July 10, 2020
This blog post finds me interviewing a young, dynamic, and definitely fascinating man who is definitely living up to his personality type. Mistakenly believing that ENTP meant entrepreneur, I found out it was a Myers Briggs personality type. I got to speak to him about some of his current passions, including his foray into the €1 Italy homes, rehabbing properties, racism, and running a home health care agency amongst others. Safe to say that l was very impressed.
Living The ENTP Life With Karl Pierre:
What is ENTP Type Personality:
ENTP is the acronym in English for ” extraversion, intuition, thinking, perception ” – “extraversion, intuition, thought, perception” -. It is used in the Myers-Briggs indicator (MBTI) to describe one of the sixteen personality types.
It’s believed up to 5% of the world population is ENTP type. You can find your personality type here if interested. After my conversation with him, I agreed with this assessment. It’s nice to see young, accomplished black men who are thriving.
Highlights of the Living the ENTP Life podcast:
- Growing up in New York.
- Focussing on his strengths.
- How he got into the rental business, thanks to not having a dorm room at college.
- His current passions, and attention span.
- Launching a new home health care agency and taking it public.
- His “Killing the American Dream” initiative, not fitting into the machine, why it works for immigrants but does not work for Americans.
- Racism, how travel opened his mind, and where he wants to settle down in.
- His Ayahuasca experience.
- Flipping houses and showing good and bad experiences on his YouTube channel.
- His voyage to Italy after hearing about the €1 homes and how it worked out for him.
- Advice for others and setting goals.
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Listen to living the ENTP life podcast here, or on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify:
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You can find, and keep up with Karl here on YouTube
You should definitely follow him to keep up with his Italy house buying experience and the progression, see the past house flips he’s done, and the mistakes he made, such as when trying to acquire his private pilot license (that would have been me too 🙂 ). The man is transparent, which is one reason his channel is growing by leaps and bounds. He actually shows you what he’s doing in real-time.
Other podcasts of interest:
Valencia Life Update:
We still continue to have sporadic outbreaks of covid-19 all over the country, but the health minister says we are still in a good place. Masks are now required when in public in all of Catalonia, whether or not the minimum social distance space can be maintained, same for the Balearic Islands. The fine will be €100 per incident.
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The farmworkers continue to be blamed for the outbreaks. It might be true, but they have no choice. Most young Spaniards do not want to sully their hands by working on the farms and are okay with being on the dole, just like in the States, and U.K. I just find it amazing that nobody is blaming it on the tourists that are being allowed in, especially from the other countries where they have been quite lax in enforcing quarantine measures. I guess because the country depends so much on tourism, they can afford to turn a blind eye. The locals around here are enjoying the city.
Catalunya, to nobody’s surprise, insists on blaming Madrid for their high numbers and used it as another reason why they demand independence. The Pamplona Bull Running 2020 has been canceled, much to the disappointment of people already in Pamplona, hoping that it would have gone forward. All fiestas are canceled, for the most part, at least the ones supposed to occur through October. I think this year is a wash.
For people flying into Spain, there are three things to be aware of:
- Health Form (filled out 48 hours before departure and includes your accommodation in Spain).
- Visual Check upon arrival.
- Temperature Control.
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Yikes! America: What’s going on?
It feels so surreal to me that Americans are like pariahs right now, and are unwelcome in so many places. Reading about how some residents along the border of Mexico and Arizona were blocking tourists from entering made me chuckle. Talk about the tables turning, You can’t blame them of course. Something as simple as wearing a mask to protect others has become so political and people are just behaving like namby-pambys. It boggles my mind and makes me wonder if they will get a handle on the virus anytime soon.
How do you feel about wearing masks? Do you wear one, or are you all about “your” rights?
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I am from the US and so sad and angry with what has been going on racially and socially. We are better then this. 1/2 the people on my walks are not wearing masks, there are some very selfish entitled people. My daughter calls them flat earhter’s:) I’m hoping our elections will make a difference and we will see change. Our family has been social distancing, enjoying each other, zooming my gyms exercise classes, art projects, visiting friends though the phone and video chat. Appreciating much I took for granted. I love Instagram and following Valencia, Lucca San Sebastian and wishing of future places we have yet to travel. I’ve been making delicious recipes from food bloggers and of course reading your wonderful blog. I love Valencia.
Pray we get it together and stay safe.
Virtual Hugs
It is insane that this is going on in the U.S. and it does make me sad. How can there be so many careless people? The selfish, only me instinct kicks in. We have become so insulated and it’s all me, me, me. How is it possible that people continue to ignore the medical experts, and instead believe someone with no credibility. It really boggles my mind.
I’m glad your family is doing what they should be doing. It’s important to at least protect yourself, even if others are working diligently to sabotage you. Our gym looks like they started up again this month as we were billed for it, but we will hold off at least another month before going back. I don’t need it that much, and so far, I am okay with Youtube classes.
Hopefully soon, you will get to travel to all your favorite places, including this one :-). Thanks for your support and please, stay safe.
