The Dillon England Show

Dillon England
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My mission is to provide my listeners with authentic conversations with interesting people, covering a wide range of topics from personal growth, entrepreneurship and lifestyle improvement, all while keeping it entertaining and informative. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support.

  1. 1d ago

    The Mistake That Keeps You Out Of The Room With Powerful People | EO Detroit Founder John Anderson

    John Anderson started the EO Detroit chapter in a conference room in 1996 with two other guys and no money. He's now a business coach, an author, and one of the most connected people in Michigan. He used to deliver mortgages by hand as a mailroom clerk making $30,000 a year. One man in that office, the chairman of the board, pulled him aside and told him he was going to do great things. That single sentence rerouted the rest of his life. From there he built relationships with people like Vern Harnish, David Brandon, Bill Ford Jr, and Peter Diamandis, using one rule he's never broken. He wrote a book called Replace Retirement. And now he's chasing a new goal that sounds impossible on paper: making Michigan one of the top five states to live and work in. What we covered:  → How he built EO Detroit from three members into a 30 year run  → The rule he's followed for 30 years before ever asking a powerful person for anything  → Why he wrote a book about disrupting the entire idea of retirement  → The Everest story that made him walk away from his own company  → His new moonshot to make Michigan a top five state in the country You are one call away from a relationship that changes everything. John has spent 30 years proving that's not a saying, it's just true. Thank you to John for driving in from Grand Rapids and giving us an hour of stories most people never get to hear. And a specific thank you to Tim Bryson at Sandler for making this connection happen in the first place. *Chapters* 00:00 Intro  01:00 How EO Detroit got started  06:05 The mentor who changed everything: Mr. Cooper  12:05 Landing Bill Ford Jr. and the power of service  19:06 Why he calls himself a people connector, not a coach  21:15 Peter Diamandis, moonshots, and the 2% rule  28:11 Attention, distraction, and the bee analogy  34:41 Making Michigan a top five state to live and work  41:26 The Everest story that changed his career  48:34 How to dream bigger without the fear *Connect with John Anderson* https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnanderson12/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ceo-advantage/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  2. Sep 4

    This Investor Owns 250 Doors… Here's the ONE He'd Buy Again | Peter Skaggs

    Peter Skaggs runs a mortgage company and a 250 door real estate portfolio, and he built both at the same time without quitting his day job. He bought his first investment property in 2007. Then 2008 happened. By 2011 the house had lost half its value. He held on anyway. For fourteen years. He also spent years chasing apartment complexes, land, and short term rentals before realizing he was collecting real estate, not building a portfolio. He sold that crashed property in 2021 for almost double what he paid. That experience is where his framework came from. Buying power, staying power, growing power. Now he teaches busy professionals how to build a 10 to 20 property portfolio that runs quietly in the background while they do everything else. What we covered:  → Why he chose single family homes over apartments, storage units, and short term rentals  → What actually happened when he held a crashed property for fourteen years  → The real numbers behind reaching financial freedom with 10 to 20 rental properties  → Why Airbnbs make sense as a lifestyle asset, not a starting point  → The framework he built after making almost every mistake in the book The people who get rich slowly in real estate are the ones nobody writes books about. Peter has spent 20 years proving that boring wins. Thanks for making the trip and handing over 20 years of lessons in under an hour. *Connect with Peter Skaggs* https://www.linkedin.com/in/petertskaggs/ https://www.instagram.com/petertskaggs/ https://www.facebook.com/petertskaggs/ *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:25 Peter's 250 door portfolio and 20 years in real estate 02:32 Collecting real estate versus building a real portfolio 05:23 Where beginners should start: single family, Airbnb, or apartments 10:14 The real numbers behind financing your first rental 14:21 The freedom flywheel: how 10 to 20 properties add up to financial freedom 23:07 Buying right before the 2008 crash and holding for 14 years 27:23 The expensive mistakes that led to his framework 31:54 Real estate funds and syndications versus owning it yourself 38:56 Airbnbs as a lifestyle asset and the free deal analyzer tool Thank You for Watching The Dillon England Show! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  3. Aug 28

    “Saving My Assassin" A Story On A Close Call with Death, and The Miracle of How She Survived | Virginia Prodan

