Tag Archive for: success

Teddy Roosevelt’s Greatest Quote; Happy New Year Too

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B/c we are all essentially in “sales” one way or another, I am always inspired by exceptionally effective salespeople. However, many of us forget that the most effective salespeople in […]Read More

10 “Hunter Tips” To Jumpstart Every Career

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This blog is not about hunting, just to be clear. It is about a very successful friend of ours (named Hunter) who is also a fierce competitor in our Bay […]Read More

Whoever Has The Most Friends Wins; A Reminder That Hard Work Alone Doesn’t Cut It

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NYU Professor, Scott Galloway, who I quote often b/c of his exceptional success in business, tweeted this: “People think of it as strong alpha males who deserve to win. That’s […]Read More

How Hard Should You Work to Succeed?

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A few years ago, we hired some extremely talented people from Silicon Valley who informed me after they started that people from Silicon Valley “usually don’t work that hard,” and […]Read More

Ego, Hubris, Hot Markets, & WAMU’s Collapse

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I don’t share this often but I used to play in a summertime three-on-three basketball league with Steph Curry and LeBron James (they were my teammates). We not only went […]Read More

Four Habits That Guarantee Success; Hire People With Habits Ingrained

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Dan Sullivan is our favorite business coach and podcaster b/c of his straight forward advice and hugely successful track record. We’ve been implementing his ideas for years and we highly […]Read More

Success = Experimentation

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“Today’s most successful companies, the ones that are “crushing it,” started as a series of crazy ideas, followed by experiments to test just how viable those ideas might be.” The […]Read More

Sean’s Last Day; A Life Already Well-Lived; Why Sean’s So Successful?

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As most people know, this is Sean Yates’ last day at JVM, as he is leaving for law school at UC Davis on Monday. Sean will be sorely missed for […]Read More