I was born to sell, and apparently so was my six year old son Andrew. Andrew is playing baseball this year and to help pay for expenses the league asked him to sell a huge box of chocolate candy bars for a dollar each. My teenage son, Parker, was not so enthused about the sales task and immediately said it was stupid and he just wanted us to buy the candy bars because he didn’t want to talk to people he did ...

Love your life and success will follow. Success is becoming what you want to be. So, who do you want to be? I want to be a man of great faith. ...

A guy way smarter than me once said, “A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.” Laws of physics also apply to the power of human progress and development. I believe with certainty that each of us was born with skills and desires to be great and the outside forces that prevent us from progress can be conquered. Each of us was born to seek progress and we are only truly ha ...

There is nothing like 8 hours alone in a U-Haul to give me time to think. Carrying a load of furniture and a mind full of thoughts, the spotty cell phone coverage helped give me time to think about my goals and what drives me. Throughout my life, just like many other entrepreneurs, I have faced disappointment, distrust, lack of confidence and even some very big physical difficulties. I have had times when I ...

I love to people watch, it is educational and entertaining. One of the most fun dates I have ever had was with my wife when we sat in a downtown bench and simply watched the people coming and going. My wife would try guessing what their names would be and I would tell her what they did for a living. After about an hour of this nonsense with my wife, we had to quit because we had laughed so much we cried. ...

I just read a very interesting article on CNN’s Money website. Hedge Fund Manager, Bill Ackman, is making a big bet against Herbalife. How big, about a billion dollars. Whether Ackman is right or wrong is not my focus here, but what Ackman said about Herbalife can be said about most network marketing companies ...

On December 22, I took my family to see a Christmas display that was near a busy shopping center. My five kids range from two months to 13 years so we formed a mini chain of holding hands to keep the littler ones close as we attempted to navigate the Christmas horde. While riding an escalator I looked down at my little clan and then into my wife’s eyes and I had a moment of complete love and contentment. Fo ...

“There are two types of people in this world: Those who like Neil Diamond, and those who don’t.” Bob, Wiley from What About Bob To say that there are only two types of people in the world is as ridiculous as Bob’s statement, but for sake of simplicity let’s go with what Bob said and assume in life there are only two types of people. Instead of limiting it those who like Neil Diamond, let’s say that there ar ...

Much has been written about success. My book shelf is full authors professing to have the answers to achieving everything from fame to fortune. However, similar to defining wealth, I believe that the definition of success is personal and can change over time. For sake of simplicity, I personally define success as being in a state of peace ...

Dreaming big is romantic and glorious. Thinking big has made the poor rich and the rich richer. The magic of thinking big has started industries and created untold fortunes. It has also bankrupted the unprepared and ruined millions of gullible would-be entrepreneurs ...