Turning Points 3 E-Book

Jase Souder

• Herausgeber: WS
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 133

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

In the third volume of Turning Points, successful entrepreneurs explore how the difficult times in our lives can transform our outlook and elevate the way we do business. Each author looks at a defining moment in their life that has transformed the very core of their business. By reading the stories of these inspiring authors, you'll discover the secret to elevating your career and increasing your profits with a heart-forward approach.

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Copyright © 2025 by Jase Souder

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Souder, JaseTurning Points 3

ISBN: 978-1-961757-85-1 softcover ISBN: 978-1-961757-86-8 ebook

Cover design by: Joe Potter Copyediting by: Claudia Volkman Interior design by: Suba Murugan

CONTENTS

Three Steps to Becoming a Successful Real Estate Investor by Janice Bell, PhD

The Pain That Binds by Desi Bolin

Turning Rejection into Triumph: The Power of Perseverance by Tatiana Bowers

Keep Moving in Spite of the Pauses by Aryana Charise

How the Game of Golf Saved My Life by Lori Danecke

Attract Your Soulmate in Seven Seconds by Patricia Fuqua

Love and Forgiveness Make the Difference by Jeanell Greene

Igniting the Joy Within: A Journey from Darkness to a Joy-Led Life by Jan Hoath

You Are Always Creating Something, So Let’s Create Something Magical! by Cindy Ju

Turning to Faith by Natalie Lavelock

Pushed Off the Cliff: My Leap into a Life of Joy and Fulfillment by Lori McDowell, PhD

Six Months to Live by Monica Munro

Sleep Well, Be Well by Jennifer Patenaude

Out of the Ashes—Don’t Choose to Be Alone by Brian Seim

High-Vibe Healing Techniques by Leah Seim

Mirror Moments: Rediscovering Confidence at Any Age by Katie Sevenants

The Quiet Destruction: How Ignoring Your Inner Voice Leads to External Chaos by Glenda Tan

Three Pillars of Profit by Carrie Wallis

THREE STEPS TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR

Janice Bell, PhD

Most of us have a job, whether it’s with a company or the government. We trade our time for money, and many times the decisions we face are made by someone else.

But what if you could have more money coming into your bank account? More control over the time you spend to make that money? More time to do what you want instead of trading your hours for dollars? Through owning your own business and/or investments, you can have control over those decisions.

I went from an overworked biotech employee to owning rental properties in five cities, and in two years I owned sixty units.Now I have money and time freedom. Would you like to learn how I did it?

I believe you can add real estate to your investing, whether active or passive. I believe you can recognize the behaviors that are keeping you in a job trading your time for money. I believe you can learn how to make strategic investing decisions that increase your wealth.

Are you looking to increase your cash flow so you can retire younger, healthier, and wealthier with more time for family, friends, and the activities you enjoy? If part of your wealth vision is to live in your purpose and have an impact in the world, this chapter is for you.

As I share my story, I want you to imagine how this would work for you too.

Right now, I run my own real estate investments, my schedule is mine, I have monthly cash flow, and I choose when to go on vacation with my family. I enjoy hiking, water sports, travel, educational seminars, and personal development conferences. This year I completed a high ropes course and learned how to eat fire! I volunteer my time training teenagers in Scouting and was able to spend a week teaching nature merit badges at a Scout summer camp in Oregon. My boss (aka me) said, “That’s a great idea; you should go.”

But my life wasn’t always like this. Early in my career, I worked for several companies, from a start-up to a full production company. I was stuck in a nine-to-five biotech job with no joy or fulfillment. I was terrified to ask for a raise. I had a huge mortgage, full-time day care, and auto expenses. Making money was hard, and with the commute, I was gone eleven hours a day. I was away from family including baby twins and a high school student in sports. My husband and I were working offset hours just so one of us was home in early morning or before dinner.

I set goals to make more money or get promoted.Then company strategies would shift or my boss would change positions and I had to impress a new boss. I felt exhausted, overworked, and underappreciated.

And then, with a downturn in the stock market, the company laid off twenty-seven of us. I was devastated. Not only was my job gone, but those stock options they promised us were almost worthless.

