In this episode, Ding Zheng, aka The Sales Rapper, shares his journey from a failed music career to successful tech sales and creating an album called “Rapping and Bootstrapping.” He shares how to connect hidden dots such as his lessons from sales and music to create a philosophy of combining entrepreneurship, sales, and music. Highlights: […]
It turns out, eating tons of spinach won’t turn you into Popeye the Sailor Man. But it might make you swear like a sailor man, instead. If you’ve never passed a stone, imagine you ate a piece of glass that slowly moves through your system, but decides to exit the front door instead of the […]
Everyone knows the saying, you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. But here’s WHY it’s so much more than that. A study from New England Journal of Medicine showed the spread of obesity through social networks. Data showed that if your friend becomes obese, then YOU are 45% more […]
The best coaches in the world agree on two things: New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says, “The most important thing is to have a good plan and then adjust the plan as the game goes on based on what’s happening.” So teams don’t show up having planned all the plays they’ll run in the […]
Jesse Itzler is the FIRST person I think of when I hear the word “success.” The clip below highlights part of his journey. From cleaning meat trucks, working side jobs, running marathons… “I emptied the tank. man. I poured my SOUL into everything I did. Not everything will work out. But when you empty the […]
Jack Raines turned $6k into $400K day trading when he was 23 years old. Two years later, he now writes one of the fastest growing (and hilarious) finance blogs at YoungMoney.co. And is blowing up on Twitter @Jack_Raines. I talked to Jack about his clever writing style and going viral online (recent tweet hit 30 […]
The majority of our lives we play the waiting game. When I was: 5 → I couldn’t wait to learn how to read10 → I couldn’t wait to hook up w/ girls15 → I couldn’t wait to drive a car18 → I couldn’t wait for college But this conditional waiting game can also be a […]
As humans, we suck at problem solving. We’re wired to avoid problems, not to solve them. It’s hard enough to identify the correct root problem… Let alone solve it. Trapped in our own perspective, we can’t read the label from inside the bottle. So we seek outside perspective. We hire coaches, business advisors, and therapists. […]
Dan Witmer is the CEO and co-founder of Jump Rope Dudes an internet media company helping millions of people with fitness via jump rope. In this conversation, Dan covers a TON of interesting topics: Leaving software job to start an internet media company Loosing 70 pounds jumping rope (and epic success stories) CARNAGE lifestyle aka […]
From college dropout to entrepreneur to tech engineer at a top software company… Aryo Shokohiazar is impressive! We discussed the highlights of his journey including: How to learn anything (self-taught Turkish Immigrant) How “permissionless” is the biggest life hack Working for a millionaire and a billionaire Listen anywhere you get your podcasts.👇 Oh yeah… please like/subscribe […]