Archive 1 of Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT)

Today I am going to share the letter I wish I had received before I became a CEO over 25 years ago. There is so much about accepting this position that we are not told or warned about in advance. When we accept the position of CEO, we commit to being different than everyone else so that we can contribute greater than everyone else.
It is a position that carries with it so much responsibility that most can't take it. For the few, the committed, the obsessed who can't imagine anything else, this is for you.

In my experience, successful entrepreneurs begin their career running away from something.

It is different for all of us, a challenging childhood, past traumas, being without money or food, not being accepted and feeling like an outcast.

Running away is an incredible motivator that can drive us to create extraordinary outcomes and build amazing lives.

Running away can drive us to create security, stability, wealth, and a feeling of safety and security.

Ironically, this transition from running away to the safety and security we feel like we have always wanted can be derailing.

When we lose the motivation of running away from something, we have to create motivation to run toward what we want.

Every Billionaire I have ever worked with has used the same simple strategy to create success. The path isn't secret because they don't talk about it, it is secret because we don't see it in plain sight. Billionaire's don't approach the world as the average person does, they require the world to support them, to create their outcomes and to achieve their goals. Not one of them is capable of creating the success they want to on their own. So they must have the world support them. But that isn't the only secret, they also insist on having one condition in their lives. Tune in to find out this one condition.

Over the last 20 years of working with entrepreneurs, it is shocking how often people tell them that there is something wrong with their children. I spoke with a friend of mine today whose son is three, he has been in school for less than a week, and they already had a meeting with his wife to let him know that he is "behind" academically.

How can a three-year-old be behind academically?!?

They told them that, in addition to not sitting still, he doesn't color inside of the lines. I told him to go to the school with a Picasso, a Degas, and a Matisse and ask them which one of the three colored within the lines? I wish I could say this is shocking, but I hear the stories all the time. Entrepreneurs are told there is something wrong with our kids. Children who can't sit still, think for themselves, ask questions, and want to change things are seen as academically challenged or disruptive. The problem isn't with children who are motivated to do more, be more and show who they are. The problem is with systems that have the stated goal of creating standardized human beings. Something needs to change, or entrepreneurial kids will continue to suffer.

Bio hacking has become mainstream, and it feels like everyone is doing it. The reality is that the bio hacking community is made up of people like us.

We are physiologically sensitive momentum based beings that are highly sensitive to constraint.

Most of the population has realized that by optimizing ourselves, we optimize our results and our momentum.

There is one bio-hack, one habit, that will improve everything else you do and help you optimize faster.

If you don't pay attention to this keystone habit, it doesn't matter what else you do; you will not optimize.

Obsession around routine is a trait that is shared by the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs in history. Sooner or later somewhere on our journey, we realize that success is important to us and we should make it a habit. One of the keystone habits of success is a morning routine, done correctly it will allow you to get more accomplished in the first hour of the day than many people accomplish all week. In this episode, I share the strategies behind morning routines for people like us and a detailed review of my scientifically supported routine that is taken me several decades to develop.

Individually self-made billionaires look fundamentally different. When we compare one against the other, it's hard to see what makes them similar, and easy to see what makes them eccentric and unique. Through obsessive research of successful people throughout history, I developed the 10 Habits of the Self Made Billionaire. I was able to confirm and get even closer to the results these patterns created in my professional career when I worked side-by-side with and consulted with individuals who went from somewhat humble beginnings to 10 figure wealth and massive contribution. The secret is, self-made billionaires are just like you and I, only with the habits that create success. The good news is, you can adopt these habits as well, and you don't have to be a billionaire.

Individually self-made billionaires look fundamentally different. When we compare one against the other, it's hard to see what makes them similar, and easy to see what makes them eccentric and unique. Through obsessive research of successful people throughout history, I developed the 10 Habits of the Self Made Billionaire. I was able to confirm and get even closer to the results these patterns created in my professional career when I worked side-by-side with and consulted with individuals who went from somewhat humble beginnings to 10 figure wealth and massive contribution. The secret is, self-made billionaires are just like you and I, only with the habits that create success. The good news is, you can adopt these habits as well, and you don't have to be a billionaire.

On a Saturday afternoon in Southern California I recorded a podcast with Daniel Gefen who was on the other side of the world in Israel. Even though we have never met before, in the hour we spent together we recognized we were brothers and we had more than we could ever imagine in common. During our podcast, Daniel explained to me how he felt complacent and was having trouble getting motivated to continue to grow his business and make more money. We pick up where I share with Daniel what motivates me even though I enjoy a very high level of financial security and success. What followed felt magical. I shared my true feelings with Daniel and everyone listening, and he shared an extraordinary story of his grandfather and the Holocaust and the realizations he had about being an Entrepreneurial Personality Type. This is a conversation I will never forget.

The entrepreneur getting out of a luxury or exotic car is a picture that has been taken so many times of successful people that it has become a cliché. I believe the reality is much different. We are physiologically sensitive, momentum based beings that are highly sensitive to constraints. When we turn the key to a car, it becomes an extension of our physiological capability that empowers us in a unique way that only the evolutionary hunter would understand. There is a reason why entrepreneurs love cars, both male, and female, and it may surprise you.