LESSON: Fear and complacency cripple great careers and great lives. Slap yourself tomorrow and force yourself to think 10x bigger. Reach for the stars, and if you fall a little short, you’ll capture the moon. Set your alarm earlier tomorrow! Years ago, when our seven investment firms were thriving, we always held our annual corporate retreats in Nags Head, North Carolina at my beach house and rented three more for the entire firm to spend the weekend. As always, we did the ra

LESSON: U.S. public education is a disaster, by design, and unless we blow it up and start over, the government, economy, and prosperity of citizens cannot be possible forward. The below contains excerpts from the 25-lesson academic program, Building Special Companies , Jeff Martinovich, 2019. According to the 2024 NAEP “Nation’s Report Card,” 12th graders posted the lowest reading results in more than three decades, with over 30% unable to demonstrate basic proficiency and n

LESSON: I turned 60 today and cannot believe it. So many times, I honestly thought there was no chance I would make it this far. Please use every cliché possible to keep yourself going through the incredible challenges this life will give us all. The rewards are off the charts! The below stories are excerpts from WHEN NOT IF: A CEO’s Guide to Overcoming Adversity, Forbes Books, Amazon #1 Bestseller . Today is my 60th birthday on the day of the 60th Super Bowl – is there stil

LESSON: The U.S. must return to a gold or silver standard to stop the printing of $38 Trillion in debt, re-strengthen the dollar as a global reserve, and stop the Federal Reserve’s corruption killing our country. The U.S. Dollar has lost over 96% of its value since the Federal Reserve took over the dollar in 1913. Read The Creature from Jekyll Island about the secret bankers’ meeting on your next vacation. You may have heard, "Let us control the money of a nation, and we car

LESSON: Remember that economic success is still punished by the U.S. government, even when U.S. Citizens have not broken any law. Prosecutors and judges still have unchecked overzealous control to destroy, fine, and imprison. Andrew Left is an individual U.S. Citizen who bought stock in public companies and sometimes before and sometimes after expressed his opinions about the companies online. He gave his honest opinions and has never been accused of printing dishonest inform

LESSON: Keep your mouth shut and lead purely by example. Outwork, outproduce, and out-kindness the entire organization and you will be shocked by your firm’s performance. The lesson below is an excerpt from my 25-lesson course, Building Special Companies, FCI Beckley, 2019. No one wants to hear about how great you are and how much more work you produce than them, but the right A-Players-In-Training can quickly get inspired by the example of a leader who crushes it every day.