ANSWER THE CALL: Life Lessons, from Family Origins through Invention and Struggle

By Jorge V. Gonzalez

Jorge V. Gonzalez is the son of Mexican immigrant parents and first generation Americans. He spent twenty years in the warehouse distribution and logistics industry before becoming disabled. When he became disabled, he had to reinvent himself, and transitioned into the real estate industry. He is currently a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, helping families create generational wealth. He’s also the inventor of a batting machine for baseball and softball named The Batting Pro. His #1 bestselling new book Answer The Call: Life Lessons From Family Origins Through Invention And Struggle is for people who are looking for guidance exploring ideas to get into real estate by buying, selling, or investing. He wants to open doors of opportunity for those that are looking to reinvent themselves either in real estate, inventing, or idea launching and conquering their fears.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jorge V. Gonzalez
• Release date: Aug 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005253851

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Answer The Call 16,366 words

Life lessons from family origins through invention and struggle 66 pages

Author: Gonzalez, Jorge V.

HGW: Mohan, Burke

Initial Draft submitted on 03-03-2021

Answer the Call

Life lessons, from family origins through invention and struggle

By

Jorge V. Gonzalez

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2

Introduction 4

Chapter 1:

My Grandfather 6

Lesson 1: Take Risks (Be bold and courageous) 11

Lesson 2: Legacy (How your decisions affect future generations) 14

Lesson 3: Giving People Something to Look up to (Why I wrote this book) 18

Chapter 2:

Father Figures 22

Lesson 1: Take Advantage of What Time You Have 25

Lesson 2: Never Give Up 28

Chapter 3:

My Daughter’s Success 32

Lesson 1: Never Depend on Anyone 36

Lesson 2: The Teacher Is Learning Now from the Students 39

Lesson 3: Never Get in the Way of Your Child’s Dreams 42

Chapter 4:

American Inventor 45

Lesson 1: The Moments of Inspiration 47

Lesson 2: Going All-In on a Gift from God 49

Lesson 3: Believe in Yourself 51

Chapter 5:

My Real Estate Journey 55

Lesson 1: Reinvent Yourself 57

Lesson 2: Get a Mentor 59

Lesson 3: Sweat Equity and Looking Beyond 62

Chapter 6:

Personal Struggle 66

Lesson 1: No One Is Coming to Save You 69

Lesson 2: Believe in You 71

Lesson 3: They Forget You 73

Conclusion 77

Introduction

My name is Jorge V. Gonzalez . I am a son of Mexican immigrant parents and a first-generation American. I spent 20 years in the warehouse distribution and logistics industry before becoming disabled. When I became disabled, I had to reinvent myself. I made a transition into working in the real estate industry. I am currently a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty, helping families create generational wealth. I am also the inventor of a batting machine for baseball and softball that we named The Batting Pro. This book is for people who are looking for guidance exploring ideas to get into real estate by buying, selling or investing. I want to open doors of opportunity for those who are looking to reinvent themselves either in real estate, inventing, or idea launching and conquering their fears.

Here I open up my heart to you and share my darkest moments. I will go into detail on what I endured to gain the knowledge and wisdom to find my life’s true purpose, so that you are able to find yours too. By the time you’ve finished reading this book, my hope is that I will motivate and inspire you to follow your dreams. I want to share with you what is possible when you make a choice to reinvent yourself and have faith you can and will succeed. I look forward to planting the seeds that will inspire you to find your true self and purpose in life.

Chapter 1:

My Grandfather

My grandfather’s name was Daniel C. Villicana. He was a huge inspiration in my life. He was an intelligent, hardworking man and a Mexican immigrant. He was a compassionate man who helped many people along his journey. I can definitely see a lot of myself in my grandfather whenever I remember anything about him.

He was born in a small town in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. His parents died when he was a very young boy. The fact that he became an orphan so young is very sad and it’s something I hold dear to my heart. It reminds me of what he went through in his childhood. He worked hard at a young age to feed himself and his siblings because their parents were gone.

He fell in love with and married my sweet grandmother Naborina at a very young age. She was such a sweet individual. I can definitely see why my grandfather would fall in love with her. With his childhood trauma, I truly believe in my heart that he found a part of his mom within my grandmother’s heart because she was caring and kind. At least, those are the parts I remember of my grandmother. She was still alive, at 96 years old, when I started writing this book. Whenever I spoke to her, I could still sense that part of her.

My grandfather came to work here in the United States during the time of the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement known as the Bracero Program , ratified by United States in 1942, while the United States was fighting World War II. The United States needed workers to replace those who had gone overseas as soldiers, and it asked Mexico to help. It must have been a very difficult decision for my grandfather to leave his young wife and young children to come here to support the United States. He would