Your mom told you in high school, “Billy down the street is bad news. I don’t want you hanging around with him.” My response to this one was “Ma, you don’t even know him.” My parents didn’t even want to hear me complaining when I had to explain cleaning desks in detention for clowning around with “Billy” in class. I guess our parents had some insight after all.
Reflecting back when I was 22, starting my first real business, I would make continuous progress only to be offset by my old routine of late nights drinking beers with my best buddies. Don’t get me wrong here, the friends I grew up with are amazing people who I will cherish our memories until the day I die. The challenge many of us face is that the typical conversation doesn’t change while you are changing. It sounds something like “My job sucks…I met this hottie at the bar last night…man the Cubs sucked yesterday…did you see American Idol?”
Jet ski’s, a tornado protruding from the sky, kids covering me in wet sand, barbecues and family fun. The 4th of July weekend lives up to it’s promises once again. We have made the near four hour family excursion to my families lake house countless times for many occasions. And history could not have repeated itself more perfect when my Dad said “we better hit the road early because we’re going to hit the holiday traffic.”
Do you ever feel like you have so much to do and you never get anything done? Often people approach me diagnosing their challenge being a lack of discipline. There are days in my life where I just want to go play in the park all day with my dog enjoying the summer sun! But by getting into a deeper conversation with them, I usually find out that they have no idea where they are going.
I always remember back to my idols every time I see a basketball game on t.v. My hoop dreams quickly faded away. I guess I wasn’t tall enough and I wasn’t fast enough and was just short of the 
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You may know that I am a avid reader. I make many book recommendations and love receiving them. In my personal opinion, self-education is a MUST for any successful entrepreneur. To sum this up, one of my favorite quotes reads “If we are not growing, we are dying.”
For those who have been sleeping under a rock, I’ll bring you up to speed. The 
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