“It’s not about what you’re saying, it’s about how you listen.”

If you know exactly what you want to be, you need to spend as much time as possible with people who are actually that already.

What you do after you create your content is what truly counts.

It’s not how many followers you have, it’s how many care. It’s not width, it’s depth. It’s not how many impressions you get, it’s how much attention you get.

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling.

Hustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand.

I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn’t due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.

No relationships should be taken for granted. They are what life is all about, the whole point. How we cultivate our relationships is often the greatest determinant of the type of life we get to live.

Market like the year you are in.

True success – financial, personal, and professional – lies above all in loving your family, working hard, and living your passion. In telling your story. In authenticity, hustle, and patience. In caring fiercely about the big and the small stuff. In valuing legacy over currency.

The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative.

Someone with less passion and talent and poorer content can totally beat you if they’re willing to work longer and harder than you are. Hustle is it.

The best marketing strategy ever: CARE

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

Storytelling is by far the most underrated skill in business.

For business, our internet love affair was a gift from the gods.

Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.