Mise en place (French pronunciation: ​[mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a French culinary phrase which means "putting in place" or "everything in its place."Larousse Gastronomique My first jobs were working in the restaurant and hospitality industry. I started first with making subs to selling kettle corn at the local zoo. After having fun with the simple tasks I felt drawn … Continue reading Mise En Place

We have all heard the old saying "If you are on time your late" being used over and over again by our bosses at our job, our sports coaches, our mentors stressing the importance of physically being present and prepared to operate effectively at a specific time.  At work we need to be in uniform, … Continue reading Be ready before opportunity shows up

Over the last year I have been fighting to regain control over my life. Victim to waking up and reacting to my environment within the first 10 minutes. Leaning over grabbing my phone or for some checking your email. We are all victim to the ritual of waking up and reacting to the event which … Continue reading Regain your Personal Power in the First 10 Minutes of your Day. 

As a young individual mastering the lifelong skill of investing and using the financial markets as a means to develop wealth, and pass on a legacy of abundance to future generations there is a very popular trend that surrounds participating in active investing strategies of the market, that is fear. Now just with any other … Continue reading Preparation Mitigates Fear, Action Surpasses Fear.

Being someone driven and determine to grow and develop myself as an individual, partner, and business man I have learned to create win-win situations. I feel that social standards that have been adopted over the years that for there to be a winner there must also be a loser. This isn't always true as I … Continue reading Always Win

So I am headed out to the store to buy some groceries and essentials for the house and one of the items on my list was a new tube of toothpaste. As I head into the isle and looking to grab and go with a new tube in my hand I come to a screeching … Continue reading Limit your Options

My dad was an architect, he worked and helped design gorgeous homes and living spaces for other families and even our own. As a boy growing up, curious and excited to see what my dad was doing and learn all that I could about what he did I learned valuable lessons when it comes to … Continue reading Both Feet Firm on the Ground

"He is too young" "She is too old" Now I can only speak from personal experience of driving down the streets of my hometown and seeing children selling lemonade in the front of their houses. Then you have the teenagers starting to mow lawns for extra cash on the weekends. Those who have it in … Continue reading The “Hustle” Doesn’t Care How Old You Are!

I remember one day while I started learning how to drive my dad’s car I turned on the radio and there was a CD in the car which started to play, and I hear a pounding voice start to speak deeply and intensely. He was talking about releasing the power from within and there was … Continue reading Origins

July 12th 2012 was a day that I tried long and hard to attempt and erase from my memory. I truly wished the day could be non-existent, simply a blank gap in my memory. Yet as much as I wish it were true I know that is not the reality in which we live.  On … Continue reading How I became the man I looked up to.

Benjamin Franklin once said "A man (or woman) convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still." This is a statement I feel very personally attached to growing up. Prior to have ever heard the quote I knew deep down inside this idea to be true. My parents would continuously attempt to convince me … Continue reading When rubber versus steel, resilience always win!

From the moment we wake up, we have that little voice talking in our heads. We say more to ourselves than we do to other people.  These conversations we have with ourselves can either empower us or cripple us. It took me many years to understand this concept. I've spent more years of my life … Continue reading Talking to myself

"Being Humble" I initially had a problem with this concept for a large portion of my life. I grew up with an extraordinary sense of confidence to the point where other peers saw me to be cocky and arrogant believing to know everything in the world. I would continuously shut other people up with the … Continue reading “Sit Down, Be Humble”

I used to beat myself up when I would not "win".  Growing up I played guitar and I only had a teacher for the first 6 months. After that I just resorted to Youtube videos and online tutorials to be able to learn from there. Consistently I had trouble with the tempo or mastering the … Continue reading When I Fail, I learn