“At the center of all achievement is personal growth.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“My purpose on this planet is to live up to my potential, everything else just adds to the experience.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“Taking risks doesn’t seem so daunting when you have faith in yourself and trust that no matter what happens, you will figure out a solution.”
Isaac Mashman · Bold Journey, 2023
“The best bet is in yourself, the second best is in a cup of coffee.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“Feeling uncomfortable about a situation is oftentimes the indicator that growth is about to take place.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“It is possible to go from a nobody to somebody. Sure, it requires work and takes time, but the smallest of efforts will all eventually add up and compound.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Struggles give you the opportunity to grow and see what you are made of. When a problem arises you have two options, contract or expand.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“The first sentence will always be the hardest.”
Isaac Mashman · Book Goodies, 2024
“Success to me means to never settle, and always be looking to grow in every area of my life.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“Never take advice from somebody who doesn't have the experience in an area of life that you want to have for yourself.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The best investment you can make isn’t into cryptocurrencies or real estate. It’s into yourself first.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“My entire entrepreneurial journey can be defined by the pursuit of clarity.”
Isaac Mashman · Starter Story, 2024
“I’ve never heard of somebody who learned too much, although I have witnessed many who absorbed too little.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Confidence is only a symptom of action or a lack thereof.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Generational curses are actually blessings in disguise; the mistakes were already made for you, now all you have to do is apply the solutions.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“We as human beings, I believe, are meant to be creatures of continuous growth, that's survival. The more we grow, the better we can survive.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“If you are looking to develop your own ability to take risks, develop yourself first. The more trust and grounded confidence you have in yourself, the better.”
Isaac Mashman · Bold Journey, 2023
“Everyone tells you what you should be doing, but very, very few people actually tell you how you can get to that point, how you can actually do those things.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“It is normal to feel alone at the start of any journey. It’s the people who you meet along your travels that make the trip more interesting.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“I feel like the more you grow and the better you become as an individual, the more every other area of your life will evolve and get better as well.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“It is possible for a person to change, this change however must occur willingly, and should never be forced.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“If you let fear dictate your direction and your behavior, you’ll be too afraid to ever network with somebody and therefore never develop your charisma.”
Isaac Mashman · Bold Journey, 2023
“Just because you did it at one point doesn't mean you should continue doing that same exact thing.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Even the master plan has room for improvement.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“In order to be a leader in anything, you have to step out and become one.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I believe that we should always be students, we should always be learning, and we should always be trying to save as much time as possible. That's called cutting timeframes.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I have found my stubborn nature to be one of the very things to keep me going when any reasonable person gives up.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“There is as much to be learned from a man with little, as there is from a man with much.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“Curiosity causes you to question everything and ask things like ‘what if’ and ‘why not’.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“Withstanding hardships is a sort of sport. You can’t control how life plays, but you can control your defensive strategy.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“A lesson I have learned throughout my time in the business world is that entrepreneurship is about constant evolution.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“You also need to take credit when things don't go as planned.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“If you don’t close one sale, you evolve into a better salesperson.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“Minor inconveniences are just that, and nothing more.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“If we can agree that success doesn't happen overnight, then how does transformation happen overnight?”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“To compete with your reflection, is to have already won long term.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“The most challenging part of building my personal brand was also the most enjoyable. It was taking myself from a nobody, and developing myself into somebody of interest to the public.”
Isaac Mashman · Prowly, 2022
“If you have the awareness to know that you don’t know something, you, therefore, have the awareness to be able to seek out a solution.”
Isaac Mashman · Prowly, 2022
“Information alone doesn't have any power, it is when that information is applied, its power is expressed.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I don't listen to just anybody. I listen to people who have the results I want out of life.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“You should be the person setting the example, not looking to just bring everybody else with you.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Not being clear or perfect and still making progress is more beneficial than taking forever to come up with the best hypothetical plan.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Personal development is a lifelong commitment to excellence.”
Isaac Mashman · Goodreads
“As cliché as it may sound, the most growth that you could ever experience happens away from your comfort zone.”
