A year ago today I was upset over not being able to run in New York City Marathon after training for months. A year ago today I was annoyed to be out of power in my home. But those annoyances paled in comparison to what...
Thanks to the internet and social media, this is perhaps the easiest time in history to become an entrepreneur. And yet, with so much competition and so little barrier to entry, it's perhaps at once the toughest time to become a successful entrepreneur. In order...
"Our intention creates our reality." — Wayne DyerFifteen lousy dollars.That's how much I earned my first night at my first job selling Crunch ’n Munch in the fall of 1996. A 19-year-old college student at Boston University, I was a huge baseball fan, so I...
“But Daddy,” my 10-year-old daughter Charlotte said to me. “Wal-Mart, Target and Amazon give you better deals! Shouldn’t we shop there for holiday presents?”My daughter and I were discussing where to go to get holiday presents this year, and she had definitely made a good...
This post is part of a series in which Influencers describe the books that changed them.Follow the channel to see the full list. .I'll never forget the hot summer night sixteen years ago when I sold Adam a life insurance policy. A 21-year old recent college...
Last week, I met a time vampire. It began innocently enough. An old friend emailed me, asking if he could introduce me to a friend of his whom he thought could benefit me. He saw the potential for an interesting partnership, so I chose to...