Elena Cardone: How to Find a Partner, 10X Your Life, and Build a Real Estate Empire | E208

When Elena Cardone was 13 years old, she watched her best friend die in a house fire across the street from her own home. Unable to face the house’s ruins day after day, Elena moved to Los Angeles at 17 years old to become a model and actor. After a successful career in show business, she married real estate mogul Grant Cardone, and together, they built a real estate portfolio of $5.2 billion. In this episode, Elena reveals how she and Grant maintain a healthy marriage and business partnership, how to find the right partner, and how her and Grant’s family dynamic contributes to their success.  Elena is an author, businesswoman, event producer, mentor, public speaker, wife, and mother. She started her career in Hollywood as a model and actor, appearing in shows like CSI, Two and a Half Men, and Saved By The Bell. Drawing upon her vast experience, Elena has developed her own curriculum, to assist aspiring empire builders. In her Build an Empire course, she lays the groundwork for both men and women as she trains them how to create, grow, and defend an extraordinary career and marriage. Additionally, she mentors hundreds of women with personal, one-on-one coaching sessions.  In this episode, Hala and Elena will discuss:  - How Elena's relationship to money changed when she started viewing it as energy - Questioning the value of higher education in today’s economy - How Elena and Grant met  - How to find the right partner for you - Does your dream partner actually WANT the current version of you?  - Why complete independence hurts relationships  - How Elena and Grant’s marriage changed after the 2008 Recession  - The defining qualities of a power couple - Parenting hacks for career-driven families - How to handle haters - And other topics… Elena Cardone is the author of the bestselling book Build an Empire: How to Have it All and the executive producer of massively-successful events like 10x Ladies, Operation 10x Badass, Build an Empire Mastermind, and her own show, “Women in Power.” Elena’s most recent endeavor has been to partner with EXP Realty. She is now a licensed Realtor who plans on building the largest real estate team across the globe helping thousands of people create generational wealth through real estate powered by EXP.  Elena has been happily married to her husband, Grant Cardone, since 2004 (July 4th to be exact - and the fireworks have never stopped) and lives with her husband, their two daughters, Sabrina and Scarlett, along with their two cats, Cash and Flow, in Miami Beach.  Resources Mentioned: Elena’s Website: https://elenacardone.com/   Elena’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenacardone/  Elena’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elenacardone/?hl=en  Elena’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenacardone?lang=en  Elena’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ElenaCardone  Elena’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elenacardoneWIP/  Elena’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Build-Empire-How-Have-All/dp/1945661542  LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 40% off at yapmedia.io/course. Sponsored By:  Just Thrive - Use promo code YAP for 15% off sitewide at https://youngandprofiting.co/yapjustthrive More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com   Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Join Hala's LinkedIn Masterclass - yapmedia.io/course