A random person on Facebook messaged me wanting to get some feedback on an app he was working on and I agreed to hear him out. We tried to connect over Skype, however, he was at his 9-5 and could only connect over Facebook or text. I asked him to pitch me his product and how it worked. His idea…
Motivation
A Taste of Entrepreneurship
It is sometimes difficult to stay motivated when working for others, especially when month after month and year after year, things simply don’t change. While many take on entrepreneurship with the hope of eventually leaving their job or financial freedom, many do so because it allows them to advance mentally before anything else. As nerve wrecking as entrepreneurship can be…
The Wannapreneur Phenomenom
There is nothing more entertaining for me than to load up my Facebook to see articles written by wannapreneurs on how other wannapreneurs can actually lean to become real entrepreneurs. Pretty ironic if you ask me, but the reality is wannapreneurs are nothing more than struggling individuals trying to launch businesses because they can’t find employment. They unfortunately never…
Does your Ambition Outweigh Your Teams Reach?
It was only recently that I found myself in a situation that made me realize that sometimes my ambitions outweigh my team’s reach. In a perfect world, teams are highly synchronized and not only share common ideals but are able to see a common vision. Unfortunately, in today’s world that is rarely the case. Instead, most teams are continuously battling…
Is It Ok to Be a Quitter?
In a recent Interview with John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire, I ended up having a deep conversation about failure and one’s ability to recover from it. I also broke down how you can take all your past experiences and connect the dots in order to find what you are truly passionate about. During my interview, John mentioned…
3 Valuable Lessons about Time, Money, and Business
A couple of years ago, I gave an interview with Secret Entourage and ultimately developed a friendship with those involved as I found an entire community of like-minded people. In late 2012, I was given the opportunity to write an acknowledgement for their newest book Third Circle Theory and was honored to find my words on the back cover. If…
How to Develop a WINNING Attitude
I heard a very interesting statement not too long ago that really made me think and has stuck with me for sometime now. A statement was made that said “You can measure a person’s height, you can measure how high a person can jump, you can even measure how fast they run, but you CAN NOT measure a person’s heart.”…