Keepin it Real Estate with Chris & Collin How Leadership in the Military Impacts Building and Lading a Business with John Berry
John Berry is an attorney, an author, an entrepreneur, a veteran, and so much more. He took his experience in the military and used it to build an exceptional law firm in Omaha that allows him to continue helping other veterans and the whole community.
Listen now to learn more about John, what he does, and how he runs his businesses successfully from what he learned in the military!
Key Talking Points of the Episode
00:00 Introduction
04:54 What is John focused on today?
07:12 Why is it important for John to continue evolving?
12:32 What are the similarities between leaders in military and outside of it?
17:40 How does immersion help John’s lawyers become better?
19:34 How can immersion help investors overcome analysis paralysis?
22:38 Where did John get the idea of implementing immersion in his firm?
24:09 Where does John’s entrepreneurial background come from?
26:57 What are John’s books about?
31:10 What was John’s background in the military?
33:05 How does John incorporate military practices into his firm?
37:33 How does John determine where his team members would perform best?
42:19 What is the Mission Service Award for?
47:57 Why is John dedicated to helping veterans find their way outside the military?
51:03 What are John’s most important habits?
52:34 What would John do differently if he had to start over?
55:17 Where can people learn more about John and his team?
Quotables
“Your future has to be bigger than your past and if your future isn’t getting bigger, it’s getting smaller. Grow or die, and for me, that’s misery.”
“I think the bigger you get as an organization, the more policies and procedures you have, the dumber you tend to get as an organization and the agility, you start to lose.”
“Nobody gets to become a good football player by reading a book about football.”
“It’s real easy to make a decision, a hypothetical decision, but when real money is out there and it’s a real decision that’s going to affect the future of your organization and your financial wellbeing, it’s a totally different game.”
“We train as we fight, so we have to make training realistic and we have to record it, so that we can go back and show people.”
“I think that’s always how I’ve been – if there’s a vision, you have to do what’s necessary to make it work.”
Links
Website: Berry Law
Website: Mission Service Award
https://jsberrylaw.com/2021-reward-a-veteran-nomination/
Book: The Next Battle