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Winning at Instagram with Mike Poglese Feb 17, 2020

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How do you overcome the expectations of others and the failure that births? Mike Poglese did just that. He was kicked out of college, left his first business, was told by his family he was unhireable. While he knew that the path that others wanted for his life wasn't the right one for him, he still tried to do it 'their way.' It wasn't until their way didn't work that he was able to find his own path forward. This led him to start a digital agency helping others find the same success he had found on Instagram and started Brandberry Unlimited.
In today's episode, Mike shares how you can overcome failure in your own life. We also talk about the 3-2-1 method of building true connections on Instagram leading to more influence, followers, and success for yourself and your business.
Links
Website: http://brandberryunlimited.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikepoglese/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/broglese

Leadership Lessons from a Submarine Captain with Captain David Marquet Feb 11, 2020

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What does it take to lead a nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine in the US Navy? We sit down with Captain David Marquet to hear his stories of underwater adventure and what he learned about leadership along the way.
His new book 'Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say - and What You Don't' gives us a new playbook for leadership in an age that isn't driven by factories. He shares why we need our team to not just do the work of either a doer or thinker but how each member of our team needs to be both the doer and the thinker. Throughout the episode, David shares how this new leadership playbook with redefining what you can do in your companies, organizations, and personal lives.
Links
Website: https://www.davidmarquet.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldavidmarquet
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ldavidmarquet
About Captain David Marquet
David Marquet, a top graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, commanded the nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001. Since retiring from the Navy he has worked with businesses nationwide as a leadership consultant. He gives presentations around the world about his acclaimed first book, Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Leaders Into Followers. He recently released his second book 'Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say, and What You Don't.'

The Life of a FBI Spymaster with Robin Dreeke Jan 29, 2020

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Predicting the behavior of others is an urgent need for anyone whose work involves relationships with others, whether it’s leading an organization, collaborating with a teammate, or closing a sale. But predictability is not as simple as good and evil, or truth and fiction. It's one of the key tools that the FBI uses to build reliable sources that help protect the lives of millions of American's every day. In today's episode, we sit down with retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, Robin Dreeke. He shares his stories of working with the FBI, turning assets into spies, working for the FBI in NYC during terrorist attacks on September 11th, and how building trust is the best resource for protecting the world around us.
We dive deep into his new book 'SIZING PEOPLE UP' and how you can take the same tools the FBI uses and apply them to your own life.
Helpful Links
Robin's Website: https://www.peopleformula.com/the_books
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Robin.Dreeke#!/pages/Robin-Dreeke/237173506344431
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdreeke
About Robin Dreeke
Robin is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. Robin has taken his life's work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship building into Five Steps to TRUST and Six Signs of who you can TRUST. Since 2010, Robin has been working with large corporations as well as small companies in every aspect of their business. Whether it is newly promoted leaders, executives, sales teams, or customer relations, Robin has crafted his People Formula for quick results and maximum success.
Biography
The Military Leader:
Although Robin always aspired to become a great leader, he realized from his time at the United States Naval Academy and in the United States Marine Corps that leadership was much more than just telling people what to do: a great leader uses interpersonal skills to inspire action, rather than demand the compliance of others.
The Spy Catcher:
Upon entering service as an FBI Special Agent in 1997, Robin began his journey as a counterintelligence specialist and behaviorist in the agency's efforts to thwart the efforts of our country's greatest adversaries. Serving in New York City, Norfolk VA, FBI Headquarters, Quantico VA, and Fredericksburg VA, Robin received advanced training and experience in the area of social psychology and the practical application of the science behind relationship development and trust, ultimately leading the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Program.
The Behavioral Analysis Expert:
Robin has built his highly effective tools for all aspects and stages of interpersonal communication and relationship development. Robin has combined all these tools and techniques and created a one-of-a-kind formula for success with people. Today, Robin is a recognized expert, author, and gifted lecturer in the art of interpersonal communication, relationship building and Trust. These skills are used every day in leadership, sales, human resources, and all aspects of life, both business and personal.

