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Respect The Grind with Stefan Aarnio

303 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 111 ratings

Respect The Grind with Stefan Aarnio is a podcast for high achievers and real world grinders. Listen to award winning real estate investor, Stefan Aarnio, discuss success with people who have achieved mastery and freedom through discipline. Stefan interviews entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, artists, real estate investors, or anyone who has achieved mastery and examines exactly what it takes to get there. If you want to learn how peak performers operate and dominate, then tune in to Respect The Grind with Stefan Aarnio!

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The No-Bullshit Secrets to Wealth Made Easy with Dr. Greg Reid

November 22, 2019 18:35 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Click here for timestamps and EPIC episode resources. Greg Reid has published more than 80 books and 34 of them have been best sellers. Our guest for today is a motivational keynote speaker, author, and adventurer, ready to take you through a journey where everything is possible and let you know that the true meaning of wealth is not entirely about money, but about time and land mixed up. If you’re looking for the key to success, stay with us as we have a chat with this Ted Talk Award-Win...

10X Your Life! With Grant Cardone

November 20, 2019 17:07 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MB

Click here for timestamps and EPIC episode resources. Success can come in many forms, but there isn’t a more marvelous way for success to be presented to us than this name: Grant Cardone. For those who don’t know who Grant is, he is an internationally renowned speaker on leadership, real estate investing, entrepreneurship, social media, and finances. He is the author of the famous 10X Rule and creator of 21 best-selling business programs. Cardone is here to make success our duty, our resp...

Manage and Accomplish a Million Dollar Goal with Brandon Dawson

November 18, 2019 17:27 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB

Click here for timestamps and episode resources. Brandon Dawson founded his first company at 28 years-old and learned everything about raising money from high net worth individuals, private equity firms and strategic partnerships. He knows investors are bored of listening to the same tales from start-ups presentations. What investors really want is to invest in people that see a passion for them and their ideas. Our today’s guest is on a constant look-out to reinvent himself and the busin...

Refuse to Conform to the 9-to-5 Status Quo With Chris ‘Bulldog’ Collins

November 15, 2019 16:49 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Click here for timestamps and episode resources. Everyone has a friend that is an expert in something, besides our most passionate pet lover friend. Our guest for today’s show is both. He is a true master turning companies around and he can even offer a money-back guarantee if things don’t work out for you. Chris ‘Bulldog’ Collins is the world’s #1 bulldog lover and he is absolutely sure that if you are consistent on playing by your own rules and turning your trials into strengths, you ca...

Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapter 6

November 12, 2019 01:23 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

After World War II, a new world order was established with America as the center of the universe. American culture invaded other countries for economic gain, and this made America a world exporter of not just goods, services, money and debt, but also culture. One of America’s biggest exports during this era of newfound wealth and surplus was a new kind of citizen ready to wreak havoc on society: the teenager. In this chapter of Hard Times Create Strong Men, Stefan explores the birth of the...

Replace Rat Race Life for Laptop Life with Jason Capital

November 09, 2019 01:47 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MB

Jason Capital was born in the late eighties, and he vastly went from living in his mom’s basement and struggling as an online salesman, to become an internet marketing guru and certified BSD. Jason decided to drop out of school to achieve his dreams and get out of the rat race. Thanks to the networking he did during an underground online marketing seminar with Yanik Silver, he managed to bring his e-book business from the ground, and ha hasn’t looked back ever since. Author of the book: Hi...

The Close: Seven Level Selling - Part 1 (continued)

November 05, 2019 01:18 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Let’s remember something: Anyone who is pursuing entrepreneurship, business or real estate investing, your relationships are your one and only asset. We are now entering the 7 Core Levels of Agreement universe. The base of these levels is two words we often use when we talk about the weather: COLD or WARM.  The seven levels of agreement work in a sequence. That means you must follow each step to make it to the next level. From clichés, facts, and opinions, to hopes, dreams, feelings, weakn...

