Ayman on the power of coaching, some of the companies he coaches, and why he's so passionate about what he does: https://t.co/e09PP3Pcrt

The first Philz location used to be a bodega. Here’s a picture of the first coffee station and my dad (Phil) tucked in the corner of the bodega (you can see bottles of Rémy Martin on the right). The first several years of business weren’t pretty, but my dad and I obsessed over quality and every customer interaction. Eventually, we sold the liquor ... See more

Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it. Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you tried to make it work? At @l... See more

The single best thing I've read this year on how to improve a company. https://t.co/cUahYNEPQw

Surprising fact: To create something truly great you have to repeat a small number of powerful words over and over again

“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.” – Kurt Vonnegut

fast forward a year from now. your life is the best it's ever been, entirely as a result of your own choices. what choices did you make now and in the coming months that created that reality for you?

One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.