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I'm creature of habit.
Routines can be a rut.
Running is my meditation.
I am a big believer in PR.
Everyone likes to go to weddings.
I'm a New Yorker, man. I'm a Knicks fan.
I've run the U.S.A. Ultra Championships.
I want to live with a monk... and the Rolling Stones.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a good flier.
I like the concept of 'have your cake and eat it, too.'
My life is ready, fire, aim, and it is one of adventure.
If you want the most reward you have to take the most risk.
At a young age, I realized that getting letters is exciting.
Almost all of my business flights are commercial, not private.
I ran a 100-mile marathon, and I was powered by coconut water.
I have a crazy background in music, both as a performer and writer.
Time is the most precious resource there is - you have to protect it.
It's easy to let yourself down - it's tough to let other people down.
Do everyday things in a new way to get the brain thinking in new ways.
A lot people who hear that 'Go New York Go' assume that I must be black.
No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.
I love diving into the unknown. That's been my M.O. ever since I was a kid.
Everything ends; you just have to figure out a way to push to the finish line.
I'm an extremist. If I go to a sneaker store, I buy 20 pairs of sneakers, not one.
I don't look at anything in my life as achievements. I look at them as experiences.
I have always lived my life outside of the box. I find it to be way more fun there.
If I'm ordering power bars online, I'll order 480. Everything is times-10 in my life.
It's better to set a big goal to try and then fail than to never set a goal in the first place.
So many of us live our lives on autopilot. We wake up, go to work, have dinner, go to sleep... repeat.
Failure has never been a signal for me to quit; it's always been a sign for me to go down another path.
I realized that so much of our precious time is taken up by obligations that we don't even really need.
We don't aim high enough with our goals. We all have more in us, and we are all capable of aiming higher.
I was a kiddie pool attendant, and I was a white rapper. That's not going to get you a job on Wall Street.
In a bar, you never know what to expect. A place could be packed, but there might only be five girls there.
When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.
Running has become so therapeutic for me because I block out all thoughts or get really crystal clear business ideas.
I've found that eliminating not-so-important choices really frees up my mental capacity to think about the important ones.
To me, the thing is, through good or bad, if you're a Knicks fan, you're down with the Knicks, and that's the bottom line.
I got a lot of great life lessons from the entertainment industry. The first was being able to feel comfortable taking risks.
I was networking every day from 21 to 28 years old. I sent 10 letters a day, which means I reached out to 3,000 people in a year.
The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.
You have to learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable. You have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone and push your limits.
Anytime you take someone's money, that puts enormous pressure. But I think if you want the most reward, you have to take the most risk.
I continue to look for opportunities to learn on a daily basis. I try not to settle into a routine, and I attempt things that challenge me.
The concept of getting out of my routine, mixing it up, and pushing myself to live the grittiest life is something I try to incorporate every day.
I've run 350 days a year for 20-plus years, and never once have I listened to music. It's a time for me to think, listen to natural sounds, be outside.
The answer is that I do want to climb Everest, but I don't want to go to Everest. I don't want to be cold. I can't take the time. It's just not practical.
In the late 1990s, I was a guest on a private plane. By the time my partners and I got off the flight, we knew we had to figure out how to fly privately more often.
I take a freezing cold shower to start every day, and when I can't take it any more, I count 20 Mississippi's. Then I literally walk out of the shower and say, 'Let's go.'
As an entrepreneur, you are constantly playing in uncharted territory, and sometimes things don't work out. That doesn't mean you failed; it just means you may be off course.