You’ve heard of it before, right? And it’s “not for me”? Got it. Give me 5 minutes, please. But, before I explain the remarkable benefits of meditation, I want to extinguish a few misconceptions. Meditation: […]
Fake Entrepreneurs Exist And Here Is How To Spot Them
In every industry, there’s a different look that successful people have. Every up-and-comer in the industry tries to copy that look in the effort that this will contribute to their success. We know this as the […]
8 Out of the Blue Things That Will Change Your Life
Everybody needs motivation both personally and professionally in life. Have you ever asked yourself how to stay truly motivated? What should you do to achieve hyper-efficiencies? Is there any empirical formula to stay blissful at […]
Our Perception of Happiness and Success is Broken
I recently completed an exciting project featuring more than 75 top performers, including multi-millionaires, CEOs, bestselling authors, Olympians, Super Bowl champions and more. I contacted each of these individuals and asked them to provide me […]
5 LinkedIn Growth Hacks for Small Businesses and Startups!
If you are a small business owner and LinkedIn is not a part of your marketing plan you are completely missing the boat. In this article, I share 5 growth hacks to help you better […]
Here Is Why We Can’t Generalize Millennials
Millennials: You either love them or hate them, and chances are, you don’t really understand them. Look, it’s not you, it’s… well, it’s not me either; it isn’t either of us really. And I can’t […]
9 Things A Stanford Drop-Out Taught Me about Writing
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Nobel laureate, and a writing guru, whose works are still making splashes today. He was born in Salinas, dropped out of Stanford, and worked as a […]
How to Achieve Clarity and Success by Thinking like a Designer
As a young entrepreneur, I believed that engagement was about efficiency and not the emotional involvement of each interaction. I couldn’t build my vision, so I told as many people about it as possible. This […]
How the 7 Virtues of the Samurai Can Improve Your Business
The word “Samurai” typically does not bring about visions of corporate dealings and everyday encounters. The Samurai were strong, fearless warriors. What business then do they have in… well, business? Honestly, the answer might surprise […]
My Biggest and Only Competition Is Myself
This piece was written in collaboration with Eric Termuende. Last week while walking to a meeting I overheard a conversation between two people in front of me who were talking about how they could work […]
Are You Using Protection This Weekend? Here’s Why You Should Be
I’m sure by now you’ve had a few experiences where you are holding your phone and it magically decides to jump out of your hands. You know and fall on the floor or concrete sidewalk. Sometimes […]
How to Growth Hack Your Startup Through Big Partnerships
It’s come to my attention that the masters-level marketing education I was taught in college has become all-but-irrelevant. Sound like an exaggeration? Let me clarify exactly why it is not. In graduate school, they taught […]