Respect The Grind with Stefan Aarnio

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How do we know when it is time for our companies to grow? How do we know if our managers, employees and clients are doing great with our internal culture and our services? Some may say employees are the workforce, but they are more than that. Today we are changing our work mindset and taking a wider look into the future. Stan Slap, our today's guest, is an expert in developing and improving the best environment and work culture around companies to grow. From small to large and big companies like Microsoft, this internationally-renowned thought leader is here to help you focus on your goals and share how he is making a difference in the world.

Stan Slap is a New York Times, Wall St. Journal and USA Today best-selling author (just to name a few) for the books Bury My Heart at a Conference Room B and Under the Hood. By making a name for himself over the past years, Slap has achieved impressive metrics impact for companies like Google, Facebook, HSBC and Time Warner. He has been a keynote speaker in global conferences, presenting solutions in over 70 countries around the world. Slap is absolutely convinced the most successful people are usually the most focused, and that focusing on your goals doesn't mean you have to limit yourself in only doing one thing. Nevertheless, putting extra time an energy in your biggest passion, will lead you to places you never imagined.

Our chat today with Stan lays the cards on the table and points the evident: He knows you can't write a book about something you don't know, and you have to make a big commitment on promoting your work once its done to have good results. Learn with us why people want to belong to groups, projects and companies that make a positive impact in the world, and the importance of making your internal culture a place where your people feel like they are growing instead of looking for other jobs. If you thought the classic business thinking was still on the board, you better start studying the new work-culture trends.

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Steven Pollack is a legend in the fix-and-flip industry. He founded his company Anchor Loans back in 1998 providing private capital to fix-and-flip in Southern California and right now he keeps killing it as CEO of his own company. He brings over 30 years of experience and a powerful understanding of the cyclical nature of real estate investing. There are no mistakes when it comes to Steve Pollack's history: he helps his clients fund projects, by lending them money from private resources, instead of coming from banks like a classic way.

Dr. Pollack went from having nothing back in '97 to own 170 million USD in 8 years, and the US Government helped him achieve that with a social program. Originally from New York, this guy has a Doctorate in Optometry from the University of California, Berkley and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology. Although he had his career all figured out (he even ran a successful optometry practice) he always had a passion for real estate, which led him to develop a huge portfolio of properties.

In this episode, Steven Pollack shares how in a blink of an eye he went from being an optometrist with a successful business to a landlord and a professional poker player. Learn Steve's reasons why real estate is not for people that want to get rich the fast way, but for those that want wealth as a permanent state in their lives. If you think you are failing simply because of the decisions you make, think again and this time, count your strengths and weaknesses. Practice patience to achieve your goals while listening to this Respect the Grind episode.

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Michael Blank is a Virginia based Sales King: He has all the secrets to raising money when buying your first apartment building. Husband and father of 4 children, our today's guest is a full-time entrepreneur, investor and personal coach with a huge passion for helping others achieve financial freedom. Michael is convinced real estate investing is the greatest even for investors without experience. Listen to this episode as he shares with us all about Investment returns, cash flow, and money recycling as the most attractive features of the market.

With Michaels's training programs you can achieve financial freedom in less than 5 years, by investing in apartment building deals with a very special focus: raising money. Michael Blank owns a company called Nightawk Equity, where he controls over 65 million dollars in performing multifamily assets across the US. Author of the best-selling book Financial Freedom With Real Estate Investing and host of the Apartment Building Investing Podcast, he is also a regular writer for Bigger Pockets and FlipNerd's REI Classroom.

In this episode, we will learn all about platform building, how to get your audience to trust you and the power of podcasting as a platform to impact and influence people all around the world. Plus, the toughness of selling books with all the content creation and distribution channels out there, and the new marketing way to create duality and targeting niches. Discover why this software developer changed his destiny to sell apartment buildings and is now helping others achieve their financial dreams.

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Matt Porcaro has been in the real estate business for 5 years now, and like most people, he entered this world looking for the golden ticket: Financial Freedom. 29-year-old Porcaro, soon realized that by entering the workforce, he was never going to achieve the idea of quitting his 9 to 5 regular job. With the help of one of the greatest money motivators on Earth, Robert Kiyosaki, Matt got his first taste into understanding how people actually get rich.

