Want to know one habit ultra-successful people have in common? They read. A lot. In fact, when Warren Buffett was asked about the key to his success, he pointed to a stack of books and said: “Read 500 pages like this every day. That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All ...

After failing twice in business I decided I needed help from a mentor. The first person I identified was named Larry and he lived 1500 miles away. After sitting on it for weeks, I finally hit send on the email asking him to meet. Within 30 minutes he replied and agreed with a recommendation for a ...

At 17, after I got out of jail and rehab (long story), I had to rebuild my group of friends. It was tough. I had to change high-school. Keep my distance from past influences. Build new relationships. At times I felt lonely but for me it truly was a matter of life & death.

I’m about to challenge you in a really BIG way, . There’s even a chance it’ll make you feel slightly uncomfortable… Maybe even have you reaching for the tiny X in the corner of your browser. But that’s perfectly alright… Cause as an entrepreneur committed to your growth and success, it’s a message ...

Decisions dictate outcomes. Let that one sink in for a sec, and then reflect back to the last major decision you made and how it impacted your life. Chances are, that for every major success you can point back to, you can link it to a corresponding decision that paved the path for that success to ...

Read & Grow Rich. It’s a motto I like to live by. And one that’s proven to be true when taking stock of just about every successful entrepreneur I’ve come to know in the last 20 years. But just like you can “read your way to success”, you also read your way out of a deep hole.

As entrepreneurs, we can get pretty damn obsessive about our growth and learning. Stacking our kindles with the hottest titles from the business bestseller list… … and secretly (or shamefully) looking forward to our next cross-atlantic flight where we’ll finally have a chance to catch up on all ...

I’m often asked how – in a 2 year period – we were able to: have 2 kids build two houses and move launch and grow our companies The truth is… very little sleep and hacking away at our approach to getting work done. I believe most people don’t mean to be lazy. They typically aren’t producing because ...

Is ADD/ADHD a Super Power? I believe that it is. I was diagnosed at 11 years old with ADD. For many years I was taking 40mg SR Ritalin, or Adderall. I still don’t understand how you can diagnose a child at that age. It honestly messed me up for many years because I believed there was something ...

In San Francisco, being an Entrepreneur puts you at the top of the food chain and failing is worn like a badge of honour – so most people can’t wait to jump into a pool full of startup Kool-Aid. Even the non-swimmers.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ~ Will Rogers The other day I was talking with my mom – who owns a delivery service – and she asked, “Dan, you know a bit about business, what can I do to grow?” (You may find this funny, but I’ve never ...