Dave Mortensen

Chuck was in it because he liked to play basketball and he got a free, he could play anytime for free, right?

During that period of time, I actually got recruited by this chain of clubs he was already working at to go manage one of their clubs.

And Chuck and I met and shortly thereafter, about a year later, we started our consulting firm and the kind of story was written after that.

What makes Chuck and I work is that we will challenge each other every day.

Like there isn't a day.

Chuck has an idea.

It is my job to tell him that's a bad idea.

And if I have an idea, he's going to tell me it's a bad idea, not in the intention to break down my idea, but to strengthen it.

What Chuck and I have learned really early, we have zero egos on whose idea we're going to go with.

We'll typically pick the idea that the person that's probably most passionate about it and whatever that may be and has has can articulate what they're trying to accomplish with it.

Now, that isn't the secret.

The secret is once we choose an idea, no matter if it's Chuck's or it's mine.

Now, what is the role of the person?

So if it's Chuck's idea, what is my job?

And almost everyone, I won't put you on the spot because everyone says the same thing.

Support the idea.

And that's not the answer.

The answer is actually lead the idea to success.

So if it is Chuck's idea, then it's my job to go make it work.

In the essence, we both have to lead it to success because 80% to 90% of any great idea, it has nothing to do with the idea in itself.