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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Heather
Ewing, the CRE Rundown, and like
no other podcast, I have areally special guest today.
It is none other than Juliusfrom Lithuania, Julius welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hello everybody.
Thanks, heather, for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Definitely.
The reason I wanted to have youon is we connected through
LinkedIn and I am going to beworking with you is you have
just an incredible way ofrebranding and really
highlighting people's strengths,their missions and how they tie
things all together.
So that's why I had to have youon and share with our audience
(00:40):
a little bit more about yourself, so that they can really get to
know you.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Sure, sure.
Thank you for the kind wordsand the introduction.
So, to begin with, what Ireally have to say is that I've
been doing content marketing,sales and everything related to
sales funnel optimization forthe last eight years.
My journey began from videocontent.
(01:04):
I've done a lot of videorelated work, I've been in the
e-commerce space and it was likea journey that I've put myself
through Currently.
Right now I am building my ownbusiness for the last three
years almost, where I helpmostly real estate professionals
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to again systemize theiroverall sales funnel while
creating relevant trafficthrough their personal brands.
So there's a lot more to it,but I think we'll leave that for
a bit later.
But that's the whole recap orrundown that you probably need
to know about me.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Definitely.
So let's back it up.
How did you get into this arena?
Obviously you're a verycreative person.
I love that you're really ableto pick up on people's ideals,
their style, right, Becausethat's artistry all on its own.
So where did you get your start?
What was the impromptu thatpulled you into this arena?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah.
So would you like me to beginfrom the very beginning, or
would you like me to go from aspecific touch point?
You know, in my career?
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Maybe the part that
really speaks to your heart.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Maybe the part that
really speaks to your heart
Beautiful.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So that particular
transition happened three years
ago and then I decided to dothings on my own.
So I would say that it was adesire to have more in life and,
first of all, to have somethingthat aligns with myself and
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with the things that I do wantto achieve, and at the beginning
it was pure chaos.
I was good at a couple of mainskills as content, but I was not
so perfect with the otherthings when it comes down to
entrepreneurship, just ingeneral.
So, at the end of the day,while going through all of those
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three years of entrepreneurship, I can say that, at the end of
the day, a lot of the answersare in the basics, and what do I
mean by that is that, ifsomething's not working or you
feel not satisfied about whatyou see, perhaps something's not
clear or not there in thefundamentals.
Again, and it's always somethingthat I'm coming back to the
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fundamentals because we do haveso many different tools to turn
our passion, to turn ouraspirations into reality
LinkedIn, personal branding, wehave other social media, we have
commenting, outreach, podcasts,like a lot of different tools,
but just to make that work, youreally have to have clarity for
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yourself.
What is really something thatyou need to serve your purpose.
So it's just something thatalways, always, always, you know
, led me forward, and I'm keepcoming back to it, you know.
So it's a good reminder.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
And you really hit on
something important the basics.
People never want to focus onthem, right?
They're really not as exciting,they're not the new flashy
gizmo that everyone's into andit's like the new diversion and
that's something I found toowithin business of the basics
are the bread and the butter,and it's doing them consistently
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and also not getting bored withthem, right?
So what do you do so that theydon't become boring and mundane,
right?
Because so much of branding isis the clarity and it's
identifying that.
What's a tool for identifyingsome of those basic blocks and
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not getting bored?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
That's a really good
question, which requires a whole
an hour long session probably,but just to give you an easy,
direct and tangible answer,don't forget to have fun, and
every single one of us, we haveour own definition of fun.
For me, I really like talkingto people, but, like generally,
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you know, being curious aboutthe things that they do and
something that aligns with mypersonal passion.
So, for example, I'm really biginto investing myself, I'm
really big into sports, I'mreally big into traveling,
culture, geography in general,and these are, you know, the
additional topics that you canstart the potential conversation
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upon.
And just, you know, connectwith your people, because the
end goal to work with somebodyor you know to, to grow a
business and, you know, havethis business relationship with
somebody it's a, it's an endgoal, perhaps from from the
whole, uh, sequence of manydifferent actions.
So, but just for you to getthere, there are some, you know,
things that you can, that youneed to create in order to, you
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know, to make this partnershipwork.
So we need to, you know, toconnect with people, and the
best way to go about it is tohave fun.
