
The Persistent Entrepreneur
Welcome to The Persistent Entrepreneur Podcast, where grit meets inspiration. Join David Hill, two-time author, business coach, world-class sales trainer, top real estate broker, Ironman athlete, and 23 years sober, as he interviews relentless entrepreneurs, visionary business owners, and trailblazing leaders who’ve mastered the art of perseverance and refusal to quit.
Each week, David uncovers powerful stories of overcoming obstacles, seizing opportunities, and turning persistence into victory. Guided by his mantra, “I exist to persist,” David and his guests share actionable strategies and mindset shifts to fuel lasting achievement.
Whether you’re a seasoned business owner or just starting your entrepreneurial journey, this podcast will inspire and equip you to tackle your goals with persistence and purpose. Let’s rise, one story at a time!
Latest episodes

Jul 13, 2017 • 48min
Crush Limiting Beliefs - Jairek Robbins and David Hill Conversation on Mindset!
Jairek Robbins on why your Mindset will help or hinder your attainment of goals. How to make changes to your thinking and effect your outcomes. How to crush your limiting mindset. What it was link growing up with Tony Robbins, as a father. Jairek Robbins is a man on a mission focused on developing creative solutions for accelerating results. By evaluating the strategic objectives you have for your company, Jairek is able to build a customized roadmap for you to achieve your goals with speed and precision. Jairek and David discuss mindset and what it takes to overcome limiting beliefs. JAIREK STEPS TO SUCCESS • Get around BIG thinkers • Let go of limiting thoughts • Forgive yourself and others • Defend your happiness • Build a strategic plan • Work 10x Harder Check out our affiliates and sponsors page at http://davidihill.com/affiliates http://davidihill.com

Jul 6, 2017 • 37min
Grant Cardone - 10X Your Income, Life, Goals and Business! The 10X rule!!
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure “SUCCESS IS YOUR DUTY, OBLIGATION, RESPONSIBILITY.” Grant Cardone Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams! While most people operate with only three degrees of action-no action, retreat, or normal action-if you're after big goals, you don't want to settle for the ordinary. To reach the next level, you must understand the coveted 4th degree of action. This 4th degree, also know as the 10 X Rule, is that level of action that guarantees companies and individuals realize their goals and dreams. The 10 X Rule unveils the principle of "Massive Action," allowing you to blast through business clichés and risk-aversion while taking concrete steps to reach your dreams. It also demonstrates why people get stuck in the first three actions and how to move into making the 10X Rule a discipline. Find out exactly where to start, what to do, and how to follow up each action you take with more action to achieve Massive Action results: • Learn the "Estimation of Effort" calculation to ensure you exceed your targets • Make the Fourth Degree a way of life and defy mediocrity • Discover the time management myth • Get the exact reasons why people fail and others succeed • Know the exact formula to solve problems Extreme success is by definition outside the realm of normal action. Instead of behaving like everybody else and settling for average results, take Massive Action with The 10 X Rule, remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. Check out last weeks episode with Mel Robbins on The 5 Second Rule. Achieve any goal in 5 seconds! A WORD FROM GRANT: “I work with small companies and Fortune 500 companies to grow sales by finding overlooked opportunities and customizing the sales process to be more effective. I have worked with companies like Google, Sprint, Aflac, Toyota, GM, Ford and thousands more. I own and operate four companies that do almost 100m in annual sales and I’m also a New York Times best-selling author, international speaker, & considered the top sales training and social media expert in the world today.” http://davidihill.com Sponsored by Hornung & Scimone PC Real Estate Attorneys http://www.hornungscimone.com

