Jun 14, 2021How To Get Booked On TV And Not Screw It UpI was on TV again last weekend. It wasn’t anything major, just a local news hit. They are always fun to do, took about three minutes out of my day. …Puclic Speaking3 min readPuclic Speaking3 min read
Jun 14, 2021No Free Pass — Call Out The FlakesHappy Monday! Question for you: Ever had someone promise to do something for you by a certain time, only to flake? We all have. Want it to stop? Stop asking them again and again to do it, and instead, ask them WHY they didn’t do it. …Time Management2 min readTime Management2 min read
May 31, 2021Every Time You Explain Something- You’re Giving a Speech!I was talking to my scooter mechanic the other day. (What, you don’t have a scooter mechanic?) Seriously though, I brought my Hobbee scooter in for its 200 mile check up, and while the mechanic was going over it, we started talking, and he asked me what I did for…Public Speaking2 min readPublic Speaking2 min read
May 16, 2021The Elimination of ChoiceI was thinking the other day… You know what one of our biggest obstacles is in life? Choice. Choice has derailed more great plans than virtually anything else. Example: I want to write this article to you. Well, I have 14 different ideas about things I could say to you…Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Apr 13, 2021How to Wake Up Early To Improve Your LifeBy now, most of you know that I’m a super-early riser. Like, ridiculously early, around 3:30am. If you do some homework on the subject, you’ll find that many successful CEOs are, as well. It’s simply ingrained into us — If we want to be successful, we need to be working…Productivity8 min readProductivity8 min read
Mar 16, 2021Pick Peter Shankman’s BrainFact: If I don’t know you, and you ask to pick my brain, you can, for free, anytime you want to. Corollary: On my terms. Here’s my life mantra: I believe that if you’ve had any modicum of success, no matter how small, you have a responsibility to “send the…Productivity5 min readProductivity5 min read
Feb 24, 2021Apple broke my trust and my streakBilly Joel had it right. It’s truly a matter of trust. If you can’t trust a brand — a company — a person — nothing else they do will ever matter. Your job, above all else, is to make sure your company, your brand, heck, even you, are trusted by…Customer Service3 min readCustomer Service3 min read
Jan 3, 2019An Open Letter to “Successful” Entrepreneurs: Stop Teaching New Entrepreneurs How to Kill ThemselvesIf it’s a new year, one thing’s for sure in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: Right now, there are countless “successful” entrepreneurs writing articles, posting videos, and recording podcasts explaining how you too can have their same success, their same life, and their same wealth. …Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Jul 16, 2018Mandatory lessons communicators MUST learn from the series premiere of “Who is America?”From the beginning of my career at the AOL Newsroom, to running my own PR firm, to founding and building Help a Reporter Out, I’ve met tons of journalists from all over the world, and I’m honored to call many of them friends. However: There’s a massive difference between “being…Public Relations8 min readPublic Relations8 min read
Dec 26, 2017The Top 2018 Investment Vehicles for your F$cksMore than money, more than stocks, bonds, or even Litecoin, the most valuable investment you’ll ever make in 2018 will be the investment of your f$cks. …Alternative5 min readAlternative5 min read