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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

125: The Key to Business Success with Bestselling Author of The E-Myth Michael Gerber

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

What if you could sit down with one of the best-selling business authors of all time and pick their brain? Lucky for you, that’s exactly what you get to do today here on the BiggerPockets Podcast where we interview Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited. The E-Myth has been one of the most-frequently mentioned books from past guests on this Podcast, so we just had to sit down with Michael to talk about what makes some investors successful and other’s struggle continuously! Hint: It’s all about the system. Stay tuned! In This Episode We Cover: Who Michael Gerber is How he got to where he is now Lessons that he learned early in life What exactly the “E-Myth” is The primary reason why businesses fail Working on your business vs. working in your business “Turnkey-ing” a business How to invent and implement a system One tip for a storage unit operator The four personalities in every business How to get a mentor And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets’ Instagram BiggerPockets Webinar BiggerPockets Forums Get Things Done with David Allen (podcast) Zoom GoToMeeting Books Mentioned in this Show The E-Myth by Michael Gerber The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley The Book on Investing with No Money Down by Brandon Turner The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber Marketing for Business Growth by Theodore Levitt Tweetable Topics: “Every small business is a school.” (Tweet This!) “Don’t get into something unless you’re changing the world.” (Tweet This!) “Passion is insufficient; persistence and dedication are absolutely critical.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Michael Michael’s Company Michael’s Email Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast, Show 125.

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Your home for real estate investing online.

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What's going on everybody?

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This is Josh Dorcan, host

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to the BiggerPockets podcast here with my co-host,

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Mr. Brandon Turner.

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What's going on Brandon?

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What up, what up?

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Not much.

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I'm sitting down today.

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Do you like this? Look at me.

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You are.

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Normally I'm standing at my standing desk, but today I decided to be lazy and sit that I write with you that is awesome all

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of our listeners really give to all right good no today today's a cool show we got

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one of my all-time favorite authors of all time,

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