Credits to: Evan Carmichael Youtube Channel

1. Practice success before you are successful

After service in the US Army, he received a BS in Business Administration from California State University in 1971.

2. Follow what you're passionate about

Upon leaving college, he worked in real estate, and then joined Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis and subsequently Bear Stearns.

3. Surround yourself with great people

In 1982, he founded Great Western Resources Inc., a Houston-based natural resource company.

4. Perfection equals paralysis

He was ousted by the company's board of directors, which he later sued and won $4.3 million.

5. Focus on the few, not the many

He's founder and Chairman of The Guthrie Group, an investment consortium, incorporated on the Channel Islands.

6. #Believe passionately

He also has his own series of podcasts called The Quantum Leap Advantage.

7. What gets measured gets accomplished

He continued to share his knowledge by publishing Dan Pena’s $50 Billion QLA free