Jim Knight

It was really working in restaurants and hotels and hospitality in general. And so, yeah, I do pull all three of those levers and I created, I think, my own sort of career path. But along the way, when I was working at Hard Rock, that's where I really started to get people inviting me to work So sort of do a mini orientation, if you will, a little training program and come do it for their company.

It was really working in restaurants and hotels and hospitality in general. And so, yeah, I do pull all three of those levers and I created, I think, my own sort of career path. But along the way, when I was working at Hard Rock, that's where I really started to get people inviting me to work So sort of do a mini orientation, if you will, a little training program and come do it for their company.

It was really working in restaurants and hotels and hospitality in general. And so, yeah, I do pull all three of those levers and I created, I think, my own sort of career path. But along the way, when I was working at Hard Rock, that's where I really started to get people inviting me to work So sort of do a mini orientation, if you will, a little training program and come do it for their company.

Started off in my backyard somewhere in Orlando. But then after that, you know, someone sitting in the audience, you know how it works out there. It's somebody sees you and then they invite you to come speak at their company. And then how much do you charge? And all of a sudden that's when the epiphany for me, the light bulb went off. And I thought, geez, I think I can make a career with this.

Started off in my backyard somewhere in Orlando. But then after that, you know, someone sitting in the audience, you know how it works out there. It's somebody sees you and then they invite you to come speak at their company. And then how much do you charge? And all of a sudden that's when the epiphany for me, the light bulb went off. And I thought, geez, I think I can make a career with this.

Started off in my backyard somewhere in Orlando. But then after that, you know, someone sitting in the audience, you know how it works out there. It's somebody sees you and then they invite you to come speak at their company. And then how much do you charge? And all of a sudden that's when the epiphany for me, the light bulb went off. And I thought, geez, I think I can make a career with this.

So it's funny because you do talk a lot about adversity when it comes to careers and other than the fact that I'm a pretty youthful looking guy, which is awesome now, but it was a pain growing up. And I'm a short guy. I'm a pretty short dude. So getting people to take you seriously, that's sort of the only real adversity that I had growing up for my career trajectory.

So it's funny because you do talk a lot about adversity when it comes to careers and other than the fact that I'm a pretty youthful looking guy, which is awesome now, but it was a pain growing up. And I'm a short guy. I'm a pretty short dude. So getting people to take you seriously, that's sort of the only real adversity that I had growing up for my career trajectory.

So it's funny because you do talk a lot about adversity when it comes to careers and other than the fact that I'm a pretty youthful looking guy, which is awesome now, but it was a pain growing up. And I'm a short guy. I'm a pretty short dude. So getting people to take you seriously, that's sort of the only real adversity that I had growing up for my career trajectory.

It's always been an awesome road, regardless that it was a long and winding road. It's exactly leading me to what I'm doing right now. In fact, I don't know that I'm going to do something else. What I'm doing right now is what I'm going to do the rest of my life.

It's always been an awesome road, regardless that it was a long and winding road. It's exactly leading me to what I'm doing right now. In fact, I don't know that I'm going to do something else. What I'm doing right now is what I'm going to do the rest of my life.

It's always been an awesome road, regardless that it was a long and winding road. It's exactly leading me to what I'm doing right now. In fact, I don't know that I'm going to do something else. What I'm doing right now is what I'm going to do the rest of my life.

That's right. And I talk about this quite a bit, either if I've got some time in a Q&A or certainly my book, I talk about these personal culture shifts. We know organizations go through stuff like this all the time. There's some type of an inflection point where right when the company, the organization starts to plateau, they got to figure out a way to sort of get that inflection point.

That's right. And I talk about this quite a bit, either if I've got some time in a Q&A or certainly my book, I talk about these personal culture shifts. We know organizations go through stuff like this all the time. There's some type of an inflection point where right when the company, the organization starts to plateau, they got to figure out a way to sort of get that inflection point.

That's right. And I talk about this quite a bit, either if I've got some time in a Q&A or certainly my book, I talk about these personal culture shifts. We know organizations go through stuff like this all the time. There's some type of an inflection point where right when the company, the organization starts to plateau, they got to figure out a way to sort of get that inflection point.

What's the next gate? What's the next thing? How can I get more revenue stream? How can we reinvent ourselves every seven, eight years, you know, in the marketing world, you're always told this, but I think humans go through this, I think at some point, my naturally followed a path, you know, I would, I would sort of do something for a while.

What's the next gate? What's the next thing? How can I get more revenue stream? How can we reinvent ourselves every seven, eight years, you know, in the marketing world, you're always told this, but I think humans go through this, I think at some point, my naturally followed a path, you know, I would, I would sort of do something for a while.

What's the next gate? What's the next thing? How can I get more revenue stream? How can we reinvent ourselves every seven, eight years, you know, in the marketing world, you're always told this, but I think humans go through this, I think at some point, my naturally followed a path, you know, I would, I would sort of do something for a while.

And then I'd figure out, this is either going to be something I can add to my quiver, and it's going to be a part of me, it's like Shrek says, you're right, it's layers, right? Or, I've got to completely go in a different direction. And it might be completely perpendicular to where I was going. So for me, I think it was just sort of a natural step. And again, I'm using all of this.

And then I'd figure out, this is either going to be something I can add to my quiver, and it's going to be a part of me, it's like Shrek says, you're right, it's layers, right? Or, I've got to completely go in a different direction. And it might be completely perpendicular to where I was going. So for me, I think it was just sort of a natural step. And again, I'm using all of this.