A straw fedora with a black band. It sits on the middle shelf between my chalkboards.

I am a hat guy. Always have been. Maybe because I am going bald like my father did. Maybe because he often had something on his head to protect from the sun. Probably both.

Some things do not need a business lesson. ...

I do not play well. I play anyway. That is the point.

This guitar is more than 30 years old. I bought it for myself when I was 20. It was the first real gift I gave myself with my own money.

It sits next to my desk. Most days I pick it up at the end of the day. A few minutes. No audience. No purpose. ...

This shelf has three categories of books. Money. Relationships. Stillness.

Dave Ramsey taught me about debt and discipline. Never Eat Alone taught me that every relationship is a compounding asset. The Dhammapada taught me to sit still when everything in my business was screaming at me to react.

I did...

On the left: a framed poster that says CHALLENGES. A skier making their way through rough terrain. A bump in the road is either an obstacle to be fought or an opportunity to be enjoyed. It is all up to you.

On the right: a black card. Leap and the net will appear. A gift from Sylvia and Massimo.

I hav...

Four little LEGO figures on a shelf. A blonde. A guy with glasses. A kid in black. A girl in a California shirt.

My family built this. My kids picked the pieces. They put it together and handed it to me.

It sits at the top of my desk where I can see it every day. It is the first thing I notice when I ...

I built a sound booth inside my office. Acoustic foam on three sides. A Blue Yeti mic. A pop filter.

I am not a podcaster. I am not a YouTuber. But I have something to say.

This mic has been with me for years. I used it to record the French version of my online course. The English one is coming soon. ...

A cap. A logo. A stack of paper held together with a binder clip.

That stack is the manuscript of Built for Freedom. The actual pages I marked up by hand before it went to print. I keep it there. Not framed. Not polished. Just clipped together on a shelf next to the Entrepreneur Sherpa logo.

The Sherp...

There it is. Blue spine. Left side. Built for Freedom.

I wrote that book while my business grew 23%. That was not a coincidence. It was the proof.

For years I told myself I would write a book "when things calm down." Things never calm down. I realized the book was not separate from the business. The b...

Two more chalkboards. Left side of the desk this time.

The left one reads: Built for Freedom. Clarity. Focus. Freedom. Arrows pointing down like a sequence. Because it is one. You cannot get to freedom without focus. You cannot focus without clarity. That is the order. Skip a step and you end up busy...

Two small chalkboards sit at eye level on my shelf.

The left one says: Create before you consume. Protect your focus. Prioritize vitality. Push 1 thing forward that compounds.

The right one says: Today's 1% builds tomorrow's 10X. Do the ONE thing that compounds.

I wrote these by hand. I rewrite the...

You can read a founder’s priorities by looking at their workspace.

This is mine. I built it on purpose.

Every object on these shelves was chosen. The chalkboards. The books. The hat. The mic. The guitar. Nothing is decoration. Everything is a reminder.

I spent years building a business that could run w...