Digital Social Hour
From Marine to Millionaire: Edgar Zavala's Bold Journey | Edgar Zavala DSH #1114
Fri, 17 Jan 2025
From Marine to Millionaire, Edgar Zavala shares his bold journey exclusively on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🚀 Tune in now to hear Edgar’s inspiring transformation—from climbing 305-foot wind turbines to building a thriving career in life insurance and creating a legacy. 💼💸 Raised by a single mother in Brooklyn, Edgar knew he wanted more out of life. From enlisting in the Marines to taking the leap into entrepreneurship, his story is packed with valuable insights on resilience, ambition, and breaking out of the 9-to-5 mindset. 🏆 Hear how he made $30,000 in ONE HOUR and why he’s on a mission to mentor others to achieve their dreams. 🌟 Don’t miss out on this raw and inspiring conversation! Click play to uncover Edgar’s secrets to leveling up your mindset, building wealth, and creating a legacy that lasts. Watch now and subscribe for more insider secrets on the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly! 🎙️📈 Hit that subscribe button and join the conversation today! 💬🔥 #createyourfuture #insuranceagent #selfimprovement #budgeting #lifeinsurance CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Edgar Zavala’s Journey 04:58 - Today’s Sponsor: Specialized Recruiting Group 06:28 - Did You Get Deployed 09:28 - Naruto 12:32 - Starting a Career in Life Insurance 18:04 - Quitting Your Job 19:14 - Renting vs Owning a Home 22:41 - Your Relationship with Your Mom 24:10 - The Napkin Theory 25:37 - Immigrant Parents 28:40 - Victor Mindset vs Victim Mindset 29:58 - The Lonely Phase 33:45 - Becoming Valuable 36:09 - Public Recognition for Private Efforts 37:10 - The Rat Race 41:00 - Defining Your Legacy 43:18 - Final Thoughts 44:26 - How to Get in Touch with Edgar 44:30 - Edgar’s Instagram APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected] GUEST: Edgar Zavala https://www.instagram.com/zavala_edgar25/ SPONSORS: SPECIALIZED RECRUITING GROUP: https://www.srgpros.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
Chapter 1: What challenges did Edgar face as a Marine?
You ever seen those windmills? Yeah, the big ones, right? The big windmills? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they're 300, 500 foot towers. I will climb three of them a day, six days a week. Like I said, I like challenges.
You weren't scared.
No, I said, if I'm going to get out the service, I was like, I got to do something. I'm not going to be a bartender. It'll be security. I said, I'm going to do something big that's going to change my life forever. Man, I don't know if I'm going to keep doing this.
That quick?
Yeah, exactly. I was like, my body couldn't really take it at that point, you know?
Damn. Edgar Zavala here today. We're going to talk life insurance and Marines and your journey, man. Thanks for coming on. I appreciate it. Thanks so much, Sean, for having me on.
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Chapter 2: How did Edgar transition from the military to entrepreneurship?
It's a pleasure and it's an honor and I feel blessed. Absolutely.
Long way from Brooklyn streets, huh?
Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. You know, I, uh, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. And I mean, the journey that I've had from growing up in Brooklyn to now, I mean, it's, I can make a whole movie out of it, you know? So, um, Yeah, raised by a single mother. And I've seen her work super, super hard. And I just I was tired of seeing her work super, super hard. So I said, I got to do something.
I decided to join the military to get out of Brooklyn. And I've had a big story since then. And now I'm here.
so did you join because you were in poverty conditions and you wanted to yeah well i saw my mother i mean you know i grew up with a single mother so i saw her just you know working constantly constantly breaking her back and barely putting food on the table um and you know as a kid growing up i didn't i couldn't put it together like why am i you know i see my mother always gone and when she comes back that's the only time i can spend time with her after i get out of school but yeah we barely have stuff in the fridge or on the table and
I got tired of it. I didn't know what I wanted to be growing up. You know, like most kids, you know, you don't know what you want to be, right? I wanted to be growing up, but I told myself, I want to be the first baseball playing astronaut. I said, I would tell myself all the time. I said, I'm going to be the first. And then obviously, right. You know, that's kind of like out there.
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Chapter 3: What inspired Edgar to start a career in life insurance?
So, but what I would do is I was still applying to colleges. I was a good student, you know, get good grades from my mom. And, but I knew right away, I was like, college is not for me. I got to do something different and give back and create fulfillment in myself. So the military was like the number one thing that I said, you know what? I kept seeing the commercials, like the few and the proud.
Yeah.
Those are legendary. Yeah.
Those, those commercials. So, so that's what got me. And I was like, yeah, I can see myself being a Marine. Yeah. went behind my mom's back to enlist. Oh, you didn't tell her? No, I didn't tell her. Why?
Well, I didn't tell her because one, obviously like, you know, most moms, they hear the military and they think, oh, my son's going to, you know, go out there to war and it's going to die and all this stuff and all this paranoia. And I didn't want to put her through that stress because she was already working super hard. So, you know, I said, let me just do what I have to do.
