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Welcome to the Cardone Zone, my newest podcast, where every week I'll bring to you a new celebrity. Artists, athletes, some of the top people in their field, CEOs from around the world, running the world, to give you their insights, their knowledge, and their breakthroughs. Look, these people came from nothing, just like I did. So get ready with Uncle G. You're in for the ride of your life, where we're gonna 10x everything you thinks, the way you work, the way you act, and the way you roll every single day. Make sure you subscribe and comment. Love to see what you're talking about. Ready for today's show,
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Ladies and gentlemen, please give a Warm welcome to Ms. Elena Cardone.
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It's been one of those years. We roll with the punches. So. So, okay, so for today, I'm Grant Cardone's wife. I'm also known as the woman beside the man. That's how my ladies like to refer it. I have no problem, though, saying I'm the woman behind the man, because when I hear woman behind the man, I have a vision and an image not of this weak woman that has to stand behind her man and be in the shadows. The vision that I see for the woman behind the man as I see this extremely beautiful, powerful woman who can stand behind her man. And if for one second he even thinks about faltering or falling, she is strong enough to say, uh, that ain't happening. Hell no. So I have no problem being the woman behind the man because the definition of support, and I do support my man, the definition of support means being able to bear the weight of something. So imagine the strength to be able to bear the weight of not only Grant Cardone, but the entire thing that comes with us. So I pride myself in being strong enough to be the woman beside the man. So thank you. Behind the man. Whichever you prefer. Okay, so in the freestyle event, okay, so I have been known to go off track a little bit. And in going off track, which I'm not worried about my ladies, by the way, because my girls are gonna be with me no matter what. My ladies, I can be on a point and go over here and then go over there. And they are following, they are tracking. They know I may never come back to the point. And my girls, they understand. However, I love my guys. I do not want to alienate my guys. So if I get. And I forget what I'm saying a lot of times, too. So if that happens, I need some. Someone out there to just take responsibility for paying attention to what I'm saying. So if I say, wait, what was I talking about? Someone just yell out, you're not being rude. Just say, oh, you were talking about, blah, blah, blah, story. Then I get back on track. Okay, so let's see what we've covered here. I'm the woman behind the man. We covered that. That's one role that I'm one viewpoint, one role that I'm coming to you by. Also, you know, as the woman behind the man. I can also tell you the behind the scenes secrets. I can even tell you things that Grant may not want me to tell you. He can get mad at me because I know how to make him not mad at me. I have carte blanche. And also the other reason that I come to you today is because I'm an empire builder. I wrote a book called Build an Empire, how to have it all. It's for anyone who wants to reach a heightened level of success. That's all I'm interested in this lifetime. I'm interested in heightened levels of success. Grant and I, for sure, Grant would have been a successful man with or without me, no doubt. He was a millionaire when I married him. Richest guy I had ever been with. Successful. Had a. He has an intelligence and a persistence and just a genius mind. And I, to this day, 17, 18 years later, like, he's still my mentor. So there's no doubt that he would have had massive success without me, is my point. However, there's only so much that you can do on your own. Okay? At some point, you're gonna need partners, you're gonna need a team. And at some point, Grant maxes out. Like, he can only do so much he can only do. Y' all agree with that? He can only cap out so much right now from the point where a Grant caps out, which we all know is high. We've established that. But everything from that point and above, that's mine. That's mine. I am interested in heightened levels of success. That interests me in life. That's what I'm interested in for you. That's what gets me excited. Like, how do we help fast track you to go to that heightened level? So, as an empire builder and throughout the course of this speech, I will sprinkle in my empire isms. I make up words too. For instance, my favorite one is you were either creating or destroying your empire. With every decision that you make or every decision that you fail to take, you're either creating the empire or destroying one. And it may even be destroying the one that you've never even Built yet. But every single decision that you make think, I, I wanna mess you up. I want you to leave here today and have me in your head going, is this a decision that is going to create or destroy? Create or destroy? Because if you go home and you go play the common, normal games, which we're all tempted to do, which is you don't have a big enough game in life, which is why we choose to transform the lives of 7 billion people, if you don't have goals that big and that unattainable, you know what your game becomes? Your game becomes, let me fight my partner. Because that's easy. So you do. You create all day and you think how great you are and you come home and you destroy. So if you had a target and you think it was going to take you two years to achieve it, if you're doing all that bs, you've got to be realistic and go back and add, what, a year? Two years? How long are you doing this for? So that's one empire ism. Wait a minute. Okay, I have notes here, too. I have bullet