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As is customary, HUD released its annual report on homelessness at the end of 2024. It revealed a startling year-over-year increase in homelessness among individuals and families in the United States. Among the devastating data, there were bright spots such as a decrease in homeless veterans. But the reporting and punditry surrounding the report was less than stellar, and the news was buried in a matter of days. Crucially, some of the worst reporting on HUD’s findings came from left wing media sources who pointed to immigration as one of the drivers of the increase, conveniently and uncritically parroting conservative talking points while ignoring the more pertinent narratives. Chapters Intro: 00:00:37 Chapter One: A Point in Time. 00:03:12 Chapter Two: Whether Building a Home or a Narrative, Framing Matters. 00:07:39 Chapter Three: Housing First: When Evidence Meets Ideology. 00:17:03 Bring it Home, Max. 00:26:20 Post Show Musings: 00:30:55 Outro: 00:58:21 Resources HUD: The 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress Tsemberis, S., & Eisenberg, R. F. (2000). Pathways to Housing: Supported Housing for Street-Dwelling Homeless Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2000). A Plan, Not a Dream: How to End Homelessness in Ten Years. Washington, DC U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. (2010). *Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. Washington, DC Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2014). Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing Brief Gillespie, S., et al. (2021). Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative: Final Outcome Report. Urban Institute Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. (2019). Housing for Health Year Four Evaluation Report Wright, B. J., et al. (2016). Health in Housing: Exploring the Intersection between Housing and Health Care. Center for Outcomes Research and Education National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). Permanent Supportive Housing: Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness Gubits, D., et al. (2016). Family Options Study: 3-Year Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Y-Foundation. (2020). A Home of Your Own: Housing First and Ending Homelessness in Finland National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2020). Rapid Re-Housing Works: What the Evidence Says Padgett, D. K., et al. (2016). Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives. Oxford University Press UNFTR Episode Resources Over The Borderline Series: Introduction. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic."Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unftrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The “deeper things of God”… How to Pray How to Have Unshakeable Faith How to Find God in a Dream How to Receive a Miracle The big things… the important things…  But how do we teach these type of things to our children?  The truth is, childlike faith runs deep and wide. Your kids are ready to hear about, and to receive the deeper things of God.  BJ Jenkins, International Speaker, Songwriter, and Children's Author joins me on the Joy at Home podcast to talk about the deeper things of God. She's also sharing how we can teach them to our children in a simple, effective and wonderful way.  —————   Helpful Homeschool Things You Should Know About!    Learn How to Start Homeschooling with First Steps to Homeschool (Apply for a Scholarship!) |  FirstStepsToHomeschool.com    FREEBIE! Download my Homeschool Curriculum Guide | KatieHedrick.com/CurriculumGuide    FREEBIE! Watch the Workshop - Homeschool 101: Making so Easy that ANY Mom can Get Started! | KatieHedrick.com/Homeschool101    —————   Find this Episode on the Blog | KatieHedrick.com/209

Send us a textDo you have a dream? What things excite you in your life and business? In this week's episode, we are talking all about your ‘WHY' and how that is intricately tied to your dreams and vision for your business and your future. If you want to grow as a person as well as in your business, this is the episode for you!In this episode we talk about:What is your vision, what is your dream? And if you feel like you don't have one, you don't have direction. Start creating your vision today!What is your ‘why'? I find that we forget about our ‘‘why' and we forget about the importance of it. Why are you doing this business? We all have highs and lows in business. What will separate you from other direct sellers will be what you do during those low lows. Do you keep going or do you give up?There are two ways to earn money in Direct Selling: Selling your product and growing your team. The most sustainable way is having both.Take a moment to DREAM! What would your life look like? In your DREAM ---How do you want to serve others? How do you want to impact others? When you lead with serving--- that is where the magic happens!When you do this exercise, BEWARE of the inner mean girl!! Don't fall prey to the fear of dreaming. Shut down those negative thoughts and get going!It's so important for you to have this dream/vision because this is what causes you to put one foot in front of the other!Ask yourself - what is your dream?  And create a vision from that TODAY!Hang out with me more! Send me the message PODCAST over on Instagram at @rachelaperry and I'll send you my "Parties-Optional Profit Plan!"For Additional Resources for Direct Sellers:www.rachelaperry.com

Founders ✓ Claim What I learned from reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami. ----Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event----(3:01) No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.(4:00) Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.(4:00) The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.(10:00) You can't fake passion — someone else, that really loves the job, will out run you. Somebody else sitting in some other MBA program has a deep passion for whatever career path you're going down, and they are going to smoke you if you don't have it yourself.  — Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love (12:00) What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. Failure to reach that bar is not something you can easily explain away.(14:00) Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking a hot bath, or drinking half a pint of claret. Suddenly, if the telephone line from your unconscious is open, a big idea wells up within you.  — David Ogilvy(16:00) If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting. — Jeff Bezos(16:00) So the fact that I'm me and no one else is one of my greatest assets.(19:00) Failure was not an option. I had to give it everything I had.(19:00) My only strength has always been the fact that I work hard and can take a lot physically. I'm more a workhorse than a racehorse.(22:00) I was more interested in having finished it than in whether or not it would ever see the light of day.(26:00) I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.(29:00) The entrenched professional is always going to resist far longer than the private consumer. — James Dyson(34:00) You really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance. I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing,(37:00) You can't please everybody. If one out of ten enjoyed the place and said he'd come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it the other way, it didn't matter if nine out of ten didn't like my bar. This realization lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place really liked it. In order to make sure he did, I had to make my philosophy and stance clear-cut, and patiently maintain that stance no matter what. This is what I learned through running a business.(40:00) The reason we're surprised is that we underestimate the cumulative effect of work. Writing a page a day doesn't sound like much, but if you do it every day you'll write a book a year. That's the key: consistency. People who do great things don't get a lot done every day. They get something done, rather than nothing. — How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham. (Founders #314)(41:00) When you follow what you are intensely interested in this strange convergence happens where you're working all the time and it feels like you're never working. — How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham. (Founders #314)(43:00) No matter how strong a will a person has, no matter how much he may hate to lose, if it's an activity he doesn't really care for, he won't keep it up for long.(44:00) Nobody ever recommended or even desired that I be a novelist—in fact, some tried to stop me. I had the idea to be one, and that's what I did.(45:00) I decided who I want to be, and that is who I am. — Coco Chanel(46:00) Once, I interviewed an Olympic runner.  I asked him, “Does a runner at your level ever feel like you'd rather not run today, like you don't want to run and would rather just sleep in?” He stared at me and then, in a voice that made it abundantly clear how stupid he thought the question was, replied, “Of course. All the time!”(47:00) I pity the poor fellow who is so soft and flabby that he must always have "an atmosphere of good feeling" around him before he can do his work. There are such men. And in the end, unless they obtain enough mental and moral hardiness to lift them out of their soft reliance on "feeling," they are failures. Not only are they business failures; they are character failures also; it is as if their bones never attained a sufficient degree of hardness to enable them to stand on their own feet. There is altogether too much reliance on good feeling in our business organizations. —  Henry Ford's Autobiography(50:00) If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again.(51:00) Focus and endurance can be acquired and sharpened through training.(54:00) Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

What I learned from reading What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami. ----Founders Notes gives you the superpower to learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. You can search all my notes and highlights from every book I've ever read for the podcast. Get access to Founders Notes here. ----Build relationships with other founders, investors, and executives at a Founders Event----(3:01) No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.(4:00) Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.(4:00) The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand anymore is up to the runner himself.(10:00) You can't fake passion — someone else, that really loves the job, will out run you. Somebody else sitting in some other MBA program has a deep passion for whatever career path you're going down, and they are going to smoke you if you don't have it yourself.  — Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love (12:00) What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. Failure to reach that bar is not something you can easily explain away.(14:00) Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your idea will be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking a hot bath, or drinking half a pint of claret. Suddenly, if the telephone line from your unconscious is open, a big idea wells up within you.  — David Ogilvy(16:00) If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting. — Jeff Bezos(16:00) So the fact that I'm me and no one else is one of my greatest assets.(19:00) Failure was not an option. I had to give it everything I had.(19:00) My only strength has always been the fact that I work hard and can take a lot physically. I'm more a workhorse than a racehorse.(22:00) I was more interested in having finished it than in whether or not it would ever see the light of day.(26:00) I'm the kind of person who has to totally commit to whatever I do.(29:00) The entrenched professional is always going to resist far longer than the private consumer. — James Dyson(34:00) You really need to prioritize in life, figuring out in what order you should divide up your time and energy. If you don't get that sort of system set by a certain age, you'll lack focus and your life will be out of balance. I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing,(37:00) You can't please everybody. If one out of ten enjoyed the place and said he'd come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it the other way, it didn't matter if nine out of ten didn't like my bar. This realization lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place really liked it. In order to make sure he did, I had to make my philosophy and stance clear-cut, and patiently maintain that stance no matter what. This is what I learned through running a business.(40:00) The reason we're surprised is that we underestimate the cumulative effect of work. Writing a page a day doesn't sound like much, but if you do it every day you'll write a book a year. That's the key: consistency. People who do great things don't get a lot done every day. They get something done, rather than nothing. — How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham. (Founders #314)(41:00) When you follow what you are intensely interested in this strange convergence happens where you're working all the time and it feels like you're never working. — How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham. (Founders #314)(43:00) No matter how strong a will a person has, no matter how much he may hate to lose, if it's an activity he doesn't really care for, he won't keep it up for long.(44:00) Nobody ever recommended or even desired that I be a novelist—in fact, some tried to stop me. I had the idea to be one, and that's what I did.(45:00) I decided who I want to be, and that is who I am. — Coco Chanel(46:00) Once, I interviewed an Olympic runner.  I asked him, “Does a runner at your level ever feel like you'd rather not run today, like you don't want to run and would rather just sleep in?” He stared at me and then, in a voice that made it abundantly clear how stupid he thought the question was, replied, “Of course. All the time!”(47:00) I pity the poor fellow who is so soft and flabby that he must always have "an atmosphere of good feeling" around him before he can do his work. There are such men. And in the end, unless they obtain enough mental and moral hardiness to lift them out of their soft reliance on "feeling," they are failures. Not only are they business failures; they are character failures also; it is as if their bones never attained a sufficient degree of hardness to enable them to stand on their own feet. There is altogether too much reliance on good feeling in our business organizations. —  Henry Ford's Autobiography(50:00) If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I'd never run again.(51:00) Focus and endurance can be acquired and sharpened through training.(54:00) Exerting yourself to the fullest within your individual limits: that's the essence of running, and a metaphor for life.----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Hey, hey, friends! In this episode we're diving deep into the four stages of freedom in your online business. This isn't just theory—this is my journey, my experiences, and the real, raw process of building a Christian coaching business from the ground up. Grab your favorite drink and settle in, because we're about to journey towards true freedom in your business. The Freedom to Dream: How to harness your creativity and vision to lay a strong foundation for your coaching business. The Freedom to Grow: The grind stage where persistence and resilience start to pay off, and you see real growth in your business. The Freedom to Scale: The exciting phase of amplifying your success, staying consistent, and refining your systems for maximum efficiency. The Legacy Freedom: Building a lasting impact and generational wealth through strategic planning and investment. Are you ready to unlock these stages and find true freedom in your online business? Whether you're a Christian Life Coach, a Christian Business Coach, or looking for strategies on how to build a coaching business, this episode is packed with insights and actionable steps that you can start implementing today. GET STARTED TODAY Ready to launch? Join The Selah Collective 12-Month Group Coaching Program Women of Valor 3-Part Mini-Course: Learn how create a 6-7 figure offer and how to implement the Esther Upleveled sales system. For the Holy Spirit-led coaches who want to hit $100K in the next 12 months, get the 25+ page guide: 12-Months to $100k. Free coaching masterclass: Watch the Recession-Proof Online Biz Masterclass The Productivity Playbook: Get your business organized with my Productivity Playbook Ready to get an all-in-one funnel builder? Sign up for Kartra today! Get FREE, ORGANIC email leads on Instagram using this DM flow template. READ THE BLOG 192. 4 Stages of Freedom in Your Online Business OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT ENJOY  ⁠Creating a Freedom-Oriented Business $140K in 6 Weeks as Christian Online Coach --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shes-wild-and-radiant/message

