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The most rewarding part of building a big business is that you get to bring other people on the journey with you. You need to make sure they’re the right people, though. In this episode, we go over how to attract the best talent for your team.

We break it down into five steps: be a confident leader, define your value proposition, evaluate your culture, determine who you’re missing, and create a talent funnel. For each one, we give specific tactics.

The people you work with are key to your success and your happiness. We hope this episode helps you build and maintain an excellent squad!

Resources:

• Join Her Best Life
• Read The Millionaire Real Estate Agent
• Work with Anna Krueger
• Learn more about the Empire Circle

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan
• Kymber Lovett-Menkiti: @kymbermenkiti
• Tiffany Fykes: @tiffanyfykes

Produced by NOVA Media

This podcast is for general informational purposes only. The guest's views, thoughts, and opinions represent those of the guest and not KWRI and its affiliates and should not be construed as financial, economic, legal, tax, or other advice. This podcast is provided without any warranty, or guarantee of its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or results from using the information.

Each one of us has made mistakes and learned lessons the hard way while building our big businesses. In this episode, we share those lessons with you, hoping to spare you some of the pain and heartache.

We discuss everything from the importance of documenting all your processes as you start your business to learning how to let people go as they move on from your team. For each lesson learned, we give you examples from our own experiences.

This episode is our gift to our listeners. You are not alone on this imperfect journey to building a big business and an even bigger life.

Resources:

• Listen to Episode 135. Health Journey with Sarah Reynolds
• Listen to Episode 233. How to Be a Leader That Someone Wants to Follow: The 4 A’s of Leadership
• Join Her Best Life
• Read Acres of Diamonds

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan
• Kymber Lovett-Menkiti: @kymbermenkiti
• Tiffany Fykes: @tiffanyfykes

Produced by NOVA Media

This podcast is for general informational purposes only. The guest's views, thoughts, and opinions represent those of the guest and not KWRI and its affiliates and should not be construed as financial, economic, legal, tax, or other advice. This podcast is provided without any warranty, or guarantee of its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or results from using the information.

We get to teach and consult with agents all over the country, so we have a pretty good picture of what folks are experiencing in their local markets. For some folks, the market is still really fast-moving, but for many folks, it has slowed down. However, we also have a great view of what works for agents regardless of what kind of market they are in, regardless of whether they are on the buyer or seller side. That’s what we’re here to share with you today.

We give you five key fundamentals to win in any market: Get your mindset right, establish good habits, ask for help, measure results, and celebrate the small wins. 

We dive into each one so you are fully prepared to succeed no matter what.

Resources:

• Register for the Her Best Life 2024 Flagship Event in Miami, September 16-18. 

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan
• Kymber Lovett-Menkiti: @kymbermenkiti
• Tiffany Fykes: @tiffanyfykes

Produced by NOVA Media

If you listen to a lot of news, you may be a little nervous about real estate right now—a feeling some of us knew all too well around and after 2008. But businesses of all kinds need to learn to be resilient, whether that’s just in your mind or in your finances. Today we’re going to share some strategies to help you stay grounded (particularly as the real estate market looks scary) and get through uncertain times.

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

This episode is a personal one because we get to dive into Sarah Reynolds' personal life—specifically, her health journey. We’re all about building big businesses and even bigger lives, and the truth is that none of that matters if you don’t have your health. We talk about the patterns of her childhood, struggling to make health a priority and putting it on the back burner while she built her business, using food to cope with stress, and finally her big a-ha moment where it all began to turn around.

Connect on Instagram:

• Eat, Fast and Live Longer
• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

We’ve talked before about the value of doing hard things, and this episode is proof that we are true to our word. In the middle of everything else going on, Vija took on one of the hardest things a human can do: A marathon at the bottom of the world in Patagonia. Hear about how she learned from her experiences, the lessons she learned, and moving forward when failure is the only option.

Connect on Instagram:

• Read: It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life
• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

Often we’re told to focus on what we need to improve at. Starting with school, where we’re trained to train our weaknesses instead of leaning into our strengths. But leaning into your own personal strengths can lead to extraordinary results. We’re going to share the tools you can use to identify your own strengths, and what you can do to leverage those strengths for success.

Connect on Instagram:

• CliftonStrengths Online Talent Assessment
• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

One of our favorite things here at Empire Building is travel. It does so much: It reinvigorates us, gives us new experiences, allows us to spend time with family and friends, and more. Whether traveling for work or for the joy of it, we have some tips for getting the most out of your trip. We’ll share some of our favorite places we’ve visited, as well as how to manage the three parts of every trip: pre, during, and post.

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

Leaders are readers. Books offer some of the best return on value you can get anywhere—you can learn the lessons of amazing leaders for just a few dollars and some time. We’re going to share the books that we’re reading and what we’re learning from them.

Books mentioned:

• The Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink
• The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
• How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
• Lifestyle Investor by Justin Donald
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
• The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
• The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward
• Multipliers by Liz Weisman
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
• Falling Upward by Ricahrd Rohr
• Final Gifts by Maggie Callnhan and Patricia Kelly
• 13 Fatal Errors Managers Make and How You Can Avoid Them by W. Steven Brown
• Will by Will Smith
• Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon

Connect on Instagram:

• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

Being married to an entrepreneur can be a challenge. Whether it’s balancing the needs of a business and a family, or trying to draw the right boundaries, it doesn’t come easy. It can be rewarding and amazing but it’s also full of sacrifice. It’s important that entrepreneurial couples get on the same page about their priorities and values. We’re going to talk about setting goals together as a couple, finding alignment as a team, and some of the mistakes we’ve made before during the process.

Connect on Instagram:

• Join the Goal Setting Retreat at the1thing.com/events and use code WENDY for a discount
• Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevp
• Vija Williams: @viavija
• Sarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsoji
• Wendy Papasan: @wendypapasan