Thinking
System 1 thinking is rapid, autopilot thinking that absorbs information from our surroundings and helps us understand and navigate the world. System 2 thinking is more deliberate and analytical, but only makes up about 5% of our overall thinking time. Understanding these different modes of thinking can help us make more intentional choices in life.
[15:53] Using Science for More Effective Branding
The effectiveness of branding can be improved by tapping into the science of our memories. This is where System 1 and System 2 thinking comes into play. Since 95% of our thinking is a sensory intake, factors such as shape, color, words, story, messaging, photography, and illustration are crucial in creating a memorable brand. When these elements are distinct and stand out in their category, they are more likely to be remembered. Therefore, the brand with the most unique and recognizable assets becomes the most memorable.
Resources Mentioned:
Quantum Branding Agency
Email Staeven: staeven@quantumbranding.agency
Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler
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As entrepreneurs, it’s crucial to consider whether your business is plateauing, declining, or profitable in order to determine whether it’s the right time to sell. Although many successful business owners are reluctant to sell, they may be missing out on the best opportunity to do so. As for Nate Lind, he went from having 27 active LLCs (it’s crazy!) – and now down to only one, directing all his focus on it.
Nate Lind is an entrepreneur, investor, and e-commerce business founder with expertise in building and scaling through innovative marketing strategies and operational excellence. A renowned keynote speaker, Nate shares his insights and strategies for success with global audiences. His book, Maximum Exit, is written for business owners who want to sell their businesses for as much money as possible.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Getting clear on his purpose
- Becoming a millionaire after 100 days of bankruptcy
- Signs to close or sell your business
- Putting systems in place when you’re selling your business
- Adopting the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
Episode Highlights:
[17:55] Nate’s Journey From Bankruptcy to Becoming a Millionaire
Nate shared that he had experienced personal bankruptcy under Chapter Seven, leaving him completely broke and unable to pay off his debts. In a desperate attempt to keep his company afloat, Nate resorted to putting the payroll on his credit card. Despite his efforts, he eventually maxed out his credits and had to face the painful reality of closing down the business. This decision was made even more difficult as Nate felt a sense of duty towards his employees, whom he had been supporting through this challenging time. The experience left him with nightmares and symptoms of, what he calls, entrepreneurial PTSD. He was waking up with cold sweats in the middle of the night, thinking he failed everybody and had lost everything, including friends, family, and random investors.
[22:45] Signs It’s Time to Close or Sell Your Business
Timing is crucial in business, and it's important to evaluate the velocity of your business. Is it profitable? Plateauing? Or declining? Buyers are looking for stable or growing businesses, so if your business is doing well, you may not want to sell. However, that's actually the best time to sell. Many entrepreneurs struggle with this, as they don't want to let go of a successful business. But the reality is, when things start going downhill, it's much harder to find buyers. It's like borrowing money - when you need it, you can't get it. The biggest thing to remember is why you became an entrepreneur in the first place. Did you do it to work endless hours and make millions, or did you do it to achieve a certain lifestyle and pursue your passions? If your business is isolating you from your family and other areas of your life, it might be time to consider selling.
Resources Mentioned:
www.natelind.com/gift
www.maximumexit.com
EOS
The 5 Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman
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Find out all there is to know about taking advantage of your credit card points and how you can travel the world the best way possible. In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Eli “The Travel Guy” Facenda, the founder of Freedom Travel Systems, a travel company that helps people maximize luxury travel with their points, without all the headache and frustration of trying to figure it all out for themselves.
Eli is a travel-loving entrepreneur with a nerd-like passion for maximizing credit card points for world-class travel experiences. He's visited over 40 countries in the last five years and is able to leverage these credit card points to get an average of about $100,000 of luxury travel every year. Find out how you, too, can travel like a pro!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How Eli got into the travel hacking world
- How to get the most out of your points
- Using credit card points vs. cash backs
- How to choose credit cards
- How to get started with business credit
Episode Highlights:
[15:06] How to Maximize Your Points
Maximizing travel rewards involves a few key strategies such as:
- Choose the right credit cards and allocate expenses in a way that earns more effective points. This means being mindful of which points are most valuable and not making the mistake of accumulating points that can't be used well.
- Upgrade everyday travels by utilizing card benefits and playing the status game well. Aim to take advantage of perks such as free Uber rides, priority check-ins, TSA pre-check and lounge access for complimentary food, drinks, and Wi-Fi.
- Use points more effectively by converting them into airlines and hotels loyalty programs for up to 10 times more value. Whether you're planning a luxury international trip or a family trip to Disney, this strategy can help you get the most out of your points.
Business owners and non-business owners alike can utilize these strategies to earn and maximize travel rewards.
[18:21] Credit Card Points vs. Cashbacks
If you feel like you trust yourself with your finances, then credit cards and, specifically, points will always make sense if you're someone who travels. If you don't travel at all, then cashback can make sense. If you want to earn the most effective points starting out, you want to be looking at these transferable bank points that can convert from the banks into airlines and hotels.
[20:36] How to Choose Credit Cards
To optimize your credit cards, consider which airlines you fly frequently, your nearest airport, and your typical expenses. For instance, if you spend heavily on groceries and dining, the AMEX Gold card earns four points per dollar. A card like Frontier, which only earns one point per dollar and can't be used widely, is a poor choice. Having a clear strategy before choosing a card is crucial. Additionally, loyalty programs are highly profitable for airlines, which explains their aggressive co-branded card promotions. By having a plan and understanding credit card rewards, you can maximize your travel rewards.
Resources Mentioned:
Freedom Travel Systems
Instagram: @elitravelguy
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Are you struggling with wearing too many hats at once? It's easy to get distracted by the next shiny object, but what happens when you find that one thing to focus on? In this powerful episode of the podcast, Erik Cabral shares his journey as an entrepreneur and how he built a personal brand worth paying attention to. As he celebrates his 275th episode, Erik gets as open and vulnerable as possible with his listeners, sharing intimate details about his experiences.
Join Erik on this journey of reflection and discovery as he provides valuable insights on how to maintain focus amidst opportunities, stand out from the crowd, and identify your own personal branding superpower.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Reflecting on the journey
- Leveraging focus as your superpower
- Identifying what differentiates you
- Finding faith in the face of uncertainty
- The importance of having a plan and structure in place
Episode Highlights:
[06:26] Using Focus as Your Superpower
Focus is truly a superpower that you, like most people, have the ability to leverage and turn into a superpower. You may call yourself a real estate investor, podcaster, creative director, brand expert, and more - but where is your focus? Where do you direct your energy and passion? As an entrepreneur, it can be challenging to maintain focus because there are so many opportunities out there. However, it's important to avoid getting distracted by shiny objects, and instead, concentrate on what matters most.
[16:15] Finding What Differentiates You
With the rise of podcasting, it has become an extremely popular commodity with many people jumping on board. As a result, you have to stand out from the crowd by knowing what sets you apart from others in the field. With so many individuals producing podcasts, you have to be able to find your unique voice and angle.
[30:10] Defining Your Superpower!
Erik has developed exercises for himself that he now shares with clients to help them with personal branding. He is all in on personal branding because he has built a personal brand worth paying attention to over the past four or five years. Recognizing his superpower to connect with individuals deeply and quickly, Erik has created all of this success and he now wants to teach others how he accomplished this by identifying their unique superpower, core values, and moral compass through frameworks, exercises, and worksheets.
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If you haven’t tapped into the power of videos in building your personal brand, then you better start right after listening to this episode! Our guest for today is Brandon T. Adams, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and co-founder of Rise and Record. Join us as we uncover the secrets to establishing a powerful personal brand through video.
In this episode, we will dive deep into the significance of investing in the right mentors, creating the right content, and the power of branding. We will explore some power takeaways from our conversation, including building a personal brand through video, staying focused on the vision, and the importance of storytelling through video. Finally, learn how to create content that resonates with your audience and document your journey to success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Building a personal brand through video
- Staying focused on the vision
- The importance of telling great stories through video
- The power of spontaneous viral content
- The importance of having a “like and trust”
Episode Highlights:
[06:22] The Power of Video in Building Your Personal Brand
It's been proven that when someone can see our eyes, they are more likely to trust us. And when we smile, we're perceived as kinder people. These psychological cues help to build likeability and trust, which is essential for a brand. But remember, a brand is not just about projecting a positive image; it's also what people say about it when the brand is not present. This is why video is such a powerful tool in building your brand.
[28:52] Telling Great Stories Through Video
It all comes down to telling a great story through video assets. Video is not only the future, but it is now. By leveraging the power of video content, you can create a lasting impact on your audience and achieve your goals.
[31:26] How to Create Content
Most of the content is created via phone due to the lack of investment in videographers and other resources. The primary concern for listeners is the value that the content can provide. Who you are, what you do, and how you can help others hold significant importance. Your personal brand is a reflection of who you are as a person. Elaborating on how you assist people through your services, events, programs, or agency can create a long-lasting impression on viewers. Consistently creating content with these elements can lead to direct messages, website traffic, and recognition on the streets. Documenting all of this can also be immensely beneficial.
[40:38] The Power of Consistency in Building Your Personal Brand
The more times someone sees you, the higher the probability of sales. Increased revenue enables you to support your family, contribute to good causes, and achieve personal well-being. Rather than being perceived as selfish or greedy, building wealth can help more people and create a better life. With only one life to live, it is imperative to invest in a mission and purpose for building a brand that benefits oneself, their family, and others.
Resources Mentioned:
Rise and Record
@brandontadams
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Ready to maximize your ROI with tech-forward approaches in short-term rentals? In today's episode of Entrepreneurs Circle, Eric Cabral sits down with Josh Hatter, a seasoned investor with over 20 years of corporate experience. Known for growing his self-directed IRA and 401k from $30,000 to a $5-million portfolio within just 10 years, primarily through short-term rentals, Josh is a force to be reckoned with in the world of real estate investing.
A sucker for automation and streamlining processes, Josh uses tech-forward approaches in his short-term rental businesses, including bed and breakfasts, hotel management, boutique hotels, and more. Eric and Josh discuss his impressive journey, offering insights and valuable tips for aspiring investors looking to replicate his success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Finding opportunities amidst the pandemic
- Innovations in the boutique B&B Business model
- Finding his mentor
- Dealing with haters on social media
- How to be an accelerant
Episode Highlights:
[07:30] An Opportunity Amidst COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for Josh’s boutique B&B concept to thrive as people have come to appreciate properties that are done well with modern amenities. With a technology-forward concept, guests are given a code that works only during their stay, allowing for a contactless experience. The continental breakfast is also designed as a grab-and-go option. The brand's success is due to COVID-19's impact, which has brought an opportunity for the development of this business model.
[11:10] Innovation in the Boutique B&B Business Model
The advent of Airbnb led to the massive growth of the boutique bed-and-breakfast (B&B) business model. This caused technology vendors to search for specific niche problems to solve, either for the guest experience or other areas of the business. For example, digital guidebooks were created to provide guests with a unique experience when staying on a property. These guidebooks are tailored specifically for each property to give guests a more personalized experience, allowing guests to access local recommendations, restaurants, and things to do, conveniently, from their phones. The industry is new, and there has been significant investment in the asset class in the past decade leading to innovation in all areas of the B&B business.
[28:48] How to Be an Accelerant
If you want to become an accelerant, the first step is to identify a hyper-specific group of people who are trying to achieve something that you have had success with. The next step is to offer your time, expertise, and resources to help them achieve their goals. It’s not just about writing a check or throwing money at a problem. It's about making a meaningful contribution by sharing your knowledge and resources to help people achieve their goals.
Resources Mentioned:
www.joshhatter.com
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Did you know that finding investment opportunities in opportunity zones is a game-changer for real estate investors? It's a bit of a challenge that requires creativity and strategic thinking, but the potential benefits for estate planning and property development are definitely worth the effort. So, if you're a real estate investor looking for a way to level up your game, this is something worth exploring!
In this episode of the Entrepreneurs Circle podcast, real estate investor Nate Fisher shares his journey from growing up in a family that owned multifamily investment properties to figuring out how to do bigger deals and taking the business to the next level. Nate also discusses the benefits of identifying investment opportunities in opportunity zones and being creative to maximize the potential benefits while playing by the rules. Tune in to learn from Nate’s expertise and insights.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The collaboration and partnership you see in the community
- The mindset shift of going from being a general partner to a limited partner
- The power of the ask
- What it means to be an “air traffic controller” in real estate
- Identifying your opportunity zones
Episode Highlights:
[10:07] Transitioning From General Partnership to Limited Partnership
Transitioning from being a general partner to a limited partner in real estate investing? It might be a challenging process, particularly among family and friends who are used to owning 100% of the property. As a limited partner, you'll own only a portion of the investment, which can be as low as 17% or 20%. To make this shift, there needs to be a change in mindset, and sometimes, that takes a while.
[22:12] Finding Opportunity Zones
Finding opportunity zones in real estate investing can be an exciting process with numerous benefits, particularly for estate planning. It requires creativity and thinking outside of the box, but it can lead to a win-win situation for all parties involved. One approach is to identify fully-depreciated properties and sell them to invest in opportunity zones. This investment can fund the development of new buildings, and the younger generation can become partners in managing the property. However, it's crucial to play by the rules and be creative in finding financial solutions to maximize the potential benefits.
Resources Mentioned:
www.natefisher.net
GoBundance
First to a Million: A Teenager’s Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence
The Definitive Guide to Underwriting Multifamily Acquisitions: Develop the Skills to Confidently Analyze and Invest in Multifamily Real Estate
Traction
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One of the greatest strategies in sales is to let the product sell itself. But how do you do that? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Nick Wood, the owner of Digital Landlords, a method of building simple websites for niche services in small markets and renting the leads out to local businesses each month for profit.
At 19, Nick completed a two-year humanitarian effort in West Africa, where he was featured on BBC. He began his career as a door-to-door salesman and failed at several tech ventures until building his seven-figure digital real estate empire.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Getting into a wealth mindset
- The law of getting rich: own it
- How digital real estate works
- The Costco “sample strategy”
Episode Highlights:
[16:30] Your Road to Wealth
You're never going to get there just by being a sales guy. You can make money, but you're not going to get to $100,000 a month being a sales guy. You have to have ownership of a business or an asset to get rich. Figure out the best vehicle for that then get rid of everything else so you can laser-focus on it.
[19:27] How Digital Real Estate Works
Pick a niche. Make it concrete and pick a recession-proof niche. Next, pick a city. Look for a city that's not too big and not too competitive. It has to have enough search volume that there are people that need jobs done in that city. Third, build a website. Rank the website and just do basic SEO. Take the calls once they start coming in, then sell them to a local business owner. If you don't know how to sell your product or find clients, and you have websites producing leads, then you do not have a business – you have a hobby – and an expensive hobby at that.
[27:01] The Costco “Sample Strategy”
Find people who are already in the market for your product. Give them a taste of what you're offering. Offer the service for free, in exchange for a conversation in a couple of days. Let them taste it, touch it, smell it, feel it, with no strings attached. The deal will be so much easier to sell because you're going to let the product sell for you. The overall strategy is that you get the results in advance with no strings attached.
[37:11] Passive Income: The Holy Grail
Passive income is the holy grail of holy grails. It's the thing that everyone wants. But it’s also the thing that no one seems to be able to get because you have to have funding and there are other things you need to do. But if we all had enough passive income to pay our bills, we could spend time doing creative things and things that make us happy.
Resources Mentioned:
www.digitallandlords.com
www.rentsimplesites.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamnickwood
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Want to know the secret to scaling your business? Two words: multiplication and connection. In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Joe Blackburn, a distinguished coach, a financial planner, and founder of Lion’s Eye Coaching. Joe is big on accomplishing your goals and achieving success through taking a leap of faith with massive action – with a strategic direction. Listen in as Joe shares his wisdom and insights into the power of multiplication as leverage, and why AI cannot commoditize chemistry.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How to get the results you want
- The simple way to leverage a business: MULTIPLY
- Massive action and strategic direction
- Tips in finding a coach
- AI cannot commoditize chemistry
- Learning how to harness the chemistry between people
Episode Highlights:
[03:50] How to Get Results
People generally lie to themselves about their numbers. They tell themselves that things are better than they are because it's a pacifier against the anxiety of running a business. But when you start to dig into it, it's generally not the case. The numbers don't lie, and so that’s where you need to start. Then figure out how much money you’re wasting as well as your goals.
[13:32] The Power of Multiplication
You’ve got to get better at multiplication and use it as a business leverage. Most people get stuck in addition where they just want to add one more thing. Maybe it's one client or one employee, which is a building block on it. But if you're really going to get big, you have to be able to multiply. And most of that isn't about skill set, but about mindset. If you want to take your business into eight figures, or you want to expand your footprint or go into areas you haven't, just multiply.
[19:20] The Process of Multiplication
Take a leap of faith with massive action with a strategic direction – and then we can get surgical with the tactics. But most people do it the other way around. They want to start with the strategic plan, deploy a couple of tactics and see if they work because they don't want to look stupid. Then they have faith. Well, that's not faith, because you already actually got some results.
[32:25] AI Cannot Commoditize Chemistry
Nothing compares to the chemistry between people because our souls know what is real. We have souls and we can’t commoditize that. There’s a humanity to it that we just can’t commoditize. There’s also that deep yearning for chemistry.
Resources Mentioned:
www.realjoeblackburn.com
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If you feel like you’re never going to run out of bad days, how about you change your perspective? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Jeff Holst, the author of No Bad Days: How to Make Every Day Great. This guy has gone through some challenges in life, including a life-threatening crisis, but still remains positive about life. Listen in to find out how he makes every day great!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- “No bad days” is really about this moment.
- Taking responsibility for your life
- The Baader-Meinhof effect
- Developing a positive mindset that there are no bad days
- How to take responsibility for things you can’t control
- What personal integrity means
- Everything's a choice based on your perspective
Episode Highlights:
[09:01] Taking Responsibility for Your Life Situations
If you find yourself in challenging situations, reframe how you perceive your day. Take responsibility for the situation you're in and make the best possible choices given that situation.
The Baader-Meinhof effect is the idea that your subconscious mind defaults to the familiar. The book, Hardwiring Happiness, also talks about how you should just stop and embrace positive things once in a while. This way, you’re the neural pathways in your brain, and the ones you use the most are the easiest to fire off.
[23:53] How to Take Responsibility for Things You Can’t Control
How do you take responsibility for things that you can't control? You don't worry about those things, because worrying doesn’t help. You can't do anything about some things, but you’ve got to do the stuff you can control and maximize your choices. Once you get that confidence and the ability to feel it’s okay to fail, then you’re aligning yourself with your internal vision, and you have more clarity about the things important to you.
[32:50] What is Integrity?
When your thoughts, your words, and your actions are all completely aligned, you're in personal integrity. By thinking, saying, and doing positive things, you’re going to find alignment in all areas of your life.
Now, try to take that further than just integrity, because it’s all about the experience of life. Become a better, stronger, more mentally aware person. Work on yourself and just keep working to be better and better and better.
[40:15] Everything’s a Choice
Everything's a choice. How are you going to frame your choices about the future? How are you going to create your own future? How are you going to set those goals to get the results you want? All that just comes down to the perspective of how you look at things.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.jeffreyholst.com/
No Bad Days: How to Make Every Day Great by Jeff Holst
Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson, PhD
A Walk for Sunshine by Jeff Alt
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Failures are failures. The question is – how do you deal with those as they come. For this guy, real estate was just a direct result of getting fired multiple times and finding the magic of short-term rentals.
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Justin Skinner, commercial real estate guy, investor, and graphic designer. Justin is the author of the book Professional Failure, and he has a podcast of the same name, “Professional Failure with Justin Skinner”. Getting fired multiple times led him to his path to starting his own business – and that kickstarted his growth mindset.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Embracing the F word
- “The pain of now is a part of the happiness then.”
- The power of gratitude, appreciation, and being present
- What it’s like working with your life partner
- His real estate investing journey
- The value of podcasting in his life
Episode Highlights:
[10:40] Embracing the F Word
If you are going through a failure, step back and see that this moment of failure is not a reflection of your character. It’s just a moment. It's something that happened and it’s going to pass. Stepping back and seeing the 100-foot view from that would help a lot.
Encourage yourself and give yourself grace even if you tried and it didn’t work out. There are still great things that happen when doors close, and you just can't see it right away.
[13:16] Dealing with Pain and Focusing on the Journey
"The pain of now is a part of the happiness then." - C.S. Lewis. The reason we want something so bad is because we enjoy it and the journey. We enjoy the feeling it gives. And so, put more focus on the journey and not the end result. This then takes some of that attachment away from happiness because we can’t be happy in the moment.
[20:10] Using Failures as a Gift to Grow
Justin says he’s grateful for the many steps in his life that were littered with failures, because that got him to where he is today. Justin had to go through multiple failures until finally discovering the gem in real estate investing. Additionally, having to work with his wife made him feel he got remarried again.
Resources Mentioned:
www.professional-failure.com
Professional Failure by Justin Skinner
Professional Failure with Justin Skinner
BiggerPockets
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Especially in our communities, no one tells us or shows us the importance of growing our mindset, so we just go straight to the idea. And so, we don't understand how to grow the capacity of our mind, step into that business idea, and give the proper growth as necessary. In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Myron McNeil, the founder/CEO of American Commodity Investment Group, as they discuss all things growth, positivity, and mindset.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.
- Working on your mindset first before your business
- Mindset first, before your business
- How the middle-class mindset goes right to flipping houses
- How to fight the urge to get comfortable
- The importance of having a positive mindset
Episode Highlights:
[02:21] How to Take the First Step to Financial Freedom
When you get to the point where you want something more and you want to seek that financial freedom, sometimes you feel isolated and everyone wants to protect you from that. There's always that fear there that you have to overcome, but once you step out and do it, the whole world opens up.
Surround yourself with people that are positive, motivated, have the same mindset or growth mindset, and are leveling up with you.
[12:37] Growing Your Mindset
It's important to work on your mindset first, before jumping into that business. Most of the time, your business is not going to be successful or you're going to reach a ceiling, and this will leave you frustrated, not knowing how to go to the next level. Therefore, focus on the mindset first and this will allow the growth that you ultimately want to receive. This allows you to keep going up to different levels and keep breaking into another level.
Learn from people who've already accomplished so many great things. They’re not afraid to continue to keep growing. They start over at level one again, as they continue to break into different levels of growth.
[44:30] Focus on Passion
You don't have to be the smartest to have the most money. If you have the most passion and if you're passionate about something, it can get you to places that money can't even get you. So just be passionate, and don’t take no for an answer. Be passionate about what you're doing and that will get you to the places you want to get
Resources Mentioned:
American Commodity Investment Group
The Power of One More by Ed Mylett
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There’s no doubt real estate investing is a great vehicle for wealth building. But you’ve got to learn the ins and outs of purchasing and selling land, all that on top of understanding which asset class and market to invest in.
In this episode, Erik Cabral and real estate investor, coach, and podcast host, Brent Bowers, discuss the value of owning your time and stacking up your wins in wholesale investing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How to figure out the right move in real estate investing
- Tax delinquent list vs. tax lien list
- What his mail offer looks like
- The value of getting support from your spouse or life partner
- Finding balance in life
- Stacking up your wins in wholesale investing
Episode Highlights:
[15:27] Building Up a Team
Get someone to take all the administrative tasks off your plate because that is not the best and highest use of your time. If it can be done on a computer or with a phone or over the internet, you can outsource those tasks as well. To help streamline your process, record the process once you’ve figured it out so you can use it to train people.
[28:26] Stacking Up Your Wins in Wholesale Investing
Pick an area or country you want to invest in, then find a land that’s in demand. Mail the landowners. Communicate with them and get that parcel of land under contract at some type of discount. Then figure out someone that wants to buy it for a little bit more.
Resources Mentioned:
www.thelandsharks.com
The 4-Hour Workweek
Profit First
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Ready to fly with class? In today’s show, Erik Cabral speaks with Michael Darko, the CEO and the Founder of Farringdon Jets. Developed and launched a few years ago, Michael’s company’s mission is to deliver excellence and reliability in the luxury charter jet space to an elite clientele. Aware of the safety concerns related to travels, Michael has tailored this venture to be a world-class security-focused, private jet company for those in need. Today, Michael shares his journey into the world of luxury private charter.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Michael’s eureka moment
- Finding a niche in the private charter space
- The benefits of flying private vs. commercial
- What it’s like to fly in a private jet: budget, payment, process, services
- Embracing the F word
- Why not everyone is your client
- Strategies for building their presence in the space
Episode Highlights:
[14:38] Finding the Right Market
Pay attention to the kind of market that is not already oversaturated and where you can add the most value. On top of that, identify where you have the most interest. Combine all these three, and you will find opportunities on the other side.
[24:37] Finding Your Team
Surround yourself with people that have the same type of mindset as you have, and the same work ethic and dedication as you do. Align yourself with people who are like-minded morals and business acumen.
[25:43] Not Everyone is Your Client
Not everyone is your client. You have the power to decide the kind of clients you want to do business with and whether they align with the overall vision of your brand. And so, you’ve got to know who your target market is and how you’re going to serve them.
Resources Mentioned:
Farringdon Jets
IG: @mike_is_where
Who Not How by Dan Sullivan
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Interested in off-market real estate investing but have no idea where to start? Connections are important in finding deals, and that can be challenging in the off-market real estate space. Good thing TwnSqr is a great tool you can use to finally find those deals! Join Erik Cabral as he talks with Paul Wakim, co-founder and CEO of TwnSqr as they talk about how their platform works to help real estate agents and investors.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- There is no real estate without a seller
- Understanding the off-market real estate space
- How the TwnSqr platform works
- Certain TwnSqr guidelines users have to follow
Episode Highlights:
[03:52] There Is No Real Estate Without a Seller
In 2017, Paul learned how to code and created an algorithm that real estate investors and agents could use to predict who was going to sell their house next in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There's no real estate available unless the seller is ready and willing to let it go. It's a very emotional state.
[12:54] How the TwnSqr Platform Works
Once you come to TwnSqr, you can post that property, whether it's under your ownership or under contract for $90,000. Then you can do three different things once the property is on the platform: posting on the marketplace, sending to your contacts, and then leveraging other users and contacts to your own advantage.
[17:08] Understanding the TwnSqr Guidelines
You can't communicate with somebody on TwnSqr unless it's on the premise of a deal. You have to have a post and share it with another user in order for that line of communication to be opened. Everything on TwnSqr is based on a deal-by-deal or property-by-property because they believe connections can be formed much more deeply if it's all based on the deal.
Resources Mentioned:
Email: paul@twnsqr.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-twnsqr
The Nature Fixby Florence Williams
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In business, choose a partner like you would choose a spouse or life partner. Just like marriage, any business partnership takes a great deal of awareness and communication. Today, Erik Cabral speaks with Eric Nelson, CEO and founder of Wild Oak Capital and host of The Real Estate Mindset Podcast, as they talk about the pros and cons of partnership, and the makings of a great partnership.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Finding partners who match your skill set
- The pros and cons of partnership
- Things to consider when partnering with a family member
- Some truths about marketing your podcast
- Taking a year off for a much-needed reset
- The power of leveraging other people’s experiences
Episode Highlights:
[02:30] Finding the Right Partners
You don’t have to do everything on your own. Find someone who has the skill sets that match what you need so you can help each other. Trust and communication are also very important attributes of a successful partnership. Start with a baseline by figuring out if both of you are on the same page.
[07:59] The Keys to a Successful Partnership
Pros
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There's way less on your shoulders if they're a good partner.
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Putting your heads together is way more powerful than just one or the other.
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You get both of your groups together so you’re able to form a tribe.
Cons
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The clash of personalities (if you’re not good at communication)
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Struggles - so be prepared for frustrations ahead of time.
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Oftentimes, partnering with a family member is a recipe for disaster. To avoid this, there has to be a clear separation between your roles and you have to set clear boundaries.
[33:05] The Power of Leveraging Other People’s Experiences
The podcasts you listen to or the books you read may not be relevant to you at that moment. But as you keep information in your storage, you can apply it at some point.
Resources Mentioned:
Wild Oak Capital
The Real Estate Mindset Podcast
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Do you know how kids actually spell love? It’s not L-O-V-E, but T-I-M-E. Imagine this: the moment your child is born, you’ve only got 18 summers with them. 18 summers – that’s all you’ve got so you better do it right!
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral chats with Kyle Jones, entrepreneur, multifamily investor, co-founder of TruePoint Capital, and host of the “Investing with Purpose” podcast. Learn how to live your life with intentionality to create the success that you want for your kids and future generations.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The importance of creating structure in your home
- Living life by design, not by default
- Creating your own family mission statement
- The highs, lows, and buffalos – a way to engage your kids in a conversation
- How Kyle became the biggest encourager on the mountain
Episode Highlights:
[19:38] Prioritizing Your Family
Not only think of your kids but the multiple generations beyond them. That’s why you have to teach your kids the raw skills and the ability to provide for their families so they won’t have to worry about financial stress. Money doesn't solve everything, but it gives you freedom and time.
[23:06] The Importance of Creating Structure in Your Kids’ Lives
Creating structure and boundaries is important. Giving your kids full availability to all those social media platforms creates more issues than giving them a new pair of Jordans every school year.
[29:30] Living with Intentionality
Live life by design instead of life by default. We have to be very intentional with prioritizing our families and taking care of the next generation. And if we're not engaged, it will set the kids and generation coming into this world for catastrophic failure.
Resources Mentioned:
Email: kjones@truepointcap.com
Investing with Purpose Podcast
TruePoint Capital
The Jones Project
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As a parent or an educator, one of the best things you can do is to equip the kids with a roadmap to earlier financial independence. In this conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Dan Sheeks, about his passion for helping Gen Z or Zoomers live their best lives. A high school business and marketing teacher in Denver, Colorado for 18 years, Dan is the founder of SheeksFreaks LLC where he teaches teenagers early financial freedom strategies.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why personal finance isn’t valued in our public school system
- Getting to millionaire status at a very young age
- Dan’s book-writing process
- Building a community takes time
- Putting systems so you can have more balance in life
Episode Highlights:
[10:36] The Systemic Challenge
Having a one-semester health class is a requirement for high school graduation. It should be because we make health decisions every day. We also make money decisions every day – how come personal finance is not a requirement in schools?
[20:05] Early Financial Freedom
If you want to work till you're 65, that's great. But it's nice to have the option of not having to do that. Work can make you happy. But having the option to spend the time doing what you want when you want is true freedom.
Resources Mentioned:
Email: dan@sheeksfreaks.com
SheeksFreaks LLC
First to a Million
The House Hacking Strategy
BiggerPockets
The Fight Team Podcast
Set for Life by Scott Trench
Lifestyle Builders by Tom and Ariana Sylvester
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Being a doctor is perhaps the most respected profession in the world. But all that glamour also comes with mountainous student loan debt and the daily battles with insurance companies. The truth is a lot of doctors are living paycheck to paycheck – and the same is true for many entrepreneurs. If you don’t know how to sell yourself and your talents, you will be sold!
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral and Dr. Keith Johnson discuss the business of medicine. Not only a leading expert in the field of orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, and joint replacement, Keith empowers entrepreneurs to live a life of abundance and financial freedom.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The lack of education in the business of medicine
- A look into medicine from a business standpoint
- Failure is success in progress
- His definition of the term, “sell or be sold”
Episode Highlights:
[10:30] A Look Into Medicine as a Business Standpoint
Doctors are taught not to think about money because it’s unethical. Sadly, with insurance, for example, they’re not paid to actually do the medical procedure, but they’re paid to code the procedure and dictate and submit it properly. There is an utter lack of education in the business of medicine.
[29:14] Sell or Be Sold
If you don't learn how to sell yourself and sell your own talents, someone else will sell them for you. You will be sold. And in the case of doctors, you're sold by the hospital or the insurance industry. And if you don't learn how to sell yourself and your talents, your talents will be sold and someone else will gain the vast majority of benefits from them.
Resources Mentioned:
Keith’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JSAMFK
Grant Cardone’s books: Seller or Be Sold, The 10X Rule
Rich Dad Poor Dad
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If you have a LinkedIn profile and you’re not really finding value in it, then you’re not doing it right! LinkedIn is arguably the most powerful platform for people to connect and forge business relationships in the right way.
Join today’s conversation as Erik Cabral speaks with Donna Serdula, founder and president of Vision Board Media, a professional branding company that helps you and companies tell their unique stories on LinkedIn. Donna shares some LinkedIn gems to help you optimize your LinkedIn profile and make it a valuable tool in building your brand.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How to expand your presence on LinkedIn
- Posting doesn’t have to be done every day
- Why it’s one of the kinder platforms out there
- Ways to level up your LinkedIn profile
- Using video in your profile
- Treating failure not as a stop, but as a step
Episode Highlights:
[08:28] How to Expand Your Presence on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a place to forge your network and promote yourself but also talk about other things.
[20:51] Ways to Level Up Your LinkedIn Profile
Use a beautiful headshot. Get a professional photographer if you have to. Avoid selfie photos with poor image quality. Avoid putting your logo or your phone number in your background image. Use whatever feels authentic to you and what’s going to get your message across appropriately.
[25:13] Mobile App vs. Desktop
Try things using your LinkedIn mobile app. There are a lot of things you can do with the mobile app that you can’t do on your desktop, such as uploading a profile video where you can give a description of yourself and what you do.
Resources Mentioned:
Find Donna on LinkedIn
www.LinkedIn-makeover.com
Vision Board Media
LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies
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How do you get to the next level when you lack the capital, the skills, and the network? In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with David Vernich, a commercial lender with more than three decades of experience in the banking industry. David shares some real estate investing strategies to get you from middle class to millionaire.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Finding that one thing you can bring to the table
- How to raise capital for deals without putting in your money
- How to start building a network
- The avenue to passive income
- The importance of having a mentor
Episode Highlights:
[09:29] How to Raise Capital for Deals Without Putting In Your Money
If you don’t have the capital to do deals, leverage your network and use their ability to borrow money to take down the house and renovate it. If you have contacts in the banking industry, use that to help them put up a permanent loan on the property. And so, the investor essentially just puts up the capital while you do the rest of the work. You get a percentage of the property without having to put any personal money into it. The key is building that network and a community that trusts you.
[15:31] How to Start Building a Network
Everyone has a network even if they might not think of it as a network. But you are talking to people all day long and it's not hard for them to give you an opening. Whether it’s about inflation, the stock market, or anything that has to do with money and finances or their future, you can always find a topic that opens up a conversation and opportunity.
[27:13] The Avenue to a Passive Income
When you invest or put your own capital and hard work into something try to minimize the amount of time you have to spend or it defeats the purpose of trying to have passive income. Secondly, it has to be scalable, which means you could make more money by just doing more of what's working.
Resources Mentioned:
Middle Class To Millionaire: Making The Leap To The Next Level
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From playing poker to investing in real estate, this guy pretty much figured out how to play this game of life according to his own terms. Listen in as Erik Cabral chats with Pasha Esfandiary about his journey from the poker world to the real estate investing world. As the co-founder and CEO of Evoke Capital, Pasha has found a niche within the mobile home park niche and is also working in housing programs to help vulnerable communities.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why he decided to transition to real estate
- The dark side of the poker world
- The power of finding the right partners
- Why consider investing in mobile home parks
- Embracing failure through resilience
- The parallels between poker and real estate
Episode Highlights:
[17:11] The Dark Side of Poker
The dark side of poker is that typically, people who come into the poker world have a tendency and an affliction towards an addictive personality. That usually plays out in other aspects of their life, whether that's table games, Blackjack, Roulette, all the things, or propensity to do drugs, alcohol, etc.
[30:03] Finding Your Cash Flow in Mobile Home Parks
Mobile home parks are the only asset class where the supply is dwindling and the demand is increasing. The reason Pasha went to mobile home parks is once you have set everything up mobile home parks can be a pure cashflow machine.
[35:37] The Power of Resilience
Keep making the right decision that's going to afford you a better life 10 years from now, or a better business 10 years from now, and don't ever deviate from who you are in business. Keep making that right decision over and over and compound it over time, and it will bring you wild success.
Resources Mentioned:
Evoke Capital
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pashaesfandiary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pesfandiary
Die With Zero by Bill Perkins
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Dealing with chronic inflammation issues? Whether you’re dealing with gut problems or allergies, that inflammation could just be the tip of the iceberg. You may be dealing with something deeper than that – unresolved trauma.
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Dr. Don Wood, the CEO of Inspired Performance Institute and creator of The Inspired Performance Program (TIPP) as they discuss why inflammation happens, its correlation to trauma, and how you can heal both your mind and body so you can reach higher performance.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The correlation between autoimmune disease and trauma
- The purpose of inflammation
- The different options to overcome trauma
- How TIPP works
- Traditional therapy vs. TIPP
- The importance of creating safety in your home
- Embracing failure so you can grow and get stronger
Episode Highlights:
[04:04] Understanding the Correlation Between Autoimmune Issues and Trauma
The purpose of inflammation is to serve as a protection and a cell danger response. The cells become inflamed and hardened to protect them from any foreign pathogens or invaders. If your mind believes that there's a threat to you, it will then activate your fight or flight response and it creates inflammation. If that continues to loop, the inflammation stays on when it's not supposed to.
[16:16] Healing Through TIPP
When we get into stress mode, we're not very efficient. That's why traditional therapy takes so long because you get into a highly activated state. Whereas during the TIPP session, the mind is very relaxed and focused.
[34:00] Creating Safety in Your Home
Our mind doesn't distinguish between a lion and a tiger, and a father that's screaming and yelling. The response between the lion and tiger and the father is identical. And so, for parents, it's so important to create that sense of safety in your home.
Resources Mentioned:
Inspired Performance Institute
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Be the brand that attracts people so you won’t have to go out there cold-calling, cold-emailing, and knocking on doors. In today’s episode, Erik Cabral and Lacey Newman dive deep into how you can create a brand so much so that people will come after you. (It’s a perfect strategy for introverts!) Lacey is the co-founder of Heard Newman Real Estate which specializes in selling luxury homes in the Greater Nashville Area.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Collaboration is the key to success in real estate.
- How they found a niche in the luxury home market
- Set up your brand in a way that people come running to you.
- Why clarity in communication is so important
Episode Highlights:
[03:58] The Power of Collaboration
When you align yourself with the right people, one plus one can equal so much more than two. You’re able to do so much more collectively by spending time within your own strengths, areas of passion, and skill sets, than any of you would have been able to do individually.
[17:25] Creating a Brand That Attracts
Figure out how you can differentiate yourself through your brand so that you’re attracting the right kind of people. Attract, rather than sell. Present as much value on the front end before even asking somebody to make a commitment with you.
[31:55] Why Communication is Critical
Technology makes things much easier but it also takes away so much from communication. Negotiating deals should not be only dependent on technology. You have to go back to the basics of one-on-one interpersonal communication.
Resources Mentioned:
Heard Newman Real Estate
IG: @heardnewmanrealestate
Traction by Gino Wickman
Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo
Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat
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When you’re making decisions whether in business or in life, how do you know it’s born out of your heart and soul, and not of your ego? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral and Matt O’Neill dive into a discussion about listening to your heart, not your ego – and taking action.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How to tell if it’s your ego vs. your soul talking
- The Miracle Morning’s influence on his life
- How he’s embracing the F word
- How limiting beliefs are passed down from generation to generation
Episode Highlights:
[07:17] Ego vs. Soul: Who’s Talking to You?
When you think of something and your heart just opens up wide, and you feel joyful and loving, then you’re guided by your heart. Whether you want a billion dollars more in sales or you want the biggest boat or a private plane, you can feel your heart close just a little bit when you’re setting goals that are egocentric.
[11:10] Following the Nudge of the Universe
When you follow that nudge from the universe and decide to take action upon it, synchronicities start to happen. When you don't listen to God's whispers, they become shouts. And if you just take time to listen to that voice, your life ends up being blessed.
[18:49] Embracing the F Word
The thing that stops us from all of our dreams is worrying about what other people would think, or worried about if something isn't successful, then that would prove you’re not worth anything. But what are you really worried about? What's the worst that can happen?
Resources Mentioned:
www.mattoneillrealestate.com
The Good Mood Show
The Miracle Morning
The Surrender Experiment
The Untethered Soul
A Course in Miracles
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Want a simple formula to accelerate your life? It’s simple – and it starts with YOU. In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Ian Lobas, the man behind Men on Purpose, a brand that elevates, recalibrates, and illuminates the people who need it. Ian helps people go from being replaceable, in their jobs, as husbands, as dads – to irreplaceable and feeling that feeling of what it means to be the most authentic version of themselves, loving their days and lives, feeling fulfilled and connecting with their kids and their spouse.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How to make sustainable changes in your life
- Ian’s eureka moment that shifted who he was into who he needed to become
- The purpose-driven formula
- Your mission is your vision quantified
- Taking accountability for yourself
- The three C’s: clarity, confidence, courage
- Taking baby steps for the inner work
- Stop complaining and take ownership
Episode Highlights:
[05:18] How to Make Sustainable Changes in Your Life
Because you weren’t taught to understand your emotions and feelings, you have to go inside and change the internal wiring and programming. Illuminate first. Understand what's working, what's not working, who you want to be, and who you don't want to be anymore, and then what you need to do and what you need to let go of. If you don't get the results that you're looking for, go back and change the formula, not escape, avoid, and cope, which most guys do. If you want sustainable change, you must change the inside of you.
[17:16] The Purpose-Driven Formula
The purpose-driven formula is: illuminate + eliminate + calibrate = acceleration. This is designed for you to measure your growth, so that when the outside world hits around you, your money changes, status, or whatever it is, at the end of the day, you've got you. You care for yourself, advocate for yourself, and step up and stand up for yourself like you've never had before.
Resources Mentioned:
www.menonpurpose.net
IG: @ian.lobas
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
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What does it take to not only find your purpose but actually live it every single day of your life? Today, Erik Cabral talks with David Drebin, a world-renowned photographer, artist, and author. He is working on global campaigns for huge and iconic brands, and producing massive, stunning art shows all over the world.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why he detaches his emotion from the experience of creating the art itself
- Internal vs. external gratification
- The duality of fear and confidence
- Creating art based on his inner turmoil
- Obsession with the process and detachment from the result
Episode Highlights:
[01:59] Finding Your Purpose
The two most important days of your life are the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born. The keys to finding your purpose are self-belief, a vision you have for yourself, and relentless pursuit all day every day. You need to believe it to see it in a world that needs to see it to believe it.
[09:46] Internal vs. External Gratification
There has to be a burning desire to create a masterpiece without regard to what the people want because people are going to want what they are going to want. Rather, it’s about what you put out there. You’re living for internal gratification, instead of external gratification that will leave you always wanting for more.
[14:22] The Duality of Fear and Confidence
For David, failure was never an option. He never thought of failing or losing because he looks at losing as learning. And so, he has never lost, but he has only learned. David believes it’s important to never really pat yourself on the back and think that you ever made it. You have to always be confident and always be a little bit scared. This duality of fear and confidence is what drives him internally. It’s about what you tell yourself, and not what you expect to hear from others.
Resources Mentioned:
daviddrebin.com and @daviddrebin
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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We’re 250 episodes in and counting people! Let’s pop that bottle and go down memory lane as Erik Cabral shares the mic with fellow M.C Pablo Gonzales and dishes out some secret sauces behind the success of his brand, as well as some lessons he learned moving through transitions, accomplishments, and embracing failures.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Lessons from death to the ego
- The secret sauce behind the success of the virtual PodMAX
- The mistake of going transactional too soon and what he could have done differently
- Finding power in the niche
- How to improve your public speaking skills
Episode Highlights:
[30:35] Lessons From PodMAX
One of the secrets to any successful event is having not only amazing keynote speakers but also a dynamic emcee who can make everyone feel engaged and included. It went from radical generosity to radical vulnerability, holding space for everybody to start creating those vulnerable moments to allow for the deepest conversations. However, PodMAX fizzled out too soon as well, and one of the things he learned from Gary Vaynerchuk’s words was that he asked for money too soon when he was still trying to build relationships.
[42:30] Finding Power in the Niche
Erik decided to pause all activities on PodMAX and focus on On Air Brands, mostly serving real estate investors making up almost 90% of their clients. They found a niche in giving confidence to real estate investors being real estate investors themselves. Erik also realized the importance of the 3 C’s of character, competency, and connections when looking for the right people.
[49:40] How to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
Practice not just being on stage, but also listening, storytelling, and getting to know yourself and your weaknesses. Get comfortable speaking to small groups as this will lead up to bigger stages over time. Emceeing an event is powerful, too. It’s a good way to get your foot in the door, which a lot of people don't have access to. You get to the VIP status of all the keynote speakers and relationships are growing as a result of that access.
Resources Mentioned:
www.erikcabral.co/guide
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
On Air Brands is one of the leaders for launch, production, and promotion of top-rated business and real estate investing podcasts. Reach out to On Air Brands here ---> info@onairbrands.com
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Looking to expand your asset classes? Investing in agricultural land sounds pretty interesting. But is it worth investing? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Jeff Smith, the co-owner of Colorado Craft Beef. A veteran of the cattle and the food agricultural industry. Jeff offers a wealth of knowledge about the practices, the supply chain, and the economics of beef and other animals.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Breaking down the value chain of a steak
- Seeing something negative and turning it into motivation
- Commercial ranch from a real estate investment perspective
- The decision to create their own market and build the brand
- Being okay with failure
- Ownership vs. creativity
- The importance of honesty in business
Episode Highlights:
[08:46] Breaking Down the Value of a Steak
By the time you get your beef at a grocery store, it has likely gone through six or seven entities from the time it was born to the time it gets to your plate. At Colorado Craft Beef, they get calves from their partner cow/calf producers and finish them before taking them to a partner harvest facility that does 1,500 per year, not 6,000 per day. Their prices have to be a little bit higher than other commercial beef. But they know where the calves have been since they were born.
[23:24] A Look at Commercial Ranch From a Real Estate Investment Perspective
In the ranching world, selling real estate is considered a cardinal sin because they don't make any more of that. Plus, you can't sell the business because the actual cattle company isn't worth anything. All of it has been plowed into hard assets, which is great. But at some point, you’ve got to be able to pay the bills. That's where some of this disconnect with agriculture comes from – you can be land-rich and cash-poor.
Resources Mentioned:
www.coloradocraftbeef.com
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Red Notice by Bill Browder
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Ever heard of the triple lease model? This model is amazing if you have a rental property or you’re thinking of having one, and it’s as passive as it can get.
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with real estate investor Claude Condo about the concept of triple net lease and how he has found his niche market, leasing his space to dialysis centers. Claude founded Rx Real Estate Investment as a way to make commercial real estate investments available to pharmacists, and healthcare communities. Claude is on a mission to help pharmacists and other healthcare professionals achieve financial freedom through commercial real estate investing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Claude’s eureka moment
- His first real estate investment
- What a triple net lease is
- Why dialysis centers are the perfect market for a triple net lease
- Leveraging partnerships
Episode Highlights:
[18:05] What is a Triple Net Lease?
