Hard Work

Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life – Daymond John and Daniel Paisner (Currency)

Shark Tank investor and FUBU founder Daymond John, along with co-author Daniel Paisner, is out with his latest book, Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life, in which they interview a diverse mix of successful entrepreneurs and celebrities to get their take on how they scratch out success.

Call it grit, determination, hustle or just plain old fashioned hard work it is the level of determination that you bring to business that is more often than not the determining factor when it comes to success or failure. It reminds me of one of my favorite business quotes that goes something like; “an entrepreneur is someone who will give up a 40 hour a week job to work an 80 hour a week one.”

As I worked my way through Rise and Grind, I found that it was the parts of the book where John detailed his hard work and grind to make FUBU into an $6 billion in sales, empire that were the most interesting and beneficial. With chapter heads like, Embrace the Grind, Grind All Night, and All Rise, you pretty much get what you expect.

The parts I had the most difficulty gravitating to, were the “celebrity” bits with Catherine Zeta Jones, Wendy Williams and Carlos Santana, which came off as either spiritual mumbo jumbo or generally not helpful to the average stiff looking to grind their way to success. While I like the concept, I think you will get more out of Tim Ferris’s Tools for Titans or Tribe of Mentors which run in a similar vein and are easy to pick and choose the content that best suits your needs.