Success Equations

Pat Hancock

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Success leaves clues.Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur and Author Pat Hancock sits with top performers across industries to uncover the habits, principles, and defining moments that shape real success. With 20+ years in real estate and multiple businesses built from scratch, Pat brings real-world grit and wisdom to every conversation.

5d ago

Happiness Is a Decision: From Instant Noodles in Oregon to AI Brand Strategist.

In Episode 20 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Athena Todd, an AI brand strategist and business transformation architect who helps entrepreneurs and leaders build authority, navigate change, and create capacity for growth through her Launch Lab Academy, for a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and why technology should amplify human potential rather than replace it. Athena shares what it meant to be the “black sheep” of a Taiwanese family where kids were expected to become a lawyer, doctor, engineer, or finance professional, how her first lesson in entrepreneurship came from a Hello Kitty promissory note with her dad that taught her never to do business with family, and how she came to the U.S. at 20 able to read and write English but barely able to speak it. She tells the story of her parents deliberately sending her to Oregon, where less than 1% of the population shared her language, and of surviving a four-day Thanksgiving with her sister rationing a box of instant noodles, a hardship that became her real understanding of gratitude. Athena also walks through sending out 250 résumés without a single interview, the moment she changed her name and suddenly got called in, and eventually beating out 80 other candidates for a role. Pat and Athena dig into why discipline matters more than motivation, why happiness is a decision she consciously makes, a Tony Robbins–inspired morning routine built on clearing the mental chatter before meditation and exercise, and the belief that every hardship was preparing her for something greater. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fit the mold, this episode is a reminder that the mold was never the point.
Oct 29

When Your Health Supports the Life You’ve Built.

In Episode 19 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with David Getz, owner of Fit Over 50 Men, where he coaches men over 50 to reclaim their edge and feel like themselves again, for a conversation about discipline, mindset, and why your health has to support the life you’ve built instead of limiting it. David shares a refreshingly ordinary origin story, no rags to riches, no dramatic rock bottom, just a finance grad who chose territory sales over stockbroking because he never wanted his advice to hurt anyone, and who spent 25 years with an expense account, client dinners, and travel that quietly left him 30 pounds heavier than he wanted to be. He explains how at 47 he realized he hadn’t been failing for 20 years, he’d been guessing, following random programs and the myth that his genetics just weren’t built for it. The turning point came watching men in their 40s and 50s walk a physique stage and thinking, if they can do it, why can’t I? He hired a coach, stopped trying to be his own, and 16 weeks later didn’t recognize the man in the mirror, in the best way. Pat and David also talk about the early steroid decision that shaped them both, a 5:15 a.m. routine that took real soul-searching for a lifelong night owl, why the diet, not the training, is where discipline is truly required, and the idea that most men don’t need to build muscle, they just need to reveal what’s already there. If you’ve been active for years but can’t seem to reach the next level, this episode is a clear-eyed look at what actually moves the needle.Website
Oct 9

Money Is a Byproduct: The Power of Story, Resilience, and Betting on Yourself.

In Episode 18 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Cassandra Rosen, a brand strategy agency owner turned high-performance sales coach with over 17 years building and scaling brands including Diageo, BevMo, Whole Foods, Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, and Walt Disney World Resorts, and an RSPS-certified realtor who helps high-earning families use vacation home and short-term rental investments for wealth preservation and tax benefits, for a conversation about reinvention, servant leadership, and why money is a byproduct of impact, not the goal. Cassandra shares how being homeschooled and working in her parents’ ad agency by age 10 gave her an early taste of entrepreneurship, and how that drive sent her leaping across careers that had no business connecting: commercial lending, a stint as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, total rate of return swaps at a hedge fund, then pointing at a ceiling’s architecture and deciding to become an interior designer with no experience and cold-calling her way into the job. She walks through building ventures through two recessions, a SaaS startup that hit 50,000 users before getting hacked, and the accidental discovery that storytelling was quietly driving real sales. Cassandra also opens up about the physical injury and years of chronic pain that forced her to niche down and get serious about heavy strength training, not just for her body but for the resilience it builds in everything else. Pat and Cassandra dig into why leaders can’t become the “unicorn CEO” doing all the things, the danger of hoarding the chips instead of delegating, a morning routine built on gratitude and nervous-system regulation rather than a 5 a.m. alarm, and why meaningful work beats the entrepreneur-versus-employee debate entirely. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit the mold, this episode is proof that’s often exactly where the opportunity lives.
Sep 4

Living Out God's Potential: From "Nobody Would Hire Me" to a Six-Figure Firm.

In Episode 17 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Jason Malabute, a CPA and real estate investor who helps investors and real estate professionals maximize tax savings and build wealth through strategic tax planning, for a conversation about faith, resilience, and finding your own lane. Jason shares how growing up in Los Angeles with cerebral palsy shaped a father's advice that would define his life, that he'd have to build something of his own, and how a dream of playing pro basketball gave way to his mom's suggestion that he become an accountant so he'd always know how to manage his money. He walks through applying to every accounting firm in LA and getting turned down by all of them, landing a job in Culver City that first exposed him to real estate clients, and being struck by the idea that a rental could pay a man whether or not he ever got on the 405 in the morning. From single-family homes in Indianapolis to multi-family deals in Atlanta to launching his own accounting firm in late 2024, a firm that hit six figures its first year and is on track to double, Jason breaks down the real power of real estate as a tax and wealth-building play, not just an income play, and the strategies that saved one client $35,000 in a single year. Pat and Jason also talk about why owning a business is your baby and always top of mind, taking his mom on a trip every year because she earned it, and the one thing he'd change: doing all the right things, just in the wrong order. If you've been waiting for permission or the perfect moment, this episode is a reminder to find your lane and build. Connect with Jason Malabute: Website Book a discovery call: https://meet.realestatetaxpro.com/discovery Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Facebook
Aug 7

Identity Before Strategy: The Driveway Moment That Changed Everything.

