Ep12 Victor Antonio, MBA, Sales Expert, from the Hood to a $400M CEO: Leadership Development podcast

This leadership development podcast is brought to you by: Ovi Vasquez, Inspirational Leadership Keynote Speaker. Fatherless farm boy from rural Guatemala—Inspiring teams to peak performance. He challenges teams to embrace change and step into bold leadership through leadership culture. He grew up in a village off-the-grid, migrated to the U.S., learned English in two years, graduated from high school in three years, earned a B.A. in management, in two years.  Ovi has worked for Apple, Tesla, Salesforce, and Uber. He is a TEDx speaker, author, and a social entrepreneur. 

GUEST:  Victor Antonio is a former electrical engineer turned global sales trainer, motivational speaker, and CEO of a multimillion-dollar tech company. Born in Chicago to Puerto Rican parents with third and fifth-grade educations, Victor grew up poor, relying on food stamps and government assistance. Despite early academic struggles, he earned an engineering degree and built a prolific speaking career, inspiring others through sales, leadership, and resilience. 

Find our guest at: https://www.victorantonio.com

Find our host at: https://www.ovinspires.com 

Find Victor's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Victor-Antonio/author/B00J7AK9PU?

Leadership Summary: Victor Antonio shares how a poor kid from Chicago became a global speaker. He reveals how failing early in college forced him to develop deep study habits, resilience, and an engineering mindset. Victor breaks down how reading, Toastmasters, and daily 15-minute learning sessions shaped his leadership. His stories cover the cost of choosing the wrong career, the difference between talking and true speaking, and why mentorship matters more than ever. 

10 Takeaways on Leadership
✅ Speaking and talking are not the same
✅ Consistency beats intelligence
✅ Choose the right career early
✅ Communication is a CEO’s superpower
✅ Read what your leaders read
✅ 15 minutes daily compounds over time
✅ Never stop evolving your content
✅ Deliver value before expecting it
✅ Don’t chase permission, chase purpose
✅ Success means coming back to yourself 

5 Titles for Leadership
✅ From Chicago to Global Stage
✅ 1% Better: Victor Antonio’s Growth Formula
✅ The CEO Who Reads and Leads
✅ Toastmasters > MBA
✅ Talking Isn’t Speaking 

5 Sound Bites for Leadership
🗣 “Speaking is intentional. Talking is noise.”
🗣 “Every year in the wrong career costs you two.”
🗣 “We stand on the shoulders of giants.”
🗣 “If you stop giving value, people stop paying.”
🗣 “The toughest road to success is the road back to you.” 

10 Chapters on Leadership
00:00 – Meet Victor Antonio
02:30 – Serving Through Sales
05:00 – Growing Up in Poverty
08:00 – Failing Then Catching Up in College
11:00 – 15 Minutes a Day Rule
16:00 – Speaking vs Talking
19:00 – The Cost of Choosing Wrong
25:00 – Reading and Career Growth
30:00 – Global Speaking Highlights
35:00 – Mentorship and Legacy 

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