Your success will in large part be determined by how comfortable you are making yourself uncomfortable. Everything you want in life exists just outside your comfort zone. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We’ve heard all that before, but often times it sounds like something that the bosses might say when they’re too polite to say “Shut up, quit […]
When I graduated from college I sat down with a legal pad and wrote out my career goals, including, I kid you not, a graph of my income trajectory with data points every 5 years and what kind of car I would be driving at that point in my life. The problem is I never […]
What’s the difference between a college kid making $15 bucks a night selling candy at professional sporting events and a local celebrity bringing in $500 bucks a night from those same grandstands? Attitude, action and the willingness to be more, to be better. In 1996, Dave Kerpen was a college student selling concessions at Boston […]
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last,” according to motivational legend Zig Ziglar. “Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily.” That makes for a nice motivational poster or instagram meme, but it turns out that people are right. Motivation doesn’t last because change is hard and motivation decreases over time as we […]
In 1971 Julius Erving wasn’t just a giant in college basketball, he was literally playing a different game, singlehandedly inventing the modern, above the rim style while earthbound mortals could only stand by and watch. During his 2 seasons at the University of Massachusetts, Erving, better known as Dr. J, AVERAGED over 30 points and […]
Up and at ’em, Sunshine! Daylight’s burning. Just typing those words makes my skin crawl a little. I am not what you call a “morning person.” Never have been. I hate those people. Up before the crack of dawn, exercising, getting organized, being productive and, worst of all, being chipper before I’ve had my 7th […]
Fresh out of college, I was selling ads for a small town radio station in Mississippi. Now, we didn’t have much of a training budget, but what we did have was air time. And air time is a highly perishable commodity; if you don’t sell it just goes away. So radio stations will often trade […]
No one has ever had to tell my buddy Scott Scovill to shit or get off the pot. When it’s time to go, Scott goes. Scott is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the entertainment business, logging hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles a year touring and shuttling between his companies in Nashville […]
A while back, I was talking to my three daughters about potential career paths when I mentioned becoming a pharmacist. My youngest daughter rolled her eyes and said “That sounds boring.” My older twin daughters, who turn 18 today, chimed in, in unison: “That’s why they call it work.” I taught them that. And I’m […]