Take, you know, take care of myself because if I take care of myself first, she's going to, you know, she's going to be in a better position afterwards. So I talked to a recruiter the entire time before I graduated high school. Went to the recruiting station. I would tell my mom I'll be at baseball practice or like hanging out with my friends.
But I'd be at the recruiting station working out, getting prepared for boot camp. And then when I got my high school diploma, boom, that's when the recruiter... My mom told the recruiter to my mom and she was upset. I should say that. She was definitely really upset. And I was on the...
to boot camp the following month in july of 2016. wow so pretty quick after you graduated one month so you didn't have time to like no no i was like look let's put me on the next bus so the next boat the next ship whatever you can do for me to go ahead and go out there and ship out of boot camp i want to take over i want to do it wow yeah how was boot camp Well, bootcamp was a whole story.
That's a whole, you ever seen full metal jacket?
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Chapter 4: How did Edgar achieve financial success in life insurance?
Just go to school, get good grades, go to college, get good grades, follow the path, get a nine to five, get a corporate job and just close on by and then work until you're 60 something and hopefully you get to enjoy life. I was like, no. I'm on this earth. Life is very, very short. I need to do something. I need to make a legacy for myself. My last name needs to mean something.
I know earlier you said, hey, there's not a lot of Edgars, right? I want to get Edgar on the map, but I always want to do something that can push me and push my character and elevate me to the next level.
I love that, man. Yeah. That's baller. Yeah. We'll dive into the business shortly. Did you end up getting deployed?
So I got stationed out overseas in Japan. So I never got deployed, but I got stationed out overseas. It was pretty funny because we have a thing called MOS school. So it's like when it trains you to get into your actual, to get into the fleet, right? To do your job. So I was a diesel mechanic in the military.
And so pretty much it's like infantry and right under infantry in the Marine Corps is motor T, right? Diesel mechanics. So I was with infantry as well. But in MOS school, I remember because it was pretty funny. They would ask us like, hey, who wants to be after the MOS school? Who wants to go East Coast? Who wants to go West Coast? Who wants to go overseas? And it's like a big class of us, right?
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Chapter 5: What lessons did Edgar learn about resilience and ambition?
Chapter 6: How did Edgar's relationship with his mother shape his journey?
Chapter 7: What is the significance of owning property vs renting?
to boot camp the following month in july of 2016. wow so pretty quick after you graduated one month so you didn't have time to like no no i was like look let's put me on the next bus so the next boat the next ship whatever you can do for me to go ahead and go out there and ship out of boot camp i want to take over i want to do it wow yeah how was boot camp Well, bootcamp was a whole story.
That's a whole, you ever seen full metal jacket?
No.
You ever seen that movie full metal jacket? No. It's a movie about like, you know, people going through bootcamp and like what people have. It's like in the beginning when they're bootcamp, it's pretty funny. It's like comedic of like the things that drill instructors do to, uh, you know, like recruits and stuff like that. And, uh,
Afterwards, it shows their journey after they get out of boot camp and what they go through like mentally, physically, and how they come back and PTSD and stuff like that. But I would say boot camp was a wild, wild adventure. I mean, I couldn't put it all in one nutshell. Crazy, crazy stuff. Let's just put it like that.
You saw a lot of guys dropping out, right?
Yeah, there was a lot of guys dropping out. A lot of guys at night would like be crying.
Damn.
Yeah. Because, you know, Marine Corps is three months. You're three months away from your family. So you're in, you know, I think the Marine Corps is the longest boot camp out of all the branches. That's what they say. You know, the Marine Corps is the hardest. Right. And that's what I want. I wanted the hardest one. I said, look, if I'm going to join the military, I don't want army.
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Chapter 8: What impact does gentrification have on communities?
And they can just be like, you're gone.
Yeah. They could kick you out whenever, especially with everyone moving out of Cali now and into these other cities. If someone's been there like 10, 20 years, it doesn't even matter. They'll just raise the prices.
Yeah, exactly. And we have families, especially like in New York city. These are people who have generational families, like, you know, their mom and their kids and their kids, kids and their kids, kids are growing up in the same apartment. And the landlord could be like, I don't care.
Yeah. Wow. Sounds like you're really tight with your mom, man. That's dope. I'm a single mother household also. My mom, shout out to her. She watches every episode.
That's good. That's amazing, man. That's amazing. And, and look, that's what it is. Like mom have a special power and a special connection that it's kind of like, you know, a mother and son bond is different than like a father to father, right? Like I didn't grow up with a father, but, but moms are strong. They're resilient. They're powerful. And if they support you, it's over.
There's nothing you can't do.
Did you ever seek out your father? Was that always in the back of your head?
Oh yeah. I mean, I did seek out my father for, cause you know, as, as a kid, you, you grow up questioning like, why don't I have a father or like, you know, cause the father brings that extra, you know, kind of wisdom or knowledge, maturity into you. And yeah, You know, I kind of seeked it, but I found it in other places like my baseball coaches.
You know, I was in Taekwondo, my Taekwondo coaches, my principal. I would find in other areas and I would grow and I had to teach myself how to be a young man by myself. And I think honestly, again, everything happens for a certain reason because I had to step up. and learn how to be a man. I had to step up and get the money.
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