To anyone who thinks they’re losing because they haven’t "made it" yet: You’re missing the point. This is a video I recorded 13 years ago in the dirt basement of my house at 4:30 AM before heading off to my 50-hour-a-week “paying job”. The truth is I doubted myself every step of the way building RMRS. I felt like a fraud. I didn’t have a degree in fashion. Who was I to teach others? I was so afraid to fail and show vulnerability. I was terrified of letting down my wife, and my kids, and losing our house. I had less than 100 subscribers on this new platform called YouTube, filming with an old barely usable camera, and I’d just gone through a bankruptcy. Fast forward to today…. I own multiple businesses that pay me more money in a month than I used to earn in a year. I have millions of subscribers and real friendships with other like-minded business owners. I work less than 40 hours a week and am getting better at actually taking vacations (it’s hard when you LOVE your work - I seriously look forward to Mondays!). Having said that….. you might assume that I’ve got it all figured out. You might think I have no problems whatsoever. That I’ve made it. And gents, if that’s what you think, you’d be wrong! The reality is I still have doubts. I still have problems. Multiple times a month I try new things and they FAIL. I lost 20K the other day with a bad hire! I wasted 50K last year on a project that never got up off the ground. Now granted, these are better problems than my old ones (worrying about losing my house as I stood in front of a bankruptcy judge in 2011 sucked!) My point here? Here’s what took me a long time to realize: I am a success. And my current “problems” do not define me. The fact that I didn’t give up, and took action towards my goals. The fact I had started on the path to success. Well, those actions - those steps - are what defined me. I was successful because daily I was choosing to take steps to be successful. Success isn’t a destination - It’s a mindset reinforced by our daily actions and thoughts.

On wrist today is the Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph, sharp and versatile for office hours. The pairing is Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif, smoother and deeper than the standard Bleu. Both my Bleu and my Prada are back in the lineup (not the lost ones, someone made out like a bandit there). Glad to have them back for days like this.