A triple net lease is a lease agreement where the tenant is responsible for the property taxes and property insurance. They are responsible for any repair and maintenance on the property and you're just getting the check. Depending on the agreement, you may be responsible for the structure, sometimes for the roofing or the parking space, but anything else is done by the tenants. In exchange, you’re usually getting a long-term lease.
As for Claude, he found that dialysis centers are the perfect market for this type of lease because first, they need space. Second, they don’t want to own property. Many dialysis centers are owned by retired nephrologists who are trying to get out of the business. As an investor, this is an opportunity for you to get a higher cap rate and get your passive income right from day one versus waiting for appreciation.
Resources Mentioned:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/claude-condo-rph-730a20181
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
The Power of Your Subconscious Mindby Joseph Murphy
Entrepreneurs Circle podcast is an On Air Brands production.
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What does it take to build an elite organization? In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Don Wenner, founder and CEO of DLP Real Estate Capital, about Building Elite Organizations, a system he developed to help businesses develop elite teams. He also shares the five keys to a life of success, significance, and happiness.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Don’s eureka moment
- The importance of having a growth mindset in business
- The power of building relationships
- The willingness to do it vs. your capability to do it
- The four quadrants of business and the five keys to success
Episode Highlights:
[08:24] A Growth Mindset in Business
Based on the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, there's this concept of growth mindset, a belief that if you're willing to learn hard enough and work hard enough, and put forth the effort to learn and put forth the effort to do, you can do anything.
[12:36] The Power of Building Relationships
Surround yourself with people who are already doing what you want to be doing. Pick their brains and learn shortcuts so you won't have to figure out things on your own. Not only are you learning, but this also gives you an opportunity to find consistent gaps where you can create solutions.
[30:37] The 4 Business Quadrants and the 5 Keys to Success
The four quadrants of business are strategy, people, operations, and acceleration of sales and marketing. The keys to success are intentionality, purpose, goals, grit, and a growth mindset. If you apply grit and a growth mindset toward your goals, you can accomplish anything much faster than you thought.
Resources Mentioned:
www.dlpcapital.com
Email don@dlpcapital.com
Building an Elite Organization
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Traction by Gino Wickman
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Maybe you’ve done something great for yourself, but imagine doing it while also adding layers to that making it a truly impactful experience. In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Bo Parfet, the Chief Growth Officer of DLP Real Estate Capital. From overcoming dyslexia growing up to climbing the Seven Summits, Bo is the epitome of what it’s like to do something great – not just for yourself but for other people.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Bo’s eureka moment
- Figuring out YOUR best way to absorb information
- The power of adding layers to an experience
- Bo’s life-changing canoeing experience
- Moments he embraced the F word
- Where DLP Capital focuses
- Helping people through grace
Episode Highlights:
[03:58] Figuring Out Your Best Way to Absorb Information
People have different ways of learning and absorbing information. You need to figure out the best style that works for you because we all learn differently. One of the best ways to learn is also teaching what you learn to other people.
[17:02] Adding Layers to an Experience
It wasn't just an epiphany on the summit of Kilimanjaro that happened to Bo. It was a huge internal shift where he realized there’s more to life than just being a banker. The door had been cracked open. He just had to keep climbing so the door would open up wider. There’s nothing wrong with doing something great for yourself. People need those journeys for themselves. But when you can add in other layers where you can add impact to the community, that’s going to make it an experience of a lifetime.
Resources Mentioned:
Website: www.dlpcapital.com
GoBundance
SJREIA
Books:
www.amazon.com/Bo-Parfet/e/B001JSAIIQ
Building an Elite Organization
The Four Agreements
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As an investor, you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket because you just never know. And as you’re scouting for options – think international diversification!
In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with real estate investor Mike Cobb of ECI Development. Working in Central and Latin America for almost 30 years now, Mike shares some great insights into international diversification and some things you need to consider if this is something you’re interested in.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why a lot of people don’t want to make decisions
- Why invest in Belize
- Why pick a good brand franchise (ex. Best Western, Marriott)
- How the cash flow works when you’re investing overseas
- Other options for international diversification
Episode Highlights:
[23:57] Looking into Alternative Investment Opportunities
Today, Belize is in an arbitrage situation where it has become popular enough to start to get a lot of travelers, but it doesn’t have branded products yet. And Belize has mainstream tourists who are looking online for a brand. Mike saw this opportunity and that’s why he decided to dive into the hospitality market.
[34:51] Why Choose a Good Brand Franchise
Owning a brand franchise like Marriott and Best Western means the property is 100% yours. You have the title to it and you can use it as a residence and live in it if you want. One of the best things about these brands too is their worldwide reservation system where they deliver heads on beds.
[36:53] How Cash Flow Works in Overseas Investments
It's hard to make leverage work in Latin America. Mike recommends against financing as an investment. If it’s a lifestyle, say you're a retiree, and you want to move down then you can make a loan. But as a rental property, the best option is if you have properties in the U.S., you can pull equity out at a much lower rate and use that money as your leverage in Latin America.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.ecidevelopment.com/
Email: cabral@ecidevelopment.com
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Stress is the underlying reason why people are experiencing a ton of physical and mental issues today. Don’t wait for it to take its toll on your health. It’s time to unleash the healer within you – and that can only happen once you decide to take control of your health and your family’s health too!
In this conversation, Erik Cabral chats with Dr. Tim Smith, the founder of New Life Chiropractic in Rocklin, California, and author of “Unleash the Healer Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Health.” Tim discusses how stress can take many forms and things you can do to start living your fullest life without limits.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Tim’s eureka moment in business
- Letting go of things to make way for other important things
- Utilizing processes and systems
- Types of stress: emotional, physical, chemical
- Minimizing toxins that get into your body
- How to change the way your family eats
- Why cancer is fed by sugar
- Three main reasons people are struggling with taking care of their health
- How Tim embraced the F word
Episode Highlights:
[13:21] The Different Types of Stress
Emotional stress: Especially as a business owner and entrepreneur, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with stress. Whether you’re taking care of your employees, hitting the business metrics, or you’re handling the internal and external pressure of doing it all, stress can overwhelm you emotionally.
Physical stress: Maybe you’re not sleeping enough, your energy is low and you’re working 12-15-hour days. You just forget to take care of your physical health. You have a poor diet and you don’t exercise.
Chemical stress: This includes eating processed foods packed with chemicals and toxins as well as the use of standard cleaning and personal care products that are adding a toxic burden onto your body.
When all of those things accumulate, this leads to pain, mood disorders, and chronic health issues. Then everything just goes downhill from there. You can't have abundant health if you're not addressing these areas. You have to take care of your health first before you can take care of other people.
[20:48] How to Change the Way Your Family Eats
The first step is to learn what's in your food, where's it coming from, and whether it’s a healthy source. Then ask yourself, is eating this going to give you more life, or is it going to take away from your life?
Cut down on sugar, snacks, and processed foods and start looking for healthier meats, more natural meats, more organic foods, and non-GMOs. Move more towards plant-based foods, healthy fats, and quality proteins. Have a plan and guidance for how to do that.
Switch your mindset from “there’s nothing you can do to change your health outcomes” to “you have amazing control over what your body does.”
Surround yourself with like-minded people who are going in a similar direction as you.
Educate your kids on what's good and what's bad, and clearly explain to them why you predominantly eat at home, and why you take supplements or eat a certain way. Don’t just restrict them without teaching them why it's important to live a certain way and why you do what you do.
Resources Mentioned:
Website:New Life Chiropractic
Book: https://unleashthehealer.com/
Family Health Solutions Podcast
Environmental Working Group
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How do you go from a small company to a company that others are willing to buy? The answer is simple – laser-focus in order to get things done. But how exactly do you do that when you’ve got a million things to do in a day?
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Scott Krone, founder of Coda Management Group, Coda Design + Build, and their self-storage brand, One Stop Self Storage. Scott shares how he stays focused in his business – from building his company when he was 28 years old, to now owning Coda Management Group, Coda Design + Build, and their storage brand, One Stop Self Storage. Scott is also the author of High Performance Homes.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Scott’s introduction to real estate and self-storage
- Self-storage vs. multifamily/single family
- Working on a $100-million project with his professor who owned a real estate development company
- How he started Coda and the story behind the name
- Staying laser-focused in your business and blocking your time
- Celebrating the small and big things in your company
- Embracing the F word
- The importance of self-awareness in business
Episode Highlights:
[04:51] Self-Storage vs. Multifamily/Single Family
Self-storage is similar to apartments without toilets. They don't have the tenant maintenance and tenant issues. They don't have tenant laws to implement and comply with. It's a much more simplistic model of multifamily, but it's also a retail business. And a lot of it is driven by demographics.
[25:23] How to Stay Laser-Focused in Your Business
Break down your day and block out your time in 15-minute increments and be laser-focused on each task to get things done. Do it wholeheartedly so when you’re done, you can enjoy doing other things.
Laser-focus in order to get things done, and whatever you’re doing, do it wholeheartedly. So once you’re done, you can then move on and enjoy other things. Otherwise, if you waste time, you’re just being inefficient and what could have taken you a year to do it will now take you five years.
The most valuable thing that each of us has is exactly the same thing – time. We have a limited amount of time. None of us can increase that and none of us can decrease that. We have exactly the same amount of time. If you don't value your time, no one else will.
[30:30] Building the Culture
Celebrate your wins - big and small. Also, find that balance. It can't be all family, and it can't be all business. That's why you need to work hard and get things done so you can have time with your family.
Resources Mentioned:
info@codamg.com
Book Recommendations:
High Performance Homes: Navigating the Green Road to Your Dream Homeby Scott Krone
The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
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If you haven’t leveraged the power of partnerships in business yet, then you probably don’t know how to do it, or you’re just scared things won’t get aligned at some point.
The secret to a successful business partnership? Make sure you detach from your ego and you lean into each other’s superpowers, especially when there are three alpha males involved – such as the co-founders of supplement company Jocko Fuel.
In this episode, Erik speaks with Brian Littlefield, the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Jocko Fuel. Brian is the "mad scientist" who pushes the limits on what's possible when it comes to clean ingredients and a balanced holistic approach pertaining to diet and healthy products.
Listen in as Brian shares his early beginnings, how he found himself in a successful partnership with Pete Roberts and Jocko Willink, and how they’re leveraging the power of trifecta in their business.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Brian’s health and fitness background
- The look into the nutraceutical industry
- Jocko Fuel’s origins and Brian’s involvement
- Offering people products that you can consumer yourself
- The power of partnership: Leaning on each other’s superpowers
- Getting aligned with your partners when merging brands
- People over profit
- How they reinvented their energy drinks
Episode Highlights:
[06:19] What Are Nutraceuticals?
Nutraceuticals are supplements promoted as having a medicinal or health benefit that isn't a pharmaceutical. Over the last 10 and 20 years, people have been looking for natural alternatives to lifetime prescription medications, which only serve as a band-aid. The nutraceutical world is an emerging market today when it comes to improving cognition.
[27:55] Leaning on Each Other’s Superpowers to Make a Partnership Rise
It doesn't matter who you are, there's always going to be ego involved in the business. But at the end of the day, if you want a business partnership to succeed, you have to make sure you stay aligned with each other.
There’s always going to be an imbalance and disagreements at some point, especially when you’re merging brands. There are always going to be some ups and downs. But there is nothing that can’t be solved through good and clear communication.
Hence, it’s important that you keep your ego in check and detach from it. Understand that you may not be able to see all the aspects of what’s going on, so learn to listen to what your partners have to say. Instead of putting each other in a box, learn to lean on each other’s superpowers.
Resources Mentioned:
Website: www.jockofuel.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jockofuel / www.instagram.com/brian_origin
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
If you’re still waiting for that next perfect opportunity to come to you, well, you just missed the bus! You’re actually missing out on some doors waiting for you to be opened – doors that lead to even bigger opportunities. And sometimes, you’ve got to let go of even something big for you to do things you feel more aligned with. The question is – what are you willing to give up?
In today’s conversation, Erik speaks with Katie Anne Barnett, a branding expert, and host of the Level After Next podcast. In her journey through self-discovery, Katie made the decision to leave a six-figure job when she felt she was no longer aligned with her work. Today, she shares the lessons of failing forward and giving yourself the grace to move on to the “level after next”.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Finding your voice and giving yourself the grace to change
- The impetus behind Katie’s decision to leave her work
- Sometimes, you just have to make a decision
- The attitude of failing forward
- Taking care of your mental health
- The power in finding your triggers
- How to deal with haters or negative feedback
- Embracing the F word
Episode Highlights:
Just Go and Make a Decision!
Not every decision that happens in your head is clear-cut. We do have this gut feeling sometimes, and that’s backed by science. In business, sometimes you just have to make that decision. It’s not a big feeling or there’s still not a beautiful business laid down in front of you. Many of us sit around waiting for the perfect timing or the perfect opportunity, but just make a decision. And sometimes, you could be making bad decisions. But you have to fail forward, you have to be willing to take the risks and learn from them.
Taking Care of Your Mental Health
Find those things that help you get centered to start bringing your serotonin back up and lift your endorphins.
Understand yourself well enough so you will know how to act in these moments, what things you need to do to cope, and what's healthy and what's unhealthy. Take a breath, reset, and realize what’s your number one priority right now. Maybe, that’s self-care and that’s awesome!
How to Handle Negative Feedback
You have to be ready to be strong emotionally. Recognize that it’s not easy but learn to be okay with yourself. This is just the same as owning your decisions and owning who you are.
When somebody comes to you with something that is hard to hear, those things will trigger a defensive response within you. Recognize when you're having that defensive response and at least listen and be willing to hear what's being said to you even if you don't want to hear it right now.
You can get defensive, shut down, and be mad about it. Or you can choose to learn from it, and be willing to hear what they're saying. You don't always have to have the last word. Not everybody's great at giving advice. But how you take it and what you do with it is it's gonna make all the difference.
Embracing the F Word
There’s no growth without failure. In business and the decisions you're making, you have to be willing to embrace the fact that it's going to take some falls before you can start to climb again. But you're going to rise higher with each one if you're willing to learn from it.
Resources Mentioned:
www.levelafternext.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ktannebarnett
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekatieannebarnett/
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Have you hit the ceiling in your business? The problem with many companies though is they don’t even know they've already hit it. That’s why it’s important to take a step back, reassess things around your business, and restructure the organization if necessary, so you can prepare yourself to scale.
In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral talks with Dennis Muro, VP at Indoor Air Technologies, about EOS, which stands for Entrepreneurial Operating System, and how it changed the trajectory of his business.
Like many other entrepreneurs, Dennis didn’t recognize he was already hitting the ceiling. After adopting the EOS, he learned to check his ego at the door in order to honestly see where things were at, where he was headed, and what needed to be done in between.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Focusing on what you do best and putting the right people in the right seats
- How EOS has impacted his business
- When to know you’ve hit the ceiling
- Core values and building a culture of camaraderie in the business
- Recognizing when it’s time for change
- Having the checks and balances to keep you away from the shiny stuff
- The importance of having a budget in your head
Episode Highlights:
Focus on What You Do Best
You can’t say “yes” to every single thing that comes your way so you have to focus on what you do best. Stop looking for the next shiny object and stay within your niche. Just because you like to take on a new challenge doesn’t mean you have to take it. It may not be easily replicable in your business, which means that if no one else in the organization can take on that job, then you couldn’t delegate it to anyone.
Knowing When You’ve Hit the Ceiling
A lot of entrepreneurs aren’t actually aware that they’ve already hit the glass ceiling. And there are usually signs or red flags that you can identify if you’re in that situation. It just takes awareness for you to recognize them.
Recognize the things that might now be falling through the cracks which normally didn’t happen, and think about why that’s happening. Even if you’ve got the process and procedure for that, workflow may not be as smooth as it used to be. Usually, that happens when somebody is doing more than 100% of what they normally do. Either they’re overworked or someone else is not doing what they’re supposed to do. Carefully look at specific areas where you’re struggling and be honest with yourself.
How to Break Your Ceiling
Surround yourself with other people in your industry who have scaled successfully because they already know what to do once you hit a certain ceiling and how to break through ceiling after ceiling. Dennis found that getting a coach was very helpful as well.
Recognize when it’s time to make a change. Stay true to your mission, your vision, and your core values because these are the checks and balances to keep you away from the “shiny” stuff.
Resources Mentioned:
Indoor Air Technologies
Entrepreneurial Operating System
Traction by Gino Wickman
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
So you sign into your LinkedIn account – and viola! – your inbox gets flooded with all these annoying automated and unwanted spam messages. But then you also do the same thing with your business and spam everyone. It’s a vicious cycle! (And you’re wondering why no one has ever gotten back to you.)
In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral chats with Ben Albert, owner of Balbert Marketing and curator of the Real Business Connections Network, about connecting and building relationships – in strategic ways. Fun fact: Ben and Erik actually met on LinkedIn. They were outside of each other’s circle. But how did the magic happen? Let’s find out!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The power of personalizing your messages
- The concept of more equals more
- Ben’s eureka moment
- Living in alignment with your values
- Using the LinkedIn platform to build your business
- Podcast launch and guesting strategies
- How to create valuable content
- Embracing the F word and holding yourself accountable
Episode Highlights:
Human-to-Human Experience vs. Transactional Automated Experience
There's nothing wrong with automating a lot of processes. But we get so much automation going on right now that we lose a bit of our humanity. That being said, this sets an opportunity for those people who are willing to take the time to craft a unique, more personal message because they truly want to connect. Therefore, treat relationships like a human-to-human experience, and not as a transactional automated experience.
The Concept of More Equals More
The concept of more equals more does make sense in certain areas. However, it doesn't work if It doesn't convert. The more you do cold calls or cold emails, the more you’re taking humanity out of it. It’s then much better to connect with fewer people with whom you know you’re going to get real conversations.
Tips for Building Relationships and Creating Connections
Whether you’re launching a podcast, a course, or whatever it is you offer, reach out to people you're similar with. Edify them, make them feel really good about themselves, and bring them on board as a partner. Don't ask for anything that's going to cost them money. If anything, you're asking for their time. And so, over-deliver in the time spent and the product you create for them and their audience.
In terms of becoming a podcast guest, be sure that before you reach out to the host, you’ve already done your research. Listen to an episode and pull out at least three takeaways you got from it. That way, you’re letting the host know that you listened to them, you care about them, and you appreciate them. Then ask for a recommendation and listen to it. Then tell them you’d love to offer to be on their show if they think you’re a good fit.
How to Create Valuable Content
Find your sweet spot and what's best for you. For instance, pull out a quote from the podcast and turn it into an image with a synopsis and a link for the long-form conversation. Others create reels. Use that image to attract people into the long form. Many times, too, the image itself creates the aha moment for the people reading it.
Resources Mentioned:
www.balbertmarketing.com/alllinks
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/balbertmarketing
Book mentions:
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
If you had a way to get out of your W-2 or have that leverage to work full-time from wherever you want, would you do it? Who wouldn’t?
In this conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with the traveling investor, Jon Huber, about how he manages to work full-time while investing and traveling with family – all at the same time. Jon Huber is a real estate investor and fellow member of the growing GoBundance community. Jon is the founder of Coffee with Investors, a virtual coffee house for everything real estate investing.
If you’ve been itching to spread your wings to see what’s out there, then be sure to listen in!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How he achieved his goal of working from wherever he wants
- Negotiating your working terms upfront
- Grinding for yourself vs. grinding for someone else
- Actionable steps for a well-traveled life
- How Jon is able to make traveling with kids easier
- His introduction to real estate investing
- How his real estate portfolio has evolved
- What his short-term rentals look like
- Embracing the F word
Episode Highlights:
Actionable Steps to a Well-Traveled Life
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Mindset is everything. Think bigger and see outside of your current world. The world won't open up if you don't open it up for yourself.
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Find people that are doing what you want to do. That's probably one of the biggest things because you need to find somebody that's doing what you want to do to see if you even that's what you really wanted.
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Set rituals to set yourself up for success. Have a morning routine to get you started.
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Create a plan and a budget. Traveling the world takes a lot of budgeting. Find countries where the dollar is strong so you won't have to spend a crazy amount of money just to go to these places.
Tips for Short-Term Rentals
Wanting to shy away from the traditional hotel-type looking short-term rental properties, Jon’s wife decided to take each of their rental properties and make it its own experience.
Think about a Burning Man theme, a Boho-style room, or an Alice in Wonderland-themed room. It’s not only visually enticing to guests, but it also helps you to merge creativity with real estate.
Embracing the F Word
Jon shares his vulnerable side talking about how he missed out on deals due to mismanagement. Wanting to be a one-man show, he thought he could do everything himself. And so, he missed out on a lot of opportunities because everything he did was only limited to his personal knowledge.
Jon took the hard lesson that you need to reach outside of your own self if you truly want to tap into your potential.
Resources Mentioned:
GoBundance.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jonthetravelinginvestor, www.instagram.com/coffeewithinvestors
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@jonthetravelinginvestor
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Ever felt the urge to quit doing something because it just doesn’t align with you anymore? If it’s as simple as switching hobbies, no problem. But when you know your income and your family’s future is on the line? Man, that’s hard!
If you’re on the verge of quitting but unsure of your next steps, today’s guests will help you get to the quitter’s mindset and find the tools you need to make sure you have the trapeze to help you get across and the safety net so you won’t fall.
In this episode, Erik Cabral welcomes GoBundance co-founders Pat Hiban and Tim Rhode, who are also co-authors of the book, The Quitter’s Manifesto: Quit a Job You Hate for the Work You Love. They also dive into the soul-sucking meter, a matrix of the five things you need to be looking for to determine where you are in this saga of your life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Who is a quitter?
- The “Interest over Obligation” quotient
- How success leaves clues
- The impact of their decision to quit
- Making things ELF (easy-lucrative-fun!)
- The soul-sucking meter
- The different trapezes to help you get across
- The safety net to make sure you don't fall
- Identifying your quit team
Episode Highlights:
Getting Into the Quitter’s Mindset
Many people are running on a hamster wheel and living in obligation day after day. They have no choice but to do the things that they’re obligated to do. It's very scary to quit. In fact, 99% of people think about quitting but never do. But the first step to living the life you want is to quit – and the first step in quitting is admitting that it’s scary. Once you’ve agreed on that, the next step is to figure out how you can make it less scary.
Success leaves clues. Think about where you are at this stage of your life. Figure out the reasons you’re quitting, what prompts you to quit, and where is the next logical place you want to go. It’s about finding what you like to do that also actually works.
The Soul-Sucking Meter
Tim and Pat lay out this matrix of five things you want to be looking at to see where you are at in your life today:
Scale it from 1-10 (10 as the highest). And if you're in the 7-10 range, then you’re probably on the right track.
1 - Compensation - Are you being paid fairly for what you do?
2 - Respect - Do they respect your work?
3 - Fit for yourself within the team - Is this your purpose? Are you growing?
4 - Your fit within the team - Do you jive with the manager or with the rest of your team?
5 - How do you feel every day as you go to work?
Identifying Your Quit Team
Having a quit team will help you make sure you do indeed quit and get you to where you want to go. There are four people in this:
1 - Stakeholders - These are your family and friends, and the ones who will be most affected if you make this move. This includes you, your spouse, and your kids.
2 - Your partners - These are the people you're in business with already
3 - A good mentor or a social group that can help you through this
4 - A coach that that can walk you through this process
Resources Mentioned:
www.quittersplaybook.com
Book: The Quitter’s Manifesto: Quit a Job You Hate for the Work You Love
Book: Tribe of Millionaires
1Life Fully Lived
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
This guy right here remembers walking away from the kitchen table and out into the fresh air, fist pumping as he got into his car because he locked up a $75,000 contract to flip a house with ZERO money. How did that happen? At that point, Matt Aitchison realized you don't necessarily have to have the resources. You've just got to be resourceful enough, surround yourself with the right people, and create certainty by taking action every single day.
In this conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Matt Aitchison, the CEO and the president of Vault Investment Properties. Matt is a business coach, speaker, and the host of a ridiculously successful podcast called The Millionaire Mindcast, a top 100 Business and Lifestyle podcast that focuses on all things Mindset, Money, and Investment Markets to help you unlock a more rich and fulfilling life.
As a real estate investor and syndicator, Matt is not new to the real estate industry, having flipped hundreds of houses and built a Top 1000 real estate team in the U.S. His current focus is on raising capital for syndications and scaling his passive income portfolio, which consists of commercial strip centers, hospitality assets, and single-family rentals.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- You don’t have to be the smartest guy in the room!
- His first house-flipping experience
- Being resourceful over having the resources
- How to create certainty in your life
- How to hone your superpower to connect people together
- The power of tapping into your awareness and feedback
- Ways to educate yourself about finance
- About the Millionaire Mindcast
- Embracing humility and checking in with your ego
Episode Highlights:
[03:29] Right People & Right Conversations
When you can tap into other individuals’ experiences, their wisdom, their networks, and their strategies, these can accelerate your life, your business, and your success in terms of becoming a better man. This also gives you the permission to not be good at everything.
Surround yourself with people that allow you to be vulnerable, to be open to, to ask questions, whether you feel insecure about them or not. You don’t need to know all these things. Find the right people that complement your weaknesses or can fill the gaps. You just need to be around the right people, get in the right circles, right conversations, and right environments, and you will grow into those things.
[07:34] How to Create Certainty in Your Life
When you don't necessarily have all of the stepping stones and all of the clear paths and points that you feel like you need, when you're uncertain, the best way to create that certainty is just to keep taking action every single day. Even if it's small, over an extended period of time, and you look up and you start to see you've covered a lot of ground.
[15:12] Embracing Humility and Letting Go of the Ego
Exercise humility over and over every single day. Look for those areas where you can improve. For Matt, most of his failures came from his ego, which he could have avoided. He believes in the power of the pause. There is power in not responding to somebody who’s talking trash to you right away and taking five minutes before you send off that email. There's power in taking an extra day or a week or a month to map out a business plan and to do it right.
Resources Mentioned:
https://mattaitchison.com/blogcast/
Books:
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Born ready to hustle? The question is – are you happy? Why not bring happiness into your hustle and find that blissful balance in your life.
If you find yourself thinking about your family when you’re at work, and then when you’re with family, you’re thinking about work, unfortunately, there’s an imbalance happening. And it takes awareness and action to finally achieve that blissful balance.
In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Cary Jack, a lifestyle entrepreneur, author, and founder of The Happy Hustle. Cary has a truckload of insights to share about building your personal brand, where many people get it wrong, and how you can achieve balance in your personal and professional life while putting on a happy hustle everyday.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Building a personal brand
- Pushing past the imposter syndrome
- How to build your personal brand the right way
- Achieving balance in your life
- The 10 Alignments Framework: SOUL MAPPIN assessment
Episode Highlights:
Building a Personal Brand
Whether you like it or not, everyone has a reputation. Now, Cary defines personal brand as the digitization and the monetization of your reputation with intentionality. Having a personal brand is like a business; you should treat it as such. There will be adversity, and so, you really have to get clear on why you're doing it, and allow that to be the fuel to the fire to proceed past that adversity.
Fear is the number one thing that holds people back. You can reason yourself out for not doing anything. But as personal branding speaker Rory Vaden puts it, "When the mission to serve is clear, there truly is no fear."
Once you get outside of yourself and outside of your own self-limiting beliefs, you get out of your head and more so into your heart – and that's when the magic happens. That's when you can really step into your power.
How to Build Your Personal Brand the Right Way
A lot of personal brands do a lot of the right things, but they do them out of sequence. But you have to do things in the proper sequence with the strategy if you truly want it to scale. Do it in the right order, or else you will end up wasting time, money, and resources. Therefore, you have to get crystal clear on a strategy first and foremost.
Another thing where people could get things twisted is they build a business, and then they try to build a brand underneath their business. Cary recommends doing it the other way, because you could sell your business, but you're never going to sell your name.
The 10 Alignments Framework
There are seasons of life where you're going to push a little harder than others. At the end of the day, balance truly does equal happiness.
You must give equal importance to each of these 10 alignments in your life, which Cary has outlined in his book, The Happy Hustle. SOUL MAPPIN stands for Selfless service, Optimized health, Unplugged digitally, Loving relationships, Mindful spiritually, Abundance financially, Personal development, Passionate hobbies, Impactful work, and Nature connection.
Resources Mentioned:
www.caryjack.com
www.thehappyhustlebook.com
Take the assessment: www.thehappyhustle.com/assessment
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Try to picture two real estate guys dressed up in suits, with sleek hairstyles, and driving a rainbow-colored Ferrari. Today, learn the story behind the brand.
In this episode, Erik talks to Eli Delgado & Mike Vizcarra, who have not only created a strong brand for themselves, but they’ve also created wealth – now with over six figures a month in revenue.
Eli is the co-owner of The Mortgage Guys Inc. and has over 20 years of experience in the lending industry while Mike is a realtor at Ambiance Realty. These guys are a testament to the idea that whatever you believe can happen. But you’ve got to put in the work as well and be able to create a culture in your business that’s rooted in love and happiness for money and performance to grow upon.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Eli’s and Mike’s eureka moments
- The power of believing, but also putting the work in
- Coming out of the broke mindset
- How to separate yourself from the people that hold you down
- Why they choose to show up in suits
- Reinventing the culture in your business
- How to stay consistent with being happy
- Embracing the F word
Episode Highlights:
[04:33] The Power of Believing But Also Putting the Work In
Whatever the mind believes, the body can achieve. Whatever you put in your mind and believe can really happen. You have to manifest but you have to put in the work as well. Some of that work can be very hard, but you still have to put the work in because things won't just show up at your doorstep every day.
[12:56] Coming Out of Your Limiting Beliefs
There's this traditional mindset that you can only be this certain version of yourself based on what society tells you to be. But you have to be yourself, because when you’re not yourself, then you’re not yourself in everything – in business, relationships, health, finances, etc. When you live your life the way other people want you to live your life, at the end of the day, they don’t really care. No matter how hard you work and accomplish things, nobody truly cares. Because the way they look at you is the way they're always going to look at you until you make a big impact and change people's mindset on who you are.
[18:00] How to Separate Yourself From The People That Hold You Down
There are people who fear your success and it actually puts a mirror in front of them questioning what they’re also doing with their life. And if they have a problem with that, then it’s something they have to deal with. It’s their problem, not yours. Therefore, find a new tribe of people that love and support you for what you're trying to do next versus somebody who will make you feel bad about yourself.
[03:57] Reinventing the Culture in Your Business
Most real estate businesses look at two factors and it's money and performance. Without that, they just feel like their businesses aren’t going to thrive. But your business has to be rooted in love and happiness because that’s what money and performance will grow upon.
Resources Mentioned:
Instagram: @eliandmike
www.eliandmike.com
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
What good is having massive success in business when you’re sick or your family is in shambles? The true measure of a great entrepreneur is when you’ve got all your bases covered – physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially – not just for you, but also for your family, and your people.
Today, learn how you can win at life, family, and business as Erik Cabral speaks with John Edwin, a family man, investor, and entrepreneur. Growing up in a rough area in Philly, John learned pretty early the value of hard work, discipline, and choosing your network.
John is a certified personal trainer and the owner of Strength Personal Training. He is also a successful real estate investor, who started BRRR-ing at a time when it wasn’t even a term yet. John and his wife currently have over 60 investment properties.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- John’s aha moment
- Pushing past your fears
- Developing a morning routine and a night routine
- Keeping distractions away from your kids
- Building relationships
- Your network is your net worth
- Embracing the F word
Episode Highlights:
Stop Trading Time for Money
Learn how to make money even in your sleep. In other words, try to figure out ways you can earn through passive income. But even before you even think about how you can get the finances to start investing, there has to be a mindset shift first. Come from an abundance mindset instead of coming from a place of scarcity. Lean into your faith and come together as a family.
The Morning Routine & The Night Routine
The evening routine is just as important as your morning routine. If you can figure out a night routine, then you’re helping bring that championship to your morning. One of the things to add to your night routine is to turn off your phone an hour before you go to bed. Then develop a morning routine such as meditating, reading, praying, breathwork, journaling, exercise – anything you can do for 30 minutes to an hour before you even try to pick up your phone and move on with your day. You have to remain disciplined within your discipline.
Keeping a Healthy Dynamic in Your Household
One of the things that cause dysfunction in the family is when your kids feel like they’re number one. You have to have your spouse as your number one in your family, then your kids come second. That way, you’re setting a great example to your kids with the way you treat your life partner.
Opening a Business You Know Nothing About
Don't be afraid to take those shots. Just do more research before you take those shots. Go to somebody in that space and talk to them about what's great about it, and also the pitfalls. Then evaluate. Just because someone says it's a great idea doesn’t mean you have to take their word for it. Go to a neutral party that is already successful in whatever space you're looking at and dig deep before you start opening a business you know nothing about.
Resources Mentioned:
www.strengthpersonaltraining.com
IG: @strengthpersonaltraining
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strengthpt
GoBundance
FamBundance
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
There’s a lot more to personal branding than just putting yourself out there. It’s all about everything you do! Quite frankly, there are three important things that are extremely helpful to make this job easier – connections, technology, and neuromarketing.
In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral speaks with Dan Russell, an award-winning performance marketer and the author of Snake Oil. In his book, Dan lays out the framework of the process called “The Marketing Operating System” and how neuromarketing merges brain science and direct response marketing.
Over the past nine years, Dan has unlocked over $50 million in revenue for his clients by leveraging the science of marketing and why we buy. Dan has built amazing brands, not just for himself, but for others. His life mission is to improve humanity with technology, seeing it as the most massive tool that we have, to solve all sorts of problems.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The compounding effects of networking
- The depth and authenticity behind a personal brand
- Finding moments of clarity when you’re stress-free
- How to manage your ego
- Finding opportunities at events
- Neuromarketing and “The Marketing Operating System’
Episode Highlights:
The Compounding Effects of Networking
Developing solid relationships is paramount in any business because it’s one of the pillars of marketing. You just have to put yourself out there. Get in front of the people and have those conversations. Invest your time, money, and effort into getting in the room with the right people. And over time, those connections will produce compounding effects. You start to build your reputation and ultimately, this builds your confidence.
How to Manage Your Ego
If you can speak to 100 people who are total strangers, they're going to be raving fans when you get off-stage. That experience can be overwhelming and it’s common for the ego to start to kick in once people start lining up, eager to talk to you.
One of the guiding principles to keep your ego in check is realizing that at some point in the past, you were in the exact same position as everybody else in the audience. Just because you're on stage doesn't mean you’re any better than them. It just means that you have the information they’re looking for.
Finding Those Opportunities at Events
Whenever you’re at events, dive into those opportunities where you get to have deep conversations with other people. The conversations that happen after 11 pm at these events are sometimes even more important and valuable than the content shared at the 9 am session. It’s when it’s late at night that you get into deeper conversations, whether it’s about health, philosophy, or business – where the guards are down, the walls are down. You will have a camaraderie with them that wouldn't have existed through a conversation over lunch.
The Marketing OS
Marketing has become so overwhelming and confusing for so many entrepreneurs and business owners. In Dan's book, he outlined “The Marketing Operating System’, as an answer to problems in the industry at large (e.g. lack of regulation in B2B marketing). The book is for entrepreneurs and marketing executives who don't know what is the next step to take down the road.
Resources Mentioned:
Books:
Snake Oil: Genuine Marketing in an Age of Cure-Alls by Dan Russell
Traction by Gino Wickman
Twitter: @heydanrussell
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What happens if you call your asset a community instead of an apartment building, and you refer to the renters as members instead? Redefining the real estate language alone is so powerful. There’s a whole lot more to the real estate or housing industry that we actually need to reinvent. And it doesn’t hurt to get a pint of inspiration from today’s guest!
In this conversation, Erik Cabral chats with Howard Primer, the founder of The Primer Group and The Primer Ethic™. Howard is a nationally recognized attorney, successful entrepreneur, and keynote speaker. As a change agent, Howard has challenged and inspired people, companies, and governments to make a purposeful change on behalf of the world.
Howard believes that inspiration, coupled with implementation, is where true power comes from. Truly committed to transforming the housing industry in a meaningful way, Howard has worked with thousands of people – doing it one community at a time, one relationship at a time.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Howard’s eureka moment
- The match and bonfire analogy
- Howard’s contribution to Howard Schultz and Bill Gates
- His introduction to the housing industry
- The need to reinvent housing
- Decreasing turnover issue in the multifamily industry
- Buying C/D assets in A markets
- Changing the language to raise your value
- Valuing relationships over transactions
Episode Highlights:
The Match and Bonfire Analogy
Howard gives this match and bonfire analogy where the match is the inspiration. Once it's lit, it's gone. Nobody pays attention to it anymore. The bonfire, on the other hand, becomes the dominant influence and things of that nature. Everybody focuses on the bonfire and they benefit from it.
Inspiration is a wonderful thing, but it's just a match. Whereas, implementation is the way that the match manifests itself to create greater outcomes.
Reinventing Housing & The Multifamily Industry
The housing industry – both single-family and rental housing – has become the world's worst commodity, because the people who are ultimately the consumers of this product are ignored in the process.
Now, we're at a point where housing is in extraordinary distress. And as we've gotten more and more digital, people are being isolated from one another, not to mention how the pandemic has exacerbated that. Therefore, we need to reinvent the housing industry. It needs to be focused not on the asset of the physical thing, but on the consumer using that housing, to enhance their quality of life.
Buying C/D Assets in A Markets
Consider a business model where you’re buying B minus, C, or D assets in A markets. The older assets in that area are usually referred to as C assets in the A area. It's located in a great location. But because of when it was built, the way it was managed by the people who built it, and they didn't really care about keeping it up, it tended to evolve into degrading quality.
Focusing on Relationships, Not Transactions
What happens if you change how you approach real estate investing? Instead of calling your asset an apartment complex, use the word “community.” Instead of calling people renters, treat them as members. It’s all about the idea of penetrating a commonplace experience and redefining it into something that’s not commonplace.
Resources Mentioned:
https://howardprimer.com/
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
We’re always told that the secret to a happy relationship is when two become one. But what happens if two people come together and they become four? That means 4x the impact, 4x the production, and 4x the efficiency. Just do the math and you know that’s where real breakthrough happens!
In today’s conversation, Erik Cabral is joined by Dr. Shawn Dill & Dr. Lacey Book, to talk about a winning approach to growing and scaling your business. Shawn and Lacey are not just life partners. Together, they have founded the Black Diamond Club, and have grown The Specific Chiropractic Centers franchise in 16 locations across the country. They have authored the book, None of Your Business and host a podcast of the same name. Learn the secrets to a great relationship!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Creating an abundance mindset
- Opening yourself to new relationships
- What got them to grow and scale their business
- The power of delegating responsibilities
- Opening yourself to receiving
- Committing yourself to learning
- Embracing the F word
- Reinvesting your money back into yourself
- The rule of ‘no compromise’ in relationships
- Why the key person in the deal is the synergist
Episode Highlights:
[04:28] Creating an Abundance Mindset
Transformation begins with self-awareness. If you have a negative belief system around money, that is going to hold you back from stepping into true abundance. Therefore, you have to shift your mindset around money and work really hard to stay in that abundance mindset. Believe that you can create and attract wealth into your life, and you have to commit to that belief.
[06:36] Opening Yourself to New Relationships
Opening yourself to new relationships opens the possibility for deeper connection and collaboration among people so you can amplify your message and reach more people. Constantly look for people who have a similar vision for helping other people and whatever message you want to put out to the world. While you will meet the right people, there are also people who will not be the right fit. When that happens, just move on and open yourself again to new relationships.
[14:50] Growing and Scaling Your Business as Partners
A lot of people working together get frustrated when they attempt to come together to become one. They think they have to sit down and both be in charge of the finances and the decisions. But once you figure out the delegation of responsibilities and learn how to utilize each other's strengths, that's how you can amplify your business.
This happens not just with significant others, but also in many partnerships in business. The delegation has to be clear, otherwise, you will end up becoming ineffective, hitting the limitations of growth and scale.
Resources Mentioned:
https://shawnandlacey.com/
None of Your Business by Dr. Shawn Dill & Dr. Lacey Book
Traction by Gino Wickman
Predictable Success by Les McKeown
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How often do you blame other people for the negative things that happen in your life? Whether it’s a failed relationship, a poorly running business, or even the fact that you’re still stuck in your W-2 job, a lot of people end up having excuses. But what happens if you just stop the blame game and start owning up to your actions?
In this conversation, Erik Cabral talks with Ken Landin, CEO of Crossroads Brewing Company. Brewing since 2010, Crossroads is home to a selection of amazing beers (Black Rock Stout – highly recommended!) Today, Ken takes us back from his rough childhood and being hellbent on making money since he was 16, all the way to selling everything at 45 years old so he could create a passion-fueled business!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What it was like in the Landin household
- Finding a mentor in his uncle
- Breaking the mold of what people say about you
- Taking good care of the people who work for you
- Why put yourself first
- The difference between radio and podcasting
- Taking accountability for your own actions
Episode Highlights:
Breaking the Mold People Have Put You In
When you have someone that you really look up to, tell you that you’re no good on a consistent basis, you start believing that. Ken grew up in a dysfunctional family and he was always told by his father that he was going to be a loser. But he used that as motivation to break the mold.
Taking Care of Your People & Yourself
Business is business, and we can look at them as strategies and tactics. But it's always about the people no matter what your industry is. The people are the ones that drive the boat, and if the people aren't in it, then nothing is going to get done.
People can do it cheaper, but they're never going to do it better. But if you can do it better, you're going to be successful, and the business is going to be successful. And everyone is going to be successful with you by your side.
However, you’ve got to put yourself first, not in a selfish way. Understand that if you're not good for yourself, and you're not good to yourself, you're no good to anyone else.
Taking Accountability for Your Own Actions
The only person to blame for your circumstances is yourself, not anyone else because you make your own choices. Give credit where credit is due and leave blame alone. Take some accountability for your own actions.
Resources Mentioned:
www.crossroadsbrewingco.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-landin-5114b21a1/
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How much are you willing to invest to ensure the security of your community?
Every year, crime has a $2 trillion negative economic impact on the U.S. economy. And if you added up all the cops, jails, the handcuffs, all the hospitals, and all the blood, sweat and tears – there seems to be this enormous hidden tax that society tries to ignore.
Today’s guest, William Santana Li, has an ambitious goal to cut that in half. William is the Chairman and CEO of Knightscope, an American security camera and robotics company with operations across the country.
In this episode, Erik Cabral talks with William about how technology has the power to improve the security in the country. Through Knightscope’s autonomous security robots (ASRs), different institutions and establishments can cover a lot more ground, working hand in hand with law enforcement officers to make this nation a safer and better place.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The impact of crime on the economy
- The role of technology in the security industry
- Why 95% of startups fail
- Knightscope’s available products
- The different tools and features of ASRs
- Opportunities for scaling
Episode Highlights:
The Role of Technology
Our country is over 200 years old and the first role of the government is to protect its citizens. Yet somehow, we allow this kind of nightmare to happen every single day in almost every single community. The founders of our country would never have expected us to build a society where we’re going to school, to work, or to a movie theater that literally came with the risk of being shot or killed.
Knightscope is building a unique set of technologies – a combination of four impactful things over the next decade around self-driving autonomous technology – self-driving, robotics, artificial intelligence, and electric vehicles. If you can combine all four of those into something quite compelling, you can give law enforcement officers and security guards smart eyes and ears for them to do their jobs much more effectively.
Focus on the Mission
95% of startups fail. Part of the reason is the CEO is not willing to stay focused because they’re always looking for the next shiny object. This is the reason William only focuses on building products within the security industry.
Because he knew that if he had to automate everything to target the total addressable market, then he would lose the ability to focus on execution. If 95% of startups fail, you need to take the market risk, the technical risk, and the execution risk away. So why would you be adding more?
Knightscope is the only company in the world that gives you the level of difficulty to understand what it means to put a robot out in the field in the rain, at night, with people, cats, and dogs and everything. Plus, they need to get this thing to work, and so, not having that focus will only make things more difficult.
Resources Mentioned:
www.knightscope.com/
www.knightscope.com/roadshow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamsantanali
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Confidence is probably the most valuable currency you can ever teach your kids. This is something that our guest today is teaching young adults around the world – to walk like a “10”, talk like a “10”, and act like a “10.”
In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Dr. Bill Dorfman, a highly sought-after motivational speaker and leader for young adults. He is also the co-founder of the LEAP Foundation, a motivational leadership program for high school and college kids. A recipient of 16 Lifetime Achievement awards, Dr. Bill continues to do exceptional work in dentistry, helping thousands of patients smile for over 20 years now.
When he became part of the hit ABC series, Extreme Makeover, Dr. Bill performed amazing dental transformations. Providing free dentistry in exchange for promoting his products resulted in almost $200 million in sales that year.
There’s no doubt Dr. Bill is brilliant when it comes to marketing and branding: building his company Discus Dental from zero to $1.3 billion in sales and then, with the stroke of a pen, selling the company.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is LEAP Foundation
- The greatest mentors in his life
- The value of confidence
- How the series Extreme Makeover highlighted dentistry in a positive way
- How his teeth-whitening business exploded in sales
- The “10” culture
- Dr. Bill’s new and exciting products
Episode Highlights:
The LEAP Foundation
LEAP is a motivational leadership program that teaches high school and college kids how to be successful in life. In their 15th program now at UCLA, LEAP brings together young adults from across the U.S. and around the world. Over the years, LEAP has invited amazing speakers including personalities such as Michael Jackson, Usher, Kathy Bates, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Branson, and more. The virtual program is free of charge and the in-person program at UCLA costs $2,500.
The Value of Confidence
The greatest gift you can give your kids is not a Porsche, it's confidence. Teach your kids to be confident, and that is probably the most valuable currency you can ever, ever, ever instill in the young adult.
The “10”Culture
Walk like a “10”, talk like a “10”, and act like a “10”. But most importantly, surround yourself with other students that are “10”s. Because if you're trying to be a “10”, and all your friends are “2”s, you're not going to be a “10.”
Resources Mentioned:
LEAP Foundation
BuZZBalls Caffeinated Gums
Website: www.billdorfmandds.com
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NFTs and the metaverse are buzzwords often thrown around these days, but do you really know what those mean? And if you do, are you ready to embrace those? In this episode, Erik Cabral shares an insightful conversation with Mario Nawfal as they talk about what NFTs are, how they work, and the concept of the metaverse.
In 2012, Mario entered the sales world, selling blenders door-to-door and with only $300 in his pocket. Employing unconventional marketing strategies and efficient systems, and helping build a team of global contractors, Mario helped grow the company from $1 million to $10 million in two years.
