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. They begin to...

The following is a 100% true story published as an interlude amongst 40 lessons for CEOs in my Amazon #1 Best Seller, When Not If: A CEO's Guide to Overcoming Adversity, Forbes Books. To round out our magical holiday season, I wanted to remind you once more of Joy Talley - truly an angel connected to the greatness of God and this mysterious Universe. The following is a 100% true story published as an interlude amongst 40 lessons for CEOs in my Amazon #1 Best Seller, When Not If: A CEO's Guide...

LESSON: The craziest things in life just might happen to you, tomorrow. Your life may instantly become a wild blockbuster movie. Be ready, be strong, and do anything to survive, if not thrive! Last week after replaying one of my hard to believe prison stories, I again received an outpouring response from so many kind people, with a number of followers asking for this story one more time before we all dive into World Domination Part Two 2026. The following is a 100% true story published as an...