The best definition of ‘success’ I have heard

In a past story here on Medium I wrote about my definition of entrepreneurial success. To summarize, my vision of success is simple — doing what you say you are going to do. However, after recently listening to a Tim Ferriss podcast, The Interview Master: Cal Fustian and the Power of […]

The number one thing that’s going to change your life…

The only thing, that will change your life, change your business, change your money, change your relationship, is you must raise your standard. Now I know that sounds boring, stupid, basic, but it’s the truth.

The only thing that changes our life long term is when we raise our standards. What does that mean? […]

How is drinking alcohol like making a lot of money?

There was an article on WebMD ten years ago entitled, “Is Alcohol a Truth Serum?” It centered around a controversy at the time where someone made anti-Semitic remarks during a drunken tirade. Though the article did seem to draw a line between alcoholic behavior and social drinking the punch line still […]

One life to live, and doing my best to do more than one thing with it

People that know my background from the rigid plastic packaging industry sometimes shake their heads trying to figure things out when I tell them my ‘day job’ in now in the feature film industry. (For those plastics nerds reading this, ‘film’ is not referring to flexible packaging — no, it means […]

Bulletproof Coffee: Simple vs Complicated, and Easy vs Hard

I was listening to a Derek Sivers Q&A on the Tim Ferriss podcast and he talked about the interesting concept to which this story is entitled.

Look at running.

If you talk with people who hate running, you’ll hear them say, “Ugh. First you have to get your running clothes, and […]