David Skinlo » Entourage http://www.davidskinlo.com Dedicated to the Spark of an Idea! Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:07:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Business Advice From An Unlikely Source http://www.davidskinlo.com/2009/09/18/business-advice-from-an-unlikely-source/ http://www.davidskinlo.com/2009/09/18/business-advice-from-an-unlikely-source/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:23:33 +0000 dskinlo http://www.davidskinlo.com/?p=57 There are few characters on TV which inspire such divided opinions as Ari Gold from HBO’s Entourage.  For me Entourage is one of my all time favorite TV shows, yes I know, the show is debase, full of all sorts of depravity, what can I say, I love the show.  For me the show is about friends, not just people you know but REAL true friends and all of the things that go along with being REAL friends, the good bad and the ugly.  One of my favorite relationships is between the lead character Vince and his close friend E.  Vince is the consummate optimist, always focused on the brighter side of any situation, E on the other hand is the polar opposite.  E can barely stay out of his own pessimistic way, the conflict is obvious between them, but they still maintain an almost brotherly love and relationship that few can compete with.  In someways, I feel like their relationship some how mirrors the internal conversations in my own life, this constant interplay between risk and reward, between pushing forward and given it all up.  In some form, Vince and E illustrate a very interesting example of moving our lives forward and how the interplay between why we should do something and the things that keep us from acting sometimes trip us up.

One person who never losses his sense of direction or is at a loss for words is Ari Gold.  Arie is Vince’s fast talking agent who is as aggressive and conceited as you imagine a human being can be.  That being said, Arie speaks his mind and is clear about his opinions and you get the sense that Arie lives in a very black and white world.  In other words, it is really Aries way or the proverbial Highway.  So when Turtle goes to Arie to ask for a loan, it seems clear that Arie will have an opinion, what is really surprising is how salient Aries points are.  As an entrepreneur, his comments hit home in a direct sense, and for all of you out there thinking to follow your passion and create your own business, this video is worth a listen!

And with that…If you still want to proceed good luck….

-DMS

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