People say there are two kinds of advice: The kind you should keep to yourself, and the kind you shouldn’t give but you give anyway. Brutal honesty rarely happens. Brutal honesty is sitting at a table with your entire family, extended family cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., and when Grandpa Gene makes
Some mornings, I really really REALLY do not want to get out of bed because it’s chilly outside and my blankets are warm and for whatever reason I’m just feeling lazy. But I get out of bed anyway. Success. Some days, I really really REALLY want to eat super unhealthy.
Here’s the thing about change: Where most people go wrong is they try to change everything at once. I am going to give you a challenge: First, I want you to write down your ideal day. Write down, from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed,
Do you know my favorite free thing that nobody knows about? Free marketing. I work in advertising. I’ve done big brand ad campaigns, I’ve done local ad campaigns. I’ve done print. Digital. Billboard. Sales funnels. Etc. And the first thing everyone thinks about when they think “marketing” is PAID marketing. Well, on my
Every step I took to go from college graduate to writer and agency founder I started building my personal brand online when I was 23 years old. I had just graduated from college, had spent about six months working my first full-time job, and felt like “real life” had just
We all have the same 24 hours in a day. When you see certain individuals achieve a level of unimaginable success, it’s not because they have more hours in the day than you. It’s because somehow they’ve figured out how to deploy those hours in a way that is more
There are two kinds of Millennials. The first saves a lot. According to CNBC and a recent study by Bank of America, 1 in 6 Millennials (ages 23–37) has $100,000 or more in their savings account. The second, well, doesn’t save so much. Last year, CNBC reported that 67% of “young
Part of what makes the dream of becoming an entrepreneur so enticing is that the profession implies leadership. When you’re an entrepreneur, you’re the leader — of a team, of your company’s culture, of the ideas you bring to market, and sometimes (if you’re good enough) you become a leader
It’s a sad truth in life that the vast majority of people give up on their dreams. Sometimes it happens early. A kid is told by his or her parents that whatever they’re aiming for is impossible to reach. Sometimes it happens later. You get older, tired, and instead of
A recent study published by Harvard Business Review penned it perfectly: “We’re obsessed with work-life balance.” The irony in that sentence is striking. To be obsessed with finding ways to not be so obsessive about work is worth reflecting on, in itself. The study looked closely at how the work habits