Episode 46 is with one of the most positive members of our community Jovy Desepeda! Jovy shares his powerful story of overcoming adversity in Winnipeg and coming to Vancouver to start a career in the competitive world of real estate. As an added bonus, Jovy also helps Michael out with some fashion tips for men.

On this week’s pod, Michael sits down with some of his friends from the Oakwyn Book Club, Ben Loyal, Keith Wintermans, Guy Christie, Amanda Lehman-Choi, Jenny Wun, & Christian Butzek. The 8 discuss the book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins and it’s main principles.

On this episode, we get to know more about Oakwyn agent Dan Wurtele. Hear about his background in sports, exciting music career and his analytical decision to move into real estate and joining Oakwyn. The two go in to discuss books, career, and getting through those hard moments.

Michael sits down with a his long-time friend Marites Kliem, who knew him during his first year of real estate. The two go down memory lane from their start in real estate to where they are today and the lessons learned along the way. The two go in deep on the higher moments of working with people and connecting to others. Marites offers wonderful advice and insight on how having family and children have helped enrich her career & allowed for a rewarding life.

In this episode, Michael sits down with one of the kindest and most authentic members of our community Marty Staniforth! Listen to his unique journey growing up on the prairies to the extraordinary lessons he learned about Human Connection while working with the Covenant House helping homeless youth on downtown east side. Marty takes us on his journey from working in philanthropy to applying those lessons into being a successful real estate agent while bettering the community.

This week Michael sits down with Amar Pal, the humble leader of VANCOUVER Condo team. Get to know Amar and his sweet sounding voice as they go over his life before real estate, how he succeeded in business, to building his own team office!

On this laugh-filled episode, Oakwyn’s Oakwynite of the Year, Robin Bardon gets together for beer and congee at Michael’s home. The two laugh and connect over engagements, family, travel, and Robin’s impressive 11 year career.

On this solo pod, Michael speaks to routine, systems, & creativity positive habits. He breaks down his thoughts on creating orderly activities to help better life and career.