Jonathan Courtney

Because it's positive vibes.

Because it's positive vibes.

Because it's positive vibes.

You've probably been given this advice or you've read it before that to succeed, you need to be surrounded by people. I've heard this before and I unfortunately took the wrong lesson from it.

You've probably been given this advice or you've read it before that to succeed, you need to be surrounded by people. I've heard this before and I unfortunately took the wrong lesson from it.

You've probably been given this advice or you've read it before that to succeed, you need to be surrounded by people. I've heard this before and I unfortunately took the wrong lesson from it.

When I was growing AJ and Smart in the beginning, one of my mentors was like, you need to be surrounded by people who will question everything, who are like the devil's advocates, who are like the yin to your yang. I was like, oh yeah, you're right. You gotta have those people around you.

When I was growing AJ and Smart in the beginning, one of my mentors was like, you need to be surrounded by people who will question everything, who are like the devil's advocates, who are like the yin to your yang. I was like, oh yeah, you're right. You gotta have those people around you.

When I was growing AJ and Smart in the beginning, one of my mentors was like, you need to be surrounded by people who will question everything, who are like the devil's advocates, who are like the yin to your yang. I was like, oh yeah, you're right. You gotta have those people around you.

And what I realized is that maybe you wanna have those types of people around you when you've already massively nailed it and you need to have, let's say you're running Facebook. You maybe need to have people around you who are like, oh, let's hold the brakes. Let's make sure this decision doesn't have like crazy consequences down the road.

And what I realized is that maybe you wanna have those types of people around you when you've already massively nailed it and you need to have, let's say you're running Facebook. You maybe need to have people around you who are like, oh, let's hold the brakes. Let's make sure this decision doesn't have like crazy consequences down the road.

And what I realized is that maybe you wanna have those types of people around you when you've already massively nailed it and you need to have, let's say you're running Facebook. You maybe need to have people around you who are like, oh, let's hold the brakes. Let's make sure this decision doesn't have like crazy consequences down the road.

But generally, you mostly don't want to be surrounded by people who are questioning everything and being the devil's advocates and telling you all the ways things can go wrong when your business is just starting out and you're still under 20 million. You want to be surrounded by people who are enthusiastic advocates and who are excited about what you're doing. And I think there was a time at A.J.

But generally, you mostly don't want to be surrounded by people who are questioning everything and being the devil's advocates and telling you all the ways things can go wrong when your business is just starting out and you're still under 20 million. You want to be surrounded by people who are enthusiastic advocates and who are excited about what you're doing. And I think there was a time at A.J.

But generally, you mostly don't want to be surrounded by people who are questioning everything and being the devil's advocates and telling you all the ways things can go wrong when your business is just starting out and you're still under 20 million. You want to be surrounded by people who are enthusiastic advocates and who are excited about what you're doing. And I think there was a time at A.J.

and Smart where I really...

and Smart where I really...

and Smart where I really...

brought a lot of people up to the top of the business who kind of opposed everything I did because I thought that that's what you're supposed to do and so it's like and in the end what happens is the founder or the person running the company just loses steam and gets less excited and the whole thing just kind of falls apart and so yeah I think as long as you're especially when you're like the company relies on your energy and you being excited and you being positive it's

brought a lot of people up to the top of the business who kind of opposed everything I did because I thought that that's what you're supposed to do and so it's like and in the end what happens is the founder or the person running the company just loses steam and gets less excited and the whole thing just kind of falls apart and so yeah I think as long as you're especially when you're like the company relies on your energy and you being excited and you being positive it's