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Brother Ben X Digital Real Estate Program Is COVID-19 Kryptonite

Published

3 years ago

August 15, 2020

Ben X describes the Digital Real Estate program and how it got started.

I teach people how to become mentally, spiritually, and financially free through my Digital Real Estate program. Our company Assets Before Splurging have several courses and classes but the top tier program is Digital Real Estate which teaches you how to build and scale your business online with passive IMPACT to bring about passive INCOME. I often teach my students, “don’t focus on passive income… instead focus on passive impact, because the more people you impact the income will come.

The idea of me creating a program stemmed from me gaining over half a billion views on Facebook alone, 40+ million on Youtube and over a million followers on social media earning 6 figures in my early 20s after having no degrees in what I’m doing. People all over the world began asking me for advice and guidance on how to do what I did so I created a program showing them just that. I dropped out of college after hearing the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan teach on “debt is slavery” and I honestly was not learning anything valuable in college, so the creativity came from my adversity.

Within the last year I teamed up with my brother Jake Tayler Jacobs and we’ve built a 7-figure financial and life institute. We came up with Digital Real Estate name one day on our podcast and the concept has been impacting thousands. We teach how to find your purpose, tie it into your Digital Real Estate business, how to create content properly, find your target audience, even how to make money without your own product and how to scale it to a six figure business the same exact way we did.

One of my biggest accomplishments is helping thousands of people change their mindset about themselves, life, and their finances. To be specific, for me my biggest accomplishment in business outside of impacting so many people is the impact the business had on Jason King (@Jason.king.biz on Instagram) he came into the course after being laid off due to COVID-19 and made $11,000 in 4 weeks. He was so helpful inside of our private Facebook group we made him a coach for the Digital Real Estate program, he started to get so many testimonials that Jake Tayler Jacobs and I hired him under ABS and now he has his own podcast, teaches weekly on Facebook and have a whole new energy compared to how he first came into the class.

The second biggest accomplishment is the impact the program had on a brother named 11Hrtz(on Instagram). He came into the program and procrastinated, and months later finally applied and made $1500 in one day when he was struggling to make a couple hundred a week due to COVID-19. Unfortunately after revealing this to his family he was robbed and stolen from and he announced this inside of the private group we had, so I decided to raise money for him that night so he could at least get a laptop. That night along with the support of the other tribe member Jake and I gave him $1,000 to get him going and surprisingly he did much more than just buy a laptop to get on his feet. In just a couple days he used that money to not only buy a laptop but buy a digital asset and sold it making $10,000 in one day. The great part about this story is he bought my course homeless and he was homeless when he announced he was robbed and because of the Digital Real Estate program he is doing well and in high spirits.

Lastly a big accomplishment of ours was making $200k+ in the month of June now scaling up with the next goal of doing $500k per month in our Life & Financial institute. This accomplishment was last purposely because to me life isn’t about the passive income, but about the passive impact, the bible says seek ye FIRST the kingdom of heaven and all of its righteousness and all of these things will be added to you, so what makes this a real accomplishment is being able to be an example that when you accept your own and be yourself God will bless you with what was promised.

As a student of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan we are taught to do for self and don’t wait on others to do for us what we have the power to do for ourselves. One of the things I learned in business is that you don’t have to guess the business because business is about providing a service or product, so it’s more so about listening. So over the years I listened to the questions that my community asked me about making money and running a business online and I built the program based on what I did and what they asked me about. Another motivation was me HATING MY JOB, I worked out a warehouse job that reminded me of the plantation I read about then I worked at FED-EX and had an awakening thought. The thought was, “I’m throwing all these boxes on the truck, if I came to work next week going 10x harder throwing a thousand more boxes on the truck my paycheck will be the same, but if I worked for myself the more productive I am the more reward I receive” and it was it from there… I fired my boss before he fired me.

Minister Louis Farrakhan said “adversity is the mother of creativity” so being that I dropped out of college and quit two jobs I had to become creative and be consistent and I knew if I was able to do it and I dropped out of college than my people who are from the same background as me could do the same and it has been a success.

Honestly… there has been no challenges due to Covid-19. Covid-19 and this pandemic has made business sky rocket and maybe the only challenges we’ve had was having our money tied up by stripe because we scaled a lot faster than expected so they have our money on hold because they deemed it at risk for disputes because we scaled so fast. Due to Covid-19 everyone is watching and shopping online, so it made people value and more attention to what we’ve been teaching the whole time. How we overcame the stripe problem was switching merchant accounts to a company that supports our community that we have built a relationship with. We showed proof of funds, explained why our business scaled so fast they understood, and we got back rolling. In the meantime, of getting the backend together we continued to promote, but put everyone on a waiting list as we fed them content leading them to crave for the programs. When we opened back up sales began to roll in like we never left.

Honestly I think it’s due to what’s going on in the world today, it’s forcing them to see what I’ve been teaching and talking about over the years. One of the things I explained to them is having an online presence right now is almost paramount for business, although I believe it was even before COVID-19. Watch time is increasing on social platforms, zoom app usage is growing rapidly and online sales are increasing due to people not wanting to be around everyone due to the virus.

