Jesse Stanton is from Alaska, and he is a motivational speaker, podcaster, business coach, real estate investor & creative finance ninja. He is the host of the Birth to Net Worth podcast, where he details how he is approaching parenting and teaching his kids to live a life of freedom from the constraints of scarcity, both in terms of mindset and financially. He is the first guest I’ve had where we’ve talked extensively about the connection between parents and children. He shares many great stories of how his kids have absorbed lessons through books and seeing how their father interacts with others. We also chat about the importance of surrounding ourselves with people who push us to grow, rather than drag you down.
Highlights & Takeaways
- How Jesse’s kids have gotten to see the work that their dad is doing in real estate investing and making an impact on others, which has sparked their curiosity to learn more
- “What's been really neat is to teach these to my kids at such a young age where they're just like sponges, right? Because I'm not having to change 20, 30, 40, 50 years of somebody thinking a certain way.”
- Living in Alaska is extreme, where there’s long periods of darkness, harsh weather, and high suicide rates. At the same time, everybody is really generous and caring for each other.
- “When it came to my mindset in terms of what I'm capable of, surrounding yourself with those people and having the right conversations is going to be one of the biggest things that aid in your success.”
- The “crabs-in-a-bucket” mentality where other people are trying to drag you down once you start trying to make a better life for yourself and climb out of the bucket
- “You hang around five competent people. Guess what? You become the sixth. You hang around five millionaires, you become the sixth. It's a universal truth.”
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