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Shawn Meaike

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623 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

And I'm like, okay, but you also won't get, the YouTube video won't show you everything that happens that I got to pick up in two hours in a meeting. And I'm paying attention. Because it's easy to get dumb when you're watching YouTube. It's easy to stop thinking. And you also assume that what you're watching is true. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

And I'm like, okay, but you also won't get, the YouTube video won't show you everything that happens that I got to pick up in two hours in a meeting. And I'm paying attention. Because it's easy to get dumb when you're watching YouTube. It's easy to stop thinking. And you also assume that what you're watching is true. Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

That's why it was so easy for me. Nobody would do it. So I knew things that I thought everybody should know. And then I'm like, then they were coming to me and saying, I got a raw piece of land. Will you help me develop it? I'm thinking, dude, all I've been doing is going to meetings. So you want me? And I'm like, sure, but I wouldn't do. And I'm like, my deal was I ain't doing it for free.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

That's why it was so easy for me. Nobody would do it. So I knew things that I thought everybody should know. And then I'm like, then they were coming to me and saying, I got a raw piece of land. Will you help me develop it? I'm thinking, dude, all I've been doing is going to meetings. So you want me? And I'm like, sure, but I wouldn't do. And I'm like, my deal was I ain't doing it for free.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

That's why it was so easy for me. Nobody would do it. So I knew things that I thought everybody should know. And then I'm like, then they were coming to me and saying, I got a raw piece of land. Will you help me develop it? I'm thinking, dude, all I've been doing is going to meetings. So you want me? And I'm like, sure, but I wouldn't do. And I'm like, my deal was I ain't doing it for free.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I don't do shit for free. See, early on, I was really excited about, but I've got to a point where I'm like, you know what? If I do any of this shit, I could be doing something to make money. I have kids. I have a family. You're going to pay me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I don't do shit for free. See, early on, I was really excited about, but I've got to a point where I'm like, you know what? If I do any of this shit, I could be doing something to make money. I have kids. I have a family. You're going to pay me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I don't do shit for free. See, early on, I was really excited about, but I've got to a point where I'm like, you know what? If I do any of this shit, I could be doing something to make money. I have kids. I have a family. You're going to pay me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I was looking at my life 360 app because I have my daughter in there keeping hers is like keeping staff safe in California. She named it. My son was eight and he I still have the same one. He named that the that we're tracking each other. And it said, pay me, motherfucker. Mike family. He was eight. And I remember always saying, like, I'm going to be on the phone.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I was looking at my life 360 app because I have my daughter in there keeping hers is like keeping staff safe in California. She named it. My son was eight and he I still have the same one. He named that the that we're tracking each other. And it said, pay me, motherfucker. Mike family. He was eight. And I remember always saying, like, I'm going to be on the phone.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I was looking at my life 360 app because I have my daughter in there keeping hers is like keeping staff safe in California. She named it. My son was eight and he I still have the same one. He named that the that we're tracking each other. And it said, pay me, motherfucker. Mike family. He was eight. And I remember always saying, like, I'm going to be on the phone.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I'm like, dude, I'll do it. But you're going to fucking pay me. And my deal was, so I started getting involved in so many aspects. I started doing really well financially, better than I ever thought I would do. And I loved real estate. It was really a passion of mine. And post-08, the rentals went through the roof. It was unbelievable.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I'm like, dude, I'll do it. But you're going to fucking pay me. And my deal was, so I started getting involved in so many aspects. I started doing really well financially, better than I ever thought I would do. And I loved real estate. It was really a passion of mine. And post-08, the rentals went through the roof. It was unbelievable.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I'm like, dude, I'll do it. But you're going to fucking pay me. And my deal was, so I started getting involved in so many aspects. I started doing really well financially, better than I ever thought I would do. And I loved real estate. It was really a passion of mine. And post-08, the rentals went through the roof. It was unbelievable.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I probably wouldn't have sold them, except I had a company from China reach out through a broker I knew. And I was like, what are they doing here? He's like, the casinos. There's so many people coming from China to work and gamble and the whole deal. And I'm like, all right, what were they? I'm only going to sell them as one. I'm not going through one.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I probably wouldn't have sold them, except I had a company from China reach out through a broker I knew. And I was like, what are they doing here? He's like, the casinos. There's so many people coming from China to work and gamble and the whole deal. And I'm like, all right, what were they? I'm only going to sell them as one. I'm not going through one.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

Matter of fact, I probably wouldn't have sold them, except I had a company from China reach out through a broker I knew. And I was like, what are they doing here? He's like, the casinos. There's so many people coming from China to work and gamble and the whole deal. And I'm like, all right, what were they? I'm only going to sell them as one. I'm not going through one.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

If the number's big enough and fat enough, I will sell it. And matter of fact, I got to the point where I almost lost the deal because I had to use his broker because he brought them to me. And he's a nice guy, but like, God. And I'm like, and it was painful. And at one point he called me late and he's like, hey, there's permits from like 40 years prior to me owning them.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

If the number's big enough and fat enough, I will sell it. And matter of fact, I got to the point where I almost lost the deal because I had to use his broker because he brought them to me. And he's a nice guy, but like, God. And I'm like, and it was painful. And at one point he called me late and he's like, hey, there's permits from like 40 years prior to me owning them.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

If the number's big enough and fat enough, I will sell it. And matter of fact, I got to the point where I almost lost the deal because I had to use his broker because he brought them to me. And he's a nice guy, but like, God. And I'm like, and it was painful. And at one point he called me late and he's like, hey, there's permits from like 40 years prior to me owning them.