Author: aaronross383
the time lie
“not enough time” is rarely true as the reason people don’t do something. there is always more time for what is truly important. it’s not time that’s stopped me from posting here. but a lack of mental/emotional energy, enthusiasm and desire. there have been a lot of other priorities over the past 7 years since…
if you’re graduating
read this from Mark Manson: Screw Your Passion and read this from Gary Vaynerchuck: What To Do After You Graduate College
comfort is the enemy of success
comfort’s the enemy of growth. our thinking and life is driven by habits. a big change in your life requires a big change in your thinking (first), and then your doing. people and businesses love to sit around basically doing the same thing year after year, hoping for more…when in reality they’re afraid of going…
i’m jealous (“compare and despair”)
i’m feeling jealous. it happens in the technology world all the time, to everyone, since there’s always a new hot company, a new big fundraising round or exit, or a new big publicity stunt. it doesn’t happen to me as often as it used to when i was younger, but it happens. i doubt 99% of humans…
it’s all a paradox
need to make more money? you need to work harder to get that idea done. or maybe you need to stop working, so you can come up with a better idea. kids frustrated or fighting? you need to give them more structure and discipline. or maybe they’re just rebelling against the current structure and need…
late nights
the work never ends as a dad, and especially a dad-entrepreneur. it’s 10:30pm and i finished getting kids to bed, dog walked / etc around 10pm. then spent half an hour fiddling with email and responding to a couple of webinar comments. and i have to get up at 5:30am tomorrow to help everyone get ready for school… starting…
my incredible motivation to make a lot more money (bridges were burned)
having a family has been the #1 motivator to me to grow my business and income. there’s nothing like having bills to pay, and needing (wanting desperately) to get a bigger house, private schools, medical, food, etc bills paid to light a fire under my ass! in other words, when i was alone, i didn’t have…
small bites
i haven’t written on here for what seems a LONG TIME – mostly because i’m so focused on both my “predictablerevenue.com” and “dad-of-5-and-growing” and “husband of 1” jobs. i work my ass off all week, though only about 20-30 hours is at pr.com. so by the time i have free time, i’m rarely feeling like writing! so i…
advice on building a services/consulting company
i’ve had a bunch of friends reach out recently around doing more consulting, writing books to build a business, etc. and i have a business that’s on the way to being 7 figures, while working 25 hours a week (usually but not always – since specially lately i’ve had to work harder to keep up & for…
we have a new baby daughter! welcome baby darcy-
on july 1st, 12:03a in the morning (just after midnight), our new baby daughter, Darcy Elizabeth Antoinette Ross, was born (9lbs, 1oz)! thankfully it was an easy birth! (Pari – who was 10lbs 1oz, was a lot harder). darcy’s been home with us for a week, and she and mom are doing great. she’s…
my daughter aurora’s post about going to a conference with her dad (that’s me)
i mentioned before that i’ve begun taking my bigger kids on business trips (valentin to boston), and over on PredictableRevenue.com, i put up a new post that aurora put together (with my help laying it out) about ‘how to make a boring conference fun‘ for kids. pretty neat! check it out here, and here’s…
what do milkshakes have to do with life skills & selling? (+ news)
for quite awhile i feel like most of my PebbleStorm has been mostly about family & adoption, rather than prior years’ focus on ‘Unique Genius’. it’s funny how everything i do is all facets of the same gem: perhaps seemingly different on the outside, but all different reflections of the same thing, with my family influencing…
adopting again; next stop: 6 kids
in my last post here i said people who adopt have to be INSANE, and listed out why…and lo and behold, here we are now adopting another two kids, a 8 year old brother and 3 year old sister, from Ethiopia. buy a badass tshirt & help out my wife and daughter put together a funny tshirt idea to…
valentin comes with me to boston for Hubspot’s ‘inbound’ conference
i’ve started taking one of our big kids (my son valentin – 8 years old; my daughter aurora – 10 years old) on my business trips, when i speak at events or conferences. i want them to learn what real life is like by experiencing it hands-on when they can. plus it’s more fun for…
people who adopt have to be INSANE
have you or if you’re married, your spouse, ever thought about or wanted to adopt? but concerns or doubts stopped you / them… i mean, life’s already busy and expensive enough – who’d want to add MORE on top of that by adopting? it’d mean: * more work (and you’re already overwhelmed) * more unknowns /…
we’re adopting a 4-year old boy from china
it’s hard to believe how fast the last year has flown; but we’re about to fly to China to adopt and pick up our new son, Maverick Henry Lilei Lu Ross! we leave May 23rd for China, and will be back June 7… more to come 🙂 air
Interview By Galina Belyaeva of Freelancing Minority Women: “2 entrepreneurs in the house”
Galina Belyaeva recently interviewed us from Guangzhao, China (where she lives). Small world – we’re traveling there in a couple of weeks as part of our process to adopt our new 4-year old son Maverick! [Galina] Today I’m interviewing not one but 2 entrepreneurs who are even married. Aaron and Jessica Ross. Aaron is the author…
what if money was no object? (inspirational short video from Alan Watts)
i’d never heard of Alan Watts until i saw this, but this video was getting passed around – it’s short, sweet and he’s very eloquent. today when my buddy Randy Hamilton forwarded it over again, it reminded me i should share it here… [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siu6JYqOZ0g[/youtube]