Isaac Mashman · Disrupt Magazine, 2019
“Momentum is the precursor to rapid growth.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You might not know every single thing that you have to sacrifice when you first start on the journey.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“There is no highest degree with your personal brand.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Personal development is the way we cut time frames.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Your personal brand is like that pepper plant. You have to have a target in your mind of where you want to be and at times you may feel like it looks great, but simultaneously wonder, ‘Where is the fruit of my labor?”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“The first couple of flowers on the plant don’t always produce fruit, but with time, and continuous care, you will land that one placement, that one video, or that one podcast appearance that sets the tone for every single one after that.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“I think the difficult conversations are with yourself because you're compromising with yourself. You're trying to justify your lack of success by saying, oh, I was preparing for it.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Cockiness evolved into confidence.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Being impartial isn't about beating yourself up, it's about optimization.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You will not have all of this to start out with but the important thing is YOU WILL.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“Learn from the mistakes of others instead of taking the time to make them yourself.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“The simple solution to burnout is more execution.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Will is a sword in need of frequent sharpening.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I’m in the process of growing what was going to be the record label that would exalt me to Scooter Braun status. My artists were going to be my own Justin Biebers.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“The smartest people alive are open to criticism and they're open to new ideas and new discoveries.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I wasn’t sure how it would work out, but I knew it would, just like when I booked a one-way ticket to Paris.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“My difficulty has been with myself. So if your most difficult thing is you, imagine the possibilities if you overcome yourself.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Then, I realized a skill of mine I had unknowingly developed. Personal branding.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“Reverse engineer the things that work.”
Isaac Mashman · Starter Story, 2024
“Self-control and discipline are blessings and it takes time to build up those things.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I tell this story now because if it weren’t for the pandemic I would likely still be in the music industry, struggling in California.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“I pivoted, evolved, and screwed up enough times until I finally found something I could commit to and run with.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“What some would label as immature, or as outright idiotic, I view as opportunities to increase faith in myself, develop skills, and experience things nobody in my life ever chose to.”
Isaac Mashman · Shoutout LA, 2021
“Putting yourself in situations where it’s all or nothing causes an instinctual response of survival to arise.”
Isaac Mashman · Shoutout LA, 2021
“Learning to thrive in risk and in uncomfortable circumstances allows you to control your reactions in the future. When a problem arises and others stress, you come up with solutions. It boils down to trust in self, and self-control.”
Isaac Mashman · Shoutout LA, 2021
“Although none of my mentors have been in person over an extended amount of time, let’s say a year or more, through study I’ve been able to feel as if I was in their closest embrace.”
Isaac Mashman · Shoutout LA, 2021
“I was that desperate young entrepreneur who listed off what they would get in return and why I was special. I was selling features and not results.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“From my ability to sell, to market, to my ability to think in abundance, if I had nobody to learn from, I would be decades behind and continuing to make rookie mistakes.”
Isaac Mashman · Shoutout LA, 2021
“The thing that I hated turned out to be one of my biggest gifts.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You see, I've noticed every single time in my life that I stopped doing personal development, my life goes to a standstill. No other area of my life grows.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Charisma is developed by developing yourself into a leader.”
Isaac Mashman · Bold Journey, 2023
“The day I started this practice was the day I recognized that I could move on from trying to convince others of my results, to letting my results speak for me.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2023
“Reverse engineering is not about stealing anything, it’s about observing and applying the very best.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“In 2024 I felt that I needed a change. That the spark had run its course on the business, but not the service nor the vertical.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“I was spending too much time over thinking and I wasn't spending enough time doing. I wasn't executing enough. When you don't execute enough, your results aren't enough.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“The idea scared me, but what was scarier was thinking about what launching a new business entails.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“You are armed with all of your experiences and knowledge and I can safely say you will likely be able to get more done in less time.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2024
“Life can change as quickly as you want it to change if you want it to change. But you also got to realize that there's a direct correlation between your actions and the results.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I was clueless but I was hungry.”
Isaac Mashman · CanvasRebel, 2023
“I went on to generate less than a hundred dollars with this venture before I went into a different profession, but I have my original hoodies hanging up in my office today as a reminder of where I started.”
Isaac Mashman · CanvasRebel, 2023
“Although the Isaac Mashman today compared to the Isaac Mashman who was marketing the clothing line back then is very different, he is also very much the same.”
Isaac Mashman · CanvasRebel, 2023
“I've switched businesses, I've switched industries, I've switched fields, I've switched a lot. But at the core principle and the core of all of this, the main pillar of my brand has remained the same. That is personal development and personal growth.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“A lot of people wonder why their results are not improving, but in actuality, if you look at their lives and you look at what they're doing on a day to day, they are not growing.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“As it pertains to bringing ideas to life I am a chaotic creative and organize my ideas in notes on my phone, in my project manager ClickUp, and on various whiteboards around my home.”
