Okay, you might immediately say to yourself after reading the title of this post, “NO Way—SEAL training is waaaaay harder than starting a company!” Hear me out, because it’s true. Just to clarify, I’m not accounting for the physical abuse that is served up during SEAL...
Recently, I began coaching a remarkable entrepreneur named Robert (real name withheld). He graduated from a premier US university, and landed a successful fast-paced job in marketing, where he rose through the ranks so quickly that he was able to create his own...
One of Steve Martin’s great films is “The Jerk” – I grew up loving this movie. He stars as a budding entrepreneur who stumbles into success with an invention for eye glasses – The Opti-Grab – a dubious accessory designed with a handle that stops glasses from sliding...
In the movie Rambo, Sylvester Stallone plays a soldier named John Rambo who conducts a series of missions all by himself. The lone soldier acts so independently that today’s SEAL instructors often use the phrase “No Rambos” to define what a SEAL team is not about....
If there’s one thing you get accustomed to in the military, it is waiting. Senior officers and enlisted alike would joke about waiting for a plane, a ship, a meal – whatever it was – it was always time to “hurry up and wait.” I once spent over 33 days waiting to do...
As the Founder and CEO of Perfect Fitness, I led the company through growth of over 12,000% from 2007 to 2009, which resulted in Inc. Magazine recognizing it as the #1 fastest-growing consumer products company in America. I developed over 40 patents including the...