Jun 29, 2017 • 28min
Mel Robbins - Take any Action in 5 Seconds and Get Results! The 5 Second Rule
Take any Action in 5 Seconds and get Results! The 5 Second Rule Mel Robbins - Discover the Power of the 5 Second Rule Transform your Life, Work & Confidence “How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in 5 seconds.” Mel Robbins “To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” Winston Churchill STEPS TO TAKING ACTION Count down 54321 Ignore the little voice Take action right away Don’t be too hard on yourself Start right away Buy the 5 Second Rule on Audio here http://davidsfreebook.com About Mel Robbins: Mel is currently one of CNN’s most popular on-air commentators and opinion writers; her articles drive tens of millions of page views for CNN.com. Mel has an extensive television resumé as an expert on human behavior and motivation for Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Oprah, The Today Show and Fox News. She was named America’s Outstanding News Talkshow Host at the 2014 Gracie Awards. Mel is a speaker, TV personality and coach with the credibility and experience to deliver the goods for audiences of all shapes and sizes: men and women; intimate to arena; technical sales trainings to innovation summits. She will work with you to create an unforgettable, high energy and momentum-driven event that reinforces brand and sponsor objectives, delivers fresh, actionable content and engages and entertains your attendees with music, original videos and interactive leadership exercises.Mel is a Dartmouth College and Boston College Law School graduate. She and her husband of 18 years have three young kids. She lives in the Boston area, but remains a Midwesterner at heart. For more episodes to help you on your path to mastery, visit http://davidihill.com

Jun 22, 2017 • 36min
Geoff Woods - Creating Extraordinary Results Starts with Mindset and Focus! - The One Thing
Geoff Woods - VP The One Thing Training Organization Everything starts with Mindset "We tend to complicate things to justify our inactions." Ben Kinney We all tell ourselves stories that limit our potential. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.” - Winston Churchill STEPS TO BUILDING A MASSIVE MOVEMENT Think big but act small Focus on your lead domino Forget about what you could do and focus on what you should do Create clarity Protect your time Watch you you spend time with Know your purpose about Geoff Woods Geoff Woods is the Vice President of The ONE Thing. After hearing the Jim Rohn quote that “you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with” Geoff set out on a mission to surround himself with high level CEOs and successful entrepreneurs. Fast forward just 10 months, Geoff went from employee to entrepreneur, launching a company with the co-authors of the best selling book The ONE Thing. Geoff has been featured in Entrepreneur.com and is on a mission to teaching people how to live a life of focus so they can have more by doing less. http://davidihill.com Sponsored by Law Offices of http://hornungscimone.com

Jun 15, 2017 • 46min
Author - Expert Secrets - Russell Brunson on Vision and Creating a Mass Movement
Russell Brunson - Best Selling Author EXPERT SECRETS Everything starts with Vision "Your message has the ability to change someone’s life." Russell Take a process and system that works and use it to build your following and deliver your message. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." - Winston Churchill STEPS TO BUILDING A MASSIVE MOVEMENT Become a charismatic leader Find your niche Find your tribe Forget about the others Build a community Take massive action Build a funnel About Russell Brunson: Russell Brunson started his first online company while he was wrestling in college. Within a year of graduation he had sold over a million dollars of his own products and services from his basement. Over that past 10 years, he has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs, sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books, popularized the concept of sales funnels, and co-founded a software company called ClickFunnels that helps tens of thousands of entrepreneurs quickly get their messages out to the marketplace. http://davidihill.com Sponsored by Law Offices of http://hornungscimone.com

Jun 8, 2017 • 40min
Joshua Smith - Host GSD Mode on Strategies to Creating a Massively Successful Life
Strategies to Creating a Successful Life. "I set up everything so it caters to my life, instead of catering my life to everything." Joshua Smith If we build great processes and systems the people will come. The process and systems is the 1st step! "It's not about doing 1000 things, it’s about doing 1 thing 1000 times." - Joshua Smith STEPS TO BUILDING MASSIVE SUCCESS Build a process Find talented people Train to be specialists Surround yourself with talented people Protect your time Focus on health first Take time to reflect About Joshua Smith: GSD Podcast is where we interview Top Entrepreneurs, Top Fitness and Health Experts and people that DOMINATE their space! These are people that do not accept mediocrity, they have clarity on what they want in life and they take massive levels of action to create their dreams into a reality! They create epic lives! For more Path to Mastery, visit http://davidihill.com

