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A Life Without Regret with Dwan Bent-Twyford
Episode Summary
Get some perspective on your life. Download the wisdom packed into six decades of life experience from someone who was fired from Denny’s, lives in a mansion by a lake, went through an ugly prolonged divorce with a young child, and built a thriving business from next to nothing in a male-dominated industry.
Episode Notes
Get some perspective on your life. Download the wisdom packed into six decades of life experience from someone who was fired from Denny’s, lives in a mansion by a lake, went through an ugly prolonged divorce with a young child, and built a thriving business from next to nothing in a male-dominated industry.
Dwan went from no job, no car, being a single parent of a young child, and $75 in the bank to real estate investor and mentor.
Quotes to remember:
“You’re gonna learn from mistakes or mentors.”
“Anger just really poisons you.”
“Take care of your mind, because you will miss it once it’s gone.”
“We have a new normal every day that we wake up.”
Takeaways:
- Rehabbing is cheaper than therapy
- It’s healthier to let something go and forgive but not forget; “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”
- When we are out of balance, we will pay for it mentally and physically
- Be your own advocate for your health; don’t put it on other people or chalk it up to age
- We constantly gain wisdom as we grow older
- Plan for the future but don’t live for it
- Time will pick up speed so be in the present, really be here
- Somewhere along the way, things become stuff and experiences come to the forefront
- Consider: who are you trying to impress?
- We grow up people-pleasing, and it’s up to us to be aware and stop
What you’ll learn:
- About Dwan’s “come to Jesus” moment where her life had a fork in the road
- How she began rehabbing homes with no experience
- What motivates her to teach real estate investing
- One huge mistake Dwan made in which she bought a house that didn’t exist
- About the Life Equities, a way to categorize the important aspects of your life
- About Dwan’s experience with two coinciding health conditions that led to dementia-like symptoms and looking like a zombie
- What growing up in a strict Southern Baptist home on a farm was like
- One of the most freeing things you can do for yourself
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