Quick note before we dive in: I hosted a CEO Bootcamp last week live for 180 entrepreneurs. It was basically a 1 hour consulting session on how I build businesses. I covered: How to delegate and empower your employees How I set goals with my teams that actually work My #1 competitive advantage How to design[...]

What I'm about to say will upset a lot of people. If this offends you, I'm sorry. But here goes: Entrepreneurship culture in America is all messed up and it’s a shame. TechCrunch. Product Hunt. Shark Tank. It’s all about new ideas. Changing the world. Innovation. 0 to 1. Blue ocean. Venture capital and exits and[...]

Where to live: I feel strongly that too many people live where they live because that’s where they were born or got a job, not because they actually want to live there. More people should take ownership over their location and move away from home. In 2017, my wife and I were renting a shitty three-bedroom[...]

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." Neale Donald Walsch If its comfortable it probably isn't getting you anywhere. Getting that safe job and going to that safe college and minimizing as much risk as possible is comfortable. But is that how you get ahead? Is that how you design your own lifestyle? Is[...]

Last week's podcast episode on how to fire an employee was one of the most popular episodes I've released. Check it out on Youtube or Spotify . If you are one of the 200+ folks who joined my newsletter recently and are looking for the risk management assessment tool, click here . It is a free section from my real[...]

A note on building leverage: My own journey towards leverage was a slow, tedious grind that took place over 10+ years. During the first years of both Storage Squad and my self-storage business, I spent many hours on the phone with annoying customers who yelled at me. No matter how worn out, frustrated, and beaten[...]

Before we jump in: My friend Sahil Bloom wrote a new book called The 5 Types of Wealth. It's phenomenal. You should buy a copy here. -- People watch too much Shark Tank and think too much about entrepreneurship through a new-idea lens. This makes them delusional. If no one has succeeded before or if your business[...]

I see a funny trend with small business. Owners will spend $60k on a new truck or $10k on a family vacation at the drop of a hat. But they are running a multi-million company with a crappy website they paid somebody $2,000 to build. They don't understand that millions of dollars worth of business is deciding[...]