
How to Build Social Capital: Connect and Entertain Your Networks
I’m telling you this story because THEY did something I couldn’t believe. Actually, it’s not that they did something. It’s that they didn’t do something. Back in 2011 I was honored to be named “40 Under 40” by the Denver Business Journal. This isn’t a humblebrag article. Just wait. When you win the award, the...

Learn Global Languages: Three Tongues to Lick Life
It’s common belief that mastering a foreign language gives you an advantage both in the workplace, as well as in life. For example, there’s greater empathy for other cultures and a ton of research showing language learning helps in academic achievement and cognitive abilities. Learning foreign languages has its merits and I double majored in...

The Grand Plan
A bit of context: For the past 10 years, I’ve owned a wealth management firm called LotusGroup Advisors, and at the end of 2015, I transitioned out of the day-to-day operations. I spent 2016 Q1) transitioning clients, Q2) vagabonding, Q3) starting with ‘why’, and Q4) building the ‘next’. Flow’s initial service offering is to help...

Building My Next
Now How? Once I figured out my ‘why’, I needed to figure out how. I decided to bank on the fact that of the 8 businesses I’ve started, 7 have been professional services. I was willing to bet that there was something I figured out around sales and marketing that frustrated other business owners. So...

Starting With Why
I’m not gonna front, when I watched Simon Sinek’s TED talk “Start with Why”, my immediate response was, “who’s actually DONE that?” The premise is that great companies start by answering “why” first: Why does your organization exist? Why do you get out of bed in the morning? And why should anyone care? These inspired...