Why do so many people do things they hate for such a large portion of their lives? I don't understand it and I never will. In a world where we can earn enough money to put a roof over our heads fairly easily, we have high performing people who are insanely competent banging their heads against walls every day. They have plenty of money in the bank and they have been financially secure for years, but they continue to grind away. Complaining about their schedule and their life for years. I...

I talk a lot about doing the important but not urgent work that it takes to be a successful business owner. I'm talking about the type of work that separates the people who run and scale enduring companies from those that fail or simply create themselves a job that they can’t escape from. As an entrepreneur it’s easy to get caught up focusing on money and profits and what you can buy with your money and profits. After all, money is tangible. We can see it in our accounts. We can spend it. We...

Unfortunately way too many people think about entrepreneurship through a new idea lens. This makes them delusional. If no one has succeeded before or if your business doesn’t exist yet, it is because nobody has been able to win the game and make money doing what you want to be doing. And if nobody has won, why would you want to play that game? It's time for you to think differently! These are my three vectors for evaluating any opportunity. Competition, profitability, and my odds of success....