Fast-forward to today, Mario is now in the NFT space as the co-founder and CEO of NFT Technologies. He offers investors access to NFTs by curating the portfolios and partnerships as well as building relationships in the space.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Mario’s introduction to the crypto space
- NFTs explained
- The safety aspect of NFTs
- Examples of NFTs and ways to verify
- The concept of the metaverse
- Risks in the digital world
- Embracing the F word
- Reasons to buy a podcast
Episode Highlights:
The World of NFTs
Prior to 2017, you couldn't actually technologically own something without a central entity saying you own it. Then in 2017, a technology known as non-fungible tokens or NFTs emerged. This opens up massive possibilities and disintermediation, which means you can own something without needing a central party that says you own it. You can also move it from one place to another and send it to wherever you want, just like in the physical world.
Are NFTs Safe?
The human brain is designed to seek safety as part of the survival instinct – and one of those things is resisting change. It's one of the worst things to have as an entrepreneur because change leads to opportunities.
The human brain overestimates the short-term impact of innovation and underestimates its long-term potential. But it's normal for innovation to take time, and in the long-term, NFTs are inevitable because, as Mario puts it, they make life better.
Examples of NFTs
Types of NFTs include artworks and collectibles, such as CryptoPunks, one of the early mainstream NFTs which are a bunch of ugly photos. There are 10,000 of them that were created by a company called Larva Labs. The cheapest one is $300,000. Today, owning a CryptoPunk represents a signal or a status symbol. It’s like wearing a Rolex in the physical world or driving a Rolls Royce.
Understanding the Metaverse
People expect the metaverse to bring equality to the world, be more open, and do things that are very utopian. Unfortunately, the human species is very imperfect and this will continue in the digital world. Greed and emotions will still be there. A lot of the issues we face in the physical world will still exist in the virtual world. But every technology over the last few 100 years has generally brought a better quality of life to us as a species. Otherwise, we wouldn't be using it.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.nfttech.com/
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While many aspire to become entrepreneurs, not everyone gets to that pinnacle of success. You may have all the technical skills and hard skills in the world, but there are factors deemed more important than those.
In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Joe DeMaria, chief learning officer, e-learning thought leader, fractional marketing, business strategist, and equity advisor.
Joe breaks down three major things entrepreneurs need to focus on and leverage to set themselves up for success – self-awareness, relationships, and an abundance mindset. As for Joe, these were the pillars of his own hero’s journey to success. What’s yours?
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The difference between entrepreneurs and criminals
- Joe’s family background
- Investing in relationships
- How to build momentum as an entrepreneur
- The problem with the “hustle and grind” culture
- Joe’s own hero’s journey through conflict, self-realization, and taking action
Episode Highlights:
[05:01] Self-Awareness: The Difference Between Entrepreneurs and Criminals
The difference between entrepreneurs and criminals is the element of self-awareness. Everybody makes mistakes, but it takes self-awareness to take the learning from them, improve, and move forward.
A lot of entrepreneurs who walk a very thin line do not have a strong sense of self-awareness and they always end up dealing with ethical or moral issues.
[17:27] Investing in Relationships
You can invest in tools and equipment, or in education and all these other different things. But relationships are the real leverage mechanism. Regardless of the industry, you are in the leverage business. As entrepreneurs, your responsibility is to create leverage because every choice you make gives us more leverage – or less leverage.
Many entrepreneurs have these big lofty goals about changing the world. But we're afraid of developing the leverage we would need to get there. And so, we try to use things like equity and dollars, and we burn ourselves out. But if you’re able to find that strong leverage (solid relationships), then you will have a much much easier job but the same outcome. It’s all about strategy and being intentional with what we do.
[05:31] The Problem with “Hustle and Grind” Culture
The “hustle and grind” culture puts everyone into this predatory mindset. Oftentimes, we come from these places of scarcity so that we end up becoming and building environments that are even more scarce.
If you're in a place where you're just seeking to eat what you kill every day, then every time you fail to kill, it builds on you. And this puts you into a really negative space and it creates a feeling of even greater scarcity. But you can't cultivate anything stable from a position of always lacking.
Resources Mentioned:
www.teachtoscale.com
www.teachtoscale.com/velvet-rope
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
If you have a growing business right now, congrats! But if you still haven’t built your own personal brand apart from that business of yours, then it’s time you start creating one – because there is more to you than just your business!
In today’s episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Greg Kihlstrom about why and how he built his personal brand alongside growing his company. Greg is a CX, EX, and digital transformation consultant and coach, an author, a keynote speaker, an Agile certified coach, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Greg is also the host of the podcast called The Agile Brand
Starting a company at 25 years old, Greg thought it was the only thing he could identify himself with. But he eventually realized he had to make a separation between himself and his company and create his personal brand.
Listen in as Greg also shares his passion for making people, processes, and technology work together with the end goal of making happy customers.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Greg’s family background
- The classic entrepreneur fallacy
- Greg’s first public speaking experience
- Building a personal brand
- Embracing the F word and taking risks
- Delivering a good customer experience
Episode Highlights:
The Classic Entrepreneur Fallacy
There’s this fallacy around being an entrepreneur where you get to do what you love every single day. But you end up having to worry about all the stuff you don’t – the legal, the operational, the financial, etc.
However, as an owner, it's your job to sell. Nobody can sell like you. Although at a certain scale that has to change, some things, or at least some percentage, will still fall on you. And so, even if you don’t like sales, you don’t like finance, you don’t like the legal or the operational stuff, you have to learn to embrace those things. Figure out the things you’re good at and those you should strive to be better at. At the same time, recognize the things that you’re not good at, which you can outsource if those are draining you emotionally.
Building Your Personal Brand
A lot of people try to write down and figure out the zeros and ones behind creating a personal brand. But it’s not a blueprint or formula you can just create.
Your personal brand isn’t created exactly by design. Instead, it’s something you need to figure out along the way and the pieces will then start to fall into place. It’s a matter of making that conscious decision to create that separation between what you do and who you are.
The Key to a Good Customer Experience
As good a job as you could do branding, marketing, and advertising your brand, if the experience of the customer was terrible, then it’s going to be hard to keep saying how good it was.
If the employees that are designing and building the product or front line employees delivering that product or service are unhappy and disengaged, then how in the world are you supposed to deliver a good customer experience?
Resources Mentioned:
Website: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com/
Books: https://www.gregkihlstrom.com/books
Podcast: The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlstrom
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Today’s guest is inspiring the heck out of people to do something bigger and greater than themselves! In this episode, Erick Cabral speaks with Chris Waddell, a 13-time Paralympic medalist and World Champion in Winter and Summer Sports.
Honored by The Dalai Lama in 2005 as the Unsung Hero of Compassion, Chris is the first nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, as documented in the 1 Revolution documentary that won a ton of film festival awards.
Some of Chris’ career highlights include being the first ambassador for the International Paralympic Committee, founder of One Revolution Foundation, Paralympic Hall of Famer, and People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People.” Chris has won the most medals of any male monoskier in Paralympic history.
Get ready to be inspired by this great legend!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Chris’s introduction to the sports world and his love for skiing
- Lessons from skiing and reclaiming his passion for the sport
- Replicating your strategy in other areas of your life
- How he managed to rise above his accident
- The Mount Kilimanjaro experience
- Giving people the opportunity to stare
- Climbing your mountain and celebrating your difficulties
- About One Revolution
Episode Highlights:
[18:39] The Power of Strategy
Being able to create your strategy and replicate it, plays an active role in your path to success. Once you’ve figured out where you want to go, you can then apply that strategy in whatever area of your life, whether in school, your business, your family, and your relationships.
[25:23] Honoring Your Unsung Heroes
In the sports world, the definition of a hero is a person who succeeds against the odds. People who have had to face the greatest adversity are the ones with the greatest stories to tell. They’re the unsung heroes that you want to learn from – and they come from different areas of your life. They can be your parents, your mentors, your friends, or even that person who waits at your table who has been working two jobs to make ends meet. Unfortunately, sometimes, we tend to lose sight of this in our everyday lives.
[09:36] Climbing Your Mountain
Climbing a mountain is representative of our struggles as human beings. Oftentimes, too, we think once we get to the top of the mountain, then it’s finished. In that case, you will no longer be growing and changing. But the top of every mountain is just the bottom of the next mountain. It's difficult and your mountain may look different each day. But you have to celebrate the difficulty because the greatest joy is in learning something new and growing in a way you had never imagined.
Resources Mentioned:
https://chriswaddellinc.com/
One Revolution Foundation
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/ChrisWaddellSpeaking
Instagram: @chris_waddell_living_it
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Get ready to be amazed by this guy who went from borrowing from his wife’s 401k to now having around 70 rentals in his portfolio – in less than five years! Today, he shares some cheat codes to a great marriage, a highly successful passive income generator, and a happy life.
Here are some clues: the right mindset, the right people, and the right strategy.
Listen in as Erik Cabral chats with Henry Washington, real estate investor and e-commerce business coach. All it took for Henry was to google “passive income” and watch a TED Talk at three in the morning, about a guy in his 20’s who had it all figured out. At that point, Henry made the decision that forever changed his life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Henry’s eureka moment
- The difference between trying and making the decision
- The decision to get into real estate
- Cheat code #1: Changing your mindset about money
- Cheat code #2: Connecting with real estate investors – consistently
- Cheat code #3: Investing out of a 401k loan
- Why banks most likely favor small businesses doing real estate
- His passion to share his knowledge with as many people as possible
- Henry’s popular interview on the Bigger Pockets podcast
- Lessons from failures
Episode Highlights:
Cheat Code #1: Change Your Mindset About Money
Decide to pay yourself first, and when you do that, you’re forcing yourself to figure out a way to make the rest of your budget work. It might also force you to get creative about how you make money and how you spend money.
Cheat Code #2: Connect with Real Estate Investors – Consistently!
We take on the characteristics of the five people closest to us. If you're in those rooms constantly, you're going to start to be and do what's around you. It’s human nature, so hack it and take advantage of it.
Religiously attend meetings and connect with real estate investors consistently and you will start to make a name for yourself. People start to notice and associate you with a successful investor, even if you've never done a deal, because you're there every single time. Deal flow will come to you if you're consistently in these rooms. Plus opportunities will come your way. But you can't just go once or twice.
Most people who walk into the room think it’s just a “me” and don’t realize it’s actually a “we.” Consistency creates relationships and trust, and so people need to see you all the time.
Cheat Code #3: Hack That 401k!
You can take your money out of your 401k loan. Although you’re borrowing it at a set interest rate, it's still your money. So the interest you’re going to pay back goes back to you. Your employer takes the money directly out of your paycheck, and they take it pre-tax, reducing your taxable income so that's a benefit to you. Then once you buy a property and keep it as a rental, the cash flow is technically paying back your 401k loan.
Resources Mentioned:
www.podfestexpo.com/invest
Henry’s interview on the BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/biggerpockets-podcast-366-henry-washington
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thehenrywashington
TED Talk: Design Your Dream Life Through Passive Income
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
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What happens when you match design with purpose? Today’s guest used to work in a design company until he hit a saturation point and felt it wasn’t what he signed up for. Strong in his belief that design had a higher calling and that it needed responsibility behind it, he created Driftime, an ethical design practice for the Mavericks of today.
In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Abb-d Choudhury, maker, designer, writer, traveler, and culture & music enthusiast. Driftime helps brands craft their stories and digital experiences with the goal of creating long-term impact within the three pillars of sustainability: social, environmental, and economic.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Abb-d’s family and career background
- Exploring his interest in passion and design
- The no-compromise approach
- Embracing failure not just for failure’s sake
- Creating design kits for other people
- A client success story with an ocean conservation platform
Episode Highlights:
[09:16] Combining Passion and Purpose
One of the key takeaways from this episode is how Abb-d mustered up the courage to leave his W-2 job without even the certainty of his future. But he took the leap anyway with a mastery of design in his toolkit.
Combining his passion with purpose, he and his life partner, created Driftime solving the challenges of tomorrow, working at an intersection of purpose and intention, and looking to see where design can play a meaningful role.
While passion is important in creating a brand, you can’t ignore the fact that it should also be sustainable. And so, you need to have a solid approach to do things and have the processes in place that will ultimately create a long-term impact.
[11:32] Creating Long-Term Impact
Impact doesn't happen overnight. It can take years. It could take one to three years before you can actually start to see a difference. And you know there’s impact in the work, when you’ve measured it in the right way and you’ve hit your objectives.
In order for a company to create long-term impact, you also need to consider different perspectives from other experts in the field, especially when dealing with complex challenges. For Abb-d, they only control that one small chunk of design, like one domino in the whole line of dominoes that leads to a bigger goal.
Resources Mentioned:
https://driftime.media/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbdchoudhury/
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How do you balance work, family, and your health? Not sure if you noticed, but it’s actually obvious. Many entrepreneurs find themselves in an unbalanced state where they’re sacrificing one area of their life over the other. Either they excel at work but their health or family life ends up suffering, or vice versa.
In this episode, Erik Cabral speaks with Jason Bronstad, CEO of MALK Organics, as they talk about the importance of balancing life and really being intentional about it. Jason has an extensive background in retail, leadership, developing teams, and growing companies. He’s also part of the Front Row Dads, a brotherhood of family men with businesses, not businessmen with families.
Find out how Jason is filling up every area of his life to make sure he’s elevating, not just his life, but also the lives of those around him.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Jason’s eureka moment
- The equilateral triangle of family & faith, health, and work
- The power of balancing your life
- What led Jason to join Front Row Dads
- What brought Jason to MALK Organics
- How MALK is developing their products
- How Jason achieves balance in life
- Embracing the F word and taking ownership
- Matching your words with actions
Episode Highlights:
A Balancing Act
Jason views life as an equilateral triangle, where each side is made up of family & faith, work, and health, and that any time you pay less attention to one side, the triangle gets out of balance. And so, if you fail to balance it, there’s always one or two sides that are going to suffer.
You could be too focused on your leadership at work, being the first one in and the last man to leave, unaware that you’re already compromising your health or your time with your family, which will only eventually stunt your ability to grow your business.
When you have that balance in your life, everything else elevates. When you're healthier, you can spend more time with your family, and you have a clear headspace in leading your team. In other words, one area always impacts the other.
About MALK Organics
MALK Organics prides itself on maintaining simple, organic, and clean ingredients. Their products are gluten-free, with no fillers and no gums. All of their products only have five ingredients or even less, and it’s not easy to make something that tastes great when you only have a few ingredients. And so, they have invested their resources in developing products that are not only clean but also taste great.
Redirecting Your Focus
When you’re too focused on where you’re going to be 10 years from now, sometimes you lose sight of what you have in front of you. Therefore, make sure that the actions you take today will set you up for success two, three, or five years from now.
Resources Mentioned:
MALK Organics
IG: @malkorganics
Front Row Dads
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Ever been struck by lightning? Well, today’s guest, Mark Hentemann, has been struck by lightning, not only literally while he was drawing caricatures at SeaWorld, but also metaphorically, when he got fired from the David Letterman Show.
But what seemed to be the biggest punch in the face of his career turned out to be the best moment of his career. He used such failure as fuel to do better, eventually becoming an Emmy-nominated writer and producer of the popular sitcom Family Guy.
Aware of the uncertainties in the entertainment business, Mark has been investing his script earnings into multifamily since 2000. He is the founder of Quantum Capital and he is also the host of The Wild West Real Estate Show.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Mark’s lightning experience
- His foray into writing for television and film
- How getting fired fueled him to be better
- Dealing with imposter syndrome
- How he landed a job for Family Guy
- Figuring out a way to get out of the shadow of The Simpsons
- Finding security and certainty in real estate
- Embracing his failures
Episode Highlights:
[08:00] Turning Failures into Opportunities
A Harvard degree does not make you funny, and so you’ve got to do the work. And at some point, when you’re really serious about something, you’ve got to do what it takes to master it.
When Mark got fired from the David Letterman Show, he knew he had to take it up a notch and took it upon himself to learn as much stuff as he can so he could get better at writing. He learned the mechanics of not just job writing, but also script writing and developing characters.
[10:14] Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
No matter where you are in your career, imposter syndrome is simply inevitable. And so, you have to be able to reprogram your brain to get over your fears and just go for it.
[22:58] From Family Guy to Multifamily Guy
Aware of the uncertainty in the entertainment business, Mark knew he had to figure out a way to invest his money wisely, In 2000, he bought his first duplex and got an 800% return on it. Since then, he went all in and has been directing all his earnings from script writing into multifamily investments.
Resources Mentioned:
Quantum Capital Inc
The Wild West Real Estate Show
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Health and wealth go hand in hand, don’t you think? Unfortunately, our health care system has led this country down this path where there’s sadly a growing obese population. Arguably, the government may also have played a part in the absurd number of COVID-related deaths.
If you think you’ve been heavily focusing on wealth-building and that you’re taking your health quite lightly, then be sure to tune in to today’s episode as Dr. Thaddeus Gala shares some awakening insights into today’s U.S. healthcare system as well as how we can create a healthier society.
Dr. Thaddeus Gala is a speaker, investor, author, clinician, and founder of Complete Care clinics. One of the defining moments that led him into healthcare was when his mom got sick and was told by the doctors that she was going to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Fast forward to now, Thaddeus has a handful of clinics, and as a CEO, he oversees about 50,000 patients a year. They help people reverse chronic conditions – everything from fibromyalgia, arthritis, migraines to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, etc.
Eight years ago, Thaddeus created the entrepreneurial mastermind group called The Guardians, with the goal to bring entrepreneurs together as they maximize their health, grow their wealth, and make an impact.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What led Thaddeus to healthcare
- The two branches of medicine
- The “tail chasing” that happens within the healthcare system
- Why the universal healthcare system is flawed
- His thoughts on the free market and capitalism
- How the government played a part in COVID related deaths
- Understanding the concept of “suffering with meaning”
- How common sense has gotten us to where we are now
- The problem with divorcing science from being politically correct
Episode Highlights:
[02:24] The Problem of Obesity in the U.S.
Over the last 20-30 years, obesity rates went through the roof. Part of the problem was the introduction of the food bill and some of the food subsidiaries which resulted in people becoming overfed and undernourished. As the obese population grew, we’re also seeing a rise in chronic diseases, largely influenced by the government making unhealthy food readily accessible and super cheap.
[05:54] Suffering with Meaning
When we give too many handouts and we make things too easy for people, we rob ourselves and others of the opportunity to do great things. It doesn’t mean people should intentionally suffer needlessly, but there are benefits to “suffering with meaning” – it’s the kind of suffering where, for instance, you go to the gym to exercise. And so, there’s a reason behind your sore muscles. It’s a good kind of suffering, it’s what causes good health on the other side. Whether you’re learning how to play the piano or how to fly a plane, there’s a certain amount of suffering that goes on too.
Suffering with meaning is where growth happens. But we've tried to bubble wrap the world and make it very easy. The government has made food so cheap and easy with all these food subsidies that it propagates this idea that it’s what people should be doing.
By removing some of these crutches and letting the free market provide, it will create opportunities for people to “suffer” in a good way, and this will ultimately make them stronger, healthier, more vibrant, and more productive and more capable on the back end.
Resources Mentioned:
The Guardians
The Guardians – Retreat
Instagram: @galathaddeus
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The road to embracing the entrepreneur life is a rocky one. It often begins with that one impactful experience that shifts you to a growth mindset and sparks the change you want to bring to the world. David Longhini has come a long way by building his own successful company.
But he made sure not to forget his origins. As CEO of Empodio, he helps home and business service companies like his father's scale using software and value-focused processes. He believes that the only reason to start a company is to improve the lives of others. Here, he brings in the lessons he learned from his childhood, getting into Buddhism and meditation, and embracing failure.
Listen to the full episode as David shares his journey toward entrepreneurship, networking, and mindset and how they link to his childhood dynamics.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- David’s childhood dynamic that sparked his interest in entrepreneurship
- Introducing new business approaches to his father
- What getting into Buddhism unlocked for him
- Shifting your life to a contribution and growth mindset
- Building deeper networks and circles
- Figuring out sales and knowing your value
- Therapy and meditation analogy
- Addressing codependency and embracing failure
- Focusing on things you can control
Notable quotes from the Episode:
“When you become an entrepreneur, you immediately go from one job you're good at, if you had a corporate degree, to ten jobs you suck at.”
“The best entrepreneurs I've ever seen are the ones who build deeper relationships where people come to them, and they build networks, and they build communities around them, by actually being able to provide support.”
“There are three things that you need. You need somebody ahead of you, on your level, and below you.”
“You have to go learn sales. You will have to. Because you will be that person for the period of time, and nothing else matters.”
“It [codependency] creates a cycle in which you give and you give and you give and you give without boundaries, and then eventually, you get resentful and burned out.”
Connecting with the Guest:
Website: https://www.empodio.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjml/
The Dynamite Circle: https://dynamitecircle.com/
Books and articles mentioned:
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280
Originals by Adam Grant: https://www.amazon.com/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319
Wait But Why by Tim Urban and Andrew Finn: https://waitbutwhy.com/
Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Secret-Unlocking-Stress-Cycle/dp/198481706X
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Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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From selling minigolf courses’ lost balls back to them as a child to having flipped thousands of apartments to this day, Andrew Cushman has always had a knack for entrepreneurship. By a happy accident, he’s become one of the biggest real estate investors around.
Achieving this wasn’t a walk in the park, however. Andrew’s road to success was a humbling one; it took a lot of grit, guts, and discipline before he could get to glory. We’re often told to learn from our mistakes, but Andrew takes it a step further — he’s made sure to never make them again.
Listen to the full episode as Andrew shares the importance of investing in yourself, accepting help from others, and consistently learning.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
Part 1
- Andrew’s humble beginnings
- Becoming a real estate investor
- Consistently learning is key
- Investing in yourself
- Andrew’s grit, grind, and glory Part 2
- Taking smarter, not bigger, risks
- How to not lose sleep over your decision-making
- Andrew’s appearance on BiggerPockets
- Rising from the ashes of your failures
Notable quotes from the Episode:
“Go find somebody that is already very successful at what you want to do, and learn from them.”
“Be disciplined about the deals that you do or the business that you create.”
“In my opinion, [the] correct path in the middle, when you're looking at a deal or business or becoming an entrepreneur, is to sit down and lay out what are all of the risks.”
“You will much more regret the deal that you did that you shouldn't have than you would regret the deal that you didn't do that you should have.”
“There was a lot of failures there, but the flip side of that is [that] we've never had anything happen like that again since, because of what we learned on that deal.”
“I think the most important part is taking care of home life first.”
Connecting with the Guest
Website: www.vpacq.com
LinkedIn: Andrew Cushman
Connect with our growing community:
Gobundance: https://www.gobundance.com/
Apply: https://www.gobundance.com/membership
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gobundance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gobundancegbl/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoBundance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoBundance
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eodconfections?lang=en
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
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Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
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Hardships and failures are strangers to no one. We’ve all been knocked down at some point in our lives. As for Lance Essihos, he’s well-acquainted with adversity. He’s battled with drug addiction and alcoholism, lost his brother to suicide, and lost his father to cancer.
When life hits you that hard, the easy way out is to give up, but that’s not the path that Lance chose. He instead swore to himself that he would get his life together and make a positive impact on others. Today, he has surpassed his mission of making the world a better place and continues to empower other people through his podcast, University of Adversity. With his platform, he encourages people to better themselves and achieve long-lasting fulfillment.
Listen to the full episode as Lance shares his tips on shifting your mindset, breaking unhealthy social media habits, rising above adversity, and pursuing your passion.
Notable quotes from the Episode:
“My entire life has been around getting that [scarcity mentality] out of my vocabulary because it’s like a sickness; it’s like an illness that gets in our DNA, and it holds us back from so much.”
“It’s not always these big, crazy events that are going to shift [your mindset] for you, but it’s consistently paying attention to how your thoughts and your feelings are.”
“If you’re trying to recreate somebody else, then you’re robbing [your audience] of you.”
“If you put it in [the time] and you’re committed to it and you stay true to your heart and you really get super clear on that, consistency always wins.”
“If you want to do something, just do it. Who cares how many people are doing it? You’re different. You have medicine for somebody. Somebody needs what you have.”
“Failure’s essential. It’s essential to grow. You learn every time. It’s just feedback.”
Connecting with the Guest
Website: www.lanceessihos.com
Instagram: @lance.essihos
University of Adversity
Mastering Adversity by Lance Essihos
Connect with our growing community:
Gobundance: https://www.gobundance.com/
Apply: https://www.gobundance.com/membership
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gobundance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gobundancegbl/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoBundance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoBundance
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@eodconfections?lang=en
Not a millionaire yet but want to be a part of our ecosystem? Check out EMERGE by GoBundance. Enroll Today! https://www.gobundance.com/emerge
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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What does it take to become a successful entrepreneur? Sure, you could build as many businesses across different industries. But if you want all those to thrive, there are two things you have to keep in mind – put your 100% on your first business, first; use strategic partners, second.
In this episode, Erik Cabral chats with startup expert and serial entrepreneur Allan Draper, who’s on his way to launching his 26th business towards the end of this month. Allan has created successful companies, including a pest control business (his first one), a proprietary software, a digital marketing agency, and the list continues.
A lawyer turned bug guy turned serial entrepreneur, Allan is out to prove that he is good at building business, no matter the industry. And he definitely did that!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Allan’s eureka moment
- Scaling his pest control business
- Replicating his business processes and systems across different industries
- The power of partnership
- Mastering time management
- Focusing on your first business
- The benefits of running a podcast
- The financial hierarchy of needs
- How he embraced the F word
Episode Highlights:
The Power of Partnership
Allan has created 26 companies, but he didn’t do it all alone. He has 15 business partners that he considers as really the heroes of the company, with him as the guide. One of the things that made his partnerships work is that Allan allows his business partners to go deep while he goes wide. He also allows them to make mistakes, which are worth so much more than their monetary value.
Focusing on Your First Business
A very important concept that Allan emphasized in today’s conversation is the concept of putting 100% focus on your first business before moving on to the next. Those other ideas do not exist until you're a multi-millionaire from that first business.
Your first business needs its owner and that may take years and years. But once you’ve mastered your processes and systems, it now becomes easier for you to replicate those in your other businesses regardless of the industry.
Another key is to recognize that there are people much smarter, more talented, and more competent than you. At some point, you will have to hire those people, and just because you’re the owner doesn’t mean you’re the best person to run the company.
Resources Mentioned:
www.AllanDraper.com
The Business Growth Pod by Allan Draper
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
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If you’re now at a stage where it’s no longer about the money, but about creating a legacy and making an impact on this earth – then starting a nonprofit is definitely the best way to do it. However, along with the joys of building a nonprofit come the pains of forming it as well. Creating a nonprofit is a daunting process, but it doesn’t need to be. All this paperwork and bureaucratic stuff should not stop you from making this world a better place.
In this episode, Erik Cabral and nonprofit consultant Christian LeFer talk about how you can superposition your life, legacy, and your future, and how Instant Nonprofit, the nonprofit success in a box service can take care of the process so you can solely focus on your mission.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The joys and the pains of starting a nonprofit
- How blogging turned into a business
- The nonprofits as the quantum entity
- Examples of nonprofits Christian helped start
- The 3 easy step process in Instant Nonprofit
Episode Highlights:
Nonprofit as a Quantum Entity
A nonprofit organization is a quantum entity where you can superposition your life, your legacy, and your future by starting a nonprofit alongside your current for-profit venture. As a result, you’re able to launch yourself into an entirely new realm and meet entirely new people that you never would have through business or networking.
The Benefits of a Nonprofit
Getting into a nonprofit is an awesome way to create a whole new meaning to the life you're waking up to every day, the legacy you're going to look back on, and the future that you look forward to every day. It’s all about having that meaning in your life in multiple dimensions.
Instant Profit’s 3 Easy Step Process
Step 1 - Data collection - Instant Profit gets all the data they need from you to kick things off.
Step 2 - Customer portal - They're going to pave the way for you on your board meetings and all of the other requirements by giving you preformatted assets and documents, training on how to run a board meeting in 30 minutes instead of the average three hours, and how to raise seed money and just structure this stuff.
Step - IRS filing - As soon as the state gets those articles back to them, they then move you to step three and file with the IRS. Here, they lose the chain of custody because they're going to send that approval letter to you. But at that point, they've already handed you everything you need to be successful with your nonprofit.
Resources Mentioned:
Christian created a special gift for you! Visit www.instantnonprofit.com/erik and get access to their free bootcamp.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
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We are now living in this crisis of chronic diseases – talk about obesity, anxiety, and depression. People have now become addicted to this quick-fix mentality. They turn to processed, unhealthy, and obesity-inducing fast foods, and healing from pain has become synonymous with a bottle of Tylenol. In this episode, Erik and Dr. Paula Ruffin talks about the power of choosing a healthier lifestyle that is only possible through intention and action.
Dr. Paula Ruffin is not just a solopreneur, but also an amazing solo mompreneur. As a single mother, she embraced motherhood just like her mother who laid the groundwork for her to live a healthy life. At an early age, the importance of nutrition and exercise has been ingrained in her. She went on to study exercise physiology, worked in the nutrition and obesity clinic, helping people with weight loss and movement, before eventually becoming a personal trainer. Currently, Dr. Paula Ruffin is a chiropractor, certified in first-line therapy, making sure that people are upping their game, both physically and mentally.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Her passion for nutrition and exercise
- The obesity pandemic
- The Dorito Effect
- How your lifestyle affects your mental health
- Finding an accountable person
- A greater capacity for self-healing
- Embracing her failure
Resources Mentioned:
www.drruffin.com
www.stevedsims.com
Download a free PDF of Dr. Ruffin’s Solopreneur’s Secrets to Success
The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker
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Reality check… are you living your best life?
Our guest today shares some golden insights from his book, Let’s Go Win!, which outlines the keys to unlocking your best life.
Building businesses and leading sales teams for over 16 years now, JM Ryerson is the chief leadership officer and managing vice president of Appreciation Financial. He's also the co-founder and CEO of Let’s Go Win, a company dedicated to helping people around the world live their best lives.
Today, JM walks us through his entrepreneurial journey and talks about the power of embracing vulnerability, taking accountability, and the single, most important lesson he learned from his dad!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How JM finished his book in just six months
- The power of embracing your vulnerability
- Doing what you say you’re going to do
- Keeping your core values simple
- Giving back to yourself and other people
- The power of podcasting
- What JM wants to be known for
Episode Highlights:
[05:48] 12 Keys to Living Your Best Life
- Vulnerability
- Culture
- Simplicity
- Routines
- Intention
- Accountability
- Mindfulness
- Communication
- Humility
- Fun
- Courage
- Transcendence
[04:50] Embracing Vulnerability
Being vulnerable means being who you are. And when you stop trying to be someone you’re not, it gives your business some space to grow.
[06:09] Transcend
To transcend means to overcome your self-limiting beliefs. These are inherited beliefs often passed on to us from our parents but you have to transcend past those to fulfill who you truly are.
[08:32] Accountability
JM learned from his dad these powerful nine words and 27 letters: “Do what you say you are going to do.” It doesn't mean you're not going to screw up along the way. It doesn't mean it's going to be perfect. But if you're going to commit something, then just do it.
[11:32] Culture & Simplicity
If you have a company and you're creating your own core values, or you already have your own core values, then you have to revisit those and distill your values down to three things.
Keep it simple. Stop trying to make some mission statement that sounds so awesome on a wall, but nobody can regurgitate it. You want people to really embrace your core values, and if somebody acts outside of those core values, then it's no longer a personal conversation.
Resources Mentioned:
Let’s Go Win
Book: Let’s Go Win
Let’s Go Win Podcast
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Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
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Family
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With 20 years in the automotive industry, Glenn Lundy grew a dealership from 120 cars a month to an 800% increase in just five years, becoming the second-largest used car franchise in the nation. Then he had a midlife awakening.
Glenn realized he was only serving himself, not the future generations. So he left the dealership after eight years, at 40 years old, and with his wife pregnant with their seventh child at that time. Quit his job on a Monday, then flew to Las Vegas the next day – not to gamble, but to show up at the largest automotive event. There he built strong connections and ended up creating partnerships and profitable endeavors.
Now running three businesses under his leadership, Glenn knew there was no other way he would be able to build his legacy had he not made that leap!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Living like a chameleon trying to fit in
- Translating his past skills to building his own business
- Building your legacy as an entrepreneur
- Glenn’s aha moment quitting his job while his wife was pregnant
- Not taking people in your life for granted
- Glenn’s current projects
Episode Highlights:
[13:56] The Road to Leadership
Glenn always rose at the job in every job he ever had and ended up in leadership positions. Having established relationships with all different types of personalities within the industry, Glenn only began to translate that into an entrepreneurial gift set after he decided to go out on his own and build his own business.
[14:32] All Business is People Business
Once you’re able to dial in people’s talents, gifts, or assets, the sky's the limit on what’s possible. But you’ve got to hone your people skills. Get a better understanding of what people are made of because you can’t treat two people the same way.
[15:44] Building Your Legacy as an Entrepreneur
One of the reasons Glenn decided to build his business is the ability to build his own legacy as an entrepreneur. He realized that when you're working for a company, you're only building their legacy, not your own. And so, it was only serving him, but not the next generations.
[09:11] The Best Time to Quit
Before you quit your job, make sure you've maxed out the opportunity. Never leave because times are tough. Maybe the company is going down or things at work suck, so you’re going to quit. But the greats walk out when they’re at the top and everything is amazing.
Resources Mentioned:
Website: www.glennlundy.com
Breakfast with Champions on Clubhouse
RiseandGrind with Glenn Lundy
eBook: The Morning Five: 5 Simple Steps to an Extraordinary Life
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
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Financial freedom
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In celebration of our 200th episode, my dear friend and host of the True Multifamily podcast, Justin Fraser, will interview me and we’re going to take you behind the scenes from my life to my business over the past four years. Starting this show on my phone in the basement, this journey has been a great learning experience. There were also so many opportunities that came from the birth of this show. From discovering partnerships to nurturing relationships, it helped grow my company and myself as an individual. Thank you for helping me understand the world as I continue to learn through others, and I’m also honored to be your guide in helping you navigate through your own story of success. Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
Why a podcast? Why impression matters The growth of our tribe The power of hiring the right people Figuring out what we do best Knowing when to say yes The importance of clearly defining the roles in your business
Episode Highlights: [05:43] Why a Podcast? This podcast was created as a place for everyone to go and get answers to their questions relating to real estate investing. It's an interesting story to document and an interesting way to inspire others as I figure things out. With no real intention of building a personal brand, it all started to come together. [10:33] Why Impression Matters When I got into the real estate investing space, one of the things that shocked me when I was walking into the room was how casual they looked. Your brand is you. You are the physical manifestation of what you represent in your company. The clients and customers trust you with their life savings, and you walking around in sweatpants just doesn't make sense. It's not just about giving out a shiny business card, but you also have to step into the room and own it. [25:09] Getting the Right People in Your Team You don't need to motivate motivated people. If you get the right people on the bus, and you start to build a business or roll around their specific needs and desires and passions, that's the game-changer. Find the core people that get your vision and want to be part of something that they have to take a risk on. [06:06] The Power of Saying No When you say yes to everything, it becomes a distraction. Say no to things, even if they're six-figure opportunities if they're not in your wheelhouse. Just because people want to work with you doesn't necessarily mean you can do what they're asking, well. Focus on your strengths, build on those strengths, and find people around you that complement your strengths. Resources Mentioned: True Multifamily Podcast
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There is a ton of data collection involved when it comes to writing an offer, with a lot of back and forth messages involved. Think about the individual’s information, price, downpayment, closing date, waive appraisal, mortgage contingency date, etc. And sometimes, you can't spend a day going back and forth – you just have to cut to the chase.
Having first-hand experience of the intricacies of writing an offer, Cody Tuma and Mark Lumpkin have come up with a better way of writing offers. They have co-founded OfferForm, a data collection tool that real estate agents use to collect information from their buyers when they're getting ready to write an offer. OfferForm provides great value not just in streamlining the process, but also in educating the buyers.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Conceptualizing the idea behind OfferForm
- The benefits of using OfferForm
- The education component
- The power of videos in educating buyers
- A team-sharing form model with a language feature
- Embracing the F word
Episode Highlights:
The Benefits of Using OfferForm
Data collection is so important when a real estate agent is working with a buyer because they need to get all the information from them in order to submit an offer. The traditional way of writing an offer is you've got to call/text/email your buyer or sit them down in person with a lot of back and forth messages. OfferForm provides a better way to do that to streamline the process so you have more time freedom in your business. OfferForm also puts some of the power in the hands of the consumer by becoming part of the process.
Educating the Buyer
OfferForm is not just a powerful tool for the agent, but also for the consumer. A lot of buyers don’t fully understand certain terminologies such as earnest money or seller concessions. And so, OfferForm also provides education to the buyers through their forums and animated videos explaining these different terms.
OfferForm simplifies the realtor's life, but it also simplifies the consumer at the same time. This adds to the relationship component of the realtor and the buyer. As an agent, you’re seen as the expert while the buyer feels empowered with their decision-making because they have the ability to educate themselves and do it at their own pace.
Resources Mentioned:
www.OfferForm.me
cody@offerform.me
mark@offerform.me
www.GoBundance.com
Lisa Hulbert: www.compass.com/agents/lisa-candella-hulbert
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When the crap hit the fan in 2020, a lot of restaurants shut their doors due to the lockdown. Several restaurants shut for almost a year before opening up because they didn’t know how to adapt to an uncertain environment – and it was too late by the time they figured it out.
Simran Bakshi, the owner of Spice Bazaar, decided to do exactly the opposite. His restaurant stayed open, set up a ghost kitchen, then expanded by setting up multiple ghost kitchens, and his business exploded!
Sim was one of the very few people who cracked the code and figured it out. During the first six months of the shutdown, they did more sales than they did prior to the shutdown – and the doors weren’t even open yet.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The credit card system as a trap
- Sim’s eureka moment when he got a DUI
- How he got into the restaurant business
- Business hack: opening a ghost kitchen
- Leveling up to opening multiple ghost kitchens
- Building a culture that can thrive in an uncertain environment
- The power of cultivating an adaptive mindset
Episode Highlights:
The Business Hack: A Ghost Kitchen
If you have a restaurant, and you serve Indian food, for instance, you can cook multiple other cuisines or even just one certain item. Then you could sell from that restaurant online such as DoorDash, UberEATS, or GrubHub with a different name. It's a ghost kitchen because it's embedded into another facility that has nothing to do with the cuisine that you're selling online. You’re basically running two restaurants in one location so it's a passive way of income within your business. It's an amazing business hack since you're maximizing your floor space or real estate to create multiple businesses running out of it.
Leveling Up: Opening Multiple Ghost Kitchens
For instance, you're in the mood to go eat pizza, and you go to this one street where there are 20 different pizzerias. But what if those 20 pizzerias were owned by the same person? This is the concept of acquiring as much real estate on these third-party delivery companies so if the customer doesn’t want to eat at your restaurant and wants to try the same cuisine elsewhere, the next restaurant on the list is still your company.
The Power of Adopting The Adaptive Mindset
There’s a difference between someone taking ownership, responsibility, and risks to thrive in an unpredictable environment versus someone that's in the same town that decided to do the opposite and got angry about it. It's a mindset thing. There are a lot of people that get comfortable but if you want to do well, you have to keep changing and adapting to new things.
Everybody's tolerance is different. But when it comes to your business, you have to be comfortable enough in your space to know what you're doing and to know the type of risks that you can take and how long you can sustain those risks. Don't get too comfortable because when you get comfortable, you start taking things for granted. Everything evolves very quickly. And if you're not adapting to those things, you're going to lose it.
Resources Mentioned:
www.spicebazaarnj.com
Email: bakshi.sim1@gmail.com
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Abundance
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Family
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Brian Bogert is a human behavior and performance coach, a motivational speaker, a business strategist, a top sales guy, and someone who believes in helping growth-minded and creative people that want to be the best versions of themselves and their most authentic selves. As Brian puts it, you want to allow people to embrace pain in order to gain freedom.
At 7 years old, Brian got his arm ripped off from a truck that hit their car. At 20 years old, he broke his arm, for the second time, from a snowboarding incident. Brian realized that in his goal to shut off his physical pain, he didn’t notice he was also shutting himself off emotionally. Today, Brain talks about how he liberated himself from his traumas to become the manifester that he has become today, and how you, too, can take your life to the next level of manifesting the things you want in your life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Learning to not get stuck
- Brian’s pivotal moments going through accidents
- Vulnerability and authenticity as the glue that binds the human connection
- Allowing your truth give permission to live theirs
- Unpacking shame and realigning with who you are
- Getting to the root of your emotional triggers
- Creating patterns in a place of conscious awareness
Episode Highlights:
Trusting Your Own Narrative
We all have unique stories, what's important is that we pause and become aware of the lessons we can extract from those stories and become intentional with how we apply them in our lives. When we’re more aware and more intentional in being our most authentic selves is when magic happens. The door cracks the perspective, motivation, and direction so joy, freedom, and fulfillment can exist holistically in our lives.
The Human Connection
Vulnerability and authenticity are the glue that binds human connection. Everybody is going to have the opportunity to stand on their own two feet – not only confident, but convicted in who they are – knowing the world is not going to just accept them, but embrace them for exactly who they are.
When you shut off physical pain to survive, you also show off emotional pain. Human connection without emotion is not a human connection.
Do not allow people to view yourself through the lens of the world and what they would believe they would be capable of in your scenario. Refuse to be defined by other people's boundaries that they are placing on you through their own lens.
The Era of Who
We are in this constant process of growing. And when we’re able to realign with who we are, the “what's” in our life become a manifestation of the “who.” Stop going to networking events and asking people what they do, because that's the first question everybody asks. If you ask them who they are, 99% of people will respond with what they do – not who they are. It's time that we shut down the era of “what“ and usher in the era of “who.” Let's start focusing on people over profits, and when you do that, you'll make more profits than you can ever imagine.
Resources Mentioned:
www.BrianBogert.com
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Having worked and seen how customer service has become a lost art in the corporate world, Dave Menz is committed to creating an environment that wows the customers within just five steps of them walking in the door. Powered by his passion and grit to elevate the laundromat industry, Dave now owns a multi-million dollar chain of laundromat stores. Even though people come to do laundry, which is the second most hated household chore in America, his goal is to make it a positive experience instead of a dreaded, negative one.
This episode is part of the Build Your Wealth series where we bring experts to share and offer insights, value, and lessons learned throughout their journey of building and creating wealth for themselves.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Dave’s eureka moment when he felt he was a sellout
- How he became the laundromat millionaire
- Wowing the customer by turning a negative experience into a positive
- The concept of vertical integration
- Leveraging your knowledge and experience through coaching
- Why get into a laundromat business
Episode Highlights:
Wowing the Customer
Service and servitude must be at the foundation of any business. If you want a successful business, you have to create jobs for people in a way that they love coming to work each day, even if they work in a laundromat.
The Vertical Integration of Businesses
Dave owns seven other businesses that include rental property, consulting, coaching, and his books – these are all associated with each other. For instance, his coaching business directly correlates to the knowledge and experience he continuously gains out of running laundromats. Hence, one feeds off the other. According to Dave, this vertical integration has become more powerful because of his strong passion for the first one.
Elevate Your Industry
You can leverage your knowledge and your experience by creating a coaching business. It’s a win-win because you’re bringing value and making a tremendous impact in your community, thereby elevating your industry.
Why Start a Laundromat Business
A laundromat business is a vital community resource. Would you rather be in a business that's wanted or a business that's needed? Would you rather be in a business that stays open during a nationwide pandemic because they're deemed essential, or would you rather be closed? Would you rather impact your community and make money or use your community and make money? Another reason it is a great business is that it is a simple cash business that makes it a fantastic starter business. There isn't a lot of accounts receivable and not a lot of inventory management, with little to no employee management.
Finally, if you're looking to get into a retail business, there's really not a better business to do it. Because the bar is so low, you can operate within a year or two at a level that most people are not operating at. You can be "top of the industry" in just a few years if you just care about servitude, you're passionate about what you do, and you really want to do something.
Resources Mentioned:
Laundromat Millionaire
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Jim Gale is the Founder and Chief Storyteller of Food Forest Abundance, a global movement that helps people grow their food in their own yard so they become more self-reliant. By implementing sustainable, local agriculture in the form of edible backyard gardens, they help turn consumers into producers.
The thread of our whole conversation today is abundance, in that everything stems from abundance and there's enough for all of us. Jim also talks about the power of your mind, breaking from fear and mind control, and taking control over your food source, your health, and your life.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is permaculture?
- Breaking free from mind control and fear
- Taking control over your food sources
- What’s in our food today?
- Why create a food source for your family
- Various food forest designs and layouts you can create
- The food forest landscape blueprint
Episode Highlights:
Understanding the World of Permaculture
The world as we are living it and treating it is being destroyed. It's unsustainable. Our society is unsustainable and all unsustainable systems fail. Whereas a sustainable system creates more energy than it takes to build and maintain, and that is all regenerative and sustainable.
Permaculture is an energy science. It's the sustainable and regenerative use of energy, which is found everywhere. It's a design science where millions of people around the world have collaborated to find out the best way to grow food with the lowest maintenance and the highest yield. And it all starts with design. The food forest landscape blueprint is a 45-page document that lays out all the relevant principles of permaculture and growing food.
Taking Control Over Your Food Source and Your Health
We can create and control the necessary nutrients, vitamins, and minerals we need as human beings to sustain and create health for ourselves because that's the biggest issue right now. Taking control of your health is so critical at this time because people feel they have no control and they just do what they're told. The word “choice” then implies that there's an awareness of choice. But there's not an awareness of choice when somebody has been programmed.
There's no need for war but the problem is this idea of authority and government. None of it is an accident because everything is happening by design. It's been the same families for hundreds of years that have controlled the minds of the people. If you want to control nations, control oil. If you want to control people, control food. If you want to control the world, control the world's currency – and food is the one thing that we can affect.
Resources Mentioned:
Food Forest Abundance
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G Edward Griffin
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
The Corbett Report
Power vs. Force by David Hawkins
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Family
Results-driven
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On Air Brand’s Erik Cabral chats with Jake Anderson, host of Podcast Marketing Radio, a show for small business owners who want to grow their brand and profits with podcasting as the marketing engine for their business.
The business entrepreneurship podcast is a very small niche with only a small percentage of listeners, but it’s a growing platform that a lot of businesses are now looking into. In this episode, they dive deep into the world of podcast marketing as they share some strategies to help elevate your brand, build relationships, and grow your business – through the magic mic.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How podcasting can elevate your life and business
- The challenges of building a podcast and the brand
- Creating the outline of your conversation
- How to keep things fresh and interesting for your podcast
- Investing in production quality with your audience in mind
- Things to consider when you’re deciding to co-host
Episode Highlights:
The Magic of Podcasting
Podcasting is a great avenue for building relationships. The magic usually happens when the mic turns off because when you're interviewing someone, you're sharing stories and having a conversation. You intently listen to them and try to offer value to everybody involved. Podcasting opens doors of opportunities. There's no way to predict what's going to happen once you turn the mic on and when it turns off. For Erik, it's how all the big deals in his life occurred.
