Get a Real Job

May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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For a majority of my life I have heard some variation of the phrase “get a real job” from the people around me once they heard that I was an entrepreneur and a musician. This little diddy comes in all different flavors, so don’t be surprised if you find it hiding behind the pseudonym of “you need something to fall back on” as well. It’s pretty much one in the same.

I always wear the fact that I don’t have a “real job” like everyone else around me as a badge of honor. The funny thing (funny meaning ironic) is that this, for a lack of a better term, fake job that I have is an awful lot of real work. In order to make a good living I have to be very well versed in all aspects of marketing. I have to be a good leader as well as a good follower. I have to teach some and learn from others. In any given day I am a salesman, speaker, programmer, teacher, designer, accountant, writer, account executive and support technician. I spend a lot of time traveling or sitting in a room by myself. I rarely have the luxury of being able to have a bad day. I miss a lot of holidays because I have to take care of my business. [Read more...]

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Newsflash: It’s All Your Fault!

March 21, 2012 By 3 Comments
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I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you can do anything you want to do, be anything you want to be and have anything you want to have. The bad news is that if you aren’t already doing it, being it or having it, it is 100% your fault. That’s right. I don’t mean to squash all of the excuses that help you sleep at night, but here are the facts. It’s not because you are too young, too old, too tall or too short. It’s not because of who you know or who you don’t know. It’s not because of where you live. It’s not your parents fault (even if they are nuts). It’s not even because you aren’t good enough. It is because of one of two reasons:

  1. You don’t really want it as much as you say you do
  2. You are too lazy to go and get it (see reason #1)

That’s right. It’s time to strap on your big boy (or girl) pants and start taking full responsibility for who you are and where you are in your life. If you do not have the success that you want and are not moving closer and closer to it every day, then you are not fully committed to the outcome. When I say commitment, I’m talking about willing to move heaven and earth to get it. Where hearing “no” just makes you want it more. Where you’ve pictured yourself doing it so many times that you start to believe that you’ve actually done it. That’s committment.
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Chasing George

March 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Like everybody else around here, I’ve made a lot of decisions throughout my life and although I would like to think that I made them all for the right reasons, you and I both know that’s probably not true. For example, I decided early on never to do drugs…that was a good one. I also decided when I was a kid to jump a curb on my bike into oncoming traffic…that one, not so much.

As an adult I have spent much of the last 10 years or so chasing George…Washington, that is. I made decisions based solely on dollars and cents (not sense). What was in the best interest of my wallet. When I made a dollar, I would want two. When I made two, four is all I would need. Once I got four, I needed eight to survive. And on and on and on. The problem with this game is there is never a clear winner. There is always more to be had so as long as your mindset is focused solely on the money, you will never be satisfied. [Read more...]

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