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Brian Charlesworth’s Grit Podcast is a powerful resource for anyone seeking to develop the mindset and resilience needed to achieve success in life. Hosted by Brian Charlesworth, an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader, this podcast provides valuable insights and practical strategies for overcoming obstacles, embracing challenges, and achieving one’s goals. At its core, the Grit Podcast is all about developing grit, a term coined by psychologist Angela Duckworth to describe the combination of passion and perseverance that enables individuals to pursue their long-term goals with resilience and determination. Through interviews with successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, and other high-achievers, Charlesworth explores the qualities that underpin grit, such as self-discipline, adaptability, and optimism. One of the strengths of the Grit Podcast is its emphasis on practical advice and actionable strategies. Charlesworth is a skilled interviewer who knows how to draw out insights from his guests that can be applied in everyday life. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a busy professional, or simply someone who wants to achieve more in life, the Grit Podcast offers a wealth of valuable insights and strategies to help you succeed. Another key feature of the Grit Podcast is its focus on real-world stories of grit and resilience. Charlesworth’s guests are individuals who have faced significant challenges and setbacks in their lives and careers, yet have managed to overcome them and achieve great success. These stories serve as powerful inspiration for listeners, demonstrating that with the right mindset and strategies, anything is possible. In addition to interviews with successful entrepreneurs and business leaders, the Grit Podcast also features episodes focused on specific topics, such as overcoming fear, building resilience, and developing a growth mindset. These episodes offer in-depth explorations of key concepts and strategies, providing listeners with a deeper understanding of how to develop grit and resilience in their own lives. Overall, Brian Charlesworth’s Grit Podcast is a must-listen for anyone seeking to develop the mindset and resilience needed to achieve success in life. With its practical advice, real-world stories of grit and resilience, and deep exploration of key concepts and strategies, the Grit Podcast is a powerful tool for anyone looking to achieve their goals and reach their full potential.
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Phil Treadwell is a top producing and independent mortgage banker who is a 16-year veteran in the mortgage industry. He was the top originator in a multi-state region with his own company during the financial crisis of ‘08 - ‘09. Between 2019 and 2012, he developed production and built branches through the South and Southeast regions of the US.
Currently, he is the VP of Development and Regional Manager for Mason-McDuffie Mortgage. He is also the Founder and Host of the Mortgage Marketing Expert podcast and Co-Founder of Industry Syndicate. Recently, National Mortgage Professional Magazine named him as one of “40 Most Influential Mortgage Professionals Under 40”. Let’s hear from Phil the importance of podcasting and the value of effective marketing and having your own personal brand.
In this episode, we talk about...
(2:43) What is the true value of podcasting?
(6:27) Which is more engaging: Videos or Podcasts?
(17:19) How to attract your target audience to listen to your podcast
(24:41) The power of having a strong personal brand
(28:20) What is the formula for effective marketing?
(29:32) How important is it to have exposure on all mediums
(32:10) Social media platforms Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Experts need to be on
(34:22) Is Tiktok an ideal social platform for Business?
(38:34) What is Industry Syndicate?
(49:24) Phil’s most important piece of advice
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
As a teenager, Justin Nelson was always curious about who we are and why some people succeed and others don’t. Throughout his twenties, he had an amazing career yet he felt he was not living his life’s purpose. So when he turned 30, he went on a spiritual journey of self discovery that eventually led him to Tony Robbins. He became a speaker where he talked about things that matter most to him: emotional state, self image, belief system and identity.
Five years later, he moved back to Utah where he settled with his wife. This is also where he met Spring Bengtzen whom he partnered with in growing her real estate business. Let’s hear from Justin, what he is passionate about right now, and what his insights are on the importance of having a leadership mindset.
In this episode, we talk about...
- (05:00) What Justin and Spring did better than everyone else in the real estate industry
- (07:51) How to bring value in team meetings?
- (12:02) Why you need to approach everything as an amateur
- (13:07) The most powerful thing you can do for yourself and your team
- (13:57) What is positive accountability?
- (16:38) How to achieve a zero turnover rate
- (19:32) How to create the culture that you want
- (25:13) How to leverage SISU at a higher level
- (33:04) What’s the most challenging and daunting task that exists in real estate
- (45:59) Justin’s most important piece of advice
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Spring Bengtzen began her career as a developer’s sales professional in on-site sales, and has expanded to general resales, short sales and foreclosures. Since 2004, she has been a top producing agent in both transactions and dollar volume in the Ogden Valley. In 2010, she received the prestigious “30 under 30”award from the National Association of Realtors and served on the board for the Young Professionals Network both locally and for NAR.
Today, she is the CEO of the Utah Life Real Estate Group and Realty One Group Areté at Realty ONE Group. The Utah Life Real Estate Group is Weber and Davis Counties top real estate team with over 85,000,000 in sales volume in 2019 & 250 families helped. Let’s hear from Spring on how she grew her business and how SISU was a key to help her achieve success.