One of the things that may catch their eye about our program is the multiple ways you can make money. I’m often asked, “do I have to have a business or product to succeed in Digital Real Estate?” and the answer is absolutely not, because we show you how to make money with a product/service or without one. Not only that, but many schools are closed down and the ones that did open I saw in New York, coronavirus creeped in so it closed back down, this has forced parents to think about home schooling. What better way to pivot than to learn how make money online from home passively and be able to spend more time with your family.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Essential Social Skills in Business

Published

2 hours ago

May 30, 2023

Matthew Wiles

Effective communication and strong relationships are essential for success in the workplace. One factor that can greatly influence these qualities is emotional intelligence, often abbreviated as EQ. EQ refers to the ability to identify, understand, and manage one’s own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. Research has shown that individuals with high levels of EQ are better equipped to handle stress, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with others (Chamorro-Premuzic & Sanger, 2016).

Research has consistently shown that emotional intelligence (EQ) is an important predictor of job performance and success in the workplace. EQ is comprised of a set of skills that allow individuals to recognize, understand, and regulate their own emotions, as well as the emotions of others. In addition, individuals with high EQ are better able to communicate effectively, build relationships, and navigate complex social situations. As a result, they are often viewed as effective leaders and collaborators, and are more likely to achieve their personal and professional goals.

In fact, a number of studies have demonstrated the significant impact that EQ has on job performance and success. For example, one study of 85 upper-level managers found that those with higher EQ scores were rated as more effective leaders by their subordinates (Law, Wong, & Song, 2004). Another study of 151 employees found that those with higher EQ were more likely to be promoted within their organization over a five-year period (Carmeli, Brueller, & Dutton, 2009). These findings highlight the importance of EQ in the workplace and suggest that developing these skills can lead to significant benefits for both individuals and organizations.

According to a study conducted by TalentSmart, a leading provider of EQ assessments, EQ is responsible for 58% of success in all job types (Bradberry & Greaves, 2009). In contrast, IQ only accounts for about 4% of success in the workplace. This suggests that EQ is a crucial skill set for individuals in any professional field. Fortunately, EQ is a skill that can be developed and honed over time with practice and awareness.

There are several key components of EQ that are particularly important for success in the workplace. These include:

Self-Regulation: This refers to your capacity to recognize and control your emotions. Sometimes treating them when they arise may be necessary. Understanding how to manage your anger is essential. However, it can also cover how to control the feelings you’ll experience.

Self-Awareness: This implies recognizing and understanding your own feelings. Do noisy places make you nervous? Do other people talking over you make you angry? Knowing these truths about yourself shows that you are working on your self-awareness. Being conscious of yourself is necessary for this phase, which can be more complex than it sounds.

Socialization: This category focuses on your capacity to manage social interactions and direct relationships. It doesn’t entail dominating others but knowing how to work with others to achieve your goals. This could entail presenting your ideas to coworkers, leading a team, or resolving a personal disagreement.

Motivation: Strong motivators include external forces like money, status, or suffering. Internal motivation, however, plays a significant role in Goleman’s concept. By doing so, you demonstrate your ability to control your cause and initiate or continue initiatives of your own volition rather than in response to external demands.

Empathy: It’s equally critical to be sensitive to others’ feelings. This may entail learning to identify different emotional states in individuals — for example, can you tell the difference between someone at ease and someone anxious? — but it also requires comprehension of how other people may react to their current situation. Empathy is one of the essential traits in business and business leadership.

A thought leader in this space, Michael Ventura has built a career advising organizations on the importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace. In his book, Applied Empathy, Ventura highlights the value of empathy in business and provides strategies for developing and applying this skill set. With two decades of experience as a leader, facilitator, and educator, Ventura’s work has made impact in with prestigious institutions such as Princeton University and the United Nations as well as corporate clients such as Google and Nike.

Through his work, Ventura advises leaders to focus on the development of EQ in order to help individuals improve their communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, ultimately leading to greater success in the workplace. Experts like Ventura continue to support the growing body of research on the value of EQ in business, and the evidence that organizations who invest in the EQ of their teams help to create a more empathetic and successful professional environment.

And it’s worth noting that EQ isn’t just important for individual success in the workplace, but also for overall organizational success. A study by the Center for Creative Leadership found that EQ was a better predictor of success than IQ or technical skills in the workplace, and that teams with higher levels of EQ tend to be more effective and productive (Boyatzis, Goleman, & Rhee, 1999). By cultivating a culture of empathy and emotional intelligence, organizations can improve their overall performance and create a more positive work environment for their employees.

In conclusion, emotional intelligence is a crucial component of success in the workplace, and individuals and organizations alike should prioritize the development of these skills. The ones that do not only develop a leading edge in their category, but also become a meaningful place to work for their teams. And in today’s rapidly changing talent landscape, the retention of highly capable, emotionally intelligent leaders is one of the greatest keys to unlocking success.

References:

Boyatzis, R. E., Goleman, D., & Rhee, K. S. (1999). Clustering competence in emotional intelligence: Insights from the emotional competence inventory (ECI). In R. Bar-On & J. D. A. Parker (Eds.), Handbook of emotional intelligence (pp. 343-362). Jossey-Bass.

Bradberry, T., & Greaves, J. (2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0. TalentSmart.

Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Sanger, M. N. (2016). Does employee happiness matter? Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 3(2), 168-191.