And if we talk about just ingeneral, about the fundamentals
and doing them consistently andjust to ensure that you do not
get bored of it.
So it's really custom and it'sreally difficult for me to give
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something specific, but I'll usemy own case in here.
So I think that I'm a creativeperson and what really helps me
to keep myself excited abouteverything that I do, to let my
creative parts shine and youknow, I even have this small
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sessions at the beginning of theday where I just, you know, put
my notebook and I write thingsdown, like physically by hand.
I have, you know, somejournaling at the end of the day
.
I do have, you know, some, somehabits that are, you know,
working, that are all aboutworking on myself, because you
know, at the end of the day,business relationships, linkedin
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, branding everything is tied inwith mindset.
And, you know, if you can beclear over here and if you can,
you know, be aligned with yourinner energy as well, everything
else will, you know, startmaking more sense as well.
So I know there's a lot more totalk about it, but I'll
probably just stop there andwe'd be curious to hear what are
(07:31):
your thoughts on it.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
I think alignment is
key and it's interesting because
I think there's differenttopics that float around at
different times and you hear alot about interest rates and all
of this, and I think mindset ishuge, because what I said even
if you back it up to COVID andthen forward is I used to call
it taking a temperature check,where you check in and people
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were either had money that theyhad to offload or it was the
complete opposite.
So, depending on who youconnected with, it was really
helping them advance one stepforward at least, and whether it
was providing resources.
You know, maybe it was PPP backthen or providing a great
property that wasn't on themarket.
(08:16):
Alignment is key and that's thebig buzz word, I think lately as
well.
But I think similar to whatyou've been saying is, when I
reflect on my own journey ofgetting to commercial real
estate, it really was getting toknow who I am, what I am, what
I am not, and aligning with thatand to your point, Julius,
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people can feel that they canfeel if this is genuinely who
you are or if you're just reallytrying, and that's why I think,
to like the whole fake it tillyou make it I really dislike
that term To me I would love tohave that rebranded of you know,
begin stepping into the energyof what you want and how you
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want to serve and the types ofpeople, Because I think more now
than ever too, is that honestyand your word is everything, and
I think as people understandthose base fundamentals of life,
they're going to have a lotmore traction and also feel a
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lot better in their day-to-daylife.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
I can only agree with
you Because you help people, do
that right.
Yeah, I can.
Like I mentioned, I can onlyagree with you One thing that I
really want to highlight here aswell what is really something
that we need to know andprobably to remind ourselves
constantly that embracingyourself as this complex
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creature of a lot of reallyexciting things that helps you
to lead everything that you doand even start creating the
recognition in other people'sheads about yourself because of
the things that you also share,the things that you do, your
aspirations, your vision, yourthoughts, the things that do you
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know, light you up, that exciteyou.
For example, I think what isreally really nice for me to
remember about you, for example,it is running.
So, you know, I didn't see alot of people in real estate who
runs and that's exactlysomething that you know somebody
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not only me, but probably a lotof other people that create in
their heads.
This is, you know, the, the,the woman in real estate who
runs and and it's also reallyhelping you know to build this
um solid foundation and justknow to take it from there as
well.
So just that.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Additionally, Well,
and it makes it fun to your
point, I think people end upfocusing so diligently on
metrics, not that they aren'timportant.
We, we, only measure what'simportant but, having that fun
side and sharing a side thatpeople may not know as well.
And, to your point, when Itravel in different states and
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things like that for differentevents, they're like, oh, you're
the runner.
I'm like, yes, I am, and ofcourse I always offer you know,
if people want a training plan,if they want coaches, I can
connect them in all differentways, far beyond commercial real
estate.
But what would you say is anice way for people?
(11:31):
Let's say they have you know,they're an Xterra racer or
they're the Ironman, or maybethey love knitting or working on
cars, right?
How do you start to weave thattogether in a professional
manner, right?
I think that's why so manypeople keep it on the backside
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and people don't know about itunless they know them really
well.
What's maybe one tip to slowlystart to bring that into the
frame.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
That's a really good
one.
What is really important toknow?
That you have to dig a littlebit deeper, just the surface
level and you know, just tounderstand, like, what are these
things important to you?
And, for example, you know whatdoes the whole concept of
running mean to you?