points. Michelle's helping me in the back. Okay. Another empirism is find the one you trust and build an empire. And I say, find the one you trust and not find the one you love. Because that's a given, right? If you're in a relationship and you're in a relationship and you don't love someone, I don't understand that. I can't even talk with that. I can't think with that. But I say, find the one you trust and build an empire. Because if it's not with your partner and it's with somebody of a platonic relationship, in order to build an empire, you will have to have a team. You will have to elicit and entice people into your mission. So find the one you trust and build an empire. And so Grant and I have built an empire based on our roles, on our strengths and our weaknesses, not on our male, female component parts or what you should do or what I should do, but based on real, actual having a look at your strengths and your weaknesses and figuring out how to work together in a collaborated effort with the sole intention of hitting that heightened level of success. And when you find the one you trust, it won't matter if in 18 years, which this would never. This has never happened to me, but it could happen to you. So I'll tell it to you. But even if you think there could be a day in 18 years where you think, God, do I even love this, man, this shit is hard. If that happens to you, not me, then even on those days. I'm just kidding. That really never happens to me. But even in those days, you can be trusted to deliver on your role. Like I have a role in this relationship. I know what I'm supposed to do. I know what I agreed to. I agreed to facilitate. Thank you. What I'm good at and what my strengths are. And what I agreed to is I run all the behind the scenes operations. Well, I mean, there's a team, there's a staff. That's incredible. Can we give them a hand? So I am not. And when I say me, know that me is like an extension of an entire team. But I run behind the scenes operations because first and foremost, I'm Grant's biggest fan. And I know that if his material is in your hands, you win. So if I help Grant be able to live in an environment where he can produce and he can make decisions on hundred million dollar deals and not be worried about his family and his wife and all the other stuff that goes with it, and he can have clarity and certainty. It not only benefits Grant and my family, but it benefits the investors and you. And then he can put out more products and he can work late. And I don't have to say, when are you coming home? Because I know that when I help him and he's helping you, that means I'm helping you. That's why I do what I do. So find the one you trust. Because even on the days when you have a fight, he knows he can depend on me to get my job done and everything that goes along with this empire so we can continue to create and everyone else can too. So Grant and I operate at 100% and he operates at 100% in his roles and we have a 200% power. We are not a 50, 50 couple. There ain't no 50. My 200% is going to beat those 50 50s all day long. There's only all in. So, okay, the third example of an empirism. And then I'm gonna get into the speech. We haven't even gotten into it yet. I say all the time. I wrote a chapter about it. I say become an asset. So become an asset to yourself. How do you become valuable? You know, I know we all like to think that we deserve everything and that we're entitled just because we are, but realistically, that's just not real world. I mean, everyone wants to be able to get by on a hug, but it's not True. How can you add value? Grant can't leave me even if he tried. I am in the system. I mean, the guy is screwed. He's got me for life. It's like he can't function without me. Did you see Undercover Billionaire? So I'm always preaching, you know, become an asset not only to yourself, but to your community, to your partner, to your family. Become an asset. Wrote a chapter about it. Now I'm cutting too. The other day, I'm in the car with Grant, and he's got Mr. Glenn Sanford on the line. Where are you? Aha. That's our billionaire, by the way. Y' all might want to get to know him. So Grant is on the phone, and he always has all of his calls on speaker. That's another behind the scenes thing. So if you ever call Grant, know that you're on speaker and someone is listening. Because for the first four years of our marriage, when he did that, I was ready to divorce him because everyone heard everything I was saying. But now I know if you call Grant, you're on speaker and there's people. So you're on speaker, and I hear you. And so Grant's having this conversation with Glenn. We're driving to the airport, and he says, and they're excited about something. I know nothing about what they're talking about. All I see is Grant super excited, and this man, Glenn Sanford's excited. And they're like, we're gonna do this deal, and we're gonna do this and we're gonna do that and blah, blah, blah. And. Huh. And I'm like, oh, I like that. Exciting, exciting. Height and levels of sex that. And I'm like, woo. This is my jive, you know? And so I'm like, what is it? What is it? You know, I'm listening, but I have to be calm because Grant hates when I get too excited. So I'm just like, mm, mm, mm. And then I hear Glenn say, I don't know how this is gonna work, though, because you're not a licensed realtor, Grant. So I have to really figure out this piece. It's a big problem. So me become an asset. Raises my hand casually. You know, I'm like, what about? I'm whispering to Grant, you know? Cause Glenn doesn't know I'm in the car listening. So I'm like, what about me? You want me to do the realtor license? And Grant's like, you want to do the realtor? And I was like, sure, I'll do the real. Is it a good deal? Is It a good deal. And Grant's like, yeah, it's a good deal. Like, I'm excited about it. I was like, okay, I'm in. Let's go.
