Justin Donald The Lifestyle Investor

Scale up on Your Own Terms

There Are Ways to Scale Up on Your Own Terms

By Justin Donald / March 25, 2023 /

The opportunity to speak with somebody who dreamed of becoming a pastor but instead became an entrepreneur is not one you get too often. That’s why I was excited to interview Taylor Welch, an internationally recognized business consultant and entrepreneur. As a CEO of several multi-eight-figure companies, Taylor has advised and serviced more than 50,000…

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Don't Be Ruthless

If You Don’t Want to Be Ruthless — Then Don’t

By Justin Donald / March 23, 2023 /

Jonathan Keyser believes that he became the worst version of himself as he entered the cutthroat world of commercial real estate brokerage. After a while, he got tired of it. Why? In the pursuit of success, he started sacrificing his values. Through selfless leadership, he transformed his brokerage firm into an eight-figure company. According to…

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Freedom While Scaling

There’s No Need to Sacrifice Freedom While Scaling

By Justin Donald / February 23, 2023 /

What is the most efficient way to build and scale a business without sacrificing your freedom in the process? It’s a question all entrepreneurs have asked at some point. After all, almost all entrepreneurs get burned out from the constant grind, or worse, fail. In fact, according to The Hustle’s survey of more than 300…

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A real impact with real estate

Do You Want to Make a Real Impact? Do it With Real Estate

By Justin Donald / September 19, 2022 /

A year ago in July, I had JP Newman on my podcast. I really appreciate JP’s attention to detail and how he works to stay transparent on all issues. He surrounds himself with good people who work to show goodness, respect, and decency and to pay it forward. In this day and age — how…

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Equation for Core Value

Do You Have an Equation for Your Core Value?

By Justin Donald / September 8, 2022 /

In February 2021, I had Darius Mirshahzadeh on my Podcast speaking about his book: The Core Value Equation: A Framework to Drive Results, Create Limitless Scale and Win the War for Talent and a whole bunch of other stuff. Darius has one of the unique entrepreneurial journeys that you would ever want to learn and…

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Change How You Think Wealthy

Change How You Think to be Ultra-Wealthy

By Justin Donald / July 28, 2022 /

Have you ever tried to change your thinking about any subject? For sure, changing what you think or how you think doesn’t just happen by accident — you have to study it out in your mind. Ask any police detective; if you want to catch a criminal, you have to think like a criminal. So…

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effective leader better habits

Highly Effective Leaders Have Better Habits. What Are They?

By Justin Donald / July 19, 2022 /

Back in September 2021, I had Brad Lomenick on the show. So today, I’ve been thinking about what Brad taught me that day that I’ve taken into my life and now practice in daily life about highly effective leaders with better habits. Brad Lomenick has a great book that everyone should read called “H3 Leadership:…

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Achieving Your Dreams

You Can Make a Culture Out of Achieving Your Dreams

By Justin Donald / May 14, 2022 /

You can make a goal for yourself and your organization to make a culture out of achieving your dreams. One of the things I love best about Dane Espegard is that every conversation is uplifting and I come away feeling better than I did before. Dane doesn’t come to people in his organization telling them…

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Real Estate Provide Passive Income

Your Residential Real Estate Can Provide Passive Income

By Justin Donald / May 6, 2022 /

Last September, I met with Marco Santarelli for a podcast interview about creating passive income. But, of course, you already know that my primary motivation is to have the lifestyle of my choosing and to support this lifestyle through passive income. It was refreshing to hear that Marco Santarelli has such a solid footing with…

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Create Freedom Investing Real Estate

You Can Create Freedom by Investing in Real Estate

By Justin Donald / April 21, 2022 /

Anyone who has heard me speak or read my book, The Lifestyle Investor, or read any other writing knows the one thing that I want everyone to know. When you build your life around a lifestyle of what you get paid, rather than building your pay around the lifestyle you truly want — you are…

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