The Unseen Billy Graham.
Upside down, spine facing the ground, tucked up under my arm, front-side facing my armpit.
It took some work, but I carried Billy Graham with me every day for two weeks, just like that. When we sat at the local coffee shop, I kept him face-down on the pallet-wood table. When we went through airport security, I did my best...
Basic Guide to Growing Money
My newest obsession has been learning about money. This is not something I learned growing up. Now that I’m 29 and have read several books on the subject, let me share with you the overall structure of how money is grown, in the most basic sense.
There are a few prerequisite to growing money. First, you need to have an...
How To Influence People
We all want to be cookie cutter good citizens that pay our tax’s, get married young, have two perfect kids, drive a perfect car, say the right thing at the right time, are able to make people laugh, and make lots of money so we can buy useless crap that we don’t need.
This dream is a joke and all...
Have a Dream? Here Are 5 Actionable Steps You Can Take to Make It a Reality
How many times have you watched that documentary on your favorite artist?
How many times have you listened to that inspirational podcast?
How many times have you watched that YouTube interview with the entrepreneur you idolize?
Dreams turn to reality every day.
Here’s how you can make yours real too:
1. Save Your Money
The first and most important part of turning your dream into reality is...
Why slow growth is good for business
“The way the failures die is they run out of money.”
It’s probably no surprise that these words were spoken by Paul Graham during an interview.
What is even more interesting is what Graham says next:
“If a place has really good food, it can be in an obscure location, charge a lot, and have really bad service, and it will still be popular.
If it...
My Thoughts On Money After Being Both Rich And Poor
I’ve been in financial situations where I couldn’t even afford a pizza.
I know what it’s like to have more money than you can spend. I know what it’s like to see your goals turn into cold hard cash.
Through these two extremes of poverty and wealth, I’ve learned a thing or two about money.
Your mind constructs money
Whether you feel rich...
Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups
Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it.
I was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C. Berkeley Boalt Law School and runs their entrepreneurship program. Our conversation led us to Scott Walker’s post Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers and why we both recommend that...
Unemployed At 25: How To Recover
At 25, life got real for me. I got served the sort of challenge that knocks you flat on your ass. It was yet another failed startup with my childhood buddy: my brother. I’d had enough, and I wanted to take back control. No longer could I live a life that wasn’t in line with my purpose.
I left all...
The rich get richer.
I anticipate that over the next decade we will see an already alarming gap between the rich and the poor in the United States increase to an unfathomable range.
In 1982, when Forbes first came out with its list of the nation’s 400 richest individuals, the average net worth of any one individual on that list was $230 million.
In 2016,...
How Education Can Change—And is Changing—The World: With Leanne Huebner
By Yitzi Weiner and Casmin Wisner
“Low-income communities bear the brunt of society’s toughest challenges. But these communities still need to educate their stars, and that’s were we come in. And our alumni give back…”
I had the pleasure of interviewing Leanne Huebner, Founder of Minds Matter, Leanne Huebner was recently named a 2017 L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree for her...
3 Insane Lies We Tell Ourselves About Our Need to Learn
Everyone wants to be a master. No one wants to be a student.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
Most people would love to be successful. They would love to be a master of some craft and enjoy the fruits of that success.
And most people do not understand what it takes...
A guide to Minimalist Web Design
First I admit that I am not a web designer, but a design lover, and what you are going to read are not my own thoughts, but the summary of the best things I have read about that topic.
Minimalism today refers to a certain style and applies in many fields: Art, architecture, literature, philosophy, law, as way of life…...
11 Ideas That Will Rewire Your Brain
The term rewiring your brain has become a psychological revolution in recent times. We now know that you can literally rewire your brain by choosing the thoughts that you allow in and standing guard at the door of your mind.
Thoughts stem from the ideas that you pick up in your day to day life. All it takes is one idea...
I Quit my Job …. Started my Startup and then Ruined my Life…
Corporate Job are Good…Startups are Better ….But Working For Yourself is the Best….
I was working for one of the top banking firms…
A banking life where you miss out on everything and everyone in life, except Excel spreadsheets…as I Say A life packed in a suitcase…..
A fancy business life we are taught to be ideal student of, at top business schools whose...
Facebook has a Big Tobacco Problem
Facebook’s problems are more than a temporary bad PR issue. Its behavior contributes to a growing negative view of the entire tech industry.
In 1996, it required the tremendous courage of one whistleblower to expose the wrongdoings of the Big Tobacco company, Brown & Williamson, which artificially maintained the public’s addiction to cigarettes. It also helped to have robust media...
Simply Changing My LinkedIn Bio Changed My Priorities: Try It For Yourself
I regularly give talks on social media and the importance of LinkedIn for professionals and entrepreneurs. A couple of months ago I decided to take some of my own medicine.
I’ve had the same LinkedIn bio for the last three years. I decided it was time to audit my profile. This task seemed routine until I took a birds-eye view...
