Remember Why You Started | Reborn Podcast EP.08 ft. Steve Trang

🎓 Join the Reborn Leadership community: https://www.skool.com/reborn-leadership-7682 Steve Trang — host of the Real Estate Disruptors podcast and one of the builders behind Objection Proof AI — sits down with Antonio Boutros to talk about the road from engineer to top Phoenix agent to entrepreneur, why he calls his realtor years "the lost decade," and what it takes to stay clear on why you started. We also get into integrity in sales ("you have to genuinely believe you're helping people"), accepting reality as it is, the pull of comparison and ego, making time for introspection and silence, and how AI is changing the way real estate teams operate — and what stays human. Connect with Steve: • Instagram: @steve.trang • Real Estate Disruptors podcast — on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube • Objection Proof AI: [OBJECTION PROOF AI LINK — PENDING FROM ANTONIO] Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:31 Welcome — Steve Trang joins the Reborn Podcast 3:36 From engineer at Intel to top agent to entrepreneur 5:26 2007 vs. today: what a normal market feels like 8:07 Why he started a podcast — and the authority it built 12:25 Building the plane on the way down 13:17 The problems AI is solving in sales 19:00 Zero to one vs. one to 100 22:56 Commission breath: genuinely helping people 24:12 Where AI is headed 29:03 Will AI replace people? Becoming irreplaceable 36:34 The skill that matters most: emotional intelligence 39:19 Principles that hold: focus and accepting reality 43:47 Where to start with AI 46:13 Know why you started — the lost decade 47:53 Introspection: time to sit in silence 48:55 Comparison, ego, and the $142K NFT 51:22 Where to connect + final encouragement Recorded in 2025; some market and AI details reflect that time. #RebornPodcast #RealEstate #Leadership #Faith #AI 🎙️ Listen to Reborn / apply to be a guest: https://reborninvesting.viktor.page/reborn-podcast-links 📩 Subscribe to The Reborn Report: https://reborn-report.beehiiv.com/subscribe