I studied the real estate market with books, CDs and bootcamps. I began buying rental properties, and I quickly turned three condos into a large portfolio. In two years, through refinancing loans, creative financing, and 1031 exchanges, I turned those three condos into sixty units in five cities.

And that’s why I’m writing this story…

I want you to discover the people and data you need to invest in real estate. I want you to overcome old habits and systematize your real estate business. I want you to transform into a leader of your own successful business with the time freedom to expand your life outside your job/career.

I discovered a three-step formula that helps create these outcomes for my clients: Discover, Systematize, and Transform.

DISCOVER THE PEOPLE AND DATA NEEDED

My coaching student Dave came to me after he bought his first rental duplex from an investor in another state. He found things were a mess. His property manager had no good contractors, no photo proofs of work completed, and no receipts. Every month, all Dave got was an invoice asking him to pay more money than the rent they had collected. He worked a demanding job and thought real estate was an investment and therefore passive. I coached him to ask for photos and receipts, and through this process, he discovered that 1) his property manager was cheating him, and 2) the city would not renew his landlord license until he fixed some major items.

Dave learned how to fire the property management company, discover new ones, manage people, ask the city inspector for clarity, negotiate with people for what he deserved, and manage a new contractor to do the repairs.

In my coaching, students learn to find the right who: the right realtors, contractors, and property managers. They develop negotiation skills and discover how to manage people, even if they never learned that in school.

Real estate investing is not just about the numbers—it’s a people business.

To get started with real estate investing, you need to discover the right people and the right data to use in buying the property and managing it. You need to demand proof of all the work being done with your money.

SYSTEMATIZE AND STRUCTURE YOUR BUSINESS

Another coaching student, Sarah, was running her real estate investments with her boyfriend. They both worked full time and did the tasks for the business that they liked to do. The rest of the tasks? Well, they were falling through the cracks and not getting done. During our coaching, I had them organize a list of all the tasks into three buckets: marketing, finance, and operations. After they reviewed the list, they had to take ownership of a bucket or delegate it to a virtual assistant.

To structure your real estate investing, you must have systems like any business. When each partner is only doing the parts of the business they enjoy, the business is leaking time and/or money and no one sees it.

TRANSFORM YOURSELF INTO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS LEADER

Another coaching student had become friends with her tenants and listened to their stories about how broke they were. She was worried they would become homeless, and they took advantage of her by paying their rent late or not paying at all. Some tenants allowed relatives who were not on the lease to move in, and they caused damage to the property. She was discouraged and wanted to sell her units or just quit.

In our coaching sessions, we uncovered some childhood fears of homelessness that were causing her not to be objective. I taught her how to see her rentals as a business and remove herself as a friend. She began to rely more on her property manager. I led her to see that her job as a landlord was to provide a safe, clean place for tenants to live. If she thought they needed more help, she could always hire a social worker to visit the property. She began to see her defined role as the business owner and let her property manager handle the tenants.

Finally, let me tell you about John’s results after completing my coaching program. When he came to me, he was a busy engineer with a passion for sports and travel. His rental was not paying him anything. It needed lots of repairs, the tenant was moving out, abandoned cars were accumulating in the front yard, and there was a government lien on the property. John was not sure what to do or even where to start. After coaching with me, John now has a remodeled property, a paying tenant, good property management, the lien removed, and he is looking for his next property. He has learned to negotiate one on one with sellers of off-market properties (in other words, no realtor involved), and he’s gained confidence in his ability as a landlord and business owner.

Are you ready for a paradigm shift? Information is a necessary part of investing, and to be successful, you need a coach who has been where you are going and can point you in the right direction. I can teach you to apply my formula for success: Discover, Systematize, and Transform.

Janice Bell, PhD started her career with a PhD in Marine Biology, transitioned into the biotech industry, and then moved into full-time real estate investing. Janice hosts a monthly RE Club, mentoring private lenders and real estate investors on how to find and work with each other. She incorporates NLP with her RE knowledge.

