I’ve read over 200 self help and business books and that number is growing quickly. These are the books I’ve gotten the most out of and why.

Time is your most valuable asset and there are four areas that you can spend your time in life. The first quadrant is important and urgent. A crisis. An emergency. You must do it now. The second is important but not urgent. Prevention. Planning. Forward thinking about how to improve. Not important but urgent.[...]

When you are starting a company time is of the essence. You need to learn and sell and get your service to market as fast as possible. Your opportunity cost is huge. You could be earning in the workforce or pursuing any number of opportunities. Its time to get uncomfortable. Its time to set goals. Not just normal[...]

It was about 8 weeks before graduation weekend in my college town in 2012. I was a senior about to graduate. My mother was bugging me to help her find a hotel near campus for graduation weekend. For her, my father, my grandparents and my sister. Three rooms. I called about 10 hotels around campus. Checked[...]

I live in Seattle. My girlfriend’s brother has a lot of expertise in the roofing industry and wants to start a business with me. Heres the catch - he doesn’t have citizenship so he would need me to form the business, get insurance, run the administrative side of things, and set it all up. I have a full time job[...]

A lot of people run around networking as if its the key to success. I have bad news. The network doesn't come before success. It comes with success. You earn a network just like you earn money. You gain it over time by providing value to people. A network is mutually beneficial. People invest time and resources[...]

A listener reached out with a question. They’re saving some money each month and want to set up a passive income stream through local rental properties. Real estate is a tough market to get into right now. Not saying impossible just a fair warning: It's competitive. The economy has been booming for a long time.[...]

Back in 2012, when I was unsure of the success of my , I casted a few other nets. One of them was a Lawn Care google place and with a few pages. As you know I had mowed a few lawns in high school so I got a few of those old customers to leave me Google Reviews. I then forgot about the site. Each week during the[...]