Two notes before we dive in: 1: I'm hosting a free workshop on May 19th on how to make your company more profitable. Register here. 2: The self storage market is opening up and we have a few great deals under contract. If you're an accredited investor and you'd like to talk about investing with me - click here. -- I have a controversial opinion: Most entrepreneurs don’t end up owning a company. They end up owning a job. They run around doing everything. They are servicing customers, putting...

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...