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I’ve been an employer. And I’ve been an employee. And I’ve been on the board of a staffing agency and advised dozens of other companies on hires. I’ve seen every salary negotiation possible. 99.9% of hires make mistakes in the salary negotiations. That’s perfectly fine. They have a bigger vision for their careers and they […]

I’ve written 18 books. I’ve started 20 businesses. I’ve failed at about 17 of them but some have done OK. I’ve helped raise two beautiful kids. I have a podcast that I love doing. Sometimes I’m really lazy. Sometimes I do nothing. I go play arcade games or watch TV or sit in a store […]

I haven’t watched the news in about six years. But when Trump met Obama I really wanted to see what would happen. Here’s what I imagined would happen: I imagined that when they first met they would have a conversation that would go something like this… Donald: Listen, we’ve never met before and there’s a […]

Part One – The Richest Man In The World Several years ago I was with a group of people and they told me a story about a secretive guy who was maybe the richest man in the world. Many decades ago, when various South American countries were going bankrupt, he went to each country and […]

Before I tell you why should ABSOLUTELY do a podcast, you should first know: DO NOT do a podcast. Ryan Holiday wrote an excellent post in Thought Catalog, “Why you shouldn’t do a podcast.” He was dead on. There’s 400,000 podcasts. The world doesn’t need another interview podcast. Don’t do a podcast if you have […]

It doesn’t matter who is President: If I’m sick in bed. So stay healthy. If I’m around toxic people who bring me down. So be around people you love and who love you. Avoid the toxicity so you can be the light people turn to. If I don’t write down ten ideas a day. I […]

When I was 13 we had a class on square dancing and for the first time in my life I had to touch girls. As we spun from partner to partner I heard each girl say to whoever was unlucky enough to dance with me, “You don’t have to touch him. Just hold your hand […]