Journal

Anything Worth Doing…

Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing… This is my motto; the words I live by. The status quo will get you nowhere. Everyday I think about the fact that there...

Experience is golden

In The Brand Within I say, “The best ideas have all kinds of holes in them, but you don’t know there are holes until you spring a leak”. This means...

Public Confidence…

One of the most important things for a new business to consider is the general public’s confidence in your company as a worthwhile endeavor. You want to make the customer...

Adapt, But Never Abandon…

In my book, The Brand Within, I say “At FUBU, we’re not the same company we were when we just started out”. It’s true. FUBU isn’t even the same company...

Professional Ability…

When you want something, you go after it. You survey your goal and you assess your talents and you formulate a plan of action to use your specific skill-set to...

Two Steps Ahead…

Know the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors. As much talk as it’s getting, you know that Mad Men is on to something when it keeps racking up the Emmy...

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Consistently Recreate Your Image…

I want to talk for a minute about bucking the trends. About getting people out of their comfort zones and about reinventing yourself in an interesting and intriguing way, in...

One Red Paperclip…

I recently read a story about a man named Kyle MacDonald who, through a series of trades, bartered his way from a red paperclip to a become the owner of...

Nothing Motivates Like The Success Of Others…

The achievements of others can have two very different effects on a person. There is something about seeing a rival succeed that can make you go one of two ways:...

The Sum Of Its Parts…

A business is only as strong as the people that make up the organization. You have to be sure that those you choose hold responsibility and can handle the duties...

It’s About Who We Are

There are many examples of people who have been successfully branded in a way to become synonymous with their products, lifestyles or movements. People like Bruce Lee and Evel Kneival...

Know What To Change…

One of the most important skills that a businessperson can have is the ability to look at your work and realize what needs to be changed. A creator can not...

Inspiring Others…

Either you’re a manger or you’re managed. Either you give the orders or you take them. Which ever end of the spectrum you are on you know that there are...

Never Expect It To Be Easy

Success only comes before work in the dictionary. If you go in the world of business thinking that you’re going to be plucked out of your everyday way of life...