Get my new book: https://bronsonequity.com/fireyourselfDownload my new special report - How to Use Inflation to Your Advantage - www.bronsonequity.com/inflation Welcome to our latest episode where we sit down with Kenny Wolfe, founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments. Kenny first invested in multifamily real estate in 2010 and quickly realized the potential it had to change his life, leading him to leave his day job and establish his own company. In this episode, Kenny shares his journey from his initial investment to building a successful real estate business. He's the author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom,” and brings a wealth of knowledge about achieving financial independence through real estate. Kenny discusses the concept of passive income—earning money without active involvement—and encourages thinking beyond traditional investments for wealth growth. With experience in over 5,032 units and involvement in over $450 million in commercial real estate transactions, Kenny offers valuable insights for anyone interested in real estate investment. Whether you're an experienced investor or just starting out, Kenny's experience and advice will inspire you to evaluate your investment approach and pursue financial freedom. Tune in to learn from Kenny Wolfe's extensive experience and get inspired to take your investment strategy to the next level. Don't miss this insightful episode. 01:15 - Guest Introduction: Kenny Wolfe 03:49 - The benefits of triple net investing in real estate 10:39 - Investment strategies and risks in the triple net space 15:19 - The current state of the real estate market: retail and multifamily properties 21:31 - Navigating the real estate market and educating investors Connecting with the Guest: Website: https://wolfe-investments.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-wolfe-6762281/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realkennywolfe/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuq5-HAQIZjTTAcIgrvmdMQ #RealEstateInvesting #MultiFamily #PassiveIncome

What I learned from reading Decoded by Jay Z. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----(1:39) I would practice from the time I woke in the morning until I went to sleep(2:10) Even back then I though I was the best.(2:57) Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography  (Founders #219)(4:32) Belief becomes before ability.(5:06) Michael Jordan: The Life (Founders #212)(5:46) The public praises people for what they practice in private.(7:28)  Lock yourself in a room doing five beats a day for three summers.(7:50) Sam Walton: Made In America  (Founders #234)(9:50) He was disappointed in the world, so he built one of his own — from Steven Spielberg: A Biography (Founders #209)(12:47) The Pmarca Blog Archive Ebook by Marc Andreessen (Founders #50)(13:35) I'm not gonna say that I thought I could get rich from rap, but I could clearly see that it was gonna get bigger before it went away. Way bigger.(21:10) Over 20 years into his career and dude ain't changed. He's got his own vibe. You gotta love him for that. (Rick Rubin)(21:41) Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)(25:27) I believe you can speak things into existence.(27:20) Picking the right market is essential.(29:29) All companies that go out of business do so for the same reason – they run out of money. —Don Valentine (29:42) There are two things in business that matter, and you can learn this in two minutes- you don't have to go to business school for two years: high gross margins and cash flow. The other financial metrics you can forget. —Don Valentine (31:54) I went on the road with Big Daddy Kane for a while. I got an invaluable education watching him perform.(33:12) Everything I do I learned from the guys who came before me. —Kobe(34:15) I truly hate having discussions about who would win one on one or fans saying you'd beat Michael. I feel like Yo (puts his hands up like stop. Chill.) What you get from me is from him. I don't get 5 championships without him because he guided me so much and gave me so much great advice.(34:50) Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography (Founders #214)(37:20) This is a classic piece of OG advice. It's amazing how few people actually stick to it.(38:04) Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success(Founders #56)(39:04) The key to staying on top of things is to treat everything like it's your first project.(41:10) The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley (Founders #233)(44:46) We (Jay Z, Bono, Quincy Jones) ended up trading stories about the pressure we felt even at this point in our lives.(45:22) Competition pushes you to become your best self. Jordan said the same thing about Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.[46:43] If you got the heart and the brains you can move up quickly. There's no way to quantify all of this on a spreadsheet, but it's the dream of being the exception.(52:26) He (Russell Simmons) changed the business style of a whole generation. The whole vibe of startup companies in Silicon Valley with 25 year old CEOs wearing shell toes is Russell's Def Jam style filtered through different industries.(54:17) Jay Z's approach is I'm going to find the smartest people that that know more than I do, and I'm gonna learn everything I can from them.(54:49) He (Russell Simmons) knew that the key to success was believing in the quality of your own product enough to make people do business with you on your terms. He knew that great product was the ultimate advantage in competition.(55:08) In the end it came down to having a great product and the hustle to move it.(56:37) Learn how to build and sell and you will be unstoppable. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness (Founders #191)(58:30) We gave those brands a narrative which is one of the reasons anyone buys anything. To own not just a product, but to become part of a story.(59:30) The best thing for me to do is to ignore and outperform.(1:01:16) Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger. (Founders #90)(1:06:01) Tao of Charlie Munger: A Compilation of Quotes from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman on Life, Business, and the Pursuit of Wealth With Commentary  (Founders #78)(1:08:42) Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products(Founders #178)(1:11:46) Long term success is the ultimate goal.(1:12:58) Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love - Bill Gurley(1:15:11) I have always used visualization the way athletes do, to conjure reality.(1:18:14) The thing that distinguished Jordan wasn't just his talent, but his discipline, his laser-like commitment to excellence.(1:19:42) The gift that Jordan had wasn't just that he was willing to do the work, but he loved doing it because he could feel himself getting stronger and ready for anything. That is the kind of consistency that you can get only by adding dead serious discipline of whatever talent you have.(1:21:37) when you step outside of school and you have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely linear thinker. You can see it to my rhymes. My mind is always jumping around restless, making connections, mixing, and matching ideas rather than marching in a straight line,(1:27:41) Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam (Founders #116)(1:34:15) The real bullshit is when you act like you don't have contradictions inside you. That you're so dull and unimaginative that your mind never changes or wanders into strange, unexpected places.(1:36:25) There are extreme levels of drive and pain tolerance in the history of entrepreneurship.(1:38:45) Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business(1:42:24)  I love sharp people. Nothing makes me like someone more than intelligence.(1:44:17) They call it the game, but it's not. You can want success all you want but to get it you can't falter. You can't slip. You can't sleep— one eye open for real and forever.(1:51:49) The thought that this cannot be life is one that all of us have felt at some point or another. When a bad decision and bad luck and bad situations feel like too much to bear those times. When we think this, this cannot be my story, but facing up to that kind of feeling can be a powerful motivation to change.(1:54:18) Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

A little over a decade ago, Bethany Clemenson, author of Ditching the Dream: How to Live Life on Your Terms (Finn-Phyllis Press, 2022), found herself in a place where, on the outside, it looked like she was killing it. But on the inside, it was killing her. She had climbed the corporate ladder and was an award-winning leader in the company. She and her husband had built their dream home. They had two healthy children. And they were financially healthy. But behind the scenes, Bethany worked 80-plus hours a week, was on-call 24/7, and traveled regularly. She and her family were disconnected, and she felt exhausted, unfulfilled, resentful, and frustrated.She began thinking about what she really wanted and started saying no to everything that didn't align. She found that all the pressure she felt was her own doing, and that she was both the problem and the solution.  As a result, she left her corporate role, she and her family sold everything and traveled the US in a motorhome, and she's been (jubilantly) living life on her terms ever since. In this episode of the Write the Damn Book Already podcast, we chatted about:

Do you want to learn the success formula of expert syndicators? Take advantage of this episode with Kenny Wolfe as he shares how he syndicates commercial real estate deals, from office to multifamily and value-add to development. Stay tuned to discover how he grew his business, tips for passive investors, and more!   Key takeaways to listen for  Triple-net properties and historical office conversions: What they offer to passive investors What's going on in the Dallas, TX office real estate market A challenge faced by syndicators in 2023 The ins and outs of raising capital for real estate deals How beneficial it is to diversify your investments and try out other strategies   About Kenny Wolfe Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the published author of "Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom." He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – allowing him to quit his day job and start a company.  Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. He has been involved in over $450 million of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,032 units (7,088 all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny resides in Plano, Texas, with his wife, daughter, and son.    Connect with Kenny Website: Wolfe Investments Facebook: Wolfe Investments Instagram: @realkennywolfe YouTube: Kenny Wolfe   Connect with Us To learn more about partnering with us, visit our website at https://javierhinojo.com/ and www.allstatescapitalgroup.com, or send an email to admin@allstateseg.com.  Sign up to get our Free Apartment Due Diligence Checklist Template and Multifamily Calculator by visiting https://javierhinojo.com/free-tools/. To join Javier's Mastermind, go to https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/ and to apply to his BDB Mastermind, see https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/#apply_form and answer the form.   Follow Me on Social Media Facebook: Javier A Hinojo Jr. Facebook Group: Billion Dollar Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate YouTube Channel: Javier Hinojo Instagram: @javierhinojojr TikTok: @javierhinojojr Twitter: @JavierHinojoJr   The Naked Truth About Real Estate Investing on Spotify

Do you want to learn the success formula of expert syndicators? Take advantage of this episode with Kenny Wolfe as he shares how he syndicates commercial real estate deals, from office to multifamily and value-add to development. Stay tuned to discover how he grew his business, tips for passive investors, and more!   Key takeaways to listen for  Triple-net properties and historical office conversions: What they offer to passive investors What's going on in the Dallas, TX office real estate market A challenge faced by syndicators in 2023 The ins and outs of raising capital for real estate deals How beneficial it is to diversify your investments and try out other strategies   About Kenny Wolfe Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the published author of "Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom." He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – allowing him to quit his day job and start a company.  Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. He has been involved in over $450 million of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,032 units (7,088 all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny resides in Plano, Texas, with his wife, daughter, and son.    Connect with Kenny Website: Wolfe Investments Facebook: Wolfe Investments Instagram: @realkennywolfe YouTube: Kenny Wolfe Connect with Us To learn more about partnering with us, visit our website at https://javierhinojo.com/ and www.allstatescapitalgroup.com, or send an email to admin@allstateseg.com.  Sign up to get our Free Apartment Due Diligence Checklist Template and Multifamily Calculator by visiting https://javierhinojo.com/free-tools/. To join Javier's Mastermind, go to https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/ and to apply to his BDB Mastermind, see https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/#apply_form and answer the form.   Follow Me on Social Media Facebook: Javier A Hinojo Jr. Facebook Group: Billion Dollar Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate YouTube Channel: Javier Hinojo Instagram: @javierhinojojr TikTok: @javierhinojojr Twitter: @JavierHinojoJr   The Naked Truth About Real Estate Investing on Spotify