The Challenges in Podcasting
Time: On Air Brands recognizes that while podcasting is a highly effective tool that businesses can use to leverage in their business, one of the biggest challenges of launching a podcast is time. And so, On Air Brands offers solutions to make it easy for businesses to build their podcast. All they have to do is hit record and upload it on the Cloud. But that also comes with the challenge to get their clients into this habit and hold themselves accountable.
Motivation: You also have to become a fan. If you don't listen to podcasts, you don't get inspiration and you don't get ideas. You don't get ideas of what not to do as well.
Quality: If you have a podcast, be in a room that has furniture, books, something to absorb the echo. Reinforce the room to make it sound right.
Tips When Co-Hosting a Podcast
This can be very tricky because sometimes, you don't want to hurt feelings. It's very exciting because it's new for both of you as you're exploring your voice as partners. But look at it in best-case scenarios and worst-case scenarios, when analyzing any partnership. Look at the passion each one has as well as how much time and energy you're willing to invest in. And if the partnership is worth building a business, you need to get the proper paperwork in order. Then you need to think about how to grow it and monetize while serving the people and being true to your brand.
Resources Mentioned:
Podcast Marketing Radio
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Family
Results-driven
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results-driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
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David Zamarin is the founder of DetraPel, an innovative, nanotech-based liquid repellent, which is harmless, planet-friendly, and made of cancer-free agents. Recently making it to the Forbes 30 under 30, David started his own business at 15 years old, cleaning and conditioning sneakers.
After a sweet exit selling the business at $150,000, David went on to another ride of his life where he landed a $200,000-deal with Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner. Mark is clear proof that age doesn't matter when it comes to entrepreneurship and building a business such as DetraPel, which is now valued at $30 million.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- David’s eureka moments
- How he created a shoe cleaning business in 9th grade and scaled it
- Why a lot of immigrants are so successful
- The impetus behind DetraPel
- What is nanotechnology
- How he got to pitch at Shark Tank
- David’s Shark Tank experience and how it elevated his business
- His biggest lesson to hire slow and fire fast
Episode Highlights:
What is Nanotechnology?
A nanoparticle is a particle that’s 10-9. It’s so small that it's invisible to the naked eye. When you create multiple different particles together and you create polymers, it becomes a liquid. Eventually, you can't see the particles themselves because they're still in the nanoscale, but you can see the film because it is visible to the naked eye.
Nanotechnology has huge applications in the field of electronic, software, and hardware technologies. It allows you to get traditional types of bonds between molecules at a much smaller degree, which effectively allows you to make highly effective products at a more affordable price.
It Never Hurts to Reach Out
Whenever there's a big personality, or celebrity, or someone that you want to reach out to, don’t hold yourself back thinking they’re never going to notice you. There's definitely opportunity there and you just have to be able to seize it and not be so scared of failure or rejection.
Lessons from Failure
Apply the principle of hiring slow and firing fast because people can make or break your entire company and life. Hiring the right people can either make or break the business. And if you see early signs of things that strike you the wrong way, then it's time to let go.
Resources Mentioned:
David’s Shark Tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYK2G0xTCrE
LinkedIn: @davidzamarinan
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference. Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business! I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics: Mindset Value Entrepreneurship Abundance Networking Family Results driven Integrity Gratitude Financial freedom Podcasting
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
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Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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Mark Mcguire started his career in the music industry and eventually got a record contract on the table. But he got to a point where he felt he was in it for the wrong reasons – chasing dollars and eventually losing passion for it. At that point, he decided to transition into real estate, which has always been part of his family’s DNA.
Today, Mark is the VP of Investor Relations at Hearthfire Capital, a real estate and property management firm specializing in self-storage operations and investments. With the pandemic as a huge catalyst, self-storage is now seeing an all-time high in physical occupancy. It’s much less competitive than other types of property investments, making it a highly viable alternative.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Mark’s eureka moment transitioning from music to real estate
- Why he initially backed away from getting involved in real estate
- Why self-storage is a great alternative to investing
- Investing in self-storage vs. a multifamily property
- Value-added elements to self-storage
- Lessons learned through failure
- The danger of running a business with just passion and love
Episode Highlights:
Self Storage: The Bastard Child in Real Estate
There's a stigma attached to self-storage in that it’s only for the lower classes of society, which is far from the truth. Self-storage has an uptick in utilization, with the millennials as the largest group of users, whether for personal or business reasons.
Since self-storage thrives on transition, the pandemic has been a strong catalyst for its massive success. Although self-storage space has a wide, addressable market, the keys to success include identifying what the market needs, how to target them specifically, and how much they’re willing to pay.
How to Add More Value to Self-Storage
Mark recommends scouting for under-managed or under-rented properties. Then look into the operating expenses and tech implementation. Think automated gate access or the ability for remote access with minimal human contact.
The Danger of Running a Business with Just Passion And Love
As a business, you can focus on passion and love. But you have to have people around you who will turn that passion and love into something that can sustain it. Otherwise, if you're not running it the right way, passion and love just fizzle out.
Resources Mentioned:
www.investingwithmark.com
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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Does your kid push your buttons all the time? Power struggles are not unusual in a parent-child relationship. You basically come from two completely different generations, what do you expect? Parenting is difficult enough. What more if you added in your daily struggles as an entrepreneur.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. Stop spending all your energy trying to control and change your kid because the only person in life that you can truly control is yourself. In today’s episode, learn how you can balance parenting and your business from Kirk Martin, founder of Celebrate Calm and Calm Parenting University. Kirk is also the host of the Calm Parenting Podcast.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Dealing with a difficult child requires a mindset shift
- How to control your emotions as a parent
- Focus on leading rather than pushing
- Kirk’s superhero story which became his eureka moment
- Lessons from running a book writing business
Episode Highlights:
How to Deal with a Difficult Child
You can actually control your child's response not by controlling them, but by how you control yourself. The quickest way to change your child's behavior is to first control your own. Instead of yelling, start asking questions and listen. This requires a big mindset shift. When you use humility instead of manipulation, your child will begin to listen to you.
How to Control Your Emotions
First, realize that it just doesn't work. You can get compliance from a child in that moment. But you're actually not building that relationship. You're not changing the heart. Be honest with yourself to recognize that you're just being a baby because you didn’t get your way. When you yell at your child and they're upset because they didn't get their way, guess where they’re learning that from? You, obviously.
Second, body posture is important. Sit down instead of standing up, and you’ll notice how that simple dynamic could change your tone. You don't see two people arguing while sitting and reclining in a chair.
Third, do the opposite of what you normally do. Identify your triggers and notice how your tone starts to change and how your child reacts. Once you see this pattern, do the opposite of what you usually do. Focus on leading them rather than pushing them. For instance, instead of barking in their room, come in and sit on their bedside for 15 seconds, and mention something they're interested in. By taking interest rather than barking out your anxiety, you’re giving them what they actually need, which is your time. You’re paying attention to them, and so, you’ve turned that anxiety into love.
Resources Mentioned:
Celebrate Calm
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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Josh McCallen is a masterful investor, entrepreneur, and business owner. He is the Founder and CEO of Accountable Equity and owner of one of the most famous resorts, Renault Winery Resort and Golf. Renault Winery is 156 years old and the second oldest winery in America.
With Josh's wife, Melanie, as the co-founder, Accountable Equity is a mastermind group and investor community of almost 300 accredited investors, buying assets and building wealth together. If you're a business owner and you want to know how your business could go from a $500,000 value to a $2 million value, be sure to listen to today’s episode!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- About Accountable Equity
- Being in a collaborative real estate community
- Josh’s eureka moment
- How to transform the value of your business
- The leverage of real estate
- Why podcasting was another eureka moment for Josh
- The art of embracing failures
Episode Highlights:
How to Transform the Value of Your Business
Many business owners think that the way to run a business is to create cash flow. The more cash flow you have, the better you are. But there’s actually more to that. Regardless of what industry you’re in, the secret is to find out the capitalization rate, get your profit up, and you’re transforming your wealth.
The Leverage of Real Estate
Businesses can operate the same way as real estate. However, real estate has this added advantage because lenders love it. They feel like it's real, it's tangible. They can go over and see the boundaries of it. And they could also see the cash coming from the business. Hence, they tend to like it because it has more "collateral."
Now, if you have a business in the internet world, and there's no physical land, they will still evaluate your profit. But there will be much fewer lenders that are eager to loan on that.
The Power of Podcasting
As a podcaster, you learn so much and you learn to listen better. A great go is where the conversation is organic. Have some confidence in your heart that you're on the right track, or else, you might second guess too many things. But if you feel you're doing something good and that your show has a good purpose, then go on.
Resources Mentioned:
Accountable Equity
Renault Winery Resort and Golf
Capital Hacking Podcast
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
Phil Friedrich is a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual and the co-owner of Omaha-based PassGo Real Estate. He's also the fabulous host of the Who Knew in the Moment podcast.
Growing up, Phil was always very entrepreneurial, wanting to make money. At an early age, he was taught the work ethic of not only going above and beyond what you need to do to make extra money but also, how to manage money. At 21, Phil bought his first rental property.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Phil’s eureka moment in investing
- Realizing the power of visualization
- Buying an asset and having someone pay it off for him
- Getting past the fear of failures
- Adding value in his business through podcasting
- The great relationships created from podcasting
- How he embraced the F word
Episode Highlights:
Choosing the Career You Want
Figure out what are careers you can go into where you don't have a boss or you don't have to be somewhere at a specific time and where you get some flexibility. Most people go for the salary and the paycheck but others would rather have some freedom, which real estate investing can give you.
Adding Value in His Business Through Podcasting
The premise behind his podcast is that as you're living life, very rarely in the moments, do you realize the magnitude of them. However, in hindsight, you look back and you realize how pivotal was that for you to try this or for you to be able to do that. Trying to figure out how to create special moments for people while knowing how he loves people's stories, Phil decided to combine these two things.
With podcasting, the amount of results you get back depends on the effort you put in. You can't just expect to have a massive following after only three episodes.
The Art of Embracing Failures
Don't ask yourself, can I or can't I? Or should I or shouldn't I? Instead, ask yourself – Am I capable? And if you’re capable and it’s something that interests you, then try it right. What's the worst that can happen? Also, when you learn to embrace your failures, you learn to get better at whatever it is you’re doing. Don't practice something until you get it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong.
Resources Mentioned:
Who Knew In The Moment? Podcast
LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/phil-friedrich
Instagram: @philthecup10
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today. Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
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James Webb, author of Redneck Resilience: A Countryboy’s Journey to Prosperity, talks about the steps he took to build a massive sales company. James began his career as a radiologic technologist and became a Director of Radiology for the next 13 years until he started his own medical imaging services company. It was just the first of the many companies he built along with some ancillary businesses. After more than 40 years in the medical field, he became one of the largest OrangeTheory franchises in the country and eventually sold all 33 gyms right before the pandemic. Today, James is now involved in 18 BeBalanced Centers.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- His entrepreneurial journey from Corporate America to creating his company in Trinidad and Tobago
- How James ended up creating multiple imaging centers in the U.S. and some ancillary businesses
- The one word that defined his life
- Lessons learned throughout failure
- How he got into a gym business franchise where he ended up selling 33 gyms as an exit strategy and now running a retail weight loss program
- Characteristics of a team that makes your company successful
- Lessons learned from writing a book
Episode Highlights:
Relationships
James attributes his massive success to the relationships he has built over the course of his career. For him, it was what defined his life. He was open to relationships and friendships, but he also knew where to draw the line.
Lessons Learned Through Failures
Everybody knows the adage about failure that you don't learn from your successes, but you learn from your failures. Yet a true entrepreneur understands that if you haven't failed at least three times, you're not trying hard enough. Because as you fail again and again, resilience kicks in. As you get back up, you find a different path, and go down that path. You get back up again, find another path, and learn why you failed. And then pick another path until you eventually get it right.
Characteristics of a Team That Makes Your Company Successful
To truly make your people a part of your company means you have to provide them structured equity. So it's not just a career for them but they get to become entrepreneurs with you. It’s also important to develop a sense of camaraderie within your team while not letting down expectations and that's the key to management. You have to set expectations and hold people accountable.
Resources Mentioned:
Redneck Resilience
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Jump into this episode which offers a private peek into my life’s journey as an entrepreneur. Every morning I record an “audio journal” to document my progress, lessons learned through failure, and the solutions that made a difference.
Having gratitude, love, and appreciation in our lives for those who support us and stand in our corner yelling “CATCH THE CHICKEN ROCK!!!” is paramount. I hope to be your “Micky” during your journey as we fight our way in the boxing ring of business!
I hope I added value to your life today.
Foundation topics:
Mindset
Value
Entrepreneurship
Abundance
Networking
Family
Results driven
Integrity
Gratitude
Financial freedom
Podcasting
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
When business is growing and things are great, we can get sucked in and forget that there are these other gardens in our lives that need to be nourished as well. Our guest today definitely knows how important such balance is if you want to achieve your dreams – and you need a system that works!
Michael Nelson is the founder of TLC Tech, an outsourced tech support company, which creates digital transformation for its clients. Michael is also the author of Goals That Matter: The Deceptively Simple System to Achieve Every Dream.
When Michael realized everything he was doing was all about the business, he decided to make a shift and look at all the six main areas of life, which changed the whole trajectory for him.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Michael’s eureka moment in 2013
- His entrepreneurial journey and his experience through the dot-com era
- The best lesson he got in the business
- Numbing his pain through alcohol
- How TLC Tech is helping its clients
- What inspired him to write the book
- Having accountability with your goals
Episode Highlights:
The Best Lesson in Business
Don’t use your line of credit as a term loan but use it for short-term cash flow issues. A line of credit is meant to be used for short-term cash flow issues, not a fundamental “grow your business” thing.
This was the biggest lesson Michael learned in his previous business during the dot-com era because it was growing so fast. Having learned such an important lesson, he started TLC Tech with the goal to achieve balance and make sure he was not going to do debt. Although they have a line of credit since a good business needs that, they rarely use it. It's meant as a very short-term gap to deal with a very specific problem, not the fundamental "I need to grow the business."
Having Accountability with Your Goals
When Michael started, created an accountability sheet with all of his goals – broken down into 10-year, three-year, one-year, 90-day, monthly, and then weekly goals. And it wasn’t until he was reviewing his goals every single day when things took off for him.
His goal achievement percentages went up drastically, while ironically only having to work fewer hours because he had better balance in all areas of his life.
Resources Mentioned:
www.goalsthatmatter.com
TLC Tech
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Rosetta Bryson is the founder of Simple Trader Pro, a massive financial tech company in the U.S. that’s educating people to become profitable traders and giving them the opportunity to dream and live their dream. Rosetta is actively involved in creating a movement within FinTech and for women entrepreneurs.
Rosetta is a financial strategist, an inspirational speaker, and a nurturing mentor. Rosetta came from the background being the only black family in their block for 20 years and she just got used to people shouting at him. But in that experience, she also learned to speak up to not get left out. And that ability to speak has opened doors for her.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How she transitioned from working for the government to entrepreneurship
- Combatting limiting belief of scarcity
- Her thoughts on the Robinhood investing platform
- The difference between a trader and an investor
- How Simple Trader Pro is empowering people to dream
- Trading success stories
- Why Rosetta’s friends call her Bishop
Episode Highlights:
How to Combat the Limiting Belief of Scarcity
Life is an opportunity, take it. Some of us have prayed for stuff, asked for stuff, and worked for stuff. Then the opportunity comes, are you taking it? Many people during the whole pandemic said, “If I only had time, I would do this or that.” But did you do it?
The Difference Between a Trader and an Investor
A trader is in and out every day. If the thing is moving and it meets the criteria for a good trade, they get in and get out. Whereas an investor does the due diligence on the company they want to invest in. They want to know what the owner bought or when he sold the shares, making sure they wouldn't go down the line and distribution is done correctly. The investment side is more of the long-term haul, while trading is more short-term as you’re always in and out.
Giving People an Opportunity to Dream
Rather than having a hedge fund manager or mutual fund manager with exorbitant fees and you have no idea what's going on behind the curtain, Simple Trade Pro is giving people the tools to do it themselves. They’re teaching people how to fish and they’re teaching these three things:
- How to trade anywhere in the world
- How to trade and never lose your principal
- How to trade your way out of a mediocre life into a great life
If you're working 40 hours, you drive the same way to work as you drive home, you have a mortgage and insurance, you have kids, babysitter fees, and all of that stuff, people no longer think they have the ability to dream. They just think that's for extremely rich people. And trading loosens that mindset because it gives people the ability to manage money, make money, and keep the money – not just hit it every once in a while, but make it consistently be consistently profitable.
Resources Mentioned:
www.simpletraderpro.com
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From leaving the military to diving into real estate, Daniel Del Real has mastered the real estate industry for two decades and is now one of the highest repeat agents in the state of California. Then he found a bigger calling to elevate his game as a real estate investor, being clear on his mission to grow his world so his people can also grow within it.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Daniel’s aha moment
- Growing your world so your people can grow their world within it
- Saying no to everything to eventually say yes to some things
- Communicative knowledge vs. revealed knowledge
- Why it’s important for investors to start with single-family homes first
- The humility of serving others
Episode Highlights:
Beyond Mastery
You may be making a lot of decisions today that support and confirm your success and why you are where you are today. But are those decisions honoring the person that you want to be in the future?
Sometimes, we get so comfortable in the mastery of whichever industry we’re in that we fall back on it. And it’s important to ask yourself questions like who do you want to be in the next 5 or 10 years? Are you making decisions today that are honoring that person? And so, every now and then, you have to be constantly pushing yourself so that you’re evolving and learning continuously.
Growing Your World for Your People to Grow Within It
You could be providing opportunities to your people and helping them grow. But if your world doesn't continue to get bigger so their world could grow within it, then they're going to outgrow you and they're going to find different opportunities. And so, continue to grow your world, your knowledge, and your space. And give them space for them to grow within it. Create opportunity for them past the sales. And if you don't provide enough opportunity, they should leave you and continue to grow.
Saying No to Everything to Eventually Say Yes to Some Things
You have to know what you want out of your life, otherwise, people will always try to buy your time. If you don't prioritize your life, society will. And so, be very clear of who you want to be and what you want to do. Say yes to everything in that space, and no to everything else. You have to be so clear about what your mission is that it silences all the noise around you, because you're going to get a lot of noise. And because you’re so clear on that mission, it's easy to say no to everything because you’re running at a different frequency.
Resources Mentioned:
The Del Real Group
Instagram: @TheDelRealGroup
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Rodney Flowers is a transformational speaker and a bestselling author helping others reach their goals, experience their dreams, and live successful purposeful lives. A mindset, strategy, resilience, team building coach, Rodney facilitates conversations and events. Rodney Flowers is the host of The Game Changer Mentality Podcast.
Today, he shares his inspirational story, being paralyzed at 15 years old and being in a wheelchair for 18 years, and how he walked his way through, not just physically, but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, bouncing back and getting to where he is now.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How Rodney ended up in the wheelchair
- His driving force that made him want to be better in life
- Understanding that recovery is a process
- How to win in the game of life
- The Chinese bamboo and the bow and arrow analogies in relation to embracing our failures
Episode Highlights:
Recovery is a Process
Recovery can move very slowly and so, you sometimes have to build on those improvements. You have to go through the process and be okay with being in spaces of uncertainty.
You have to have a strong mind and not allow frustration or delayed gratification to get the best of you because that's how you lose. In order to win, you’ve got to stay strong and keep your mind on the vision.
Make sure you have a process and a ritual in place. Even if you have a destination, you’ve got to break that down into small chunks, and then reward yourself when you meet those milestones that you set for yourself along the journey. And realize that the most important things are the milestones between where you are and that destination.
Ultimately, having a vision is a vehicle for you to become better. And any resistance that shows up in your life is an opportunity for you to outperform whatever is in front of you.
How to Win in the Game of Life
Winning is fully expressing yourself and allowing who you are to be maximized to the fullest extent for the purpose of creating a positive impact on the world. The more you do that, the more games you win.
Opposition and resistance are something we all have in common. And the best thing to do in life is to understand how to navigate it and how to play it. The more you learn how to play it, the more you get better at it, and the more enjoyable life is, no matter what you do. Put yourself in this game playing mindset to take on whatever comes and you become a champion.
Resources Mentioned:
www.RodneyFlowers.com
The Game Changer Mentality Podcast
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From being a special agent to real eWhitney Sewell is the founder of Life Bridge Capital and The Life Bridge Foundation. Life Bridge is a syndicated multifamily investment firm that loves working with investors on how to strategically target multifamily properties. Whitney's business model is shaped and molded around one of his passions – helping families through the adoption process.
Whitney hosts The Real Estate Syndication Show, a daily podcast where he has now interviewed over 600 experts providing cutting-edge tools and strategies of the syndication business.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Whitney’s background from law enforcement to horse training and real estate
- Getting into the mindset of a commercial real estate business
- The impact of mentorship in their business and personal life as a couple
- What drives him each day
- Why they’re helping families through the adoption process
- Whitney’s lessons from failure
- The beauty of quieting your mind
Episode Highlights:
The Power of Mentorship
You could have different mentors for different things – whether it's for your speaking, business, real estate, podcasting – whatever it is. Find different groups to challenge you in different ways that you haven't been challenged yet. And you're going to learn things you haven't learned before.
You don’t want to be the smartest person in the room because you have to continue to be challenged and that could mean having to change mastermind groups and the people you spend your time with.
Why They're Helping Families Through the Adoption Process
It can cost $40,000 - $60,000 to bring a child home to adoption. That's more than most families are making a year. And so they end up not starting the process. On the other hand, there are over 150 million orphans in the world.
Dedicated to sharing the financial burdens of adoption, Whitney and his wife, Chelsea established The Life Bridge Foundation which is done through their syndication business, Life Bridge Capital.
The Beauty of Quieting Your Mind
We need to be present in the moment. It's not the chatter or the voice that's constantly telling you what to do or what you haven't done. Be in the moment wherever you are. Quiet your mind and appreciate life and what’s happening around you.
Resources Mentioned:
Email: whitney@lifebridgecapital.com
Call or text: 540-585-4338
Life Bridge Capital
The Life Bridge Foundation
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
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When you’ve got so many things on your plate – podcast, content, running a business, marketing, etc. – there’s only so much you can do to do things, well, really efficiently. That’s why our guest today, Deniero Bartolini is a huge proponent of the remote workforce and scaling a business using remote workers. Be sure to listen in because this is a big opportunity for you to start realizing how critical it is for businesses today to build a remote workforce. It’s also important that you teach your remote workforce what you know, and empower them to do what it is they can with that knowledge.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Lessons he learned from his music career
- Mastering the hard things and deliberate practice
- Building a remote workforce
- How to find the right people to add to your team
- Things to look for and red flags to avoid
- Instilling and nurturing your culture into a remote workforce
Episode Highlights:
Doing the Deep Work and Deliberate Practice
You've got to master hard things to float to the top to differentiate yourself from your competition. Then yuo become someone that people will seek and you will grow in any industry.
Deliberate practice is doing something with the intent of getting better in a specific area. For instance, if you want to be a good baseball player, you've got to learn all the parts of the sport. It’s an organized way of practicing. Focus your time and energy in specific areas until you learn them, and then move on to the next.
Building a Remote Workforce
Having a remote workforce is not only a way of running a business, it’s a way of life. A VA or virtual assistant can do anything you can imagine. You can streamline and get someone to do things for you.
1. Small steps - They don't need to have your personal information right away. They can have a credit card you use for business where you put in money on a bi-weekly or monthly basis.
2. Rapid fire testing - If you have an important project, hire three people initially, and tell them they're on a test run for the project. Show them the bigger project, but tell them you're going to hire them for one day. It’s not an interview since it’s paid.
Things to look for when hiring a remote team:
- Reliability - How fast do they respond?
- Make sure they have reliable internet.
- Any refresher courses they’ve taken in the last 6 months
- Attention to detail
Resources Mentioned:
www.denierob.com
Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
Deep Work by Cal Newport
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Currently, Edward Rodriguez is the CEO of BPN Capital Group, a DeFi (decentralized finance) multi-service Firm powered by a network of professionals and Blockchain Technology. This structure is designed to allow professionals to be their marketing force. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on advertising methods, they pay professionals to share Be Pro Network LLC services with their clients.
Edward unlocks some knowledge around Blockchain and how utilizing such structure can actually give small investors the billionaire’s advantage. He also gives us a cool analogy to help us understand how Bitcoin and Blockchain are two different things that the majority of people often get confused about.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why most entrepreneurs in the U.S. are immigrants
- Getting the same access to the resources billionaires have
- How he put together BPN Capital Group as “The Avengers of Business”
- Edward’s 3-minute pitch
- The power of building relationships through trust
- A brief overview of Blockchain
- The Internet and Yahoo! analogy
Episode Highlights:
Why a Lot of Immigrants Excel in The U.S.
Statistically, most entrepreneurs are immigrants. Because they come from another country, they don't take things for granted, but a lot of people who grew up in the U.S. don't see it.
Getting the Same Access to Resources Billionaires Have
Billionaires have all of these strategies where they make back their money right on day one. And they have an upside to making another 100% in a very short period amount of time, like two to three years. And even if the asset loses 50% in value, they still break even.
Now, small businesses have the opportunity to utilize this structure that’s mainly reserved for people that have billions on their management. It's available, you just need to have access. When Edward started mentoring with blockchain, he saw this as a huge opportunity to allow people to take advantage of this.
Understanding Blockchain
Blockchain was invented in 1991 primarily to solve the trust problem related to investing. Bitcoin is just the first use of Blockchain. Blockchain and Bitcoin are not the same things. And unfortunately, the majority of people get those two confused.
Bitcoin is built on the Blockchain. To give you a simple analogy, if Blockchain was the internet, Bitcoin is Yahoo! And what happened to Yahoo is exactly what may happen to Bitcoin. There's a lot of misinformation out there currently. Therefore, you have to do a lot of research and do your own due diligence.
Resources Mentioned:
BPN Capital Group
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Where do you turn to when you want to learn more about investing or how to invest? For many people, Investopedia comes to mind. Today’s guest is Caleb Silver, an award-winning American journalist and the editor-in-chief of Investopedia, a 23-year old brand with a mission to spread financial literacy and education and helping people learn how to invest. Caleb is the president of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW). He is also the host of The Investopedia Express Podcast.
In this episode, he talks about the power of mentorship and why you should be creating your own personal board of directors to help you stay on track.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What it was like for Caleb growing up
- How he got into the investing world
- When he discovered the story-telling part of himself
- The importance of mentorship
- Building your own “board of directors”
- The birth of Investopedia and the podcast
- Why Investopedia is more than just a glossary
- Plans to expand the brand
Episode Highlights:
Mentorship and Building Your Personal Board of Directors
Build your own personal board of directors. It could mean your mom and dad, as well as the people that know you well, either professionally or personally. These are the people who can help steer you in those types of decisions. When you have those key life decisions, whether they're personal or professional, or some hybrid of both, who are the six to 10 people that you can bounce that off of where you know you're going to get an honest, direct candid opinion and some guidance?
Learn from people smarter than you and gravitate towards them. Find people that are doing what you want to do, or are living a life that you potentially would hope to model.
The Birth of Investopedia and the Podcast
Seeing the influx of investors joining the market and wanting to get into finance, Investopedia was created with the initial goal to serve as a dictionary of financial terms that they could put on the internet. From there, it became a primary resource when it comes to people searching for financial and investing information.
Meanwhile, The Investopedia Express Podcast is about helping educate people, get them ready, get them set for the things that may happen when they have conversations with super smart people that shed light on certain topics.
More Than Just a Glossary
23 million people come to Investopedia every month and they all have individual and personal needs. Caleb clarifies that they're not just a glossary or an encyclopedia. They have so much different content on the site. They have a very popular stock simulator and lots of FAQs about investing and trading. Ultimately, it's about really having their finger on the pulse of the individual investor.
Resources Mentioned:
Investopedia
SABEW
The Investopedia Express Podcast
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Chaz Wolfe is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Bulletproof Coaching, a coaching platform focused on strategy, sales, leadership and mindset. Chaz offers a wealth of knowledge and he’s sharing his insights today to, hopefully, inspire you to take action and figure out the sales engine in your business.
Chaz dropped out of college, went into sales, married at 21, and bought a house at 22. Then he left the full-time six figure deal as a sales manager at 24, and bought his first $400,000-franchise trying to sell fruit baskets. Fast-forward to now, he’s managing multiple franchises, doing real estate investing, and living out his passion for coaching.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The importance of good leadership
- Chaz’s journey from college dropout to sales manager
- How he got into franchising
- The goal to make his passive income greater than his active income
- Lessons learned from failure
- Focus on building the pipeline
Episode Highlights:
About Bulletproof Coaching
At Bulletproof Coaching, they help sales professionals learn and master the sales process, tonality, authority, human communication, relationships, trust, rapport, and the whole deal. And on the entrepreneurship side, they help with strategy, business planning, team building, and structure.
Passive Income Greater Than Active Income
Already running multiple franchises, Chaz had this mindset that his passive income needed to overflow his active income. Given he already has a ton of active income, that means he has to also create a ton of passive income. As a result, he’s making more alternative investments in other businesses and buying more real estate, specifically leaning into short-term rentals.
Lessons From Failures
Failures are like dues that we pay as entrepreneurs, and we should expect them and look forward to them. You have to go through failures because there are pieces you have to learn. And so instead of being nervous about failures, you have to go look for them.
First, you've got to check in with your ego. Just because you have drive doesn't mean you just make a bunch of moves. And sometimes, a little hesitation is helpful as well. Obviously, lean toward action being the number one ticket, because you will learn from your mistakes.
Advice to Sales Pros
Focus on building the pipeline and filling it. As business owners, we can get lost in the things that don't generate revenue. It's not all about money. But your business is predicated on transactional value. People pay you for your business, and that is what defines the business. Therefore, it all comes down to sales.
Resources Mentioned:
www.chazwolfe.com
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Arianne Lemire is a wealth creator and real estate investor who now owns over 1,800 multifamily units and flipped over 500 houses in the last several years in the Florida Panhandle. Ariana has already achieved financial freedom, which means that she’s investing her vehicles and projects, especially within real estate, and then letting the profits, the revenue, or dividends pay for their living expenses.
Through their website, wealthgym.com, they teach people how to retire in seven years. You're not actually going to retire. But you will have this passive income that pays for your needs and wants – and more!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Arianne’s background and how she got into real estate investing
- Getting past the fear of risk and ways to mitigate the risk
- Hiring a property management company
- What house hacking is and ways to do it
- Navigating through the waters in a male-dominated industry
- What financial freedom means
Episode Highlights:
Ways to Mitigate the Risks of Real Estate Investing
People always needed a place to live and people would always pay X amount within reason. By padding your numbers, you don't have to be charging the most amount of rent at all times. Then the risk is fairly low, especially if you keep reserves for all of your properties and make sure you have insurance in all of your properties.
And you don't have to worry about changing the locks for the doors or fixing the toilet because you will be hiring a property management company who will do that for you. There's a lot of ways to mitigate risks, that's why knowing your numbers is really important.
The Concept of House Hacking
House hacking is making money off of the house you live in. There are different ways to do that:
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Buy a 2-4-unit house with your 0 to 3%, down payment, and then you rent out the other three units.
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Buy a four-bedroom house with a 0 to 3% down payment, and then you rent out the individual rooms. You live for free as you're making extra money from the other roommates.
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Use the money from your house as a home equity line of credit. For instance, you bought your house five years ago, and you have extra $200k in equity. You can tap into that with a home equity line of credit, and you're getting a 3% interest rate on it, and you can invest it in something else that makes 15% to 20%.
Navigating Through the Waters in a Male-Dominated Industry
Most people who are going to matter in your life don't care what you look like. They don't care what you sound like and they don't care that you're female. If they see that you're a good human and that you are a good fit for whatever they're doing because most of it is a business transaction, then they're going to respect you, and they're going to treat you the way you deserve to be treated. And it starts with treating yourself that way. Once you start showing yourself that respect, then everybody else will show you that respect.
What is Financial Freedom?
It means that your investment income or passive income pays for your needs, wants, and more. You don't have to work for money and it frees people to do what they're meant to do. Sometimes we look for the easy way out. But part of the equation is not spending all of it if you make a million dollars this year, or $100k this year, and instead of putting some of that money into an investment that pays you over and over and over. That's the investment income or the passive income.
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Jason Tharp is an amazing author and illustrator of children’s books including It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn!Tired of the corporate grind as a graphic designer, he made the decision to quit his job and follow his creative passion for writing. In this episode, he talks about some beautiful insights and life lessons from his book and how you can apply it in your life to pave your way towards a life of happiness and success.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- His journey into writing children’s books
- Setting intentions in what you do to make way for opportunities
- The one meeting that turned into 11 books now
- What embrace your unicorniness means
- The goal of the book
- Jason’s biggest mission in spreading self-kindness
- How parents can help kids who feel unseen
Episode Highlights:
Setting Intentions to Create a Clear Path to Success
It's difficult when you realize you're not the best employee, and what it can do to you over time, and when you're beaten down and your ideas are beaten down. You just start to bend over and you don't care anymore and you go down into depression. But if you put the intention of what you want to do, and you work really hard towards it, sometimes the stars align, and people fall in, and you have to trust sometimes that those people are the right reasons. And even when you don’t know what to do, you just have to take a chance on it and face your fears.
Embracing Your Unicorniness
If only adults would learn from kids the bravery of stepping into something. It doesn't mean you have to go to the extreme like Jason did, where he quit his job making good money to make zero on a whim. But he took the chance bit by bit.
If you want to do something, just be brave enough to try it, no matter how weird it is. If the internet has taught us anything, whatever you're trying to do exists out there. There's somebody else out there that wants to be or do those things. And that’s something you have to embrace.
Everybody else thinks there's wrong with you because they haven't taken the time to get to know you. But most of the time, you'll find that there are a couple of people that will always have your back through everything. And those are the ones that really matter. And as you get older, the more you're true to who you are, you will find that more people are just like you. Then you'll find your tribe. It doesn't have to be thousands of people. Two people or even one person can make you feel normal.
The Importance of Self-Kindness
Jason’s goal is to help people understand how important it is just to like yourself. If you can learn how to just catch yourself when those things start to bubble up, and you ask the right questions, and you have this awareness, then you take an action to change it or you take note of it. Do whatever you need to do to learn how to be cool with yourself. A kid only knows right now. So you have to help kids learn how to empathize with themselves. Don't teach kids how their life is going to be perfect, but teach them how to help manage their emotions through self-kindness.
How to Help Kids Who Feel Unseen
85% of children, especially when they get fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth-grade middle school – they feel invisible. Make kids understand that they're going to feel weird from time to time. There's nothing wrong with them. There are going to be times they're going to have super dark thoughts. There's nothing wrong with that either. But if it sticks around, that's when you need to talk things through. Encourage them to reach out for help and find people.
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Dani Lynn & Flip Robinson worked on cruise ships for about 10 years. Then they both realized they wanted to go into real estate and got their real estate realtors in 2008, at a time when the real estate market crashed. Realizing they need to be more proactive, they decided to get into real estate investing where they have more control over their lives.
When they started, they did 12 different ways to buy and sell real estate and none of those were flips. It wasn't until about probably six or seven years into real estate investing that they did their first flip and also looked to turnkey real estate investing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How they got into real estate investing
- Real estate investing vs. selling homes
- The McDonald's approach of all of their properties
- The importance of surrounding yourself with like-minded people
- Building the culture in your company
- Actionable steps in getting into real estate investing
Episode Highlights:
The Importance of Surrounding Yourself with Like-minded People
You can fast track yourself to success if you surround yourself with people who are already doing what you want to do and are exactly where you want to go so then you can learn from them. That way, you don’t have to make the same mistakes they did. Plus, it makes everything fun because you’re all aspiring to do great things.
Building the Culture in Your Company
A dream manager's job is to sit down with each person and ask them what they want, personally, and not just professionally. What do you want on a personal level? Do you want to buy your first house? Do you want to understand finances better? Or do you want to create budgets? Then ask them how you can help them to achieve both their personal and professional goals.
If you have teams from overseas, celebrate their culture as well because you could have totally different lifestyles. Show them and let them know that they matter. Make an effort to connect with them regularly. Hold fun meetings to continue to inspire and motivate them, and do it regularly.
Actionable Steps in Getting into Real Estate Investing
Find the person that has already done it because it's nice to have investors who know both sides of the world. Attach yourself with the right people and learn from their mistakes. Although, the great ones also allow you to make your own mistakes and so you can learn from them.
Join mastermind groups to help align yourself with like-minded people who are doing it every single day.
Resources Mentioned:
www.freedomrealestategroup.com
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What does success mean to you? Being a recovering perfectionist and a serial accomplisher, Amber Fuhriman defines true success as being able to make an impact, create experiences and provide transformation for others, while staying true to living life on your terms. It’s about intentionally creating it every day.
Amber is an attorney, a success strategist, a speaker, podcast host, a mindset motivator, and a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming or NLP.
Today, she talks about the value of having real conversations, the importance of being selfish before you can be selfless, and finally, the power of intentionally defining your success each day.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Valuing conversations and building relationships
- What she defines as her weakness now
- Being selfish before you can be selfless
- What happens when you're always saying yes to things
- Why she's a recovering perfectionist and serial accomplisher
- What success means to Amber and intentionally creating it each day
Episode Highlights:
Valuing Conversations and Building Relationships
There is no greater sign of trust than somebody can give you their audience. If you're doing podcast interviews, somebody is sharing their space with you and they're sharing their audience with you. They're trusting you with the know, like, and trust factor that they've built up with their audience through time. And if you don't see that as a huge sign of the faith they have in you, then you absolutely should. Because any podcast host who values their audience is the gatekeeper between the information that their audience gets.
Putting Yourself First
You have to be selfish before you can be selfless. You have to be selfish with your time and your resources, before you can choose who to give that time and resource to. Because if you're not selfish, and you just say yes to everything around you, then you don't have anything to give to the people who need it and you don't have anything to give to yourself.
When you say yes to something, you are saying no to an infinite amount of other things. So we go through our life saying we don't want to say no. But by saying yes, we're saying no to all of these other opportunities.
What True Success Really Means
The definition of success for people changes throughout their lives. What was a success to you previously doesn't have to be successful to you tomorrow. Yet, we hold on to that. And we don't give ourselves permission to change because we worked so hard to get somewhere. And so then we just keep ramming our head against this concrete wall thinking it’s supposed to make us happy. And it doesn’t end up well.
Success is broken down into micro definitions. If you can define success for yourself every single day, then that big definition of success is always going to fall in alignment with where you're at no matter what your job is, what your relationship status is, or where you live. If every single day is a success, and you're intentionally defining that every single day, then the rest falls into place.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.roryvaden.com/procrastinate-on-purpose
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Brian Beers is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and business coach who is focused on massively scaling his businesses, income, and contribution. Brain is also the host of Business with Beers podcast, a weekly podcast with business owners and investors who share their wisdom.
As an entrepreneur, Brian joined his family's automotive repair business, Midas. Today, he shares some business strategies that have helped them scale their business from what was once a struggling mom and pop shop to now a company with 20 locations that still continues to grow.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What sparked his entrepreneurial spirit
- Some changes they’ve done to the business to accelerate it
- Visionary vs. integrator roles in a company
- Their criteria for choosing locations for their shops
- Midas’ business growth strategies
- Strategies around financing when buying properties
- The benefits of seller financing
- Franchising vs. starting from scratch
Episode Highlights:
The Visionary vs. The Integrators
There are two major components to running any successful business or making a business successful – the visionary and the integrator.
The visionary is the person with all the ideas, the dreams, the culture aspect. It's the person most likely to suffer from the shiny object syndrome, who always wants to chase the next big idea and get bored very quickly.
The integrator is the one who implements the visionary's ideas. They want to make everything efficient and make sure it all works. They want to hold not just their people accountable but themselves. They're based on results and driven by the results.
Midas’ Business Growth Strategies
Brian says they look at creating those relationships. People buy from people they like. and trust So make it a point to be well-known and well-liked in terms of helping others. The more you give, the more you get back.
Next, they look at valuations. A lot of small businesses trade at somewhere around two and a half times the current owner's cash flow. For instance, if the cash flowing to the owneris $100,000 a year, then $250,000 is roughly what it would be worth. Other things they look at are capital investments, historical performance, as well as their cash-on-cash returns.
Ways to Finance
- Cash
- Bank financing
- Seller financing - in this model, the seller is the bank, and everything is negotiable
The Benefits of Seller Financing
- They can get a higher price than the bank would approve, because the banks are going to look at historical performance and debt coverage ratios, and all these things.
- It could be unprofitable and it's the only way that the seller can sell it, because no bank is gonna loan you money on something that doesn't doesn't make any money.
- They can earn additional money through interest. They're loaning you money, so instead of paying the bank interest, you're going to pay the seller interest.
- For the seller, they get to defer taxes.
Resources Mentioned:
www.beerspodcast.com
To connect with Brian, find him on Instagram @businesswithbeers or email brian@beerspodcast.com
Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark Winters
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Habib Salo is the CEO of Young Nails, a nail care business that grew with the help of VaynerMedia and every portion of it from being stagnant at $10 million. Habib’s mom started a cosmetics company back in 1992. She had a passion for the nail industry and they did everything in their power to support her. It was a family business after all. Greg, the older brother, became a licensed nail technician after switching gears from firefighters' training. Habib, on the other hand, jumped in a few years later, taking a detour from medical school and a life in music.
Today, 24 years later, Young Nails Inc. is more than a professional nail care manufacturing company exporting to over 40 countries worldwide and distributing domestically to over 3,000 stores.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Operating out of 25% fear and 75% challenge
- How they got out of debt
- Breaking through their revenue ceiling
- About the VaynerMentors program
- The changes they’ve made to grow their business and brand
- How to differentiate yourself in a saturated market
Episode Highlights:
Operating on 25% Fear and 75% Challenge
Habib says he doesn’t operate totally out of fear. It’s 25% it's fear and 75% of taking the challenge of how he could get to the next level. Because when you reach $10-million revenue, that’s almost like a ceiling that’s hard to crack. For them, it’s not the money and having to want more. But it’s about not taking things for granted because things can change in just a couple of seconds.
As they were still starting out their company, they found themselves in deep debt. Habib says that in order to get yourself out of this rut, you have to figure out how to manage your debt. Have a realistic timeline. Then also figure out a way to bring money in each week.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
When they got debt-free, they connected with VaynerMedia. They had already hit $10 million in revenue and couldn't get past. And so, Habib’s company joined the VaynerMentors Program run by The Sasha Group, a VaynerMedia company. They work with small businesses as a mentor to help you double or triple the size of your company. It's nothing like traditional consulting. They really get into your business, understand your business, and put a plan together to put hyper-growth behind your organization.
Habib says they didn't see results in the first year. But they saw the change happening within their company. For instance, their model of business traditionally has been distribution. But with Vayner, part of the strategy was for them to go direct and build out their own eCommerce business. They also had to elevate their brand to the consumer.
And so, while distribution was going down, eCommerce was going up. Because of this, they didn't see a change in revenue initially and even their profits went down. And it wasn't until the second year that things really took off. And even now in 2021, things are skyrocketing for them. Now 80% is eCommerce, and 20% is distribution. This has been a complete flip from what they've done previously.
How to Differentiate Yourself in a Saturated Market
This is where content is vital. You have to pump out content consistently on all platforms. They put out 60-70 pieces a day on all platforms. And relevance is key. They're not selling their product. The core of their content is teaching people how to be successful and how to do nails successfully. Then add in some entertainment for some good laughs.
Resources Mentioned:
VaynerMedia
www.youngnails.com
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Arn Cenedella is the Founder of Spark Investment Group that helps individuals invest passively in real estate to create additional income streams while freeing up your time to pursue your passions.
He has been investing in real estate for over 40 years and has created a rental portfolio that provides solid monthly cash flow income and capital appreciation. Arn has personally managed his rental portfolio and is now transitioning towards passive investing and larger multifamily properties.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Powerful life lessons he got from his dad
- How to get past the fear of investing
- Why shouldn’t go big as soon as you can
- The right way to build a team
- Understanding cycles and real estate trends
Episode Highlights:
How to Get Past the Fear of Investing
Real estate brokerage is not rocket science. After a couple of years, you figure out how it works whether that's through hands-on experience or counseling. As a broker and an agent, and you're working and learning along the way, you eventually get past the fear of what could potentially happen, which is something that holds a lot of us back when it comes to investing.
Always have a lot of forward motion. You learn by doing, and so, you're going to learn some lessons along the way, you're going to take some bumps and bruises. But as long as they're at the scale where you live to fight another day, then it's all part of your evolution.
Investing Ideas
It's often more an appreciation game than a cash flow game. Look at whether the property makes sense today. Look for reasonable, rational reasons for optimism about the future, knowing you don't know what the future is going to throw at you. But if it makes sense today, then the property will support itself.
You can’t go as big as soon as you can because there’s a sequence to things. And when you get out of sequence, that's where you get in danger. If you just plug along, gain experience, go bigger and bigger, then you're in a little safer position. So it’s safer to scale slowly.
You need people to help you along the way, and the way to build teams is to treat people nicely. Treat people with respect, no matter what position they hold. In the residential real estate business, you got contractors, landscapers, insurance people – there's a whole series of people you need to rely on. And so, if you can start creating that key team of people you trust, you can then offload and delegate a lot of the responsibilities.
Understanding Cycles and Real Estate Trends
Life, economy, real estate – it all has cycles. And the only predictable thing is that there is going to change. Therefore, understand that you just can't have a constant up. There has to be a retrenchment and then maybe a little bit of a plateau. The new bottom is reestablished at that point from when growth has occurred.
Generally, there's an upward trajectory. In real estate, the amount of ground is finite. The population keeps growing. But in 10 years, that could be different too. If you take the long-term perspective, this momentary up and down doesn't seem as life-threatening, or you don't get too high when it's going good either.
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There are always fears associated with being an entrepreneur. And it’s how you’re able to plow through those that you’re able to ultimately achieve success. In today’s episode, Amanda Rabideau talks about overcoming fears and leaning into the power of your mindset.
Amanda Rabideau is the Founder & CEO Arch Collective, that works with post-series A companies by handling all marketing strategy and execution so that their $2 million startup can look and perform like a $222-million company.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is Series A
- Why Arch Collective is targeting post-series A companies
- Amanda’s entrepreneurial journey
- Tapping into the power of your mind to achieve success
- Recognizing the importance of having supportive relationships
- Developing a team in the virtual world
Episode Highlights:
What is Series A?
Series A is a round of funding that startup companies would raise through venture capital. Prior to series A is something like friends and family or an angel round fund or seed round of funding.
When you think of Series A, think of it as the point where your product-market fit has been validated. You've got some clients and people are using your product or your service, or solution. And so, you're now ready to take your business to the next level.
Why Arch Collective is Targeting Post-Series A Companies
When series A has been closed, there's an expectation of about tripling your revenue at that point over the next year. And startup companies going into series A rarely have a strategic marketer in place and they may not have any marketing in place. They may have been outsourcing from agencies.
