To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.

Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do:First thing I think is to realize God didn’t do this to you. It’s just life.Second, know that it sucks. It does.Third, it’s a tunnel not a cave.Fourth, it still sucks.Fifth, it’s not hopeless. Assign meaning to it. Choose for these horrible things to bring you closer to family and god and not farther apart.Praying for you

Rule 1: Be kind.Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you.Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness.

Don’t allow your crisis to become a crisis of faith.

The bigger the mess, the greater the progress.

Every penny NOT spent on investing in yourself (after basic needs of course) may be a wasted future opportunity from missing learns and connects.

Earning is a product of learning. You're only one letter away from earning more.

Want true success? Ask yourself these 3 questions daily:1. Who can I serve?2. Where can I contribute greatest?3. Is my work today congruent with my future goals?

Work is meant to create a desired outcome. If your work is not creating the dream, what are you working on?

Where there is no integrity, there is no unity.

Integrity is the bond of trust.

Success is not about age, it's about action.

Everyone is pretty good at learning. Very few are good at doing.

Ignorance paired with arrogance (naïveté) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.

Turn your self-hell into self-help.

If you want to double your productively, shorten the timeline to by 50%.

I'm always amazed that people will stand around books for hours and only look at the spine. I think I should write a book called "the power of having a spine" - #metaphor

If you’re not scared every day, you’re not pushing hard enough.

Truth is the greatest marketing campaign.

Some people say they have 20 years experience, when in reality, they have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times. (Stephen M R Covey to Richie Norton when Norton asked if he was too young to train older executives for Covey.)

Hiding behind titles to create security is insecurity.

Two questions I'm pondering:1. If money didn't exist, would you still chase your dreams?2. If money didn't exist, would you still keep your job?If the answer is "YES" to both, you're on track. If the answer is "NO" to either, what needs to change?

Perfection is born of imperfection.

What is your motivation? When you drill down and ask, "What if there was zero ROI (of any form)?," you'll discover your highest and best use of time.

Do you have a personal mantra? Mine comes from a childhood song. "Wherever I go the grass grows greener.

Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to lug it around.

QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things

Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.

Selling is a sacred trust between buyer and seller.

Never mix negative thinking with negative people. Multiplying negatives, in this instance, won't make a positive.

People with money tend to buy more things instead of experiences...because they don't have time.

When the going gets tough, people bail. When the going gets easy, people get lazy. Honest, smart, hard work is the way to get results.

Don’t let your day dreams become your personally living nightmare.

Are you in love with your idea more than your reality? Change that.

Freedom on the inside comes when validation from the outside doesn’t matter.

There is only one way to make money: sell something. You're either selling your time or a product. The secret? Productize your time. That's freedom.

Work-Life Freedom > Work-Life Balance

The parents of politics are lack of control and seeking to control. The parents of leadership are influence and trust.

Politics is not leadership. It never has been. It never will be.

People who make big promises can also make big lies. Trust first, but exercise smart trust. You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego and jealousy for bosses who can’t perform. If your job or task is codependent, you can be sabotaged. Always seek interdependence and people who are authentic at the core, not blue in the face.

Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.

To be humble is to be teachable. Meek, not weak. The most humble people are the most aggressive leaders. Aggressive because to be truly taught, is to sincerely do. To lead. To start. To achieve. Willingly and urgently doing the work to make change.

How to uplift others. It’s not a pie, it’s a cake. It’s not a ladder, it’s a bridge.

LEADERSHIP is your org chart turned upside down.

Marketing without sales is dead.

Success is a process, not an event.

Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?I didn't.

In the end, every startup is different. But in the beginning every startup is the same.

Action is the bridge between thought and reality.

When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others' choices make us.

ART (in a business marketing context)Authority RelevantTimely

Branding is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is soft.When you brand, rebrand or brand-diggity, ask yourself one thing to do it right: how will my brand create buyers?If you’re in business, that’s the goal. Buyers. Branding done well creates both long term loyalty and timely purchases.

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art. (Exchange any words you want for 'create art' and see if it fits).

People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves).