(12:21):
Not just you know to reach apoint A from, you know from the
start, so just even you knowplaying with the words, the way
you express it, and just youknow connecting the dots.
Could, you know, start making alot more sense just by simply
you know speaking your mind.
And to give you an example, soI work with this really
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wonderful woman.
She is a pharmacist and shealso operates in real estate, so
the term that we use with herprescribing passive income
opportunities for health careprofessionals based on the
things that you do and thethings that are passion, that
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mean passion for you, just youknow to make sense with the main
thing that you do as well.
So I would say that would bethe case.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
That's a perfect
example.
I love it.
So now, between all yourtravels, all of the branding,
all of that how do you de-stress?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
That's the top one,
right.
Is that possible Of?
Speaker 1 (13:35):
course.
No, I'm joking around.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I'm joking around.
What is a really big thing inmy life, it's sports.
Like I've been doing sports asmuch as I remember myself.
So I do daily walking, I doworkouts at least three, four
times a week and different typesof workouts.
I really find it really, reallyrelaxing and really, you know,
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just just letting go of myemotions as well, as this is one
thing that I also do and Ireally like it.
So every single week, I have onelunch with completely new
person, and what really helps meis to take myself to new place,
to socialize and to also meetsomebody that could bring me new
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perspective, or I can also takea look at things you know from
completely different point ofview as well and obviously these
are the people you know thatare relevant to the things that
I do as well and a combinationbetween these couple of
different things, it reallyhelps me to refresh my mind, and
one of the last things that Ineed to mention is journaling.
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So it really became a reallybig thing in my life, I would
say, in the last couple ofmonths, because it's something
I've never done properly, butthrough different exercises like
gratitude, answering a coupleof different questions for
myself, it is really justclarifying, and it's actually
something that I'm talking a lotwith my mentors as well.
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Whenever there's a fog in yourhead, usually the easiest way to
solve it is to start writing tospeaking your mind and just
explaining to yourself what isgoing on.
So I'd say these are the maincouple of things.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Kind of like a brain
dump right, and I think if you
allow yourself to just, like yousay, just start writing, you do
find the answer.
It seems like quite frequentlyor I'm sure you've noticed this
in talking to clients too theyhave their answer.
They just spoke it, even thoughthey may not have like it
hasn't registered at a deeperlevel.
(15:51):
And it's like exactly but toyour point.
I think paper or talking withsomeone does give that that
layer of distance that does helpto shine the light and makes it
clear for you which it's likethe best feeling right, 100, 100
, yeah, my biggest question, andthis is always the final one,
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is what does living fully meanto you, julius?
Speaker 2 (16:23):
I think it's
something I'm always, you know,
rediscovering constantly Because, like I've mentioned,
journaling has become a reallymassive thing in my life in the
last couple of months and it waslike, you know, how did I, you
know, not discover this earlier,you know?
So there are some certainthings in my life that I'm
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always, you know, finding orrediscovering, that you know,
keeps me fulfilled, so per se.
But at the end of the day, ifyou have to define it, I would
describe it as three main thingsbeing always curious and always
moving and I'm not only notonly saying that you always have
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to work, but just moving yourbody, talking, exploring, being
curious again coming to thefirst one and, last but not
least, focusing on one thing ata time, because it can really
easy become overwhelming andreally become stressing.
With, you know, the currentworld that we live in, with a
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lot of noise, a lot ofdistractions, it's really
essential for you to focus onthe right things.
So, just to recap, beingcurious.
What was the second one?
Being curious?
Can you help me?
What was the second one?
Being curious?
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Can you?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
help me.
What was the second one,movement, and then the third one
.
It's focusing one thing at atime, so that would be it.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Excellent.
Well, julius, thank you so muchfor joining me today and share
with our audience how can peopleconnect with you so you can
help them find that clarity andmove their branding and careers
and lives forward.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
First of all, thank
you for having me today it's a
pure pleasure and second of all,so you can find me on LinkedIn
I would say I'm the most activeover there.
So, julius, really difficultlast name, julius Velouskas, but
the guy in the red backgroundsand a lot of red in the profile,
and I'll be more than happy tohave a chance.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Excellent.
Thanks so much, julius.
I appreciate it, thank you.
Thank you so much.