In this episode, I share my workstation setup. I get paid nothing from these companies, it's what I use. If you want to watch it: https://www.consulting.com/channel/my-workstation-setup-for-productivity
I'm back. Here's what I've been up to for the past 2-years.
Sacrificing things, and doing less, is not sexy. Sacrifice is tricky thing to get right, most entrepreneurs get it wrong. Rather watch it? https://www.consulting.com/channel/sacrifice-yield-and-asymmetric-returns
Here's a quick sneak-peek into the Consulting.com Quantum Mastermind event! Listen to Sam as he answers some burning questions. Note: We were using a throw mic and that has resulted in some inaudible questions (whoopsie). But Sam's audio is perfectly audible throughout the session. Happy listening. Rather watch it? Sure: https://www.consulting.com/channel/how-to-use-metrics
Scaling a business is an awesome topic, cleaning up the mess and paying back the debt from scaling is not. This is a tricky thing to balance. Most entrepreneurs get it wrong. If you don't grow fast, a competitor might overtake you —but— grow too fast and you'll make a mess and accumulate too much debt for the company to get out of. Finding the perfect balance between these two extremes is an art-form that lies at the core of an entrepreneur's ability. This podcast teaches you how to think about ...
3 Good books in 8 minutes. Need I say more. The books are: 1. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins — https://amzn.to/2LqVKZh 2. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston — https://amzn.to/2LtuQzS 3. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown — https://amzn.to/2NakjMa Full blog post here: https://www.consulting.com/channel/3-good-books-in-8-mins...
This is part two of the "Sleep To Win" mini-series, today we cover the software required to take your sleep to the next level. Rather want to watch it? Click here: https://youtu.be/zoUm_OP9R6A Didn't see part 1 about hardware?. No problem! Click here to watch it: https://youtu.be/FyYMtatUpTE Full blog post here: https://www.consulting.com/channel/sleep-to-win-part-two-software...
Want to be smarter? Happier? Less stressed, more intelligent, more creative, less anxious, more focused, rational, and calm? If you want these things — get some SLEEP! (seriously...). This video shows you how to hack your sleep for high performance. Full blog post here: https://www.consulting.com/channel/sleep-to-win-part-one-hardware
Do you get distracted by shiny objects? Always looking for something new to replace the thing that was new yesterday? (yes, you're crazy). At its core, shiny object syndrome (SOS) is a disease of distraction, and it affects entrepreneurs specifically because of the qualities that make them unique: High motivation, crave new technology, new developments, and no fear of starting new things. It's called shiny object syndrome because it's the entrepreneurial equivalent of a small child chasing after...
Are you indecisive? Struggle to make fast decisions? History of poor choices? Put things off? Resort to "other peoples thinking" or following the crowd? We are the sum of our choices. Where you are in life right now, your current situation, it's nobodies doing but your own. It's the sum total of every decision you've ever made. We are our choices. This podcast shows you how to free up time and energy to make better decisions, how to think critically about your decisions, as well as practical men...
Do you get confused? Trouble thinking clearly? Overwhelmed by complexity? Paralyzed by decisions? Emotions contradicting logic? The brain is humankind's greatest gift and a curse — it depends whether you control it, or it controls you. In the world of entrepreneurship and business, it's more about mastering your brain, not mastering the tactics of business. This podcast shows you how to get your thinking clean, and by doing so, win at life and business. Enjoy!
Do you procrastinate? Problems with consistency and discipline? And... Do you have a hard time actually wanting to do the work? This podcast explains WHY gravity is pulling against your will and how to fix it (with practical instructions). Give it a listen. Rather watch it and check out the resources mentioned in the podcast? --> https://www.consulting.com/channel/why-you-cant-do-the-work
You might have noticed I've been quiet recently... No weekly blog videos, no daily emails, no social posts, no live-stream Q&A's, no nothing... Just silence... For 90+ days... The question is: What have I been doing? Give this a listen.
Until you make the unknown known, it will dictate your life and you will call it "fate". We live in a world of complexity and chaos — you either drown in it, or you understand it. How do you understand the complexity and chaos? Through the use of mental models. Mental models are how we understand the world. Not only do they shape what we think and how we understand but they shape the connections and opportunities that we see. Mental models are how we simplify complexity, why we consider some thi...
What are the "ingredients" of success, Intelligence, and skill? What are the constituent parts? The source materials? Most people believe success, intelligence and skill are natural things you're either born with or without and there's nothing you can do to change it. They're wrong. Success, intelligence and skill, like everything else in the universe, has "ingredients". The same way a chemical compound is made up of elements, success is made up of a different breed of elements. There's always b...
Normal people believe in one true "right" and "wrong". Geniuses, billionaires, and scientific revolutionaries believe in "contradiction". Normal people see what everybody else is thinking/doing, and then they adopt that as their own belief of what to think/do. They never think for themselves, they never agitate the crowd, they blindly obey. This isn't a problem if you're ok with losing. But, if you want to win, you need to think differently. You need to learn how to transcend binary logic and pl...
