Welcome to Family Before Fortune. I am so glad that you made it. I hope you find this platform engaging. I am so excited to “officially” begin this adventure. I have been a writer and speaker for the better part of the last 9 years. It is my goal to gather all my content here to one central hub.
We live at a time and in a world that has become increasingly distractive. The competition for our time and resources can feel overwhelming. Like you, I love my family and friends and want to give them full attention but with daily demands, it can be hard.
So, you ask, what topics am I passionate about? Good question.
1- Family First
3- Productivity
4- Balance
5- Adventitious (happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature)
As far back as memory serves I have loved motivation. My dad introduced me to Zig Ziglar cassette tapes at eight. Who doesn’t love “See You at The Top”? When I was twelve I saw an ad that Zig would be speaking in my home town. Dad made me a deal- he would go with me if I bought my own ticket. $185 at twelve, in the 80s was a fortune but I managed to scrape it together and found myself on the 3rd row- face to face with my mentor. I still have the workbook he walked us through. After the event I even got to shake his hand. The whole experience changed my life. I bought every Zig Ziglar cassette and book produced I could get my hands on.
At one point Zig suggested that to get the most out of any piece of content you have to read/listen to it 16 times- so I embarked on a challenge to listen to each of my cassettes 16 times each… in a row. I was feeding my mind with “the good, the clean, the powerful and the positive”. As a humorous aside, at 17 I read Zig’s “Courtship After Marriage”. You never know when that knowledge will come in handy.
Well…to this day I am still obsessed with the power of motivation. My virtual mentors have shifted from cassette and print to podcast and Kindle but the messages still resonate. I have spent so much time studying about motivation I am electrified to share.
I have tons of great ideas that are fighting for a voice. I want to hear from you. If you like what you see, leave a comment or forward to a friend. You can find me on Twitter @jakeacarlson or @familyb4fortune. If there is a topic you would like to discuss as we travel together let me know- this will never be a one-sided conversation.
Question: How about you, what is your favorite motivational speaker experience? Leave your comments below.