đď¸ I Love Kelowna
đď¸ I Love Kelowna is a long-running conversational podcast celebrating the people and stories that make Kelowna and the Central Okanagan vibrant and unique.
Across more than 243 episodes, host Luke Menkes sits down with entrepreneurs, creators, founders, community leaders and fascinating locals to explore three simple questions:
1ď¸âŁ Why Kelowna? How did you choose this place as home?
2ď¸âŁ Whatâs your journey? The real story of how you became who you are
3ď¸âŁ What are you building now? Your work, purpose and impact
This show isnât about products or services â itâs about people. Guests open up about their lives, lessons, challenges and inspirations, offering real insight into what makes the Okanagan such a special place to live and work.
About the Host
Luke Menkes is a dual-licensed real estate broker (British Columbia & Alberta), author, mentor, podcaster and long-time Kelowna advocate. He believes that business and life move at the speed of know, like and trust. This podcast is his way of strengthening community connection.
đŠ Interested in being a guest or want to connect?
Email Luke at luke@lukemenkes.ca
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https://mykelownaagent.com
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đď¸ I Love Kelowna
The Givers Mindset with E.A. Csolkovits
E. A. Csolkovits was born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. His humble beginnings were that of the son of a milkman.
At age 16, he started his business career at a commission sales job selling janitorial services to business owners.
At the age of 19, E. A. Csolkovits met Sam Robbins, a millionaire business man from Detroit, Michigan. Sam took E. A. Csolkovits under his wing and began to mentor him. E. A. Csolkovits began working for Sam at the House of Holland Jewelers in the diamond business.
In 1980, Sam established a private grant meant to be a part of his legacy due to his lifelong fight with diabetes.
Due to this grant in 1980, Sam and E. A. Csolkovits began to formulate heart healthy and Wellness nutritional foods and drinks. Over the next 45+ years, E. A. Csolkovits was blessed with the following business and personal achievements.
Professional Achievements:
⢠Chairman of House of Holland Jewelers at 21 years old.
⢠Started and operated Columbia Nutrition System, consisting of an international
workforce organization of over 10,000 managers and professionals.
⢠Started and operated Delta International, which included building an
international workforce organization of over 33,000, producing multimillions of dollars in
volume.
⢠Hosted a business radio talk show (E. A. Csolkovits Live) which was heard across
the U.S.A. and Canada, interviewed 3 different company presidents for 5 nightly shows
each week.
⢠High-end, Results-oriented business consultant who received as much as $1,500
per hour for his business advice.
Other Business Interests Include:
⢠Conducted advanced training exclusively for presidents and CEOs (a maximum
of 50 per seminar) where executives paid $5,000 each to attend and learn 400
different ways to build and grow their companies.
⢠National Training Companyâlisted in âWhoâs Whoâ in public speaking.
⢠Mortgage business- originated, processed, and packaged large, multi-milliondollar
packages.
⢠Authored weekly newsletters which were distributed in 20 countries.
⢠Created, designed, invented, reformulated, and/or formulated over 75 products
in the health and Wellness industry.
⢠Distributed products in 20 countries worldwide.
⢠Extensive manufacturing expertise.
⢠Established and developed worldwide distribution and sales systems in 20
countries.
Personal Achievements:
⢠Millionaire at age 23.
⢠1st year of personal income exceeding $1 million in 1 year in 1989 at 33 years
old.
⢠Owner of a 1,000-acre wildlife sanctuary.
⢠Commercial pilot with multi-engine complex and instrument ratings.
⢠2nd degree black belt in martial arts.
⢠Advanced PADI certified scuba diver.
⢠Authored and completed the updated versions of the courses and books he
titled The GIVERS Mindsetâ˘, The GIVERS Lifestyle⢠and The GIVERS Lifelong Learningâ˘
for the GIVE To Be Great⢠series while serving at Morgantown, West Virginia (See
Appendix).
⢠Founder and Patriarch of the GIVERS University to teach others worldwide about
GIVERS and Takers.
⢠Invented the worldâs first and only nutritional and healthy foods and drinks
formulations using a special Fibonacci sequence code combined with the Divine
numerical code which exists in all of nature while serving at Morgantown, West
Virginia. (See Appendix.)
⢠Encoded the worldâs first and only Wellness foods and drinks containing the
secret Nutrient Dense FoodsÂŽ Code which blends both the Fibonacci Code with the
Divine Code which exists in all of nature.
⢠Researched, selected, scribed, and completed âThe GIVERS Codexâ˘.â
âThe GIVE
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