If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE business…don’t overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, service, value and sales. Comparatively, everything else is froth.

It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.

Don’t worry about getting credit, do the work anyway.

Entrepreneurs get distracted by productivity and miss profits.Corporate folk get distracted by efficiencies and miss effectiveness.But ballers? Ballers know the difference between a hack and a hoop every time.Take your shot.

What are you NOT working on that you should?

Have the STRENGTH to say “no” to the status quo. Have the WILL to listen to the deepest desires of your heart.Have the COURAGE to ACT on and live out your intent.

WE MAY FEEL...BUT WE DON'TWe may feel the need to change employment, but we don’t.We may feel the need to start a specific project, but we don’t.We may feel the need to pursue higher education, but we don’tWe may feel the need to heal a broken relationship, but we don’t.We may feel the need to work to improve our spiritual lives, but we don’t.We may feel the need to take steps toward a healthier physical or emotional life for ourselves and/or our family, but again, we don’t.(This list could likely go on for eternity.)The desire for progression is innate, but the problem we face is that the actual act of progression is also a choice.Without embracing our inherent need for progress, for positive growth and/or change, we’ll still go on living....But at what cost?

How much value do you want to get out of life? You get out what you put in. Approach your life with intent, courage, faith and hard work, and you’ll reap the beautiful value those sacrifices provide. That’s the way our strange world works.

Always err on the side of generosity.

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art.

To travel is to live. Breathe some life into your life and go outside!

People who say "it's just business" are lying. It's a deceptive and manipulative tactic used by weak minds. Anyone who has ever run or been in business knows that a business will fail if the relationships are not healthy. Business is the business of relationships. That is all.

How to "change the world" in two words: S.T.A.R.T. N.O.W.1. START - Serve. Thank. Ask. Receive. Trust.2. NOW - No Opportunity Wasted

We’re all scared.Yes, all of us. I’m afraid every day. If I’m not afraid, I must not be doing something I need to be doing. I believe that when you’re doing important work, you feel fear because you don’t want to fail. The challenge is to not let the fear stop you from doing the work that will enable you to achieve your goals. You need to recognize the fear for what it is and allow your “why” (your compelling vision) for what you’re doing be bigger than the fear itself.So where do you start? Identify your fears. As they say, "name it to tame it." Then, move forward.

Some people just love to stir the pot, but don't realize they're cooking themselves.

MOM = Maker of Miracles

Give your idea a chance. You’ll never hit a home run (or a base hit for that matter) if you don’t swing.

Is it weird that when I see a cool t shirt or pick up a toothbrush or see a new car I don't think about the product itself? I think about the thousands of people and dollars to make it.I think about how the retailer that took the risk to buy and resell it. Then I work backwards to the store costs, the distributer who got it there, the shipping company that brought it over from China, the factory workers that made it, the people that sourced the materials and the people that harvested the raw materials, and on and on...The global economy is amazing. Your $20 t-shirt is a freaking miracle.

My parents did a great job of creating a home we wanted to return to...and all of our friends wanted to be there too.

Sometimes I work so long and so hard that I have no idea what day or time it is. I forget to eat. I don't get ready for the day. I fall asleep on the couch and wake up and get back to work.

Forest rangers see the forest differently. Likewise, entrepreneurs see the world differently.

Every book you've ever read on LEADERSHIP will finally make sense (and become practical) if you change the word "leader" to INFLUENCER.

The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die.

What does a ship absolutely need to stay afloat? I’m not a mariner, so I can’t exactly say. . . but what I can tell you is that ships don’t absolutely need lighthouses—but they sure do help!When it comes to acting on inspired ideas, it’s easy to trick ourselves into thinking we don’t really need to do them, but that’s like a ship ignoring the beacon of light on a rocky shore.

Everyone loves the idea of "disruption" in business, but no one likes it when it happens to them.

If you think it's funny to make fun of the "used car salesman," you better only buy new and never sell your car. Just sayin.

At the end of the day, if you have a great product and service paired with the wrong pricing strategy / business model, you don’t have a business.

