BiggerThinking Profiles: Gary Hassell

Home town: Littleton: CO

Your background before starting the business: Construction. I used to build Spec and Custom homes in the San Antonio, TX area

Favorite Food: Pizza is my weakness

Favorite Book: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. This book was instrumental in turning my life around.

Favorite hobby/sport: Snow skiing up in the mountains of Colorado

A Business Building tip: You get what you focus on in life. I found that it is easy to focus on the negative and to blame, and criticize people for my failures. The result was that my life contained more stress, anxiety, and negativity. I then changed my life toward an attitude of gratitude and positive expectancy. The result was that my dreams and goals became a reality. My challenges became my opportunities. Adopt this simple discipline and you see your life turn toward your goals and not away from them.

When you confront a challenges ask yourself these questions:

1. What is good about this situation?

2. What do I need to learn from this situation to make me succeed?

3. How can I make sure that this situation never happens again?