Matt Porcaro is the vivid image of dream achievement: He graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer, and right now he is the Electrical Project Manager for Broadway National, a company that helps facilities like Walmart, Starbucks, UPS, Morgan Chase, and many more to drive down costs and achieve transparency on their electrical services in New York City. Imagine that! Plus, he has been a real estate agent for more than 12 years now and he is the creator of the bestseller, The 203K Way Method.

In this episode, we talk with Matt about how he founded The 203K Way and why he thinks looking for this loan is the best decision he could've made in his life. Porcaro shares why having enough money to buy a gaming console makes you richer than most people, and the importance of your first deal in a real estate career. Porcaro is convinced that if every person could know exactly what a 203K loan can give you to get a property and fix it, this move can get you closer to achieving your dreams and securing your financial future. Stay with us in this episode as we learn from 29-year-old Matt why you need to pay for mentorship and all the benefits it can give you in the long term, taking it slow on the rich thing instead of looking for the fast dollar, and why you need to learn a skill you can sell to anyone.

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Greg Reid has published more than 80 books and 34 of them have been best sellers. Our guest for today is a motivational keynote speaker, author, and adventurer, ready to take you through a journey where everything is possible and let you know that the true meaning of wealth is not entirely about money, but about time and land mixed up. If you're looking for the key to success, stay with us as we have a chat with this Ted Talk Award-Winning Keynote Speaker and you discover that whatever you seek, is also seeking you. Have your eyes on the prize and take action just as Dr. Greg did.

Besides having written endless bestsellers, such as Wealth Made Easy, Stickability, and Three Feet from Gold, Dr. Greg Reid received his honorary Ph.D. in literature and he is convinced that you don't have to be a millionaire to be a hero. This master storyteller knows there's a big difference between being a best-selling and a back-selling author. Greg has secured his books having a regular spot on Barnes & Noble's shelves, by talking to the owners of this big library chain. Ready to learn the power of perseverance?

In this episode, we will talk with this natural entrepreneur internationally known for his giving spirit, and his talent for translating complicated situations into simple, digestible concepts, just as he does with his books, that have been translated into 45 different languages. Dr. Reid will show us what are the things real billionaires are doing that you are not, and why he doesn't give a shot about how the universe keeps teasing us due to our mindset. Learn how to surround yourself with positive mental attitude people, and how this will help you achieve all your goals.

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Success can come in many forms, but there isn't a more marvelous way for success to be presented to us than this name: Grant Cardone. For those who don't know who Grant is, he is an internationally renowned speaker on leadership, real estate investing, entrepreneurship, social media, and finances. He is the author of the famous 10X Rule and creator of 21 best-selling business programs. Cardone is here to make success our duty, our responsibility, our obligation, and to help us rise above all the out-dated, unworkable, middle-class myths and limitations, to achieve freedom in the best form we can as for ourselves and our families.

Beginning as a bestselling book, Cardone's 10X movement started in 2011, and a few years after great success, he decided it was time to bring more sugar and spice into his life, and he has just nailed it since then. Cardone has been named one of the Top 10 Snapchat Business Gurus worldwide and Forbes #1 Marketing Influencer, to name just a few titles. He has worked with companies like Google, Sprint, Toyota, GM, Ford and thousands more, besides operating and directing several companies that give him annual revenues exceeding $100 million dollars.

Our today's guest is a hard worker and an individual who knows why you gotta respect the grind to achieve your goals and dreams. In this episode, we will learn from the great Grant Cardone why it's okay to show off and think big (despite what other people tell you); why focusing on reaching millions of people is way better than putting energy on that one client that rejected you; Showing up and getting better every day, getting recognition, and elevating the questions you ask yourself. Grant Cardone went from being broke, selling cars and making 2K a month, to become the best-selling business program creator and internationally recognized guru he is today, and he is damn certain that YOU can do it too!

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Brandon Dawson founded his first company at 28 years-old and learned everything about raising money from high net worth individuals, private equity firms and strategic partnerships. He knows investors are bored of listening to the same tales from start-ups presentations. What investors really want is to invest in people that see a passion for them and their ideas. Our today's guest is on a constant look-out to reinvent himself and the businesses he owns in this accelerating world. After losing his first company, Brandon Dawson has focused on empowering business owners to take control of their lives, create value for themselves in the best personal, professional and financial way possible.

