Do you know where your giving is going? Is it going somewhere where it can be 100Xed? 

In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, and Kip discuss: 

• Kip’s earliest entrepreneurial ventures in bubble gum sales and water skiing and how they impacted his professional career. 
• Building a mission of faith and family. 
• Using food to help your team connect and show support. 
• Giving with impact and intentionality. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Surround yourself with more talent. Everyone has different strengths and will lend their expertise to your gold medal performances. 
• Life is about more than a 7 to 7 grind. Build a work culture around faith and family and you attract those who believe in that same culture. 
• In any endeavor, if you’re doing it right, being thoughtful, and you’re doing what you say you’re going to do, it has a way of growing.
• Business is easier than the strategy of giving - you’ll want to be thoughtful, intentional, and focused on doing it the right way.
• Nothing is more important than having an open mind and heart and being open to continued education.

"For me, I like to measure results. You want to make certain that however you're giving, that you have tangible evidence that it is doing good and, ideally, it's 100xing, and that you're helping people that help other people or organizations." —  Kip Sowden

Episode References: 

• Halftime Institute: https://halftimeinstitute.org/
• A Billion Bootstraps by Phil Smith and Eric Thurman: https://www.amazon.com/Billion-Bootstraps-Microcredit-Barefoot-Business/dp/0071489975

About Kip Sowden: Mr. Sowden has over 37 years of experience in commercial real estate with a strong background in real estate brokerage and mortgage banking, acquisition, development, and asset management. He has been active in sales of more than 20 million square feet of commercial real estate and over 50,000 apartment units throughout the United States.

Mr. Sowden has also been involved in the financing of over $8 Billion in commercial real estate loans. He has brokered the sale of over $10 billion in commercial real estate transactions on behalf of some of the largest institutional owners in the United States. Mr. Sowden has acquired, developed, and renovated over 5 billion in commercial real estate to include retail, office, multi-family, and hospitality throughout the Southwestern and the Southeastern United States.

Mr. Sowden is responsible for the overall direction of RREAF Holdings and RREAF’s subsidiary companies including strategic planning for all growth areas of the Company to include but not be limited to, its development, acquisitions, property, and asset management programs as well as the development and implementation of commercial real estate funds.

Mr. Sowden graduated in 1985 with a degree in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Sowden served more than 10 years on The Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee at The University of Texas at Austin. He has maintained an active Texas Real Estate Brokers License for the past 39 years. 

Connect with Kip Sowden & RREAF Holdings:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kip-sowden-08503319/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sowdenkip/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kip.sowden/ 

Website: https://rreaf.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rreaf_holdings/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063856672606  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rreafholdings

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/rreafholdings

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Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/

Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up

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