Isaac Mashman · IdeaMensch, 2023
“Something I failed to do early on was protect myself with legal red tape.”
Isaac Mashman · IdeaMensch, 2023
“As your personal brand evolves, update your marketing message to reflect who you are today, not who you were five years ago.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“It’s important to note that nobody around me had a knack for business, which is ironic given the path I am on today.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“You can't expect other people to follow you and to support you if you are not leading yourself. To be a leader, you have to first lead yourself in your actions.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Sure, one can argue that reading in the context of self-development can feel obligatory at times; however, the return was not about getting good grades, it was about getting good at life.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2025
“I remember the look on my guidance counselor’s face when I told him I wasn’t looking to pursue higher education. Truth is, I was, I just wasn’t going to receive it sitting in a classroom setting.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“Compounding results in exponential growth.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“By this time, I was convinced that books were the key to progress, action of which I later learned was equally as important.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2025
“My perspective on challenges and hardships is if they didn’t exist what would be the fun in pursuing something?”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“You can only enjoy a video game that has all the cheat codes unlocked so much, versus having to work to unlock the new skills. Okay, that might have been a nerdy example, but you get the gist.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“The way that you flourish and thrive and grow is by feeding yourself the proper nutrients. The way that you do that is by going where the nutrients are. Start hanging out with good people.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Still, the moment I received my first copy in the mail, I remember telling myself that it could be so much better.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2025
“During difficult times such as the last 2 years, a lot of people put their lives on hold, whereas it was a perfect opportunity to pick up a book, learn a new skill, and come out stronger.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“The barriers to entry are ridiculously low, whereas the upside remains significant.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2025
“Last year alone I was featured in over two dozen articles, and I paid for none of them out of pocket. I am very blessed to say this because a few years ago I was a digital obscurity.”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“So, one mistake after another eventually resulted in a series of wins that began to compile.”
Isaac Mashman · Executive Thoughts, 2026
“You have to be curious about learning. Finding your answers becomes addicting!”
Isaac Mashman · OrlandoVoyager, 2022
“Oftentimes, I would take a shot in the dark and see what worked. It was through this trial period I began to understand the foundational aspects of personal branding.”
Isaac Mashman · Prowly, 2022
“At the center of all success is personal growth and personal growth directly correlates with personality.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“It seems like outside of high school, most people never pick up another book.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“It wasn’t bad, but there was no way in heck I was going to spend 5+ years of my life only to get a couple dollar raise.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“You can't expect your significant other to motivate you to get out of bed.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“We have the ability to think. We are the only thing on this planet that is consciously aware enough to build our own life. Don't waste it.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“You stop doing one thing, you make excuses, it leads to two things, four things, eight things, and 30 things.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“You’re playing a game that doesn’t have a finish line and a scarcity mindset keeps you in place.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The stereotypical response is ‘I wouldn’t change anything’, but if I had to pick something I would’ve committed to a business model sooner.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“As I continue growing, I don't think there is ever quite a top. I think that there are always going to be levels. There are levels to progression. There are levels to success.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“Who you are today is much different than who you were a decade ago.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You’ll probably only average 10 streams or less for your first dozen or so episodes. From there it will scale.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“Momentum is easier kept than it is cultivated and it is easier to maintain relevance than it is trying to become relevant.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Be humble enough to recognize that you are not perfect, but you are striving to become perfect. You are striving to ultimately live up to your potential.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“If a situation arises that appears bad, view it as a learning experience rather than an unfortunate happening.”
Isaac Mashman · The Total Entrepreneurs, 2021
“I'd spent so much time trying to define my purpose in life, and then I recognize that it is defined as to live up to my potential.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“Don't be so shut off from your emotions, especially men.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“I sort of stumbled into the world of business and entrepreneurship.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“Although I didn’t get far in any of these things, I was becoming rich in experiences and in knowledge.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“For the first time, I was surrounded by people as crazy as myself and had validation in my pursuit of success and wealth.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“As I tried all of my previous ventures, I was coming to learn what people went to school for, except my knowledge came from real-world experience.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“I have been consistently working to reprogram my subconscious mind and am continuing to do so today.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“I also have to give credit to mentors dead and alive who don’t know I even exist.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“I was 100% obscure and no one outside my school and classmates knew me. I had no credibility, no social proof, nothing. In a relatively short amount of time I was able to generate awareness around my name and give it power.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I have been able to shave off decades of my journey by learning from the mistakes and experiences of others.”