Founders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways  “The difference between one advertisement and another, when measured in terms of sales, can be as much as nineteen to one.” – David Ogilvy Pay peanuts and you get monkeys “I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb: Be happy while you are living because you are a long time dead.” – David OgilvyThe most important thing you will decide is what benefit to promise“You are not advertising to a standing army. You are advertising to a moving parade.” – David Ogilvy Most successful careers are built on isolated incidentsStudy the great work that came before you “I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.” – David OgilvyTolerate genius and do not strangle the goose that lays the golden egg Talent is most likely found among non-conformists, dissenters, and rebels“In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.” – David Ogilvy Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhat I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. ----This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch by emailing hi@tiny.com----This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders----Listen to one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Best----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----(4:15) When Fortune published an article about me and titled it: "Is David Ogilvy a Genius?," I asked my lawyer to sue the editor for the question mark.(4:45) The people who built the companies for which America is famous, all worked obsessively to create strong cultures within their organizations. Companies that have cultivated their individual identities by shaping values, making heroes, spelling out rites and rituals, and acknowledging the cultural network, have an edge(5:30) We prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance. We pursue knowledge the way a pig pursues truffles. A blind pig can sometimes find truffles, but it helps to know that they grow in oak forests.(5:48) We hire gentlemen with brains.(6:16) Only First Class business, and that in a First Class way.(6:25) Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.(9:45) Buy Ogilvy on Advertising (10:45) One decent editorial counts for a thousand advertisements. + You simply cannot mix your messages when selling something new. A consumer can barely handle one great new idea, let alone two, or even several. — Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #300)(15:22) It was inspiring to work for a supreme master. M. Pitard did not tolerate incompetence. He knew that it is demoralising for professionals to work alongside incompetent amateurs.(16:66) You have to be ruthless if you want to build a team of A players. It's too easy, as a team grows, to put up with a few B players, and they then attract a few more B players, and soon you will even have some C players. The Macintosh experience taught me that A players like to work only with other A players, which means you can't indulge B players.(18:12) In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.(18:33) I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.(19:38) I admire people who work hard, who bite the bullet.(19:58) I admire people with first class brains.(20:23) I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb, "Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."(20:50) I admire self-confident professionals, the craftsmen  who do their jobs with superlative excellence.(21:40) The best way to keep the peace is to be candid.(23:18) That's been the most important lesson I've learned in business: that the dynamic range of people dramatically exceeds things you encounter in the rest of our normal lives—and to try to find those really great people who really love what they do.  —  Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. (Founders #299)(24:39) The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W. Schultz. (Founders #206)(25:09) Claude Hopkins episodes:My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #170)Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #207)(25:47) Talent is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.(26:49) The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.(28:21) This podcast studies formidable individuals.(31:40) Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus. (Founders #116)(37:47) I doubt whether there is a single agency (or company) of any consequence which is not the lengthened shadow of one man.(39:51) Don't bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.(40:13) Most big corporations behave as if profit were not a function of time.When Jerry Lambert scored his first breakthrough with Listerine, he speeded up the whole process of marketing by dividing time into months. Instead of locking himself into annual plans, Lambert reviewed his advertising and his profits every month.The result was that he made $25,000,000 in eight years, where it takes most people twelve times as long. In Jerry Lambert's day, the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company lived by the month, instead of by the year.(41:30) The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold. (Founders #302)(41:36) I am an inveterate brain picker, and the most rewarding brains I have picked are the brains of my predecessors and my competitors.(43:27) We make advertisements that people want to read. You can't save souls in an empty church.(44:05) You aren't advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade.(45:13) The headline is the most important element in advertisements.(47:47) Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley(48:15) Set yourself to becoming the best-informed man in the agency on the account to which you are assigned.If, for example, it is a gasoline account, read text books on the chemistry, geology and distribution of petroleum products. Read all the trade journals in the field. Read all the research reports and marketing plans that your agency has ever written on the product. Spend Saturday mornings in service stations, pumping gasoline and talking to motorists. Visit your client's refineries and research  laboratories. Study the advertising of his competitors. At the end of your second year, you will know more about gasoline than your boss.Most of the young men in agencies are too lazy to do this kind of homework. They remain permanently superficial.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast 

Founders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways  “The difference between one advertisement and another, when measured in terms of sales, can be as much as nineteen to one.” – David Ogilvy Pay peanuts and you get monkeys “I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb: Be happy while you are living because you are a long time dead.” – David OgilvyThe most important thing you will decide is what benefit to promise“You are not advertising to a standing army. You are advertising to a moving parade.” – David Ogilvy Most successful careers are built on isolated incidentsStudy the great work that came before you “I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.” – David OgilvyTolerate genius and do not strangle the goose that lays the golden egg Talent is most likely found among non-conformists, dissenters, and rebels“In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.” – David Ogilvy Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhat I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. ----This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch by emailing hi@tiny.com----This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders----Listen to one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Best----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----(4:15) When Fortune published an article about me and titled it: "Is David Ogilvy a Genius?," I asked my lawyer to sue the editor for the question mark.(4:45) The people who built the companies for which America is famous, all worked obsessively to create strong cultures within their organizations. Companies that have cultivated their individual identities by shaping values, making heroes, spelling out rites and rituals, and acknowledging the cultural network, have an edge(5:30) We prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance. We pursue knowledge the way a pig pursues truffles. A blind pig can sometimes find truffles, but it helps to know that they grow in oak forests.(5:48) We hire gentlemen with brains.(6:16) Only First Class business, and that in a First Class way.(6:25) Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.(9:45) Buy Ogilvy on Advertising (10:45) One decent editorial counts for a thousand advertisements. + You simply cannot mix your messages when selling something new. A consumer can barely handle one great new idea, let alone two, or even several. — Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #300)(15:22) It was inspiring to work for a supreme master. M. Pitard did not tolerate incompetence. He knew that it is demoralising for professionals to work alongside incompetent amateurs.(16:66) You have to be ruthless if you want to build a team of A players. It's too easy, as a team grows, to put up with a few B players, and they then attract a few more B players, and soon you will even have some C players. The Macintosh experience taught me that A players like to work only with other A players, which means you can't indulge B players.(18:12) In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.(18:33) I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.(19:38) I admire people who work hard, who bite the bullet.(19:58) I admire people with first class brains.(20:23) I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb, "Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."(20:50) I admire self-confident professionals, the craftsmen  who do their jobs with superlative excellence.(21:40) The best way to keep the peace is to be candid.(23:18) That's been the most important lesson I've learned in business: that the dynamic range of people dramatically exceeds things you encounter in the rest of our normal lives—and to try to find those really great people who really love what they do.  —  Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. (Founders #299)(24:39) The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W. Schultz. (Founders #206)(25:09) Claude Hopkins episodes:My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #170)Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #207)(25:47) Talent is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.(26:49) The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.(28:21) This podcast studies formidable individuals.(31:40) Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus. (Founders #116)(37:47) I doubt whether there is a single agency (or company) of any consequence which is not the lengthened shadow of one man.(39:51) Don't bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.(40:13) Most big corporations behave as if profit were not a function of time.When Jerry Lambert scored his first breakthrough with Listerine, he speeded up the whole process of marketing by dividing time into months. Instead of locking himself into annual plans, Lambert reviewed his advertising and his profits every month.The result was that he made $25,000,000 in eight years, where it takes most people twelve times as long. In Jerry Lambert's day, the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company lived by the month, instead of by the year.(41:30) The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold. (Founders #302)(41:36) I am an inveterate brain picker, and the most rewarding brains I have picked are the brains of my predecessors and my competitors.(43:27) We make advertisements that people want to read. You can't save souls in an empty church.(44:05) You aren't advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade.(45:13) The headline is the most important element in advertisements.(47:47) Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley(48:15) Set yourself to becoming the best-informed man in the agency on the account to which you are assigned.If, for example, it is a gasoline account, read text books on the chemistry, geology and distribution of petroleum products. Read all the trade journals in the field. Read all the research reports and marketing plans that your agency has ever written on the product. Spend Saturday mornings in service stations, pumping gasoline and talking to motorists. Visit your client's refineries and research  laboratories. Study the advertising of his competitors. At the end of your second year, you will know more about gasoline than your boss.Most of the young men in agencies are too lazy to do this kind of homework. They remain permanently superficial.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast 

Founders ✓ Claim Key Takeaways  “The difference between one advertisement and another, when measured in terms of sales, can be as much as nineteen to one.” – David Ogilvy Pay peanuts and you get monkeys “I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb: Be happy while you are living because you are a long time dead.” – David OgilvyThe most important thing you will decide is what benefit to promise“You are not advertising to a standing army. You are advertising to a moving parade.” – David Ogilvy Most successful careers are built on isolated incidentsStudy the great work that came before you “I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.” – David OgilvyTolerate genius and do not strangle the goose that lays the golden egg Talent is most likely found among non-conformists, dissenters, and rebels“In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.” – David Ogilvy Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgWhat I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. ----This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch by emailing hi@tiny.com----This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders----Listen to one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Best----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----(4:15) When Fortune published an article about me and titled it: "Is David Ogilvy a Genius?," I asked my lawyer to sue the editor for the question mark.(4:45) The people who built the companies for which America is famous, all worked obsessively to create strong cultures within their organizations. Companies that have cultivated their individual identities by shaping values, making heroes, spelling out rites and rituals, and acknowledging the cultural network, have an edge(5:30) We prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance. We pursue knowledge the way a pig pursues truffles. A blind pig can sometimes find truffles, but it helps to know that they grow in oak forests.(5:48) We hire gentlemen with brains.(6:16) Only First Class business, and that in a First Class way.(6:25) Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.(9:45) Buy Ogilvy on Advertising (10:45) One decent editorial counts for a thousand advertisements. + You simply cannot mix your messages when selling something new. A consumer can barely handle one great new idea, let alone two, or even several. — Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #300)(15:22) It was inspiring to work for a supreme master. M. Pitard did not tolerate incompetence. He knew that it is demoralising for professionals to work alongside incompetent amateurs.(16:66) You have to be ruthless if you want to build a team of A players. It's too easy, as a team grows, to put up with a few B players, and they then attract a few more B players, and soon you will even have some C players. The Macintosh experience taught me that A players like to work only with other A players, which means you can't indulge B players.(18:12) In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.(18:33) I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.(19:38) I admire people who work hard, who bite the bullet.(19:58) I admire people with first class brains.(20:23) I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb, "Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."(20:50) I admire self-confident professionals, the craftsmen  who do their jobs with superlative excellence.(21:40) The best way to keep the peace is to be candid.(23:18) That's been the most important lesson I've learned in business: that the dynamic range of people dramatically exceeds things you encounter in the rest of our normal lives—and to try to find those really great people who really love what they do.  —  Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. (Founders #299)(24:39) The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W. Schultz. (Founders #206)(25:09) Claude Hopkins episodes:My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #170)Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #207)(25:47) Talent is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.(26:49) The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.(28:21) This podcast studies formidable individuals.(31:40) Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus. (Founders #116)(37:47) I doubt whether there is a single agency (or company) of any consequence which is not the lengthened shadow of one man.(39:51) Don't bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.(40:13) Most big corporations behave as if profit were not a function of time.When Jerry Lambert scored his first breakthrough with Listerine, he speeded up the whole process of marketing by dividing time into months. Instead of locking himself into annual plans, Lambert reviewed his advertising and his profits every month.The result was that he made $25,000,000 in eight years, where it takes most people twelve times as long. In Jerry Lambert's day, the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company lived by the month, instead of by the year.(41:30) The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold. (Founders #302)(41:36) I am an inveterate brain picker, and the most rewarding brains I have picked are the brains of my predecessors and my competitors.(43:27) We make advertisements that people want to read. You can't save souls in an empty church.(44:05) You aren't advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade.(45:13) The headline is the most important element in advertisements.(47:47) Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley(48:15) Set yourself to becoming the best-informed man in the agency on the account to which you are assigned.If, for example, it is a gasoline account, read text books on the chemistry, geology and distribution of petroleum products. Read all the trade journals in the field. Read all the research reports and marketing plans that your agency has ever written on the product. Spend Saturday mornings in service stations, pumping gasoline and talking to motorists. Visit your client's refineries and research  laboratories. Study the advertising of his competitors. At the end of your second year, you will know more about gasoline than your boss.Most of the young men in agencies are too lazy to do this kind of homework. They remain permanently superficial.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast 

