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“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” Author Unknown. As a young Representative it was beaten into my head: to do the things that others can’t, you have to do the things that others won’t. And…

Today, I closed my Fraternity forever. I took down the Charter, that was hung up ninety years ago with the names of the young men that chose to forge their own destiny and build something new. That took risks and built something. …

Sharks need to swim to survive. The forwards motion pushes the water across their gills, which take the life preserving oxygen for their metabolic processes. If they stop, they will die. Be a shark. Don’t sit and wait for…

That meeting didn't keep? Good. Get on the phone and set three more meetings. That client decided to not work with you? Good. Analyze why and improve your pitch. The markets are in turmoil? Good, a chance to show…

Do you want to follow Nietzsche's Road of Death and have comfort and ease, to live a life of quiet desperation that Thoreau discusses? Or will you work, and suffer, experience pain to taste glory? "Suffer now, and live the rest of your…