Apr 29, 2019
In December 2000, I was on a plane with my family about to fly from New York to San Francisco. I had a thriving business on the East Coast, but we had no family there, so we moved to the West Coast to live with my in-laws until we found our home.
Of course, after leaving my business behind, I had to figure out something...
Apr 22, 2019
I want to share a story (that may or may not be true) about one of my favorite people in investing. Warren Buffett was playing golf with three other billionaires. Just before he struck the golf ball, the other billionaires wanted to make a bet that he wouldn’t hit a hole in one. Based on the odds, he would have won...
Apr 15, 2019
Once there was a pastor in the American South who delivered a great sermon. Afterward, his congregation congratulated him on how great it was. The next week, he delivered the exact same sermon again. He did the exact same thing the following few weeks. Finally, one of the trustees of the church pointed out to the pastor...
Apr 8, 2019
The father of modern networking grew up in Covina, California. Despite his ordinary beginnings, Ivan Misner is the founder of the world’s largest business networking organization, BNI. When Ivan started his consultancy business, he was looking for referrals not for himself, but for his colleagues. This was the seed...
Apr 1, 2019
Zig Ziglar used to tell a story about three men cutting stone a few hundred years ago. A passerby asked the first stonecutter, “What are you doing?” The first man responded, “I’m cutting stone.”
The passerby asked the second man the same question. This time, the response was, “I’m earning a living.”