Building Investment Partnerships with Peter Neill Jan 24, 2020

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It can feel overwhelming to invest in the complex world of commercial properties. Especially if you are investing in property notes. Finding a trusted partnership in your investments can help build the confidence you need to find the right investments for you. In today's show, we sit down with Peter Neill to learn more about the world of property notes and how you can find the right partners in your investments.
Links
GSP REI: https://gsprei.com
Podmax: https://podmax.co
About Peter Neill
Peter Neill serves as Vice President of Investor Relations for the Company. He is chiefly responsible for fulfilling the company’s capital raising goals by communicating and marketing the company’s private offerings and maintaining key relationships with the company's investors.
Mr. Neill began his real estate career working in marketing and sales at PPR Note Co. This gave him the ability to learn all aspects of the distressed mortgage business. He quickly transitioned into Investor Relations and raising private capital for PPR’s private fund offerings. He managed the process of raising over $80MM for six offerings and helped grow their fund investor community from around 200 investors to over 600. During his time there, Mr. Neill learned the ins and outs of the distressed mortgage business and had a firsthand look and active role in transitioning the company from mainly acquiring second position mortgages to acquiring both first and second position mortgages.
Mr. Neill purchased his first rental property a duplex, at the age of 24 utilizing an FHA loan. He is also the Founder of Accredited Life, a lifestyle community and personal/financial development brand for accredited investors, soon-to-be accredited investors and their families. He holds meetings in the Philadelphia area once a week and one-on-one sessions in-person and over the phone daily.
Mr. Neill graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University where he studied Media Business and Entrepreneurship. He is an avid dog lover, who looks forward to adopting his first GSP soon.

Creating Stacked Income Sources with Nate Herrick Jan 23, 2020

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Many of us are tied to one source of income. It could be our job as an employee or our business as an entrepreneur. We look at our investments in a 401k and diversify to keep our investments safe. Why don't we do that with our core source of income? More and more we hear about side hustles and alternative sources of income. But how do you do that? In today's episode, we chat with Nate Herrick about how he has done this in his own life and how you can do it too.
We also chat about Real Estate Syndication, Stacked Income Sources, building a team past 'just employees', and finding your own side hustle.
Today's show was recorded at PodMax!
Links
Podmax: https://onairbrandspodmax.com
About Nate Herrick
Nate Herrick was born and raised in Eastern Connecticut with his parents and two younger brothers. Nate enrolled at The University of Connecticut where he enlisted in the US Army National Guard for a new challenge and was the only realistic way he could afford college. After graduating from UConn in 2001, Nate accepted a sales position with a Fortune 20 consumer goods corporation. Soon after the “9/11” terrorist attacks, he was called to active duty and proudly served in support Operation Iraqi Freedom culminating with the status of Army Veteran.
Back from the military and working his corporate job, Nate purchases his first rental property. Soon after he meets an independent operator in the ATM industry who introduces him to the business and eventually develops his own ATM route which he continues to grow to this day. This was Mr. Herrick’s first exposure to the mindset of an Entrepreneur, not an employee.
After leaving his corporate job, Nate focused on creating and growing multiple income streams and developed a vacation rental business representing owners at luxury ski, beach and ski destinations utilizing the current AirBNB and VRBO rental models.
After realizing the vacation rental business was not a viable primary source of income, Nate went into business with his brother Zach as they continue to grow their recruiting business assisting Architects, Engineers and Construction Professionals in the CT, NY and NJ marketplace.
While working his “9-5” in recruiting, Nate continued his focus on growing multiple income streams through Multifamily Real Estate investing, Self-Storage opportunities, Institutional ATM route investing, Private Placements, and most recently is syndicating Merchant Cash Advances. In 2019, Nate forms NAZ Capital with his two brothers. The entity invests in multifamily apartment syndications, ATMs and various private placements.
Nate’s mission is to provide a standard of living for his two young children that he never had but more importantly instill the values, drive and financial education necessary to succeed on their own. In his free time Nate enjoys traveling to many of the premiere ski destinations in the world, coaching his kid’s sports teams and consistent exercise.

