The Un-Commonly Common Story Of How One Man Went From Homeless To Worth M…
The one thing that drives me more than anything are ideas. I love ideas. I always wanted to work at a think tank or be the creative guy. Marketing was my first love. Marketing, Advertising. I was the kid in school reading Ad Age magazine and Adweek. Forbes. Inc. BusinessWeek. Those type publications. Those were full…
I’m trying to change the way I walk. I want to walk like that one girl I see at Walmart every night – picking up garbage. She has one of those claw stick things. Her boyfriend or husband or teammate (who knows) drives the vacuum truck around. 900 mph. She walks all over the parking…
Life is NOT a Zero Sum Game. There aren’t “winners” and “losers”. If it’s been your mentality to think in these ways, you’re not doing yourself, much less anyone else, any favors. The truth is, one of the best ways to get your way every time – to truly Open Doors and find Opportunity – is to surrender your…
I spent my entire life wanting to be wealthy. It was the only thing that was going to make me happy. When I was 12 I picked up the first ever Forbes 400. I was mesmerized. I couldn’t put it down. I read it over and over and over. I took notes on the people….
We had 80,000 fans, up from 20,000, less than a year later. That’s when I made my pitch. The real money was going to come from the website. Imagine having 50 branded pages (branded meaning an oil change place, a tire center, a mechanic, whomever) each paying $1,000 a month to basically maintain their own…
Tim Tebow can’t play football. Sure he could kill you or I in the sport, but when it comes to playing in the Pros, nope. It’s not like the guy didn’t win a National Championship. It’s not like he didn’t win the Heisman Trophy – the two highest achievements in College football – he did….
I was called into this business that I knew it pretty well. We had been working together on some online stuff for a while and they wanted me to be their marketing consultant. They asked me to come in because sales were slowing and they just weren’t sure what was going on – but with…