Flipping houses is one of the things I *think* I’d like to do. Too much of a risk for me to grab mortgages and do it, so instead I look at the people who do it instead. Getting these very cheap houses in touristy places sounds like an ideal thing and getting two houses in Italy for 17,000 Euros… now that’s truly unbelievable. I did check the YouTube channel and I really liked the most expensive one – not a ruin, as you might expect. I can only hope that this works well and as intended.
Regarding mask wearing, as uncomfortable as I feel wearing it (especially during the summer when you get all sweaty), I am wearing it at all times when I am outside. Most of people living here in Romania don’t and guess what? Record number of new cases are announced each day. You are 100% right about the “me” mentality. We’re forgetting what being human means. And unfortunately, it’s difficult times like these that show we don’t really care. And I still believe that we haven’t even seen the worst yet…
We did a few flips in the past, but it is a very stressful business to be in. That case of the pipes bursting while we were renovating a house in Houston set us back a few thousand dollars to redo everything the water damage caused overnight. This, of course, eats into the profit. While l’m glad we did them, I am extremely glad we no longer do the,. Almost as stressful as being a landlord. :-). He definitely got great prices on the two properties, and l agree that the second one looks great and you could live in there right away. I am looking forward to the changes he makes to them on his channel. The good thing is that since they are not €1 homes, he can fix them up on his own schedule and is not limited to the 3 years they give you on those homes (you lose the deposit if not completed).
I know how pissed off you are about the people not wearing masks. I saw your video, and l emphasize. There is absolutely no reason for people to be schmucks that ignore scientists. I am so over people. I really don’t know what it’s going to take for people to come to their senses. We seem to be regressing on the whole. Yeah, I don’t think we have seen the worst either. Not only that, but there is also going to be more and more viruses we have to deal with. 🙁
Such a brilliant man and an awesomely, fascinating interview with so many interesting ideas to consider. I think what comes through the most is Karl’s pure joy in exploring and enjoying all that life has to offer and “seizing the day.” One of his ending comments got me thinking about defining what *rich* means to me and I think it all comes down to living the life you want with those you love and having the options available to make that happen. *Rich* is about so much more than money.
So, I have three questions for you: 1) Did you check yourself out on the Meyer’s Briggs scale? I must confess I did that even before listening to the interview. LOL 2) Did you see the NYT’s piece today on Covid-19 in Corpus Christi? It’s surreal to recognize so many places in the feature and think about what’s going on there and in Houston. And, 3) When we can travel again safely, let’s meet up in Sicily. I’ll go 50-50 on a house with you!
It really was an enjoyable interview. He dives into everything with glee that is obvious. Yep! You gotta seize the day. Rich is definitely more than just money. It’s freedom. Another podcast that could have run even longer. The reason l like his channel is because he lays it all out, from beginning to end which is encouraging for those who want to do the same.
As far as your questions:
1). Yes, I did check that out a few days afterward. It did fit me almost to a “T”. I am INFP-A. I promptly forgot about it as soon as l did it, but knowing my memory these days, I took a screenshot… haha! so l could find it again easily and just dug it out of google photos now.
2) Yes, I did. It didn’t really surprise me though. People just don’t take things seriously and the state being red, a lot are listening to our “brilliant mind” in the white house and determining they don’t need to protect themselves or others. My sister is still in pharmacy in Dallas and says people are insane. My friend in Palm Springs says Riverside had 1400 cases overnight and like 10 people that work in the pharmacy front store are completely down with the virus. On a wing and a prayer. 🙁 I really don’t know what it’s going to take.
3) Awesome! Let’s do it. I have been looking and searching and it would be a fun project. When we’re not there, maybe we can talk his mom into supervising the workers. Boy, would she enjoy that since she is no longer working. Fede was against it, but he knows how stubborn l am. Woohoo!!! Let’s do it, do it, do it!
Kemkem, I had a look at Karl’s YouTube channel and it looks very interesting. He is certainly a fascinating and dynamic person with amazing energy. I like how he describes the “killing of the American dream” as being the current reality of fitting into the machine, following a formula of attending University, finding a job, and joining the capitalist machine. Lots of interesting ideas here.
As for wearing a mask when in public, I am definitely in favor of wearing it. I think it is so important to think of others and take things very seriously. This virus is here to stay for a very long time, we all need to learn how to deal with it. Thank you for another great podcast.
Karl’s channel is very interesting, and you can see straight away the traits of his personality. I also loved his idea of “killing the American dream” because it certainly no longer works for many and it’s time to all to forge the paths that work best for them. It was an interesting talk that l enjoyed.
I have a feeling we are just days away from wearing masks again around here. Andalusia just made it a requirement for the whole region, and even though Valencia province has very very few new cases, with the tourists’ arrival, it will be just a matter of time, we wear them whenever we go out anyway, so it won’t be different. Yeah, this is definitely the “new normal” and it will be here a while. Still better than the U.S. where it seems they have to shut down again. People just don’t get the fact that it is a collective, unselfish effort :-(.