Don't disregard your so-called "stupid ideas." They may be inspired thoughts and high-potential opportunities. Whatcha gonna do?

Share your success stories with others. Don't brag, but don't hide your light. People want (and need) to be inspired and instructed. I know I want to follow and learn from successful people. Isn't that the basis for every business and self-help book? People will also give you good ideas to build on your own wins when you share openly. And when you write out your wins to an audience, your own ideas start to grow within you. Will you try? What's a win you've had lately? Don't be shy about it.

Beware: If you egg people on, you'll get egg on your face.

Don't be a hater and call it love.

If you're in business, all the content in the world will do you no good unless it leads to a sale.

Pondering the legitimate modern day problem of intellectual bullies. Self-proclaimed smarties attacking the innocent. They revel in being politically correct, all-loving and open-minded while not applying these principles to themselves.The ultimate double standard in the name of truth and acceptance. It's sad.This is not a post about anyone in particular. This is an observation over years.Have you seen it? Call it out when you do.The offender won't know what to do because they know that you know their game.

The Great Wall of Facebook:Having just visited the Great Wall of China, I'm thinking about the walls we build on FB. They are real. They keep people in and others out.Build your wall carefully by answering this question:What are you building your wall around?

Be a learning machine. What made you money last year, won't necessarily make you money this and next year.

If you have time to write a business plan, you have time to prove the model. Just sayin.

If you want control, loosen your grip. You're strangling your employees. Letting go is actually holding on.

Are you setting business goals? Try this:Step 1: Add a "0" to your revenue goal.Step 2: Take away a "0" from your expense goal.Step 3: Let your mind go to work.Thank me later.

Doubt manifests itself in indecision.

Life isn't about having, it's about experiencing.

People love to say, “You gotta fake it till you make it.” But this implies that the fake you is someone better than who you inherently are, and this is simply not the truth. Let me say this loud and clear: the person you imagine yourself to be in the very best and most powerful moments of your life, is the authentic you. And in truth, I imagine you’re probably much more amazing even than that.

Live in a way that helps you lean into your fears, make a difference and live without regret.

If only 1 out of 10 businesses succeeds, start 10 businesses. Just sayin.

The moment you think you can do something that you previously thought you couldn't, you can.

When someone says you can't do something because of XYZ, is that true? Or are they playing with your life with their good intentions to keep you safe?

There's no "get rich quick." There's no "overnight success." However, this doesn't mean that when you decide to start a business that you're just starting. You could start making new money tomorrow. I was fishing with my son and taught him that you can't catch a fish unless your line is in the water. A truth my dad once taught me. You may have spent years learning a skill or creating a product or service that you just simply haven't thought to monetize. Like leaving a fishing pole on the ground along side the river, but not having your line in the water yet. All you need to create a new stream of income is to make something consumable and offer it at a price that someone will pay. If you're not making offers, you're not making money. Get your line in the water!

Better to teach a man to fish who already loves to fish.

College does not equal job security. Entrepreneurship does not equal job security. For heaven's sake, "job security" does not equal job security. So what do you do? Don't be a one-trick pony. Add real value in everything you do. But most of all, study and apply business models. No matter what discipline you come from. Learn how to add value so that value can flow in the form of money to you. That, my friends, is job security. Learn where money comes from and you'll know where to turn when life throws a curve.

What is good customer service about then?One word: caring.Bad customer service happens when the employee doesn't care.You could chalk it up to low wages or getting paid regardless of results. But that's not it either.Hiring managers need to do two things and two things only:1. Hire employees that ALREADY care and are ALREADY motivated.2. Repeat step 1.When this is done, everything changes. People are happy on both sides of the table.Costs for management and training plummet

Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice.

Ever feel like you're always winding up and never throwing it out? You might blame it on perfectionism or procrastination or preparation. You may even call it prudent. But whatever it is...IT'S NOT WORKING. I call this phenomenon "petrified performance." Where you're busy, busy, busy (on the wrong activities or the right activities for too long), and never accomplishing the idea or task you set out to do. You're stuck. Like a tree that once was lively is now dead and immovable like a stone. What once was a fluid idea is now frozen in time. How do you overcome petrified performance? With practice, silly. Everything you do should be considered a "project" because projects have a beginning and an end with a timeline. No more dreaming. Wake up and put those dreams to work by putting the steps necessary to make them happen on the calendar. Are you willing to practice? That's my prescription.

