Its very easy to lose sight of reality when all the media does is fill your head with success stories and glorifying success without showing sight of the many failures ahead. Its the media after all and their goal is not to create awareness and speak the truth but rather entertain. While there is more learning from failures than in…
Motivation
If Profit Isn’t The Main Goal of Entrepreneurship – Then What Is?
There seems to be a lot of frustration in new entrepreneurs as they struggle to understand why no one shares their enthusiasm, supports their projects, or cares that they are attempting to innovate the world. I’ve said many times before that the world doesn’t give a shit about you, so it is wise to stop expecting handouts or support but…
Build a Business First – Before Becoming an Entrepreneur
While there are many overlaps between being a business owner and an entrepreneur, there are also many differences. One of which you always hear me talk about is the goal of each. The goal of being in business is to turn a profit, and the goal of an entrepreneur is to create value. To define this further, I am not…
What to Do if You Can’t Afford School
In the recent article about the real purpose of school, you may have gotten a glimpse of my point of view as it pertains to college. While I am not anti formal education, I am a firm believer that someone’s lack of formal education is no excuse for not being successful. I, myself, am living proof that not going to…
The Real Purpose of Going to School
Regardless that you are going to high school or college, back to school is right around the corner but it seems that many of you are not that excited about spending your entire week studying and reading. This is especially true as more and more are losing faith that what they are learning holds relevance to their future. When I…
What Employees Don’t Understand About Business Owners
In a recent AMA video I recorded, someone asked how they can go from worker to owner. While I was recording my video, I kept thinking of all the people along the way who always complained about the fact that their boss (store owner) never understood them or that their boss is an idiot. The reality is that many business…
The $600 Bet
A few months back you may remember that I wrote an article about how I made $7000 betting against people’s dreams. I hear so many people say things like “I will have a Lamborghini in a year”, that every time I hear it, I tend to take bets against them. Last time I wrote the article, I noticed on Michael…