Isaac Mashman · Voyage LA, 2021
“My very first podcast was recorded on an outdated smartphone that was gifted to me by a friend.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You're not just a businessman overnight. It takes time to shape out who you are, who you become.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“We get started with these different endeavors and we can never anticipate to be perfect at the beginning. We're actually going to never be perfect, but we improve with time.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“I will take somebody or something and emulate it in the best way possible, leaving out all of the things that they did that did not work.”
Isaac Mashman · Starter Story, 2024
“Your driving intentions or forces may change and that is okay. When significant shifts do occur, reevaluate where you are and identify how you will need to adapt your strategy.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Open up Pandora’s Box and put your entire being onto paper. It might not be fun, but understanding all sides to you, good and bad, will serve you well in more ways than one.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You have the ability, the opportunity, the chance, the awareness and the consciousness to be able to start fresh any day of the year.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“If you’re aiming to open an art gallery, begin with one stroke of paint. If you want to become an author, writing the first sentence is all it takes to set the groundwork.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“What many people don't understand and what many parents fail to realize is that you can pursue a higher degree of education by being in the real world than by ever going to college.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“There is no shortage of consumerism, but we are driven by advancement.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Your obsession with growth must get to a point where the times that you are not growing make you feel off; that those moments are not how it should be.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Overthinking leads to a lack of effort altogether; rumination is something I struggled with at length, and it makes the smallest tasks appear to be insurmountable.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If you have already built a network once before, you likely know exactly what you need to do to build it again.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If it means temporarily going back to the basics to establish momentum, so be it.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Others have already made mistakes before we were ever dreamt of. We can learn from the actions of others and examine their findings without having to take the detrimental or painful hits for ourselves. This is the closest we can come to taking a shortcut to success.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Recording a video for the first time may appear like you're climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. I implore you to get in front of the camera and speak.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Will you be great at it on your first try? Probably not but by the thousandth video, your skill set will match what was once blind confidence and belief.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“When I first started in business, I operated out of a youthful arrogance. There was cockiness in my character and voice as I was trying to convince other people and frankly, I was trying to convince myself.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“As you invest in yourself, through audiobooks, courses or programs, coaching, podcasts, and reading you're effectively adding more figurative ‘features.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The interesting thing about imposter syndrome is I believe that that happens when we're experiencing the most momentum in our lives.”
Isaac Mashman · The Start Down, 2021
“Impartiality is the ability to take a step back and evaluate your performance, results, and lack thereof.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The longer you wait to make a change the more likely what you want to change becomes a bad habit and a misguided system of thought.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“What are you doing that you shouldn’t be doing, and what could you be doing that you’re not? What are you doing a little that you need to do more?”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Burnout is marked by a period of inaction. It is a time where questions creep in and focus is lost; it is manifested as doubt grows.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You versus You. Those periods of doubts and imposter syndrome can fuel your fire by introducing an enemy. Your current version is fighting with the person you are working to become.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You could be blessed with height, but that does not mean you would make a good basketball player.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Compile your wins. Every time that you make a decision that goes against the weak voice inside of your head, latch on to that feeling and tell yourself that you did something good.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If you're afraid of filming content and being in front of the camera, that means that you should probably start filming content and confront that fear.”
Isaac Mashman · The Bubbles Effect, 2025
“You cannot be involved with business if you don't have some self-development going on.”
Isaac Mashman · Vision Pros Live Podcast, 2024
“I think that failure is really just you give up, entirely you give up. I don't consider any of my businesses a failure.”
Isaac Mashman · Vision Pros Live Podcast, 2024
“So if you're using AI, let it be your spotter with what you're doing. Let it take some of the weight off of you. But don't rely on it.”
Isaac Mashman · Vertical Momentum Resiliency Podcast, 2024
“There is an enemy which creates the drive for a solution.”
Isaac Mashman · The Joseph Graham Show, 2024
“If you feel like you're giving away everything that you know in one conversation, then you should probably switch businesses.”