    Virgina Prodan grew up in Communist Romania, watching her parents whisper behind closed doors about a government that took a little more from them every year. She decided as a kid she was going to become a lawyer and find the truth. She did. Top ten percent of her class, using a forgotten law book she found in a library to get Christian prisoners out of jail. Then the dictator took notice. He sent a man to her office with a gun, told her she wouldn't listen, and said he was there to end that. She shared the gospel with him instead. He put the gun down and walked out. Years later, Reagan helped get her family out of Romania. She landed in America with two daughters, one more on the way, and no English, and rebuilt her life from nothing. What we covered:  → Growing up under a dictator who declared himself God  → Finding a forgotten law book that got prisoners out of jail  → The man sent to kill her, and what happened when he pulled the gun  → Reagan, the State Department, and a case that reached the United Nations  → Starting over in America with three kids and no English You don't need everything figured out to obey. You need the nerve to walk through whatever door is actually in front of you. Thank you to Virginia for sitting down and telling this story start to finish. It's not an easy one to tell, and she gave us all of it. *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:49 Growing up in Communist Romania 03:50 Passing the government's test to get into law school 06:02 Quitting law and finding faith in a stranger's church 10:26 Defending Christian prisoners and becoming international news 17:07 House arrest and threats against her family 19:11 The document that reached Reagan, and the beating that followed 24:18 The assassin sent to kill her 27:11 Escaping to America and starting over with three kids 43:57 The dictator's fall and what she still believes about justice *Connect with Virginia Prodan* https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-prodan-0244581b/ https://www.instagram.com/virginiaprodan/ https://www.facebook.com/virginiaprodanauthor/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  4. Aug 21

    What Every Michigan Business Owner Should Know Before They Get Sued | Brandon Grysko

    Brandon Grysko spent seven years wearing a badge before he ever put on a suit. He started out chasing a fireman's paycheck, landed in EMS, and then his dad, a career sheriff's deputy, pointed him toward policing instead.  Brandon started noticing he liked the union side of the job more than the job itself. Contract negotiations. Discipline hearings. The parts that looked a lot like law. Now he runs Fausone & Grysko, a business law firm in Northville, Michigan, and he still thinks like a cop every single day he practices. We covered a lot of ground in this one. → Why he left police work, and what his wife's sleep had to do with it → What actually happens in your body during a high stress police encounter → The one line cops can say that stops a traffic stop from escalating → Why "defund the police" is usually the wrong question → What most business owners get wrong before they end up in a lawsuit Here's what stuck with me. Most people either love cops or hate cops, and Brandon just wants people to be honest about what the job actually requires of a person's body and mind before they judge the split second decisions made inside it. Thanks to Brandon for making the drive up from Northville and giving us way more time than one episode of cop stories, faith debates, and business advice. Appreciate you, brother!! *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:00 Meet Brandon Grysko and Unlocking the Law 04:15 A friendship built on theology and disagreement 08:14 From firefighter dreams to EMT to cop 12:44 What people get wrong about police and stress 15:12 Good cops, bad cops, and accountability 19:07 Is "defund the police" the wrong question 24:08 The one line that changes a traffic stop 30:24 Why Brandon left the badge for law school 33:47 Running a law firm like a business, not just a practice  *Connect with Brandon* linkedin.com/in/brandon-grysko-✝️-b11b43a8  https://www.linkedin.com/company/fausone-grysko-plc/  https://www.facebook.com/FausoneGryskoPLC  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  5. Aug 17

    Detroit Fox News Host: What it’s REALLY like hosting a TV Show | Ronia Shamona

    Ronia Shamona has spent 20 years in local news. Overnight shifts in Las Vegas. 20 years of live TV. Now she anchors FOX 2 Detroit Live in the 2 and 3 pm hours and hosts her own segment, Rona's Rundown. She did ten years on overnights before she had kids. After two kids and a stretch of postpartum on that schedule, she said it became impossible. She stepped away for six years to raise her kids before coming back to the chair… Now she is back on dayside, running a live, unscripted show where she does not know what is happening until the camera turns on. She still tracks missing kids cases long after they stop being news, because she is a mom first. And she is building something new, a platform focused on mental health, because she thinks people need somewhere honest to talk about what they are actually going through. What we covered:  → Twenty years in news and what changed after she had kids  → The Father's Day segment that got to both of us  → Why she thinks being yourself is the only thing that works on live TV  → Interviewing Akon, Joan Rivers, and the Trump family She has sat across from Akon and the Trump family in the same career, and the story that stuck with her the most was a dad on a Father's Day segment. That tells you everything about how she actually does this job. Thanks Ronia for stepping out of the anchor chair at FOX 2 Detroit to sit down with me. Go watch her weekdays at 2 and 3 pm. *Chapters* 0:00 Intro 1:07 Twenty years in news, and how overnights nearly ended it 2:32 The live TV moments that never leave you 5:40 Being herself on air, even during today's live rescue 7:32 A day in the life of an unscripted anchor 10:26 Breaking news, four studios, and why every market feels different 15:30 The people she puts on air and the platform she's building next 18:13 Rona's Rundown and the fight to keep news positive 23:13 UFOs, the JFK files, and the political show that wrecked her 30:15 A torn hamstring, Akon, and the moment she will never forget  *Connect with Ronia* https://www.linkedin.com/in/roniashamona/ https://www.instagram.com/tvronia/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/company/wjbk-tv-fox-2-detroit/  https://www.instagram.com/fox2detroit/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/WJBKFox2Detroit/  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  6. Aug 7