Influencer Marketing and Personal Branding with Shane Barker

November 03, 2019 01:21 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MB

Let’s face this fact: we are living in the digital era more than ever before. Everything, absolutely everything can be sold on Instagram, and even if you think you have your brand in control and is doing its best performance with online marketing strategies, there are experts that know exactly how to play this game and win. Our guest for today’s show knows all about digital strategies, online marketing consulting and putting your business as high as it can be, with help from influencers like...

Self Made: Confession 2

October 28, 2019 23:31 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MB

What should we do when we realize our dreams are dead?  Stefan’s rock band sank like the Titanic and with that, he felt empty and exhausted. He didn’t move, didn’t shower and felt like no sleep at all. Some people would say he was depressed, but he called it burnout.  “I felt like an obsolete computer that had been tossed in the trash bin. I had been a loyal and compliant machine; I had faithfully gone down the assembly line of the entire education system from kindergarten through high s...

Delivering Quality Online Programs and Building Successful Companies with Ajit Ankwalkha

October 25, 2019 22:15 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB

What would you do if we told you can help and coach other people to generate millions in sales? Nothing makes our today’s guest happier than watching honest, dedicated business owners achieve their dreams. Over the past years, Ajit Nawalkha has built and sold numerous companies, online brands of coaches, authors, speakers, and online educators. He has co-founded and lead amazing companies like Mindvalley Teach towards massive growth, Evercoach, and Global Grit Institute, to teach the world w...

Money People Deal: Chapter 2

October 21, 2019 23:55 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Stefan started investing at 22. He had no cash, no credit, and most importantly, no credibility of any kind when he started. On his own, he had to learn the skills required to play the game around Money People. “I was a punk kid who had taken two thousand dollars worth of real estate seminars and had to make the dream happen.” Discover the 3 major ingredients of putting a real estate deal together:  The first and most important ingredient is money. Every entrepreneur needs money to start...

Money People Deal - Chapter 2

October 21, 2019 23:55 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Stefan started investing at 22. He had no cash, no credit, and most importantly, no credibility of any kind when he started. On his own, he had to learn the skills required to play the game around Money People. “I was a punk kid who had taken two thousand dollars worth of real estate seminars and had to make the dream happen.” Discover the 3 major ingredients of putting a real estate deal together:  The first and most important ingredient is money. Every entrepreneur needs money to start...

Skills to Get the Deals with Chris Rood

October 18, 2019 22:15 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

Chris Rood is a 38-year-old Entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor who owns 18 million dollars in holdings including Car Washes, oil change and mechanic shops, short-term vacation rentals on the beach, single-family homes, small apartments, land development, wholesaling and Mobile home parks.  Chris Rood is a firm believer in personal development and in growing your communication skills as well as your mind, body, and spirit in order to be successful. He’s been the 10X GrowthCon Sponsor 2 y...

Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapter 5

October 16, 2019 00:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

How do we know when a boy becomes a man in this modern society? Without the rites of passage from our ancestors and the struggles of past generations, many of our young children get stuck in the victim mentality and never fully develop into grown men. Age is just a number and it doesn’t reflect your true experience or manhood in this world. Nevertheless, when a boy decides to take ownership of his actions and stops putting the blame on others, this is when he becomes a man... In this chapt...

Find Foreclosure Homes and Manage Your Work-Life Balance with Aaron Amuchastegui

October 11, 2019 23:55 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

Aaron Amuchastegui has been married for ten years and has 4 children. He is an entrepreneur, and one of the best selling authors of "The 5 Hour School Week" that likes to run his businesses on the road while traveling with his family. In 2017, he and his family spent 3 weeks traveling and educating on the road for every one week they spent at home. They are focusing on experiencing life as big as they can while they can, with the belief that tomorrow is never promised so we need to live toda...

