2011

Let me tell you the most important thing you will hear today. Ready? You are bigger than you would care to admit. Seriously. You think your spouse, economy, boss, ex-spouse, ex-wife, job, employees, business partner or clients and customers are holding you down or making you feel small. But guess what?  You are bigger; you are bigger just by […]

Dear friends, I have a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 years ago at the age of 27. She is now 38. She was blessed to go 5 years without the cancer returning (she would get a cancer ribbon tattoo for each year she was clear as a reminder of how blessed she […]

No serious it is. I mean think about it, one characteristic about people that are successful that stands out more than anything is their general attitude towards life. . . and you most always end at their attitude. In short, we all show up either as a victim or a victor. As a taker or a […]

I hope this e-mail finds you abundant.  Did you know that you are a hero? If you face your fears and do things even when you are in fear of the result, outcome or process, you have courage.  The trick about having even a little courage is it is like a muscle and when you flex […]

In my job, I have the privilege of working with some of the most courageous people in business…entrepreneurs. Or as I like to call them builders, courageous for some very basic reasons. They try to do things people say are impossible, or are bad ideas, or just plain something people will not accept. I mean who would have thought that […]

Early in Mike Tyson’s incredible career he was the most dominant boxer in history. Many thought he was unstoppable. When Buster Douglas was slated to fight Mike Tyson, it was only supposed to be a warm up for the apparent “real” show down between Tyson and Holyfield. Buster had someone on his side—his mom. He […]

My job is pretty awesome.  I get to work with some of the most dynamic and incredible entrepreneurs.  They rarely have hardly anything in common except one thing.  They work early and they work often on themselves as well as their businesses.  They have invested consistently on themselves and their businesses early and often.  Their personal history […]

Change your standards and everything changes. Set goals as a way to challenge yourself to innovate and implement new ideas, tactics and strategies. We should always set goals as there are great constructive things we can get done with ourselves by pushing to reaching beyond our current capacity. Here is why I talk so much […]

Nine years ago, a great friend of mine said to me “Show me your calendar and your check book and I will show you what is important to you?”  The comment caught me off guard and I wanted to dispute it.  I thought there were many things I cared about that I didn’t spend time or money […]

Yesterday, I met Ari Weinzweig with the famed Zingerman’s Deli. They have built a relative food empire that has culminated into not only food tours, guides to good eating and a book called “Building a Great Business.” It has been touted reputably as one of the best restaurant brands and independent concepts in the country. Here […]