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Doug Sansone

Doug Sansone

Principal at Sansone Group, a family-owned St. Louis commercial real estate firm founded by his father in 1957

Aug 10, 2026

7:41
But in those early days, how did you cultivate belief in yourself?
7:44
Well, I was fortunate to be raised in a family where I was constantly encouraged and constantly motivated.
7:54
I have five brothers, two sisters, and my parents raised us all to be extremely close.
8:02
That was number one.
8:04
And to this day, that was, my father passed away six years ago, and his number one main objective was family harmony.
8:13
And so my whole life I was, I was raised that way.
8:16
And your question was what to the competitive side or cultivating belief, cultivating belief in myself.

28 MINS LATER

36:32
Like, how do you structure your relationship? What do you need to look for? What matters?
6:17
Yeah, but for the listeners, I think it's great
6:19
context.
6:20
And he was going to get a sizable commission.
6:22
And my dad was a big visionary.
6:26
And, you know, people talk about now manifesting and, you know, all of these things that you do nowadays to, you know, not predict your future, but set your goals and align yourself and your work and your everything you do towards those goals.
6:40
Well, my dad was doing that stuff 60 years ago, you know, 70 years ago.
6:45
So he was sitting there and he tells a story that he was he sat down on the hillside and he looked at some property that was in front of the Target.

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38:29
What is the benefit you've seen of that in the business world?

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