After a weekend of eye-opening experiences, I found myself reevaluating the role of ego in personal growth. Picture this: at a Boardroom Mastermind Group meeting, I crossed paths with Leon, the Wall Street Trapper, whose humility in the face of massive success challenged my own perceptions. His story of rising from humble beginnings to triumph in the stock market was fascinating, but it was his graceful approach to learning and growth that left a lasting impression. This encounter, coupled with the inspiring energy at a Better Than Ezra concert, where the band skillfully blended new material with classics, left me pondering the virtues of staying grounded and continuously evolving. Throughout this episode, we explore the pitfalls of ego, drawing insights from Ryan Holiday's seminal works, "The Obstacle is the Way" and "Ego is the Enemy," and examining how unchecked ego can stifle success, using Steve Jobs as a poignant example. We unravel the complexities of the Dunning-Kruger effect and the critical importance of maintaining a service-oriented mindset. The cautionary tale of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos serves as a sobering reminder of the catastrophic outcomes that ego can unleash. By the end, it's clear that embracing humility and a lifelong commitment to learning are more valuable than any facade of perfection. Join me as we embark on a journey of self-reflection and growth, one that prioritizes authenticity over artifice. 💬 Did you enjoy this weekly drop? Tell us all about it in the comment section below! ☑️ If you liked this video, consider subscribing to Escaping The Drift with John Gafford ************* 💯 About John Gafford: After appearing on NBC's "The Apprentice", John relocated to the Las Vegas Valley and founded several successful companies in the real estate space. ➡️ The Gafford Group at Simply Vegas, top 1% of all REALTORS nationwide in terms of production. Simply Vegas, a 500 agent brokerage with billions in annual sales Clear Title, a 7-figure full-service title and escrow company. ➡️ Streamline Home Loans - An independent mortgage bank with more than 100 loan officers. The Simply Group, A national expansion vehicle partnering with large brokers across the country to vertically integrate their real estate brokerages. ************* ✅ Follow John Gafford on social media: Instagram ▶️ / thejohngafford Facebook ▶️ / gafford2 🎧 Stream the new Weekly Drop here: Listen On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7cWN80gtZ4m4wl3DqQoJmK?si=2d60fd72329d44a9 Listen On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/escaping-the-drift-with-john-gafford/id1582927283 ************* #weeklydrop #johngafford #ego #personalgrowth #humility #success #boardroommastermindgroup #leon #wallstreettrapper #learning #growth #betterthanezra #concert #authenticity #selfreflection #ryanholiday #theobstacleistheway #egoistheenemy #stevejobs #dunningkrugereffect #serviceorientedmindset #elizabethholmes #theranos #cautionarytale #humbleapproach #openmindedness #perfection
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From the podcast that gets you from where you are to where you want to be, escaping the drift, this is The Weekly Drop with Jon Gafford. No matter what platform you're watching or listening to us on, make sure you like, subscribe, and comment. And now, The Drop. What's up, everybody? Time for another episode of The Weekly Drop, my little solo pod I hit you with once a week.
And today, man, I want to talk about something that is a struggle sometimes for me, and I made some realizations over the weekend. And that thing I struggle with is ego. It really is. And I saw a couple of things that hit me this weekend and I wanted to talk about it. And ego to me is perfectly fine.
There's nothing wrong with having an ego, but if it is prohibiting growth in you and holding you back, then that is a problem. I'm going to tell two stories from the weekend. that made me kind of realize that I gotta check myself, if you will, before I wreck myself or stop wrecking myself, if you will.
So the first one is over the weekend, I went to one of my favorite places to go, which is the Boardroom Mastermind Group. It is a elite level group of very high level, high net worth individuals that focus primarily on real estate investing, but it's just a lot of really good people that are really smart.
And a guy that I just met for the first time, that just came to the group for the first time in our meeting in Boston back in Q3, and I got to know him a little bit then. Not a lot. We were in the same room. But this dude's name is Leon, better known as the Wall Street Trapper, or Trap, as we call him. And you need to look this dude up, first of all. So this is a dude that has an amazing story.
I'm gonna have him on the podcast next week to go through his story in detail, but very humble beginnings. And taught himself the stock market and got to be really, really good at trading options. And now he has built this into a following of millions of people, coaches tens or hundreds of thousands of people on how to do this. And the guy is just, number one, he kills it in the market.
Number two... He makes, I mean, infinite amounts of money selling his coaching. Every month, the number of orders he gets is staggering of people that join his coaching program online. It's staggering the amount of money he's making doing this. And the reason I say this is not necessarily to celebrate his success.
Although, dude, you know, anybody that achieves that level of success, I'm rooting for you.
But more to the point, it's how this guy carries himself in those meetings, how he carries himself in this group because he is a guy that understands the stock market intimately and he joined our group because he kind of got sick of paying this massive tax bill that he had and he wanted to learn how to invest in real estate and utilize the tax code to lower his tax bill. And you would never know,
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