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30
Nov, 2019

Remarkable Results Radio Episode 417: Achieving Success on a Curved Road

Successful Real Estate Investor Rob Rowsell recently appeared on Remarkable Results Radio. The title of his episode “Achieving Success On A Curved Road”, refers of course to his amazing transformation from homeless drug addict to wealthy real estate investor.

Real Estate Investor Rob Rowsell on how he goes about achieving success.Achieving Success On a Curved Road – Key Takeaways

“Addicted to Life” by Rob Rowsell

  • This book is relatable for everyone, including auto repair shop owners and managers.
  • Readers are leaders, so start by reading a few chapters every couple days.
  • Addiction can be to things other than drugs and alcohol, such as food, television, or sex.
  • “You can’t coast uphill”. You are either getting better or getting worse, and you cannot coast success.
  • Small successes can often slow momentum. For example, losing weight is a success, but maintaining your healthy weight is long term lifestyle. You can’t get complacent after just one small success.
  • Get outside of your comfort zone, or you aren’t growing and learning.
  • Success is a curved road, and you can only see so far until you get to a curve.

8 Building Blocks for achieving success in “Addicted to Life”

  1. Be done – announce it, both to yourself and the rest of the world.
  2. Get uncomfortable and then take action.
  3. Create the wave of momentum.
  4. Prepare now for what’s coming – growth.
  5. You must always be open to the unexpected.
  6. You won’t always feel like you are winning.
  7. You must understand the law of exposure. You are what you surround yourself with.
  8. You won’t do it alone, because success is a team sport.

Working in the automotive industry

  • Rob had previous experience as a Service Advisor.
  • He was 45 days clean when he applied to work a day job, and he filled out the application honestly.
  • Referred to an auto repair shop, the owner hired him and then became his mentor.
  • An acquaintance of his father was brainstorming about needing someone to take over repair shop.
  • Timing will never be perfect if you are waiting for the perfect opportunity, so be prepared for anything.

Has 4 shops

  • Three shops make $2 million each annually.
  • The fourth shop just opened in September 2019.

Not Achieving Success Yet? Join Our Community!

Do you own multi-family properties? If not, do you aspire to one day? Then you should consider joining our online discussion group, the Addicted To Life Community! Each month, Rob Rowsell will teach you what you must do in order to build wealth in the real estate business. It’s not as easy as it looks! Property taxes, liens, and legal fees can all be hard to navigate, so having a successful guide in your corner like Rob is a must! Enroll today!

30
Nov, 2019

Town Hall Academy Episode 109 f/ Rob: “Dealing With Information Overload”

Information Overload - Business Brain Short CircuitTown Hall Academy Episode 109: How to Handle the  Information Overload, Workload, and All That You Have to Learn

Key Talking Points:

Mark Roberts

  • Prioritize – Decide on what’s important, then focus.  Limit distractions to avoid information overload. I don’t have any email or social media alerts turned on. My phone stays on silent or dnd most times.
  • Trust and empower your staff (delegate)
  • Clear your head. Write things down in order to get them out of your head. I use an app (Remember the Milk) for most daily things. Do it, delegate it, defer it, or drop it.
  • Exercise. There are lots of benefits to this.

Donny Seyfer

  • How, when, and how long are the best to learn new things?
  • Filters our brain automatically sets to ignore what we either don’t want to hear or don’t understand
  • Neural pathways, what they are and how to mow the lawn on them.

Rob Rowsell

  • What’s your system for breaking down the mountain of actionable items you get from this type of an event? If you don’t have a system, you won’t get much done. Select 3-5 items that must get done before you move to other items on the list.
  • The Working on it Tuesdays (WOIT) strategy ensures I don’t forget items at the “helicopter level”. Those are tasks only I can do. We’ve all heard of “Working ON my business, not IN my business”. I dedicate this day/time for that. This is uninterrupted “Maker” time, not “Manager” time.
  • Set realistic, measurable quarterly goals. This also applies to education time. Your coach can help with this. I’m amazed how people overestimate how much can be done in three months, then underestimate what can be done in a year. Write and review what’s most important to get done this quarter, then break that down to what you can knock out weekly. Attack the portion of the list that is “maker” time on Tuesdays. That will really help “move the ball down the field”.
  • Assign the $10/hour items on your list to a team member. That is a huge help to avoid information overload. Overloading on tasks that can be assigned to an assistant  or outside vendor, minimizes an owner’s value. Delegate any $50/hour or less work  to someone else. This is helicopter level thinking. The value we bring to the table is $500/hour+. Although this may be foreign to some, thinking like this will start the process. I once thought I had to take out the trash to set the example for my people. Little did I know I was hurting them by not working on what really made a difference for the company they work for.

