Manny Kess on Creating FREEDOM and a Life of Experiences
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A man that got hit by tragedies at a young age is now helping tragic lives!
He had to go through the challenge of becoming an adult real quick, overnight.
A conversation that tackles “whether the experience is bitter or sweet, we need to do the best we can”…
Watch FULL YOUTUBE INTERVIEW HERE
Manny Kess along with his sister Elena started the Kess group in 2013. The Kess Group is the staple around the world for whatever you need. Manny is an entrepreneur and elite businessman, with more than 20 years in the food, beverage and nightlife industry.
Today, Manny is a multi millionaire who built half a dozen companies through sheer hard work.
Manny travelled around a 100 countries living life the way he wants while his businesses are making money working.
He gives back where ever he can. He leads groups of people who want to help others
Before all this, Manny had to work through two tragedies: loss of his father at a young age, his business going broke.
At 19, Manny began a successful run opening restaurants and watering holes throughout New York City.
A frequent patron of Las Vegas, Manny was recognized for his youthful business acuity and his ability as a connector. He was recruited by Angel Management Group (AMG) a Las Vegas-based nightlife company and moved to sin city in 2011.
By the end of his first year with AMG he was promoted to Lead VIP Host for the Wet Republic Ultra Pool at the MGM Grand.
In 2012 Manny seized an opportunity to open his own company and created “Tonight I’m VIP”. His company rapidly grew into a boutique concierge agency known by an unmatched level of service and a worldwide depth.
In this conversation you will take away 3 promising insights (plus many more)
- How can one take a bitter life experience and make the best out of it
- What is the decline America is going through, why is it happening and what can one do about it
- How do we regain the DNA of what made us
Important Quotes from Manny Kess
- When you’re in hospitality, you’re always helping people
- When you become an adult real quick, overnight; it’s really challenging
- In life you can deal with trauma in one of two ways: you can use it as Motivation, or you make bad decisions and become an alcoholic, drug addict
- We have to take the lesson, whether it’s bitter or sweet and do the best we can
- My Mom was always loving me and kept giving me life lessons
- As long as we strive to be better than the day before, we’re making progress
- My father instilled in me a work ethic, the notion to just be a man of your word
- 95 out of 100, I always did what I thought was right
- Today, My Mom can look at me today and say ‘I’m proud of my son’
- If you’re better to yourself, you’d be better to others
- What triggers us is a mirror of ourselves in others
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