The Close: 7 Level Selling - Part 1

October 08, 2019 22:51 - 7 minutes - 6.41 MB

Stefan could feel this passion in his bones. Since he was a teenager, his parents used to push him to get a summer job. They also taught him what it's like to be a hard worker all his life. Later on, he decided to learn how to sell better than anyone…   Part 1 of The Close 7 Level Selling starts with a simple question: What is a Sale? After understanding this elemental term, you will learn why the basis of all human relationships is agreement and why we all need them in order to have a ric...

Your Network is Your Net Worth with Sean Kelly

October 05, 2019 01:13 - 50 minutes - 46 MB

Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur who founded Jersey Champs which makes custom jerseys based on trends and hip-hop culture as well as original designs. Sean launched Jersey Champs in May 2016 out of his college dorm room at Rutgers University. He started with $1,000 and took in pre-orders for his first jersey and sold all 100 jerseys within the first week. Sean dropped out of college during his sophomore year to work on Jersey Champs full time; the company is now a multi-million dollar company. ...

Self Made - Confession 1

October 01, 2019 22:37 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

What does it take to make that million dollars of ambition a reality?  At the age of fifteen, Aarnio had a youthful dream to be had a rockstar while watching his parents work on traditional jobs. They told him to enter college and to have a degree in economics or become a schoolteacher, but that did not appeal to him.  “Imagine the challenge for a young person today, with the lure of the entrepreneurial lifestyle, and reading stories of highly successful millennials in the tech sector an...

Achieve Mastery and Take your Life to the Next Level with Corrie Elieff

September 29, 2019 01:28 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Corrie Elieff is the president of Cardone Training Technologies, Inc. Canada, and the founder and CEO of YES Academy Inc. He is a visionary entrepreneur and a sales trainer with an obsessive focus to coach and lead individuals to increase their abilities in sales, communication and personal development. At the Young Entrepreneur Sales Agency (YESA), he helps develop empowered, ethical, young sales professionals and partners them with smart, progressive organizations that are intentional in t...

Money People Deal: Chapter 1

September 25, 2019 00:06 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

In order to know to win any game, you must first know all the rules. If you don’t know the rules, it is practically impossible to win the game. In this first chapter of Money, People, Deal, Stefan shares the four fastest ways to profit in the real estate industry. In this chapter, you will discover why speed has won all battles throughout history: from the Roman Empire to Lawrence of Arabia’s tactics in the pre-Second-World-War. Speed and distance are the most powerful strategies on the bu...

Change your Mindset, Change your Life with Garrain Jones

September 21, 2019 22:44 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB

Starting out as an underdog in the music industry with zero connections, Garrain Jones used MySpace to message producers. A chance meeting with Ludacris led to a recording contract, and opportunities to produce for stars like Chris Brown and 2 Chainz. The business deals Garrain made excluded him from the financial rewards of much of his work. Before long he was $200K in debt with nowhere to turn. Burnt out and discouraged, he quit the music industry and became homeless and attempted suicid...

Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapter 4

September 17, 2019 22:46 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Good men are not nice men. A good man is the one who gets the job done, and sometimes this may require the use of strength and power. This is why a “nice man” can never be a leader, because it is a form of weakness. Men and women are always on the lookout for strong men to lead them. Women can do it, but they become masculine in the process. To lead the tribe is a masculine trait. In this chapter of Hard Times Create Strong Men, Stefan discusses the difference between what being a “good ma...

From Rags to Riches: Become a Virtual Wholesaling Master with Khang Le

September 13, 2019 17:26 - 58 minutes - 107 MB

Khang Le was born in Vietnam and came to America at the age of 9. He dropped out of High School at 17 and met his wife at the age of 18. He moved in with her to live in a little shack behind a Mobil home park for 5 years. He sacrifices his teens and 20's to work on his future instead of partying and having fun. He worked at a job making $8.50/hrs and was fortunate enough to buy over a small hair extension kiosk in the mall at the age of 20. Now, he's working 2 jobs, from the age of 20-27. ...

Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapter 3

September 10, 2019 23:02 - 26 minutes - 48.2 MB

What does it mean to be a man? A man’s purpose is his work and any man that shies away from work or doesn’t take his work seriously is… unmanly. Making the leap from good to great comes down to having a mission and being driven enough to make it happen. Achieving your labor of love may not be possible under your current circumstances, but with enough hard work and perseverance, anything is possible... “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” M...

Vulnerability and Being your True, Authentic Self with Leonard Kim

September 06, 2019 22:28 - 50 minutes - 93.3 MB

Leonard Kim is a marketer who wins a lot of awards despite being a self-described expert at failing. But failing can’t be the only thing he is good at since book publishers like McGraw-Hill Business, companies like Cisco Systems, Keck Medicine of USC and Salesforce, universities like USC, UCI, Cal Poly Pomona and ArtCenter College of Design, large media publications like Forbes, CMO, Fast Company, Fortune, Adweek, Entrepreneur, and hundreds of others, and more than 500,000 followers think ot...

Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapters 1-2

September 04, 2019 16:30 - 45 minutes - 82.8 MB

What is wrong with masculinity in modern-day society? A generation of snowflakes raised by television and a lack of purpose in a world devoid of hardships has driven our culture meaningless and vicious. The lack of mentors and father figures has brought up men that are addicted to pornography and video games, and that lack the virtues of the great American heroes that led us through two World Wars and the Great Depression. The warrior spirit has succumbed to hedonism and become distracted aw...

America is the Last Bastion of Freedom with Rogan O’Handley

September 01, 2019 03:41 - 44 minutes - 81.4 MB

Rogan O’Handley is a former Hollywood entertainment lawyer that now posts conservative commentary, news, videos, and memes on his social media accounts entitled “DC_Draino”.  In a little over 2 years, his social media following has grown to over 700,000 followers with tens of thousands more joining every month. He focuses on battling corruption within our government, defending the Constitution, unifying our nation, advocating for the civil rights of all people, providing real news, and res...

Build your Real Estate Empire with Brian Adamson

August 24, 2019 18:31 - 42 minutes - 78.6 MB

Brian has helped countless people get started in real estate by providing educational content that helps kickstart their real estate careers. As a college student, Brian got his first taste of real estate investing with rental properties. More than 10 years later, his thirst only grows stronger. To date, he has flipped countless properties across the United States and aims for continuous growth.   Brian admits that he’s made some mistakes in the past and his primary goal is to help other...

How to Build Wealth in Real Estate with Christopher Senegal

August 24, 2019 17:58 - 31 minutes - 72 MB

After 16 years of education and graduating with an engineering degree in hand, I quickly realized I wanted more than 40 years in Corporate America. After getting into day trading and watching the volatility in the market take out many traders, I found myself growing a passion for real estate investing. Specifically investing in flips and rentals, but the focus has grown to investing in disinvested communities and providing quality housing options for the surrounding communities. As of April ...

How to Break Into LUXURY Real Estate with Tracy Tutor

August 16, 2019 21:43 - 23 minutes - 53.7 MB

With almost 20 years of experience, Tracy Tutor is one of the top agents at Douglas Elliman Beverly Hills and is an integral part of their Sports & Entertainment division. She has an undeniably strong presence and a confidence that has propelled her into the rooms of some of the most powerful people in LA, representing some of the most noteworthy brands in real estate, and iconic architects such as Frank Gehry, John Lautner, and Pierre Koenig. Tracy has consulted for the luxury five-star hot...

The most banned woman on the internet, Laura Loomer

August 09, 2019 22:38 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

Laura Loomer is a Jewish Conservative investigative journalist and activist. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Laura began her journalism career working as an undercover journalist for Project Veritas from 2015-2017.

