BTM138: Investor Takes on 95 Countries with Full Time Job with Maurice Philogene
Today’s guest, Maurice Philogene is a full-time consultant in corporate america, multifamily investor, restaurant owner, reserve in the US Air Force and police officer.
Maurice is also an avid traveler and has visited over 95 countries to date because of how he’s been able to design a lifestyle without limits through real estate and other business ventures.
How does he do it all? How has he created a lifestyle that best suits his wants, needs and desires? Find out on today’s episode.
Key Points From This Episode:
- The intersection of exposure and discontentment
- How to understand your life in days instead of years
- How Maurice acquired 10 rental properties in his 1st year
- Why owning a restaurant shouldn’t be about the money
- The power behind social investments
- Why Maurice transitioned from sfr to apartments
- How to raise your kids to appreciate lifestyle design
- Maurice’s unique outlook on marriage
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Recommended Book:
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
BTM 72: Create Your Dream Business to Become a High Income Earner with Captain Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Academy and Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program. He is the host of Dream Business Coach TV, the hit weekly Web TV show watched by thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners, and he is also the host of Dream Business Radio, a weekly podcast based on Jim’s unique brand of Smart Marketing and Business Building Strategies.
Jim is best known internationally as ‘The Dream Business Coach’ and creator of No Hassle Newsletters, the ultimate ‘done-for-you’ newsletter marketing program used by hundreds of clients in nine countries. Jim Palmer speaks and gives interviews on such topics as entrepreneurial success, newsletter marketing, client retention, how to build a profitable business and how to create your own Dream Business. Jim is a cancer survivor, has been married for over thirty-five years, has four grown children and three grandchildren. Recently, Jim and his wife Stephanie JUST SAID YES to their dream of living on a boat. Join their adventure, which is chronicled on Our Floating Home.
On today’s episode, we talk with Captain Jim about his journey as an entrepreneur and what steps he had to take before the millions to grow a successful brand and company. You’ll learn how you can create a “dream business” that provides financial and time freedom which enables you to live life on your terms. We also talk to Jim about how having the right mindset separates the high income earners vs. people who just get by in life. Jim shares his experience in a mastermind group and the powerful benefits it can have on your life today. Lastly, we wrap up the episode with Jim sharing the importance of being able to control your environment and how failure set Jim up for later success in business and life.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How you can create a dream business that provides financial and time freedom
- Understanding that being the best at what you do is not enough (Your mindset determines everything)
- Jim’s most embarrassing moment to date (2 years after starting his coaching program)
- How has failure later set Jim up for later success
- What “playing not to lose” and ROI madness means and how to avoid it
- Difference between rushing the process vs. enjoying the journey
- Jim’s best investment in himself was joining a mastermind groups and hiring mentorship
- The #1 turning point that most entrepreneurs face before taking their business to the next level
- What is a mastermind group is and why it is such a powerful resource for investors and entrepreneurs
- What separates high income earners vs. people who just get by
- The habits and personality traits of high income earners and how you can start to adopt these traits today
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode
Jim’s Website: http://www.getjimpalmer.com/ http://ourfloatinghome.com/
Jim’s Favorite Book: No B.S. Wealth Attraction in the New Economy https://amzn.to/2x5bgBA
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BTM 17: Physical Products vs Affiliate Marketing with Digital Nomad Derek Pankaew
Today we welcome Derek Pankaew, Performance Marketing Manager at KIND and Co-founder of Flexr, the world’s first foldable, travel-friendly pullup bar. Derek has years of experience with organic and paid marketing channels and was responsible for managing the supply of these products in addition to sourcing manufacturers and suppliers. He’s sold multiple six figures in information products, and has done the same with physical products.
In this episode Derek discusses how he got involved in the digital marketing industry and what led him to starting successful e-commerce companies. He also talks about his latest venture, FLEXR and gives advice and tips to anyone wanting to get into the e-commerce world.
Key Points From This Episode:
- At what point Derek decided to drop school and someday become an entrepreneur.
- How Derek grew his skillset in the internet marketing space.
- When Derek started utilizing his skills to create his own business.
- Hear how Derek started off in affiliate marketing and why it’s difficult as a first-timer.
- The transition from affiliate marketing to e-commerce.
- Why it’s easier to sell physical products than digital products.
- Understanding Derek’s WHY for building big businesses.
- The importance of paying attention to the long term.
- Discover how FLEXR came about.
- How Derek incorporated the Nutrabear business model to be successful.
- Find out what a typical day is like in the life of Derek.
- Hear about Dan’s travel rewards course, Travel Hacking.
- Understand why Peter Thiel’s book, Zero to One is one of Derek’s favorite books.
- Discover where Derek invests his money.
- Derek’s mentors throughout his career that have helped him get to where he is today.
- Getting into e-commerce and learning through doing.
Tweetables:
[spp-tweet tweet=” “I was shocked at how easy it was to sell physical products compared to digital products.” — @dpankaew “]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“Pay more attention to the long term.” — @dpankaew”]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“I think cryptocurrencies have a much brighter future.” — @dpankaew “]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
— FLEXR
— Robert Kiyosaki’s book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
— Get Free Flights With Travel Hacking!
— Peter Thiel’s book, Zero to One
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BTM 01: Setting Up your Financial Future with Sunny Burns
On today’s show we’re speaking with engineer, Sunny Burns. Sunny makes grenades for the DOD for fun; yep, the Department of Defense, while also selling pacifiers online. Sunny paid for his tuition in college by selling 19 cars. Sunny is a real estate investor who got a start house-hacking a fourplex. He is currently getting paid to live for free. This is one of my favorite subjects to educate others on, so when I found out what Sunny did and how beastly of a deal he got, I knew I had to have him on the show.
Sunny is the definition of an entrepreneur and has multiple streams of passive income. At 26 years old, Sunny is on the fast track to financial freedom all while maintaining a full-time engineering job at the DOD. I am sure you will get tons of value of this show, because I know I did, and you will like the little bit about travel hacking midway through the show.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Find out more about Sunny’s short term business goals in real estate and life.
- Hear Sunny’s story, his background, and how he grew up in a family that had little money.
- Sunny shares his beliefs about money & how it can affect your marriage.
- What inspired Sunny to pursue his entrepreneurial mindset, allowing him to pay his tuition.
- Learn how Sunny got started in real estate for the first time.
- Hear the story of how Sunny’s stock grew by 1,000%, and why he does not suggesting trading in the stock market.
- Understand more about Amazon FBA and Sunny’s history as an eBay shipper.
- Sunny shares the story of how he was able to get a free trip to Japan, by travel hacking.
- How being frugal helped Sunny get started in entrepreneurship
- Understand why Sunny believes that most people are held by from the millions by their own limiting beliefs.
Tweetables:
[spp-tweet tweet=”“You find the right product, you create these systems and it’s just a passive cashflow business for you.” — @FamVestor”]
[spp-tweet tweet=”“We live frugally, but we do it awesomely.” — @FamVestor”]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
The Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Show
Sunny’s Website: FamVestor
Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill
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