Episode 120: Strategies for Success in Life & Leadership with Larry Broughton

<p><i><strong>For Episode 120 of the Wealth On Any Income Podcast, Rennie is joined by Larry Broughton. Larry is an award-winning hotel owner and entrepreneur, CEO, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and former US Army Green Beret. As Founder and CEO of California-based Broughton HOTELS, CBS News has called Larry “the nation’s foremost expert on leadership and entrepreneurship.” The host of the Travel Channel’s hit show, Hotel Impossible, says he is, “among the top hospitality experts in the country.” </strong></i></p><p>Larry’s upbeat, creative approach to business and life has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles across the country and he has been a recurring guest expert on news and TV programs on every major television and cable network, including MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, CBS, and Travel Channel. Among Larry’s awards are: Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year®; the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur® of the Year; and Passkeys Foundation’s National Business Leader of Integrity. </p><p><i><strong>Are you interested in some strategies for success?</strong></i></p><p><strong>In this episode, Rennie and Larry cover:</strong></p><p>03:33 How Larry ended up in the hospitality industry after he left the military.</p><p>07:16 Larry was described as being in the right place and waited for the right time.</p><p>08:48 The three charities that are most important to Larry – The Green Beret Foundation, International Justice Mission (IJM), and the micro-lending organization KIVA.</p><p>11:12 Larry shares that he believes entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful forces in the world.</p><p>12:08 The biggest failure in Larry’s life and what he learned from the journey of healing and recovery it sent him on.</p><p>17:13 It takes guts to ask for help and the lone wolf myth of success.</p><p>18:40 How the pandemic impacted Larry’s industry and what he did to survive, including some practices he implemented in his management meetings.</p><p>22:22 The biggest lesson Larry learned from these last