What I learned from reading Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. ----This episode is brought to you by Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits for Founders. Get in touch by emailing hi@tiny.com----This episode is brought to you by Meter: Meter is the easiest way for your business to get fast, secure, and reliable internet and WiFi in any commercial space. Go to meter.com/founders----Listen to one of my favorite podcasts: Invest Like the Best----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----(4:15) When Fortune published an article about me and titled it: "Is David Ogilvy a Genius?," I asked my lawyer to sue the editor for the question mark.(4:45) The people who built the companies for which America is famous, all worked obsessively to create strong cultures within their organizations. Companies that have cultivated their individual identities by shaping values, making heroes, spelling out rites and rituals, and acknowledging the cultural network, have an edge(5:30) We prefer the discipline of knowledge to the anarchy of ignorance. We pursue knowledge the way a pig pursues truffles. A blind pig can sometimes find truffles, but it helps to know that they grow in oak forests.(5:48) We hire gentlemen with brains.(6:16) Only First Class business, and that in a First Class way.(6:25) Search all the parks in all your cities; you'll find no statues of committees.(9:45) Buy Ogilvy on Advertising (10:45) One decent editorial counts for a thousand advertisements. + You simply cannot mix your messages when selling something new. A consumer can barely handle one great new idea, let alone two, or even several. — Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #300)(15:22) It was inspiring to work for a supreme master. M. Pitard did not tolerate incompetence. He knew that it is demoralising for professionals to work alongside incompetent amateurs.(16:66) You have to be ruthless if you want to build a team of A players. It's too easy, as a team grows, to put up with a few B players, and they then attract a few more B players, and soon you will even have some C players. The Macintosh experience taught me that A players like to work only with other A players, which means you can't indulge B players.(18:12) In the best companies, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.(18:33) I have come to the conclusion that the top man has one principal responsibility: to provide an atmosphere in which creative mavericks can do useful work.(19:38) I admire people who work hard, who bite the bullet.(19:58) I admire people with first class brains.(20:23) I admire people who work with gusto. If you don't enjoy what you are doing, I beg you to find another job. Remember the Scottish proverb, "Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."(20:50) I admire self-confident professionals, the craftsmen  who do their jobs with superlative excellence.(21:40) The best way to keep the peace is to be candid.(23:18) That's been the most important lesson I've learned in business: that the dynamic range of people dramatically exceeds things you encounter in the rest of our normal lives—and to try to find those really great people who really love what they do.  —  Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words. (Founders #299)(24:39) The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank and Arthur W. Schultz. (Founders #206)(25:09) Claude Hopkins episodes:My Life in Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #170)Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins. (Founders #207)(25:47) Talent is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.(26:49) The majority of business men are incapable of original thinking because they are unable to escape from the tyranny of reason. Their imaginations are blocked.(28:21) This podcast studies formidable individuals.(31:40) Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus. (Founders #116)(37:47) I doubt whether there is a single agency (or company) of any consequence which is not the lengthened shadow of one man.(39:51) Don't bunt. Aim out of the park. Aim for the company of immortals.(40:13) Most big corporations behave as if profit were not a function of time.When Jerry Lambert scored his first breakthrough with Listerine, he speeded up the whole process of marketing by dividing time into months. Instead of locking himself into annual plans, Lambert reviewed his advertising and his profits every month.The result was that he made $25,000,000 in eight years, where it takes most people twelve times as long. In Jerry Lambert's day, the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company lived by the month, instead of by the year.(41:30) The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words edited by J. Christopher Herold. (Founders #302)(41:36) I am an inveterate brain picker, and the most rewarding brains I have picked are the brains of my predecessors and my competitors.(43:27) We make advertisements that people want to read. You can't save souls in an empty church.(44:05) You aren't advertising to a standing army; you are advertising to a moving parade.(45:13) The headline is the most important element in advertisements.(47:47) Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley(48:15) Set yourself to becoming the best-informed man in the agency on the account to which you are assigned.If, for example, it is a gasoline account, read text books on the chemistry, geology and distribution of petroleum products. Read all the trade journals in the field. Read all the research reports and marketing plans that your agency has ever written on the product. Spend Saturday mornings in service stations, pumping gasoline and talking to motorists. Visit your client's refineries and research  laboratories. Study the advertising of his competitors. At the end of your second year, you will know more about gasoline than your boss.Most of the young men in agencies are too lazy to do this kind of homework. They remain permanently superficial.----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can ask me questions directly and listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes.----Join my free email newsletter to get my top 10 highlights from every book----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast 

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom.” He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing.  He has a portfolio valued at $675 million and is on pace to hit $1 billion this year. In our conversation with Kenny, we talked about building traction, mitigating growth, the current real estate landscape, and his path to hit one billion this year after starting as a passive investor.  Announcement: Click here to join me and other top real estate investors for the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit! - Use Promo Code: PODCAST   Traction & Growth 00:00 A diversified portfolio 03:35 How to build traction; 11:05 Building a team ~ mitigating growth; 13:40 The current real estate landscape; 15:54 Focus & Deal flow; 20:12 Multifamily & Triplenet & Development   Round of Insights: Apparent Failure: Buying a tanning salon Digital Resource: Traction Most Recommended Book: Your Quest to Financial Freedom Daily Habit: Working out. #1 Insight for Real Estate Investing: You want to fish where people are going to want to fish later.     Announcement: Download Our Sample Deal and Join Our Mailing List    Contact Kenny: To learn more go to wolfe-investments.com   Thank you for joining us for another great episode! If you're enjoying the show, please LEAVE A RATING OR REVIEW,  and be sure to hit that subscribe button so you do not miss an episode.  

On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, we chat with Kenny Wolfe. Kenny is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments. Kenny is also the author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life - giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company.  Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. Kenny has been involved in over $675 million worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,032 units (7,088 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos. Welcome, Kenny!Key Points From The Episode: Kenny's background & success in real estate. Why Diversification of assets is very important.The type of deals Kenny's company invests in and how they work.Crafting real estate investments for every type of individual looking to invest. Kenny's analysis of the current real estate market.Turning office spaces into multifamily.How the shortage of living spaces is creating opportunities for real estate investors.What are office conversions and how Kenny plans on using them to grow his AUM to $1 Billion. Books Mentioned: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert KiyosakiInvesting in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial FreedomYour Quest to Financial Freedom: The Journey From Zero to Lifeling Wealth

Inside this episode I give you a peek inside a coaching session with a 3 part exercise that will reduce anxiety, stress, and the pressure that happens when you try to control things that you can't control. Stay to the end for a bonus exercise on priorities. Want to get Ditching the Dream book and journal? Click below>Ditching the Dream: How to Live Life on Your Terms https://a.co/d/iYvCV9J --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bethanyclem/message

In this episode of The Craft, Carter and Colby theorize the distinction between a craft and art. They discuss how we use these terms in conversation, exploring how the connotations (and denotations) might demarcate similar and different activities. They arrive at a tentative definition of the craft: the pursuit of artfulness in work; or, an artistic approach to work. These initial definitions continue to develop, leading to a characterization of craft as a manner-of-doing or process. Thereby, art is the fulfillment of an act of craft. They also discuss the communal aspect of art, responding to a definition from Leo Tolstoy. The latter portion of the conversation shifts, using Bill Gurley's lecture (linked below) to explore the development of one's craft through the pursuit of knowledge. Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love - GurleyPoetry, Language, Thought – Heidegger Historical Literacy Rates Send feedback or topic ideas to heycraftpodcast@gmail.com.··Cover art was designed by Elizabeth Newell. Learn more about her work at elizabethnewelldesign.com or on Instagram @elizabethisadesigner.

Listen to this episode of Unstoppable REI Wealth to learn how to make your real estate investing business thrive! Kenny Wolf, the Wolf of commercial real estate investing, shares his secrets to success, including the importance of underwriting, relationships, and networking. With over 9000 units under his belt and $650,000,000 under management, Kenny knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a successful real estate investor. Billy Alvaro, who started with no-How to get started in real estate investing-The importance of underwriting-The importance of relationships-The importance of networking-The importance of experience-The importance of returnsKenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life - giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company.Key PointsApproximately mentioned @ 00:00:01Kenny Wolfe, the Wolfe of commercial real estate investing, has done over 9000 units and has $650,000,000 under management.Approximately mentioned @ 00:00:51Kenny is syndicating a deal for a portfolio of 443 units in Texas. The portfolio is split between two properties in Houston and Sherman. The former owners have done unit interior upgrades for 50 units, and Kenny's team plans to do an additional 100 unit upgrades. The expected total return for investors is 114% over five years, with an IRR of 18%. Cash on cash should be 10% and return of capital by year two on a refi should be 30-40%.Approximately mentioned @ 00:07:43Looking at a deal to see if it is worth taking through due diligence can be a lengthy process. However, by having a quick process to review the deal, it can help to save time.Approximately mentioned @ 00:19:59Kenny Rushing of Wolfe Investments LLC shares his experience and expertise in real estate investing, specifically in multifamily and commercial properties.Approximately mentioned @ 00:19:59Referral investors are key to a successful investment business. Thanking investors for referrals and providing a way for them to easily refer new investors are important methods for growing a successful investment business. Connect with Kenny https://wolfe-investments.com/And after that head on over to...https://easysell411.comhttps://billyalvaro.comhttps://billyssecrets.comWho knows maybe you will be our next partner?To get some neat (and FREE) Tools | Tips | Tricks to help you in REI!

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has grown Wolfe Investments to over $570 million AUM worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 6,500 units (8,500 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos.   In this episode, Kenny shares his experience in the multi-family real estate market, offering advice to passive investors and business owners. He explains why having the right mindset is essential for success, as well as how daily habits such as gratitude and CrossFit can help you reach your goals. He provides insight into the current market, discussing rent growth, rate caps, adjustable-rate loans, and inflation. To learn more about Kenny, listeners can visit his website at Wolfe Investments!   [00:01 - 02:05] Opening Segment Kenny discusses the importance of mindset when it comes to investing His daily habit of focusing on three things he's thankful for   [02:06 - 06:58] Remaining Clam And Knowing Your End Goal In Passive Investing He shares his mindset advice for passive investors: Remain calm Look at the full picture Know your end goal Rent growth has been massive enough to outstrip any damage from interest rates There is double-digit rent growth due to high demand and supply   [06:59 - 08:53] Closing Segment Kenny shares his insight into the current market, discussing rent growth, rate caps, adjustable-rate loans, and inflation      Kenny shares where you can get in contact with him (links below) Quote/s: “Remaining calm, stepping back, look at the full picture is a big deal on your current assets. And then really focusing on where your end goal is.” – Kenny Wolfe You can connect with Kenny through his:  Website: Wolfe Investments Facebook: Wolfe Investments YouTube: Wolfe Investments Instagram: Wolfe Investments LinkedIn: Wolfe Investments WANT TO LEARN MORE?   Connect with me through LinkedIn   Or send me an email at sujata@luxe-cap.com   Visit my website www.luxe-cap.com or my YouTube channel   Thanks for tuning in!   If you liked my show, LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has grown Wolfe Investments to over $570 million AUM worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 6,500 units (8,500 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos.   In this episode, Kenny shares his journey from doing a few deals to now having 17 people in his asset management company. He explains the difficulties involved in such projects and how he makes them work financially, taking into account the cost of HVAC systems and other amenities that may already be present in the building. He discusses different types of real estate investments and their pros and cons. To learn more about Kenny, listeners can visit his website at Wolfe Investments!   [00:01 - 01:29] Opening Segment Kenny is introduced to the show! He is the founder of Wolfe Investments       [01:30 - 17:39] Unlocking The Benefits Of Triple Net And Double Net Leases The biggest hurdle in these conversions is plumbing and making the most of the floorplate When buying properties, the discount depends on the asset Triple net leases require talent to take care of 100% of operational expenses and property upkeep Multi-family investments offer a balance of cash flow and appreciation Development deals aim to double investment in two to three years Tax ramifications should be taken into account when investing He discusses the four main risks to development deals: Materials Labor Interest rate risk Lease up   [17:40 - 22:20] Closing Segment Kenny advises listeners on how to mitigate risks by locking in a guaranteed max price contract with the general contractor   Kenny shares where you can get in contact with him (links below) Quote/s: “If you need the growth, then you need to pick something different than someone who just needs cash flow.” – Kenny Wolfe You can connect with Kenny through his:  Website: Wolfe Investments Facebook: Wolfe Investments YouTube: Wolfe Investments Instagram: Wolfe Investments LinkedIn: Wolfe Investments WANT TO LEARN MORE?   Connect with me through LinkedIn   Or send me an email at sujata@luxe-cap.com   Visit my website www.luxe-cap.com or my YouTube channel   Thanks for tuning in!   If you liked my show, LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!