Jun 1, 2017 • 47min
Cody Gibson on Listings, Listings & More Listings – Building an Abundant Business by Focusing on Listings
Cody has Expansion Groups in 43 Offices. Listings start with thinking but begin with action. CODY SHARES THE STEPS TO ABUNDANT LISTINGS. "You don't get a listing, you earn them or sign them. The language is key." Cody I can do anything but I can't do everything! STEPS TO ABUNDANT LISTINGS Lead Generate daily until we get an appointment Set 1 appointment a day Prequalify appointments Visit FSBO/EXP daily Follow up "You maintain a business talking with people you know, you build a business talking with people you don't know." Cody About Cody Gibson: Cody has been an agent for over 16 years. and was a top-producing agent in Anchorage, Alaska where he built the Alaska Keller Williams office to nearly 200 agents. Now, based in Oregon, he is the owner and CEO of Portland Real Estate Group and United Home Group, as well as the Operating Partner of Keller Williams – Portland Central, with more than 267 agents.
Cody founded Portland Real Estate Group (PRG) in fall of 2011. PRG has grown to include a Listing and Buyers’ Division, a call center, and a staff of 10. United Home Group (UHG) began in 2012, with Cody’s first expansion city in Tri Cities, WA. Since then, UHG has continued to expand. Currently operating in 21 locations, 18 cities across 9 states. His groups put over 400 homes into contract in 2015, are projected to put close to 500 into contract in 2016, and has sold as many as 55 homes in a single month. For more sales training or information, visit my website at http://davidihill.com

May 25, 2017 • 35min
Aaron Kaufman on The KW Effect - Attracting Talent and Building Residual Income - Profit Share
Purposeful Recruiting The KW Effect Aaron Kaufman - Talent Acquisition Specialist Keller Williams Realty ATTRACTING TALENT & BUILDING RESIDUAL INCOME Aaron has built a massive KW downline by attracting people to his websites. Arron shares the biggest mistakes agents make. STEPS TO BUILDING A DOWNLINE Always be in conversations about goals Be attractive by showing results Cast a large vision Bring massive value Be consistent Build a platform About Aaron Kaufman: Talent Acquisition Specialist at Keller Williams Realty Follow your path to mastery at http://www.davidihill.com

May 18, 2017 • 36min
Kelly Henderson on Leading a Purposeful 20 Million Real Estate Business
Kelly Henderson - Top Realtor & Maps Coach on Building a Purposeful Real Estate Business Purposeful Farming - Purposeful Prospecting 2014 “30 Under 30” Realtor winner LISTEN TO KELLY ROLE PLAY A FSBO CALL WITH DAVID Kelly owns and runs a 20 million 5th level team while she coaches other agents through Maps Coaching. STEPS TO PURPOSEFUL REAL ESTATE Listen Be authentic Slow down Practice your scripts Get a coach Do what works About Kelly Henderson: Growing up, my family and I were homeless for a number of years, and the American dream of home ownership seemed like a foreign concept. In real estate school, I quickly realized that the dream wasn’t as distant as I thought. Less than a year later, my mother purchased her first home, at age 52. Within weeks, I too, purchased my first home with my husband. To this day, my mom credits me with her home ownership, and it always brings tears to my eyes. Having the opportunity to make that dream a reality for myself and others is exactly why I got my license For more help on your path to mastery, visit http://davidihill.com

May 11, 2017 • 39min
John Chapin on Handling Rejection, Prospecting, Phone Sales - What you Need to Know!!
MASTERY BLAST from the PAST!! John Chapin - The National Prospecting & Sales Trainer Sales Training 101 on Mindset LISTEN TO JOHN DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH REJECTION THIS IS THE ONLY PODCAST EPISODE YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO ON GETTING OVER CALL RELUCTANCE & REJECTION Learn the art of sales and overcoming rejection STEPS TO SUCCESS SELLING • Follow up fast • Build your relationships • Become great at listening • Stay away from negatives • Stay away from excuses • Take full responsibility About John Chapin: Whether you need a sales trainer or motivational speaker who can help you with the above challenges, or you have other sales issues, sales expert John Chapin’s experience as a number one sales rep with 26+ years experience and primary author of the 2010 sales book of the year: Sales Encyclopedia, ensures that he brings a unique perspective to your audience and adds something meaningful and important to every sales conversation. www.davidihill.com