In this episode, we talk about...
- (07:35) Spring's Recruiting Strategy
- (09:22) What is the importance of mindset?
- (11:47) How SISU helped Spring double her business this year
- (14:21) How SISU holds agents accountable for their goals
- (16:18) How having contests in the workplace completely changed their culture
- (21:01) What does mindset training look like?
- (25:49) Culture of Accountability vs. Culture of Productivity
- (27:38) How Spring made "fun" an essential part of their culture
- (32:26) Spring's one piece of advice on how you can double your business
- (34:26) How SISU's Task Management platform was the game changer for Spring's onboarding pro
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Jim Remley entered the real estate industry at 19, and within a year he listed a record-breaking 150 properties. Within 2 years, he became part of the top 1% REALTORS nationwide. Today. Jim leads one of the most successful real estate firms in the US, John L Scott Medford and Ashland - a company that is ranked in the top 350 Real Estate firms by Real Trends.
In addition, Jim is a consultant, best-selling author, speaker and trainer. Let’s hear from Jim as he shares his expertise on how to create an attractive brand, marketing styles, how to adjust your business during a pandemic, his views on market disruptors and how to make A.I. work for you.
In this episode, we talk about...
- (05:20) The importance of building value in a brand
- (06:32) What's the key driver for culture?
- (08:47) What's the best kind of marketing you can possibly do?
- (14:32) How agents should deal with clients afraid to sell due to Covid
- (15:51) How to address clients who don't want to sell because they're afraid they'll end up homeless.
- (16:46) What's the most missed opportunity for most agents right now.
- (21:03) How big is your sphere right now?
- (21:43) What is the "engine" of your business?
- (28:20) Why should you make A.I. work for you instead of against you
- (31:08) Jim's Advice on how to make zero-cost marketing strategy for someone starting out
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Show Notes
Robby T is the Coach & Lead Geek at Hatch Coaching. He has devoted the last five years to mastering the lead conversion game. He shares his thoughts within the Leads Geeks community, his coaching clients, our team, or anyone that is willing to listen.
Nathan Joens is CEO and Co-Founder of Structurely. A real estate technology company based in Ames, IA that builds Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) services for real estate businesses to scale personalized conversations with their online real estate leads via messaging.
With experience in Geographic Information Services (GIS), real estate, financing, urban planning, project management, and graphic design, Nate leads the product, engineering, and machine learning teams at Structurely to align with real estate customer goals.
Brian, Robby, and Nate discuss the background on both Hatch Coaching/Structurely, the importance of ISA’s, and how to utilize technology and software better in today’s market.
In this episode, we talk about...
- 2:17 - Robby T goes in-depth on his background and current role with Hatch Coaching
- 5:06 - The three C’s, what are they and how are certain aspects of it dying in today’s market.
- 12:30 - Nate Jones & Robbie T answer the most asked question of “How can we build and keep ISA’s in the ISA role?”
- 15:57 - Robbie explains why you have to leverage automation and how the effectiveness of a phone call continues to nosedive.
- 16:47 - Was this the greatest lead generation opportunities ever seen?
- 19:46 - Nate discusses Structurely existence, ISA’s, and technology in Real Estate.
- 26:33 - The Chat Bot, what is it and Structurely utilize it?
- 32:33 - Robbie talks about what technology they use in today’s market including SIsu.
- 38:30 - If you want to learn how to scale your business, start by doing things that don't scale.
- 41:25 - Let’s take a look at the hard numbers of Robby’s business.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Show Notes
Tom Ferry is the #1 ranked Real Estate Educator by Swanepoel Power 200 and the best-selling author of “Life! By Design” and “Mindset, Model, and Marketing!”
As founder and CEO of Ferry International, the real estate industry’s leading coaching and training company, Tom’s ever-growing influence impacts professionals in a wide variety of ways – including rigorous accountability coaching, the popular #TomFerryShow delivering free, fresh and relevant real estate tips weekly, highly engaging training events, two best-selling books, and his legendary keynote speeches.
Brian and Tom discuss the mindset of the current real estate industry and where it’s headed, his journey to where he is today, and how his approach to using Social Media has catapulted his business!
In this episode, we talk about...
- 3:45 - How social media has played a huge part in not only Tom’s business but his happiness as well.
- 9:20 - Gary Vaynerchuk provided early mentor strategy to Tom and it’s paid off big. Tom explains what he said!
- 13:19 - In a time where we are between the review economy and the trust economy, delivering trust with premium FREE content catapulted Tom’s business.
- 18:20 - Tom explains how being in a family business proved to have challenging tests right out of the gate and how he had to earn his respect.
- 21:45 - Are you thinking about attending college? You’ll want to hear Tom’s thoughts on a better alternative first.