In this week's episode, host Josh Ferrari sits down with Kenny Wolfe. They talk about what it was like to grow up in Egypt, doing deals in opportunity zones, how someone raises $180 million. Kenny also shares some advice on hiring employees for multifamily business.   Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has been involved in over $450 million worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,032 units (7,088 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos.   How to connect with Kenny: https://wolfe-investments.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuq5-HAQIZjTTAcIgrvmdMQ/featured     How to connect with Josh: Ferrari Capital - https://ferraricapital.com/ https://www.facebook.com/joshua.ferrari.16/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-ferrari-6b9107160/     Creative Capital is made possible in part by our sponsors. Relay is a no-fee, online banking and money management platform. Spend, save and plan more efficiently with unparalleled clarity into operating expenses, cash flow and accounts payable. Visit https://relayfi.com/creativecapital to get started.

What's a dream on your heart that you've shoved down because it goes against everything you've been taught? Or, maybe you've never really allowed yourself to dream outside of what's prescribed to you from society? What would it take for you to create a life that's authentic to you, your desires, and what your own definition of success is? My guest today is going to be super expansive for you!Bethany Clemenson is a dual certified Leadership Coach, International Speaker, Author, and Registered Nurse who exchanged her stress-filled life for one created on her terms. Today she helps others do the same!What you'll learn from this episode:Bethany's religious conditioning and how she couldn't measure up.The catalyst that freed her from the abusive relationship she was in.How she met the love of her life and how she knew he was the "the one."What brought them to the brink of divorce and how they repaired their marriage.The dreams they co-created with their children and what it took to bring them to reality.Bethany's advice if you're struggling in your marriage.What it took for her to make the leap to freedom and living on her own terms.Bethany's childhood and what her parents believed would make them happy and fulfilled.The key difference Bethany has found in her work for people who live an authentic life.The vibrant woman she met in her senior living community who changed her view of dying with regrets.One of the first things she learned when she moved her family into an RV to travel across the country.Her word for the year that guides her life. Connect with Bethany:Grab the first chapter of her book for free or buy her book Ditching the Dream: How to Live Life on Your TermsTake part in her I Am Worthy - 5-Day ChallengeListen to her podcast Dialed IN!Hang out with her on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTubeCheck out her website to learn more about her and how to work with herHave a question?Drop me a note on IG (@Ashley.Mondor) or send me an email at Hello@ashleymondor.com. I can't wait to hear from you!Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Please consult with your doctor, therapist, or financial advisor for medical, mental health, or financial advice.

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life - giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company.Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has been involved in over $567-million worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,575 units (7,397 units all-time).Connect with Kenny Wolfe: https://wolfe-investments.com/LIKE • SHARE • JOIN • REVIEWWebsiteJoin the REI Mastermind Network on Locals!Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsYouTubeSpotifyStitcherDeezerFacebookTwitterInstagramSUPPORT THE SHOW!Self Managing Your Rental Properties? Get 6 months of RentRedi for $1! Click this link!Get Exclusive Content on Patreon! • https://www.patreon.com/reimastermindGet $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumoGet $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729"You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - Jack

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life - giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has been involved in over $567-million worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 5,575 units (7,397 units all-time). Connect with Kenny Wolfe: https://wolfe-investments.com/ (https://wolfe-investments.com/) LIKE • SHARE • JOIN • REVIEW http://reimastermind.net/ (Website) https://reimastermindnetwork.locals.com/ (Join the REI Mastermind Network on Locals!) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rei-mastermind-network-real-estate-investing-strategies/id1227366661 (Apple Podcasts) https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3JlaXJvb2tpZXMubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M (Google Podcasts) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6OpKSfSGvgGDG1qtBQw9Q (YouTube) https://open.spotify.com/show/4P66jm0Q4PMl7OoZzHMUUZ (Spotify) https://www.stitcher.com/show/rei-rookies (Stitcher) https://www.deezer.com/us/show/2148782 (Deezer) https://www.facebook.com/REIMastermindNet (Facebook) https://twitter.com/rei_mastermind (Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/reimastermindnet/ (Instagram) SUPPORT THE SHOW! Self Managing Your Rental Properties? https://app.rentredi.com/signUp/JCH191 (Get 6 months of RentRedi for $1! Click this link!) https://www.patreon.com/reimastermind (Get Exclusive Content on Patreon! • https://www.patreon.com/reimastermind) https://bit.ly/reiappsumo (Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo) https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729 (Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729) "You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - Jack

Today on the pod, Andrea and Rachel talk to Kenny Wolfe of Wolfe Investments. Kenny is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has grown Wolfe Investments to $557MM AUM in commercial real estate assets nationwide and is a principal in 5,300 units (8,088 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos. Tune in today to find out how this renaissance man skipped single family altogether to scale BIG in commercial real estate! Connect with Kenny at www.wolfe-investments.com Attend his next Multifamily Investor Network conference: https://www.mfinvestornetwork.com/ Buy his book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Investing-Dream-Acquire-Multi-Family-Financial/dp/1980699283 Join our meetup group! https://www.meetup.com/the-passive-investors-network-with-goodgood-investing/ Download our Passive Investor guides at: www.goodgoodinvesting.com –– **Under no circumstances should any material at this site be used or considered as an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy an interest in any investment. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only by means of the Confidential Private Offering Memorandum relating to the particular investment. Access to information about the investments are limited to investors who either qualify as accredited investors within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or those investors who generally are sophisticated in financial matters, such that they are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of prospective investments. You should always consult certified professionals before making decisions regarding your individual financial situation. Rachel Grunn and Andrea Cwik are not financial professionals, and GoodGood Investing is not a brokerage, dealer, or SEC-registered investment advisory firm**

Welcome back to the Soulful Social Podcast! Today I'm talking with Bethany Clemenson who is a speaker, leadership coach, registered nurse and author of the book Ditching the Dream: How to Live Life on Your Terms. Together, we discuss how to know when you're listening to your intuition, living life on your own terms, as well as other insightful topics found in her book.    Inside the episode we'll talk about:  What led her to coaching and helping others take control of their lives. Where listening to the “shoulds” and “shouldn'ts” got her. Stories she's believed about herself throughout life. Tackling limiting beliefs. The writing process and important takeaways from her book.   If you got some amazing takeaways from this episode, share it with me in a review for the show, pop that on Instagram and tag me in it!   SIGN UP for MILLION DOLLAR MULTI-PASSIONATE MASTERMIND below: https://www.madisontinderllc.com/milliondollarmultipassionate APPLY for THE BUSINESS BRAND EXPANSION MINI MIND below: https://www.madisontinderllc.com/business-brand-expansion  Connect with Bethany: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethanyclemenson/  Website: https://www.bethanyclem.com/  Buy Bethany's Book: Ditching the Dream: How to Live Life on Your Terms Connect & Work with Madison: Ways to work with me: https://www.madisontinderllc.com/workwithme   On Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/madisontinder   Shop Soulful Scrunchies and use the code JUMBO for 10% off your order: https://www.shopsoulfulscrunchies.com/ Shop contract templates from my lawyer and use code SOULFUL10 for 10% off your order: https://www.coachesandcompany.com/ref/madisontinder

To be epic means something different for everyone, but what happens more often than not is when we don't even take the first step.  Today's guest is Zander Sprague, in-demand public speaker and author of Epic Begins with 1 Step Forward: How to Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy the Journey. He joins the Winning Teams Podcast today to discuss what it means to have an epic idea and more importantly how you go about achieving what epic means to you. There is a difference between an intention, a goal, and a dream and knowing how to trust your process could get you exactly where you dream to be. What We Talked About in This Episode: Zander's Corporate and Mental Health Background The Epic Dreams Everyone Has Zander's Definition of Epic The Difference Between an Intention, a Goal, and a Dream How to Take the Step Towards Achieving the Dream Trust and Stick with the Process Creating Structure The 97/3 Rule How to Shift Focus to the 97% Making a Team Epic Zander's Book Recommendation and Daily Rituals About Our Guest: Zander Sprague is an award-winning public speaker, best-selling author, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). His mission is to help millions of people make the EPIC choices that create an EPIC life. Drawing on his decades of work experience with companies of all sizes, his education, and events in his own life, Zander guides people to achieve EPIC. With his talks, books, and courses, he helps fulfill their potential and achieve their dreams. Zander has a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Psychology from Pitzer College. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, American Counseling Association, and California Association for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors. Connect with Zander Sprague:  Zander Sprague's Website Epic_Begins on Instagram Zander Sprague on LinkedIn Epic Begins with 1 Step Forward on YouTube Links and Resources: Epic Begins with 1 Step Forward: How to Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy the Journey by Zander Sprague Connect with John Murphy: LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. Thanks for tuning in!

