Dean Graziosi: Learning From The Past, Preparing For The Future

Rico Leon: Inspired by Anger to Help Others

On this episode of the Michael Valdes Global Podcast, I interview Rico Leon. Rico is the host of the upcoming TV show on the HGTV Network, “Rico to the Rescue.” This show is the culmination of Rico’s experience in real estate. He started in construction, then moved into selling real estate when he figured he could make more money that way. His background in construction gave him a different perspective than most agents, and he was able to more effectively serve his clients. As someone who knows construction, he’s also seen how bad contractors can really screw up a renovation, and his empathy toward his clients has led him to advocate for them. In his new show, Rico to the Rescue, he saves homeowners from bad construction contractors. Watch this episode to hear his background and the lessons he’s learned from building and selling homes.

Lee Lamont: Lessons From Britain to Texas

On this episode of the Michael Valdes Global Podcast, I interview my good friend Lee Lamont. His mother is British, and his father is Jamaican, but he’s lived in Texas for 20 years. Those humble beginnings gave him the drive to outwork the competition. At one point, he had a good corporate job which gave him the means to get married and have children. But when that corporate job was “made redundant,” he took to real estate. His simple principles -  Outwork the competition, always answer the phone, do the right thing - made him successful. Watch this video to see how you can be successful by following the same principles Lee has.

Using Social Media to Your Advantage with Levi Lascsak

On this episode, live from NAR, I interview Levi Lascsak. Lascsak is a social media superstar. And he approached social media success the way he approached many things in his life: through “hyperlearning.” Hyperlearning, which may be a term he coined, involves studying as much as you can about a subject in 60 days and then executing on what you learn. He modeled success by finding people who are successful and doing what they did, with some minor tweaking for his goals and his personality.

Mathieu Arseneault and Donna Dalonzo, Connecting With Land and Air

On this episode of the Michael Valdes Global Podcast, I interview Matthieu Arseneault and his translater Donna Dalonzo. Matieu innovated a new way to sell real estate by selling high-end real estate by helicopter. He is a licensed helicopter pilot, and his brilliant idea was to integrate his passion for flying with his real estate business. He gave his clients a unique experience by making them feel like royalty flying above the clouds, and in the process was able to literally give his clients a birds-eye view of the neighborhood and the property. In this interview, with the help of Donna Dalanzo as his translator, I ask him how he got started in this crazy business.

Dean Graziosi: Learning From The Past, Preparing For The Future

Today, my guest is Dean Graziosi, a multiple New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and investor. Dean has a magnetic personality, and I’ve been happy to call him a friend since the day I met him. Dean is a great example of how you can break the cycle of generational trauma. He loved his parents, as he put it, but he didn’t want to become them. His parents were from families that we would call today “dysfunctional.” They both married and divorced multiple times because they didn’t learn how to have the mental and emotional tools to have a healthy relationship from their own parents. They worked hard, but they were always living paycheck to paycheck. He resolved at a young age to give himself the options that his parents didn’t have, and to one day become a better parent than his own. A large part of why he was able to achieve those dreams successfully was because he didn’t ask “how” he would be successful, he asked “who” he had to become in order to make an impact. And he learned how to let go of the past and focus on the present and the future. This interview is full of lessons that he learned that go beyond real estate and focus on mindset and emotional fitness.