- 25:40 - Tom shares one of the biggest reasons Agents struggle in Real Estate, see if his insight can help you succeed going forward.
- 34:18 - Similarities between Tom’s business and real estate. Here’s what they are and how you can use tom’s strategy to gain success in the future.
- 49:17 - The Tom Ferry Success Summit this is going to shock the industry and more, here is what you can expect from it!
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Show Notes
Alvaro Erize is an entrepreneur and Operator with a passion for developing companies that add value to the world. He believes success comes from forming amazing teams, leading from the front line, and deploying operational excellence.
Brian and Alvaro discuss Alvaro’s background before CINC, industry changes during COVID-19, CINC’s quick growth and vision for the future, and some personal questions that you’ll enjoy!
In this episode, we talk about...
- 1:55 - Alvaro dives into his professional background and how the investment industry wasn’t his first choice.
- 6:43 - CINC, how this powerhouse came to be, and its story behind its success.
- 10:01 - What the experience was like for Alvaro & CINC to go through the Fidelity Acquisition process.
- 16:27 - These are the main benefits that set CINC’s CRM apart from everyone else.
- 22:37 - Alvaro answers a must-know question: How CINC grew so fast in a competitive industry?
- 26:04 - With COVID-19 changing world, Alvaro discusses his thoughts on how the industry will change in going forward.
- 35:56 - Here is the vision for CINC in the next 5 years.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Show Notes
Dan Corkill has a background in finance and has worked for a marketing company back in Australia. But, his career bored him and he had no plans of working for someone else for the rest of his life. So he decided to build his own business and become an entrepreneur.
When a friend suggested to him that they start a software company -- even if he had no tech background -- he went for it. Since his friend was a software engineer, they figured he could handle the technical side while Dan does the marketing side. Going into a business that he knew almost nothing about proved to be a struggle for Dan and his team.
Let’s learn from Dan on how he was able to achieve success for their self-funded, profitable company: Follow-Up Boss. We’ll also hear his advice for anyone who wants to go into a business venture regardless if they have background experience on it or not.
In this episode, we talk about...
- (04:11) What made Dan jump-in to starting his software company?
- (07:40) Why Dan chose the Real Estate industry to offer their software to
- (17:21) How did his company make their first sale?
- (20:35) What makes Follow-Up Boss different from other companies offering CRM?
- (20:35) Where does Dan see the Real Estate industry headed to?
- (30:00) Books that made an impact on Dan
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
SHOW NOTES
Veronica Figueroa, CEO and Team Lead of Figueroa Team at eXp Realty has been in the Real Estate Industry for 15 years and has grown obsessed with the business. Her initial dream was a career in Human Resources and her love for working with people has drawn her into Real Estate and used it as a platform to grow and evolve. She has also become a sought-after speaker and coach where she focuses on inspiring real estate agents to write their own stories of success.
Let’s hear from Veronica on how her passion helped her achieve success in this industry, how she values her team and the importance of being resilient and making your failures as learning opportunities to keep improving yourself.
In this episode, we talk about...
- (09:39) How Veronica and her team starts their day?
- (11:38) Why she partnered with SISU
- (13:43) Choosing customer’s experience over fairness within the team
- (16:13) Why competition among squads is highly recommended
- (20:35) How Veronica focuses on growing her leaders so they can grow others
- (26:03) Why Veronica partnered with Zillow
- (34:09) The value of finding a person who truly believes on your vision
- (35:09) Two books that changed Veronica’s life
- (39:48) Veronica’s most important advice
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
SHOW NOTES
Michael Hellickson has been a leader in the real estate industry, where he built a multi-million dollar business as a real estate agent, eventually becoming the Nations #1 real estate agent. During his career, Hellickson has spoken to and coached thousands of students and organizations nationwide. Michael has been featured on several national television and radio programs including:
- Glenn Beck
- CNBC
- The Dave Ramsey Show
- The Fox Business Network
- And many other local & regional programs
In this episode, Brian and Michael talk about how to make working virtually more productive, what adjustments agents can make to stay successful during COVID-19, and how Club Wealth has become the industry standard in profitability coaching.
In this episode, we talk about...
- 2:54 - Michael answers the need to know question of “will we go back to how things were before COVID-19, here’s what he says.
- 5:22 - With everyone being more productive virtually, this is how to work virtually and set up a virtual event for success
- 13:12 - It doesn’t matter what industry you are in, you can make these adjustments to stay successful and have the best months you have ever had.
- 23:38 - There are two types of thinkers: “Either Or” and “Both And”, but which one will still be successful in the next 24 months?
- 32:15 - How standing and moving can convey emotion and your message properly to clients over the phone.
- 36:13 - Club Wealth has set the standard on Profitability Coaching, here’s how they do an excellent job.
- 41:39 - The teams that are Jacks of all trades, master of none will see far less success than teams that segment buyers and sellers.
- 47:53 - Michael’s Final thoughts and advice