My Worst Investment Ever Podcast Toni Lontis – Start Investing in Yourself in Your 20s
BIO: International Radio and TV host, bestselling co-author, author, speaker, and visionary Toni Lontis quietly entered the entrepreneurial world in 2019, post-publication of her memoir, Resilience, about her healing and self-discovery journey from dysfunction and trauma to helping heal others through her words.
STORY: Toni was born with a preauricular sinus, and she let this condition hold her back for years. She regrets waiting until she was in her 50s to start investing in herself.
LEARNING: Start investing in yourself now. Overcome fear through little consistent actions.
“Embrace who you are because you are uniquely you with your own sets of dreams, values, and inspirations.”
Toni Lontis
Guest profile
International Radio and TV host, bestselling co-author, author, speaker, and visionary Toni Lontis quietly entered the entrepreneurial world in 2019, post-publication of her memoir, Resilience, about her healing and self-discovery journey from dysfunction and trauma to helping heal others through her words.
A “chance” conversation led to a meeting with an American Media company, and Radio Toni was born. Toni now has multiple live streaming TV shows and a series of co-hosted business shows on different platforms based in the US and broadcasting to the world.
2022 sees her launching Everyday Women’s Network (Netflix for women), a global TV network led by women, for women everywhere.
Worst investment ever
Toni was born with a preauricular sinus, a congenital facial defect, and after the three surgeries, she was left with left-sided facial palsy. So in her younger life, she couldn’t smile, eat properly, or close her mouth correctly.
Toni carried the shame of this defect until much later in life. She never invested in herself, her growth, or her healing until midlife. For Toni, her worst investment was waiting until her 50s to discover who she was and what she had to offer the world.
Lessons learned
- Learn to support yourself in terms of your emotional needs and believe in yourself.
- You can do and create anything that you set your mind to.
- Learn that you are a unique creative being, and you’ll do amazing, phenomenal, and immense things across your life.
- Fear is only a thought and a feeling. It’s not an actual thing and only takes root if we allow it to.
Andrew’s takeaways
- Overcome fear through little consistent actions.
- Start now, start today.
- Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides.
Actionable advice
Believe in yourself even when no one else believes in you or feels like you don’t have support. You’re a unique and valuable human being who has been given extraordinary dreams, values, and thoughts. So start believing in yourself and keep going one step at a time, even when in the depths of the worst, darkest, most horrible period of your life.
No.1 goal for the next 12 months
Toni’s goal for the next 12 months is to launch Everyday Women’s Network, which will be a network for women and the men that support them. Underneath the network will be fantastic channels filled with information that will inspire and empower, educate and help its audiences. She also hopes to have 25,000 subscribers on the network by the end of 2022.
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Connect with Toni Lontis
Andrew’s books
- How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market
- My Worst Investment Ever
- 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points
Andrew’s online programs
- Valuation Master Class
- How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market
- Finance Made Ridiculously Simple
- Become a Great Presenter and Increase Your Influence
- Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points
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Further reading mentioned
- Eckhart Tolle (September 2001) Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises From The Power of Now