In order for the business to triple their revenue, they need to be more strategic when it comes to marketing.
The challenge is they often don't have the funding to bring in not only a senior-level strategist, like a CMO or a VP level but also to bring in the team to execute on the strategy that that person would provide. And so, Arch Collective provides the solution to that.
The Power of the Mind
Many entrepreneurs have this itch they want to scratch. However, they have all these fears that hold them back. There’s that fear of failure. Are you going to make money? Or what if you lose your house? There’s also that fear of success – what if it does work out? Now, these things don't really ever go away. But you just have to plow through because it's better than the alternative, which is not doing it.
Also, sometimes people subconsciously put out into the universe all their worries associated with their success. What if you can't take any more clients? And this prevents new clients from coming because you're putting out the energy that you don't want to take anymore. Therefore, it's important to clear the things preventing you from getting new clients. It's amazing what our minds, our energy and what we can do.
Resources Mentioned:
Arch Collective
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John Ruhlin is a speaker, author, and advisor. He is the author of Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Retention. Today, he speaks about the concept of gifts and how there is a right and wrong way to give.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- It’s not about the gift you give, but the human connection you build
- Sending unexpected gifts at unexpected times
- The return on relationships
- Why you need to focus on your warm market first
Episode Highlights:
Building Human Connection Through Giftology
What most people forget whether they're a sales rep or a million-dollar business, or a billion-dollar company, is every business rises and falls on relationships. Whether that’s relationships with clients, mentors, advisors, employees, and prospects, most people, however, are terrible at showing gratitude to even their spouse, let alone their top 100 clients or their top 500 employees or whatever.
At the end of the day, nobody cares about gifts, but the results in the referrals and how you show up for people matter. The gifts are the delivery vehicle for this emotional connection. It's actually not about the thing that you've given, but it's the meaning, the story, the thoughtfulness.
When you're more thoughtful and more creative with how you love on people, you can spend 1/10 the amount of money and get 100 times more impact.
The problem with many people, however, is they're trying to buy their way with sponsorships and advertising, as well as Facebook ads and cool sexy events and models. But you need to understand the psychology of how to influence people and how to do it either in a thoughtful way with no strings attached.
Most people give then they ask and ruin it. They actually damage relationships because they're not giving a gift but they’re trying to manipulate. You need to show up for people and then show up again and then show up again. Then maybe after doing this for a year or two or three to people you already have a relationship with, you earn the right to ask for a referral. And so, don’t give a gift and ask for a referral otherwise you would only turn that relationship into a transactional deal.
The Return on Relationships
When you show up for your wife, your husband, your client, or your employee, it’s because you want to, and not because you had to – and all that changes everything.
There’s no other part of your business where you can get a better return on investment than a return on relationship. But many times, people don't understand this return on relationship. You should be inspiring all of your clients to be sales reps for you. And if you do that well, you get referrals without asking. It's not about the gift. It's about the results on the back end of loving people well.
Why Start With Your Warm Market
Start with the warm market because when you do, you're already taking that small fire that's already burning. Now, imagine drowning a bunch of wood with gas and there's no fire. And so, you just wasted all your resources. If you want to get somebody to be in your corner, start with a relationship first and then pour gasoline on fire that's already warm and burning.
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Pat Quinn is a consultant and a keynote speaker. He has stood on the biggest stages and conferences and spoken to some of the largest audiences all around the globe. Pat started as a professional magician and worked magic for 10 years professionally until he decided to teach math in high school for 10 years. Speaking and changing lives, Pat is now teaching as head coach for Advance Your Reach in the last five years.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The 2 words that are most misunderstood
- The common mistakes entrepreneurs make
- How to communicate consistently well to your customers
- The elements that make up great stories
Episode Highlights:
The 2 Words Most Misunderstood: Speaker and Stage
The two words that are most misunderstood are probably speaker and stage. Everybody who owns a business – or who works for a nonprofit or has a cause or a message that they believe in – speaks about it and communicates about it. And you're either doing it intentionally well or you're doing it accidentally very poorly.
A lot of people are also scared of speaking on a stage. But you're on the stage every single day – whenever you call someone or speak to someone at Starbucks, or on your kid's soccer field talking to other parents – that's a stage.
You can accidentally stumble your way through it and get no new customers out of it. Or you can intentionally improve that communication and turn every conversation and every opportunity to talk to someone to impact the lives of someone else with your business, and with how you help people every single day.
The Common Things Entrepreneurs Struggle With
- Lack of clarity
The biggest mistake that people make is they don't have clarity on the problem that they solve for people. Nobody wakes up in the morning waiting for your system, or what you do. People wake up every morning with problems. So what is the problem that you solve for people? And if you don't have clarity on that, you're not going to tell a great story. When you have clarity, all of your communication improves.
- Not speaking their language.
The second mistake that people make is that they explain that problem or what they do in expert language. They start to change our language when we become really smart on one topic and use different words. Instead, you should spend less time trying to get the person you're talking to to understand you, and more time making sure the person knows that you understand them. That is speaking their language.
What Makes Great Stories
Rule #1: Great stories are ordinary.
Rule #2: Great stories are short. They should never take longer than two and a half minutes to tell.
3 Parts of Best Stories
- The Before - 60 seconds to tell them 3 things about what happened before
- The Pivot - 30 seconds to tell them what changed
- The Now - 60 seconds to tell the 3 things that changed after the pivot
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Shownotes:
This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
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Adam Rundle is the CEO of CleverProfits, which provides outsourced CFO services and accounting services for online businesses and entrepreneurs. Today, he talks about the power of business partnership, how it’s also critical to find the right partner to grow your business, and the importance of determining your financial viability.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Adam’s dive into the corporate world and how he transitioned to running his own business
- A business partnership is more than marriage – well, almost!
- Taxes a huge part of running a business
- The recipe for success in business partnerships
- The 3 primary leadership functions in the business
- What is a CFO and the value it brings to businesses
Episode Highlights:
Taxes as a Huge Part in Running a Business
Maximizing the potential of a business is a huge part of running a business, but there's an equally huge part right next to it called taxes because it plays such a massive role in every decision you make and everything you do.
The Recipe for Success in Business Partnerships
As long as they fundamentally agree on the macro. It's actually good to disagree on the micro because that's how iron sharpens iron. That's where this tension leads to brilliance.
The financial piece of it is easy. Who earns what, the salary, the profit – all of that is easy. The hard part is, do you want to work with this person? Is there a relationship yet? Do you feel connected? Is the vision the same? Are you prepared to disagree and move forward? Take care of each other. Be open. Punch back but just go slow. You don't date someone for a week and get married. It's a process.
The 3 Primary Leadership Functions in a Business
1. CEO - visionary leadership, the one driving the ship, and making sure it gets to where it should get to
2. COO (Chief Operating Officer) - making sure that the vision can actually tangibly get done; in charge of the people resources, processes, systems structures, etc.
3. CFO (Chief Financial Officer) - makes sure that the business is financially viable. It has the ability to survive long term, so it can function long term, and that there is money in the system to do the things that need to happen, whether it's paying employees or paying the owners or growing, scaling, whatever it is.
By clearly defining those functions, you gain more clarity in your business which then translates to clarity in your numbers.
What is a CFO and the Value It Brings to Businesses
A CFO is concerned about the financial viability of the business. Is that financially viable? Is that something that is just a moonshot? Is it not going to work or is it going to work only one time? Every business needs that interpretation. You need either yourself or someone to put on the financial glasses and to look at everything financially.
Accountants are good at it, because they understand numbers. They have the ability to be good at it but you want someone to interpret the vision, interpret the operations from a financial viewpoint to either validate it or give some input.
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Steve Sims is the founder of Bluefish, the world’s first luxury concierge that delivers the highest level of personalized travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services. They work with entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and companies. Their goal is to remove the confusion you've created from the people you're trying to do business with so that it’s impossible for people to misunderstand you. Then the only thing you've got to do after that is to find the person that needs you.
Today, Steve talks about the power of podcasts as well as how it’s actually possible to rub elbows with some of the most successful people in the world like Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The power of podcasts
- What you need to get when you get on a podcast
- Why you need to show up
- Solutions Bluefish offers
Episode Highlights:
The Power of Podcasts
People don't realize the power of podcasts. Many billions of people don't even have the ability to tune in yet. And if you have a product, a service, a voice, or a message, the best medium on the planet. Not Forbes, not the Wall Street Journal, not the New York Times of which I have been front page on all of those. It's getting on someone's podcast. Again, the person to hear your message in your voice in your passion. podcasts are the best medium, there isn't a moment. And they've already just started.
What’s Your Point?
When you get on the podcast, you need to get to the point. No one cares how much money you made. They care about how you can pass that information over to help them become more powerful, impactful, affluent, whatever the point is. So you have to always think about what's the point for the listener listening to you.
The Value of Showing Up
If you want to accomplish something in our world, you have to effectively position yourself alongside successful people. You've got to show up.
However, today, there are lots of conversations going on. And rather than having them, we avoid those for fear of looking stupid. So we don't converse and we make up these brands showing who we are supposed to be. But all we're doing is confusing the end-user looking at us. Branding today is a myth. Because what really branding means is what people say about you when you've left the room.
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Mitchell Beinhaker is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and advisor. He loves helping companies translate their
business goals into reality. He's also the host of The Accidental Entrepreneur. Mitchell started businesses
in middle school and high school where he had a car detailing company and practically had been in
multiple businesses since then. Mitchell has also been practicing law for the better part of 30 years. He
works with a lot of business owner startups and family-owned, multi-generational businesses, helping
them out in areas related to governance, structure, and estate planning.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
● Mitchell’s entrepreneurial journey
● Habits you need to develop to increase your chances of success as an entrepreneur
● Operating agreement vs. buy-sell agreement
● Why getting divorced is one of the worst things you can ever do for your business
● What you need to get life insurance for your business
● How to keep a healthy, positive mindset
Episode Highlights:
The One Habit You Need to Develop as an Entrepreneur
You can increase your chances of success if you just made it part of your practice to put things in writing.
Whether that’s an agreement between your partner, customer agreements, with vendors, and your
lease. Where people also get in trouble most of the time is not having any business plan. And that as
soon as they shift to another business, they fail. They're not really entrepreneurs because they didn't
have business skills, to begin with. They don't have anything planned in terms of capital, financial
forecasts, marketing, and all that stuff. So these people will do it by accident. There are also a few
reasons entrepreneurs develop these bad habits over time – either they're lazy or they're scared of
dealing with these things.
Operating Agreement vs. Buy-sell Agreement
An operating agreement is a document used to run the day-to-day operations of your business. A
buy-sell agreement addresses things like death, disability, retirement, and involuntary termination like
when someone is suing you, or you're getting divorced.
In most states, if you get divorced, your spouse is entitled to a percentage in the business. So you want
to make sure your spouse signs a waiver where they’re not allowed to have shared, but you might have
to pay the value. And this is why getting divorced is one of the worst things you can ever do for your
business. Another common mistake people make is when they fail to fund the agreement. Therefore,
getting life insurance for your business is important.
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Holly Morgan is an actress, performer, and digital content creator. She’s also the podcast host of Big Diva Energy, co-hosted by her husband, as well as Out for Blood with Chris Adams, where they do a deep dive into Carrie the Musical. Holly has written shows including the Seven Crazy Bitches, which depicts a different diva to each stage for women. Today, she talks about her interesting entrepreneurial journey, her invention from necessity, becoming a writer, and creating her own thing in order to get her message out.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Holly’s career background
- Where she got the idea from for Seven Crazy Bitches
- Lessons learned along her entrepreneurial journey
- Having passion vs. cultivating passion
- What separates you from being a mediocre
- What happens when you hit the wall
- The world online content creation vs. being on stage
- The power of testing your ideas
Episode Highlights:
The Process is the Shortcut
Don't go for the quick fix and just throw money at the solution. Give it another think and then go. Look for a get-around that isn't necessarily the easy route.
If everybody's looking for the shortcut or the easy button, maybe it works at first, but then flops or doesn't work at all. And you end up taking 20 shortcuts in 20 years. Whereas if you just stuck to the process, you would have been done in five years instead of 20. And so, the process is the shortcut.
Action creates clarity and the work begets the work. Once you start taking action, things become clearer. You start to see the path and what you need to go down.
Going Beyond Being a Mediocre
When we hit these hurdles, whether investing some money or time or putting in the work on something, this is where mediocre people stop. But if you push through, sacrifice, and make investments, you're pushing yourself beyond mediocre and becoming the best version of yourself.
Making the investment and sacrifice puts you in the position to do the next thing and it gets your foot on the next step to take those next things. The real multiplier power comes from getting in the right energy and frequencies and then taking action in that direction. Then it multiplies out and it brings back what you're trying to attract.
And once you hit the wall, recognize where your energy is best spent and know when it's time to walk away from what isn't working.
The Power of Testing Your Ideas
Whichever way you do it, put your stuff out there and get feedback. When using social media, for instance, you can do online quizzes, polls, and other ways to get that feedback. It's not the same as being on stage and having people's faces in front of you, but it is a way to test your ideas, put things out into the world, and see what the reactions are so that you can iterate and make adjustments.
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Amanda Holmes is the CEO of Chet Holmes International who picked up the mantle and the responsibility of running that massive brand and organization after her father's untimely passing in 2012. Her father, Chet, is the creator of The Ultimate Sales Machine, otherwise also known in the industry as the red bible. Chet's philosophy has changed a lot of lives in the world of sales and business.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Her transition from the music industry to taking on her father’s business
- The spiritual journey she went through to prepare for such huge responsibility
- Practices to help you reduce stress and get back on track
- Why The Ultimate Sales Machine is called the red bible
- The 6 Steps to the Time Management Secrets of Billionaires
- The plague of time management
- The Story of The Dream 100
- The difference between a strategist and a tactician
Episode Highlights:
Practices to Help You Reduce Stress and Keep on Track
- Raise your vibrational frequency. Think positively and do positive things. Remove the negative thoughts that may get absorbed by the body and create disease.
- Meditation and breathing - Meditation and breathing are very powerful techniques. If it didn't cost you a dime and it only took two minutes to cut your stress in half, would that be something you're interested in?
- Tap into the power of sound - Listen to great music. You can actually use the sound of your own voice to clear the negative vibrations and cleanse those away. You can also sing out your positive affirmations.
Why The Ultimate Sales Machine is Called the Red Bible
One of Chet's philosophies is that mastery isn't about doing 4000 different things. It's about doing 12 things 4000 times. And to truly get to mastery, you have to do it over and over and over again until it's successful. At Chet Holmes International, they have 12 ways to double your sales and each one is just a skill set to master – which all stand the test of time.
The 6 Steps to Time Management Secrets of Billionaires
- Touch it once - Take immediate action once you hit it.
- List your top six things you want to do.
- Determine how much time it will take you to do each step.
- Prioritize which ones are most important.
- Put it in.
- Is it okay to throw it away?
One of the core competencies for doubling sales is can you become masterful at your time? Can you manage it like a machine because that's one of the biggest places where everybody messes up is their time, especially holy cow with social media that just completely ruins everything. And this thing called a phone. It's like the plague of time management.
Resources Mentioned:
Chet Holmes International
The Ultimate Sales Machine
The Story of the Dream 100
The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
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Chris Carr is the President and CEO of Farotech, the fastest-growing marketing agency in Philadelphia. He is also the host of two podcasts, The Digital Marketing Masterclass and Thought Leader Magazine.
Having been in the marketing industry for 20 years now and being a massive Elon Musk guy, Chris uses a marketing approach called the "Tesla experience" – which means reimagining something that has never been built before. He has created an alternative to traditional marketing that has changed the way people execute. He believes that being willing to throw away the playbook and looking at things from a fresh perspective always works!
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Diving into the 5 Whys behind creating your product
- Why it’s harder for leadership in large companies to make a change
- Ideas are only valuable when they’re executed.
- For every level, there’s another devil.
- Shifting from an employee mindset to an abundance mindset
- The problem in the marketing world that his company wants to address
- Why you need to balance your focus between business and your personal life
Episode Highlights:
An Aligned Marketing Approach
At Farotech, they do two-month gap assessments for clients where they do a deep dive into their business and develop a three to a five-year roadmap. Part of the process is asking the 5 Why's to really get to the heart of why they're doing something because your product needs to align with the emotional reason of why it needs to solve this certain problem.
Shifting from an Employee Mindset to an Abundance Mindset
When you go into a sales deal, act like you have a million dollars in your pocket so you're going to live free. You're going to do and see things in a different light, instead of walking into the room feeling desperate. And when you don't have to worry about where your next paycheck comes from, you're able to dream a little bit bigger.
Bring Your Ideas to a Higher Notch
Ideas are easy. What’s valuable is the execution of those good ideas. If you can't execute an idea in the most efficient, productive, intelligent way, your ideas are trash. It's not going to make money and it's going to take more energy and effort.
For Every Level, There's Another Devil
Every time you get to that next level, there's a different challenge waiting for you. And this allows you to have empathy for people at the lowest level and at the highest level. And if you can come to expect these problems and know they're there waiting for you, then you're not going to be thrown off guard. You've got to be prepared for it as best as you can.
Balancing Business and Personal Life
Love your business but not enough to miss out on your relationships. Be the person who figured out how to be good at both.
Resources Mentioned:
Farotech
Listen to Chris’ podcasts:
The Digital Marketing Masterclass
Thought Leader Magazine
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Hal Elrod is the magical mystical miracle maven himself. He is the creator of the movement, The Miracle Morning, and a book that has sold over 2 million books throughout 100 countries around the world. His slew of books includes Miracle Morning Millionaires, Miracle Morning (for Writers, Real Estate Agents, Salespeople, Parents, etc.), and his latest book, The Miracle Equation.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How Hal advocated for his book which he self-published
- Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing
- How podcasting impacted the success of The Miracle Morning
- How to be a Level 10 person
- SAVERS: The 6 practices that you should include in your personal development ritual
- The vision for the Miracle Morning movie
- How to say your affirmations
Episode Highlights:
Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing
Publishing is absolutely the way to go. Because the only way a publisher makes it worth your time, is if you have a large platform of about 100,000 people on the email list. Then you want to start considering pursuing a traditional publisher.
The Impact of Podcasting on The Miracle Morning
Hal found podcasting to be the biggest needle mover in all of the marketing efforts – not TV guesting. He realized that people that watch television don't necessarily pursue personal growth and development or professional growth and development. But if you're listening to a podcast, by default, you are pursuing development in that area that the podcast has a niche in. That’s why the podcast was the game-changer for him.
How to Be a Level 10 Person
Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development. And so, if you want level 10 success, but your level of personal development is down at 2 or 3, then there’s a disconnect. If you want a level 10 life, then you’ve got to have your rituals dialed in to ensure you become a level 10 person capable of creating that level 10 life.
Being Level 10 means you're developing your skills and your mindset, habits, and knowledge – all of those things that will enable you to become the person you need to be to create and sustain the success that you want in your life.
SAVERS: 6 Practices for Personal Development
- Silence - meditation or prayer
- Affirmations
- Visualization
- Exercise
- Reading
- Scribing - journaling
Being at Peace
When things go wrong in life, it's okay to be negative, but not for more than five minutes. Set your timer for five minutes where you've got to feel every emotion. You can't change what happened five minutes ago. So you're going to choose how you're going to respond right now. Whether you dwell on it, or you choose to accept it fully and be at peace with it. This is more powerful than happiness because happiness is an emotion and emotions are fleeting. But when you're at peace and you accept life, it's the place in between happiness, positive emotion, and negative, painful emotions. It's a state of being. It's a neutral emotional state. It is rooted and it's ever-present. And from that emotional neutral space, you get to choose which emotion would best serve you in the moment.
Resources Mentioned:
Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod
Hal Elrod books
Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning smoothie recipe
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In this episode, multifamily investor Jamie Gruber, talks about how to achieve a whole life millionaire status built around the principles of building the right habits and the right mindset to set you up for success.
Jamie is the co-founder of Multifamily and More, a real estate investing group with 18 chapters and over 7,200 members. He's also the President of GoBundance – Emerge and Ascension Divisions, the tribe of healthy, wealthy, generous people that choose to live epic lives. In order to be a member of GoBundance, you have to be an accredited investor, essentially, a million net worth and with $250,000-$300,000 annual income.
Today, he talks about how Emerge can help you build the person that you are NOW in becoming the future YOU.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The Idea Behind GoBundance
- The 3 goals of GoBundance Emerge
- About the book, Tribe of Millionaires
- The curriculum around the GoBundance Emerge course
- Become the person NOW that you want to be in the future
- Building the habit of giving
- The power of having an abundance mindset
Episode Highlights:
About GoBundance Emerge
The idea behind GoBundance Emerge is to help people – men and women – who desire to level up their life and achieve whole life millionaire status. GoBundance has been a man's only tribe. They recently created a women's tribe and Emerge is at the center, accepting both men and women.
Emerge is a 12-week course built to achieve these three goals:
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Help people transform - give them the tools, knowledge and skills and support to set a goal and meet that goal, hopefully, within that 12 week period.
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Imprint the brand of abundance - leverage a book written by the elders called Tribe of Millionaires.
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Invite them to a longer-term mastermind, called Ascend.
Becoming the Person NOW that You Want to Be in the Future
There are books written about it. Everybody has heard the phrase. But what people do when they have a vision is to go into action items. What they don't talk about is that they have to be that person. For you to be the rock, you’ve got to be the rock. You don't do these 12 steps to be the rock since you've got to BE the rock. And the way you become one is by doing certain little things every day, whether it's for your physique, for your business or for your brand. You have to build the habits now to become the future you.
Building the Habit of Giving
The mindset of giving and the value of giving has been with the people at GoBundance. And when things are really going to start to click is when you're in a mode of giving – not getting.
You will eventually get what you want, but right now, just focus on giving. Build that habit of giving. Pay for the person behind you in the Starbucks line. Promote your favorite restaurant on your social media. You can do a lot of things to give to others. And when you're in that mode, it feels good and it feels right. It's the key tactic to success.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.gobundance.com/emerge
https://www.gobundance.com/ascend
Book: Tribe of Millionaires
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Dubbed as one of the world's most expensive business consultants, Perry Marshall is a marketer at heart who believes that in business, money equates to respect. Perry founded the $10 million Evolution 2.0 Prize, the world’s largest science research award launched at the Royal Society in London with judges from Harvard, Oxford, and MIT.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The value of time
- The 80/20 really means and how it applies to everything in life
- The 80/20 in relationships
- How to pull the 80/20 lever
- The 7 Steps of Detox, Declutter, Dominate
- Different media = different market
Episode Highlights:
What is 80/20?
Most people of valuable time as going from $15 an hour to $18, to $20 an hour. . But the value of time is more like $10 an hour, $100 an hour, $1000 an hour, and $10,000 an hour. It's exponential. It's logarithmic, not linear. Nothing in business is linear. And this is, this is what 80/20 is all about.
What 80/20 really means is that the whole world runs on exponential power laws. And that the value of a thing is in powers of 10. To understand this, you have to understand the power of leverage.
How It Connects with the Universal Law of Cause and Effect
If you make $1,000 an hour, an hour a day, you get to spend a good portion of the day doing things that you love, that you're interested in. You make a good income and you can have an adventurous life. When you really understand the 80/20 rule, it's not just applicable in every single measurable part of your business, but in every part of life.
How to Pull the 80/20 Lever
Everybody's got head trash. And anytime you are on the edge of a breakthrough, the chattering inside your brain is going to go through the roof. You can then harness the chattering inside your brain to tell you where the 80/20 levers are. If you're reaching for that lever and your hand starts shaking, it's probably an 80/20 lever where you need to harness the power once you get there.
The 7 Steps of Detox, Declutter, Dominate
- Use Renaissance time to gain discernment and clarity. That's about how you start your day today.
- Make your business twice as profitable with an 80/20 focus.
- Earn $1,000 an hour at least one hour a day with 80/20 time.
- Create an irresistible product that's a joy to use by simplifying.
- Carve out the niche where you are the number one undisputed via the star principle.
- Build an impenetrable moat around your business.
- Enjoy the freedom to create and invent every single day.
Every one of these steps is a riddle. But if you could just solve a couple of them, your life is going to get so much better.
Different Media = Different Market
Your business will become successful once you figure out how to use a digital medium that nobody else in your market is doing well. You can own a market and even the tiniest little markets, if you're number one, you'd be surprised how much money you can make.
Resources Mentioned:
www.perrymarshall.com
80/20Sales and Marketing
Detox, Declutter, Dominate: How to Excel by Elimination
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Have you ever thought of investing in a student housing model? Today, Zachary Feldman talks about why investing in the student housing space is a viable endeavor. Zachary is the Vice President of Aptitude Development, and the CEO and Founder of ENJOI 77 Holdings. At Aptitude Development, they focus on the student sector, doing ground-up student housing across the country.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The misconception that colleges are going out of business
- What is a student housing model?
- The benefits of investing in the student housing space
- About Aptitude Development and ENJOI 77 Holdings
Episode Highlights:
Are Colleges Going Out of Business?
There’s a huge misconception from the headlines that colleges are going out of business. But there are great state schools and state school systems, which are seeing a lot of growth.
In fact, student housing has historically been known as the most recession-resilient asset class in the real estate sector. The reason being, during times of economic hardship, most people go back to school. And you see a massive jump in enrollment when you cannot get a job in the economy. For instance, in 2008, enrollment across the board skyrocketed.
And we're seeing today how student housing has the second-highest collections in the country, behind industrial. It’s actually performing better than multifamily, senior housing, or any other type of asset class. They saw collections between 92% and 94% as an industry in March, April, and May when no one was on campus. With parents as the guarantors – and this is the reason the student housing model works.
40% to 60% of the student houses are still occupied because these kids don't want to live with their parents. The hybrid model has been great so far for the schools that are executing on it. But schools are probably fully going back in session next fall through late spring.
What is the Student Housing Model?
Student housing is essentially a high-quality ground-up housing for kids to live in. So instead of a five-bedroom frat house or a beat-down building, students can enjoy a four-bedroom fully-furnished private space.
All students need to do is show up with only their suitcases and have all of their best friends have their own private space. They have their own bedroom, own bathroom, and shared living space. Instead of a business center, the building will have a lot of study rooms so students won’t have to fight for space, as well as areas designed for kids to utilize and enjoy.
Resources Mentioned:
Aptitude Development
Call Zachary at 781-789-4354 or email him at zf@aptitudere.com.
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Special guest host Todd Giannattasio of Tresnic Media leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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Revenue is something every company wants needs more of and hiring great people is a part of how you do that. Today's guest is Chris Gannon and he's going to help us understand how to survive as an entrepreneur over tumultuous times (as collectively experienced by many business owners over the past year), how to hire the right people for your team, and how to build a culture of revenue, which is a combination of marketing, sales, and customer success. Chris is the founder of Captivate Talent, an agency placing top revenue professionals at growth-stage technology companies.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is a revenue team?
- How to survive as an entrepreneur over tumultuous times
- How to attract the right people and make sure they’re in the position for success
- What culture really means
Episode Highlights:
What is a Revenue Team?
To be a successful revenue team, sales, marketing, customer success have to work in tribe with each other. And these are three main buckets in an organization where the lines that distinguish between them get blurred.
How to Survive as an Entrepreneur Over Tumultuous Times
As a leader, if things are an absolute mess falling apart and probably have $1 in the bank account, you just have to have that smile on your face, look that fear in the eye, and hold it together. Because if you don't hold it together, your team's not going to be able to hold it together. And if you're unsure about the future, they're going to be unsure about the future. So you just have to step up in times like this.
But you also don't want to blindside people. You just don't want to show them you're afraid. You cannot show that fear and that's very different than misleading your team. So you also have to be able to communicate to them your situation so there wouldn't be any surprises.
How to Attract The Right People and Make Sure They’re in a Position for Success
First, you have to hire people that you trust and that trust you because that's something that will weed itself out very quickly. So you have to have trust built into your remote culture. In sales and marketing, you have to find people that are complementary to each other or also complimentary to you as the founder.
No one needs a VP of Sales as your first-hire. Instead, you have to look at your budget first. Then look at your inbound leads and having a good brand presence. You don't want somebody to just get a phone book out and start calling. You want to hire somebody experienced enough, but also tactical enough –somebody who has the strategy side of things but also wants to roll up their hands.
Define what makes your company special because that's going to attract the right people. And then when you move them through the process, you actually have to make sure you have a defined process.
Resources Mentioned:
Captivate Talent
Tresnic Media
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/support
This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Todd Giannattasio of Tresnic Media leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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Fergie Philippe is an actor, director, puppeteer, one of the stars of Broadway's Hamilton, and host of his own podcast It’s Time to Meet the Muppets. Today, Fergie talks about his journey leading him to a role (two roles, in fact!) in Hamilton and what his success blueprint was to manifest what he wanted.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How Fergie landed a gig on Broadway
- Investing in yourself to get the results you want
- Hard work and keying into the frequency of where you want to attract opportunities
- The importance of following your instincts
- Applying your blueprint for success
- About the podcast, It’s Time to Meet the Muppets
Episode Highlights:
Investing in Yourself to Get the Results You Want
We have to invest in every part of ourselves to get the results that we want. The vibrations we operate on respond, and other people respond. And that's how the world shifts and the Earth moves. So you need to lean in as much as you can.
Your Blueprint for Success
1. Hard Work and Your Vibration Attract Opportunities
The universe operates on these different frequencies. One of the PodMAX keynote speakers Amanda Holmes explains human beings are made of sound. We are all the vibrations of these tiny molecules. And those vibrations are a frequency, which is basically sound waves. You’re creating a vibration that attracts things. When you do the hard work to become the expert in your field and the master of your craft, and then you lock into the right frequency, you begin to attract all that by the vibrations you were putting out.
Regardless of what industry or craft you’re in, you have to have the blueprint of mastering your grind, putting in the hard work, being ready when an opportunity comes and also keying into the frequency of where you want to be – so you can attract those opportunities and be ready to knock them out of the park when you get them.
And then if you want to shift careers or try out a new thing, you can apply this same blueprint, just in a different direction.
2. Don't make it about how you sell the product, make it about the product.
How does the product help that person? And what do you need to do to help them get there? Take yourself out of the equation. And by doing that, you're actually relieving pressure off of yourself. You're releasing yourself from kind of the hierarchy and how high you're placing yourself right now. And it makes it less stressful for you.
When you're working in the vibration of tuning into somebody else and not tuning into your own thing, things are just going to naturally start to respond in a way that they're supposed to.
Resources Mentioned:
It’s Time to Meet the Muppets
The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
Tresnic Media
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Six years ago, Alex Felice was broke. He was selling cars and just going through the motions of life living month-to-month like so many people. But it was his commitment to self-responsibility that he looked for ways to self-improve. He sought out all the information he needed about real estate and fast-forward to 2020, he closed on a 52-unit, $3.2 million syndication apartment, started flipping houses, and quit my full-time job.
Through his website Broke is a Choice, Alex is able to educate people about real estate investing, having found an easy way to do it.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Alex’s journey of being broke and selling cars
- 3 things you need to do to achieve perfect happiness
- The concept of having a sense of self-responsibility
- Why creating wealth is easy
- How to avoid the shiny object syndrome
- Some tips in real estate investing
Episode Highlights:
3 Things You Need to Do to Achieve Perfect Happiness
- A hobby that makes you money
- A hobby that keeps you in shape
- A hobby that keeps you creative
Having a Sense of Self-Responsibility
People will help you and they will help you selflessly – but the one thing they won't do is help you more than you're willing to help yourself. And so every day when you think you didn't work on yourself, just know that nobody worked on it more than you did. And that’s the key. And interestingly enough, the more you work on yourself, the more people want to be part of it. This is where empowerment comes from and you begin to climb that ladder to success.
If you set aside a little time to self-improve, that will compound over time and somebody else will notice you, they'll grab you, and then you can really go far.
Why Creating Wealth is Easy
People think the journey to creating wealth is way harder than it is. You can’t hope for your employer to pay you enough so you can retire on it. They're going to pay you enough for you to come back to work the next day. They don't want to help you retire.
So what happens is people look for help in the wrong place. And you have to learn how to help yourself. All of the information that you could ever possibly want is on the internet – and more and it's not even hiding – you just never ever look for it.
The ability to change your life has never in human history been easier because of your cell phone. Instead of screwing around looking at memes and cat pictures, google a podcast about personal finance. Or find people in your area that are doing the same thing, or are doing what you want to do or become.
Go look for help and answers because they’re not hiding. Part of it is about immersing yourself in different communities and different like-minded people. It will happen by accident if you do it enough. But if you can be intentional, it will happen faster and better.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.brokeisachoice.com
Tresnic Media
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Lori Sussle Bonanni is the principal and communications consultant at elssus, LLC , a multi-disciplined communications consulting firm. Lori helps companies build and grow their companies to increase awareness, business results, and credibility. In other words, she's a very non-traditional publicist. Today, we're exploring the topic of communications and the journey of being an entrepreneur and starting companies.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Lori’s entrepreneurial journey coming from a corporate job
- Having a business owner mindset vs. a freelancer mindset
- The traditional publicist vs. the nontraditional publicist
- When to do a press release
- Building a personal brand
- The first steps to building credibility
- Her new business: an online job search concierge service
Episode Highlights:
When you implement something and you realize how powerful it is, you sometimes wish you should have done it sooner. And for Lori, the pandemic was a great opportunity for her to focus on herself.
The Traditional Publicist vs. The Nontraditional Publicist
Publicity can be doing appearances or sending a press release or whatever it encompasses. Lori calls herself nontraditional, because of her background, which covers PR and business development and she integrated marketing and communications.
Her pitch is about increasing awareness, business results, and credibility – and there are so many ways to be able to do that so she helps her clients figure out what the right fit is.
When to Do a Press Release
A lot of people don't really understand how press release works. No reporter is going to write about a company just because you exist. So you can write a press release about 50 different things. But if there's not a hook, or a story, or news tied to it, you may as well not write it. So you really have to understand what the goal is because it may not be the best avenue and it may not be a story to tell.
Building a Personal Brand
Everybody needs a brand. Everybody needs, you know, a platform, I'm not saying go and get, you know, 50 social media handles, but pick a platform, and do it well. Sometimes, executives don't want to write or they may not have time, but you have to put it out there whether that's an article on LinkedIn or as a guest or contributor. So when people google your name, there should be more than just your name that pops up but also your LinkedIn profile and website.
The First Steps to Building Credibility
Share your goals in your industry, or about thought leaders you admire and put your own input to it. So if you found an article in Fast Company, you could share that with some commentary and be able to have some thought leadership established in that way. Think about how it all ties back to your business.
Resources Mentioned:
elssus, LLC
Tresnic Media
www.virtualinterviewplatinum.com
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Jeff Venn is the Founder of Create Studios, a digital marketing agency, Founder of Converge, a community for young entrepreneurs. But what he’s most proud of are his successes on the inside – having escaped the rat race and being abundant in the things that matter most to him – control over his time, having a fulfilling work-life harmony, and the opportunity to inspire young entrepreneurs to dream bigger than they ever thought possible.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The biggest lessons he learned from building a business
- The concept of value pricing
- Working on your business vs. working in your business
- The value you get from coaching and mentorship
- Writing position agreements for your employees
- Leadership is rewarding.
- How to have your own awakening
- Work-life harmony over work-life balance
Episode Highlights:
The Concept of Value Pricing
Are you charging for the value you deliver? It’s difficult to run a profitable business when you’re just charging by the hour because you end up with very thin margins. And so, you have to understand the art of pricing and be able to charge by the value you deliver. If you under-charge, you end up with customers who are in pain. Whereas if you appropriately charge and you bring value, you tend to attract customers that respect you and pay you as well.
The Value of Coaching and Mentorships
Coaches and mentors are phenomenal because they do two things.
- They help you to prevent big mistakes.
- They help you to achieve your results faster.
Coaching and mentorship provide massive value. But you have to be willing to listen and be willing to implement.
Work On Your Business, Instead of Working In Your Business
You need to have clarity on what you want. A lot of times, your first hires are like friends, you just bring someone in and then throw the work over to him. But as you get past one or two people, writing down position agreements is very beneficial. Have those little dashboards and goals for each team member gets people so much more invested. It gives a lot of clarity because once again it’s not fair to assume that everybody can work as fast as you. Employees should know what their expectations are then you can appropriately judge them against those expectations.
Then, you’ve got to start letting go of control and begin to trust others. It does take a leap of faith. Business owners struggle with giving up that control. But once you do that, you’re avoiding burnout. Second, it can empower others. And if you just let them make mistakes and go at their own pace, you'll find the results will really surprise you.
Resources Mentioned:
www.createwebstudios.com
www.weconverge.io
www.jeffvenn.com
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Geoff Woods is the co-founder and president of the training company that is behind The ONE Thing. It's a brand, a concept, a training company that changed many people's lives. Geoff has built this company with his partners, Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. Gary is the co-founder of Keller Williams, the largest real estate company in the world.
When Gary and Jay co-authored The ONE Thing, it quickly took off and became one of the highest-rated business books of all time. Most people in that moment will think about starting speaking or a podcast or a training company. But a billionaire doesn't lift a pinky until they find a person they can bring into their world and make that their one thing. And that’s where Geoff comes in.
Entrepreneurs, investors, business owners, and leaders can really use this concept of how they've taken the business and the book and just weaving them all together.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Geoff’s ONE thing
- No one succeeds alone
- Giving yourself permission to make your world bigger by allowing others to step inside your world
- Finding the right mentor
- Investing in time, rather than spending it
Episode Highlights:
Finding Your ONE Thing
If you're going to succeed at a high level as an owner, you have to master succeeding through others. When a billionaire sees an opportunity, they don’t lift a pinky until they find a person they can bring into their world and make that their one thing inside their world.
If you want to achieve big things, no one succeeds alone. Anytime you're hitting a ceiling of achievement, you're missing a person, either in the form of leverage or in the form of a mentor or coach.
Every single one of us wants to live a big life. What that means to you depends. But the reason you leave a job is that you wake up one day and realize you cannot have everything you want by being inside the world of that company.
How to Make Your World Bigger
As an owner, you have to give yourself permission to make your world so big that any talented individual can step inside your world and have everything they could possibly want because it actually makes your world bigger. It's the new person's job to make your world bigger, and all that you have to do is be willing to give yourself permission to let your world get bigger. Because your world getting bigger is not comfortable, it means you have to be willing to give people agency and let people step inside your world and feel like it's theirs and make their call and build something inside your world.
How to Find the Right Mentor
1. Get clarity. First, what do you want because a mentor can serve you best in their area of expertise? For example, if you want to master real estate investing, you should not be going to somebody who's mastered stock. It's not their expertise. So part of this is actually sitting down and asking what is it that I want?
2. Get strategic. The best way to meet somebody would be in the pond they're already swimming in. If you want to approach big names, you have to have a reason to give value to them.
Invest in Your Time
The ONE Thing is the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results because they’re in the business of time. The problem is that most people are spending their time they're not investing it. We don't hold our time to the same standard we hold our dollars when we know time matters more than money.
Resources Mentioned:
The ONE Thing
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Kristin Jekielek is the founder of Value Video Marketing. Today, she will show us how to create this business from her own failures, being that the business she has now is a product of her being able to pivot from a failure. Even though resilience coaching was her passion, she saw the opportunity for video production based on the demand that she got from people around her. Kristin also has a degree in astrophysics.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is Astrophysics
- Her transition from resilience coaching into video marketing
- What to do when you feel stuck
- Why incorporate videos into your marketing
- Videos done well vs. videos not done well
- How to overcome your nervousness
- How to tell a good story
- Video gear must-have’s when starting out
- Two reasons videos are seen to continue to grow
- 3 things to do when you start creating video
Episode Highlights:
What to Do When You Feel Stuck and You Need to Transition
A lot of people get stuck in where they are that they spend so much time just trying to salvage whatever business they're creating. They think they’re going to let other people down when really, everybody else too, is just building their own business.
You can't just do it willy nilly. You can't be flighty nor should you be flaky about it. You just have to be smart, intentional and do your due diligence. And sometimes, when the universe is hitting you over the head with something, you've got to listen. Unfortunately, though, we miss the signs no matter how large because they're just not in the shape that we want them to be.
The Benefits of Incorporating Videos Into Your Marketing
Video marketing helps give a big boost in your engagement on social. People are going to experience you as this 360-person because of video. We all have so many text posts coming at our emails each day. And we have so many staged photos coming on us. But whenever you can get on video, and you can have a voice with mannerisms and a certain style of professionalism and speaking, that you become so much more real and more memorable to your audience. With video, it helps set you up as a trusted authority way faster than just text and photos ever will.
Videos Done Well vs. Videos Not Done Well
Lighting and audio are important, obviously. But you have to be saying something that people care about that's relevant and interesting. Be able to teach people how to use that information in their lives and how to get value out of the information that you're sharing. And whenever you can do both of those things, you become an authority in someone else's mind.
It's when we think that video is different than an in-person presentation that we get ourselves in trouble. When really, it’s just about getting yourself in that same energy, same mindset, same posture, and same projection of your voice as you would if you were there with them in person and replicating that in a slightly unnatural setting where you just be sitting alone in your room.
Resources Mentioned:
Value Video Marketing
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Wally Conway has a laundry list of achievements. He has been featured as an expert on HGTV. He co-hosted the DIY Network series, Finders-Fixers. He's the host of the Home and Garden Show as well as the SOLD in St Augustine on WSOS. He is also the founder of Monument Commercial Building Inspections as well as HomePro Inspections. Wally has a whole host of other achievements. He is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, retired Navy pilot, licensed contractor, home inspector, energy auditor, media expert, and entrepreneur.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What Wally is looking forward to in 2021 at 65 years old
- His entrepreneurial journey
- What to do when you want to transition into an entrepreneurial place
- The importance of showing curiosity as a show host
- The power of having a philanthropic mindset
- The entrepreneurial spirit
Episode Highlights:
When You’re Thinking of Transitioning to an Entrepreneurial Place
There are a lot of people who have an entrepreneurial fantasy because they see something. And if you feel the itch and you're seeking to transition to an entrepreneurial place, be frugal so you can invest in the business. If you're putting on this facade, rather than rolling frugal, that will slow, if not murder, the potential for the business. Therefore, live slim so you can continue your business.
When you live a simple and frugal life, and you’re living below your means, it's not so scary. It just feels better to be in a crisis and be focused on taking care of your staff or people around you rather than being worried about yourself. So there’s much lower pressure.
The Power of Having a Philanthropic Mindset
If you have the heart to give and you have a philanthropic mindset, whether you're giving a time or treasure or talent, there are things we can do to contribute. They can just be inordinately expensive. You can host events or do things that cost a very small amount of money.
What is the Entrepreneurial Spirit?
Take something from seemingly nothing and grow it into something or repurpose it in a different way. Then try to take that kind of mindset in other areas of your life to help other people.
People that don't treat other people well have difficulty retaining employees, they have difficulty finding people to partner with, and they have difficulty finding people to borrow when they need to borrow. The truth is – you just want to be around people that you can respect and enjoy.
Are You Doing Things Right?
If you're not having fun doing your thing, you're doing the wrong thing, or the thing wrong. In which part of your life do you choose to be miserable? When you can project in an honest sense that you're happy, and you're respectful, and you're appreciative, you tend to attract similar people, while miserable people can't stand to be around you and they go elsewhere.
Resources Mentioned:
Monument Commercial Building Inspections
HomePro Inspections
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Special guest host Hoan Thai leads the conversation today as we get to know more about Erin Halper, the CEO of The Upside, which helps professionals launch, build, and scale thriving consultancy businesses.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The Upside offerings
- How business experts can benefit from The Upside in terms of consulting
- How the pandemic helped accelerate their business
- The biggest mistakes companies need to avoid when getting into consulting
- How hiring a virtual assistant changed the game for her and the best thing about not being location-specific
- Reasons why someone would be an employee
Episode Highlights:
What The Upside Does in Terms of Training Consultants
The consultants are already great at what they do. The Upside doesn't help them execute their work because they're already experts at what they do. Instead, they help them build a business around their expertise and help connect them to the right people as they have built a community around this movement.
The Upside Offerings
The Upside Accelerator - It's a step-by-step high-level action plan for early-stage consultants where they walk them through everything they need to know about building a successful, thriving, profitable consultancy practice sooner than later, in the first few months of starting.
The Upside Membership - a curated community of consultants and industry experts who support and advance one another in business.
3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When You're Getting into Consulting
1. When you don't define your offering in terms of ROI
Do you grow someone's revenue or do you save them money? Do you provide access to something they want that you have? Or do you come in and solve big headaches? What do you actually do for people? The task at hand is much less important.
2. When don't position yourself to attract clients
For instance, your LinkedIn still reads like an old school resume that's not interesting to clients, instead of speaking to all the great results you have produced over the years.
3. When you don't understand how to leverage your existing network to get clients.
People think they need to start cold calling or cold emailing. They start creating these big spreadsheets of companies they need to reach out to. But as a consultant or advisor, the foundation comes from your existing network, and knowing how to leverage that network will make or break your entire business.
4. When you don't align your business model with your values or existing skills
Why create a digital course when you hate public speaking because it makes you nervous and when you also hate technology? Instead, start with what you're really good at and what you enjoy. Then start designing revenue streams around what you already have going for you. Leverage something that you're already really good at.
Reasons Why Someone Would Want to Be an Employee
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They are young, and they need to learn and be trained by a mentor by someone older than them.
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They can't get their own clients. They didn't want to risk and invest in the equipment.
Resources Mentioned:
The Upside
Built to Sell by John Warrillow
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Aaron Price is the president and CEO of TechUnited and the Founder of Propelify which is an innovation festival that happens in Hoboken, New Jersey. Propelify was acquired by the New Jersey Tech Council, which is now rebranded as TechUnited. Today, he's going to share with us what the experience was like and why he turned down all the other sexy offers from Entrepreneur Magazine and Gary Vaynerchuk.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Other companies that were interested in buying his company and why he went with the New Jersey Tech Council
- The biggest mistake of his career
- The power of mentorship
- How much information should you share with others?
- The future of corporate culture
Episode Highlights:
Thought Process Behind Taking On Investors
It's very important to listen to yourself and have a heart-to-heart moment especially if it doesn't feel right. Think about your expectations, what you're hoping to achieve, and whether the excitement just overshadows everything. Just be very thoughtful about the kind of investors you want. There are different types of investors so look at this from a standpoint of "who you want to get in bed with" type of situation.
The Power of Surrounding Yourself with Mentors
At the early point of your career, it's very important to surround yourself with people who could help you and who could be your sounding board when you have tough decisions to make. These people elevate you. At the same time, being able to help others feels good and it can fuel your energy. It's a "one plus one equals three" game that keeps things moving. Then also be aware that there’s that professional side of things, and then the personal side. Don’t share all the share deals probably until it’s fully baked but clearly set expectations upfront.
