Artem Tepler, on Lessons from a Self Made Man

Enter the Lionheart

Lawrence Dunning

Entrepreneurship, Business, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 67 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Lawrence is joined by Artem Tepler. After coming to America as a child from Communist Russia, Artem soon understood that he could flourish in his new home with the right work ethic and mentality. From his formative years training in traditional martial arts as a boy, and progressing through the belt system to Black Belt in Taekwondo, he developed his "growth mindset": that anything was possible if he worked hard and grew into his ambitions. After college, his determination for financial success in this "land of opportunities" eventually brought him great wealth from real estate rehabs and development. Like so many, he was overextended during the 2008 real estate crash and briefly went into debt and forced to live in the attic of one of his rental properties. Remembering the track record that brought him his early success, Artem doubled down. He left the West Coast, figuring he might as well be warm if he had to restart his empire. He tapped into his immigrant mentality and inspirational work ethic to propel him into even greater success, moving from smaller rehabs to huge ground up developments. Artem is a voracious reader, a skillful Brazilian jiujitsu practitioner, and is always learning and evolving. He is the epitome of a self-made man.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the end of the Lion Heart Podcast with your host Lauren Stunning.
0:12.3	I'm looking forward to talking to Art and Tepler.
0:18.4	He's a kindred spirit in so many ways.
0:20.4	We're both immigrants to the US, we both work in real estate, we both love Jiu-Jitsu, we're
0:25.8	both new parents and we're both huge fans of Anne-Ran's epic novels and philosophy.
0:31.6	Our mutual friend Nick has described Art and in pretty inspirational terms.
0:36.1	He said he's never met a harder working man and the Art and has an insatiable curiosity
0:41.2	to improve himself and I can really relate to having that mindset of constant evolution and growth.
0:47.1	I'm excited to learn more about his journey and how he became such a successful
0:51.2	brother-of-state developer in LA. To me, Art and truly epitomizes the self-made man.
1:01.1	Art and my brother, we are recording and it's so great to have you and I know how busy you are,
1:05.2	so thank you so much for taking the time. Thank you for having me, buddy. I know it's we've
1:09.1	been trying to get this together for a while. It's awesome. Well listen, I'm going to make you blush.
1:13.1	I'm going to read you something that Nick texted me last night because I was telling him
1:16.7	I was telling him that we're going to do this and he said, I've never met a harder working man
1:21.6	ever. He's a fucking machine constantly learning, evolving, growing, testing and he's just a man,
1:28.0	so that's a great endorsement from Nick. Well, those are very kind words and I appreciate it.
1:33.9	I don't know if it's true, but I appreciate it. Well, let me start with this, Art and when do you
1:39.3	think you started having that curiosity to improve yourself? I think you always had it.
1:45.6	I started in martial arts when I believe I was almost probably 10 or 11 when I started Taikwondo
1:52.9	and then the idea of starting as a white belt and progressing and gaining a skill. That was a first
1:58.8	time that I ever put my mind to something. I dedicated myself heart and soul and then I achieved
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