What I learned from reading Edison: A Biography by Matthew Josephson.--Support Founders' sponsors: Tegus is a search engine for business knowledge that's used by founders, investors, and executives. It's incredible what they're building. Try it for free by visiting Tegus.and Sam Hinkie's unique venture capital firm 87 Capital. If i was raising money and looking for a long term partner Sam is the first person I would call. If you are the kind of founder that we study on this podcast and you are looking for a long term partner go to 87capital.comand Get 60 days free of Readwise. It is the best app I pay for. I couldn't make Founders without it.—[8:00] Podcast starts [8:26] He had known how to gather interest, faith, and hope in the success of his projects.[9:31] I think of this episode as part 5 in a 5 part series that started on episode 263:#263 Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It by Peter C. Wensberg.#264 Instant: The Story of Polaroid by Christopher Bonanos. #265 Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli#266 My Life and Work by Henry Ford.[11:20] Follow your natural drift. —Charlie Munger[11:54] Warren Buffett: “Bill Gates Sr. posed the question to the table: What factor did people feel was the most important in getting to where they'd gotten in life? And I said, ‘Focus.' And Bill said the same thing.” —Focus and Finding Your Favorite Problems by Frederik Gieschen[12:46] Focus! A simple thing to say and a nearly impossible thing to do over the long term.[15:51] We have a picture of the boy receiving blow after blow and learning that there was inexplicable cruelty and pain in this world.[19:49] He is working from the time the sun rises till 10 or 11 at night. He is 11 years old.[19:58] He reads the entire library. Every book. All of them.[21:52] At this point in history the telegraph is the leading edge of communication technology in the world.[23:01] My refuge was a Detroit public library. I started with the first book on the bottom shelf and went through the lot one by one. I did not read a few books. I read the library.[23:21] Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill GurleyBlake Robbins Notes on Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You LoveGreatness isn't random. It is earned. If you're going to research something, this is your lucky day. Information is freely available on the internet — that's the good news. The bad news is that you now have zero excuse for not being the most knowledgeable in any subject you want because it's right there at your fingertips.[29:00] Why his work on the telegraph was so important to everything that happened later in his life: The germs of many ideas and stratagems perfected by him in later years were implanted in his mind when he worked at the telegraph. He described this phase of his life afterward, his mind was in a tumult, besieged by all sorts of ideas and schemes. All the future potentialities of electricity obsessed him night and day. It was then that he dared to hope that he would become an inventor.[31:29] Edison's insane schedule: Though he had worked up to an early hour of the morning at the telegraph office, Edison began reading the Experimental Researches In Electricity (Faraday's book) when he returned to his room at 4 A.M. and continued throughout the day that followed, so that he went back to his telegraph without having slept. He was filled with determination to learn all he could.[32:38] All the Thomas Edison episodes:The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented The Modern World by Randall Stross (Founders #3)Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. (Founders #83)The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Tripby Jeff Guinn. (Founders #190)[32:57] Having one's own shop, working on projects of one's own choosing, making enough money today so one could do the same tomorrow: These were the modest goals of Thomas Edison when he struck out on his own as full-time inventor and manufacturer. The grand goal was nothing other than enjoying the autonomy of entrepreneur and forestalling a return to the servitude of employee. —The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented The Modern World by Randall Stross[40:54] Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons by Edward J. Renehan Jr. (Founders #258)[48:00] It's this idea where you can identify an opportunity because you have deep knowledge about one industry and you see that there is an industry developing  parallel to the industry that you know about. Jay Gould saw the importance of the telegraph industry in part because telegraph lines were laid next to railraod tracks.[49:17] Edison describes the fights between the robber barons as strange financial warfare.[54:35] You should build a company that you actually enjoy working in.[55:47] Don't make this mistake:John Ott who served under Edison for half a century, at the end of his life described the "sacrifices" some of Edison's old co-workers had made, and he commented on their reasons for so doing."My children grew up without knowing their father," he said. "When I did get home at night, which was seldom, they were in bed.""Why did you do it?" he was asked."Because Edison made your work interesting. He made me feel that I was making something with him. I wasn't just a workman. And then in those days, we all hoped to get rich with him.”[57:26] Don't try to sell a new technology to an exisiting monopoly. Western Union was a telegraphy monopoly: He approached Western union people with the idea of reproducing and recording the human voice, but they saw no conceivable use for it![58:07] Against The Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson (Founders #200)[59:42] Passion is infectious. No Better Time: The Brief, Remarkable Life of Danny Lewin, the Genius Who Transformed the Internet by Molly Knight Raskin. (Founders #24)[1:01:23] For more detail on the War of the Currents listen to episode 83 Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes.[1:03:05] From the book Empire of Light: And so it was that J. Pierpont, Morgan, whose house had been the first in New York to be wired for electricity by Edison but a decade earlier, now erased Edison's name out of corporate existence without even the courtesy of a telegram or a phone call to the great inventor.Edison biographer Matthew Josephson wrote, "To Morgan it made little difference so long as it all resulted in a big trustification for which he would be the banker."Edison had been, in the vocabulary of the times, Morganized.[1:06:03] One of Thomas Edison's favorite books: Toilers of The Sea by Victor Hugo[1:08:26] “The trouble with other inventors is that they try a few things and quit. I never quit until I get what I want.” —Thomas Edison[1:08:35] “Remember, nothing that's good works by itself. You've gotta make the damn thing work.” —Thomas Edison[1:12:04] The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana Kingby Rich Cohen. (Founders #255)[1:12:58] He (Steve Jobs) was always easy to understand.He would either approve a demo, or he would request to see something different next time.Whenever Steve reviewed a demo, he would say, often with highly detailed specificity, what he wanted to happen next.He was always trying to ensure the products were as intuitive and straightforward as possible, and he was willing to invest his own time, effort, and influence to see that they were.Through looking at demos, asking for specific changes, then reviewing the changed work again later on and giving a final approval before we could ship, Steve could make a product turn out like he wanted.— Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda (Bonus episode between Founders #110 and #111)[1:15:48] Charles Kettering is the 20th Century's Ben Franklin. — Professional Amateur: The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering by Thomas Boyd (Founders #125)—Get 60 days free of Readwise. 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What I learned from reading Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan.Listen to every full episode for $10 a month or $99 a year. The key ideas you'll learn pays for the subscription cost thousands of times over.[0:51] No one could block his way and he didn't have any time to waste.[2:38] Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. —Bob Dylan[3:01] The best talk on YouTube for entrepreneurs: Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley[3:21] Estée: A Success Story by Estée Lauder (Founders #217)[7:52] Billy asked me who I saw myself like in today's music scene. I told him, nobody. I really didn't see myself like anybody.[8:12] We may be in the same genre but we don't put out the same product.[16:34] What really set me apart in these days was my repertoire. It was more formidable than the rest of the players. There were a lot of better musicians around but there wasn't anybody close in nature to what I was doing.[18:00] Bob spends a lot of time thinking about and studying history.[20:34] I'd come from a long ways off and had started from a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.[21:27] I walked over to the window and looked outside. The air was bitter cold but the fire in my mind was never out. It was like a wind vane that was constantly spinning.[21:45] It is incredible how much reading this guy is going to do. He takes ideas from everything that he reads and applies it to his work.[22:30] Towering figures that the world would never see the likes of again, men who relied on their own resolve, for better or worse, every one of them prepared to act alone, indifferent to approval—indifferent to wealth or love, all presiding over the destiny of mankind and reducing the world to rubble. Coming from a long line of Alexanders and Julius Caesars, Genghis Khans, Charlemagnes and Napoleons, they carved up the world. They would not be denied and were impossible to reckon with—rude barbarians stampeding across the earth and hammering out their own ideas of geography.[26:29] Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror--As Told By His Original Biographers by Arrian, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus. (Founders #232)[29:37] I don't think there's been another human invention that can evoke deeper emotions than a great book —than great writing.[31:17] “What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." —Carl Sagan[32:35] On War by Carl von Clausewitz[37:55] I knew what I was doing and wasn't going to take a step back or retreat for anybody.[46:40] This idea of being completely separate from the outside world is a main theme in the book.[48:00] Being true to yourself. That was the thing.[51:11] After a while you learn that privacy is something you can sell but you can't buy it back.[57:44] Too many distractions had turned my musical path into a jungle of vines.[58:29] There was a missing person inside of myself and I needed to find him.[59:53] You have to find ways to get out of your own head.[1:01:47] At first it was hard going like drilling through a brick wall. All I did was taste the dust.[1:05:14] Sometimes you could be looking for heaven in the wrong places. Sometimes it could be under your feet or in your bed.[1:07:25] Decoded by Jay Z. (Founders #238)[1:07:42] Somebody different was bound to come along sooner or later who would know that world, been born and raised with it. . . be all of it and more. He'd be able to balance himself on one leg on a tightrope that stretched across the universe and you'd know him when he came-there'd be only one like him.[1:08:23] A new performer was bound to appear. He'd be doing it with hard words and he'd be working 18 hours a day.[1:09:15] Advice from his Dad:“Remember, Robert, in life anything can happen. Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want."[1:11:54] I was beginning to feel like a character from within these songs, even beginning to think like one.[1:12:28] Y'all can't match my hustleYou can't catch my hustleYou can't fathom my love dudeLock yourself in a room doin' five beats a day for three summersI deserve to do these numbers[1:12:51] I played morning, noon and night. That's all I did, usually fell asleep with the guitar in my hands. I went through the entire summer this way.[1:13:31] The place I was living was no more than an empty storage room with a sink and a window looking into an alley, no closet, a toilet down the hall. I put a mattress on the floor.[1:15:22] Bound for Glory: The Hard-Driving, Truth-Telling, Autobiography of America's Great Poet-Folk Singer by Woody Guthrie—“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ”— GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast—Listen to the entire back catalogue (267 episodes) Listen to every full episode for $10 a month or $99 a year. The key ideas you'll learn pays for the subscription cost thousands of times over. 

A multifamily syndication expert Kenny Wolfe joins us today, educating us on the advantages of investing in sizeable multidoor properties. He also talks about developing and investing in properties that have both commercial and residential spaces. You'll learn about all these exciting opportunities in putting your money into historical buildings, so make sure to tune in! Key Takeaways To Listen ForAdvantages of syndicating larger deals and multifamily propertiesAdvice on finding and educating investors for multifamily deals/projectsTypes of investment returns you'll get from different asset typesHow to evaluate and value mixed-used and historical propertiesDue diligence needed for historical and office space assetsPeople who can take advantage of historical tax creditsResources Mentioned In This EpisodeInvesting in the Dream by Kenneth Wolfe | PaperbackFree Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor About Kenny WolfeKenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”. He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He believes in the power of passive income (making money while you sleep) and encourages others to think beyond traditional investments to grow their wealth. Kenny has been involved in over $507 million worth of commercial real estate acquisitions nationwide and is a principal in 5,5517 units (7,339 units all-time). He holds a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. Kenny currently resides in Plano, Texas with his wife, daughter, and son. When he's not scouring the market for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants and rooting for the Broncos.Connect with KennyWebsite: Wolfe InvestmentsYouTube: Kenny WolfeFacebook: Kenny WolfeLinkedin: Wolfe InvestmentsTo Connect With UsPlease visit our website: www.bonavestcapital.com and please click here, to leave a rating and review!SponsorsGrow Your Show, LLCThinking About Creating and Growing Your Own Podcast But Not Sure Where To Start?Visit GrowYourShow.com and Schedule a call with Adam A. Adams.

Learn how to diversify your investments with seasoned investor, Kenny Wolfe. We learned a lot from this podcast - everything from investment strategy to triple net leases. Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom”.  ►Book | https://www.amazon.com/Investing-Drea...   ►Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuq5... ►Website | https://wolfe-investments.com/  | Listen to The Real MF Guys Show |  ►Spotify | https://bit.ly/realmfguyshow ►Stitcher | https://bit.ly/RMFGsticher  | Connect with The Atlas MF Guys |  ►Website | https://www.investwithamg.com ►Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/atlasmfguys ►Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/atlasmfguys

What I learned from rereading Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. Watch Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley.Subscribe to listen to the rest of this episode and gain access to all full length episodes.If you choose the annual subscription option I will upgrade your subscription so you have lifetime access. (You invest once and listen to every future episode for free.) You can also subscribe monthly if you prefer.WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING:“Without a doubt, the highest value-to-cost ratio I've taken advantage of in the last year is the Founders podcast premium feed. Tap into eons of knowledge and experiences, condensed into digestible portions. Highly, highly recommend. “Uniquely outstanding. No fluff and all substance. David does an outstanding job summarizing these biographies and hones in on the elements that make his subjects so unique among entrepreneurs. I particularly enjoy that he focuses on both the founder's positive and negative characteristics as a way of highlighting things to mimic and avoid.”“I just paid for my first premium podcast subscription for Founders podcast. Learning from those who came before us is one of the highest value ways to invest time. David does his homework and exponentially improves my efficiency by focusing on the most valuable lessons.”“I haven't found a better return on my time and money than your podcast for inspiration and time-tested wisdom to help me on my journey.“I've now listened to every episode. From this knowledge I've doubled my business to $500k a year. Love your passion and recommend your podcast to everyone.”“Founders is the only podcast I pay for and it's worth 100x the cost.”“I have listened to many podcasts on entrepreneurship (HIBT, Masters of Scale, etc.) and find Founders to be consistently more helpful than any other entrepreneurship podcast. David is a craftsperson, he carefully reads biographies of founders, distills the most important anecdotes and themes from their life, and draws commonalities across lives. David's focus is rightfully not on teaching you a formula to succeed but on constantly pushing you to think different.”“I highly highly recommend this podcast. Holy cow. I've been binge listening to these and you start to see patterns across all these incredible humans.”Listening to your podcast has changed my life and that is not a statement I make often.“After one episode I quickly joined the Misfit feed. Love the insight and thoughts shared along the way. David loves what he does and it shines through on the podcast. Definitely my go-to podcast now.”“It is worth every penny. I cannot put into words how fantastic this podcast is. Just stop reading this and get the full access.”“Personally it's one of my top 3 favorite podcasts. If you're into business and startups and technology, this is for you. David covers good books and I've come to really appreciate his perspective. Can't say enough good things.”“I quickly subscribed and it's honestly been the best money I've spent all year. It has inspired me to read biographies. Highly recommend.”“This is the most inspirational and best business podcast out there. David has inspired me to focus on biographies rather than general business books. I'm addicted.”“Anyone interested in business must find the time to listen to each any every Founders podcast. A high return on investment will be a virtual certainty. Subscribe and start listening as soon as possible.”“David saves you hundreds of hours by summarizing bios of legendary business founders and providing valuable insight on what makes an individual successful. He has introduced me to many founders I would have never known existed.”“The podcasts offer spectacular lessons on life, human nature and business achievement. David's enthusiasm and personal thoughts bring me joy. My journey has been enhanced by his efforts.”"Founders is the best self investment that I've made in years."Sign up to listen to the rest of this episode and get access to every full episode.   