The Future of Corporate Culture
The democratization of technology allows people to start something from anywhere and it's equally accessible once it's online. There's an opportunity for all these other B markets to grab and hold on to that talent and to create an infrastructure that has a better lifestyle, but still keeps them fully employed. We'll be seeing more of a hybrid model where people either go to the office or do remote work, not to mention the opportunities for international collaborations. It's all about figuring out the model that works for your company.
Resources Mentioned:
TechUnited
Propelify
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Jaime O'Connor is a mad scientist and strategy nerd dedicated to helping brands understand their growth opportunities in the digital landscape. She's got a great history that started all the way in the fourth grade selling scrunchies all the way up to some other beauty brands more recently with Happy Hair Brush and Savor Beauty.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why she’s a natural-born entrepreneur
- How she got started and got to build different businesses
- The power of finding strategic partners
- Recognizing your customer acquisition journey
- Understanding your website conversion rate
- Ad budgets entrepreneurs should be thinking about
- Curt Maly’s BELT method
Episode Highlights:
Recognizing the Customer Acquisition Journey
As a business owner should be thinking about your lifetime value for your customer. You have to take the time to calculate it. Look at who is your top sector of customers and what's their lifetime value? It's really important to be looking at what should your cost per acquisition be to be profitable in your business, not just your advertising.
If you're advertising in the U.S., $50 and under can be really hard to break even. So if you're at that point, if your typical average order value is $50 or under, you need to have money on the back end. Do you have subscription services? Do you have additional things to sell those people like? How else are you going to make their money? You're probably going to generally breakeven on the front end, so that's where you want to have a higher lifetime value. Then you should have a 2% to 3% conversion rate on your website, which is the industry average for e-commerce.
Understanding Website Conversion Rate
If you are at 2% on your website conversion rate, then you're in the danger zone. Your ads are going to convert less than that. So your website, as a whole, needs to be converting at a higher level to know that you're going to do all on that side. And that's all work that you can do and work on right before you start dumping money into ads. Because all ads are going to do is accelerate the fact that it doesn't work.
Ad Budgets Entrepreneurs Should Be Thinking About
You could do $3,000 a month in AdSense and you can get a really good return on it. This allows you to have campaigns focused on purchase and campaigns focused on nurture.
Curt Maly’s BELT Method
- Belief - the introduction
- Engaged - the nurture sequence
- Lead - this works well when you're a higher ticket consulting services
- Transact - ex. making a phone call or buying the product
Resources Mentioned:
Happy Hair Brush
Savor Beauty
Inspired Focus Digital
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A Romanian-native, Petru Trimbitas started learning how to code back in 9th grade. Eventually, he realized the fasted way to have his own gaming system was becoming a programmer. Recognizing the struggle of finding mentors, he now helps others find success in coding faster than he did.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Where to find mentors
- Learning experiences from running a business
- How to get started with coding when you’re switching careers
- How their learning platform differs from a 4-year computer programming degree
- How to know you could be good at coding
Episode Highlights:
How to Find Mentors
We all think we need to do things ourselves. But you need to learn from other people's mistakes and experiences, or you can waste time figuring it out yourself. It's a lot faster to learn from others and having mentors. You can find mentors just by reading books or listening to podcasts. Surround yourself with people smarter than you are. And don't be afraid to ask for help from an expert.
How to Get Started with Coding as a Career-Switcher
A lot of people fall into the trap of copy-pasting code from the internet. They take the code, run the code on their local computers, and it works. But the problem here is that you don't understand why it works. And whenever you want to create something from scratch, you feel stuck.
Petru helps people learn how to code, especially those who feel the need to switch careers. Through their platform, they teach them how to code and take from being complete beginners to getting hired as software engineers. They coded the platform themselves in a way that everyone can learn how to code in their own rhythm. Their platform automatically grades students as part of their main focus is to provide ample support.
A lot of people have this false belief that you need to go for four years in college, especially in the U.S. where the tuitions are so high. But its only big advantage is the network. Apart from that, it takes more time and you don't get that much support. So if you want to switch careers, you're interested in changing as fast as possible. So you want to learn the fastest way possible to a point where you're paid for writing code.
How to Know You Could Be Good at Coding
When you have a very strong purpose, even when you’re not smart enough for doing it, coding is learnable. You just need to spend time and do the right steps in order to improve your way of thinking. It's like learning your first language. It's the same with coding. You just need to have the right teachers and spend the time doing it. Whoever can invest 15 hours a week in learning can become a successful programmer.
Resources Mentioned:
https://learn.wellcode.com/
Follow Wellcode on Facebook and Instagram.
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Adam Lyons is the Founder of The S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint. Adam is a serial entrepreneur who is currently running seven businesses. Having worked with world-famous dealmaker Roland Frasier, Adam quickly learned a method of acquiring business using the business's assets to generate money to pay for the business so nothing comes out of your pocket.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Growing up with an abusive childhood
- The coaching program he’s working on with Roland Frasier
- What is the S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint?
- Adam’s favorite project
- About the War Room Mastermind
- Hiring a full C-suite to run his company
- The apprenticeship model
Episode Highlights:
How Adam’s Son Ended Up with Him Buying a Multimillion-Dollar Property
His favorite project started when his son told him he can’t play his favorite Dungeons and Dragons game anymore because their local game store was closing down. Adam eventually acquired the struggling game store and using his S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint method, the store has now gone from earning $5,000 to $15,000 a month.
Then he learned Elon Musk was building the new Tesla factory or office just outside Bastrop, Texas. So he looked for struggling commercial properties and put an offer on a property. So now, he ended up buying a giant brown building on the corner of the two biggest roads as you drive through Bastrop.
The Apprenticeship Model
If you are an expert, you would have an apprentice and the apprentice because the only way to learn is to do everything.
The S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint Method
They have a free PDF guide called the S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint that tells you all the tools they use. They give you access to every tool they have, how they use them, and why they use them. They also have a paid version of it, which is essentially a three-month program where they guide them through the S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint.
S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint is literally designed for their own companies and they're running seven different brands at the moment.
SMART stands for:
- Staffing - a team to handle things on your behalf and give you time
- Marketing - how to bring in new leads
- Audience - how to build up our own community
- Revenue - how to make sales from that community
- Testimonials - evidence of how good you are that you can use for more marketing or sales
Resources Mentioned:
The S.M.A.R.T. Blueprint
www.warroommastermind.com
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Kendall Bazan is She's the Vice President of Marketing at Fund That Flip, an online marketplace for short-term loans. They serve small business owners, entrepreneurs, and people that are actively investing in real estate and are really looking to scale their business. Today, she talks about how to market yourself and your business so that you can create the business you love.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why Kendall describes herself as an amateur human being
- The struggles of women in business
- How to deal with imposter syndrome
- Trust-based marketing
- How to get to the next step as a small business owner
Episode Highlights:
The Struggles of Women in Business
Women in business can feel the pressure of not going to be taken seriously, whether because finance is a man's game or they don't speak the language, or they don't have the background. There's a higher barrier to entry, so to speak. In Kendall's case, she used her strength in communication to build her confidence.
Networking is key. Find other women and men that will support you and your mission. Join a community of supportive women who are also going through what you're going through. And this helps remove the imposter syndrome that a lot of humans feel.
Seek out mentors and listen to them. Find the micro-community that you can be a part of as well as on a macro level to see what's worked and successful for people you do admire as well.
Trust-Based Marketing
The behavior of your core customer community is constantly changing. And what's going to take you to the next stage of your business is developing a more community-based trust. Find where your customers hang out. Take notice of changes in customer behavior because the dynamics can change day by day.
Advice to Small Business Owners Growing Their Business
Figure out where you want to start. Focus on the market you know and focus your efforts there. You're going to be more effective if you can really tailor and focus your efforts in one place. Otherwise, you're spreading yourself too thin.
As a marketer, understand what is your messaging? And how are you connecting with your core audience? The human experience is so varied and so diverse that you can pull the good elements of your past and be able to apply that to what you're pursuing currently as an entrepreneur.
Resources Mentioned:
Fund That Flip
Mindset by Carol Dweck
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David Iglewicz is the President of Prostoig Capital. David has been a practicing pediatric dentist since 2003. He has been doing passive investing since 2004. In 2008, he personally lost a significant portion of his assets and knew there had to be a better way of having a better cash flow stream. Then he found the way through investing in Multifamily Real estate.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why David became a dentist and how he eventually lost his passion for it
- How private equity became his turning point
- How he got into real estate investing
- The downfall of being too smart
- Put yourself first.
- David’s investing journey
- What makes passive investment so powerful is its intrinsic value
- Passive investing vs. mutual funds
Episode Highlights:
What He Saw In Private Equity and Real Estate Investing
The downfall with anybody who's smart is oftentimes that they're too smart for their own good. David was able to drop his ego and invest in something that most dentists and medical professionals weren't doing at the time. He was vulnerable enough to open up and put his guard down. He transitioned and the grass is indeed greener on the other side.
What to Do When You're No Longer Happy With Your Career
Put yourself first in the patient's shoes that when you're talking to that family, you become that patient. And all of a sudden, you relate to them at the same level. This teaches you to be humble and when you do that, you allow opportunities to come your way.
Drop your blinders and feel those emotions and feel the fear. Feel what it does to you because it's not going to do anything. Let those emotions go through you. And all of a sudden, you're going to look left and right.
Why Passive Investing Works
Because of your investments within the apartment buildings, people pay rent so the cash flow still comes in. Then there's a potential upside, too, if the building is sold or refinanced because there's a big payoff, and the monthly or quarterly payoffs throughout. Whereas with a stock or mutual fund, you're only banking on that appreciation and you're not getting any of that cash flow. Not to mention, the tax benefits you’ll be getting from it.
Sure there are risks, but the benefits far outweigh the risk in apartment buildings. It's a hard asset that produces income. You can produce income in multiple different ways. Not only do you have the income from the tenants, but you can have income from storage, from washer dryers, or you can do a billboard on the building, or do a cell phone tower. Then you can also reduce the expenses.
By increasing the revenue streams, you're making the building worth so much more money. The asset is protected because the value is intrinsic.
Resources Mentioned:
https://prostoig.com/
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Email: dsi@prostoig.com
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Petru Trimbitas works with people that have different careers, and he teaches them how to code until they become software engineers.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why people change careers
- Petru’s coding background
- How Petru teaches people how to code
- Some of the cool projects he has done
- Overcoming your fear of codes
- The success story of a truck driver turned programmer
- Teaching different ages from 11 to 60
- How their curriculum is structured
- Some frustrations people run into when learning how to code
Episode Highlights:
How Petru Teaches People How to Code
Petru has built a platform that allows you to learn how to code. You get to write your own code, which is then automatically graded. So at no point would you feel lost if you feel like you don't know if your solution or the app you built was correct or not.
They also provide "annoying" support, because they try to get people to think and to ask themselves questions. A lot of people think you need to be smart in order to do code. And the difference in their approach is they teach them how to come up with ideas and how to understand difficult concepts.
Overcoming Your Fear of Coding
There are a lot of people who can help you. And if you have the right help and the right mentors around you, it's just a question of time and of work. What coding can teach you is the ability to break down complex problems into smaller ones so you can solve every one of those problems. And this is the same way you approach your problems in life.
How Their Curriculum is Structured
They let everyone learn in their own rhythm but they encourage them to create a fixed schedule. So if you block learning time from 8 pm to 10 pm, then you need to do that.
A lot of people don't think they have what is needed for learning how to code. And so, they need to make a mindset shift first, the same as starting your business. They learn about creating routines, building habits. Then they begin to write really simple, yet still challenging programs.
As the level increases, you're starting to write longer and more complex programs. Towards the end, you need to build your first real-world application.
Challenges While Learning How to Code
- Not getting the answers right away
- Balancing your time (if you working a full-time job)
- Not having the courage to ask questions
It's not stupid to ask questions. You have to learn how to be vulnerable so you know where your weaknesses are and you know exactly what you need to work on.
Resources Mentioned:
https://learn.wellcode.com/
Follow Wellcode on Facebook and Instagram.
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Matt Rodak is the Founder of Fund That Flip, which provides short term loans for people flipping houses or doing new construction projects. They partner with experienced borrowers who are looking for capital providers to help them scale up their businesses.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How they run their business in two channels
- COVID’s impact on the business
- Controlling what you can control
- The airplane analogy
- The crazy trip Matt took with his wife
Episode Highlights:
About Fund That Flip
Fund That Flip finances loans through two channels: a crowdfunding platform where accredited investors can invest as little as $5,000 per deal in our projects, and institutional whole loan buyers, like hedge funds and credit funds as well as insurance companies that also participate and purchase loans they've originated.
COVID’s Impact on the Business and The Airplane Analogy
During the COVID season in March, the industry got jammed up across the board. They went from originating tens of millions of dollars to ZERO. And there wasn't any light at the end of the tunnel, particularly in April and May. So they just had to control what they can control.
They have grown quickly over the past three or four years by 5,000% to 6,000%. They've been on the Inc 500 list for last two years. And it's messy when you're growing that fast.
It's like you're building an airplane mid-flight. They've got two options. They either land the airplane and fix everything but risk never getting the airplane off the ground again. Or they can keep flying the plane, piecing different parts on and duct-taping things where things break.
One of the fortunate things about COVID is it forced them to land their plane that caused them to stop. And this gave them the opportunity to really look at what parts of their process they could re-engineer, where are their bottlenecks, where are the inefficiencies, and where they're not communicating well as a team.
Control What You Can Control
They doubled down on their retail side and they found that the retail investors were continuing to look for alternatives to the stock market in real estate. So they almost doubled their retail investor base in three months. They improved their investor experience and their marketing activities.
Resources Mentioned:
Fund That Flip
Follow Matt Rodak on LinkedIn.
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Amy Eddy is the Vice President and Executive Agent of BigSpeak, a company that works with top keynote speakers, business speakers, motivational speakers getting them on major stages as well as working with big events to land major keynotes.
Amy advocates for her clients, empowers them to make the right investment, and is energized by the potential of the human spirit.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Happiness is a muscle we can choose to make strong or not.
- The study on pessimists and optimists
- How Amy got into the speaking industry
- Finding the good out of the bad things happening in the world
- The power of habits
- How do you define success?
Episode Highlights:
Happiness is a Choice
Happiness is a muscle you can choose to make stronger or not. This is even backed by science that you can choose to push them in whatever direction you choose. We can’t cure ourselves of all diseases just by thinking positively. But there's a lot we can do. We have way more power than we realize. But many people are hardwired to always look at what can go wrong.
Letting Go of Pessimism
Pessimism is a weight you can choose to let go of but it takes time. People have the tendency to think about what other people think of them but we can make practices to stop feeding that and to cancel out that noise. There are so many variables and thoughts flying around in your mind about all the possible outcomes of what you're saying and how it'll affect that person versus what you're wearing and how it will affect their thought of you.
When you look at several hundred years back, terrible things have happened. Somehow, this gives you a sense of peace in knowing that this is not the end of the world. Things have always been hard for a lot of people but there's always something good that happens despite the bad things.
The Power of Habits
Our brain doesn't want to change and it wants to be in auto mode where you're not consciously thinking about the physical activity you're doing. We have to work hard and choose to get it to go in a different direction and get it off idle or autopilot. For instance, people always talk about losing weight. We have all the information and facts out there about weight loss but we're the fattest country in the world. And that's because change is hard. You have to go against your brain and what your body wants to naturally do. It takes brain capacity to rewire the system so you can't do a whole lot at once. You need to focus on one thing.
Defining Success
Be able to define what is success for you. What is success going to look like for you? We may not always be at our best at times, but what's important is you're able to go back to what's good for you. More sales, more networking, and more opportunities are good things. Those aren't inherently bad. But we can get sucked into it and that's not good long-term. And that is not how you should define success.
Resources Mentioned:
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Pessimists Archive Podcast
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James Orsini is the President of The Sasha Group, an educational, consulting, and marketing services firm under its umbrella company, the VaynerX. James works alongside Gary Vaynerchuk, its CEO and serial entrepreneur. The Sasha Group runs as a consultancy on the front-end, and an agency in the backend.
James has held previous positions as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Integration Officer for VaynerMedia, a digital agency with social at its core. He has proven himself as a great leader and has authored several business articles including Agency of the Future, Let Leaders Lead, Guided Exploration, and Practitioners Practice.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How his entrepreneurial journey began
- The difference between a delegator and a facilitator
- The importance of positioning
- The need for structure in building an empire
- The origin behind his nickname, Jimmy The Pencil
- How James uses social media in his favor, personally and business-wise
- Leveraging podcasts to drive engagement
- What they’ve done for Gary to become more than just the social media guy
- Putting together the Eisenhower Matrix to execute their ideas
- What strategies worked and what didn’t work
Episode Highlights:
Delegation vs. Facilitation
Delegation is having somebody do what it is that you should do or can do. Facilitation is taking the time to understand what people do well, and then connecting them with other people who have that need.
The Importance of Positioning
Positioning is very important because the most value comes when everybody feels like they're a winner at the table. It's not when one walks away being the loser, and one walks away being the winner. We find value when everybody walks out of the room and feels like they've won. Therefore, positioning is very important in negotiations, in client-agency relationships, in boss and staff relationships, and in business in general.
Establishing VaynerX as a Holding Company
In order for you to be a $500-million integrated, independent, international communications company, you're going to have to be more than a social media advertising company. You need a structure when you're growing an empire. As a result, VaynerX became the holding company and Sasha Group is under this VaynerX umbrella. There needs to be a clear head at the top of it, with a vision to take it forward. The Bible says that without a vision, the people perish. So the same thing holds for a company.
Gary is the social media guy but you can't be $500 million being the social media guy so he had to be more than that. So he worked hard on it. He acquired companies, spun off a tech company from his media department, and started a new company. On the day he announced The Sasha Group, they had 4,700 inquiries in 48 hours. He also acquired a company and birthed Vayner commerce. Now, he's got Vayner Speakers and VaynerTalent.
Resources Mentioned:
The Sasha Group
VaynerX
Vayner Speakers
VaynerTalent
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Dwight HeckDwight is the owner of Give A Heck Financial and the host of Give A Heck Podcast. His company's mission is to empower you with financial education so that you can live a more purposeful life. They educate and teach you how to live life on purpose, not by accident.
He started his corporate career as a computer consultant and found himself financially strapped all the time. Especially being a single parent, he was living from paycheck to paycheck, leaving himself in quiet desperation as he went to sleep at night and not knowing how to control his financial life. But all of that changed when he made a conscious decision to start a new story of his life, and not a chapter.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Starting a new story of your life, not a chapter of your life
- How to live life on purpose, not by accident
- Being present in the game
- Being mindful of how you say things to other people
- Working on yourself in order to lead
- Be a servant first before you become a leader.
Episode Highlights:
Starting a New Book of Your Life, Not a Chapter
If you say you're starting a new chapter, it means that the former chapter is right beside you, and you haven't let go. So change that mindset into starting a new story of your life or a new book of your life because your subconscious mind picks up on it.
An author doesn't ask people to buy their new chapter, but to buy a new book. And the book could be a part of a series. It's now a different journey on that same topic or the same person. It's still you, but you're a new book, with a new beginning.
You have to do things to mentally disconnect from your past. Your future is not indicative of your past. So what are you going to do to differentiate it? You don't want to disrespect your past that happened. But it doesn't have to be your anchor.
How To Live Life On Purpose, Not By Accident
When coaching clients, Dwight does a goal-setting appointment with them. He asks them some leading questions to make them feel more vulnerable in sharing their circumstances. Then in his succeeding appointments, one of the leading questions he asks if they slept any better from their last appointment. And the responses he usually gets from his clients are amazing. Dwight does numerous meetings to help them through the process of living their life on purpose, not by accident.
Be Mindful of How You Say It
It's how you say it. Be able to come to the level of your clients and mimic their energy level. Be close to their energy level, enough that you can still pull things out of them, but not turn them away.
Be Present in the Game
You have to be there for yourself. Because no matter how much you're coached, if you're not into the game, like the coach of somebody saying, you know, get out there and play a ball, but make sure you're into the game. That coach is going to coach you, but you have to be present in that game.
Work on Yourself In Order to Lead
Become a servant of others first before you become a leader. Work on yourself all the time and always be leveling up to be the healthiest, best version of yourself. You've got to have your act together.
Resources Mentioned:
Know more about Dwight Heck on www.giveaheck.com
Give A Heck Podcast
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Josh Cary is a business coach, podcast host, speaker, digital media and creative consultant, and entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of PodMAX (an On Air Brands company), a podcast production and media company that provides training and events catered to entrepreneurs who have a meaningful message to share. Josh is the host of The Hidden Entrepreneur Show and On Air Brands LIVE!
Josh Cary spent 40 years in hiding, showing up in fear, with a 'mask' on in all areas of his life. Today, he’s now on a mission to help others unmask themselves so they can improve their lives and businesses.
Episode Highlights:
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What Josh wants to be known for
- His early years in the acting and film world
- How to get to know your podcast guests better (especially those you already know)
- Why asking spitfire questions is great
- Asking questions that foster storytelling
Episode Highlights:
Stop Hiding in Fear
Many people are hiding behind fear so they end up not showing up in every situation. Fear paralyzes them to make the move which they know they're capable of doing. Therefore, take action and power through in every possible way to your fullest extent.
How to Get to Know Your Guests Better, Especially Those You Already Know
Bring them on and talk with them for 20-30 minutes just in a "getting to know" kind of way. You're not talking about business and it makes for a good conversation.
Ask spitfire questions just to bring in a new flavor to the episode. This is exciting from the guest’s perspective. It feels good to be on the receiving end of these questions and get to answer them.
Why Asking Spitfire Questions is Great
There's this non-committal that you're going to go where it goes post-questions. You don't necessarily have to stop the conversation. But you can take it another five or 10 minutes if you want. Regardless, that's the episode and it doesn't have to be rebranded. And that’s a good way to get to know people you already know.
Everybody has a story to tell. So let them tell stories. These types of questions foster thought, which is sometimes missing when you're a guest on a show, especially when they already know your story and you know where the conversation is going to go. By asking spitfire questions, your guest will be excited to share their answers because you, as an interviewer, don't know the answers.
Resources Mentioned:
www.joshcary.com
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Mark Stinson has earned the reputation as The Brand Innovator. He's an experienced marketer, persuasive writer, dynamic presenter, and a skilled facilitator. His work also includes brand strategy and creative workshops, and he has contributed to the launches of more than 150 brands, all mostly focused on health, science, and technology. Mark has written multiple books, including Patient Activation, ForwardFast Branding, Customer CHEMistry, and his most recent, A World of Creativity.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Following your strategic GPS and how to keep your engine running
- Strategies to stay engaged and creative
- The power of giving options
- Paying attention to customer experience
- A look into Mark’s focus groups
Episode Highlights:
How to Keep Your Business Engine Running
Work on the relationships right now. Do what you can do to keep the foundation going. Don't spend a lot of time thinking about how you need to reinvent yourself. Just take your time to be solid. If you're losing sales or losing ground, figure out what other media are available to you to keep that customer connection alive.
Strategies to Stay Engaged and Creative
1. Work with your clients on their difference. Encourage them to document how special their brand is.
2. Finding these other things about your brand. What if you answered faster? What if you built a better customer relationship? What if you didn't have 17 different buttons to push to get to that department?
3. Do rituals to keep your creative juices flowing. Set some time to meditate. Focus on your heart instead of the thousand things going through your head. Find a quiet space to set some time for yourself to recharge and get away from all the noise.
The Customer Journey: Customer CHEMistry
Connect - Don't just talk, but listen.
Honest - Hear more about the customer's issues and problems.
Easy - Use easy language and easy-to-read fonts. Make your brand easy to deal with. Is it easy to call your company? Is it easy to talk to your company? Or does your company put up a wall and you're defensive?
Motivated - You should feel motivated to take the next step, not cajoled. One of the things that's very motivating with many clients is options. Get them involved. But don't also overwhelm them with choices.
Resources Mentioned:
Mark’s books:
- Patient Activation
- ForwardFast Branding
- Customer CHEMistry
- A World of Creativity
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Robin Dreeke is a professional keynote speaker, live trainer, bestselling author, facilitator, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. As an FBI agent, Robin was recruiting spies, something we only see on television and in the movies. Currently, he is the Founder and CEO of People Formula. He has now become a massive entrepreneur, developing his own brand and helping businesses with his FIVE steps in TRUST and all of these wonderful tools that he has developed to help corporations and other businesses.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How he transitioned from doing FBI work to being an entrepreneur
- Why recruiting jobs is an entrepreneurial job
- How he’s reinventing his business in the midst of the COVID situation
- Speeding up the trust process
- 4 things to make sure it’s about the other person (and not about you)
- What is Stempathy?
- Steps you can take to develop empathy
- The power of curiosity
- Paying attention to nonverbal behaviors
- Conversation tips to build trust
- Book writing techniques
- Some amazing things to look forward to from Robin’s online training courses
Episode Highlights:
Why Recruiting Spies is an Entrepreneurial Job
Working in counterintelligence, Robin's primary job was to recruit spies so his job was to sell a product of American patriotism to a foreign national, who's generally a diplomat at a diplomatic establishment that he's not allowed to talk to.
Every day, he was creating a very specific operation surrounding he could get in front of an individual to sell his product when he's not actually allowed to initiate the contact. So your brain is constantly working on how to create an opportunity. He was basically building relationships and building trust. He had to strategize trust and make it linear so you could pass it on to others.
Can You Speed Up the Trust Process?
The speed of trust is completely up to the other person because if you force it, it now becomes about you. When in reality, it always has to be about them. We are genetically and biologically coded to want to be valued. And when you can demonstrate that you value them, they're going to affiliate with you.
How to Make Sure It's About the Other Person
- Seek their thoughts and opinions. The key is figuring out what they think that is, and not what you think it is and placing it on them. Take the time to figure out what their priorities are in terms of their safety, security, and prosperity.
- Offer resources.
- Validate them. Seek to understand without judging. Have curiosity about them.
- Give them the choices.
What is Stempathy?
Stempathy is the combination of stoicism so you understand the cause and effect of your behavior and human behavior – pure cause and effect. But at the same time, you have to have empathy, so that you can understand the context of someone else and build that connection. And once you understand the context, that's what empathy is.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.peopleformula.com/
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Brad Weimert is a mountain climber, adventurer, and entrepreneur at heart. He developed his entrepreneurial and marketing spirit from rich life experiences. At the age of 20, Brad began breaking national sales records as the #1 sales representative in a company of more than 30,000 and continued to do so year after year. Brad is the Founder of Easy Pay Direct, a platform that is both a merchant account provider and a payment gateway.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What makes Easy Pay Direct different than other merchant account providers
- What’s a high-risk merchant
- Setting up your backup merchant accounts
- The importance of building history
- The current state of the economy from Easy Pay Direct’s persepctive
What is Easy Pay Direct?
Easy Pay Direct is a mechanism to accept payments predominantly online. They're both a merchant account provider and a payment gateway. They work with established eCommerce brands to optimize the way they're accepting payments.
What Makes Easy Pay Direct Different From Other Providers
If you set up Stripe or PayPal, you can process payments immediately. But they don't know who you are, what you do, what you sell, how you sell it, how you deliver it and if you deliver it. So the only recourse they have is to control risk for themselves.
The alternate way to accept payments is with somebody like Easy Pay Direct that wants to understand who you are, what you do, how you do it, how the business operates, and what the marketing model is. They underwrite that on the front end and get to know the models that have that higher likelihood so that you don't run into a problem as a business owner where they’ll have to close your account or hold your money later.
What's a high-risk merchant?
On one end of the spectrum, it means that the expectations are going to be met. It's a face-to-face transaction. It's a small dollar amount, and you know what you're getting when you go in. On the exact opposite end of the risk spectrum, is a supplement company that sells pills guaranteed to enhance your manhood in seven days or less. It's free, and then after seven days, they automatically bill you $99 a month. It's not FDA-approved and it's based in India. As soon as you go online, the likelihood of fraud spikes. If you're a person that wants to commit fraud, you don’t walk into a Best Buy. You order them online. So all e-commerce has a risk spectrum. It's just a question of the variants there.
One of the fundamental tenants is that the gateway that they built allows you to have more than one merchant account present, and then split the volume across them. So if you have a problem with one, the others are still up and running. They want to help business owners have control over this problem.
The Current State of Our Economy
Everything went from retail to online. In fact, 95% of its portfolio is online. Then money will start to leave the economy. There are a lot of opportunities, but at the same time, it's not going to sustain. So you have to be prepared. There are industries that are going to do better, and also industries that are going to have challenges. But within each of those, there is still opportunity.
Resources Mentioned:
Easy Pay Direct
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Cheryl Herrick is the quintessential entrepreneur. Their family-owned medical device business went from breakeven to $4 million per year, to selling personal development and running a 100-employee automotive company, to coaching.
Cheryl credits her success to following this system that she has created for herself and continues to innovate. She is currently a partner in a startup company producing new technology houses and she’s the founder of Ponytail Racing.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What to do in moments you feel like giving up
- Making a business decision vs. a personal decision
- What is the crest and how to get over the other side of it?
- Applying Deming’s philosophy and removing the barriers to creativity
- The CEO’s job as the Chief Education Officer
Episode Highlights:
Making a Business Decision vs. a Personal Decision
Emotion and passion run us as people and we should take that into our business. But there are certain moments where we have to disconnect those two things. When we're trying to make decisions about business, we have to take a more professional and a little bit of a distant decision about it when emotions are really high.
Self-reflection is very important. You have to be honest with yourself to try to figure out if you’ve made a bad bet and whether you need to get out of it and stop investing.
What is the Crest?
If the big order has fallen through something that you thought was factually accurate turns out not to be, it means you have to take five steps backward. When everything feels tiring, and it seems like no matter what you're doing, none of it is easy. It's that moment where it feels like nothing is going right and you've been in this space for a while. This is usually the moment when people tap out because they're tired.
How to Get Over to the Other Side of the Crest
When you're at that moment, and it feels like everything is kind of working against you in your back is up against the wall, that's not the moment to quit. Even if that business does not work out, that isn't the moment to quit.
Get to the other side of the crest, because on the other side of the crest, then you'll really know if there's something there or not. But giving up just out of exhaustion and frustration will only live on you forever.
To get over to the other side of the crest, have a small circle of very reliable friends who have your permission to tell you the unvarnished truth. Follow a system founded on a business philosophy and get the knowledge from trusted advisors who are outside of you.
Sketch out a system for yourself and everything you need to do for the job to be successful. Then develop the processes necessary to get all of those things done.
Resources Mentioned:
Ponytail Racing
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Jen Jose is the Owner at Jolific Homes and Jolific Properties Creator and Coach at REIGN: Real Estate Investor Growth Network. Jen has taken on a persona of the "bestower badassery." After 16 years of teaching, and having worked in a global health insurance provider, Jen ultimately decided to get into the real estate industry. Through REIGN, Jen was able to create a platform where investors could share their superpowers within a network, sprinkled with a little bit of accountability, thus building confidence and credibility.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The 4 aspects of creating REIGN: Real Estate Investor Growth Network
- Overcoming the limiting belief of impostor syndrome
- What to do if you feel trapped in corporate America
- The power of the collective and providing stages for other people
- The structure of REIGN
- About The REIGN Podcast
- The power of attraction
Episode Highlights:
REIGN: Real Estate Investor Growth Network
Jen runs a four-week deep dive where they work together to help people in these four aspects:
1. Knowing the destination: They share needle movers in the business and what has worked for them. Then they prioritize their focus and get clear on their why’s.
2. Sharing superpowers: Using a mastermind format, REIGN is designed to provide a platform for people to share their superpowers and establish credibility with people in our network.
3. Accountability: They have a Monday morning goal call where people publicly announce their goals. And then they do a check-in on Thursday, and then on Sunday, they do a gold poll, where they can then announce if they've achieved their goals, or what they can do differently, etc.
4. Your network is your net worth: Go to your local REIA (real estate investment association) meetings. Learn from the experts there and find a group that fits you.
Build that credibility and when you have that credibility, it builds your confidence, which is huge. And then you can go out and take over anything because you have that confidence now.
The Power of Stages
Realize that the ultimate power is providing stages for other people. As opposed to being the star of the stage, you have access to put anybody's expertise on a pedestal to a group of people. The person whose expertise you put on a pedestal will thank you forever because you gave them the validation. While the people whom you've exposed to the message who needed to hear it will thank you forever because you were the conduit for that.
The Power of Attraction
You don't have to know every step of the way to get started. You just have to release it to the universe, and then it will reveal itself. Just go for it and trust that the "how" will find you.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.therealjenjosey.com/
https://www.reignmastermind.com/
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
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Timothy Dick is a lifelong, seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and CEO that has built multiple successful companies from the ground up. He has helped build industry icons such as Hostgator, which grew from a small company to over 3 million websites hosted during his time there. Currently, Tim is the founder and CEO of Profit Layer.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Struggling with impostor syndrome
- Tim’s entrepreneurial background in the web hosting and server space
- Transitioning into a digital agency and consulting space
- How he navigated scaling
- Knowing what you want and trusting your gut
- Why creating content is not for everybody
- What is Profit Layer?
- Approaching everything from a consultative perspective
Episode Highlights:
How to Cope with Impostor Syndrome
It helps to talk about it. The more you do it, the easier it gets. Nothing going to be perfect. But if you just show up, it's usually going to work out. Work on your personal development.
Scaling Your Business
A lot of people are so worried about getting all the details perfect whether they're scaling or even just starting.
Different people are going to have a unique set of processes and ways they want to run their business. And if they try to follow something conflicting with what they naturally feel they should do, that's where they run into problems.
If you have a pulse on your business, you're going to make fairly good decisions. They're not always going to be accurate or the right thing. But if you figure out what you want and where you want to be, it's going to be much easier to use your gut. And if you don't know what you want and you don't know where you want to get to, then your gut decisions are probably not going to be as good.
Figure out what you want and create what you want.
Resources Mentioned:
www.profitlayer.com
Hostgator
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Shownotes:
Pablo Gonzalez is a professional speaker and the founder and Chief Executive Connector at Connect With Pablo, a content marketing and community creation agency, proving that community creation is the future of business development and building his business around the core things that he loves doing.
Obsessed with human connection, Pablo has used his expertise on the subject to manage a 120-person, $15M-construction business at 25, build various young professional groups for charities, and be named a Latino Leader of the Future by Latino Leaders Magazine and a Top 20 Under 40 for Brickell Magazine.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Pablo’s stories of his entrepreneurial journey in different industries
- His entrepreneurial influences
- How immigrants make for the most successful entrepreneurs
- Scarcity creates resourcefulness
- The realization to build his own parachute
- How he became a professional networker
- The Venn Diagram of Relationship
Episode Highlights:
How Immigrants Make for the Most Successful Entrepreneurs
There's this story of two fish swimming in the ocean. A larger fish comes by and says, "The water is nice today." As they swim past that larger fish, the two little fish look at each other, and they go, "What's water?"
This story highlights two immigrants coming into this country, understanding where they are. This is the land of opportunity in America. I know I'm in the water, and I'm going to make the most out of it. Whereas the majority of people in America who are born here don't even get the context of where they are.
Scarcity creates resourcefulness. But we have been living in the land of abundance and have gotten to the point where we're so spoiled. We think the minor things that are happening to us in life are big deals. We're creatures of comfort. Then now that things are shut down, people are freaking out. But there's no need to freak out because people have experienced way worse than this.
The Future of Business Development is Community Creation
The way you scale is via content. Provide stages for people in an audience. And if you can capture that in content and redistribute that, it then becomes a self-feeding machine.
There is creating content for yourself creating content for others. But the magic is when you are sharing the stage with brilliant people, and you're both adding value to each other.
The Venn Diagram of Relationship
- Enablement - how you introduce yourself to somebody you want to meet
- Value exchange - how you make the information that you're giving somebody valuable,
- Content laid on top of that
Where all those things meet is a community driving ball of value.
Resources Mentioned:
Know more about Pablo Gonzalez on www.connectwithpablo.com.
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Special guest host Matthew Passy of Podcast Me Anything leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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TOM ZEREGA
Tom Zerega is the Founder and CEO of Magnetic 3D. Tom was a former employee of major broadcasting networks including ABC/Disney, CBS, NBS, before founding a US digital signage network in malls and nightclubs where a successful exit led him to pursue Glasses-free 3D Solutions.
Mr. Zerega is an investor, inventor and evangelist playing an integral role in the development of the Company's product line. On the sales and marketing front he has secured high profile deployments and had the privilege of working on the Super Bowl, Hard Rock's Guitar Hotel, major theme parks, retail stores, defense energy and medical projects.
He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for Film and Television, and recent alum of Draper University's Entrepreneurship Program in Silicon Valley and is regarded by many as the industry's principal authority on glasses-free 3D technology.
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This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX / Propelify where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Matthew Passy of Podcast Me Anything leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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ADRIAN DEEN
Adrian Deen is Founder and CEO of Funding Innovation Network, which started a movement to revolutionize startup funding and support. The company launched an AI/ML marketplace platform to help startups assess themselves and connect them to investors and business services.
ADRIAN has served in senior director positions at Credit Suisse and Citigroup prior to founding FIN. He is also a Board member of We'll Life Network, a not-for-profit offering residential, clinical, and day programs to 25,000 individuals with developmental, psychological, and behavioral disabilities in NYC.
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This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX / Propelify where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Matthew Passy of Podcast Me Anything leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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Christopher W. Frey
Founder & President
Crowd Funding NJ, Inc.
Founder and President of Crowd Funding NJ, Inc. Christopher Frey has significant experience in the entrepreneurial, start-up and growth company business community. Crowd Funding NJ, Inc. (CFNJ) is New Jersey’s first authorized and registered Equity Crowdfunding Portal. CFNJ’s Portal was launched in March 2018. Now New Jersey businesses can raise up to $1 Million in funding and any New Jersey resident can invest in these offerings using the CFNJ Equity Crowdfunding Portal. This is a significant, and much needed, new source of funding for New Jersey’s entrepreneurial, start-up and growth company business community. This is also the first time that the general public has had the opportunity to invest in start-up and early growth stage high potential companies.
Prior to starting CFNJ, Frey Founded and is Managing Director of CFO Solutions. Inc. a financial and business advisory firm providing growth-stage companies with outsourced CFO leadership. Specializing in high growth and turn-around situations Frey has been retained by technology start-ups and family-owned businesses, serving as CFO for more than 25 companies. Frey has raised more than $200 million in capital through his ability to create financing alternatives and collaborate with equity investors and lending institutions, which has earned him a reputation as an innovative and pro-active leader.
Prior to launching CFO Solutions, Inc., Frey served as the Chief Financial Officer for KPMG Peat Marwick's manufacturing retailing & distribution (MR&D) line of business where his efforts were instrumental in spearheading the turnaround of this $900 million Audit, Tax, and Advisory business. Earlier, as Controller, Frey led the worldwide accounting and control operations of Grace Cocoa, the world's largest processor of cocoa beans and a $750 million division of W.R. Grace & Co., during its formation and significant growth through M&A activity.
Frey has an MBA from Columbia University and a BS in Accounting from Lehigh University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Frey has been the treasurer and a board member of the New Jersey Business Incubation Network (NJBIN), an editorial advisory board member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA), and the SEC small business capital forum representative for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). As a way of giving back to this community, Frey has been an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at NJIT’s EDC Business Incubator for more than 15 years where he has advised literally hundreds of start-up and entrepreneurial companies.
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Special guest host Hoan Thai of "I Escaped My 9 to 5" leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
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BARRY RUBIN
Barry has been in sales and business development for over 25 years and since 2016 he has enjoyed the opportunity to expand his career in value based technology consulting and sales with customer centricity. Currently Barry is a Sr. Business Development Manager who loves to find new clients from start-ups, small to medium sized businesses that need help with anything from a software development and technology standpoint – whether outsourcing software development engagements, augmentation services, custom software development or selling Damco products.
Barry is also heavily active in the community and the arts, he sits on both MCRCC Technology Committee and Ambassador Committee, Advisory Board to Elijah’s Promise, A Friend of Rotary New Brunswick chapter. He also has recorded, played and taught music for many years, private lessons and workshops and he currently works with a few projects and leads his own group Contact High Vibration “With One Hit of Music”.
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This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX / Propelify where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Hoan Thai of "I Escaped My 9 to 5" leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
Hoan sits down with Rajesh Sinha the founder of Fulcrum Digital and his mission to make the world a better place.
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This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX / Propelify where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Kieran Lenahan of Lenahan Coaching leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
Kieran sits down with John Muldoon the CEO of Interflexion to find out his story and path to success!
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This episode was recorded at an exclusive event called PodMAX / Propelify where founders had an opportunity to share their stories and knowledge.
Special guest host Kieran Lenahan of Lenahan Coaching leads the conversation down a path of insights, solutions, and collaboration.
Join the us for our next event at www.podmax.co
And grab your virtual seat for the next Propelify Innovation Festival on October 5-9 at www.propelify.com
Matthew E. Uretsky advises entrepreneurial clients in technology-driven industries at every stage of the business lifecycle, from initial formation and funding to exit strategy. He combines industry knowledge with extensive deal experience to deliver smart solutions for tech, tech-enabled, and life sciences companies with respect to choice of business entity, intellectual property protection, internal governance, private and public debt and equity financings, securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and beyond.
Innovators and investors regularly seek Matt’s depth of knowledge and practical guidance for pre-seed, seed, and early stage to expansion and growth stage capital raising transactions and ultimate liquidity events. He works closely with venture capital funds, family offices, private equity and hedge funds, and angel networks and funds to understand and meet their individual business needs. He keeps up with the rapid pace of the emerging technologies and techniques that are disrupting every industry, advising clients on cryptocurrencies, SAFEs, KISSes, and other innovative fintech solutions.
Committed to making more room for diverse professionals in the entrepreneurial space, Matt works extensively with woman-led start-ups and is a mentor for the Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship. He also represents a number of Israel-based clients to facilitate their expansion to the United States, having collaborated with one such CEO to create an Israeli Air Force alumni meetup to connect entrepreneurial graduates in the greater New York City area. He is also actively involved with the firm’s immigration and naturalization clinic as well as its name-change program for transgender people.
Matt regularly contributes to the vibrant start-up ecosystem, writing and speaking about key issues for founders and investors at conferences, venture fairs, meetups, and co-working spaces. He is an advisor for New York University’s Summer Launchpad Program, the 365x Israeli business accelerator program, and the Princeton Tech Meetup. An avid golfer, Matt captained the Dartmouth College golf team.
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Cardwell Thaxton is the owner of the Cardwell Thaxton group, a real estate developer that specializes in renovating existing buildings and putting them back on the market for sale or for rent. Cardwell is a licensed real estate appraiser for over 20 years, working closely with lenders, attorneys, and mortgage companies, and investors.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Where Cardwell’s spirit of hustle came from
- Cardwell’s experience in selling cable and ads
- How Facebook knows your demographics and everything else!
- The drawback of finding a mentor
- Developing the entrepreneur mindset
- The power of network and buying based on emotions
- How to get to the root of a customer’s objections
Episode Highlights:
How Facebook Knows Everything
Everything now has moved over to the social networks so you have to reach a certain demographic. Facebook knows everything about your people. So it's easy to figure out the demographic you want. When people sign in, they tell Facebook everything about them – education, where they live, birthday – everything. If you want educated women between 27 and 50 with a four-year degree, Facebook has it.
Facebook continues to buy other companies to expand their footprint like Instagram and they just use their data to spread out to more and more people. And most people aren't aware that by using something free, it means they are the product. If you can't figure out what the product is when they're offering these things, you are the product.
Finding a Mentor
You might be in the business for 25 years. But it doesn't mean you're a good teacher or a good coach. Everyone's not cut out to be a teacher or a coach. It's just time-consuming. Finding a mentor is the biggest drawback right now because you have to put in at least 2,000 hours of guided work (that ends up being about two years or maybe a little bit less).
The Entrepreneur Mindset
If your goal is to put in your 25 years at the company and then retire, and your definition of retire is don't do anything, you're not going to probably understand the mind of an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur will work 80 hours a week for themselves so they don't have to work 40 hours a week for someone else.
The Power of Network and Buying Based on Emotions
Your network equals your net worth. It doesn't matter who you know, what matters is who knows you. You need to get out there and meet people because once they know about you, you're in.
A lot has to do with your personality, as well. Be memorable. Ask genuine questions. Learn how to close and how to ask closing questions and learn how to get to the real objection. People don't buy on based on logic, people buy based on emotion, and then they use logic later to justify the purchase.
Resources Mentioned:
The Cardwell Thaxton Group
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Rich Dad, Poor Day by Robert Kiyosaki
Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill
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Trevor Lohrbeer is a serial entrepreneur and Founder of Day Optimizer, a time management web app that helps you convert your daily to-do's into a daily schedule through a 3-step process so you can get more of the important stuff done.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- The concept of grit
- How to manage a remote workforce
- How mergers and acquisitions work
- Why is it harder to sell a company than to start one?
- Some things you need to know when you’re thinking of acquiring or selling a business
- The concept of done today vs. done forever
- The difference between task management and time management
- Day Optimizer’s 3-step process
Episode Highlights:
The Concept of Grit
Grit is perseverance through difficulty. A lot of people view failure as a stopping point, rather than a waypoint. And if you view failure as a stopping point, you give up because you're at the end. But if you view failure as a waypoint, where you just stop to rest and then keep living past it, it changes your perspective around failure. It's no longer this devastating thing. It's a learning opportunity.
Managing a Remote Workforce
When managing a remote team, you don't manage their time, you manage their output. Focus on what your team is producing. By shifting the mindset of how you approach managing employees in a remote work scenario, you're shifting into a more productive way to manage your employees.
Selling a Company vs. Starting a Company
It's easy when you're a visionary and you can start to build and create something. It’s fun! On the other hand, oftentimes, when people sell a company they're focused on their top-line revenue. They aren't thinking through the fact that it's your net revenue.
Done Today vs. Done Forever
If you're using a task list and you've got a bunch of tasks that you're going to do today, and you work on it, but you don't finish it, you can't actually click the checkmark on that task list. Because if you do, it disappears. So you just leave it on your task list. And whenever you go back and look at that task list, there's the item that you already worked on today that's still unchecked. And this keeps distracting you.
By clicking on Done Today, it gives you that dopamine hit by checking it off. It's not on your list anymore so it's no longer distracting. But it doesn't get lost because it appears as an option again the next day. Once you mark it Done Forever, it disappears from your task flow.
The Difference Between Task Management and Time Management
Task management is figuring out what you need to do. Time management is figuring out when to do it and how long to spend on it.
Day Optimizer’s 3-Step Process
- Create your daily commitment list. Take the entire tasklist and copy over only the things that you're committing to do today. And if you want to subtest those out, you can do that too.
- Allocate time to each of those. Include not just your tasks, but also all your appointments for the day – anything that takes up time, like eating lunch, exercise, meditation, etc. Just total everything up and find out how many hours you're allocating for each.
