The Journey from Loneliness to Luxury | Real Estate Mogul, Aaron Kirman

Aaron Kirman (0:00)

I always tell people, I'm not like the smartest guy, I'm not the most analytical, I'm not gonna be the best looking. But what really helped me get to where I am today is, because I had that loneliness and that fear and that anxiety and that lack of authenticity, what really became a skill set of mine is mastering the human connection.

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Michael Gervais (0:31)

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Now, this week's conversation is with Aaron Kirman. He is a prominent figure in the luxury real estate market and he's been doing this work for the last 20 years. Aaron is the president of the International Estates Division at Compass and founder, CEO and techpreneur of the company named Aaron Kirman Group, which includes a team of nearly 100 Now, with over 7 billion in luxury home sales sold, Aaron represents the finest estates across the globe and he is sought after by some of the most discerning clients, including titans of industries, celebrities, royal families, major leading institutions and foreign investors. And Aaron was ranked among the top five luxury real estate agents in the US by the Wall Street Journal. And he is the star of the TV's newest hit real estate show, Listing Impossible. You can find that on CNBC. What makes this conversation so compelling to me, it's not his status. It's not what he sold and how much he's done it, but it's the challenges that he faced from day one. And this conversation, it's about what it feels like to not fit in. I would hope that you understand what that feels like.