Join Our Community

Do you own multi-family properties? If not, do you aspire to one day? Then you should consider joining our online discussion group, the Addicted To Life Community! Each month, Rob Rowsell will teach you what you must do in order to build wealth in the real estate business. Property taxes, liens, and legal fees can all be hard to navigate, so having a successful guide in your corner like Rob is a must! Enroll today!

30
Nov, 2019

Town Hall Academy Episode 102 f/ Rob: “Second Chance: Working With and Supporting Addiction

In this guest appearance on Remarkable Results Radio, Rob Rowsell joins a panel discussing drug addiction and recovery. Rob’s experiences with meth, alcohol, and crack cocaine brought him to rock bottom in life. When he turned to Christ and decided he was done, Rob’s fortunes turned around. Therefore, Rob is the perfect guest to speak on the topic of substance abuse, as well as recovery. Listen up, and you may learn a lesson that could save a life.

Second Chance – Working with and Supporting Addiction

Rob Rowsell overcame drug addiction to become a successful real estate investorWe cover a lot of ground in this episode that will open your eyes to addiction, including:

  • The way out
  • Living life without
  • The law of exposure
  • The reward system
  • Opioids, alcohol and other addictions
  • The signs of relapse

The panel: Matt Fanslow, Eric Ziegler, Rob Rowsell, and Tanner Brandt. Here is a myth: People who struggle with addition come from a bad or broken home and have no support. And here is some truth: Until an addict says ‘Done’ no one can help them. Your heart may say you are done but your actions must demonstrate it.

At least one-third of you have a life experience with addiction or have a close friend, family member, or significant other who struggles. Use this episode in order to help yourself or someone you love with addiction.

Join Our Community

Do you own multi-family properties? If not, do you aspire to one day? Then you should consider joining our online discussion group, the ATL Inner Circle Community! Each month, Rob Rowsell will teach you what you must do in order to build wealth in the real estate business. It’s not as easy as it looks! Property taxes, liens, and legal fees can all be hard to navigate, so having a successful guide in your corner like Rob is a must! Sign up today!

6
Nov, 2019

Addicted to Life Chapter 1 Review: “You Have Got To Be Done”

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Rob Rowsell reviews Chapter 1 of his award winning book Addicted to Life! Before he became a successful real estate investor, Rob lived a life of substance abuse on the streets. For the process of change to start, he first decided that he had to be done with that life.

You must be done if you want to walk through the doors to a new life.Are You Ready To Change? You Must Tell Yourself, “I Have Got To Be Done!”

The series starts with Rob deep in the throes of his drug addled, prison bound lifestyle. He shares photos of his mug shots. His old beat up Geo Prism also make the slideshow. Those pictures remind him of how far he has come.

When he walked into his parole officer’s office, he had made the resolution that his life had to change. Though the crack pipe resting in his shirt pocket was still warm, he had never believed anything so strongly. Something told the parole officer that he deserved one last chance to get clean. She declared him a free man, as long as he got a sponsor and completed rehab.

It turned out that last chance what all Rob needed. Since that day, God has guided Rob through the many steps detailed in ATL. Today, he runs a successful real estate investing business. The Lord has used Rob’s story to help countless others since he took that first step. Are you ready to make that change, too?

Want to read about the rest of Rob’s amazing story? Buy the book Addicted to Life today.

Join Our Community

Do you own multi-family properties? If not, would you like to one day? Then you should consider joining our online discussion group, the ATL Inner Circle Community! Each month, Rob Rowsell will teach you what you must do in order to build wealth in the real estate business. It’s not as easy as it looks! Property taxes, liens, and legal fees can all be hard to navigate, so having a successful guide in your corner like Rob is a must! Sign up today!

30
Oct, 2019

The Goose Story

Rob Rowsell has coached many multi-family real estate investment professionals to success. One of the keys to succeeding in the property investing field is teamwork. Nobody can excel in this industry without a great team helping them! Read on for a great analogy.

Geese flying in V formation - how is each goose in the flock like your real estate investment team mates?

The Goose Story

Next Fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter, flying along in a V formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following it. By flying in a V formation, the whole flock adds as least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily, because they are traveling on the thrusts of one another. 

When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone. It quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front of it. If we have as much sense as a goose we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are.

When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. It pays to take turns doing hard jobs.

Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. An encouraging word goes a long way.

Finally, when a goose gets sick, or is wounded by gunshots and falls out, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to help and protect it.  They stay until the fallen goose until it is able to fly or until it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their group. If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each other like that.

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Join Our Multi-Family Real Estate Investment Community

Do you own multi-family properties? If not, do you aspire to one day? Then you should consider joining our online discussion group, the Addicted To Life Community! Each month, Rob Rowsell will teach you what to do in order to build wealth in the real estate business. It’s not as easy as it looks! Property taxes. Liens. Legal fees. These can all be hard to navigate, so having a successful guide in your corner like Rob is a must! Enroll today!

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