- Go through your prioritization process. Now, you have to decide which of the two things do you need to do because you know you don't have enough time for both. This is where time management comes in.
Resources Mentioned:
Day Optimizer
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Andrew Schena is the owner and founder of Capital Equity Partners and co-host of the podcast Cash Flow Giants.
Capital Equity Partners is a real estate syndication company that develops real estate investment strategies. They focus on acquiring and operating multifamily assets in emerging markets across the U.S.
Andrew believes in the power of shifting your mindset in order to live a great life. He also underlines the importance of harnessing personal growth to drive growth in your business.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- How his mindset shifted through a Tony Robbins organization
- Why you can’t have business growth without personal growth
- How Andrew started and grew Capital Equity Partners
- Building one business after another within one silo
- Increasing the value of a parcel through the ZBA (zero balance account) process
- Influence marketing vs. direct marketing
- Their criteria for buying land and their land play
- How being an operator in real estate makes you a better investor
Episode Highlights:
Balancing Business Growth and Personal Growth
You can't talk about business growth without discussing personal growth. You have a life outside of your business. Especially once you start to have a family, you can't spend all of your time on business. Otherwise, you'll ruin the relationships in your family. You have to create those types of freedoms. There are plenty of people who are incredibly successful but are completely miserable individuals.
That's where personal growth comes in. Life isn't worth living if you're miserable all the time. Find that balance because personal growth not only resonates with your family life but also with your business life.
Influence Marketing vs. Direct Marketing
Direct marketing works with sellers because you have to have a presence. You need to get their attention through something directly targeted at them. Whereas marketing for investors is more about influence.
A seller just wants to know that you've got the ability to close and help their situation and make the best deal for them. So it's important to build your credibility online and have a bit of social media influence. But for investors, you need to meet people one-on-one and have all the social media influence out there to get somebody to potentially invest with you. So it's a multi-tiered touch approach before somebody invests with you.
Resources Mentioned:
Capital Equity Partners
Cash Flow Giants
Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
MONEY Master the Game by Tony Robbins
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Dan Butler is the founder of 6AM Core Collective, a group of companies that specializes in real estate, property management, and finance, providing end-to-end solutions for real estate investors. With customers at the core of their organization, they have built a business ecosystem, leveraging business after business so they can help real estate investors flourish and succeed.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Dan’s first memory of selling
- How he created a business at 12 years old
- The power of having a vision
- Leveraging his business to catapult to more businesses
- Adopting the buy and hold strategy
- Why you need to educate yourself constantly
- The beauty of hiring your own virtual employee
Episode Highlights:
A Businessman at 12 Years Old
Dan started a lawn care business at 12 years old. By 15, he was already hiring people. He leveraged equipment and people to make the job faster. This led to his first partnership with a friend who did the same business, and they went from 20 yards to 50 yards. His partner moved on, leaving him with the business so he was able to catapult from there.
Throughout high school, Dan met a guy that introduced him to the real estate world. Following college, he found a way to buy real estate in Memphis, Tennessee. And after reading the book Nothing Down for the 90s by Robert Allen, Dan decided to figure out how to do no money down to buy real estate.
To this day, there have been very little dollars down on any real estate they've ever bought. One of their core things is not putting money out of pocket in real estate.
Go Big or Go Home
You have to have a vision. Dan laid out his vision of having 300 rental properties by the time he was 48 years old. He was focused on that single vision, without getting distracted about all the other things he could have gotten involved with.
Leveraging a Business to Catapult Into More Businesses
Leverage other people and other systems because you couldn’t do it all on your own. Along with his partner, Dan started a property management company. Out of that, a brokerage firm was born. Then they’ve created a maintenance company, then a lending company, and then a virtual assistant company – out of necessity.
Having a Virtual Employee is a Game-Changer
Especially as you grow and evolve, more and more people are requiring your time. And aways answering emails is not the best use of your time, especially for entrepreneurs and business owners. So having someone that can manage the day for you and manage your emails is very important.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.6amcc.com/
https://www.crestcore.com/
Nothing Down for the 90s by Robert Allen
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Ekaterina Stepanova & Dylan Marma are co-founders of EquityTree, a software platform dedicated to helping commercial real estate investors manage their deals and Investor relations. They also provide educational support throughout the entire investment process.
Coming from different real estate industry events, Ekaterina and Dylan both saw the opportunity to collaborate and bring this platform out to both early investors doing JVs and buying their own deals as well as those investors who are leveraging their networks and scaling with syndications.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- What is EquityTree and its mission?
- How investors can benefit from EquityTree
- Making real estate decisions around raising capital and syndication
- What to look for when creating your team and finding partners
- Who are their mentors?
- Self-care routines they do to keep their “engines” running
Episode Highlights:
What is EquityTree?
The project was created from a place of passion. Their mission is to be able to create a community around the product and create a platform of people dedicated to serving their investors.
One of the issues this tool seeks to address is the lack of transparency around the private investment space. Through this platform, people taking on joint ventures (JV’s) can give investors the best experience possible.
Solutions EquityTree Provides
- Keeping things organized: Eliminates endless email chains and Dropbox folders
- Community support: They have a private Facebook group, where they do weekly calls with everyone to discuss different topics related to marketing, social media, presentations, and asset management reporting, among others.
- Asset management tracking: Allows you to measure your budget vs. your actuals and allows your investors to view your Profit and Loss Statement
EquityTree is not just a software. It’s built to ultimately give you a platform that'll help you grow and become a better operator in its fullest effect.
Making Decisions Around Raising Capital and Syndication
Dylan encourages investing in real estate for a pretty substantial period of time, prior to bringing any investor capital. Or to have a more experienced partner with you the first time you do it to make sure they're able to protect you.
Syndication is a short-term solution to create wealth. This is a great path to take if you have more ambitious goals of creating some serious wealth over time. Or if you're the type of person who gets excited working on large projects, bringing people together, and collaborating with them.
Finding Your Partners
Credibility is key. It's important to find credible partners backed by experiences and leverage those. Especially when it comes to people's capital and their life savings, they want to work with someone that is credible.
Resources Mentioned:
VisitEquityTree.io/GetInTheCircle to get a PDF of the 5-Step Fundraising Process
Apps Mentioned:
- Spar - for accountability
- Blinkist - summarizes books for you
- Way of Life App - the habit maker and breaker app
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Shownotes:
Stephanie Venditto is a communications/leadership and life coach. After years of building a career as an actress, the characters she played no longer resonated with her. She realized that she had lost her sense of self and creativity. It was during her travel in Italy that she discovered parts of her that were dying to be heard. It was a moment of stripping some layers of herself to give way to her new self.
She then found her way into the corporate fashion industry until eventually dedicating all of her time now as a communications/leadership and life coach.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Why all of life happens at the kitchen table
- The perspective shift from generation to generation
- How do you find that sense of purpose
- The conversation of collective consciousness
- Why we need to deconstruct to construct
Episode Highlights:
The Path of Metamorphosis
Life gets messy and it's not to be avoided. It's just to be experienced. But along that journey, we learn how to protect ourselves and we learn how to hide behind certain facades. We ask the world how it wants us to look so they could accept us. Then we become less and less of ourselves. We get into these jobs and we continue to do them just for the rest of the world to accept us.
Our journey is a collection of information. When things resonate, we're in pure connection. We discover ourselves. We begin to separate from ourselves. But we have to strip off some layers of ourselves to become something new.
How Do You Find that Sense of Purpose?
We're all rediscovering ourselves. It's whether we journey into it or not. Unfortunately, 85% of people don't change, they stay the same, and only 15% of people actually change.
What kind of choices do you want to say yes to and what are you willing to say no to? Then put a commitment to these new choices. Either enhance or discover a new purpose to either what you do or what you're curious about that you want to add to your life. At the end of the day, where are you most aligned with?
Deconstruct to Construct
Right now, we find ourselves in the most creative time that’s true to the messiness of life and human nature. But we have to break some things in order to rebuild.
Use this time to explore the unknown inside yourself. What worked in the past might not work today so just acknowledge that. Make choices that resonate with you. This is your opportunity to really redefine what you want and the impact it has on you.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.stephanievenditto.com/
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Rocky Lalvani is the owner of Profit Comes First. He is the host of two podcasts: Richer Soul and The Profit Answer Man Podcast
Rocky has found that most business owners rarely look at their financial statements. He has also observed a pattern where if they don't have a dedicated finance person focusing on the health of your company, they usually end up with financial struggles.
Rocky is a certified Profit First advisor. He helps business owners focus on profit first, using a system created by Mike Michalowicz that has helped thousands of companies realize their maximum profit potential.
Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:
- Rocky’s sales and business journey with a mindset that the enemy of great is good
- The power of finding a partner who’s the yin to your yang
- The only market that doesn’t inflate and how the value of pay has decreased over the years
- The difference between a businessman and an entrepreneur
- The concept of flipping businesses
- Where profit first comes in
- Flipping the sales equation
- How long does it take for you to become profitable?
- Understanding the ever-changing cycles of disruption in business (i.e. real estate, education)
Episode Highlights:
The Concept of Flipping Businesses
Instead of building a company from scratch, buy a poorly run business and start to inject systems, processes, and teams. With good marketing, you can grow the revenue in two years by 50% and the business is no longer selling at a one-time mark. If the business could sell at a three-time multiple, you've essentially 50% plus tripled the business. Sell the business and move on.
The Profit First Principle
When you implement profit first in a business:
- Focus on cutting expenses, which automatically increases your multiple.
- Viscerally show the buyer how the money is flowing into the owner's compensation account.
- Pull up information where you can realize profits or add things you can implement to be successful.
The standard formula in business is Sales - Expenses = Profit. Profit comes last. It’s a leftover. Now, the Profit First formula flips that equation to Sales - Profit = Expenses. So you’re actually taking profit first!
It’s more of having this mindset shift. You see, if you have X amount budgeted, you'll spend it. Now, if you have a smaller amount budgeted, you become resourceful and you're now forced to spend less. You figure out ways to do that and you'd be shocked at how much money is wasted in business because you didn't spend time thinking of a better, faster, cheaper way to do it.
Resources Mentioned:
Know more about Rocky on RicherSoul.com
Richer Soul Podcast
The Profit Answer Man Podcast
War Room Mastermind
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On today's episode, Erik is joined by Mike Simmons. Mike is a fellow podcast host of his show the “Just Start Real Estate with Mike Simmons” podcast, as well as the owner of a 7 figure flipping and wholesaling company. He also takes part in leading a mastermind for investors looking to reach the next level, which focuses on some ideas from his book “Level Jumping”
A few great points discussed in today's episode include;
- Managing your ‘relationship bank’ and why it's important to make a lot of ‘deposits’ before making a ‘withdrawal’
- Making the shift from technician to manager, and what that looks like
- How to launch yourself off the starting block
As well as much more!
Learn more about Mike Simmons:
His book: Level Jumping
Want a free digital version? Text “Just Start” to 55444
His Podcast: Just Start Real Estate with Mike Simmons
Email him: Mike@juststartrealestate.com
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On todays episode, Erik is joined by Jake Marmulstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Groundbreaker. Jake being a long time lover of technology, dialed in on a problem he continuously saw in the real estate investment market. He took his talents to market with an all in one real estate software. His software can help automate the fundraising process, as well as maintain investor relations in a whole new way.
A few interesting points made in todays episode include;
-How staying ahead of the curve presents you with opportunities to solve problems.
-Why you always need to be ready to take on the next risk.
-Creating a product to solve a direct issue in your business.
As well as much more!
Learn more about Jake:
https://groundbreaker.co/
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In today's episode, Erik talks to Mario Lanzarotti. Mario is an international coach and speaker. His core mission? To raise the consciousness of humanity and empower people to live a life of endless possibility. Specializing in lifestyle design and human transformation, Mario explains his own transformation that got him to this point.
A few powerful topics covered today include;
-Why you should NOT pursue the life someone else has. Define your own path.
-Stop looking for extrinsic validation, search for it within yourself.
-The importance of consuming positive content, and how it can transform you.
As well as much more!
Learn more about Mario:
http://www.mariolanzarotti.com/
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On todays episode, our guest is Josh Elledge. After pulling the ripcord and making his exit from corporate America to get his priorities straight, Josh worked diligently to make a life for his family. Josh started to hone his jedi marketing ticks, thus Up My Influence was born. Up My Influence serves companies bringing in 6 figures or more in revenue by creating powerful sales and marketing systems.
A few great points made in this episode:
-Before you ASK…Be sure to GIVE
-The best way to find partners or clients is not by having the best sales pitch, its by having the best product.
-PLUS: Josh spills the secret sauce to digital marketing and sales
As well as much more!
Find out more about josh:
http://upmyinfluence.com/
https://www.facebook.com/upmyinfluence
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Join us for the celebration of the 100th episode of the Entrepreneurs Circle! Our guest J Scott is best known for:
- Co-host of the Bigger Pockets Business podcast
- Author several books: The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs, Recession-Proof Real Estate Investing, and The Book on Negotiating Real Estate
In show we get into:
- His background as an engineer, working for Microsoft and Ebay
- His interest in investing came from his wife Carol’s love of HGTV
- Growing their flipping business
- Authoring a book for his blog 123flip.com (which started as an accountability blog) and ultimately launchd Bigger Pockets publishing!
- How this is a prime time to buy businesses
- Hidden gem: stay until the end for his stories about his life as a poker pro and his World Series of Poker epic runs!
J Scott’s podcast
https://www.biggerpockets.com/biggerpockets-business-podcast
J Scott books:
https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/flipping-houses-ultimate
https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/estimating-rehab-costs-ultimate
https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/recession-proof-ultimate
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Negotiating-Real-Estate-Strategies/dp/0998848204
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On today's episode, Erik is joined by Joe Quattrone. Joe is the senior VP of the Sasha Group, a Vayner-X company, with a background in digital marketing and advertising. He outlines how this all came to fruition from his desire to see a brand grow and become the next on the fortune 500 list.
In this edition, Erik and Joe cover some of the cornerstone elements of branding such as whether or not to include your ‘personal life’ in your professional brand. They also provide insight on the importance of a BIG long term goal, and how having one can help guide your decisions by asking, “is this getting me closer to, or farther away from that goal?” Additionally, the two cover the intricacies of managing a brand during troubled times, like we are experiencing in 2020.
Links:
Vayner Media:
https://vaynermedia.com/
The Sasha Group:
https://thesashagroup.com/
Stork Community:
https://4ds.thesashagroup.com/stork/
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Jason and Pili Yarusi are the definition of a power couple. After starting their real estate business, they wanted to share what they had learned and document the process as they went. Thus the Real Estate Investing Foundation Podcast was born! The duo then went on to parlay this into their now large umbrella of companies and brands, including (but not limited to) Moms of Multifamily, The Multifamily Foundation, and the Jason and Pili Project.
In this Episode, Erik, Jason and Pili cover topics ranging from relationships to brand evolution. They discuss the best way to work on multiple businesses as a couple, learning to be a whole person as opposed to being defined by your job description, and the importance of a routine to avoid chaos in your daily life.
Links:
The multifamily foundation:
https://www.multifamilyfoundation.com/homemf
The Jason and Pili Project podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jason-and-pili-project/id1228337141
The Jason and Pili Project Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TheJasonAndPiliProject
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Ever Gonzalez describes himself as a “filthy capitalist with a hippie heart.” He is the founder of Outlier HQ, a media and events, podcast, film, and video production company. In this episode, he talks with us about his beginnings where he recognized he did things differently, which led to his branding as an outlier. We also learn how he’s pivoting his events during COVID as well as what he prioritizes over money.
http://outlierpodfest.com/
http://www.evergonzalez.com/
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Kelly joins Erik to recount her beginnings traveling across the world from Australia to an internship at Miramax in Los Angeles where she got her start interviewing celebrities with a tape recorder. Kelly tells us how important it is to build a personal brand, from the inside out, that you carry with you regardless of the project you’re building. Learn from Kelly how to approach building yourself for success in the future as well as practical advice for approaching podcasts you may want to appear on.
http://thetalentsquad.com/
http://kellyglover.com/
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We talk to Michael Woodward about how he grew his brand from humble beginnings as a pastor into a globally recognized entrepreneur, consultant, web developer and podcaster. We discuss the strategy for booking A-list guests for his show “Jumblethink” as well as the inspiration for next level of podcasting with the “new normal” due to Covid19. Michael also explains his concept behind “Idea Camps” for adults.
https://www.jumblethink.com/
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Business Coach Tim Winders opens up about how losing everything in 2008 was the catalyst that led him and his family into a nomadic lifestyle, enjoying life well within their means. We discuss Tim’s time in Australia, their experience with “housesitting” globally and life in a 40 foot RV.
http://www.timwinders.com/
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Hoan Thai joins Erik to discuss what triggered his interest in real estate and how he learned about the BRRRR method before it was actually called that. We also break down his “fire-aim-ready” philosophy. Thai explains how this led him to helping people bridge the gap between banks and hard money loans and how he convinced the banks to create a referral system for him so he could help others. We also learn some insight into the often misunderstood world of life insurance and how you can benefit from things that are normally reserved for the rich.
https://hoansloans.com/
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Mathew Passy is known as the Podcast Consultant and has been in the podcasting space since its infancy. Mathew got his start in radio broadcasting and has worked for Bloomberg Radio and New Jersey 101.5. He became an entrepreneur and started his own podcast business after he found working for the man to be very unfulfilling. We discuss how podcasting compares with traditional radio and where both are headed in the future. Mathew also talks about being a business owner, dealing with imposter syndrome, finding confidence, and creating opportunities to build a lasting team.
Reference Links
The Podcast Consultant
https://www.thepodcastconsultant.com/
Startup Podcast
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/startup
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David Ounanian is an investor-friendly real estate agent, motivational speaker, and founder of Transform St. Louis LLC. David found his calling to become an entrepreneur when he realized his career as a software engineer was becoming more unfulfilling. He sits down to talk with us about how he needed to develop a new mission to give back to others and create a sense of community. He discusses his first real estate deal, all the nightmares that ensued, and the lessons he learned. We also learn the importance of leveraging your fears, designing a mission to help others, and creating passive income to build wealth.
Reference Links
David’s Website
https://www.agentdavido.com/home
Transform St. Louis LLC
https://www.transformstlouis.com/
David’s LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agentdavido
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor/dp/1612680690/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586896485&sr=8-2
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Reed Goossens is a real estate syndicator and investor, best-selling author, founder of Wildhorn Capital in Austin, TX, and host of the Investing in the US podcast. Reed shares his incredible story with us about how he moved from Australia to NYC to pursue the American dream and work in real estate. With his background in structural engineering, he found a niche that helped him stand out. Reed details how starting a podcast that caters to international investors helped him build his network. We also learn about finding a coach to get you to the next level, investing in your education, and the importance of building a business ecosystem. Reed then shares his tips on how to navigate through an economic correction.
Reference Links
Investing in the US Podcast
https://www.reedgoossens.com/podcast-investing-in-the-u-s/
Investing in the US Book by Reed Goossens
https://www.amazon.com/Investing-US-Ultimate-Guide-Estate-ebook/dp/B07L7WYS23/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587070665&sr=8-1
10,000 Miles to the American Dream Book by Reed Goossens
https://www.amazon.com/000-Miles-American-Dream-Financial-ebook/dp/B07TKZ3C7M/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587070704&sr=8-2
Wildhorn Capital
https://wildhorncap.com/
Rich Dad Poor Dad Book by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/B008BUHTLE/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1587070846&sr=8-3
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Chris Larsen is a 20-year real estate investor, an author, a podcast host, and the founder of Next Level Income. He also juggles all of this while still having another full-time career. We sit down with Chris as he talks about all the discipline he acquired when he was a professional cyclist and athlete earlier in his life. He teaches us the great habits of a winner and how to maintain life balance between work and family. Chris also emphasizes how to stay healthy, taking time to relax, and prioritizing your needs through time management.
Reference Links
Next Level Income
https://www.nextlevelincome.com/
Next Level eBook Download
https://www.nextlevelincome.com/ebook
Pick Three by Randi Zuckerberg
https://www.amazon.com/Pick-Three-Have-Just-Every/dp/0062842838/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585852275&sr=8-1
The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne
https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Day-Formula-Control-Your/dp/B06Y2DWSQP/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585852322&sr=8-1
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Larry Fiero of Dragon Rock Properties and Mike Moe of Superior Capital Group are a dynamic duo that host the Real Estate Marathon Podcast. Larry and Mike are both real estate investors, but still work full time in the corporate world. They talk about how they met and how different the real estate markets are in their areas. Larry and Mike then get into the details on the power of owner financing and the strategies and skills behind it. We also learn about how podcasting grows your network, how to scale your business, and using real estate to achieve financial freedom.
Reference Links
Real Estate Marathon Podcast
https://realestatemarathonpodcast.com/
Dragon Rock Properties
http://dragonrockproperties.com/
Superior Capital Group
https://superiorcapitalgp.com/
Mr Money Mustache
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
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Multi-asset investor and business owner Chris Kawaja joins us to talk about his views on the current state of the market during the coronavirus pandemic. Chris is co-owner of Big Chill, a retro appliances company, runs the popular blog Upwording, and is the author of the book “How to Stash That Cash.” In this episode, we discuss how the economy has been affected and how people’s reactions during uncertainty exaggerate situations. Chris dives into which market sectors are currently benefiting from the epidemic and how emotion is affecting supply and demand. He also talks about how his companies are weathering the storm, how to find new opportunities when others are looking to exit, and how to stay true to your investment strategies for the long term.
Reference Links
Chris’ Email
chriskawaja@upwarding.com
Upwarding
https://upwarding.com/
How to Stash that Cash
https://howtostashthatcash.com/
Big Chill
https://bigchill.com/
Principles for Success by Ray Dalio
https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Success-Ray-Dalio/dp/1982147210/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585247689&sr=8-1-spons
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In this bonus episode we are joined by our special co-host Josh Cary of the Hidden Entrepreneur at PODFEST in Orlando, Florida. PODFEST brings together the best in podcasters to educate, inspire, and build networks. We are joined by three amazing guests - Katie Goodman from the Connected Life With Katie, Kate Kruse from Twenty Something Scaries, and Jeremy Core from Fixing Healthcare Podcast. In this roundtable discussion, we cover topics including going deep in your industry, building a podcast brand, pros and cons of monetizing, knowing the goal of your podcast, and making an impact on your audience.
Reference Links
Hidden Entrepreneur with Josh Cary
https://joshcary.com/
Fixing Healthcare Podcast with Jeremy Corr
https://fixinghealthcarepodcast.com/
Executive Podcast Solutions
https://www.executivepodcastsolutions.com/
Twenty Something Scaries Podcast with Kate Kruse
https://www.20somethingscaries.com/
The Connected Life with Katie Goodman
https://www.instagram.com/katiesconnectedlife/
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Beka Shea is the CEO and Founder of MarketShark, a consulting company that helps real estate investors scale their business through marketing strategies. She is also a facilitator with 7 Figure Flipping mastermind, and a real estate pro who specializes in rehabs and wholesales. Beka shares a wealth of knowledge as she talks about her start in real estate, working with partners, and how to find the right people to help scale your business. She also uncovers some golden tips on how to advertise in your local market to find more deals, all while saving money.
Reference Links
Beka’s Email
Beka@7figureflipping.com
Beka’s Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/beka.shea
MarketShark
https://www.marketshark.net/
7 Figure Flipping Mastermind
https://7figureflipping.com/
Veterans REI Live Conference
https://veteranslive.com/home
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
Flipping Junkie with Danny Johnson
https://flippingjunkie.com/
Chad Gallagher
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/contributors/chadgallagher
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This episode is part of a series recorded at PodMAX, an event that connects podcast hosts and entrepreneurs within the real estate space who have fascinating stories to share. Robert Leonard is a powerhouse millennial real estate investor. He is also the host of two podcasts, Real Estate Investing and Millennial Investing, all while holding down a full-time corporate job. He sits down to talk with us about taking risks, which is something he developed growing up as a motocross pro. Robert details how he got started in investing, what motivates him, and where he sees the future with his businesses. We also get some amazing tips on how to be a successful podcaster!
Reference Links
Robert’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/robertattip/
Millennial Investing Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1477323816
Real Estate Investing Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1488114506
Investors Podcast Network
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/
Warren Buffett
https://www.forbes.com/profile/warren-buffett/#260abeb24639
Trello
https://trello.com/
Descript
https://www.descript.com/
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Phillip Vincent is a veteran real estate investor and founder of Mom’s House, a trusted “as-is” buyer program that helps seniors sell their home during their transition to assisted living. He also offers a Certified Investor Program that teaches investors how to generate leads into profitable deals. Philip joins us to talk about how he got into real estate wholesaling, and discusses the balance of working with complex relationships while families are selling their home. We also learn about the best real estate marketing strategies, how to build a quality network of investors, and the lasting influence of the Bigger Pockets community.
Reference Links
Mom’s House
https://momshouse.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
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Anthony Clervi is a master salesperson and the founder of Una, a group purchasing organization that helps companies save on products and services. We get down to the details with Anthony as he discusses being a good leader and cultivating an environment for your team to grow. We also learn about the importance of living by your core values, learning through failure, and the complexities of hiring friends and family. Anthony also gives some great tips on being a master at sales!
Reference Links
Una - Procurement Solutions
https://una.com/
Culture Index
https://www.cindexinc.com/
Gary Vee
https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/1847941494/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1582318404&sr=8-2
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Ray Agliata is a serial entrepreneur and owner of Cornerstone Property and Realty Services. He is also host of the brand new podcast the Ray Agliata Show. Ray has had quite a career as an entrepreneur where he started out running a bail bonds business, owned a Quiznos franchise, and now runs a construction company and provides real estate services. We learn some important rules in scaling a business from nothing, finding a good mentor, using the OHIO “only handle it once” method, and how the bail bond system works!
Reference Links
Cornerstone Property and Realty Services
https://propertyrealtyservices.com
Ray Agliata Show Podcast
https://www.rayagliatashow.com/
Slatehouse Group
https://www.slatehousegroup.com/
Matt Faircloth
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/mfaircloth
Max Maxwell
https://therealmaxwell.com/
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In this special episode we introduce a new show that’s part of the On Air Brands network - True Multifamily. This podcast is hosted by our good friend and business partner Justin Fraser, and explores stories and interviews about real estate asset management and what really happens after you close. Justin kicks off the premiere episode with an honest look at the mistakes he made on his 40-unit apartment complex. Justin hired a company that was not the right fit to manage the property and took too long to make a change once that mistake was realized.
Reference Links
True Multifamily on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TrueMultifamily/
True Multifamily on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/truemultifamily/
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We had the honor of speaking with Tom Zeeb, a real estate wholesaling master. He is also an author, a teacher, a podcaster, and founder of Traction Real Estate Mentors. Tom tells us about how a near-death experience changed his outlook on life. He also talks about his journey from going from a struggling landlord to a wholesaling expert. Tom defines what wholesaling is and walks us through how a deal works. We get the inside scoop on one of his best negotiations, and we learn about being a mentor, self-awareness, and the three levels of accountability.
Reference Links
Tom Zeeb Website
https://www.gettractionpodcast.com/
Traction Real Estate Mentors
https://tractionrealestatementors.com/
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680178/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1580163848&sr=8-1
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/1847941494/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1580163877&sr=8-3
E-Myth Real Estate Investor by Michael E. Gerber
https://www.amazon.com/E-Myth-Real-Estate-Investor/dp/B01ATNSC0W/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=eMyth+Book&qid=1580164065&s=books&sr=1-2
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Todd Dexheimer is a multifamily real estate pro. He’s an investor, coach, and owner and founder of Venture D Properties. Todd also runs a coaching mastermind called Coach with Dex, and is the host of the Pillars of Wealth Creation podcast. In this episode, Todd shares some amazing stories about how he got started in house-flipping during the 2008 housing crisis, then eventually moved into multifamily syndications. He also talks about the fearful decision of quitting a job to follow your passion. We also learn about the pitfalls of doing rehabs and how it can affect your cash flow, and the importance of using an attorney to write your contracts.
Reference Links
Venture D Properties
http://www.venturedproperties.com/
Coach with Dex
http://coachwithdex.com/
Pillars of Wealth Creation Podcast
http://www.venturedproperties.com/podcasts/
ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy
https://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Real-Estate-Investing-Investors/dp/1937832031/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1579823088&sr=8-3
Matt Faircloth
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/mfaircloth
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This episode was recorded at PodMAX, an event that connects podcast hosts and entrepreneurs within the real estate space who have fascinating stories to share. If you are a podcaster or looking to get into podcasting, this is the episode for you. We had the rare opportunity to do an audience Q&A with Jason Feifer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine. Jason is also the host of three popular podcasts, Problem Solvers, Pessimist Archive, and Hush Money. We learn an amazing amount of information as Jason covers topics including how to produce interviews that are more entertaining, growing an audience, strategies for advertising, and how to collaborate with other podcasters.
Reference Links
Jason’s Website
https://www.jasonfeifer.com/
Entrepreneur Magazine
https://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine
Problem Solvers Podcast
https://www.jasonfeifer.com/problem-solvers
Pessimist Archive Podcast
https://www.jasonfeifer.com/pessimists-archive
Hush Money Podcast
https://www.jasonfeifer.com/hush-money
Mr Nice Guy by Jennifer Miller and Jason Feifer
https://www.jasonfeifer.com/novel
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David Pal is an entrepreneur and software engineer who likes to tinker with ideas and grow them into businesses. He is the founder of Ads on Top, which specializes in digital billboards, and creator of Oz finance app, a planning tool for people in the gig economy. David is also a longtime friend of our co-host for this episode, Justin Fraser, and they have done several real estate deals together. David shares some amazing stories about how he managed to find his place in the digital marketing space, and how he experimented with starting a micro business by mailing postcards to hairdressers in Alaska and offering to file their business licenses for them. We also learn about the importance of taking time to reflect on your accomplishments.
Reference Links
Ads On Top
https://switchboard.media/
Oz Financial Planning App
https://austeritycapital.com/
James Altucher Entrepreneurs Circle Episode #50
https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/episodes/E50-James-Altucher---Legendary-Entrepreneur--Investor--Venture-Capitalist--and-Best-Selling-Author-e5189o
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit. In this episode, we had the honor of speaking to Paul Moore, founder and managing director at Wellings Capital, and a Bigger Pockets contributor. Paul offers an amazing amount of wisdom as we cover topics including being a speculator versus an investor, learning how to say no, the current state of the multifamily market, the pitfalls of commercial real estate, plus the importance of educating yourself and getting to know the people behind the deals. Paul is also working on several books and has eBooks available on his website covering topics on mobile homes, storage facilities, and commercial real estate.
Reference Links
Wellings Capital
https://www.wellingscapital.com/
Paul on Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/paultmoore
PodMAX
https://onairbrandspodmax.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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Today we are hanging with our good friend and business partner Justin Fraser. He first appeared in Episode 3, and has guest hosted this show several times. Justin has just launched his podcast True Multifamily, a show that focuses on multifamily property asset management. In this episode update, we take a trip back to where things were a year and a half ago and how Justin’s goals have progressed. Justin also talks about starting a personal brand, finding what you’re good at, investing time in a business, and balancing when to say no and yes.
Reference Links
True Multifamily Podcast
https://www.truemultifamily.show/
Entrepreneurs Circle: Episode 3
https://anchor.fm/erikecabral/episodes/EP3-Real-estate-inspiration-w-Eric-Dea--Justin-Fraser-e1o50c
DeRosa Group
https://www.derosagroup.com/
Matt Faircloth
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/contributors/mattfaircloth
PodMAX
https://onairbrandspodmax.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode we talk with Shirley Xu, founder of Golden Bridge Investment, which focuses on alternative commercial real estate, including mobile homes and storage facilities. Shirley shares some amazing stories about growing up poor in China and moving to the US in search of new opportunities. We also learn about the importance of family, working hard and being honest, and giving to those who are less fortunate.
Reference Links
Golden Bridge Investment
http://www.goldenbridgeinvestment.com/
Carleton Sheets
https://www.carletonsheets.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we sit down with Ekaterina Stepanova, who is an expert in the mobile home community investment space. She is a principal of operations at M2K Partners and facilitates the MHP Tribe meetups in NYC. Ekaterina shares some amazing stories about growing up in Moscow and Vietnam, and moving to NYC with no money and no plan. We learn about how she got into real estate and eventually moved into mobile home investing. Plus, she shares the importance of valuing your tenants!
Reference Links
M2K Partners
https://www.mhpteam.com/
MHP Tribe Meetup
https://mhptribe.com/
MHP Tribe Meetup Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MHP-Tribe-335633473734326/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/dashboard
Brandon Turner
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/brandonatbp
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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Connor Heim is a rising star entrepreneur. She is the owner of Stilema Properties, which specializes in providing temporary housing solutions for travel nurses. Connor is also a commercial voiceover artist and runs CC Heim Voiceovers. We jump right in with Conner as she talks about finding a niche as a real estate investor and how she got started in travel nurse housing. She also discusses her expanding business as a voiceover artist, plus overcoming fear, being authentic, and making yourself happy.
Reference Links
Connor’s Email
cc@ccheim.com
Connor’s Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/connorheim
Stilema Properties
https://www.facebook.com/SarasotaTravelNurseHousing/?hc_location=ufi
CC Heim Voiceover
https://www.ccheim.com
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Tom Migliaccio and Ryan Tustin are self storage investors and syndicators. They are also the founders of Haddon Property Group, and co-hosts of the Blue Collar Yields Podcast. In this episode Tom and Ryan discuss how they met and started working together, how storage unit management works behind the scenes, getting your ego out of the way, the future of automating and outsourcing your business, plus the reality of running a podcast.
Reference Links
Haddon Property Group
https://haddonproperty.com/
Blue Collar Yields podcast
http://bluecollaryields.com/podcast/
Secrets of Successful Syndication
https://soss.realestateguysradio.com/soss-seminar
Real Estate Guys Radio
https://realestateguysradio.com/
Cashflow Ninja
http://cashflowninja.com/
Two Comma Club
https://2commaclub.com/the-members
Michelle Schroeder Garder
https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/about-me
Joe Fairless
https://joefairless.com/category/market-evaluation/
Gary Vaynerchuk
https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we catch up with John Casmon, marketer, speaker, founder of Casmon Capital Group, and host of Target Market Insights podcast. John discusses how he got into raising capital, the importance of finding a mentor and educating yourself, and balancing work and family.
Reference Links
John’s Email
john@casmoncapital.com
John on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-casmon-7942454
Target Market Insights Podcast
https://www.casmoncapital.com/podcast
Casmon Capital Group
https://www.casmoncapital.com/
Dave Van Horn
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/contributors/davevanhorn
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit. In this episode, we got to speak with Joseph Chan of Guardian Property Advisors. Joseph talks about his experience with investing in warehouse space for cannabis growers in Massachusetts. We learn about the expanding cannabis laws, how the cannabis industry impacts tax revenue, plus Joseph reveals the types of investors he is looking for.
Reference Links
Joseph’s Email
jchan@guardianpropertyadvisors.com
Guardian Property Advisors
http://www.guardianpropertyadvisors.com/
Gary Vaynerchuk
https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
Capital Hacking Podcast - Opportunity Zones Episodes
https://anchor.fm/capitalhacking/episodes/E39-Victor-Hackett---Opportunity-Zone-Expert--Lawyer--and-Financial-Advisor-e4qvur
https://anchor.fm/capitalhacking/episodes/E64-Anna-Myers---Opportunity-Zone-Pro--Syndicator--and-Vice-President-of-Grocapitus-Investments-e8rqbt
Crowd Street Investing Platform
https://www.crowdstreet.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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Andrew Syrios is a real estate pro, a partner with Stewardship Investments, LLC, cohost of The Good Stewards Podcast, and a BiggerPockets contributor. He is also the author of the extensive article The Ultimate Guide to Due Diligence. In this episode, we discuss how Andrew got into real estate, the investment and tax advantages of buying properties, the reality of doing inspections and rehab costs, and analyzing contractor bids — plus lessons learned and tips for being a successful entrepreneur.
Reference Links
The Good Stewards Podcast
https://www.thegoodstewards.com/
Stewardship Investments, LLC
https://stewardshipproperties.com/
Andrew on BiggerPockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/contributors/andrewsyrios
The Ultimate Guide to Due Diligence Article
https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/due-diligence-ultimate-guide
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Real-Estate-Investor/dp/0071446370/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1574726192&sr=8-1-spons
The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by Mr. J Scott
https://www.amazon.com/Book-Estimating-Rehab-Costs-BiggerPockets/dp/0988973715
BiggerPockets Conference
https://biggerpocketsconference.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we sit down with Martin Saenz, author, mentor, and founder of Note Investing Made Easier. Martin talks about how getting fired from the corporate world sparked his entrepreneurial spirit. He then went on to run a government contracting company, and eventually moved into real estate note investing. Martin also discusses freedom of time, mindset, and the importance of being in service to others.
Reference Links
Note Investing Made Easier Website
https://www.noteinvestingmadeeasier.com/
Note Investing Made Easier Book
https://www.amazon.com/Note-Investing-Made-Easier-Distressed-ebook/dp/B0727VPH5K
Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.richdad.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we join Fuquan Bilal, founder of NNG Capital Fund. Faquan has an incredible life story about growing up in his rough neighborhood, becoming a successful real estate investor, and going back to help his community only to get shot five times. He also talks about overcoming great odds, staying focused, being grateful, and the importance of adversity.
Reference Links
NNG Capital Fund
https://www.nationalnotegroup.com/
Fuquan’s Email
fbilal@nngcapitalfund.com
Fuquan on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/fuquanbilal/
Fuquan on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/fuquan.bilal.5
Fuquan on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuquan-bilal-9a28002b
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we sit down with Michael Joyner, house flipper and founder and owner of Joyners Investment real estate company. We get in deep with Michael as he talks about is dark past, and making a big life change after being a convicted felon. With his expertise in construction, he eventually got into house flipping, and shares his reality with us compared to seeing it on TV. We also learn about how to attract lenders, staying focused, setting goals, and changing your mindset.
Reference Links
Michael’s Email
Michael.Joyner56@gmail.com
April Crossley Real Estate
https://shebuysit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we catch up with Edwitch Paul, founder and owner of EP Investment LLC, a real estate company that buys and holds rehab property deals. Edwitch takes us on an amazing journey on how he came to the US from Haiti and wanted to achieve the American dream. He talks about how his first inspiration for buying real estate came from the Grand Theft Auto video game but didn’t come to fruition until he bought his first home. He also teaches us how to not feel sorry for yourself and how being a father taught him responsibility.
Reference Links
Edwitch Paul Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009018292426
EP Investments LLC Website
https://www.facebook.com/EdwitchPaul/
EP Investments LLC Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/epinvestmentsllc/
PA Home Cashbuyers
https://www.pahomecashbuyers.com/
Investor Carrot
https://carrot.com/
April Crossley Real Estate
https://shebuysit.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit. In this episode, we had the honor of speaking with Carl Fischer, self-directed IRA expert and founder of CamaPlan. CamaPlan is a self-directed IRA administrator and provides educational tools and resources online for self-directed IRA planning. Carl dives into what a self-directed IRA is and how it can be used to create passive, tax-free income for life. We learn about Carl’s passion for getting into this space and his desire to properly educate people and debunk myths about alternative investing through retirement accounts. Carl also talks about his work with Strategic Investor Alliance, a place where accredited investors can work together and collaborate on ideas. We also learn about the future of CamaPlan and its continuing reach into the retirement investing space!
Reference Links
CamaPlan
https://www.camaplan.com/
Strategic Investors Alliance
https://strategicinvestoralliance.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we rolled the dice with gaming franchiser and real estate entrepreneur Glen Friedman. After a career in selling comic books and organizing card tournaments for Magic: The Gathering, Glen now owns Gramercy Union Real Estate. Glen details on how being being curious and learning is the foundation for being an entrepreneur. He talks about his transition into real estate and other ventures, all while dealing with dealing with shiny penny syndrome, facing fears, building confidence, and being self aware.
Reference Links
Gramercy Union Real Estate
https://www.gramercyunion.com/
Dale Carnegie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie
Magic: The Gathering
https://magic.wizards.com/en
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1573411743&sr=8-3
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we step in line with Adam Cherko, a line dancing instructor, and a real estate agent and broker with eXp Realty. Adam talks about how he transitioned into real estate after having a less than exciting career as a structural engineer. We also dive into his life growing up and how overcoming family problems influenced his career. Adam also details the true meaning of sales, and how to gauge multifamily investments in a rapidly changing market.
Reference Links
Adam Cherko - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/adam.cherko
Adam Cherko - Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/Adamc66
Adam Cherko - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/realestatecherko/
eXp Realty
https://www.exprealty.com/
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Real-Estate-Investor/dp/0071446370/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1573069454&sr=8-3
Suze Orman
https://www.suzeorman.com/
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This is part of a series of episodes coming from the MidAtlantic Summit and hosted by special guest and good friend Josh Cary of The Hidden Entrepreneur. In this episode, we met up with Scott Hollister, a fix-and-flip pro and owner of David Wesley Real Estate. We get in deep with Scott as he talks about his family struggle during the crash of 2008 and how he named his business in honor of his father. Scott also details the properties he’s invested in, becoming a landlord and a broker, and the importance of taking care of people.
Reference Links
David Wesley Real Estate
http://www.davidwesleyrealestate.com/
Scott Hollister’s Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/scott.hollister.796
Scott Hollister Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/scott_hollister/
Josh Cary’s The Hidden Entrepreneur
https://joshcary.com/
MidAtlantic Summit
https://midatlanticsummit.com/
Pod Max
https://onairbrandspodmax.com/
Jim Rone
https://www.jimrohn.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/
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Bianca Caban has spent her career developing platforms for providing opportunities to female and young entrepreneurs. She is Head of Partnerships at Republic, an equity crowdfunding platform, as well as Managing Director of Sheworx, a global female founder community. Bianca takes as back to how she got started on Wall Street, and how she moved into empowering women entrepreneurs in the crowdfunding space. She walks us through how Republic works, and the types of investors they are looking for. We also talk about her role at Sheworx and the success it has brought to female founders.
Reference Links
Republic Investing Platform
https://republic.co/
Republic Token Notes
https://republic.co/note
Sheworx
https://www.sheworx.com/
Access Latina
https://www.facebook.com/AccessLatina/
Podcast Row
https://podcast-row.com/
Stand Up New York Comedy Club
https://standupny.com/
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Mike Bonadies is co-founder of TerraVestra Property Managers, a company that specializes in property management and services for landlords. We caught up with Mike after our PodMAX event, and takes us on a trip down memory lane and talks about how playing Monopoly and working in carnivals sparked his entrepreneurship. And not only do we take a closer look at what his day-to-day business entails, he also shares some great life management tips. We cover topics including taking ownership for your actions, helping others, fostering relationships, breaking your own mold, dealing with stress, and forming good habits!
Reference Links
TerraVestra Property Managers Website
https://www.terravestrapropertymanagement.com/
Mike’s Email
mbonadies@tdpm.info
PodMAX
https://onairbrandspodmax.com/
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Elias Davis is a venture capitalist and an associate at BNSG Capital. We met up with Elias at Podcast Row in NYC to talk about his non-linear path to being an entrepreneur. He discusses the importance of leveraging your network, and how being a venture capitalist can teach you to run a business before starting your own. He also dives into the strategies for finding companies who need funding, and walks us through the vetting process. We also get some use cases for how he’s been able to help companies succeed!
Reference Links
Elias’ Email
elias@bnsgcapital.com
BNSG Capital
http://bnsgcapital.com/
Routier
https://www.routier.io/
Podcast Row
https://podcast-row.com/
Stand Up New York Comedy Club
https://standupny.com/
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Christine and Marco Padilla are an entrepreneur and real estate power couple. We were lucky to sit down and talk with them at our Pod Max event. We learn about how Marco’s history as a police officer gave him an opportunity to get into real estate and create Robin Hood Properties, and how Christine’s background as a hair stylist lead her to create her own organic beauty product brand C&M Organix. They take us back to how they met and supported each other to build their brands, plus how important it is to give back to the community!
Reference Links
Robin Hood Properties Website
http://robinhoodpropertiesllc.com/
Robin Hood Properties Email
RobinhoodPropertiesLLC@gmail.com
Robin Hood Properties Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Robin-Hood-Properties-LLC-366184707299606/?ref=py_c
C&M Organix Website
https://cmorganix.com
C&M Organix Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/cm_organix2018/
Christine Padilla Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/christinecuts437
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle-dp-1612680178/dp/1612680178/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com
St. Baldrick’s Foundation
https://www.stbaldricks.org/head-shaving
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Rechelle Balanzat has had an extensive career across many industries that build her path to entrepreneurship. She is the owner Juliette Cleaners, a dry cleaning and laundry turnaround service driven by a mobile app. We had an amazing talk with Rechelle, as she walks us through growing up in a Pilipino culture, and the influence of NYC. She details how her job history and the skillsets she cultivated along the way. She talks about the difficulties in building and scaling her business, and how she dealt with major setbacks and never wanting to quit.
Reference links:
Juliette Cleaners
https://juliettecleaners.com/
Juliette Cleaners App
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/juliette/id850400526
Rechelle’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/irechelle/
Podcast Row
https://podcast-row.com/
Standup New York Comedy
https://standupny.com/
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John Bundy is a master of creative opportunities. He is the owner of marketing agency Scribe Design, host of Morning Fuel Podcast, and founder of Ignition Workspace in Williamsburg VA. In addition, he also helps run his teenage daughter’s YouTube channel Kimberly Faith TV. We join John at Podcast Row in NYC as he talks about how a calling from God lead him on a path to his creative entrepreneurship. He talks about how his daughter’s desire to be on YouTube inspired his agency, his podcast, and how he also moved into creating collaborative workspaces. We then learn what he has planned for the near future!
Reference links:
John’s Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/john.richard.bundy
Morning Fuel Podcast
https://anchor.fm/morningfuel
Morning Fuel Podcast Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/morningfuelpodcast/
Ignition Workspace
https://members.ignition-workspace.com/
Ignition Workspace Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ignitionworkspace
Scribe Design Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/scribedesign1
Kimberly Faith TV YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SlqIZ2fU4qUkwRXSaADcw
Podcast Row
https://podcast-row.com/
Standup New York Comedy
https://standupny.com/
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Dan Greenwald is a teacher, a mentor, and founder of Thirty Ten Zero, a productivity tool designed to tap your core purpose. He also facilitates Story Watch, workshops that give you the power to control the stories that cause you to act. We sit down with Dan as he talks about his life growing up and conquering his speech impediment. He speaks about his passion for public teaching and curriculum building, and how he eventually became a consultant for startups. We also learn the meaning behind Thirty Ten Zero, shifting your mindset, plus tips for being a successful entrepreneur!
