Join Allison Turner, the host for the Dream Plan Start Grow Podcast, as she speaks to Frank McKinney, a real estate artist, philanthro-capitalist, seven time best-selling author, artist, actor and keynote speaker. Very few can say they have embraced so many challenges head on and succeeded most of the time. Although Frank achieved success early on, he found that he burned out and didn’t have the same motivation as he once did. What was missing? His spiritual purpose! The Caring House Project was born! Starting this nonprofit to create sustainable villages in Haiti with his wife, Nilsa McKinney, has brought him true joy! Finding his spiritual purpose reinvigorated his business and brought true purpose to his life and business.
Host Bio: Allison Turner owns both BatCat Media Group and Dream Plan Start Grow, which is a subsidiary of BatCat. She loves working with entrepreneurs through business coaching and marketing to make their vision and business shine. One of her true passions is working with new business owners and those looking to start a business on bringing their vision and brand to life. She loves exploring the entrepreneurial journey with each of her guests to educate new business owners and potential business owners on the journey of entrepreneurship.
Guest Bio: Frank McKinney is a true modern-day Renaissance man who has pushed the limits of success in his every endeavor. His early years were not very promising: upon attending his 4th high school in 4 years (he was asked to leave the first 3), and seven stints in juvenile detention, he earned his high school diploma with a 1.8 GPA. So, with $50 in his pocket and without the benefit of further education, he left his native Indiana for Florida in search of his life’s highest calling.
Today, Frank’s life is a testament to the power of aspiration to create a completely new reality. As a real estate artist he has created and sold 44 oceanfront mansions on spec, with an average price of $14 million. Frank recently announced he was un-retiring from real estate and coming back to create more artistry!
As a philanthro-capitalist, he has built 29-nine self-sustaining villages over the last 19 years in Haiti, providing 13,000+ children and their families with homes, schools, clinics, community centers, churches, renewable food and clean water, and means to support themselves.
A best-selling author, actor, and keynote speaker, he has written seven books in six genres (with his 8th book in his 7th genre in the works), starred in two movies, and keynoted before audiences of ten to ten thousand around the world.
Physically, Frank has pushed the limit of his body by racing in the Badwater 135-mile Ultramarathon twelve times in the scorching summer in Death Valley, California, a race referred to by National Geographic as “the world’s toughest footrace.”
As with all of his books, Frank wrote his latest bestseller Aspire! in his Delray Beach, Florida, oceanfront treehouse office that has spectacular views and includes a bamboo desk, shower, bathroom, sink, air-conditioning, hardwood floors, cedar walls, a loft with a king size bed, and a suspension bridge to the master bedroom in the main house—that’s Frank’s commute to and from work!
Today Frank and Nilsa, his wife of 32 years, split their time between Delray Beach and their “glass cottage” in the mountains of Canton, North Carolina. They enjoy visiting their 24 year-old daughter, Laura, in New York City, where she started and runs StrataBrand, a brand strategy firm.
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