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How do you get back up and continue?

How do you get back up and continue?

Brandon Dawson, from one of the youngest to being the bell in the American Stock Exchange, exiting his own company for 77x EBITDA and now partnering with Grant Cardone to help countless of business owners 10x their own businesses. Plus, he's also helping us at Leap Academy as we are becoming one of the fastest growing companies in America.

Brandon Dawson, from one of the youngest to being the bell in the American Stock Exchange, exiting his own company for 77x EBITDA and now partnering with Grant Cardone to help countless of business owners 10x their own businesses. Plus, he's also helping us at Leap Academy as we are becoming one of the fastest growing companies in America.

So this conversation is really more personal for me and I'm so excited. Thank you, Brandon, for being on the show.

So this conversation is really more personal for me and I'm so excited. Thank you, Brandon, for being on the show.

I'm going to take you back in time because it's going to be all about how you got to this level of success and then what you can do for others. But you grew up on Walnut Farm, right? And so relatively humble beginning, if I remember correctly. How did that shape you, Brandon?

I'm going to take you back in time because it's going to be all about how you got to this level of success and then what you can do for others. But you grew up on Walnut Farm, right? And so relatively humble beginning, if I remember correctly. How did that shape you, Brandon?

And I want to take you there because that's such a brave move, Brendan. Like at that point, you basically sell everything. You have a newborn, if I know correctly, and you are not afraid to cut and do it. I mean, which I think is just really, it's kind of burning the boats, right? It's just really, really scary. So what did it take from you and how were you not afraid?

And I want to take you there because that's such a brave move, Brendan. Like at that point, you basically sell everything. You have a newborn, if I know correctly, and you are not afraid to cut and do it. I mean, which I think is just really, it's kind of burning the boats, right? It's just really, really scary. So what did it take from you and how were you not afraid?

Which is incredible. And I do want to go there into the awesome points, but also the hard moments because entrepreneurship can also, sorry, suck. So we're going to talk a little bit about that too. And when you were 29, you already became one of the youngest people to ever ring the opening bell in the American Stock Exchange.

Which is incredible. And I do want to go there into the awesome points, but also the hard moments because entrepreneurship can also, sorry, suck. So we're going to talk a little bit about that too. And when you were 29, you already became one of the youngest people to ever ring the opening bell in the American Stock Exchange.

What drove you, I think, to pursue entrepreneurship so boldly and so successfully, if you will, like at that point? Because you're still very young.

What drove you, I think, to pursue entrepreneurship so boldly and so successfully, if you will, like at that point? Because you're still very young.

I want to talk about this, Brandon, for a few reasons. First of all, this extreme ownership of looking inside and saying, well, you're trying to go to different venture capital or private equity and just saying, I need to figure out how to change my pitch in order to make it. It's not about blaming. It's not about victim mentality.

I want to talk about this, Brandon, for a few reasons. First of all, this extreme ownership of looking inside and saying, well, you're trying to go to different venture capital or private equity and just saying, I need to figure out how to change my pitch in order to make it. It's not about blaming. It's not about victim mentality.

It's looking at what can I control and change that in that resilience, because it's never the challenges that stop us. It's the belief around these challenges that stop us. Right. And you continue. But then eventually you're kicked out of your own company, which is I was kicked out of my own company. So at least I know that it hurts. How do you get back up and continue?

It's looking at what can I control and change that in that resilience, because it's never the challenges that stop us. It's the belief around these challenges that stop us. Right. And you continue. But then eventually you're kicked out of your own company, which is I was kicked out of my own company. So at least I know that it hurts. How do you get back up and continue?

As somebody who started in sales and then jumped to entrepreneurship, to also learn leadership, we're not really taught leadership. I think leadership, I mean, you guys teach leadership. We'll talk about it in a second. But in general, it's not really something that is taught.

As somebody who started in sales and then jumped to entrepreneurship, to also learn leadership, we're not really taught leadership. I think leadership, I mean, you guys teach leadership. We'll talk about it in a second. But in general, it's not really something that is taught.