    THIS Is Why Most Businesses Stay Stuck | Dr. Tim Tenneriello

    Dr. Tim Tenneriello started out as a high school athlete who wanted to coach… which turned into a career running schools, then buying and scaling companies, then rebuilding wealth management practices from the inside. Through his career journey , he learned nobody actually cares about your resume if you can just help them get from point A to point B. That mindset took a struggling school to the top of its portfolio in four years, grew a company from $5M to $9M in his first year, and eventually led him to Procyon, where he now helps a team of 85 people do the same thing for their clients. In this episode of The Dillon England Show, we covered:  → Why buying an existing business can beat starting one from scratch  → The imposter syndrome that doesn't actually go away  → What a rising tide needs to work, and what a sinking one does too  → What Procyon does for business owners, from family office services to M&A support The big takeaway: the money follows the growth of people… Every. Time. Thank you to Dr. Tim for making the time to sit down and get into all of it. Appreciate you being my guest in this episode! *Chapters* 0:00 Intro 1:00 How a chance plane meeting led to this episode 3:21 From coaching to running schools: the origin of the entrepreneurial itch 7:00 Buying into businesses vs. building from scratch, and scaling one 4x 15:24 Imposter syndrome and the point A to point B philosophy 20:20 From education to wealth management: the reward of watching a team win 25:11 Rising tides, sinking tides, and getting everyone rowing together 34:35 What entrepreneurs sign up for: trading time to grow faster 41:00 Make the Ask, Make the Deposit, and finding real mentors 44:56 Inside Procyon: family office services, M&A support *Connect with Dr. Tim* linkedin.com/in/dr-tim-tenneriello-28786866  https://www.linkedin.com/company/procyonpartners/  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  7. Jul 31

    How Small Changes Create Massive Wealth | Robert Young & Doug Cellini

    Robert and Doug both stumbled into financial advising. One was a chief engineer building lithium ion batteries. The other was a high school science teacher and football coach. Today, they run an independent practice built on faith, stewardship, and small decisions that add up. What we covered:  → Why chief engineers and high school teachers make surprisingly good financial advisors  → What it actually means to be a fiduciary..  → The Mustard Seed Principle  → Why their very first client lost them money, and why that mattered  → How a 1% change compounds into a different life The best financial decisions most people make are usually the small ones they choose to act on. Thank you Robert and Doug for coming on the show to share your story of faith and the vision for your business! *Chapters* 0:00 Intro 1:00 From chief engineer to financial advisor 4:16 Doug's classroom to CFP story 7:21 What most financial advisors get wrong 10:09 What actually sets an advisor apart 14:32 Where the Mustard Seed Principle came from 20:10 Applying stewardship to your own money 23:16 Why they started the 1% Podcast 26:51 The moment everything changed for both of them 33:34 The first client that built their business 37:53 What to do if you don't have an advisor   *Connect with Robert & Doug* https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-young-43391714/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-cellini/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/kingsview/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

  8. Jul 24

    Relationships Are How You Align Your Business & Life | Matt Dery

    What does 30 years as the voice of Detroit sports teach you about business? According to Matt Dery, it’s all about who you know.  As the Business Development Lead at Freedom-First Pathway, Matt has seen the 'fragmentation trap' destroy countless businesses. He explains why your advisors are failing to communicate and how to bridge the gap between your life, your wealth, and your business. In this episode of the Dillon England Show we covered:  → 25 years calling Pistons and Lions games  → Being a bad teammate early in his career and what fixed it  → Why one careless comment on air almost cost a broadcast deal  → The interview with Golden Tate that became a national story  → What Freedom-First Pathway actually does for business owners Thanks Matt for making the drive out and sitting down with me for this one. Appreciate you, brother! *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:00 Pistons memories and the referral relationships that shaped a career 10:32 From a Cleveland kid to a Detroit sports fixture 13:01 Syracuse, mentors, and the state of radio today 21:10 The teammate Matt used to be, and the wake up call that fixed it 25:28 Be careful what you put online. It never goes away 32:02 Relationships beat talent every time you get a job 35:44 The interview that changed how Matt listens 42:12 How relationships, not marketing, filled the room for FFP's launch 48:49 Freedom First Pathway and the fragmentation problem business owners don't see  *Connect with Matt* https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-dery-58958a120/ https://www.instagram.com/matt.dery1/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support. *Connect with Dillon* https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/ https://twitter.com/imdillonengland https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillonmengland/ https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5 *Sponsor — Broadcast Brew (Low-Acid Coffee)* Order our LOW ACID COFFEE “THE BROADCAST BREW” Thank you to Cool Beans Coffee Brewery for your partnership. https://www.coolbeanscoffeemi.com/product-page/broadcast-brew-low-acid-blend *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW* Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit. Subscribe for full conversations and weekly clips. Share this with someone on your leadership team. Comment your biggest takeaway.

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My mission is to provide my listeners with authentic conversations with interesting people, covering a wide range of topics from personal growth, entrepreneurship and lifestyle improvement, all while keeping it entertaining and informative. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-dillon-england-show--6370921/support.

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  • Creator
    Dillon England
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    93
  • Rating
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