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THE PAIN THAT BINDS

Desi Bolin

The day I found out I was pregnant for the third time was one of those moments that forever split my life into a “before” and “after.” The news came as a surprise, but it filled me with a sense of wonder and anticipation. I was about to embark on a journey that would redefine everything. But what unfolded was far from the story I had imagined.

Balancing the demands of a thriving business with the joy of expecting a child was exhilarating but also exhausting. My business was reaching new heights; we were hitting milestones I had only dreamed of when I started. Yet, amid the excitement, a relentless fatigue began to creep in. I felt as though I was constantly racing against time, trying to excel in every role I played.

In those early days of my pregnancy, I tried to do it all. I attended every meeting, answered every email, and took on every new challenge that came my way. I told myself I was strong enough—I could handle it all. But deep down, I was struggling physically and emotionally to keep up with the demands. The long hours, the stress, and the pressure I placed on myself all were taking a toll.

Then came the day when everything changed. A routine checkup quickly turned into a nightmare as I heard the devastating words from the doctor: “There’s no heartbeat.” In an instant, the future I had eagerly anticipated was shattered. The plans I had carefully crafted dissolved, leaving behind an emptiness that is impossible to articulate.The loss was profound, and it reverberated through every aspect of my life.

The days that followed were a blur of grief and confusion. I tried to make sense of what had happened, but there were no answers, no explanations that could fill the void. I felt lost, adrift in a sea of emotions I couldn’t control. My thoughts were consumed with questions: Why did this happen? Was it something I did? Could I have prevented it? These questions haunted me, even though I knew rationally there was nothing I could have done.

In the aftermath, I attempted to dive back into work, hoping it would serve as a distraction. Work had always been my haven, a place where I could achieve, control, and feel a sense of accomplishment. But now, it felt different.The passion that once fueled me had dimmed, and my energy was depleted. I found myself going through the motions, but my heart wasn’t in it.

As the days turned into weeks, the exhaustion deepened.What started as a lingering tiredness soon evolved into a pervasive sense of burnout. The motivation that had once driven me was nowhere to be found, and the spark that had ignited my creativity was gone. Even the simplest tasks became overwhelming. I was drained, not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well.

My business, which had once been a source of pride, now felt like an insurmountable burden. I began to question everything: my decisions, my capabilities, and even the very foundation of what I had built. It seemed as though the loss had taken not just a piece of my heart, but also my confidence.The person staring back at me in the mirror each morning was a shadow of the woman who had once been so sure of her path.

There were moments when I considered walking away from it all. The thought of leaving behind the business I had worked so hard to build was heartbreaking, but so was the thought of continuing in the state I was in. I felt stuck, unable to move forward or backward, trapped in a cycle of grief and exhaustion.

My healing was not marked by a single revelation but by a series of small, deliberate steps. It began with accepting the pain, acknowledging the grief I had tried so hard to suppress. I realized that this loss was a part of my story and needed to be honored, not hidden away.

Seeking help was another crucial step, one I had long resisted in my driven, entrepreneurial mindset. Personal growth provided a space where I could untangle the complex emotions weighing me down. Speaking about the loss and the subsequent challenges allowed me to process the grief in ways I hadn’t before. It was difficult but necessary.

I began to understand that my grief was not something to “get over”; it was something to integrate into my life. It wasn’t a wound that would simply heal with time; it was a part of me, shaping who I was and who I would become. This realization was both painful and liberating. It allowed me to start rebuilding, not by trying to return to who I was before, but by embracing who I was now.

This period of reflection also led me to reassess my relationship with my business. I confronted some difficult questions:Why was I doing this? What did I want my business to represent? And how could I rebuild in a way that honored both my personal journey and my professional aspirations?

The answers didn’t come all at once, but gradually a new vision began to take form. I wanted my business to be more than just a vehicle for success or financial gain. It had to reflect my values and serve as a platform for positive change.

I restructured the business, streamlining operations so I could focus on what truly mattered. Delegating tasks that were draining my energy allowed me to concentrate on areas where I could have the most impact. I also aligned the company’s mission with my personal values, shifting our focus to initiatives that supported women and families. This was my way of turning pain into purpose, using my experience to help others who might be facing similar challenges.