Want to learn how I got invited to spend a week with Richard Branson? … or how I ended up meeting Mark Cuban, who eventually invested in my last company? It all started back in 2004. After 2 failed companies I decided to give it another shot but this time it would be different… I decided to READ!?! This was
At 17, after I got out of jail and rehab (long story), I had to rebuild my group of friends. It was tough. I had to change high-school. Keep my distance from past influences. Build new relationships. At times I felt lonely but for me it truly was a matter of life & death.
Are your beliefs (or mental “scripts”) holding you back? If you buy into any of the following… It takes money to make money Money is the root of all evil You have to work (too) hard to get wealthy … then I can almost promise you it’s holding you back.
Are you struggling to achieve work/life balance? So was I… … actually, I sucked at it. I was that guy that would show up to parties and family functions strapped to his laptop – don’t judge :).
On a scale of 1-10, how productive do you feel in your business? 5? 6 if you’re lucky? For a topic so extensively discussed, it’s alarming to see how many entrepreneurs still struggle with productivity. How even with the BEST intentions and most bulletproof “to-do” lists, our days can still be hijacked by busy work and flash fires, instead of
Conferences, summits, meetups and masterminds. All things that involve you zipping up a Samsonite, kissing your family goodbye, and investing a few thousand bucks for the chance to connect with your fellow entrepreneur (while perhaps picking up a key insight or two). And maybe you absolutely thrive at these events. Or perhaps like so many others you shrink up and
Decisions dictate outcomes. Let that one sink in for a sec, and then reflect back to the last major decision you made and how it impacted your life. Chances are, that for every major success you can point back to, you can link it to a corresponding decision that paved the path for that success to occur.
Read & Grow Rich. It’s a motto I like to live by. And one that’s proven to be true when taking stock of just about every successful entrepreneur I’ve come to know in the last 20 years. But just like you can “read your way to success”, you also read your way out of a deep hole.
Are you guilty of throwing hand grenades around in your business? I am. When I reflect back on it, I prefer to imagine myself as some kinda tech-savvy Chuck Norris f*ucking up the tech world with his weapons of mass disruption. But in reality… I was a restless founder, swimming in the early success that I secretly believed I didn’t
Alright, so here’s the deal. Some entrepreneurs wear their battle scars proudly. I don’t. Not ashamed by any means. It’s just not a topic I’ve been racing to the studio to record. Until now. Because as a mentor, there’s a responsibility I carry to be transparent about my biggest f*uck ups in the hope that someone smart will heed my