Do you have a dream? What things excite you in your life and business? In this week's episode, we are talking all about your ‘WHY' and how that is intricately tied to your dreams and vision for your business and your future. If you want to grow as a person as well as in your business, this is the episode for you!  In this episode we talk about: What is your vision, what is your dream? And if you feel like you don't have one, you don't have direction. Start creating your vision today! What is your ‘why'? I find that we forget about our ‘‘why' and we forget about the importance of it.  Why are you doing this business? We all have highs and lows in business. What will separate you from other direct sellers will be what you do during those low-lows. Do you keep going or do you give up? There are two ways to earn money in Direct Selling: Selling your product and growing your team. The most sustainable way is having both. Take a moment to DREAM! What would your life look like?  In your DREAM ---How do you want to serve others? How do you want to impact others? When you lead with serving--- that is where the magic happens! When you do this exercise, BEWARE of the inner mean girl!!  Don't fall prey to the fear of dreaming. Shut down those negative thoughts and get going! It's so important for you to have this dream/vision because this is what causes you to put one foot in front of the other! Ask yourself - what is your dream?  And create a vision from that TODAY! DM Rachel your dreams and vision!   Links: Rachel's Instagram Rachel's Website

Today we have Demarcus Wade on the podcast. He's got a company called Exclusive and Elusive Commercial Cleaning. He just opened about a year ago, in August 2020. He has three sons who were helping with his cleaning business. Entrepreneurship is so important for this generation, and certainly for the next generation. Demarcus's Team and Dream How does Demarcus handle the different attitudes of his sons towards work? Mike's Tips for Demarcus If you loved this podcast and want more FREE information on how to run your cleaning business, head to www.growmycleaningcompany.com for the FREE webinar or www.growmycleaningcompany.com/talk to speak with one of our coaches.  Don't forget to rate and subscribe to get notifications for our upcoming podcasts!

Measuring Up: Today’s topic is all about the pressures of measuring up as women – as a wife, as a mom, in our careers, our physical appearance…you name it the list goes on. The pressures of feeling enough largely affects women vs. men.  While men may experience these feelings from time to time we as women tend to process the pressures of measuring up .  It’s proven that while men may experience these feelings from time to time, women       Practice Gratitude – recognize the beauty in the little things Take Inventory – of where you place your energy, of those around you, what’s influencing your thought patterns (societal pressures) Show yourself Grace – just because you haven’t reached a life goal doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you have work to do.  Allow yourself to Dream – How many times do we stifle our own dreams because we feel like we don’t measure up in some area so we couldn’t possibly even attempt said dream? It’s not your husband’s responsibility to dream for you. You are allowed to have dreams of your own, dreams for your marriage, your home. Break up with those negative thoughts…that’s right. It’s time to tell the negative thoughts we allow ourselves to play in our heads that the relationship just isn’t working. 

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder, and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and published author of “Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom.” He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life-giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a company. Kenny is passionate about helping others attain financial freedom through real estate investing. He has been involved in over $250 Million worth of commercial real estate transactions nationwide and is a principal in 2,799 units.Let’s jump into Kenny’s story and learn more about his approach to Multifamily Syndication[00:01 - 07:42] Opening SegmentLet’s get to know Kenny WolfeHis background in Multifamily syndicated investmentsKenny talks about how he got into the world of Real EstateHe immediately jumped into MultifamilyThe role of networking in Real Estate[09:18 - 17:43] Handling Investments and DealsKenny talks about their latest deals and acquisitionsThe recently acquired a Rockefeller building in ClevelandThe difference between a class B and C propertyKenny talks about how they grow the value of a propertyTheir current Multifamily assets and investments[17:44 - 31:09] Wolf Investments Business ModelGetting into his first passive investment deal worth $100kThe constant risk, sacrifice, and compromise in every dealKenny talks about the transactions and deals they’ve done for the past 10 yearsA total of 35 Multifamily dealsBank, Bridge, and AgencyTheir Triple net leaseMeant for people with steady stable cash flowsThe difference between Double net and Triple net[31:10 - 37:53] Closing SegmentSay hello to Kenny - links below Words of wisdom from KennyFinal words from Kenny and MeTweetable Quotes:“There’s no smooth deal. There’s always curved balls thrown at you.” - Kenny Wolfe“When investing for your retirement, you’ve got to make sure and sit down and know what you want out of your retirement and when you’re retiring.” - Kenny WolfeResources Mentioned:Wolfe Investments------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Kenny by visiting their website http://wolfe-investments.com/ . Be sure to check out Kenny’s Youtube channel here.Guest Email: elisa.maravilla@5tcre.com (Assistant: Elisa Maravilla)Phone: (210) 667-2030Connect with me:https://www.5tcre.com/FacebookLinkedInInstagramWatch 5T CRE on YouTubeLeave us a review and receive your free ebookEmail us --> abel@5tcre.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/5Talents)

O-Live The life you Dream — How to become a master urban farmer Malcolm Gooding (The Voice | Gooding's Grove Olive Farm | Owner) Over the last decade or so, the demand from the public to know exactly where their food is coming from and how sustainable it is has had a fairly large impact many stores And what they stock. And the demand to grow our own edibles has grown too. Garden centres and growers have heeded the call and a wide range of fruits and veg are now to be found on the shop floor. Sometimes, however, there’s a desire to take it even further, to get away from the perceived rat-race and to become a ‘gentleman farmer’. Well known and often recognised for his inciting voice, now-ace olive farmer Malcolm Gooding gives us the do’s and dont’s when it comes to growing your own, while catching us up on what else he’s up to in his life. Connect with Malcolm on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-gooding-245a2659/ Get your own awesome olives from http://www.goodingsgroves.co.za/ Music : https://JohnBartmann.com Connect with Melanie on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/melstreasures.co.za/ When you're ready to #BeHeard, contact the podcast specialists at

What I learned from reading Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going! by Les Schwab. 16 ideas from the book: Intensity is the price of excellence —Warren BuffettI am 68 years old now. And I've run it in overdrive my whole life. I've always wanted to be the best tire dealer, not necessarily the largest tire dealer.The people serving your customers are the most important people in your company:We have had over the years some people in the office that sometimes think they are more important than the stores. The office serves only one purpose, and that is to serve the stores. Some of our office people sometimes wonder about this. But I've warned them, don't bitch to me because that is the way I want it. If you want to go out and start at the bottom changing tires and work into a manager job, then hop right to it. If it weren't for those men in the stores working their butts off in all kinds of weather, missing meals, God awful hours, etc. you wouldn't even have a job.If you're not serving the customer, or supporting the folks who do, we don't need you. —Sam Walton Let the people at the store level and your manager know you are behind them. They are the ones who make you successful, not the person in a nice office who has nothing to do today but to send out another damn directive. If it doesn't help the store, tear it up and tell the store to tell the office to go to hell.There are no shortcuts around quality, and quality starts with people. —Steve JobsPeople are the success of our company. Most anyone can sell tires. The only difference between a Les Schwab Tire Centre and most any tire dealership is the people working there.Sharing profits with your employees is a way to build people. Be unselfish for good reasons.We share 50% of our profits with all the employees in the store. My thinking has always been if I give away half the profits I still have half. If I share $10 million with people I still have $10 million left over. I don't understand why businessmen can't do this. It is being unselfish for good reasons. It helps a lot of people.Helping others succeed provides deep satisfaction:Success in life is being a good husband, a good father and you end up being a second father to hundreds of other men and women. Last night I attended a wedding of a young man from our office. This young man told me that two men had influenced his life, his father and me. That's worth more than money.Promote from within —There's no problem you can't solve if you know your business from A to ZIn our 34 years of business, we have never hired a manager from the outside, nor have we ever hired an assistant manager directly to that job. Every single one of our more than 250 managers and assistant managers started at the bottom changing tires. They have all earned their management jobs by working up.Most businesses are poorly run. If you are on the ball you can beat them.We are different from most American corporations, as we think the most important people in the company are the people on the firing line; the ones who sell, do the service work and take care of the customer. Most American corporations have the fat salaries for the top people and treat the people at the end of the line as peons. I guess that is why, if you are on the ball, you can beat them on any type of fair competitive basis.Decision making should always be made at the lowest possible level:A company starts, it grows, and as it grows, more and more of the decision making moves to the main office. And this is one hell of a big mistake. The decision making should always be made at the lowest possible level. Give your manager the authority to make his own daily decisions, under certain guidelines of course, but let him run his show.You can innovate by doing the exact opposite of your competitorsMost tire businesses had a small showroom and all the tires were hidden in the warehouse. My thinking was to reverse —to make the showroom the warehouse.“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.”—Charlie Munger One benefit of sharing profits with employees —less theft from within:Now that we share with all people, if any one employee sees another employee steal they are a weak kitten if they don't report it. Why? Because this man is stealing from them, from his children. If he won't fight for his children, he can't be very much. For a company as large as ours we have very little dishonesty.Pay the highest wages possibleThe company paid low wages and had a lower overhead. The flaw was they didn't get —with the low pay— near the quality of employees we had.Get out of your officeIf the store manager runs his store right, he doesn't have to spend hours and hours looking at the office reports; if he's doing okay the records will show it. In fact if he spends too much time in his office reading the mail, it is a sure thing his store will suffer. Sell tires, give service, keep expenses low, make sure everything is billed out, keep good communications with employees, be careful with credit, watch for leaks —do these things and you'll come out all right.Stay out of your officeStay out of a store for 30 days and you've forgotten 50 percent of what you know.Once you get on the ball, stay on the ball. OR as Sam Walton said when asked how he built Wal Mart. “We just got after it and *stayed* after it.”If we think there is a free lunch, if we rely on last year's results and ask for pay for non-productive items, then this company will turn the corner, too, and then we too will start down the hill. And once you start down, it is mighty hard to turn around. If we become complacent, brother it's all over with.There's a rule they don't teach you at Harvard Business School. It is: If anything is worth doing, it's worth doing to excess. —Edwin LandWhatever you do, you must do it with gusto, you must do it in volume. It is a case of repeat, repeat, repeat.Time Stamps: [0:01] I hope to pass on some of my theories of business. Should we fail to follow these policies, I would prefer that my name be taken off the business. [1:55] "If you want to read one book that will demonstrate really shrewd compensation systems in a whole chain of small businesses, read the autobiography of Les Schwab, who has a bunch of tire shops all over the Northwest. And he made a huge fortune in one of the world's really difficult businesses by having shrewd systems. And he can tell you a lot better than we can.” —Charlie Munger  [8:55] The meeting between James Sinegal (the founder of Costco) and Jeff Bezos in 2001 and how it changed Amazon. [13:23] Les Schwab's early life/ his father's alcoholism / on his own at 16 [18:10] How Les Schwab made more money in high school than his principal. During the Great Depression! [21:00] Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley [25:55] How Les Schwab starts his business at 33 years old [28:22] Les Schwab's unique ideas on profit sharing / being good at sales is like being a magician [34:45] I had made up my mind to do it differently [36:30] Determined to be independent / early days full of struggle / modest initial goals [39:09] Cap your downside and don't build a business on someone else's property [45:20] My thinking was to reverse it. / The idea of a tire showroom  [48:28] How to get the incentives right [57:03] Be kind. We are all temporary. The death of his son. [59:30] Falling out with his partners over money [1:02:44] Unselfish for good reasons [1:06:00] Life is hard for people who think they can take a shortcut [1:09:17] The company isn't for sale. The stock will remain in the family / What would I do with the money? [1:11:55] Success in life is being a good husband, a good father and you end up being a second father to hundreds of other men and women. Last night I attended a wedding of a young man from our office. This young man told me that two men had influenced his life, his father and me. That's worth more than money.[1:15:00] Most companies put the emphasis on the wrong part —“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

What I learned from reading Les Schwab Pride In Performance: Keep It Going! by Les Schwab.Become a Misfit today and immediately unlock 50+ episodes of Founders available nowhere else.I hope to pass on some of my theories of business. Should we fail to follow these policies, I would prefer that my name be taken off the business. [0:46]"If you want to read one book that will demonstrate really shrewd compensation systems in a whole chain of small businesses, read the autobiography of Les Schwab, who has a bunch of tire shops all over the Northwest. And he made a huge fortune in one of the world’s really difficult businesses by having shrewd systems. And he can tell you a lot better than we can.” —Charlie Munger [2:40]The meeting between James Sinegal (the founder of Costco) and Jeff Bezos in 2001 and how it changed Amazon. [9:40]Les Schwab’s early life/ his father’s alcoholism / on his own at 16 [14:08]How Les Schwab made more money in high school than his principal. During the Great Depression! [18:55]Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Succeed and Thrive in a Career You Love by Bill Gurley [21:45]How Les Schwab starts his business at 33 years old [26:40]Les Schwab’s unique ideas on profit sharing / being good at sales is like being a magician [29:07]I had made up my mind to do it differently [35:30]Determined to be independent / early days full of struggle / modest initial goals [37:15]Cap your downside and don’t build a business on someone else’s property [39:54]My thinking was to reverse it. / The idea of a tire showroom [46:05]How to get the incentives right [49:13]Be kind. We are all temporary. The death of his son. [57:48]Falling out with his partners over money [1:00:15]Unselfish for good reasons [1:03:30]Life is hard for people who think they can take a shortcut [1:06:45]The company isn’t for sale. The stock will remain in the family / What would I do with the money? [1:10:02]Most companies put the emphasis on the wrong part [1:15:45]A list of all the books featured on Founders Podcast.Twitter @founderspodcast

Laura Wides-Muñoz is the author of The Making of a Dream: How a Group of Young Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change What it Means to be American (Harper Books). Previously she served as VP for Special Projects & Editorial Strategy at Fusion TV, and was a staff writer at The Associated Press for more than a decade.