Empowering Women to Invest with Palak Shah Jan 22, 2020

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Investing can be overwhelming, especially in the Real Estate market. It can be even more daunting when you are a woman and a male-dominated industry. Palak Shah faced these fears to create the lifestyle she wanted. While she loved her successful career as an engineer, her passion was to create a lifestyle that allowed her to be home more with her children. She took the risk and left the safety of her career to build her own path as an entrepreneur. Now she is teaching other women to take the same journey and how they can invest in their own entrepreneurial endeavors.
Links
Open Spaces Capital: https://www.openspacescapital.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openspacescapital/
About Palak Shah
“Palak Shah is the founder and owner of Open Spaces Capital that generates close to $1M in revenue. An Engineer by trade, after the birth of her two kids she decided to make the move to entrepreneurship to be able to spend more time with her children. Though Palak has invested in real estate for many years, in her first 3 years investing full-time, she purchased, renovated, rented, and refinanced properties creating a $4M rental portfolio. It is now her passion to empower other women to pursue entrepreneurship through real estate investing to live an empowered and financially free life through Open Spaces Women.”

Self Directed Investing with Andrew Schena Jan 21, 2020

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Many of us feel like we are in control of our financial future. But are we really in as much control as we think we are? This week we are looking into the world of Real Estate on our first ever theme week. In today's episode, I sat down with Andrew Schena to chat about his journey of working at ESPN to becoming a leader in Real Estate in the Boston region. He gives us a glimpse behind the scenes so that you can learn about how you can take back control of your financial future.
In the show today we chat about Real Estate, finding passion, Self Directed Investing, being a group in real estate, and much more.
Helpful Links
Capital Equity Partners: https://www.capequitypartners.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-schena-8a570720/
About Andrew Schena
Andrew brings an in-depth knowledge of real estate, investment syndication and business operations as a result of his 17 years of experience in the real estate industry. As a founding member of Capital Equity Partners (CEP), Andrew has spent the past 7 years analyzing, syndicating and operating both development and cash-flowing asset strategies. Andrew has intimate knowledge of asset underwriting, negotiation, acquisition, capital raising, deal structure, finance, budgeting, construction, corporate management, operations, legal, sales, and marketing. Along with founding CEP, Andrew is also a founding member of Capital Development & Construction, a MA General Contracting Corporation, where he manages its business operations and administration, and was a founding member of Capital Residential Group, a MA real estate broker, where he managed its successful operations and management for 7 years, and continues to hang his salespersons license. Andrew prides himself on efficient and profitable business management and is always challenging the status quo. Andrew graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT, in 1999 with a degree in Mass Communications. Originally from Reading, MA, he currently lives in Blackstone, MA with his wife Erin and their two daughters, Madison and Ashley.

Finding Creative Solutions in Life with Cassidy Burns Jan 20, 2020

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Today kicks off our first theme week of episodes. This week we are sharing 5 episodes all about Real Estate recorded live at PodMax. We sat down with Cassidy Burns to chat about his journey into business, real estate, and how he is now helping others take these lessons to dive into their own journey into real estate. No matter if you are buying your own house or purchasing property as an investment, there are key questions you need to ask to make sure that your investment is one that will pay off in the long run. Cassidy shares how you can set yourself up for success and compound your investment.
About Cassidy Burns
Cassidy believes Real Estate is a tool for the long term. When working with clients, whether they are a first time home buyer, developer, or a long term buy and hold investor, he has one mission, to help YOU prepare for the future. For most individuals, their home is the biggest and best asset in their portfolio he wants to make sure you are making the best decision possible.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CassidyBurnsRE/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassidyrburns/
PodMax: https://onairbrandspodmax.com

Lessons on Success with Michael Woodward Jan 16, 2020

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It's episode 300 of jumbleThink and to celebrate we look back on what 300 episodes have taught us about podcasting and success. Later in the episode, we take a look at what is in store for jumbleThink and our listeners in 2020!

Broke is a Choice with Alex Felice Dec 31, 2019

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If you talk to many entrepreneurs or everyday people, you hear a common complaint. Why am I always broke? Alex Felice set out to answer that question and found that our mindset and spending may be what is holding us back. In today's episode, we chat about his experience in the military, consumerism, Real Estate, how to figure out what you want in life, finding your passions, and how having 3 hobbies could be the key to your success.
Today's episode was recorded live at PodMax. You can learn more about PodMax at https://onairbrandspodmax.com
About Alex Felice
Alex Felice specializes in long-distance single and multi-family rental real estate and has spent the last few years working in commercial underwriting. Alex has been studying and buying real estate for 5 years, he's an avid reader and known to have an intense personality. You can find more of his story at www.brokeisachoice.com.

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