Early Career Advice

Advice for those in their 20s: “ten years from now, you need to be able to say that this is the life you chose, not one you settled for.” A future that is created intentionally is more pleasant than one that is scrapped together by avoidance-driven choices.

Entrepreneurship, especially as a party of one, is challenging. Staying eagerly engaged and on the pulse of what’s happening in your industry, surrounding yourself with the right people, and taking consistent, focused action are clear and direct paths to success.

When you select a profession, you are choosing the scenes that will compose your life. You should think pretty hard about those scenes. If you start a plumbing company with more than one employee, you will be telling plumbers what to do. You’d better enjoy hanging out with plumbers, and telling them what to do. And when you ask yourself whether you... See more

Across the board, my advice is that it's a numbers game. Putting in the work to have a wide variety of conversations will almost always lead to success , but people just don't really want to do that. The rough numbers that I throw out are: if you want to get [1] good opportunity (job, customer, etc.), you need to have [100] conversations with relev... See more