The people we let into our room are the very ones who will help us build it. As the saying goes, your network is your net worth. The quality of the people around you will have a major impact on the quality of life you have. Who is in your room? Who are the people you let in? In this episode, Marco Santarelli sits down with someone who greatly knows the importance of one's network and can help you build the right relationships to lift you up. He interviews Dr. Ivan Misner, the founder of BNI, Business Network International, to share with us how we can shape and design the life we want through his book, Who's In Your Room, where he provides great insights on how to find the right people who will help us become more successful—be that in our professional and personal lives. Plus, Dr. Misner then extends that very idea to real estate investing, reminding us of the very value of treating it as a team sport to assure your success.
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Who's In Your Room? With Dr. Ivan Misner
There are some famous quotes. One in particular that I love about your network and your net worth is simply this, “Your network is your net worth.” That has been quoted and re-quoted by so many people. I don't even know who originated that quote, but it's true. Look around, think about the people that you know that have higher than normal or average net worth. Look at their network, who they associate with, how many people they associate with and the people that they are tied into or tapping into. Meredith Mahoney also said, “Know where you want to go and make sure the right people know about it.” It's all about your network. There are two things we're going to talk about here with my special guest, Dr. Ivan Misner, and for some of you who recognize that name, you'll know that he is the Founder of BNI, Business Network International. I had a great interview with him. He’s a nice and smart guy.

Our episode is full of golden nuggets. It's interesting to know who you associate with and the people you let into your room, which is not a four-wall box, but what's going on up here in your head. What's going on between your ears has a major impact on your life, your happiness, and it's all about, how do you shape your life? How do you take control of your life and design your life? That's the first part of our interview. The second part is going to be about the power of networking and how you find the right people to let into your room that will help you to become more successful in your investing, life, relationships, and all that stuff. There's a little bit of a slant towards real estate investing, but this applies to everything and every part of your life. At the end of the day, when you look at real estate investing specifically, Robert Kiyosaki said it best that, “Real estate is a team sport.” It's important to surround yourself with the right people to help guide you and assure your success. With that, we're going to get onto our interview and I hope you enjoy it.
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It is my pleasure to welcome Dr. Ivan Misner to the show. Dr. Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Business Network International also known as BNI, the world's largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, the organization now has over 9,500 chapters throughout every populated continent of the world. In 2019 alone, BNI generated almost 12.