I pride myself in listening. When you have people paying attention to you, your biggest job is to listen what they want. Deliver what your community wants.

You need to spend all of your time and energy on creating something that actually brings value to the people you're asking for money!

It's important to build a personal brand because it's the only thing you're going to have. Your reputation online, and in the new business world is pretty much the game, so you've got to be a good person. You can't hide anything, and more importantly, you've got to be out there at some level.

The skill sets it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, a successful marketer, or a relevant celebrity is a different skill set than you needed ten years ago, even though that was the skill set that mattered for decades.

True success - financial, personal, and professional - lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency.

Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.

Stop crying... keep hustling.