First a short story about a famous NBA player, Allen Iverson who almost ended up missing his calling… ...and the mentor who saved his life. There was a brawl that happened in high school that got Allen Iverson convicted for a year and sent college…
I should first confess. I was a loser. I’d easily give in to thoughts and emotions that were detrimental to my personal and professional growth. The hardest thing I ever did was to accept the fact that I was sub-par in my thinking and therefore…
In my 20+ years as an entrepreneur, I’ve seen porn, alcohol, drugs, infidelity, and overeating, destroy men and their empires. Here’s the facts about driven men who become entrepreneurs… We have addictive personalities (that’s what drives us) When we’re stressed or overwhelmed we don’t talk…
My daughter sold me and the wife on getting her a new puppy - a king Charles cavalier spaniel. The name alone should tell you that it was NOT cheap. Chloe named her Charli… it took a few weeks for her to grow on me,…
Back in the day, when I was struggling to grow my personal training business at LA Fitness, I took forever to do anything... Even on the advice from my first mentor, Jim Franco. I literally had two jobs and was trying to launch my fitness…
Marcus Aurelius was one of the last Emperors of the Roman Empire before it fell to sh*t. The dude was totally tuned in! That’s probably why business exerts and thought leaders today still talk about him even though he’s been dead for centuries. It's because…
He wasn’t good enough to make his high school basketball team, yet he became one of the greatest to ever play the sport. Michael Jordan, first a failure... and then a massive success. The other players chosen over Michael Jordan didn’t come close to accomplishing…
All I could think about was my family. Who was going to take care of them if I died? My life was flashing before my eyes… My hands were balled up into a fist. My heart was pounding. I couldn’t catch my breath. Sweat was…
Let me be real with you… Almost in 2010, I was in a really bad situation… $640K in debt, stressed out AF and worried that the economic crash (of 2008) was going to put me under financially and physically. I was scared. I didn't know…
I'm the BIGGEST control freak I know. I am the control freak king. Now before you get all uptight, understand this… Being a "control freak" has gotten a bad rap in society. The same way Pitbulls, Rottweilers, and Doberman Pinschers have. So many people get…
