What if the story holding you back could become the source of your next chapter?

Metro Atlanta Realtor Jeannie Sekulow Posner speaks with Craig Sotkovsky about mindset, entrepreneurship, cancer survivorship, and the lasting impact of September 11. Craig explains why false positivity is not enough and why changing the emotional relationship to an old story can open a different path forward.

Craig Sotkovsky is the author of Everybody Pays a Vig and the founder of Gro-Win Through Pain. In this conversation, he recounts watching the World Trade Center towers fall from Jersey City, volunteering at Ground Zero, surviving lung cancer, and preparing a cancer and mental health awareness tour for the 25th anniversary of September 11.

🎙 In this episode, you'll learn:

✔️ How to reframe a problem as an obstacle that can be addressed

✔️ Why internal change requires more than repeating positive thoughts

✔️ How a problem-solving mindset applies when a real estate deal starts to unravel

✔️ Why visible success can hide private pain and failure

✔️ How Craig turned difficult experiences into service

✔️ Why accountability starts with choosing to act for yourself

Key questions answered in this episode:

Q: How can someone stop being controlled by an old story?

A: Craig recommends identifying the story and working to release its emotional hold so it no longer defines current choices.

Q: Why is positive thinking alone not enough?

A: Craig says false positivity leaves the underlying expectation of failure unchanged. The work is to create a genuine internal shift.

Q: What is Growing Through Pain?

A: Craig describes it as a cancer and mental health awareness tour connected to the 25th anniversary of September 11.

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🎧 HOSTED BY: Jeannie Sekulow Posner | The Posner Property Perspective

👤 GUEST: Craig Sotkovsky – Author and founder of Gro-Win Through Pain

Craig Sotkovsky is an international speaker, mindset coach, and real estate investor with three decades of experience helping entrepreneurs reclaim their purpose. He inspires clients to break free from limiting beliefs and achieve authentic success, while also mentoring them in real estate investing as a pathway to financial freedom and legacy building.

⏳ Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:38 Craig Sotkovsky's path from real estate to resilience

01:13 How beliefs shape decisions

02:55 Why false positivity falls short

03:37 Detaching emotion from old stories

04:55 Mindset in today's housing market

06:15 How cancer changed Craig's entrepreneurship

07:42 Two survivors share a message of hope

08:33 The 25th anniversary awareness tour

09:16 Craig's September 11 experience

10:45 Turning adversity into purpose

13:43 Medical setbacks and resilience

16:46 A diagnosis is not a death sentence

18:01 Love yourself more

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH CRAIG SOTKOVSKY:

• Website: https://www.craigsotkovsky.com/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-sotkovsky-001/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craigsotkovsky/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myyucatan/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/everybodypaysavig

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• Website: https://posnerproperty.com/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeannieSekulowPosner

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If you are rebuilding after a difficult chapter, listen for the practical distinction between thinking positive and becoming ready to act.

💎 Produced by Icons of Real Estate: https://iconsofrealestate.com/