This Entrepreneur Turned A Near Death Experience Into 900 Loans Funded in 12 Months

Joe Scorese worked in accountancy from 1992 to 2001. After graduating with a degree in accounting economics, crunching numbers was all he knew and what was expected of him.

Now as a successful business development manager, he shares his best practices and strategies for a great and successful lifestyle. In this interview, he talks about the right mindset to approach challenges and the importance of commitment and consistency in building your financial freedom.

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Quotes -
“The personal development helped on [self-doubt] for over 20 years. "

“I structured my business to be not sales–but as an adviser.”

“Math is not something that students enjoy. My goal is to make it more enjoyable.”

“Every question that you skip during homework is going to be the one that’s on the test. You’re gonna fail every time.”

“I knew I could be bigger than that…of what was in front of me.”

“You only learn for your next thousand successes from your thousand failures. I had to make a lot of mistakes.”

“You gotta take a holistic approach to lending.”

“If you look at my resume coming out of high school, you’ll probably think that this kid’s going to end up a truck driver, a dropout of college after a year, [...]”

“You can’t force the salesmanship. It’s got to be very holistic. You got to be very comfortable in your skin.”

“I had been lying to myself about everything. [...] You confront it or get absorbed by it. I chose to confront it.”

“The people that surround yourself matter.”

Concepts -

When you realize that a job is not for you, you have the option to leave it.
Self-development is crucial to success. Your most important capital is yourself.
You have to identify the distractions that stop you from developing important skills.
Sometimes, you have to make things more fun to get your mind moving.
When you study, study. Be dedicated to your work.
Ask yourself, “what am I doing”? When you figure out what you want to do, you have the choice to pursue it.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Work through your failures, and you’ll emerge victorious.
You don’t need to fill up other people’s shoes to be successful. You have your own journey to work on.
Salesmanship comes naturally to people who are born for it. But to work for it, you have to be comfortable with yourself.
When fighting battles in your mind and in real life, it’s better to confront them rather than simply absorb them.
Building yourself involves meeting and spending time with people that add to your value as an individual.
When you hang out with smart people, you also become smart.
Surrounding yourself with people who can help you become better and have positive karma.
Don’t take anything in real estate seriously. Everything’s black and white when it comes to it.

Time Stamps -

0:00 Introduction
0:40 Weekend at Bernie's experience
2:15 Life before real estate
4:19 Developing yourself
5:14 Finally listening to yourself
7:32 Connected with my math teacher
10:15 My math teacher’s words
11:28 Accounting to lending journey–his 9/11 experience
13:40 Developing the right mindset
15:50 Motivation for success
19:00 Lying to yourself
19:40 My wife’s my best friend
21:30 Hitting my stride and success
23:50 Positioning yourself for the future
26:00 Building relationship strategy
29:00 Reason for the transformation
31:05 I’m still here
32:00 Emotional part of a stroke
34:40 Driving you for financial freedom
37:00 Working at Lending One
40:40 Focusing on real estate investing
43:00 Comments about the current and future markets
45:50 Reading the data for market prediction
47:00 Expanding in the real estate market
49:00 Vision for the future–releasing books
51:50 Being a source of inspiration to people

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