Ep. 63 - Embracing Failure with Hugh Zaretsky The Art of Winning

Hugh Zaretsky was an IT executive until his wake-up call came on 9/11. Realizing how short life can be, and how important it is to do something you really love. Hugh loves investing in cash-flowing (STR, SFH & Multi-family) properties, businesses, and training entrepreneurs. He is a published author with Jack Canfield, Les Brown, and others. His NEW book “The Launch Button” was released on November, 1st 2022, and became an Amazon best seller in 4 categories in 1 day. Hugh has successfully trained over 12,000 real estate investors & entrepreneurs. He is a former Certified Real Estate Continuing Education Instructor in California, Florida, New York, & Texas. Hugh’s other businesses include a private real estate portfolio company and a cohosting business to manage Short Term Rentals for other people. To learn more about Hugh, be sure to check his webpage at hughzaretsky.com
 
In this episode, Hugh shares his experiences as a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and teacher who has helped over 12,000 people launch their passions in real estate investing and business ownership. After 9/11 he realized how short life could be and decided to pursue his dreams. He shares his story of overcoming obstacles and developing a system that helps others build the life they want through real estate investing, starting businesses, and following their passions. We also discuss his books with Jack Canfield and Les Brown as well as his newest book “The Launch Button” which released in November 2022. Then, Hugh focuses on the importance of identifying one's passion and having the plan to achieve it. It emphasizes that money should not be villainized, as it is a tool with which one can make the world a better place. We discuss Tony Robbins' Vivid Vision book as a useful resource for creating a plan to reach one's goals. We also look at accepting failure and risk in order to achieve success, discipline in routine to achieve success, breaking out of limiting beliefs and fears to build confidence, understanding generational patterns to move forward with new habits, real estate sales, investments, buying a home, setting KPIs for tracking success rather than setting end goals and the value of cash flow properties as a wealth building strategy.
 
 
[00:00 - 15:34] Building the Entrepreneur Mindset
●        Hugh Zaretsky was introduced to the show.
●        Hugh shares with us an interesting story about how he got into real estate and entrepreneurship.
●        Zaretsky quickly realized that he was unhappy and started investing in real estate to learn how to be a public speaker
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[15:34 - 30:04] Failure: A Learning Opportunity
●        Bravery or courage is not the absence of fear but the determination that something is more important than danger.
●        People who take massive risks are not afraid of failure because they have determined that something is more important to them than that failure.
●        Failure is just a mindset, and you are going to see massive growth when you adopt this mindset.
●        Hugh does not call anything a failure but instead sees it as a learning opportunity.
●        You have to stairstep your way to success, which involves having failures and learning new things along the way.
●        Entrepreneurs have to get used to the entrepreneur rollercoaster, which involves both successes and failures.



[30:04 - 48:34] Build Confidence, Break Patterns and Take Action
●        Embrace what you fear.
●        Cultivate experiences to overcome fear.
●        There are generational patterns that you have to break out of.
●        Family influence can extend beyond the present generation.
●        Family patterns can be seen in fear, investing, and spending habits.
●        The habits learned in childhood can impact adulthood.
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