Reference links:
Dan’s Email
dan@thirtytenzero.com
Thirty Ten Zero Training
https://www.thirtytenzero.com/
Thirty Ten Zero Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thirtytenzero/
Thirty Ten Zero LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/thirtytenzero/about/
Podcast Row
https://podcast-row.com/
Standup New York Comedy
https://standupny.com/
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Jenny Blake is a a career coach, business strategist, and a public speaker. She is also the author of “Pivot”, and has developed her brand and coaching program around the name. Jenny discusses her beginnings of entrepreneurship after leaving a unfulfilling position at Google. She walks us through how she built her coaching business, and the various streams of revenue she’s created. She also offers tips on audiobooks and podcasting, how to say no to opportunities, and balancing work and personal relationships. Also learn how you can sign up for her Pivot Momentum Webinar in the Fall of 2019. Reference links: Pivot Podcast http://www.pivotmethod.com/podcast Pivot Toolkit http://www.pivotmethod.com/toolkit
PivotList Weekly Newsletter
http://www.pivotmethod.com/pivotlist Momentum Webinar https://www.pivot.love/momentum-interest Jenny’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jennyblakenyc/ Pivot Momentum Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pivotmomentum/ Pivot Book by Jenny Blake https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591848202/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591848202&linkCode=as2&tag=lifaftcol-20&linkId=SJ3NDGKTAVTLYRF6 Life After College Book by Jenny Blake https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-College-Complete-Getting/dp/0762441275/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Life+After+College&qid=1566512187&s=books&sr=1-3 The Messy Middle Book by Scott Belsky https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Middle-Finding-Through-Hardest/dp/0735218072/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=The+Messy+Middle&qid=1566512158&s=books&sr=1-2
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James Altucher is a legendary venture capitalist investor, an angel investor, a best-selling author, and a comedian. He’s written over 20 books, and thousands of articles, and built a fortune in the dot-com era. We kick off with James reflecting on the power of television and how it helps nurture creativity in our young minds. His love of entertainment led him to a career in stand-up comedy. He discuss the importance of confidence in public speaking and reading and controlling your audience. James also details his business ventures. He takes us through the complex world of owning a comedy club, plus how he made a terrible investment in a time machine (spoiler alert!) and learned NOT to trust his gut. He also gives his process on working with with angel investors, and how to structure your business to sell it.
Reference links:
James’ Website
https://jamesaltucher.com/
James’ Twitter
https://twitter.com/jaltucher
Choose Yourself Book
https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Yourself-James-Altucher-dp-1490313370/dp/1490313370/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1566259978
Reinvent Yourself Book
https://www.amazon.com/Reinvent-Yourself-James-Altucher/dp/1541137132/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1566260004&sr=1-3
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Our quick hit format to the Entrepreneurs Circle called "Word to the Wise" is back! On these episodes we focus on specific topics and go a little deeper to examine the What, Why, and How. These episodes are designed to be bite size chunks for the quick commute or gym visit so you can get maximum value without being interrupted or pressured to come back to an episode that wasn't finished.
This episodes topic of Mentorships takes a closer look by defining WHAT it is, WHY we should get one (or more), and steps on HOW we can find one. At the end of each episode we will incorporate a listeners question to "tee up" the next episode topic. So feel free to contribute to the community and steer the direction of the next Entrepreneurs Circle - Word to the Wise episode!
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Lindsay Vastola is an expert in personal fitness for professionals. She is a speaker, a trainer, and a coach. She’s also the founder of Body Project fitness, and the editor for Personal Fitness Professional Magazine. We set off on a philosophical journey with Lindsay as she talks about her approach to life, goals, and career. We also learn how she became an entrepreneur at age 7, the best approaches social media, managing burnout, and “guardrailing” your time.
Reference links:
Lindsay’s Website (Body Project)
http://lindsayvastola.com/
Lindsay’s Email
lindsay@lindsayvastola.com
https://www.facebook.com/FitForVastPotential/
https://www.instagram.com/lindsayvastola/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-vastola
Personal Fitness Professional Magazine
https://fit-pro.com/
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/147112939X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1564698962&sr=8-1
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Sunny Burns is a government employee and real estate investor. He is also the creator of FamVestor, a blog and podcast training platform for beginners. As a full-time project engineer for the Department of Defense, he invests in real estate on the side. What’s exceptional is that Sunny has almost achieved financial freedom for his family while still under the age of 30. We are lucky to talk to him about how he got stared in investing as he walks us through all the numbers and the properties he’s acquired. We also learn about his frugal lifestyle, how flipping cars in college taught him sales, and how his dad and Bigger Pockets inspired his real estate goals.
Reference links:
FamVestor Website
https://www.famvestor.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com
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Sammy Courtright is the COO of FitSpot Wellness, a company that brings health and fitness classes to the workplace environment. Their offerings include yoga, boot camps, massages, nutritional and financial workshops, plus much more. We had an opportunity to take the stage (at Stand Up NY) with Sammy and talk about her entrepreneurship journey and where she gets her global creativity from. We also learn how the power of “no” helps create a better action plan, plus how Fitspot is taking over the world!
Reference links:
Fitspot Wellness Website:
https://fitspotwellness.com/ Fitspot Twitter https://twitter.com/Fitspotwellness
Fitspot Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fitspotwellness/ Fitspot Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fitspotwellness
Fitspot LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/fitspot-llc Sammy’s Email sammy@fitspotwellness.com Sammy’s LinkedIn
Sammy's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammycourtright
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Josh Cary is an entrepreneur, actor, business coach, and podcast host of The Hidden Entrepreneur. We had an insanely hysterical experience of talking to Josh about his early days of selling gum to kids at school, to how his insecurities lead him to acting. He began his entrepreneurship learning web design, and realized he could offer companies much, much more! Josh talks to us about his string of ventures, and how he created a podcast and became a business coach. We also learn a little about mouthwash, the pet industry, podcasting as your brand, self-improvement, and the power of getting up early!
Reference links:
Josh’s Website
https://joshcary.com/
The Hidden Entrepreneur Podcast
https://joshcary.com/podcast/
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Shelby Osborne and a realtor, investor, and CEO/Founder of Five Pillars Realty Group. She is also a mentor and the organizer for Pints & Properties, a meet up for real estate investors. We had the pleasure to talk with Shelby about how she got started as an investor, and how her family life laid the foundation for her entrepreneurship. She also discusses her influential beginnings at Keller-Williams, and being a part of the Bigger Pockets community. She also dives into building her own real estate firm, finding a quality team, and defines the “five pillars” of her brand’s core values.
Reference links:
Five Pillars Realty Group
https://www.fivepillarsrealty.com/shelby-osborne
www.facebook.com/fivepillarsrealtygroup/
www.instagram.com/fivepillarsrealtygroup/
www.biggerpockets.com/co/five-pillars-realty-group
Pints & Properties
www.facebook.com/groups/pintsandproperties/
www.instagram.com/pintsandproperties/
Shelby’s Social Media
www.facebook.com/RealEstatewithShelbyOsborne
www.instagram.com/realestatewithshelbyosborne/
www.linkedin.com/in/realestatewithshelbyosborne/
www.biggerpockets.com/users/ShelbyO
The Business of the 21st Century by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Business-21St-Century/dp/8183225551/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1562548977&sr=8-2
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Robert-Kiyosaki/dp/0368959090/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1562548941&sr=8-3
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/097901977X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1562549158&sr=8-3
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com
Reuben Garcia
http://provenbyruben.com/
Grant Cardone
https://grantcardone.com/
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Emile Mimran is an expert in social media marketing and influencers. He is part of a team that developed Adinlay, an app designed to pair non-intrusive advertising with an influencer’s core brand. We had a great opportunity to talk to Emile as he shares his insights on how to properly market on social media today using Adinlay. He also discusses the power of word-of-mouth promotion, targeting ads specific to your audience, and how to constantly engage your social community.
Reference links:
Adinlay App
https://www.adinlay.com/
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Ken Wimberly is a serial entrepreneur and a commercial real estate investor. He is also the visionary behind Legacy of Love, a cross platform scrapbooking app designed to preserve family memories for future generations. Ken joins us to talk about his how he became an entrepreneur, and they successes and failures he’s had along the way. We learn about his first business, and how he did everything wrong and went into bankruptcy. He also gives tips on how to build a good legal team, funding other peoples deals, and the differences in analog and digital businesses. He’s also offering a discount to show listeners for his Legacy of Love App. Details below!
Reference links:
Ken Wimberly Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/lordwimberly
Legacy of Love App
https://legacyoflove.app/
Legacy of Love App - 20% Off Discount Code
https://legacyoflove.app/ecpodcast
Legacy of Love App Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/legacyofloveapp/
Legacy of Love App LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/legacyoflove-app/
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710/
Living with the SEAL by Jesse Itzler
https://www.audible.com/pd/Living-with-a-SEAL-Audiobook/B0176MUUGS
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
https://www.audible.com/pd/Cant-Hurt-Me-Audiobook/B07KKMNZCH
GoBundance
https://www.gobundance.com/
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Ruben Garcia is a real estate agent, investor, and entrepreneur. He is also the founder and CEO of Proven By Ruben, a business development and coaching company. Ruben joins us to talk about how he ambitiously got started in selling and investing in real estate. As an agent, he quickly became CEO of his Keller Williams branch with very little experience and a very big vision. He also details investing in his first foreclosure, and how he turned most of his properties into AirBNB rentals in a hot area. We also talk about incorporating “failing forward” into your action plan, and hiring several coaches to help with different aspects of your business. Plus, Ruben shares some nightmare landlord/tenant stories!
Reference links:
Proven By Ruben Website
http://provenbyruben.com/
Proven By Ruben Podcast
https://anchor.fm/provenbyruben
Proven By Ruben T-Shirts
https://www.teepublic.com/user/real_estate
Proven By Ruben Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/provenbyruben_/?hl=en
Proven By Ruben Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ProvenByRubenLLC/
Proven By Ruben LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/provenbyruben
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Tim Rhode is one of the original co-founders of Gobundance, and is the founder of life skills non-profit 1 Life Fully Lived. We had the honor of talking with him about living life to the fullest and how to define the Fulfillment Triangle. He also details his long history in real estate, how to properly invest money after you earn it, and the importance of finding master coaches to enrich your life goals.
For Entrepreneurs Circle listeners, please hit this link!
1lifefullylived.org/discount
Reference links:
Tim’s Email
tim@timrhode.com
1Life Fully Lived
https://1lifefullylived.org
1Life Dare to Dream Programs
https://1lifefullylived.clickfunnels.com/1life-dare2dream
1Life Contributor Club
http://1lifefullylived.org/contributor-club
1Life Roadmap Journal
https://www.amazon.com/1Life-Roadmap-Journal-Coding-Needed/dp/1096415348
Gobundance
http://www.gobundance.com/
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Verena and Ruben Gutierrez, a husband and wife team are co-founders of VRG Components, a company that sources difficult components for electronics manufacturing. They are also a real estate investors with a portfolio managed by their property management team. They join us to talk about the big hurdles they overcame to become entrepreneurs and starting a business with little experience but MASSIVE drive. They also discuss the importance of balance in raising a family, running a company, building a strong team, and how they plan to grow their future ventures.
Reference links:
VRG Components
https://vrgcomponents.com/
Contact Email
sales@vrgcomponents.com
https://twitter.com/vrgcomponents?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/VRGcomponents/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChiWUSGvIQQMsH_pxpvxAOQ
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vrgcomponents
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MC Laubscher is a financial freedom fighter, a wealth strategist, and host of the wildly successful Cashflow Ninja podcast. We are excited to sit down and talk with him about his methods for managing cash flow as an entrepreneur. MC also teaches us the importance of understanding sales and marketing as a business owner and how the biggest financial benefit is investing in yourself. We get a brief history lesson on the Federal Reserve and how to work around the rigged system, plus MC shares his strategies on preparing for the next market correction. You don't want to miss this one!
Reference links:
MC’s Email
mc@mclaubscher.com
Cashflow Ninja
http://cashflowninja.com/
Producers Wealth Company
https://www.producerswealth.com/home
Your Own Banking System Webinars
https://www.yourownbankingsystem.com/our-value
Robert Kiyosaki
https://www.richdad.com/
Rich Dad Poor Dad Book
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Rich+Dad+Poor+Dad&qid=1554770821&s=books&sr=1-2
Multifamily Investor Nation Summit
https://www.multifamilyinvestornation.com/presell-page
The Creature from Jekyll Island Book
https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/091298645X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+creature+for+jekyll+island&qid=1558898323&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell
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Darrah Brustein is the founder of Network Under 40, a professional relationship building summit, and co-founder of Equitable Payments, a credit card merchant service, and author of the book series Finance Wiz Kids. She also co-hosts a web series with Deepak Chopra called Diving Deep with Deepak and Darrah. She joins us to talk about her journey of failures and starting from zero again, dealing with imposter syndrome, and how to stop following the path expected to you. We also learn how she discovered her superpower to connect people, which lead to her meeting Deepak, and created more opportunities from their relationship.
Reference links
Darrah’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/darrahb/
Darrah’s Website
https://darrah.co/
Diving Deep Web Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3O9CXE1KJY&list=PLY9061zUeXwtd173CKGUwzOBc1IBUVnFZ
Network Under 40
https://networkunder40.com/
Equitable Payments
http://equitablepayments.com/
Finance Wiz Kids Book Series
http://www.financewhizkids.com/
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Dave Hoeffel is veteran DJ and a Sirius XM radio host on 60s on 6. He is also an east coast rep for All Access Music Group, a music industry community, and owner of Sound Choice DJs, providing music for weddings and special events. He sits down with us to talk about his lifelong-career stories and how the music business has devolved and evolved over the decades. He also dives into his entrepreneurial wedding DJ business, and how he learned to stay competitive in the digital age. We also discuss the future of radio and streaming platforms, and how the music community continues to change. Then stay tuned for an exciting story as to how he flipped the record when The Police came to town!
Reference links
All Access Music Group
https://www.allaccess.com/
Sound Choice DJs
http://djchoice.com/
SiriusXM: 60s on 6
https://www.siriusxm.com/60son6
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Jessica Van Pelt is a veteran recruiter and recent founder of The Pegasus Agency. She is also the talent acquisition specialist for our own On Air Brands. Jessica is new to the entrepreneur game, so we get to go along for the ride on how she recently started her own company. She talks about resilience, handling rejection, being a therapist, and letting go of control in order to scale. We also learn how recruiting is a lot like real estate investing, and how creating a Call of Duty gaming community laid the foundation for her leadership talent!
Reference links
Jessica Van Pelt LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessvanpelt/
The Pegasus Agency
http://www.thepegasusagencyllc.com/
National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)
https://www.iawomen.com/
The Consultative Recruiter Book
https://www.amazon.com/Consultative-Recruiter-Candidates-Happier-Managers/dp/1512124478/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=Consultative+Recruiter+Book&qid=1557107605&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull
Rich Dad Poor Dad Book
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680178/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Kicking off a quick hit format to the Entrepreneurs Circle called "Word to the Wise" where we'll be focusing on specific topics and going a little deeper to examine the What, Why, and How on these topics. These episodes are designed to be bite size chunks for the quick commute or gym visit so you can get maximum value without being interrupted or pressured to come back to an episode that wasn't finished. This episodes topic of Self-awareness takes a closer look by defining WHAT it is, WHY we should be it, and HOW we can achieve it. At the end of each episode we will incorporate a listeners question to "tee up" the next episode topic. So feel free to contribute to the community and steer the direction of the next Entrepreneurs Circle - Word to the Wise episode!
References:
Personality Tests: Official Myers Briggs test: https://www.mbtionline.com/TaketheMBTI
Free Personality Test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Predictive Index: https://www.predictiveindex.com/
Books: Emotional Intelligence 2.0: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-2-0-Travis-Bradberry/dp/0974320625 Instant Analysis: https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Analysis-Understand-Self-Defeating-Behaviors-ebook/dp/B07JZ4JZL9/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=1N3QUSNGG4NS1&keywords=instant+analysis+lieberman&qid=1556506405&s=books&sprefix=Instant+Analysis%2Cstripbooks%2C127&sr=1-1-fkmrnull
Podcoin
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Philip Sykes is a hospitality entrepreneur and founder of the British School of Etiquette. He offers a global solution to give people the tools and confidence in their industry and everyday lives. His training programs range from corporate teams to helicopter pilots, and even children. He stresses how important it is to understand and respect cultural differences, and details on finding a mentor, showing gratitude, and staying focused on success.
Reference links
British School of Etiquette
https://thebritishschoolofetiquette.com/
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb_HS6dJdicdlPISl8R39Mw/videos
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Liz Faircloth is a business builder, a mentor, and co-host of the Real Estate InvestHer podcast. She’s the co-founder of the DeRosa Group and facilitates several mastermind groups. She talks about how her psychology background laid the foundation for her business strategy. We also discuss building balanced teams, empowering women entrepreneurs, and defining lifelong goals.
Reference links
The Real Estate InvestHER Podcast
http://therealestateinvesther.com/
She’s Unstoppable Live Conference
https://livygirl.com/shes-unstoppable/
DeRosa Group
https://www.derosagroup.com/
The Hive Workspace / On Air Brands studio - Trenton, NJ
https://alpaca-radish-p63h.squarespace.com/trenton/
Cashflow Game
https://www.richdad.com/apps-games/cashflow-classic
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com
Books:
Rich Dad Poor Dad
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680178/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Atomic Habits
https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
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Luis Quintanilla is a entrepreneur, real estate investor, property manager, and business owner. Once a med student, Luis decided he wanted a different path in life after becoming inspired by his patients’ stories. With no initial support from his family, Luis decided to turn his life into something he could actually enjoy. He teaches us how crucial failure was in his journey to building several income streams, differences in negotiating between men and women, and how to define a path to a 10x life. Now his family supports and works for him!
Reference links:
https://www.instagram.com/theluisq/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/c/LuisQuintanilla
QV Building Maintenance
http://qvnycleaning.com/
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com
Rich Dad Poor Dad Book
https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680178/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
4 Hour Workweek Book
https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=4+Hour+Workweek&qid=1554660969&s=books&sr=1-3
Richest Man in Babylon Book
https://www.amazon.com/Richest-Man-Babylon-George-Clason/dp/0451205367/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Richest+Man+in+Babylon&qid=1554660988&s=books&sr=1-3
The Art of the Deal Book
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Art-Deal-Donald-J/dp/0399594493/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Art+of+the+Deal&qid=1554661024&s=books&sr=1-2
The Miracle Morning Book
https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Miracle+Morning&qid=1554661046&s=books&sr=1-3
Grant Cardone
https://grantcardone.com/
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Annie Henderson is the owner and operator of Paradise Valley Castle; a luxury home rental business that she manages using some of the tools like AirBnb/HomeShare. She’s blended her instinctive hospitable nature with her recent real estate know-how and various investor strategies to pounce on her new found niche… providing her clients with a taste of their dreams! Annie shares her story from a very young age and growing up around an entrepreneurial father to educating young minds, and finally transitioning to the next chapter in her life as a real estate investor and life coach!
Paradise Valley Castle (book and mention this podcast for a deal!)
https://paradisevalleycastle.com
Life Coach Annie:
https://bit.ly/2Kbf26D
Annie’s email:
northamericabnb@gmail.com
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Michael Hinderliter is the President and Founder of Powerwash, Steamaway, and Facilitec SouthWest. From an early age Michael tapped into his entrepreneurial genes by starting his own lawn care business. Since then, he's never looked back by becoming a multi-business owner for the majority of his career. Michael has a wealth of experience and knowledge on hiring, scaling, and growing businesses and he brings that expertise to the Entrepreneurs Circle audience. Take notes for this one because it's chock full of golden nuggets!
Reference links:
Email: MHinderliter43@gmail.com
Websites:
powerwash.com
steamaway.com
Facilitec-sw.com
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Jeff Bonaldi native of New Jersey and current New Yorker tells about his early days building a business he picked up from his father (Sports Clip) to his years in finance to finally embracing his true calling as an entrepreneur. Jeff is the Founder of The Explorers Passage, a story based travel company that curates, organizes, and seamlessly mixes culture and history in an immersive experience within the travel industry.
The Explorers Passage website: https://explorerspassage.com
Jeff's Social:
Instagram: @jeffbonaldi
Facebook: Jeff Bonaldi
Twitter: @jeffbonaldi
Robert Swan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swan
Jane Goodall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall
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Founder Elechia Morgan talks about her huge leap into entrepreneurship when leaving nursing school and starting her journey into the manual therapeutic space. Together with her partner Sarah Bridgeman and a team of therapists who literally take all the pain away, they're blazing a path in the corrective manual therapy and corrective stabilization therapy space.
Muscle Rx improves your body's mobility, stability and function manually (by hand). They call themselves "data hackers" because they know how to rewrite the code that controls your muscles. They have have a 98% success rate with acute and chronic pain and they can decrease rehab time from surgeries by over 50%!
Reference links:
Website: MuscleRx.com
Facebook: MuscleRx
Instagram: MyMuscleRx
Email: muscleRxTeam@muscleRx.com
Hit them up to let them know you heard and appreciated their story here on the Entrepreneurs Circle.
Darnell Morgan (Elechia's husband) businesses:
EcoPureMobile Detailing
Go Sports and Social
Books:
The Ideal Team Player - Patrick Lenchioni
https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Team-Player-Recognize-Cultivate/dp/1119209595/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=241647334520&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9052758&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t3&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9965275109052992115&hvtargid=kwd-99058744170&keywords=the+ideal+team+player+patrick+lencioni&qid=1552238465&s=gateway&sr=8-1&tag=googhydr-20
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Benjamin Day is a entrepreneur by DAY and a musician at NIGHT (had to do it, sorry). Growing up with an extremely supportive family who allowed Ben to pursue his dreams of being a musician but also armed him with the knowledge and practicality of establishing a trade that wasn’t in the arts. This guidance allowed him to pursue his finance degree and his music degree which fed his left and right brain demands. Ben now has the best of both worlds by owning and operating an extremely successful bookkeeping business, Lionshare Bookeeping while still having the freedom to hit band practice with his bros and “slap da bass” for their many friends and fans!
Reference links:
Find Ben anywhere below!
Lionshare Bookkeeping website
https://lionsharebookkeeping.com
Bigger Pockets
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/BenDay405'
https://www.facebook.com/lionsharebookkeeping/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/lionshare-bookkeeping/
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Ashley Austin Morris is a multi-talented maven with a resume of blockbuster hit shows and films such as: Sully (Tom Hanks), Premium Rush (Joseph Gordon Levitt), Big Bang Theory, Desperate Housewives, and The Good Wife. Ashley also loves connecting with audiences across America on some of the biggest stages in the industry! In this episode Ashley reveals her truth and love for God, prayer, and just being a good person. Admitting to her imperfections and how she’s always working to improve herself at every level, Ashley goes deep into some stories from her past and how she’s always continuing to search for her reason and purpose on this planet.
Reference links:
Book Ashley here! ashleyaustinmorriscomedy.com
Dolly Parton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton
Fran Lebowitz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Lebowitz
Ashely’s book recommendation:
Tim Kellers - The reason for God
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594483493?ie=UTF8&tag=booresbytimke-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594483493
Ashley’s Social:
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @AshAustinMorris
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Jack McAdoo is a multi-business owner and a life navigator. With a lifetime of experience in the entertainment and music, industry, as well as a past life in the professional poker world.
Jack is the CEO of JJM Media Group, the host of Real Talk LIVE (with an audience of millions globally and growing!) and is also a national keynote speaker currently booking and hitting a town near you!
Download Jacks new book: THINK it, BELIEVE it, MANIFEST IT!
http://www.jackmcadoo.com/uncategorized/434/
Jack's Social Media:
JACKMCADOO.COM
Facebook: Jmcadoo1
Instagram: jack.mcadoo
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Erik shares a preview of the first episode of his new project with Josh McCallen called Capital Hacking. A new show that will focus on entrepreneurs who want to raise capital for their businesses.
Find it here on Anchor and other podcast platforms!
anchor.fm/capitalhacking
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Rachel Braun Scherl is the co-founder of SPARK Solutions for Growth - a strategic consultancy agency that focuses on on building and growing brands for Fortune 500 (and venture-backed startups / 20 years in business). Author of #1 best seller - Orgasmic Leadership (what drives, inspires and sustains entrepreneurs in the women’s sexual health and wellness space), a public speaker and board member and advisors to several institutions.
In this episode you’ll learn about Rachel’s journey from corporate powerhouse to best selling author, capital raiser, marketing genius, and entrepreneur!
Reference links:
Rachel's company:
SPARK Solutions for Growth
https://www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com
Rachel's social:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rbscherl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RBScherl
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbraunscherl/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rbscherl/
Youtube: RBScherlBiz
Pick up Rachel's book!
Orgasmic Leadership
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Chad Gallagher talks about being one of the founders of SlateHouse Group which is a property management group based out of Pennsylvania. He and his team manages over 3,000 units across NJ, PA, and MD for real estate investors. SlateHouse also owns 200 units for which Chad raised $2M as part of the SlateHouse syndication. This syndication has been used to acquire $8M in real estate. SlateHouse also has a brokerage division in both NJ, PA with 20 real estate agents that focus on working with investors to buy and sell real estate.
Previous to real estate, Chad led the Advertising.com mobile network platform for advertisers to reach a wider audience which had $100M in revenue and was acquired by Verizon as part of a larger acquisition.
One of the most recent projects for Chad and SlateHouse is the launch of The Hive; a co-working office space based in NJ and also expanding into PA and MD. One of Chad’s missions is to build strong relationships and businesses that can all come together to combine their strengths to do greater things.
Reference links:
SlateHouse Group: https://www.slatehousegroup.com
SlateHouse Group - Property Management: https://www.slatehousegroup.com/propertymanagement/
The Hive: https://www.hiveoffice.com
Watch and follow "Live at the Hive" on Facebook: @LiveAtTheHIveTrenton
Email the Hive: info@HiveOffice.com for more info!
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Dani Zoldan - serial entrepreneur, creator of Skitish Media (creative agency that creates viral comedic content for brands and media agencies) host of Dark Horse Podcast that focuses on musicians, athletes, and entrepreneurs, and most notably known as the owner of Stand Up NY, home to many comics such as Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Seinfeld and countless others talks about his business strategies plus numerous ways to monetize a company.
In this episode we go through Dani’s history; his early days in the tech, music, and online pharma industries. We also uncover the story on how he bought Stand Up NY and how frightening that process was. Dani reveals how heavily he was influenced by his NYC roots which sparked his entrepreneurial spirit and how the comedy club is recession proof (people will always need to laugh). Dani talks about owning a comedy club vs. a telecom business and how vastly different they are. Great tips and insight are gold nuggets in this conversation when Dani gets into his business plans, price points, and some upcoming ideas that may soon come to fruition!
Plenty of stories, business goals, strategies, and how to trust in others to scale and level up are a small thread from this wonderful tapestry of an episode!
Reference links:
Stand Up NY: https://standupny.com
Get VIP access with LaughPass! Standupny.com/laughpass
DarkHorse podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-horse-podcast-with-dani-zoldan/id1347710631?mt=2
Skitish Media: http://skitishmedia.com
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Vikki Thomas reveals the surprises, challenges, and lessons in life that made her the success she is today: Real estate investor, business owner, global keynote speaker, and business coach. Vikki has a world of experience that she leverages to achieve amazing things, most recently a new business venture called, “Mothers & Daughters Inc.”. This group will hold workshops and events around the globe to ensure that young adults are ready for whatever challenges they will face in life. These programs will also help support the mothers leading the charge to guarantee their daughters enter adulthood feeling strong, confident, and with clear purpose.
Reference links:
Vikki on Social:
Facebook:
Facebook.com/VikkiThomas.319
LinkedIn - Vikki Thomas MRICS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikkithomasmrics/
Website:
VikkiThomas.com
Email:
hello@vikkithomas.com
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Peter Shankman discusses the 4 rules he lives by each day to help him succeed. The 4 rules are some concepts that he shares from his new book, “Faster Than Normal”which is a practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD. Faster Than Normal is also the name of Peters podcast (the most successful podcast on ADD and ADHD). Peter shares his thoughts on “Rituals vs. Resolutions” to help those who make new year resolutions and his take on the “hustle economy” that’s currently a big movement within the entrepreneurial circles.
Peter started his career at America Online as a Senior News Editor. He helped to found the AOL Newsroom and spearheaded coverage of the Democratic and Republican 1996 conventions. He then started a PR firm called The Geek Factory.
He was the creator of Help a Reporter Out ("HARO"), a service for journalists which was acquired by Vocus, Inc. in 2010 which remained until 2012.
He has been a guest speaker at TedX, South by Southwest, Affiliate Summit, BlogWorld Los Angeles and New York, the Direct Marketing Association.
Shankman is also an angel investor. His investments include Daily Worth, Namely, Pixability, Right Next Door, and Simplist.
Peter has written four books on marketing and customer service. His latest being, “Faster Than Normal”.
Peter can be found at: shankminds.com (more links below)
Reference links:
Website: https://www.shankman.com
Podcast: FasterThanNormal.com
Entrepreneur community: ShankMinds.com
Social:
Facebook.com/petershankman
linkedin.com/petershankman
twitter.com/petershankman
@petershankman (Instagram and snapchat)
Pick up Peters books!
Faster Than Normal
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143131222/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
Zombie Loyalists
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1137279664/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Customer Service
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DNWSOQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
Can We Do That?
https://www.amazon.com/Can-We-Do-That-Outrageous-ebook/dp/B001GNBY5U/ref=pd_sim_351_1/143-8367991-5546614?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B001GNBY5U&pd_rd_r=651ce440-179c-11e9-977f-8bb662b84541&pd_rd_w=N6PGP&pd_rd_wg=ZAb8X&pf_rd_p=18bb0b78-4200-49b9-ac91-f141d61a1780&pf_rd_r=XW5QX5A9RT3PBF9RPJ98&psc=1&refRID=XW5QX5A9RT3PBF9RPJ98
Nice Companies
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Jason Feifer the Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine talks about how to be efficient with time how to get everything done. He also gives advice and insight on the best ways to conduct interviews by staying engaged and “floating a theory”. We also jump into his new book, “Mr. Nice Guy” which is a romantic comedy about two people who each week sleep together and then critically review each other's performance in a magazine (which he announces has been picked up for TV!)
Jason also dives a bit into his personal brand and how he figured it out by paying attention to other brands and asking why they are successful. Taking a page from Gary Vaynerchuk’s two main messages (hustle and humble) Jason focuses on “surprise” and “predictability” and franchising his messages on social.
As the modern day EIC of Entrepreneur Magazine, Jason stays relevant and fresh by aligning his personal brand with that of his company. He’s positioned himself as the face and brand persona for Entrepreneur and is leveraging his strengths to continue leveling up!
Jason can be found on his main website (all links below), his podcasts, and through his articles and columns in LinkedIn and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Reference links:
Jason on social:
Website: https://www.jasonfeifer.com
Twitter: @heyfeifer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-feifer-b04543a/
Instagram: @heyfeifer
Jason’s new book:
Mr. Nice Guy
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Nice-Guy-JENNIFER-MILLER/dp/1250189888/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546745485&sr=1-2&keywords=Mr.+nice+guy
Jason’s podcasts:
Pessimists Archive: https://pessimists.co
Problem Solvers: https://www.entrepreneur.com/listen/problem-solvers
People referenced:
Andrew Mason:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mason
Ira Glass:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/extras/ira-glass-on-storytelling
Gary Vaynerchuk:
https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com
Podcast tools:
https://www.descript.com
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Andrea Tolman - Assistant Vice President of Global Technology Services at State Street talks about her massive movement to initiate a Neurodiversity Talent Program within her company. The goal is to hire from a pool of talented individuals who are not often considered to fill a role in the workplace. By spearheading and aligning with Autism at Work, Andrea hopes to set the stage and be the model for others to follow within their company.
Andrea grew up as a competitive skater with the drive and passion to always succeed in life. Setting goals and achieving them is in Andrea’s DNA and her own expectations of are always sky high, which influences those in her circle.
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Reference links:
Email:
Andrea.tolman@gmail.com
State Street
http://www.statestreet.com/home.html
Microsoft Autism Hiring Program video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUAsU_zQVMo
SAP (Systems, Applications, Products)
https://www.sap.com/corporate/en/company/diversity/differently-abled.html
Training Industry
https://trainingindustry.com/articles/workforce-development/autism-at-work-hiring-and-training-employees-on-the-spectrum/
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Umang Naik talks about his experience moving into the US and not knowing how to speak English and fighting through the temptations of comfort and stability with a corporate job. Umang states that, “I’m not here just to survive… I’m here to THRIVE” and with that entrepreneurial spirit, thrive he did! Revealing intimate stories about his dad inspiring him as a young boy all the way to adulthood, Umang grew up the son of a farmer back in India. He noticed at a very young age that his father would come up with an idea and quickly implement! His father would purchase farmland to expand their families farming business, while Umang witnessed his fathers growth, success, and drive to succeed throughout his life.
“People don’t care about the smart people, they care about the people they can trust” is a significant belief that helps Umang to navigate through business and life decisions. With his goals to reach $100m for his consulting firm in 5 years, Umang accomplished to 40m and decided his goals needed to be shifted and redirected on his growing family (a bold decision to make!). Refocusing and reading up on real estate investing became his new path and not only did he set a new path to invest in real estate, he set the path ablaze! Accumulating over a dozen properties in 1.5 years and managing them all himself, Umang became a massively successful real estate investor overnight. Inspiring others and sharing his story is only the beginning. Umang is currently to buying more real estate and also growing his IT business!
Umang is a man on a mission with a truly inspiring and genuine story about making it in America. With courage, passion and the drive to succeed he hasn’t allowed anything to stand in the way of his goals!
Reference links:
Umang’s real estate company: NextGen Real Estate www.NextGenRE.com
Umang’s Email: Realestate@nextgenRE.com
Umang’s SAP consulting company: CloudLabsUS.com
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Shannon Rittenhouse of TruNorth Nutrition discusses her passion for working with professionals on their nutrition and health goals as well as stress management. She puts it best when describing the foundation of TruNorth Nutrition as, “Giving you the guidance of the Northstar to work towards.” She also dives deep into her feelings of failure and the need to prove to herself that set backs aren’t failure when other forces are at play.
The oldest of 4 siblings, Shannon was exposed to business and entrepreneurship at an early age from her father. He instilled a work ethic and drive that became part of her DNA that she later could not deny. She recalls a time when he would bring work home putting blueprints on the dinner table but ALWAYS made sure to clear things off to have dinner as a family.
Shannon is a multi-talented, marketing superstar. With a background in pharmaceuticals, health and wellness, as well as branding & advertising.
Find Shannon on social! Instagram: @TruNorthNutrition Website: www.trunorthnutrition.com
What Shannon is reading! The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin https://gretchenrubin.com/books/the-four-tendencies/intro/
Shannon’s father’s company: JWK Electric http://jwkelectric.com/jwk/
Shannon’s partners: https://altomontes.com
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Josh McCallen - Father of 9 children and husband for 22 years, tells his story growing up with his mother and brother. How he got bit by the entrepreneurial bug after begging for a cotton candy machine and then selling bags of it to his classmates. This early stage of entrepreneurial success eventually lead him down a path of marketing, aligning himself with greats like Tom Monaghan (founder of Domino’s Pizza) and eventually finding his real estate mentor Eustace Mita and getting the opportunity to develop multiple award winning projects! Josh is now growing and expanding his footprint in the real estate game starting with a massive project in Renault Winery, NJ. Weddings, a hotel, restaurants, and golf are only some of the activities on this 250 acre historical landmark! The future is bright for Josh, Vivamee Hospitality, Accountable Equity, and his new Capital Hacking podcast coming soon!
Reference links:
Josh’s social! https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshmccallen/
https://www.facebook.com/VIVÂMEE-Hospitality
Companies:
www.VIVAMEE.com
www.AccountableEquity.com
www.CapitalHacking.com
What Josh is reading:
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543788350&sr=8 3&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people+by+dale+carnegie Josh’s amazing kids!
Maria’s Tasty Treats:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKzDVII8sitmsDAftH4hqZw
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Randi Zuckerberg - creator of Facebook LIVE, Facebook Fan Pages (and countless other Facebook products), CEO/Founder of Zuckerberg Media, host of Dot Complicated on SiriusXM radio, visionary behind Sue’s Tech Kitchen, and NYT best selling author of 4 books including most recently, “Pick Three” talks about how Facebook LIVE was created during a creative exercise called Hack-a-thons, and how "we take a lot of time to nurture other aspects of health and emotional well being, and not enough time to exercise creativity."
Randi is a major force and advocate for woman in business and fostering young girls interest in science and technology. Her movement and influence is growing with the support of her media company Zuckerberg Media which produces content and creates characters that girls can identify with (such as Dot) as well as bringing new ideas to make tech fun for children and families (Sue’s Tech Kitchen).
She mentions that we’re all creative but it gets beaten out of us in school, at work, etc. and that we need to give people permission to be creative. A great example of this; her team at Facebook was called, “Consumer Marketing”. No one knew what it really meant. Being the one to create and spearhead many ideas (Facebook Fan pages) she became the "go-to" for all things creative. She realized it couldn’t scale with her involved in all the brainstorming meetings, so she changed name to “CREATIVE Marketing” which 10X’d everyones ideas and made her team more creative!
Reference links:
Randi’s Companies: Zuckerberg Media https://www.zuckerbergmedia.com
Sue’s Tech Kitchen https://www.suestechkitchen.com
Listen to Randi’s show: Dot Complicated http://dotcomplicated.co/content/
Watch Randi’s animated series: Dot https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPZ40gM7aDFCKXlcMZlh1B_kwTeWENZTX
Randi’s social: Instagram: @randizuckerberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randi Twitter: @randizuckerberg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randizuckerberg/
Read Randi’s books! Pick Three: You Can Have it All (Just Not Every Day) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006284282X?pf_rd_p=c2945051-950f-485c-b4df-15aac5223b10&pf_rd_r=NFYHEPXKYE41Q8G0GD45
Dot Complicated https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EJRRIQ4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
Missy President https://www.amazon.com/Missy-President-1-Randi-Zuckerberg/dp/0692794840/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1543173170&sr=8-5&keywords=Randi+Zuckerberg
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Tim Kelly - U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer based out of Pensacola, Florida tells us about his journey. Only 4 years into investing he bought his primary home, then eventually picked up a 4-plex. From there he purchased a 44-unit apartment complex through syndication and has now been purchasing mobile home parks by the hundreds!
Through partnerships, connections, mindset, reading, exercise, faith, and more… Tim has formed the Kelly Housing Group, is the Senior managing partner of the Affordable Housing Group and co-authored his new book called. “Military House Hacking: How to Live for Free, Earn Passive Income and Create Generational Wealth” now available on Amazon!
Reference links:
Tim’s Companies: https://kellyhousinggroup.com thetimothykelly.com
Pick up Tim’s NEW book! Military House Hacking: How to Live for Free, Earn Passive Income and Create Generational Wealth https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JRDLMF9?pf_rd_p=8e0819a9-0ef1-44cd-9544-a7f28374af8b&pf_rd_r=DD7FWZ7Z0YVAM5M8VM47&fbclid=IwAR21kIXBrh2EBmoeSIP8hdHUhi2suWxl103Kfqd3VZdXD2L7O_CmYKqqcZY#mediaMatrix_secondary_view_div_1541303142494
Also featured on: Bigger Pockets Episode #282
Social: Instagram: @thetimothykelly Facebook: Timothy Kelly Coaching: Free 15 minute calls YouTube: The Timothy Kelly (personal finance and education)
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Lisa Ruddy, proud owner of a family business, the Princeton Soup & Sandwich Co., talks about her early days working for Nordstrom, while going to college at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. As the family grew she decided to raise her children while her husband Scott ran his own company (High Velocity Inc.) based in NY. With inspiration, gut instinct and a drive for success, Lisa and her family jumped into the restaurant industry. Initially they were part of a franchise, then eventually opened their own unique shop… Princeton Soup & Sandwich Co. was born!
15 years later - the Ruddy family of entrepreneurs are defining what life can truly hold for those bold enough to take that journey. Hold onto your earbuds and prepare to be inspired by a tried and true entrepreneur who’s seen the good, bad and the ugly side of business and was able to come out on the other side. With Alex (Lisa’s daughter) now poised to take over the business, Princeton Soup & Sandwich Co. is primed and ready to take on 2019 and beyond!
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Social: Website: www.princetonsoupandsandwich.com Instagram: @princetonsoupandsandwich Facebook: princetonsoupandsandwichcompany Email: yum@princetonsoupandsandwich.com
PRINCETON SOUP AND SANDWICH CO., 30 PALMER SQUARE EAST, PRINCETON, NJ, 08542 Phone: (609) 497-0008 Fax: (609) 497-0088
Nick Ruddy (Lisa’s son) Curated Labs
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Barbara Freund talks about the early days of working for a cleaning company and enjoying the physical aspect of the job vs. sitting at a desk. Having fun while learning on the job couldn’t hide some dissatisfaction with how the company was being run. So, Barbara took the leap (and her mop) and branched out on her own which led to kick starting her own company, MOP TARTS. With guidance and inspiration from others she took herself and her business to the next level by educating herself, incorporating, hiring, and growing her base of clients.
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Rick Stein of Berkshire Hathaway / Fox and Roach and RLS Home Solutions talks about his early start as a school teacher and eventually how he was inspired to become a full time real estate agent and real estate investor. Rick is known in the local market as "Mr. Creative Finance" after securing many deals with unbelievable terms (one of his properties is financed at 2%!). He also shares some humorous tales of tenant challenges and how they too can be creative!
Reference links:
Meet Rick! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXE2jewb1I
Rick’s Bio: http://www.rickstein.foxroach.com
Rick’s Investment Company http://rlshomesolutions.com
RLS Home Solutinos - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-R6aAGVnFTMrPIu_qkqAw
What Rick’s reading! “Yours In Truth” by Jeff Himmelman https://www.amazon.com/Yours-Truth-Personal-Legendary-Washington/dp/1400068479
South Jersey Real Estate Investors Association https://www.sjreia.org
Bigger Pockets https://www.biggerpockets.com
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Emily (VP of Creative at Bustle) and Erik chat about their long creative journey. From the mid-90s starts in NYC boutique agencies - to their climb to the top of the creative corporate ladder. Growth, spirituality, and being an entrepreneur vs. being a smart (debt-free) intrapreneur are some of the areas visited during this interview along with shared stories of people, places and “whirling dervish” individuals encountered along the way.
Emily Desear has more than 20 years of branded content, integrated marketing, and traditional advertising experience. She’s touched and influenced many powerful brands such as GQ, Gourmet, Teen Vogue, and InStyle magazines.
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Chris Orsi (SoundByChris.com), Sarah MacMillan (Sarah Haruko), and I catch up a bit on our history, band, new lives, & new jobs. They talk about how they planned & saved up for years in order to get comfortable with the idea of making a major life change. Both born & raised in NJ, taking the leap across the country to LA was a major undertaking that they didn’t take lightly. We chat about the transition from east to west coast, how much they’ve created & what they’ve accomplished since leaving NJ. Living & realizing her dream to become an actor in Hollywood (Sarah) and the pursuit of his lifelong quest to become a sound & audio engineer (Chris) they’ve accomplished all they set out to do in a short amount of time. As most entrepreneurs know, “success is a journey not a destination” I'm sure their next level goals are being set & realized each & everyday.
Chris Orsi soundbychris.com
Sarah MacMillan @sarahharuko IMDB - Sarah Haruko https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6983584/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Craig and Jenny Dumnich of Craig & Jenny D are a magical couple that provide practical and purposeful strategies designed for you to achieve the ideal version of yourself. Many talk about balance in their lives, but they know first hand that you must seek to understand the secrets to re-building your foundations before you can balance them. They teach you their secrets to movement, nutrition and mindset to build your foundation for sustainable wellness. They energize your life and your business through personalized coaching, wellness consulting, corporate development training, and motivational keynotes.
So take a stand for the life you deserve! Learn more about their secrets to building a foundation of health, happiness, and success by visiting their channels below!
Website: www.craigandjennyd.com
Total Immersion Wellness Retreats: http://www.craigandjennyd.com/retreats/
Facebook: https://bit.ly/2NlpRzY
Instagram: @craigandjennyd
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Matt Faircloth is a major player in the real estate investing space. With control of hundreds of doors (apartments) and single family homes he’s constantly growing and sharing his experience with others along the way. Matt along with his wife Liz are owners of the DeRosa Group based out of Trenton, NJ. Owners and operators of several businesses (including Liz’s “Real Estate InvestHER Show” podcast) they’ve expanded into multiple states with systems and teams operating and managing their empire as they continue to grow their business (and family!).
Matt (and Liz) have a new book available, “Raising Private Capital” which was published by Bigger Pockets and available wherever books are sold.
Mindado Investment Group video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVX0HQZlXUY&t=141s
DeRosa Group YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/derosagroup
Buy book on BiggerPockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/store/raising-private-capital-ultimate
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Christina and Filippo of Black Paw Marketing are shining examples of the millennial generation. They talk about their journey into entrepreneurship, what inspired them to start a social media marketing company and the challenges they face along the way. Filippo goes deep and discusses how he was faced with a decision, to help the family business or take a risk and veer away to follow a non-traditional route. They also talk about patience being a key to success, trusting in the process, being ok with failing and viewing failure as a necessary learning tool, and finding the right partners to compliment you.
Evolve and become the person you want to be! Some amazing insights are revealed at the end so stick around! Teaser, “What is the ROI (for what you’re currently doing) in life?”
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In this episode Eric Dea of MAZE Property Solutions and Justin Fraser of 88 Real Estate Capital discuss what inspired them to become real estate investors, creating legacy wealth, managing multiple jobs, and how to set massive goals.
Eric chats about his start and mindset going through school, his love for cars and managing his team. He also talks about his family being his "why" and the motivation/drive to create legacy wealth for them.
Justin talks about his start and what inspired him to get into real estate investing in the early days. He also shares what got him on track to purchase a 40-unit apartment complex, the mindset, and the millions of steps it took to get there. He highlights how essential his network and team was to help him realize his dream of syndicating and owning a massive apartment complex!
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In this episode Damien Elston - Founder of EYE Coaching and Consulting talks about working with On Air Brands, starting his new venture, his time at Rich Dad Poor Dad and taking risks.
Damien has been working for over 17 years on 5 continents speaking in countries and cities all over the world. Most of those years he spent on the stage for Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad Poor Dad organization educating and inspiring people on how to get started in real estate investing. Damien has recently launched a new brand called EYE Coaching and Consulting. He and his team of business experts bring their wealth of knowledge and experience on growing any size business. Whether you're a small business owner looking to scale or a large corporation looking to get to the ultimate next level, EYE Coaching and Consulting helps to lay a strong foundation and framework for your company to succeed!
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The goal of this show is to bring my experience (both successes and failures) to the table and to share some of my insights on building businesses and relationships.
In future episodes, I’ll also interview fellow entrepreneurs to inspire and give you some tools you may need on your journey to freedom, legacy, and spiritual growth!
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