You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. ~ Jim Rohn
Surrounding yourself with the right people, and joining peer groups like Strategic Coach, Genius Network, Vistage, or the Entrepreneurs' Organization is vital to your growth. They bring together brilliant minds and industry transformers together in forums focused on innovation, creative disruption, and possibility.
Peer groups help you set (and raise) standards. They help bring new capabilities, but also new possibilities, new found energies and a reconnection to your purpose, mission, and values.
If you're not ready for that commitment, listening to podcasts from those people that have done what you want to do and gone where you want to go is a great step towards reaching those same goals.
In that vein, I recently went to Alaska with some friends. While there, I got to be on Entrepreneur Weekly with some of my close friends from Genius Network.
The following podcast features me and these guys:
The entire episode is less than 39 minutes. My piece starts around the 11:30 mark and goes for about 5 minutes. I open with a pretty big claim ... Check it out!
Pursue Passionately
If you understand what you really want and if you focus on that, rather than what you don’t want or all the things that are wrong; as long as you’re moving in that direction, and you don’t give up, the result is inevitable. ~ Howard Getson
When I was a kid, I couldn't imagine being where I am today ... nor could I imagine the path that took me here.
Looking back, it all makes sense. I didn't always know where I was going ... but I was passionate about business, and I was driven towards a greater purpose. From selling painted sand terrariums at the farmer's market to building an artificial intelligence powered hedge fund there's a common thread and a driving force.
Don't be afraid to take the risks that may injure your present to make way for your future.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The advent of AI is going to be as dramatic for society as the invention of electricity. ~ Howard Getson
Artificial intelligence will solve problems and create opportunities on a scope and scale that is beyond our current comprehension.
I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time to build this company and capitalize on this opportunity. Realize, however, that I had to recognize the vision before there was an opportunity to capture.
Life is about making your future bigger than your past. There are plenty of opportunities out there if you know what you want.
Let me know what you are passionate about. I'd love to help.
Mr. Kim Jong Un, Give Up Those Nukes!
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met last week in Singapore. At the meeting, Donald shared a four-minute movie trailer called "A Story of Opportunity for North Korea"
I was a little surprised by the video clip that Trump brought with him. I don't normally think about diplomacy and videos. But, it is a new world.
It depicts a brighter future for North Korea in the event of a nuclear deal. It also presents a stark choice to Kim ... trade in your nuclear weapons for a peace deal with the U.S., or don't and you'll be decimated.
Was it me, or does the video seem strangely reminiscent of a pitch you might receive for a real estate deal or a timeshare?
It's worth a watch.
Was the intended audience Kim Jong Un, American voters, or the World?
Did it remind you of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev?
It will be interesting to see the results of the movie ... and this meeting.
What did you think?
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