When I was new here, I worked in a gas station, I worked as a security guard, and I even sobbed when I was alone in my room.
So, the folks that come here as students or immigrants, I want to give them a message.
Hello everyone, welcome back to my channel. So, today we have Mr. Raman Dua with us, who is the CEO
of Save Max Real Estate Inc., which is one of the fastest growing real estate companies. In previous years, the company has built up a pretty big network.
So, I asked him whether I might take an interview with him. He's really generous as he agreed and invited me to take his interview.
I believe it'll be nice for my subscribers and followers since they'll gain some motivation.
So sir, tell us something about yourself, how you arrived in Canada and from where your journey started.
So, tell us from the very beginning so that we can get to know you.
First of all, thank you very much, Akshit. You took a flight from Winnipeg, and now we're discussing me here,
and I'm fairly certain that all of your viewers will also feel happy when they came in this country.
See, I also started a regular life here. I too started from where a new immigrant starts.
So, I came to this country in the year 2003 and I belong to a very humble background. There was a period of time when I studied
in a Hindi-medium school till my 7th grade, and there were many life obstacles because of financial concerns,
or you can say that the family composition is of that type. So, after getting out of all these hurdles, I did my graduation, post-graduation.
I belong to Rohtak, Haryana. So, then I worked for an MNC in India for five years.
After that, when I moved to Jalandhar, I came to know about Canada. Residents of Jalandhar have a craze for coming to Canada.
Punjab is famous for this trend. So, this was from 2003. I applied in 2001, and in 2003, I got into Canada as an immigrant.
Of course, there were numerous hurdles after arriving here to start a new life. I remember, in my first year, I changed approximately 6-7 basements.
Every month or two, a situation like this emerges. I was a bachelor, so you may say my life was like a student's life.
I used to live with my pals, and if any trouble occurred there, I had to relocate to another place. So, in 2004, I returned back to India,
got married, and started settling down here. When I was new here, I worked in a gas station, as a security guard,
and I even sobbed when I was alone in my room. Because every immigrant has a story.
So, when I first arrived here, for the first 10–15 days, I felt like "What's this place, where I am?" because I actually had my return ticket with me.
I didn't want to stay here. Okay, My life was pretty excellent there, but when I observed this country for 10-15 days, I started believing that
it's a beautiful country and one may establish their career here. So, to the folks that come here as students or immigrants, I want to give them a message
that Canada is really a land of opportunities only if you explore it.
People don't explore it, and as soon as they come, they start hunting for jobs in order to make money quickly.
But the exploration component remains.
So, when I decided to settle here, I was fortunate enough to be led the right way.
So, I went to see a friend, and I'm still thankful to him as he taught me loads of things. So, for the first 1-2 months,
my task was to get a $10 ticket for a bus solely to explore. So, the idea was to understand the landscape here.
Instead of just working in a factory, I have to learn which place is located where.
Then slowly, I started studying the economic structure of this country, like how you get a line of credit or loan here,
because it's a very important thing here. So, most of your viewers are students. Most of the time, they don't get appropriate directions in their life,
Right?
The first issue that they encounter is that after student life, some don't get any places for internships, and some don't get any jobs.
If you get a job, people will exploit you. They're paying you merely $5–10 an hour and making full use of you.
So, do some research about it before getting here.
Look for a location where you want to go and where people know you, and try to approach some of the successful people who live there.
People don't approach others. So, this is also a huge element, like how you approached me, so we're connected, and today we're sitting here.
So, it's a really significant issue. That's true.
So, I'm extremely startled that you didn't think that you would settle here.
Your first thought was, "I'll go there, check out the place, and if I find it good, I'll stay here for a bit, but then I'll go back." Absolutely.
I tried to make this interview in a way that he could guide us on the basis of our age, since 20-24 is an age
in which if we get good mentor ship like you got, then at least our thinking will become a little fraction like yours, and it'll be a lot for us.
So, sir, I've noticed that when individuals arrive here, you said right that they go seek jobs.
They don't observe the things here. If I'm right, I suppose you grew a lot in the field of real estate merely because you observed things,
explored them, saw the opportunities, and as the students get here, they want to acquire a job here first.
So, according to you, if we observe things for at least 1.5 months, then it won't be a huge thing, right?
Absolutely, Akshit, and I definitely recommend it (particularly to students). You see, once you get into the field of jobs,
it'll be really difficult for you to get out of it. Absolutely. Because, first, the meaning of "job" is only to work here.
Unlike in nations like India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, where if your job is of an 8-hour duration, you only work for 3 hours and enjoy the rest of the 5 hours.
Here, "8 hours" means you have to work for 8 hours. I also witnessed that students work for 12–14 hours a day.
So, imagine this: if you wasted all of your energy on that certain thing, how would you make yourself better?
Now, the second huge challenge that I observe in the student community, or the day when I arrived, is that it's like student life.
That's why I'm resonating with you. When you said that you lived in basements, I recalled that I too lived in basements.
You worked in a gas station as well as security, and I also worked as security.
So, the connection between us is something else. So, you were stating that students should start working here.
The second crucial element that is important for students is what type of company you have in your surroundings.
See, if you have five friends who exclusively do parties and drinks, you will slowly develop an inclination towards them.
You'll be the 6th one. As they say, "A man is known by the five people in his immediate surroundings." It's true.
