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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

304: Using Incredible Strength of Mindset to Succeed Despite Overwhelming Obstacles With Nick Santonastasso

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

If you’re looking to have your mind completely blown and walk away feeling like you can and WILL do anything, this show is for you! Today’s guest is inspirational figure, fitness model, and Vine sensation Nick Santonastasso.Nick shares his personal story and holds nothing back, describing how he’s overcome the difficulties of being born with Hanhart syndrome and the incredible mindset he’s developed along the way that led to him meeting Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, becoming an online viral sensation (and scaring a character from The Walking Dead as a zombie), climbing a mountain despite the absence of three limbs, and more! Nick shares tons of actionable steps for overpowering fear, overcoming and adapting to any environment, harnessing the power of gratitude, and more than we can list here! If you’ve ever been stuck in a personal rut and want to find a way to establish a mindset that ALL real estate investors should be adopting, listen to this episode and share it with someone you love! In This Episode We Cover: Nick’s story and a life with Hanhart syndrome Changing your internal language The story behind the skateboard handstand The importance of having an authentic self The “must be nice” syndrome Thoughts on having a “massive footprint” Breaking down goals Modeling yourself on someone Gratitude and why it’s important Choosing empowering over disempowering thoughts And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Webinars David’s Instagram Brandon’s Instagram BiggerPocket’s Instagram Books Mentioned in this Show Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki Victim to Victor by Nick Santonastasso Tweetable Topics: “The emotion of gratitude outweighs all emotions.” (Tweet This!) “Humans in general have the tendency to start with ‘cannot.'” (Tweet This!) “Everything in life is trial and error.” (Tweet This!) “The biggest disability you can have is a bad mindset.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Nick Nick’s Youtube Channel Nick’s Facebook Profile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is the BiggerPockets Podcast Show 304.

0:05.0

So they escorted me over into a corner.

0:07.0

Duane came up and he, you know, the first thing he did, got on my level and high-fied me,

0:10.4

he goes, dude, I'm such a big fan.

0:11.8

And I'm like, I'm like trying to hold my inner-fang girl in, right?

0:14.6

I'm like freaking out.

0:16.4

And, you know, he's like, can we get a picture?

0:19.1

And we took a picture.

0:20.4

And I told him, I looked at him. I said, I told him all the things I was going to be doing,

0:25.0

you know, at that time I was like, I'm going to write a book, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do that.

0:28.0

And I told him, I looked him in his eyes, I said, I'm going to do what you did.

0:31.0

And he said, well, what do you mean by that?

0:32.9

I said, well, you're the rock.

0:34.4

I said, people knew you for football,

0:36.3

and then people knew you for W. W.E.

0:38.2

And then you took over the world.

0:39.3

Like, you're in every industry.

0:40.3

You're crushing every industry.

0:41.6

I said, I'm gonna do that. And he looked me in my eyes, he said, Nick you're crushing every industry. I said I'm going to do that and he looked me in my

0:43.2

eyes he said Nick you're right because like people like me and you they put us in any

0:47.3

industry and we adapt and overcome.

0:49.3

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