Laura Wides-Muñoz is the author of The Making of a Dream: How a Group of Young Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change What it Means to be American (Harper Books). Previously she served as VP for Special Projects & Editorial Strategy at Fusion TV, and was a staff writer at The Associated Press for more than a decade.

This week, Ali talks with author Laura Wides-Muñoz, about her book, "The Making of a Dream: How a Group of Young Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change What it Means to be American." And, as hundreds of migrant children remain separated from their parents, the number of deportations of naturalized citizens is increasing.  

Your belief determines your destiny. What you believe about anything determines what you receive, whether it's your life, your business, your personal performance or your identity. In this episode we're going to unpack why what you believe about yourself is more important than you may have ever suspected. It's not magic, it's just the logical progression of a thought process. We'll uncover this and more during a conversation I'm going to have with my good friend, Cliff Ravenscraft.   Click here to download or listen to this episode now. Tip of the Week This week I’m giving you three tips for the price of one. What a deal! If you are an entrepreneur and you're trying to grow your business, or you're a manager in an existing business, there are three big steps to take that will move you along much quicker than just trial and error. If you are an entrepreneur and you're trying to grow your business, or you're a manager in an existing business, there are three big steps to take that will move you along much quicker than just trial and error. Know your big reason why. There's a saying that goes something like this, “Once you have a big enough WHY, you  can  overcome  any HOW  that  needs to be  overcome  to  reach  your  objective.”  Knowing your reason why will help you push through the difficult hows that come up. Accelerate your business growth,  define your beliefs,  your values, and your rules.  This is something most people never bother to do. You must be clear on what your beliefs are about everything in your life, what your values are around the major sections of your life and your business, and what your rules are, to know that you're being consistent or in integrity with your beliefs and values. Choose your peers carefully. The people you spend the most intentional time with. The people you allow to influence your behavior,  opinions,  thoughts, and feelings.  You need to choose these people very carefully. They need to be people who are on the same path as you are. Maybe not the same business, but the same attitude toward business. The same approach to life.  An optimistic,  hopeful, centered approach to business and life. If the people you're surrounding yourself with most right now are not like that,  it becomes doubly important that you find a mastermind group that you can be part of, that will support you in your personal and business growth going forward. One such mastermind you might consider is our new paid mastermind.  There should still be openings available when this is published.  Maybe there won't be,  but you can find out by going to  rayedwards.com/empire.  If there are still openings,  then you'll be able to apply there. If not, you'll be able to join the waitlist. Those are your three steps to accelerate your business growth. Number one, know your big why.  Number two, define your beliefs,  values, and rules.  Number three, choose your peers carefully. Spiritual Foundations This week,  we're going to unpack your spiritual Christian baggage.  What do  I mean by Christian baggage?  Well, it grows from a metaphor that my friend,  Frank Viola, shared with me. He calls it the Christian backpack, I call it Christian baggage. It goes something like this,  when you become a  Christian,  when you accept  Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you're told beforehand that it's by grace that you're saved. It's not anything you can earn or deserve, it's given to you as a gift. It's a free gift. All you have to do is accept it. You  think  to  yourself,  “That  sounds  like  a  great  deal,  I'm  going  to  take  that  deal.” Then once you're “in the club”, the people in the Church begin to tell you what you need to be doing and not doing. They hand you a backpack or a piece of luggage, and they begin loading it up with bowling balls…sixteen-pound bowling balls. Those bowling balls come with innocent names like: Small Groups Serving in the Children’s Ministry Missions Tithing Ushering Be here every time the doors open Act like a Christian Don’t Swear Don’t watch TV Here’s what your political views should be And the list goes on and on. How does it feel to carry around all those bowling balls? There's no end to the bowling balls that we could add to your baggage, but what this does,  is it chokes off the real fruit of the spirit that you receive when you accept Jesus,  and the holy spirit enters into you.  When that happens,  you're filled with grace, and you're no longer under the requirements of the law. There are no rules for you to follow. Because when you really receive and appreciate the grace that you've been given,  your behavior begins to flow naturally from that. It's not a requirement, it's a supply of grace and ease that flows through you. If you've been carrying the Christian baggage around, my suggestion is, drop it-just drop it. But the spirit that raised Jesus from the dead manifest himself through you, and you'll begin to see the fruits of that spirit in every part of your life. You won't have to work on your behavior, your behavior will work on you. Feature Presentation “What you Believe is What You Receive“ What you believe is what you receive. It's true. It sounds mystical, but it's not. It's quite logical. We are going to get right into it with my good friend, Cliff Ravenscraft. Here are a few snippets from our conversation: What you believe impacts everything – Just because you know something in your head doesn’t mean it you know it in your heart (19:12) Repetition is the Mother of Skill – How to create lasting change (22:06) Sticking your toe in the water doesn’t work – The secret of breaking free from limitation and taking your life to the next level (26:26) Watch your mouth – How the power of words distorts the truth of how we see ourselves (28:30) The value of pain – How to make instant change easy (36:45) The Fat Man returns – Nothing changes until our identity changes (38:30) The birth of a New Identity – How the power of mentorship unleashed a powerful new beginning (42:56) The mirror might be lying to you – How to embrace The Rubber Band Principle (48:05) The 100-Day Dilemma – The destructive power of a temporary identity (50:07) Draw a line in the sand – How to fall in love with the daily grind (58:09) The most powerful force in human psychology – Why it’s important to understand and apply the joy of consistency (63:18) Free the Dream – How to awaken the dormant greatness inside you (66:27) Resources Mentioned In This Episode Empire Builder Mastermind Cliff Ravenscraft: What You Believe About Who You Are Will Determine Your Outcome Cliff Ravenscraft: Draw The Line in The Sand Tony Robbins: Creating Lasting Change Tony Robbins: Personal Power II Free The Dream Conference Subscribe to the show through Apple Podcasts and give us a rating and review. Make sure you put your real name and website in the text of the review itself. We will mention you on this show.   Get The Transcript Right-Click and “Save As” to Get the PDF Transcript.

Competitive Advantages of Great Culture - 3 Universal Truths in Business with John Ratliff. Discover the power of a dream, 3 myths about employees, what great companies focus on and do better than anyone else, and more. John founded Appletree Answers in 1995 and sold it in 2012. He is currently Managing Director of STS Capital Partners, an international mergers and acquisitions firm and a Partner and CoFounder of align5 - a business consultancy that focuses on strategic coaching and execution planning for growth entrepreneurs. Recorded live at the Genius Network Annual Event. If you would like access to the full video presentation, the special resources, and show notes for this episode please visit GeniusNetwork.com/51 Here’s a glance at what you’ll learn from John in this episode: Power of a Dream: How to give yourself a huge competitive advantage by building a great company culture 3 myths about employees and the big secret to having team members who are super happy to work for you How John shifted his frontline employee turnover from 100% to 19% while growing his company 32x the industry average What great companies focus on and do better than anyone else to attract, hire and retain superstar talent How to properly implement core values, net promoter and team meetings so your team effectively drives your vision and business The one most important question you can ask yourself (and the one most important action step you can take) to create an extraordinary team

Leneen Faith is a wife, mom of three, elementary school teacher, author, and CEO. Despite her full plate, she continues chasing her dream of inspiring children to be kids of character! The dream nearest and dearest to her heart is her children’s brand, The Adventures of Peacebe and the Heartwatch. Peacebe is currently an 8-book character education series that’s already in 20 schools. However, Leneen’s dream is for her brand to become a cartoon on a major cartoon network. Leneen is a firm believer that you can never be too busy to chase your dream and fulfill your purpose. TWEET: “Learn ways to inspire #children to have good #character with #LeneenFaith” Chasing the Dream How is a dream born? Dreams come in different ways to different people, but Leneen says her dream came as an idea that “popped into” her head way back in 2005. She wrote out her first Peacebe story, but then shelved the idea for FIVE years. She knew her inspiration was to teach kids about character through her writing, so she persevered until her idea became an 8-book series that teaches that “it’s cool to be a kid with character and values.” TWEET: “I want to teach kids that it’s cool to have #character.” #LeneenFaith Taking the Next Step Once you have grabbed hold of your dream, what do you DO with it? Leneen knew it would take action on her part to see the growth of her dream. She took a year off from teaching to knock on doors and talk to school principals about getting her series into schools. Her persistence paid off, as the series is now used in 20 schools! The dream doesn’t stop there, as Leneen admits she sometimes let fear get in the way of growth. The most important step is to STICK WITH IT! She now plans another year of hiatus from teaching to market the series to more schools and more avenues. She is going after it ALL! TWEET: “This time around, I’m going to do it a little bit better.” #LeneenFaith Chasing the Dream WITH your Family Who can you rely on for support in chasing your dream? Leneen turns to her family, especially her brother David, who partners with her in illustrating her books. Being raised by a single mom, Leneen and her five siblings were taught the value of a good attitude, hard work, and waiting. Leneen says there is no one else she would want to “do this” with besides her family.  TWEET: “There’s no substitute for a good attitude and hard work.” #LeneenFaith Guest Recommendation: ONE action for a dream chaser to take—“You have to realize that your dream is bigger than you. It will take pressure off you and give you a bigger purpose. Putting pressure on yourself keeps you from being creative.” OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE: [1:35] Leneen’s busy life and how she finds a single focus [3:51] The lifelong dream to be a teacher [4:33] Leneen’s children’s brand and how it came to be [7:23] Inspiration for the series from being a mom and teacher [8:25] The beginning of many more ideas for the series [9:29] How the series found its way into 20 schools [10:55] The focus on a year of marketing [12:50] Chasing your dream with family [15:15] Topics covered in the first series [17:15] Feedback from parents, teachers, and students [19:15] Figuring out the publication process [21:55] The cartoon dream and MORE! [24:51] Meeting others with the same passion [26:35] The 12-year struggle to keep the dream alive [29:15] Bouncing back, twice as strong [30:50] Bringing others into your dream [34:03] ONE action for a dream chaser to take   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Leneen’s websites: www.peacebekids.com  and www.kncbasketball.com  Leneen on Instagram: www.instagram.com/peacebekids and www.instagram.com/leneenfaith and www.instagram.com/knctravelbasketball  Leneen on Facebook: www.facebook.com/peacebekids and www.facebook.com/knctravelbasketball   TWEETS YOU CAN USE: TWEET: “Be where you are.” #LeneenFaith TWEET: “I want to give it my ALL this year and trust and see what happens.” Leneen Faith TWEET: “I feel blessed to be on this #journey with my #family and wouldn’t want to share it with anyone else. #LeneenFaith      

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