The East Martello Musuem holds a dark secret. A secret with a name: Robert. Robert was first owned by a young girl of Bahamian descent. The girl, a mistreated house maid, gave Robert as a gift to the Otto family's son whom the doll is named after. Before handing the doll over she performed a [...]
"Raises are a relic.Opportunity is the future."These are the words of my first business mentor that have been echoing in my mind for over a month now. That's because... I think he is right. While I was growing up, my Mother said it was very important for me to get a stable job with good [...]
I have spent 3 years of my life in war zones across the world. For most of that, I was lucky to support the best of the best: US and NATO Special Forces -- they taught me two things: Survive at all costs. Know; and use tools as a strategic advantage. The second rule wasn't [...]
One of the most important ideas I believe in is the use of goals, tasks and milestones to propel massive, life changing events into motion. I've taught hundreds of people about this system. Given talks about it, wrote a chapter about it in my book. I thought it was the best and fastest way to [...]
THE PROPHECY "We have made her a goddess!" Coyotl shouted to the young ones. "But her father, Achicometl, is a weak man. Unworthy to lead the mighty Aztecs. This man, cannot even withstand the sight of his daughter's death in sacrificial ceremony! Be not worried! Our god Huitzilopochtli will find us a new land-----one filled [...]
How many days have passed since you've made any progress on that big goal you made all those years ago? You've told yourself, "I'll get to it, just as soon as ______ is over with." The problem is, once that issue is finally taken care of, another one scoots in to take it's place. Interestingly, [...]
Entrepreneurism is a monster. It will eat you whole and spit you out into tiny pieces—that you then get to pick up and reconstruct into what (hopefully) turns out to be you again. I have become pretty good at this—really, I have. Bad business deals, angry customers (angrier employees), frustrating systems—the list is endless, but [...]
One of the most important questions to ask when starting venture is really a difficult one to answer for new entrepreneurs: "What should I charge?" There are a few different (and great ways) to set prices, but I want to show my favorite--vision based price setting. Before we get into that, let's talk about a [...]
A Puppet Story One of my favorite stories when I was kid was that of Pinocchio. Pinocchio was a wooden puppet built by his father Gepetto, and is given the gift of life by the blue fairy in an answer to Gepetto's prayers as long Pinocchio stays "brave, truthful, and unselfish." Almost immediately Pinocchio sets out [...]