What you see depends not only on WHAT you look at but also on WHERE you look from. This video shares how I use distance to think clearly + 7 important things I've been thinking about on my recent Salt Lake City vacation. These 7 things are recurring worries, thoughts, observations, and strategies that are currently on my mind. If you're an entrepreneur starting or growing a business, you'll probably find them interesting, and useful. From market inversion to the constituent parts of value, produ...
What problem are you solving? For who? With what solution? What makes your solution different? And most importantly: What would the perfect solution look like? These are the things you should be spending most of your time thinking about as an entrepreneur. NOT taking photos of your food, Gucci duffle bag, and shitty snakeskin loafers to get social media followers to think you're rich, and maybe buy your stuff. Right now the entrepreneur market is in a state of mass confusion. Why? I believe most...
Chances are your mind looks like this... It's full of "weeds", there probably is a plant somewhere in there, but you've mistaken the weeds for the plant itself. I talk to entrepreneurs every day, and a recurring pattern I see with all of them is that they've mistaken the distractions for the main thing. The weeds have taken over the garden of their minds. Today's podcast shows you how to identify the weeds and eliminate them -- so you can focus on the main thing.
I decided to become an entrepreneur when I was 20 years old, now I'm 30. I've made a lot of mistakes and learned important lessons. This video shares 9 things I wish I knew when I was getting started. If I knew these things back then, my journey would have been less painful and more productive. I would be much further ahead. My hope is that by sharing this content, others can learn from my mistakes and avoid the potholes that lie on the road ahead.
Communication KILLS businesses. It's a BAD thing! So are open-plan offices, meetings, managers, and big teams. Last year my company grew significantly, we hired 40 people, total headcount climbed to 48. We had more humans, we were paying more money in salaries, but productivity and throughput declined. How? How does hiring more people, paying more money in salaries, result in less stuff getting done? It baffled me. I've spent the past 6-months thinking about it, digging into the data and figurin...
The greatest skill I have is the skill of learning. Most people haven't learned how to learn. They learned a specific skill, language or subject, but they never learned how to learn. Learning how to learn is the most powerful thing you can know because you can learn anything and do anything once you have it. In today's podcast, I break down my process for learning new things and show you how you can take it and use it for yourself immediately.
Warren Buffett said: "I want to know where I'm going to die so that I never go there". The best way to improve your life and business is to avoid catastrophic errors. The major lesson is “ignorance removal” and the notion that decision-making is not about making a brilliant decision, but avoiding terrible ones. Most people try to improve through addition, when you've really mastered something, you'll learn that improvement comes from subtraction. MORE with LESS. As you plan your goals and new ye...
If you don't have a plan, you'll become a part of somebody else's plan. By failing to plan, you're planning to fail. Planning your life is extremely important. I mean, it's your life. It's limited. And you only get one of them. So you better make it count! With 2019 just around the corner, right now is the perfect time to plan. In this podcast, I share with you how to create the ultimate plan for your future. Both personally and in business. It also includes 4 tools you can use immediately and f...
Ever wondered why I behave abnormally compared to others? Ever wondered why I use things I tell you not to use? To most people, my behavior looks contradictory. Example: I'll use a YouTube video to tell you to stop watching YouTube videos. When people see this, it makes no sense to them. They think I'm dishonest, hypocritical or just plain weird. Is there a single intent or pattern behind my seemingly contradictory behavior? YES, there is. And once you understand what it is, everything will make...
Meditation has changed my life and made me a better businessman. It's also made me more money. How does that happen? Well, let's break it down... To be successful in business, you need self-discipline, clean thinking, and focus. The more self-discipline, clean thinking, and focus you have -- the more successful you'll be, and the money you'll make in business. The byproduct of meditation is increased self-discipline, clean thinking, and focus. Therefore, meditation makes you money! In this video...
The thing about money is time. The thing about time is that nobody knows how it works. The result? Frustrated people who don't have money or time. Time is the most powerful variable in any equation, yet it's the variable nobody understands and forgets to consider in their mental models, and daily decisions. In today's podcast, I take you on a journey to better understand time, how it works, how you can use it to make money, win at anything and live a better life. We discuss short-term thinking V...
Ask people who the best performing CEO in history was and they'll tell you "Jack Welch". What's interesting, is that Jack Welch was far from the best performing CEO. He's not even on the map! People tend to judge a CEO's performance based on their level of "fame" and "popularity". Not their numbers. Jack Welch was a charismatic, extraverted CEO who made a lot of public appearances and grew his fame. This is why people say his name because they remember him and he's the popular, socially acceptab...
In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Right now the online business market is in a state of delusion, fantasy and clinical-grade insanity. Everybody has gone mad! I've been quietly observing this and using it to my advantage for years, but today, I decided to share my observations with you. Today's podcast shares 9 inconvenient truths the market is too afraid to face. While this may be uncomfortable to hear, facing it will make you a better entrepreneur and it...
It's funny, people try to make the business so complicated. They get all worried about the latest software, the new podcaster microphone and making sure they get those hashtags just right on the gram -- but -- they completely forget about managing the most precious resource they have -- their time! Quantum Mastermind is my highest level of training. Most people in the group are making 7-figures, 4 people are making 8-figures. It's a talented group of people who are doing well. You'd think we get...
