As a hard-core basketball fan who grew up watching the Bulls win 6 championships, I thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes of ‘The Last Dance.’ They were nostalgic, and listening to Michael Jordan reminisce about the Bulls’ run was pretty cool. However, more compelling than the trip down memory lane was the business going on…
Ryan Holiday is a marketing guru, student of the stoics, rancher, and from all the podcasts, content, and books I’ve read of his, a pretty grounded family man. I just finished his latest book, Stillness Is The Key, this past week and wanted to highlight some of the learnings… it’s not a business book per…
As a youth, I was obsessed with basketball. It consumed my time and imagination. I would record on VHS many NBA games and watch them over and over… most games I recorded were of the Lakers — more specifically, Kobe Bryant. I studied his moves to try and understand how to execute plays. I watched…
Bill Gates is an incredible strategist, inventor, and entrepreneur. His brilliance has made him billions of dollars and also helped saved thousands (perhaps millions) of lives. Beyond that, I’m really impressed with Gates’ pragmatic way of approaching/solving big, global problems… he’s a realist, yet has an incredible mind to see into the future so to…
For the first time before leaving for a work trip, I was anxious, and reluctant to go. I’m typically pumped when traveling for work. It often presents the opportunity to help in the building process of a project, close a deal, meet other entrepreneurs, get inspired, or learn something new (sometimes all of the above)….
Peering into the water of the South Pacific with snorkel gear wrapped around our heads while rapidly kicking our flippers in a fight against the current, my wife and I were in the middle of one of the coolest experiences of our lives. Directly beneath us were what looked like a thousand fish of exotics…
Touch, in many instances, is the only sense that truly makes things real. You can see something incredible and later question whether you saw what you think you saw. You can hear something and not see it, so maybe it didn’t exist – the same goes for scent. But when you touch and feel something,…
Sales are about two things at their core: Identifying and solving other people’s problems. Maybe I should rephrase that to ‘successfully making a sale,’ not misleading or coercing merely to close a deal, is about solving a customer’s problem. It really is that simple. Those who succeed in sales are obviously well-versed in what they…
I am an advocate for running a business with a like-minded and like-motivated business partner, as opposed to going solo. Going alone is for greedy entrepreneurs (even though you’ll make more with a good partner over the long-run) or those who can’t find a partner they trust. It’s a shame because the output from two…