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What do you think? 🙂 6 Facebook Ad Mistakes Marketers Make and How to Avoid Them

It will be more powerful, take less time to do, and help you build real relationships. My “secret hack” is to write out text (like you see here) and then load it up into a teleprompter for me or others to say. Then it’s easy for people who are camera shy to confidently make a

An animal that can live without oxygen– no mitochondria, but a parasite that feeds off ready-made nutrients. I used to be able to hold my breath for 3 minutes and swim 3 laps in the pool. But to NEVER need to breathe is unthinkable. Our understanding of oxygen’s role in maintaining life is fundamentally changing.

Zero experience. Zero network. Zero money. I was asked this question the other day, and my answer is simple. Find someone who has done what you want to do. The value of mentorship cannot be overstated. My own mentor was the former CEO of American Airlines, and without his influence in my life I would

You must fire, train, or tolerate your people– those are your only 3 choices. And the HUGE mistake I’ve made is that I’ve tolerated poor performance. Many of us want to be “kind” to the under-performers– hoping they will improve over time, wanting to avoid conflict. Often they have extenuating circumstances, so we make exceptions–

And for many of us, our phone IS our computer. 70% of our phone time is inside apps, as opposed to making calls, texting, or using native functions. So what you have on your home screen is an indicator of what you spend your time doing and where your priorities are. Here’s my home screen.

I think you’ll like this.

One thing I’ve learned is you can never really tell reality from what’s on social media– it’s often the opposite. The people flexing the hardest on social are often overcompensating for internal failures. While the most successful people I know are too busy to be hanging out on social media– plus, they cherish their privacy.

I’ve failed massively and frequently for the last 30 years in business. And here are the 6 reasons why projects fail— especially when you’ve got a team and a client involved. The beauty is that failure is predictable and avoidable. And when you see communication stop, that’s usually a sign that the work has stopped,