The Do What Is Necessary Podcast

For the last 8 years, I’ve been living a (relatively) simple life. At times, the complexity of my life grows, and I renew my commitment to living simply.

Living a simple life is about paring back, so …

When someone takes a vacation at your company, (yourself included) it should feel like they don't work there anymore. You should be encouraging them to go completely dark.

Turn their computer off, del…

As we are two years removed from the Great Lockdown, I have recently found myself struggling to get back into a state of Flow.  I've had some recent life changes, like buying a new (100 year old) hou…

Entrepreneurship is challenging to say the least. Some days it's just downright exhausting. For many entrepreneurs there. There comes a last straw breaking point. Where the conditions are so stressfu…

When you work for yourself, though, getting stuck can be very harmful.

When it comes to GETTING UNSTUCK, as entrepreneurs who are in charge of our own work flow and processes, we must be especially r…

It feels nice to grab out the hammer and slam that sucker back into the ground as quickly as possible so you can get back to digging yourself out of email jail.

In business, problem resolution is sat…

In your daily life, you will experience the glow of shiny object syndrome today, tomorrow, or someday. You must first comprehend what it is, why it occurs, and how to deal with it.

When family or fri…

This issue is known as "time scarcity," and it is one of our society's most common pressures. 

So, what are our options? Unfortunately, there is no simple solution - but there are a few things I've di…

When you're feeling worried and overwhelmed by life's apparently never-ending rotation of duties and responsibilities, the last thing you want to do is do less. 

But, almost always, that's exactly wha…

The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seems to be deeply ingrained in our culture.

In the past, I’d set a goal or three for the year, and then sub-goals for each month. Then I’d figure out wha…

How often have you heard someone refer to their company as their baby? Maybe you've done that yourself. I've had that same feeling myself and I've had that same viewpoint in the past with past busine…

Become the entrepreneur you've always wanted to be! Put your money on yourself! 

Excuse my passion, but there are far too many wonderfully bright people who are content with their current situation, a…

Underdogs, by definition, finish second — a position no one likes to claim.  No one really wants to be in second place. But being the underdog is to me, I think it's a strategic advantage. And today …

For many years, I mistakenly assumed that because I'd spent the majority of my professional life building companies, conducting sales meetings, and speaking engagements, I was an extrovert. I didn't …

As a culture, we've come to believe that when building a business bigger is always better. More revenue, more employees, more followers, more square feet, more locations. Those are the metrics that i…

We've gotten sidetracked somewhere along the route. Perhaps we don't understand how much our daily rituals, favorite devices and apps, and where we focus our attention have an impact on us. As my com…

The hustle started as a beacon for me when I was 8 years old.  Coming from humble beginnings, hustling meant trying to outwork and outsmart those who had more than I did.  But now, hustle has become …

We've all been there: you set out to start a business out of passion, and it soon turns into growth at all costs. Work takes precedence over everything else in your life, causing everything else to g…

Let's be honest: building a company from nothing is incredibly hard. It has been for me. I started my entrepreneurial journey at age 8.  Yep, you read that right....8!  Since then, I've started, run …