When haters start to rear their ugly head, just play around with them and throw them a bone so they can go away and chew on it.

You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it.

What are you will to sacrifice for success? Whatever it is, don't sacrifice your values, your morals, your principles. Not worth it.

Success brings a measure of credibility. The fastest way to turn credibility into authority is to deliver results. The best way to deliver results is to help others succeed. You can help others succeed by being helpful. Always look for ways to be helpful. Helpful people are always in demand.

If you want to be trusted, trust first. Make decisions that are grounded in your authentic principles. Don’t lie. Don’t cheat. Don’t push others down to obtain success.

7 TRUTHS ABOUT MONEY, WORTH, HAPPINESS & CHOICE1. Money does not validate your personal worth. Just because the financial world uses the term "worth" as it applies to business, does not mean it applies to you as a person. People get that mixed up all the time and it's dangerous. You are worthy just for being. Remember that. You are priceless.2. When you like yourself regardless of the size of your bank account, success will follow because you're already successful. Think about it. Success begets success. Deal with that self-loathing garbage that holds you back, like yourself and get to work. 3. Don't try to validate your personal worth with money. If you do, your self-esteem may go up or down with the size of your bank account or the success or failure of your next venture. That's no way to live.4. The fallacy is that the more money you have the happier you are. Some of the saddest people in the world are filthy rich. That said, some of the happiest people are filthy rich. Likewise, some of the saddest people and some of the happiest people are dirt poor. Money is not the deciding factor in your happiness. You are the deciding factor in your own happiness. Take 100% responsibility for your life and watch magic happen.5. Now don't get me wrong. I live in the 21st century too. Money is like air. You don't know how important it is until it runs out. Money to humans is like water to fish. You can't live without it. Money is how we survive and money impacts our happiness, freedom, how and where we live and our ability to make various choices. 6. In the end, a) money will never determine your personal worth because you are worthy just by the fact that you are here, b) money may impact your happiness, but happiness is a choice regardless of the size of your bank account, and c) money is necessary to survive and enhances your circumstance.7) Bringing it all together: given a choice (which you are if you are reading this mini-essay), why not a) choose to believe you are already worthy regardless of your financial situation, b) make happiness a habit, and c) get a mentor to learn how to earn more income so you never run out of air or water?

Every post is a digital tattoo of your personal brand.Every post you make is a marketing piece. Whether you realize it or not and regardless of having something for sale. Every post is a digital tattoo of your personal brand.

Note to businesspersons and salespersons: "Be professional" does not mean "be a robot." Just be friendly and act like a real person. Cool?

Dreams come true when you live life awake.

Dear Influencers: Trolls will lurk under the bridges you build to gobble you up. They are hangry for attention. Build bridges anyways.

FIND YOUR WEIRDFinding your weird is a lot like finding your voice. Although, your voice is more about your passion, your story, your way of communicating with the world.Your weird is that thing you do that people would miss if you were gone.Your weird is the thing that keeps your followers following you.Your weird puts a smile on a face or an idea in a mind or money in your pocket.Your weird is how we remember you.What's your weird?If you don't know, ask someone. Ask lots of people!When you embrace your weird, you love your life, share your story, meet new people, experience great things, freak yourself out, live on purpose, "save the whales," enjoy the moment.Find your weird.But first, breathe.

To make money you have to use a four letter word: SELL.

It's not what you got, but what you gave.

You may forget the toys you buy and break, but you'll always remember the experiences and memories you create.

What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story.

I believe in solving social ills with business skills.

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.

You can't expect the level of excitement of your audience to be greater than your own.

Another year older, but am I wiser? Wisdom comes from learning and changing for the better. Sometimes we just go through life living the same day over and over and never gaining true wisdom. Let that never be me.

