Where there is no integrity, there is no unity.

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

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.)

QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things

Selling is a sacred trust between buyer and seller.

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

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

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

LEADERSHIP is your org chart turned upside down.

Marketing without sales is dead.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.

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

Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.

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.

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.

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

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.‬

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.