Storming, norming, performing with Kory MacKinnon

August 02, 2019 20:05 - 45 minutes - 105 MB

Kory MacKinnon   A former Corporate Trainer, and National Level athlete from small-town Sarnia, Ontario, Kory was able to able to use decades of Business and Competition work-ethic, habits and mindset to escape the Rat Race in his 30's with…Real Estate.  What started off as a profitable side hustle has now turned into a Money Making Machine and a $10M+ Real Estate Portfolio. 

From SEO to ALL parts of the funnel with Dan Shure

July 26, 2019 15:32 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

Dan is a 10+ year SEO/Marketer. His business Evolving SEO has grown YoY for 5+ years. He has helped clients grow their organic traffic 10x-20x with his SEO and content marketing strategies. He also interviews guests like Rand Fishkin on his Podcast, Experts On The Wire.

The fake value of money with Robert Kiyosaki

July 12, 2019 19:26 - 29 minutes - 66.5 MB

Best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad-the #1 personal finance book of all time - Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money. He is an entrepreneur, educator, and investor who believes that each of us has the power to makes changes in our lives, take control of our financial future, and live the rich life we deserve.

Why positivity matters with Ryan Serhant

July 05, 2019 23:20 - 34 minutes - 79.8 MB

Ryan Matthew Serhant is an American real estate broker, bestselling author, producer, and star of Bravo’s two-time Emmy Nominated reality television series, Million Dollar Listing New York, and its spin-off, Sell It Like Serhant.

The best ways to market online, launch products and services with RUSS RUFFINO

June 28, 2019 20:40 - 1 hour - 156 MB

Russ Ruffino is a business coach with a no-nonsense, high-reward approach to attracting the right clients at the right price. Back at the height of the economic recession, Russ Ruffino paid his bills working hard hours as a bartender. He was first inspired to launch his career during this time after noticing a friend’s success in online marketing and social media.

How sell your website for maximum value with Mark Daoust

June 21, 2019 18:28 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

Mark Daoust’s passion for creating sales agreements that benefit both sides of the table led him to create Quiet Light Brokerage in 2007.

How To Start Investing And Be A Millionaire with Cole Hatter

May 31, 2019 15:39 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

Cole Hatter is an entrepreneur, investor, and award-winning speaker. He invests in real estate, start-ups, and several funds exceeding $100 million. Cole is the founder of Thrive: Make Money Matter, an annual conference designed to teach entrepreneurs how to dominate in business and in life, while making the world a better place.

Traditional education fails to teach financial literacy with Jay Morrison

May 30, 2019 21:41 - 45 minutes - 103 MB

Jay Morrison is an educator, business mogul, influencer and the CEO and founder of the historic Tulsa Real Estate Fund; the first black-owned real estate crowdfund and the Jay Morrison Academy;

What If You Could Predict the Future? With Josh Steimle

May 24, 2019 14:08 - 1 hour - 138 MB

Josh Steimle is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and executive coach. He has written over 300 articles for publications like Fortune, Time, Forbes, Inc., Mashable, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur, and is the author of Chief Marketing Officers at Work. Josh is the founder of MWI, a digital marketing agency with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, the UK, and the US. He is also the founder and CEO of Influencer Inc, a publishing, training, and events company that provides personal branding a...

Creating Your Vision, Purpose & Story with JASON TREU

May 23, 2019 05:29 - 40 minutes - 91.6 MB

Jason Treu (Troy) is a coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs and rising stars to maximize their leadership potential and performance. He also helps them build and execute their career blueprint. He's the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships, which has sold more than 60,000 copies.

The strategy that could change your life with EVAN CARMICHAEL

May 19, 2019 10:10 - 45 minutes - 105 MB

Evan Carmichael believes in entrepreneurs. At 19, he built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a venture capitalist helping to raise $500,000 to $15 million. He now runs EvanCarmichael.com, a popular website for entrepreneurs. He breathes and bleeds entrepreneurship. He's obsessed, aiming to help one billion entrepreneurs and change the world. He has set two world records, uses a stand-up desk, rides a Vespa, raises funds for Kiva, wears five-toe shoes and created Entrepreneu...

