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Today a question about style turns into a deeper talk around why money should not be your driver in life and business. I’m not saying that money doesn’t matter, but that those who set out purely to make money often make far less than those who are driven by something greater. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

We filmed this episode of #AskJackD at the Entrepreneurs’ Harbour Cruise. There couldn’t be a better environment to take a question on how to leverage networking events. Thanks to everyone who came, it definitely was something special this year. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

When you are starting out you have to learn the basics, the fundamentals, the principles. You need to be hungry for knowledge. Once you have a grasp on that, your learning is done differently. You’ve taught yourself how to think and how to reimagine the future, so you get to a point where you need people to coach and guide you. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

Most of the world around you is made up of OPRs; other people's rules. Rules that they have constructed for themselves and probably for others, that they may even call fact or the truth. What I want people to realise today is that these rules don’t have to be your rules. If you’re not happy with your life, your work, your health, your education, you can change that. The fundamental premise that will enable you to take control of your life is first realising that you are in complete control and that you are creating yourself and the world around you every single day. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

In this episode I answer the greatest question that has ever been asked on #AskJackD to date… and I get ANGRY at anyone who has ever made an excuse for not following their dreams. Because I don’t buy into excuses, and you shouldn’t let yourself either because NOTHING is sadder than a dream left unfulfilled. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

This might shock you, but I don’t believe in work life balance. Why not? It positions work as the enemy, which it shouldn’t be. If you align what you do with what you love then work won’t be the enemy. It’s only when you’re not living on purpose, not pursuing your passion that work becomes “work”. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

The word ‘Hustle’ is getting thrown around a lot at the moment. People will tell you to ‘hustle harder’ if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. This isn’t always true. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle; the ‘busyness’ of running a business, that you forget to think bigger picture. You forget the vision behind the hustle. If you want to separate yourself, what you need to do is hustle smarter. Let vision guide your decisions. Have absolute clarity about where you want to be in 1 year from now, 3 years from now, and execute your ‘hustle’ accordingly. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

Breaking news: You don’t need a morning routine to be successful. A lot of people will tell you to wake up at a certain time, eat a bowl of granola, mediate and exercise because this is what successful people do. For some that might work, but for me it doesn’t. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

A high performance team means nobody should be comfortable with complacency. Entrepreneurship is fast and it’s challenging. The day I go in to The Entourage and say: “It’s ok to slow down”, is the day I would expect every person in my team to walk. This is how to manage and lead a high performance team… Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

In this episode, we discuss the difference between building a personal brand and a business brand. I discuss with you these three main things that I think are important when building up your brand. 1. Have an expertise and substance behind what you are taking to market. 2. Stand for something, when you have something to say, you’ll have the voice to say it. 3. Say it. Build your own audience and talk to them. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

I’m usually a pessimist when it comes to Australian politics. But I have an optimistic view of who Turnbull is and the potential changes I think we will see as Australian entrepreneurs in the months and years to come. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

Being a good communicator is fundamental to anyone who is wanting to have a successful life and a successful business. Here I share with you two fundamental principles that I believe makes someone a great communicator and allows you to be the very best version of yourself. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

Recorded live at the Sydney Unconvention, we discuss the struggles that younger entrepreneurs can find when trying to be taken seriously by older generations. As entrepreneur what’s important is to remember that we are walking an unbeaten path, there is no road map and the guide we need to follow is ourselves. Once you truly understand this, the opinions of others won't matter to you. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

I always talk about education, particularly in the context of entrepreneurship. In this episode I discuss where I think traditional education needs to lift its game and how traditional education is set up, not according to student completion rate or outcomes of learning, but is ranked based on the academic research that they conduct, and the research that they publish. This is a 4.4 trillion dollar industry globally, yet no one is looking at the product and at how to make teaching better. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

It’s easy to get sidetrack with your next ‘great idea’ while currently working on your latest ‘great idea’. The most important part of building a business isn’t about whether or not you have a great idea, but the execution of that idea. Business takes time and it can be slow, so we get familiar with the challenges within that industry and then look over to the other idea, thinking is seems like a faster track to success. The number one thing that you need to do when starting and building a business is FOCUS. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

When you start out in business you have less than the majority who are competing in the same industry as you in all areas. PR and media allows you to build your business up, for free. Therefore, it’s important to find innovative and cost effective ways to get noticed. However, a lot people get PR very wrong in the early stages. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

There is no silver bullet when it comes to testing your market before launching. There are several ways to test your market, and it’s recommended that you try all of them. Testing your market is fundamental, as you are allowing yourself to find new problems within that market, putting yourself in an informed position. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

Being an entrepreneur requires unbelievable passion for doing your life's best work. The primary pursuit cannot be about money, even though money is important. I discuss what the important things are for entrepreneurs to focus on when they are going into the early stages of business and what areas you need to spend your time and and money on. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa

A lot of people can relate to the fear of thinking you don’t know enough to start or run your own business. It’s similar to asking yourself ‘when are you qualified’ to pursue what you want? In this episode I answer a couple of your questions, including a discussion around what one of the greatest minds in history created when deemed ‘unqualified’. Find Jack: Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdelosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackdelosa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delosa