Over the last 34 years, Tom has established himself as a respected leader in the financial industry through his commitment to building other leaders. Tom truly represents what it means to "pour into" the people around him through speaking engagements, webinars, podcasts and one-on-one relationships.
Tom has inspired thousands of people to get out of their own way and make their dreams a reality. Sit through one conversation with him talking about his journey to success and outlook for the future of the financial industry and you'll understand what makes him so magnetic to thousands of people around the world.
“True leaders don’t create followers. They create more leaders.”
START WITH WILD DREAMS
Since the beginning of history, the world’s most important achievements have started with a dream. In most instances the naysayers will line up to tell you it can’t be done. But dreams fuel passion, and passion plus perseverance equal success. Shortly after Orville Wright flew his historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, a North Carolina reporter asked if everything was the way he thought it would be. He said, “Actually, I preferred the dreaming of flying to doing it. I would lie in my bed at night and imagine the wind passing by, the view from above like a bird, and the exhilaration of it all.” As a leader, you must know and teach the power of dreams, for “nothing happens but first a dream,” as Carl Sandburg said. Every member of a team must see and truly dream as vividly as you do.
“If they had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses...”