The key to stay motivated with DAVID MELTZER

April 27, 2019 16:24 - 40 minutes - 91.6 MB

Dave Meltzer is currently the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing one of the world’s leading sports & entertainment marketing agencies, which he co-founded with Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon.    Prior to S1M, he was CEO of the world’s first smartphone, the PC-E Phone, and later became CEO of the world’s most notable sports agency, Leigh Steinberg Sports and Entertainment.  He is an award-winning humanitarian, an international keynote speaker, best-selling author, Chairman of the Unstoppable F...

Guaranteed Sold Programs with ALLAN ASPLIN

April 25, 2019 13:41 - 44 minutes - 101 MB

Allan is a Winnipeg known successful Real Estate Agent who in this podcast discusses what his company does and how he has gotten to where he is today. Allan provides tips on how to stand out in the industry and become successful in life.

Human Endurance & The Mind-Body Connection with ALEX HUTCHINSON

April 23, 2019 19:38 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

Alex Hutchinson is a sports science journalist with the Outside magazine and the Globe and Mail. He is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance.

How to rise a Real Estate Entrepreneur in Yourself with RYAN WRIGHT

April 20, 2019 22:11 - 54 minutes - 125 MB

Ryan Wright is a successful Real Estate Entrepreneur who self-educated himself on how to flip and sell houses.

How to achieve mastery and have enough confidence to believe in yourself with ANTHONY IANNARINO

April 16, 2019 14:49 - 45 minutes - 104 MB

Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, bestselling author, sales leader, and entrepreneur. He posts daily sales tips and insights to The Sales Blog. is an international speaker, bestselling author, sales leader, and entrepreneur. He posts daily sales tips and insights to The Sales Blog.  

Data-driven solutions to optimize your life with ANGELO POLI

April 14, 2019 17:27 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MB

Angelo Poli is an internationally recognized expert in fitness and nutrition. He’s the Founder of MetPro, the world’s first algorithm based transformation engine. Using Metabolic Profiling, MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining your health goals. Poli has spent much of his career as a motivational speaker, speaking regularly at universities, and hospitals around the country. Poli was a featured speaker at TEDxChico where he discussed his own a...

The best volume to trade with TIM SYKES

April 14, 2019 16:09 - 38 minutes - 87.9 MB

Tim Sykes is an extremely successful stock investor who turned his Bar Mitzvah money into millions of dollars. Tim has taken what he knows and has learned and now helps his students become successful and wealthy. He stresses in this podcast the importance of traveling and the eye-opening experience it has had on him. He has a charity of his that he now donates to and promotes. Tim stresses the importance of education and his role in helping to build schools for people that don’t have any to ...

Quitting Who You've Been to Reveal Who You're with STEFANOS SIFANDOS

April 12, 2019 06:54 - 44 minutes - 103 MB

Stef Sifandos - relational alchemist, international speaker, and author. Stefanos facilitates transformational growth through neuro-empowerment practices, an integration of spiritual praxis and western psychology to improve and enhance the quality of your relationships. Stefanos believes that intimate relationships and sacredness in a union is a direct path to enlightenment and freedom. Immersed in deep men’s empowerment work and intimate relationships, Stefanos merges the best of easter...

Guests

Aaron Amuchastegui
1 Episode
Alex Hutchinson
1 Episode
Amy Morin
1 Episode
Anthony Iannarino
1 Episode
Clayton Morris
1 Episode
Cole Hatter
1 Episode
Dan Lok
1 Episode
David Meltzer
1 Episode
Evan Carmichael
1 Episode
Grant Cardone
1 Episode
Guy Kawasaki
1 Episode
Jason Parker
1 Episode
Jason Treu
1 Episode
Lauren Zander
1 Episode
Ricky Carruth
1 Episode
Robert Kiyosaki
1 Episode
Rod Khleif
1 Episode
Stefanos Sifandos
1 Episode
Thom Shea
1 Episode