“You have to be your best advocate, because you are an individual contributor. Your inner voice has to be strong, it has to be present and it has to say nice things to you that you actually believe."

“Success is finding happiness, ideally through impact. If financial success comes along with that fantastic.”

Brian’s been a leading sales rep, manager, and director at three fast-paced, successful marketing tech startups, HubSpot, DataBox, and most recently joining SEMrush. He’s also the owner of a small sailing franchise called Sail Time Boston. In his free time, he loves playing hockey, he’s a big sailor, and I’ve even actually had a chance to snowboard with him out here in Colorado.

“Reflecting and learning from failures ultimately makes you way more successful.”

“The people who are open-minded and coachable/moldable are inevitably the most successful.”

"It's a powerful thing to remember the good times. It's so easy to get stuck in this negative spiral of thoughts that can make it a harder hill to climb back to get to that level of performance that you're trying for."

“The leaders that focus on skill development are the ones that have teams that win.”