How A Long-Term Company Wellness Program Transformed Our Digital Agency
Too often we hear stories of wildly successful entrepreneurs in our networks who have 80-hour workweeks and only emerge to post about their achievements. Today burnout is all too common, and...
View ArticleHow to Prepare for Your Next International Business Trip
Over the past year, I keynoted in 26 countries, and in doing so, learned some valuable lessons. When my wife and I travel together, she does a lot of the planning and preparation for the trip. It calms...
View ArticleBeating Procrastination
Procrastination might be one of the most stressful aspects of our work lives that we have full control over, yet we find ourselves falling into it more than we’d like. Procrastination doesn’t...
View ArticleWhy Developers Experience Burn Out and Ways I Found to Prevent It
As the CEO of an app development company, my job requires interaction with all teams. Meeting deadlines is important to our rapport but so is the well-being of my team members. It’s not easy and I’m...
View Article5 Lessons From A Healthcare Entrepreneur
I have founded, invested in, and exited several healthcare ventures. Along the way I’ve raised outside capital, I’ve failed, I’ve tried again, and I’ve reached profitability. Below are a few lessons I...
View ArticleHow To Launch And Nurture A Business With Your Spouse
For some, working alongside a spouse every day might fall under the category of “too much of a good thing” and seriously test the idea of “for better or worse!” For others, it’s an extraordinary...
View ArticleFour Questions You Should Immediately Stop Asking Yourself
Big dreams. Solid goals. A vision for the future. Many of us hit the first few months of the year with high hopes and big ideas for breakthrough results. The one piece that historically sabotages our...
View ArticleThe Three Best Questions To Find Your Professional Purpose
At age 25, I had the rare opportunity to find my professional purpose. I’m lucky. Some search for it for their entire lives yet find themselves stuck in a job they can barely tolerate or can’t stand....
View ArticleGrowing a Multi-Million Dollar Business with a DIY Social Strategy
One of the biggest complaints about social media marketing and advertising is lackluster ROI, or at least difficulty in accurately measuring or attributing social ROI. While intelligently architected...
View ArticleScaling Up Your Business? Lessons from a Failed Attempt at Scaling up my...
In 2016, my company True Film Production had its best financial year ever. Sales had almost doubled, we had pushed the boundaries in creating an amazing service for our clients, and those clients were...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration in Others: Why Strong Support Systems Matter
In 2018, GYMGUYZ was named one of Inc. 500’s fastest-growing private companies. While some people might take a step back, pat themselves on the back and appreciate all that they’ve been able to...
View ArticleMission “Inbox Zero”
A vast majority of the current workforce has never known work without email. It has become the basis for how we communicate with virtually everyone in our work sphere. For too many of us, checking, and...
View ArticleHow to Be Inspired vs. Jealous
One strategy I use when keynote speaking is to make sure I follow those who have blazed the trail, are blazing the trail and who will blaze the trail. I call it my 10/10/10 list. I keep tabs on 10...
View ArticleEffective Data Mapping and GDPR Compliance
The advent of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has ushered in a time of uncertainty. Businesses are scrambling for advice on compliance; advisers in turn are hesitant to lay claim to...
View ArticleTweak Your Training Process for Maximum Learning Retention and Results
A rapidly growing company inevitably experiences growing pains when hiring and training new staff. From the high cost of recruiting to the painstaking process of choosing the right candidate and...
View ArticleWhat Causes Most Problems At Work In America?
From an early age, I have believed most problems we face—in life and in business—are communication based. Sales, marketing, HR and leadership to me are all fancy words for “communication.” We all need...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do When You Find out an Employee Is Stealing from You?
While I don’t wish an event like this on an executive, if you’re a senior leader for any significant length of time, you will have to deal with this type of situation at some point. Recently I was...
View ArticleWant to Improve Your Productivity at Work? Take a Cooking Class
As I made the transition from company founder to CEO for the first time, I needed to learn many things. Sometimes I learned things from formal training, sometimes from the school of hard knocks. But...
View ArticleWhat We’ve Learned from Creating an Advisory Board
Last year we decided to formalize an advisory board. Through the creation and implementation of this process, we’ve learned a lot. One of my friends in Entrepreneurs’ Organization had helped other...
View ArticleIt’s Not Enough to Make Good Decisions, You Need to Make Efficient Ones as Well
One of the key lessons I’ve learned over the years as a founder, CEO, and business adviser is that it’s not enough to make good decisions; you need to make good decisions efficiently. Bad decisions are...
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