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#101 Jason Gelios - Author of 2 books / Top producing realtor / 2 guests for "Fun Stuff" awesome

1h 5m · Wish I Knew . . . · 11 Jul 07:00

Background

  • Went to my Alma Mater Macomb Community College
  • Hard working guy who had several jobs prior to finding his career 
    • Award winning and Top Producing Realtor in the Metro Detroit area 
  • Author of
     
    • "Think like a realtor" 
    • "Beating the Force of Average"
  • Created a real estate show and an Expert media contributor to all kinds of real estate shows

Highlights 

  • Job straight out of college and Assessing career early
  • Experiencing mid life crisis in his early twenties
  • Finding the woman of her dreams at Burger King
  • Wife being a major influence on his life
  • Hearing - You'd be good at sales
  • Always like real estate 
  • Knowing himself - More handshake than cold call personality
  • Getting focus through writing some books
  • The impact of the Global Financial Crisis
  • Being let go a couple of times and the positive impact
  • His key traits are so easy to follow
  • Rationale for writing a book
  • Giving a book instead of a business card
  • Best advice is to "Just start:
  • Get out of your comfort zone
  • His kids were nice enough to join in the fun Stuff Question portion of the podcast

Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!

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