When you travel, somehow, the world gets both bigger and smaller, simultaneously.

Happiness being surrounded by good friends and family at a BBQ.

You can't judge a man by the way he reacts when things go right, but by the way he reacts when things go wrong.

IT'S TIME TO LEARN YOUR A.B.C.sAlwaysBE CONFIDENTConfidence is a feeling, feel it.AlwaysBE CREATIVECreativity is an ability, enable it.AlwaysBE CURIOUSCuriosity is a desire, desire it.AlwaysBE COMPASSIONATE Compassion is an awareness, be aware.AlwaysBE CHARITABLE Charity is generous, be generous.AlwaysBE CONSIDERATEConsideration is thoughtful, think.AlwaysBE COURTEOUSCourtesy is a mindset, be mindful.AlwaysBE COACHABLECoachability is a willingness, be willing.AlwaysBE COMMITTEDCommitment is purpose, live on purpose.AlwaysBE CARINGCaring is giving, give.

Building a family is an entrepreneurial experience.

MESSAGE + MISSION = MOVEMENT Its not that you want to be on TV or the radio or in a magazine. If no one watched or listened or read, you wouldn't care about those mediums. What you want is an audience. You want to be seen and heard. You have a message to share. That said, the world has giving you your own TV channel (YouTube and any other video platform). The world has given you a radio station and even hosts (podcasts). The world has given you your own magazine and newspaper (websites, blogs, etc). YOU ARE SEEN AND HEARD. YOU ARE ALREADY STANDING ON THE STAGE. NOW WHAT?We are watching and listening.

No one knows your inner battle. No one knows the challenge you face. No one knows the sacrifice it takes to do what you do. But you're not alone.

Jack of all trades or master of one? If you're a master of one, you'll soon be a master of none. Times are a changin. Be a jack of all trades. Or better, master of many!

Building a family is an entrepreneurial experience. No doubt about it. The family is the greatest and most important enterprise on earth. Lead yours with passion and joy!

During the inevitable times when you feel like your work has no meaning, find meaning at home. If you need something more to feel creative or need extra cash, then moonlight: start dream projects after work hours. At some point in time, a successful side project can become your main project and you’ll be fortunate enough to make your work and your dreams become one. || You should always have meaning outside the workplace. Work to support your lifestyle — don’t live to support your work.

To be inefficient and effective is better than being efficient and ineffective.

Success steps: Think big. Act small. Then scale.Failure steps: Act big. Think small. Then shrink.Consider your next big thing a project. Get one. Get it right. No sense growing a broken system.

One day employers will need to incentivize employees to actually work in an office. The office, in many ways, is obsolete. The office is more and more becoming a place for wasteful meetings and the work is actually being done at home. A Results-Only-Work-Environment (ROWE) is the path of future location-independent businesses.

I cannot stress how important and effective it is to leverage the principles of S.T.A.R.T. - Serve. Thank. Ask. Receive. Trust.

Gut check. Is your current fear a stumbling block or a stepping stone?

Do you ever see someone doing something cool and you say to yourself, "I could do that" ... And then you don't? Ask yourself, why not? Honestly, why not? You really may not have a reason to do it, but if you'd regret not doing it? That's a whole other story.

Are you Mindful or Mindless? Or in the Middle?

How much longer will you wait until you take a chance on yourself?

Every day you're not doing that thing you want to do (your dream), you're spending mental currency, your dream currency (time) on the wrong thing.

Just because you work, doesn't mean you're working on the right thing.

Creatives Creed: Destruction is creation. Creation is destruction.

Unless your message is that you have no message, you need a message.

If you continue to treat yourself like a 3rd class citizen, you’ll stay a 3rd class citizen.You’re better than that.

Exponential business growth comes from personal development.

Wealth isn't about money. It's about options...and you always have options. Choose wisely. Live wealthy.

The definition of management is literally "control," but the definition of true leadership is love.

At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away—and that would be the greatest waste of all.

If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent).

Trust isn't just the greatest currency, it's the only currency. Once trust is gone in any form of currency, the value is gone.

