24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week. Junior investment bankers regularly work 80-90 hours a week. Many other high profile professions require the same level of commitment. Often those on the outside claim that working 80-90 hours a week is bad/wrong/terrible/silly/etc but we’ve spoken with so many folks who say working that much has been the best decision of their life – it allowed them to develop a deep and strong skill set far faster than would have been possible otherwise. In other words, by working 2x the hours, they were able to generate 5x or more the rewards. And depending on where you are in your career, investing heavily in your skills and competence can pay dividends for a long time.

Ashley Lewis | Realtor + DogMomofAZ

The most important factor behind my business and brand is being authentic. Keeping it real for my clients and followers has been the most rewarding part of my business. At the end of the day, do you want to feel comfortable with someone and their opinions? Or do you want someone who is constantly putting on an act where you can’t tell the difference between real and fake? I think I’ll continue working the way I work and tell everyone like it is. Read more>>

Ruby Doll | Radical Self Love Enthusiast

The success of the brand is the magic that is created in each conversation. Safe spaces. Free of judgment. Our guests are invited to share their perspectives on the subject matter of Motherhood, S*x, and Marijuana. Read more>>

Jacob Krum | Business Builder and Home Services Entrepreneur

It’s all about the people – The most important factor to my success is the folks I work with and the team that we’ve built. Being an entrepreneur is tough stuff and without people that you can rely on and a team you can trust you’d be hard pressed to make it very far in this game. I’ve made many mistakes when selecting business partners and also when hiring people in the past. From that I’ve obsessed over how to best mitigate bad hires and bad business partners from poisoning the organizations that I’ve built and that I’m apart of. The best frame work I’ve found when determining if someone is a good fit for me is something that I took from Patrick Lencioni’s book The Ideal Team Player. In it Lencioni talks about there being 3 main criteria to determine whether someone is a good fit for your organization or not. Read more>>