So, strive to keep such folks in your friend circle, who can offer you good direction or even good thinking.
I don't believe you should not enjoy your life. You should enjoy your life. But, when it's your life's golden era as a student,
like Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing an international test cricket match at the age of 16, and when I ask a 20-year-old, what's your target?
They reply that they are thinking and planning about it. So, they don't have a direction. So, you can acquire the instructions by several methods.
If you'd like to obtain the mentorship of someone, talk about your issue with them. Because of that, you'll gain a lot to learn.
And see, now we have social media and YouTube channels, so we can learn anything and anywhere, but only if we want to.
So, make your surroundings like this and you should have an urge to learn something.
Absolutely, I agree with you as we have to focus on our long-term goal and talking about goals,
sir, when you realized that you have to move to real estate and you don't want to do these jobs, What was the shift,
for example, if someone in your family was in business, what were your motivations for only wanting to build a business?
So, of course, my family background was also in business, but it's not a high-level business. We had a kind of little shop.
But it wasn't until I was in my tenth grade that I became involved in my father's business. Dad's business is the supply of milk,
which begins early in the morning, and my tendency was to wake up early and participate with him, like managing cash and all.
So, maybe the drive to do business existed inside me from that moment. Also, my dad did the business of real estate for 30–40 years.
I don't know if it's the factor or not, but it was in the blood. So, when I moved here,
I started with some odd jobs. One day, I received an opportunity to do an office job. So, I started working there and it was a pretty excellent job.
I used to make around $90,000-100,000 over there. It was a pay-and-commission job.
But deep down in my heart, I knew that this is not what I was built for. I don't think it's my job, and I've never been interested in jobs.
I encourage you and your viewers to pursue your talent rather than looking for work. Like Akshit, he is discovering his talent through YouTube.
So, it's a very significant thing. So, one day, I was heading to my workplace and I thought, I make $100,000, and it's a nice thing, but how can I make $250,000.
Because at that time, I was approximately 29 years old, and at that age, money interests you the most.
Slowly, my mindset switched from money to a vision. So, at that time, I thought, how can I get $250,000?
I asked myself, "What's the problem with making $250,000. So, the first concern that I had was my $100,000 job.
So, it was about 9 a.m. I was going to my job and I was talking about this with myself, and at 9:30 a.m., I resigned from the job. Wow.
So, at that time, I didn't have my license for real estate, and my wife didn't have any job as we had just gotten married at that time.
On top of that, I had to pay the mortgage on my house, and I didn't have any backup, like $30,000-40,000 in my bank.
But I had a hunger to do something, and I was really careless in my life, and I think the biggest blessing in your life is ignorance.
So, I was ignorant. People who are well educated and who think a lot can't take any decisions. So, I left the job,
and after that, I started feeling the pressure that I had to do something.
At that time, I was studying for real estate courses, and my third exam didn't happen. So, I started rushing for the third exam as soon as I could.
After that, in the year 2007, I started my work in real estate.
Okay, so you don't want to do the job. Sir, I agree with everything you said, as a student who occasionally works for $60,000.
If he sees an opportunity of $100,000, he'll say that it's enough. But after that, the major part is settling,
like you might still think that you're not established since your vision is to extend over the world, which is a really broad vision.
You can say that you're okay with your business doing well in Canada. If you don't know, his company has 50+ franchises
and now he's registering the firm on an international level. Till now, his company has made transactions worth 7 billion dollars.
If you don't know, 1 billion is equal to 1000 million, which is a tremendous number,
and it's his humbleness that simply thinking about sitting with this big personality is an extremely big thing for anyone.
So, I think this mindset of always being modest will also enable you to attain that level.
Akshit, there are two things that I wanted to convey to your viewers, and if you work on these two things,
then no one can stop you from being successful. The first thing that you said is "attitude."
Attitude is very important in life. See, if you don't have intelligence but have a positive attitude, you can obtain intelligence as well.
But if you have intelligence but don't have a positive attitude, then there's no value to your intelligence.
The second thing, which is most vital, I believe, is keeping positive energy in your environment.
How you lead your mindset and how you train your mindset towards optimism is really significant. So, for that, you may read nice books,
or you may communicate with great people. Akshit, there was a moment in my career when I was a very spoiled kid.
Okay. When I see myself back in my student days, I bounced colleges, did everything, and there's nothing that I never did in my life.
But, when I recall these things at this level, I believe I could perform better if someone were there to guide me or if I had any understanding of it.
Parents used to tell us that this is not right, so we always used to think that they were wrong, and now it has become a very significant problem
that people think that what their parents have experienced and what they think is not right since they are illiterate.
The life experience that they have, you can't even imagine it. If you understand it in the proper way,
See, the biggest mentor or idol in my life is my dad.
I'll tell you the reason behind it.
Because when I recall the things that he used to say, I think he was right.
He used to say that you won't understand these things now until you reach my level and you become a father,
then you'll understand these things. Now, I think he was right.
So, if I understood these things at that time, then I could've done better for myself and for others as well.
The first thought process was to create my own brokerage.
I've witnessed several individuals having parties for eight hours. Can't you minimize the time of the party to 2 hours
and make use of the remaining 6 hours in a productive way?
This year, we conducted a transaction of roughly 3 billion dollars.
We don't possess any official office, so we established our company from a basement.
We confine our thoughts.
If you have any spare time, can you develop any skills?