In Episode 16 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Joe Hammond, a Leadership Coach who works with real estate professionals, for a conversation about identity, calling, and the moments that force us to look in the mirror. Joe offers a definition of success unlike any guest before him: the process of digging, working through the dirt and the setbacks to uncover the gift we're each given but never told about, then using it to help others. He traces his path from a boy fascinated by mythology and psychology in a strict Christian home, through a home inspection company that made just $6,000 its first year, to the Friday-morning team meetings where he first felt truly alive and realized it was never about inspections, it was about leadership. Then Joe shares the turning point that reshaped him: his eight-year-old son's leukemia diagnosis, the rate hikes that shut off his business two weeks later, and the night he walked out to the driveway and realized he wasn't showing up as the husband and father his family needed. That was where he learned identity before strategy, that the thing that needed to shift wasn't the market, it was him. Pat and Joe also talk about coaching versus consulting, why you can't just chase the perfect morning routine, the one question Joe asks himself all day long, and why sometimes you need someone in your corner to believe in you when you can't believe in yourself. If you've been blaming the market, the circumstances, or anything outside yourself, this episode is an invitation to dig instead.
Jul 31

Living Life on Your Own Terms: Sports, Bankruptcy, and the Cycles That Build You.

In Episode 15 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Bobby Davidowitz, commercial real estate advisor with eXp Commercial, active investor, co-founder of the Alliance at eXp Realty, and national speaker on financial freedom, investing, and mindset, for a conversation about defining wealth beyond money and finding opportunity inside the hardest seasons. Bobby shares how being born in Puerto Rico gave him a foundation of human connection, how football raised him alongside his parents, and how a job painting an Orlando nightclub eventually led, almost by accident, into the mortgage business and a six-figure income by 23. Then the market crashed. Bobby walks through the bankruptcy that followed, watching the repo man tow his paid-off SUV out of the driveway, chasing that same car to an auction with $5,000 in an envelope, and losing not just money but his confidence. What he took from it changed everything: an understanding of market cycles, why some people get wiped out while others come out bigger, and why he now runs toward volatility instead of away from it. Pat and Bobby also talk about the psychology of money, why you can't envy someone's wealth without taking their whole life, the morning routine that anchors his day, and why every setback is just part of a bigger story. If you've ever mistaken a downturn for the end, this episode reframes it as the setup.
Jul 24

You Have to Fail First: How Jessie Moody Turned Rock Bottom Into a Top 15 Career.

In Episode 14 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Jessie Moody, District Sales Manager and Division Trainer for Kimball Midwest, a million dollar writer and one of the top 15 reps out of 1,500, for one of the most honest conversations this show has had. Jesse opens with his definition of success, that you have to fail first, and then walks through what that has actually cost him. He shares becoming a father at 19, a struggle with addiction that started at 13 and took his family, his sports future, and nearly his life, and the day in front of a judge when he chose the harder sentence because his kids deserved better. Clean since November 13, 2007, Jesse rebuilt in Maine surrounded by people who worked hard and told the truth. Then came 2023, the year he lost his mother, his son Jesse, and his dog, the year he shut everyone out and questioned whether he could keep going, and the year that ended with him setting a goal to become a million dollar writer in his son's honor and doing it. Pat and Jesse also talk about work ethic passed down through three generations, why the community around you can change you, the discipline of a self-managed day with no boss and no time clock, and why you should hug your kid today. This episode does not tie itself up neatly, and that is exactly why it matters.
Jul 17

From Ten Hours a Week to COO.

In Episode 13 of Success Equations, host Pat Hancock sits down with Marianny Diaz, Chief Operations Officer of Thomason Companies, real estate investor on both the single-family and multifamily side, 13-year industry veteran, and proud mother, for a conversation about persistence, family, and the doors that open when you say yes without a plan B. Marianny shares how she left Venezuela at 19 with almost no English, learned the language and the culture from scratch, worked a hotel front desk, became a mom, went through a separation, and jumped into real estate knowing nothing about it, all while flying home again and again as her mother battled cancer. Four years ago she walked into Pat's one-desk office interviewing for a 10-hour-a-week bookkeeping job, and that conversation turned into something neither of them expected. Pat and Marianny also talk about why success is happiness and freedom rather than money, the 5 a.m. alarm and gym sessions that set the tone for her day, the belief that doing good brings good back, and why family comes first in everything they build. If you have ever had to figure it out on the way down, this episode is proof that determination and showing up every day can take you further than any plan.

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Success leaves clues.Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur and Author Pat Hancock sits with top performers across industries to uncover the habits, principles, and defining moments that shape real success. With 20+ years in real estate and multiple businesses built from scratch, Pat brings real-world grit and wisdom to every conversation.

Creator

Pat Hancock
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

20
Rating

Clean
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© Pat Hancock
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Success Equations