I started my career as an engineer. Thirty years later, I had run three wealth businesses as CEO. Along the way came setbacks, a stay in a hospital ICU, and an injury that should have kept me off my feet - and many lessons I wish someone had shared with me at 22. Here they are.
Most careers I admire moved through three stages. You don’t have to rush any of them - but it helps to know which one you are in, and what the next one will ask of you.
Learn deeply, and keep learning long after the degree. Read widely, ask questions, find mentors.
Do the job so well that people trust you with more. Show up prepared, own the outcome, build your reputation.
Build something of your own - a business, a team, a second income - when you are ready.
Picture yourself 10, 20 and 30 years from now. Where your potential meets reality - and what to do about it today.
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“How’s the Josh?” - a simple formula for energy, drive and success at work.
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From running a bank branch in 2001 to the CEO’s chair - what the job description never tells you.
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Cracking interviews, and finding the best candidates - the 4E framework.
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My X-ray says I cannot walk - but I do. A story about refusing to accept limits.
Read more →Talks for colleges, B-schools and young professionals - on careers, goal-setting, money basics and resilience.