Brandon is a serial entrepreneur that created systems once he saw companies lacked, and he ended up making great businesses with amazing returns. He has created a unique, variable-expense shared-services delivery model with one purpose and passion: supporting independent business owners that want to become more profitable and to grow or expand their growth and markets. Brandon helps people and businesses grow in two days, literally. Our today's guest is sure money doesn't flow to people with education or skills, it flows to people who solve big problems.

Discover how Brandon went from driving tractors for the New York Elite to acquire 25 million USD of businesses, and the importance of not leading your presentation with your end game but with your deepest passion. Brandon Dawson looks at obstacles as opportunities to solve problems, and he is nailing it.

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Everyone has a friend that is an expert in something, besides our most passionate pet lover friend. Our guest for today's show is both. He is a true master turning companies around and he can even offer a money-back guarantee if things don't work out for you. Chris 'Bulldog' Collins is the world's #1 bulldog lover and he is absolutely sure that if you are consistent on playing by your own rules and turning your trials into strengths, you can definitely learn to turn your biggest passion into a lifestyle and your ideas into pure gold.

Chris Collins grew up with a pastor-missionary stepfather that led him to become a missionary kid, and after years of being his father figure, he disappeared one day in the middle of the night, leaving Chris and his mom with literally nothing. From being a general manager at BMW to running his own personal brand, Chris Collins Inc, 'Bulldog' is now a business outlaw and entrepreneur coach plugging solid systems into his clients' businesses to help them have a commitment with success and personal excellence.

Chris will share with us in this episode how he realized the only way to coach others was to change their mindset; why running a successful business has everything to do with leadership and the art of flipping companies vs. flipping houses. Chris is sure that if you do business just for the sake of money, you're doing it wrong. Stay with us while we chat with the Bulldog and discover why good business is all about pursuing your passion, thinking big and educating yourself when it comes to finances.

After World War II, a new world order was established with America as the center of the universe. American culture invaded other countries for economic gain, and this made America a world exporter of not just goods, services, money and debt, but also culture. One of America's biggest exports during this era of newfound wealth and surplus was a new kind of citizen ready to wreak havoc on society: the teenager.

In this chapter of Hard Times Create Strong Men, Stefan explores the birth of the teenager and how it led to the deferral of adulthood, also known as the emerging adult. The continuous struggle for adults in this generation is to "find themselves" and their perfect match. And how the constant quest for happiness and fulfillment leaves many men in between things and never allowing them to reach their full potential…

Why not. instead of trying to find yourself, you define yourself, make yourself and create yourself as you go. Draw a line in the sand, claim yourself and say: this is who I want to become. This is how I shall live today. Who are you to be today?

Go to stefanaarnio.com/hardtimesbundle to get a limited time offer of the Hard Times Create Strong Men series, which you can purchase as one bundle for just $99. A small price to pay.

Jason Capital was born in the late eighties, and he vastly went from living in his mom's basement and struggling as an online salesman, to become an internet marketing guru and certified BSD. Jason decided to drop out of school to achieve his dreams and get out of the rat race. Thanks to the networking he did during an underground online marketing seminar with Yanik Silver, he managed to bring his e-book business from the ground, and ha hasn't looked back ever since.

Author of the book: Higher Status: The New Science of Success and Achievement, Jason's net worth is $2 million dollars, thanks to coaching men and women to improve their finances. Capital is part of Barack Obama's list of Top 100 Entrepreneurs in the USA and he is one of the top leader motivators around the world when it comes to personal finance and dating.

There isn't a thing Jason Capital can't do, he sells his books and amazing courses like "Email Income Experts" and "Sales God", in order to help people replace the fastidious rat race life for laptop life. Jason is convinced that the "text closer" is the future of sales, and you can mark his words as you see call centers displaced from our lives. Discover why Jason, of all millennial entrepreneurs out there, Respects The Grind, as he gives neat tricks like "giving in public and selling in private", the importance of developing high-income skills like sales or copywriting and why personal development is hard but will change your life doing it.