On this episode of the Playbook, I have Brandon Dawson, CEO and co-founder of Cardone Ventures

and Sharon Lector, my mentor, keynote speaker in five-time, New York time,

best-selling author, and we're going to talk about the 10X exit program and how to make sure

that you don't make your business a job. Join me for all this and more on the Playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success

and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom. I'm your host, David Meltzer.

I have two special guests. One that I wanted to meet for a longtime Brandon Dawson. He's the CEO

of the legendary and co-founder of the legendary Cardone Ventures. Everyone knows that.

And my mentor, I'm going to try to make it through this interview without crying because

that's how much I love this person. She is the incredible Sharon Lector, a keynote speaker,

obviously, five times New York time best-selling author, financial advisor to anyone from the

presidents down. Needless to say, both of you. Welcome to the Playbook.

Thank you, David. We are delighted to be here and I'm so excited.

I'm on my screen. I'm sitting between two of my favorite men on Earth, David and Brandon.

So I'm excited to be here with both of you. The lady in the lady in red here.

The lady in red with her next great New York time best-selling exit rich book, right?

Right behind you. But I wanted to start with how you two got to know each other and how you're

working together today, Sharon. Well, Brandon, why don't you tell the story?

Yeah. So for me, I started reading Sharon's books, started with Rich Dad Cortad in the 90s.

And then before I started the last company and I sold cash flow quadrant, it gave me an

inspiration to help business owners with the skills I had to not only learn to build their

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