Ryan Serhant is the star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" and the head of one of the top real-estate teams in America.
He moved to New York City in 2006 as a struggling actor and applied skills useful in show business to real estate.
Good salesmanship isn't about forcing people to buy things they don't want, but guiding them to a choice they're genuinely happy with, he said.
He explained how he's learned to better balance his priorities in the past year to make himself a stronger leader.