If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you.

Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.

Would you produce, create and bring value to the world if it weren't for money? Or would you veg out? The necessity of money keeps people relevant and active. The paradox is that people who stay relevant and active make money.

You can always get another job. You’ll never get another life.

Be generous. The outcome will blow your mind.

It's not about how smart you are--it's about capturing minds.

Wouldn't it be amazing if you could travel into the future, see where you messed up, and then go back in time to rearrange things in order to make your future better? You can. If you can foresee regret, you can mind-travel to the future. If you can train yourself to mind-travel effectively, you can intentionally affect your future by doing something about it today.

S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities

Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do.

The majority are satisfied living within the idea of the reality instead of the reality of the idea.

Ideas become reality. once you hit that reality, you get a new idea. it's a virtuous upward spiral. However, the majority are satisfied living within the idea of the reality instead of the reality of the idea.

Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.

Gavin's Law: Live to start. Start to live.

Your life should consist of more than commuting, working, eating, surfing the Internet, sleeping and watching TV. Your life should be filled with purpose-driven experiences and projects that bring excitement, passion, energy, and authentic meaning and joy into your life.

It’s not the circumstances that we should feel threatened by, it’s the fear of the circumstances that poses the real threat.

Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret--a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence.

You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority.

You don't feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.

Companies preach creativity, hire for conformity and call consultants when they fail who tell them to be more creative.

Want creativity? Diversify your experience to develop your creative muscles.

A little conflict can create a lot of creativity.

The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success.

Creativity is at the heart of every stupid idea . . . creativity and stupid are interchangeable . . . because everything inherent to that kind of creativity requires breaking away from the norm, going against the grain, and leaning into risk and fear.

If everyone waited to become an expert before starting, no one would become an expert. To become an EXPERT, you must have EXPERIENCE. To get EXPERIENCE, you must EXPERIMENT! Stop waiting. Start stuff.

You can’t let fear and indecision sink your creativity—they do not easily release their hold.

Believing there is a bridge from where you are to where you want to go is 99% of the battle. The other 1% is to cross it.

Overcome the prideful need to measure your worth by how much more successful you are than others, by operating from a core belief grounded in abundance.

Accepting that life is insane, that bad things happen to good people and that you can find the courage to be grateful for the good in every situation and still move forward is hard (even terrifying), but heroic.

Never trust a person that tries to sell you by how righteous they are. I'm telling your right now, it's a scam.

START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust

Trust. And be trusted.

There is power born of humility . . . Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation.

Don't wait to be compelled to do great work.

The way to be irreplaceable is to become a social innovator. Start projects that motivate you to save the world and simultaneously make you money (and create mindshare) for your company. Social innovation makes magic happen.

When it comes to getting a job or client, congruent value is aligning the employer's need with your value add.

If time were to take on human form, would she be your taskmaster or freedom fighter?

If you can dream it up, you can team it up.

If you can dream it up. You can team it up.

If someone thinks your ideas, the dreams bubbling up inside of you, are stupid, welcome to the Club.

Dreams don’t get done until they are due.

A little piece of everywhere I go becomes a big part of everything I do.

If you don't build a personal brand, someone else will brand you with the wrong label.

A brand is a person that has a voice, evokes emotion and spreads a message.

A brand is a person.

A brand is a person that has a voice, evokes emotion and spreads a message. Build a brand or a brand will build you. Create your personal brand. If you don't build your own brand, you will let someone else brand you with the wrong label.

Build a brand or a brand will build you.

Optimism doesn't make you more persistent. Persistence makes you more optimistic.

It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside. Once you do that, hitting your goals will be like hitting 3s for Steph Curry.

‪Widen your comfort zone so your goal fits comfortably inside. Do and you’ll hit goals like Steph Curry hits 3s.‬

Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable of? Anything.

To accelerate success, we must get as close to our dreams as possible as soon as possible.

If high aspirations = high fear, overcoming high fear = achieving high aspirations.

Life experience is the new work experience.

Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.

