Love, Law, and Life: A Deep Dive into 14 Years of Marriage with Ilona Posner #thePOZcast 300th Episode Special

The POZCAST: Career & Life Journeys with Adam Posner

1:50 - 300th Guest "Ilona Babinsky Posner"

2:17 - Professional Introduction

3:17 - Ilona's Childhood/Background

4:02 - Early memories of the old world

4:55 - Ilona's Parents then and now

7:29 - First meetup with Ilona's Grandma

9:09 - The "Immigrant guilt"

10:48 - Ilona's Career Story

13:50 - Why did Ilona choose Commercial Real Estate

15:21 - Key learning from time at Silverman

17:40 - First sign of toxicity in a firm

19:11 - Thought process during the low time

21:22 - Parents' support

21:59 - Ilona's present best workplace

23:15 - Mismanagement of expectations

24:00 - Initiatives taken by Ilona at her workplace

25:46 - A new line - Business development

28:20 - Ilona's Promotion

29:30 - Parents' reaction to promotion news

30:43 - Ilona's New name for Equity

32:33 - Adam & Ilona's Love story

34:06 - First Sushi date

36:33 - How both clicked and made it exclusive

41:50 - Define values from the start

42:30 - First apartment - Early challenges

42:59 - The day Ilona and Adam moved in together

44:57 - Adam loves to Surprise

47:14 - Becoming parents

48:40 - Moving to the suburbs

49:39 - Difficult period - Lots of missed pregnancies

54:57 - Nina's Superpower

55:54 - Oliver is a Romeo

56:40 - What makes Adam and Ilona great parents?

59:17 - The hardest part of living with Adam

1:00:48 - The toughest part of living with Ilona

1:02:32 - Be intimate often

1:03:39 - Communicate Excessively

1:04:17 - Lifting each other up!

1:04:32 - Be honest, esp when it is hard

1:04:46 - Be a good leader and a follower

1:05:41 - Forgive mistakes fast

1:06:48 - Holding each other to a higher standard

1:07:21 - Make your marriage the highest priority

1:09:13 - Ilona's wish for Adam heading to 2024

1:11:08 - Adam's wish for Ilona

1:12:42 - The Single greatest piece of advice

1:13:30 - Ilona's North Star