All too often people pretend to be professional. "Professionalism" is sometimes a facade for fraud. Be pro, but be real. Honesty and transparency combined with character, competence and real results is the key to being a true pro.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff.

Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.

There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was not only hundreds of years of history that I went through to help formulate the concept of starting something stupid, but practicing it for myself and with hundreds of my own clients.

Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.

There is a very real danger present when we suppress our feelings to act on inspiration in exchange for the “safety” of the status quo. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to live a more fulfilling and purpose driven life. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. We risk sacrificing the beautiful blessing of finding a greater sense of meaning in our own lives.In short, we run the very real risk living a life of regret.

Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.A lot of people sell homes. They all have structure. Location, size, style, function, benefit, community, who stays (and leaves)...totally different. You can sell or do anything at a premium. It may be a home, but the type of clientele you work with is a choice. Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.Go to work.

How you bring people into your home is just as important as when they walk through the door. Frame well. #marketing

Urgency means paying the details the attention they deserve, with the respect they deserve, without delay.

What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The first stops and stays on the side. The second, crosses and reaches new worlds.As soon as your mind identifies the bridge, the gap is gone...but the bridge was always there...you just had to see it.There are holes in the ground, yet a bridge (which is there, but may take time to see) filled it. That's where asking better questions comes in. Where is the bridge so I can cross? There is one. Believing there is a bridge from where you are to where you want to go is 99% of the battle. The other 1% is to cross it.But do I have to build the bridge? Maybe. But everything is first created in the mind and then in the world. The bridge is there. See it. Cross it.

You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can’t perform.

Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid.

Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you.

Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN.

Fear is the freaky troll under the bridge that leads to achievement.

Personal and private and public and professional lives are blended.Separating them is what makes a fraud, hypocrite, alter ego.

The key ingredient in engaging the power available from service is motive.

When we leverage, we aggregate and organize existing resources to achieve success.

Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you're interviewing for a job, You're job is to interview them. You are an equal.

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

Truly being authentic is knowing what matters to you, on the deepest level of who you are, and committing always to act from that authentic center.

TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “charity.” One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The eighth and highest level of giving is described like this:“The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.”Serve others in a way that helps them become self-reliant (or interdependent) and watch miracles happen for both you and them.

Creators always have an advantage because they make the stuff we consume.

It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSTAY. Don't wait. Just ship.

To crush fear doesn't mean you eliminate it; crushing fear means you literally crush it down into smaller, more manageable parts and tackle one piece at a time.

It all starts with a tiny, stupid idea, then one thing leads to another, and suddenly, you find something amazing: yourself.

Try it out yourself. Test your idea with an experimental project. See what works and what doesn't. Then move forward or move on.

Stupid is the New Smart.

Don't wait. Start stuff.

If you want to trust yourself, make decisions that aregrounded in your authentic principles. Don’t lie. Don’tcheat. Don’t push others down to obtain success.

Jealousy in any form will cloud thinking and form bad habits. Jealousy is an addiction.

Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are.

You can learn from those who have come down from the mountain, but you won’t have the same experience unless you climb yourself.

Don't worry. You'll find your message in your mess.

Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions.

If self-employment is the opposite of employed-by-other, than a job is outsourcing your freedom (time and talent) to a boss.

You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it.

A principle is not merely a fundamental truth, but principles must serve as the very first source of every decision we make along the road to success.

Life is too short not to start something stupid.

No one is in business for business’ sake. People are in business because their life is at stake.

Social media was designed to SHARE what you’re doing and who you are, not BE what you’re doing and be who you are.

Credibility comes from results. Everything else is just marketing.

Marketing is safe. Sales is risky. UNLESS, marketing has done its job. Then sales is safe too.

When you say the word marketing, do you think of serving? Until you do, you’re going to live far below your highest potential.

Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.

True leadership is caring about the people who don’t care about things you care about.

The pursuit of prosperity shouldn't stop you from the pursuit of happiness.

No more tomorrows. Today is the day.

Work to enjoy life. Work to create value. Work to survive, strive and thrive. But do not work...to work.

TIME: Today Is My Everything

Confusion, when embraced, is the starting point for discovery, direction and decision.