Isaac Mashman · Vertical Momentum Resiliency Podcast, 2024
“You don't have to grow every relationship. Every single person you talk to, you don't have to actively build.”
Isaac Mashman · Excuses to Connect, 2022
“Nothing wrong with going out and being able to get your hands dirty and being willing to, but the moment that you realize you don't have to is the moment that you now get control.”
Isaac Mashman · The Blue Collar Enlightenment Show, 2022
“My real reason is I'm trying to live up to my potential, and everything else is going to fall into place afterwards.”
Isaac Mashman · The Justin Aguirre Podcast, 2021
“You don't have to try to learn everything around you, because then you're just going to be going in a million different directions, and those million different directions are not going to get you results.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“I will continue chasing the vision, because my vision will always be growing.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“I believe it's so important that everybody starts to really understand the power that the personal brand has, and then the steps that they can consciously take in order to achieve a particular goal.”
Isaac Mashman · Business Growth Trailblazers, 2024
“You can study 25 different mentors and look at all these different strategies and paths, but then that creates a lot of confusion and lack of clarity, because you don't know which ones you should take.”
Isaac Mashman · Business Growth Trailblazers, 2024
“In my senior year of high school, I began to realize that in having such an unusual name, it could be used to my benefit. I wasn't having to fight with other people to secure my social media handles or purchase my domain.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Really, you could summarize my entire journey from getting started in 2017 as the pursuit of clarity, finding clarity in what I was doing and what I was offering.”
Isaac Mashman · Business Growth Trailblazers, 2024
“What's the point of going to an event, especially a networking event, if you don't network?”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“For every two actions you take that will help your business or career, take one action for yourself and personal interests.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If you choose to stay in your shell, how do you ever expect to break out of it and to get more results?”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“I would much rather be friends with people who have a similar mindset than with people who have absolutely no concern for business or self-improvement.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“I do not believe that introvertiveness is something that a person is born with. I don't think that it is nature. I think that it is nurtured.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“You see, the way that you think is largely determined by the external influences around you, and you have to start monitoring those external influences.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“You see, what you need to start doing, because you cannot rely on external validation, is giving yourself permission to take that leap of faith. Giving yourself permission to have that independent thought away from everybody else.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“What is significant is the mentality that it takes in order to do those small things that you might not see instant results with, because that is what it takes to grow your blog, to grow your podcast, to grow your personal brand.”
Isaac Mashman · The Bloggy Friends Show, 2022
“With your personal brand, you're building your personal brand regardless. So why not take control of it and actually consciously get in front of it?”
Isaac Mashman · Next In Time, 2024
“As you are reverse engineering your mentors or someone whose strategy you want to apply, it shouldn’t look like you did so.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Finding mentors online, finding people who have the results I want, who have the relationships that I want, right there is a super powerful thing. Find people who have the results you want.”
Isaac Mashman · Strong Business Stronger Marriage, 2021
“Getting involved with business, I started setting higher standards, higher expectations for what I'm pursuing and what I'm building, because ultimately the more value you provide, the more revenue you make.”
Isaac Mashman · Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong, 2024
“Those of you who are just starting out are especially susceptible because you feel like you have to copy somebody else to get a leg up. This is not the case.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“There's a difference between copying somebody and being influenced by them.”
Isaac Mashman · Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong, 2024
“Shaping Your Image is as much about developing who you are as a human being as it is expressing who you are to those looking in on you.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“People think that they have to create a new personal brand every single time they pivot. That's not the case.”
Isaac Mashman · The Maverrik Podcast, 2022
“There's a level of ego that's healthy, and this ego is backed by confidence and it's backed by action. It's backed by the knowledge that you have actually done something that's worth having a slight ego for.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“Because the more committed you are to your process and your growth, the more everyone outside of you and surrounding you is going to benefit from how much you were doing for you.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2021
“Whenever you catch yourself going into autopilot, that's a good indicator that you need to change something.”
Isaac Mashman · Tools of the Podcast Trade, 2024
“You connect with three new people every single day. You do that for a month, and you connect with 90 new professionals. That's 90 new people in your network who know about you and what you have going on.”
Isaac Mashman · Tools of the Podcast Trade, 2024
“Be proactive in your evolution. If the biography that you wrote several months ago no longer reflects what you are doing today, update it!”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Don’t become them, but take the best aspects of their strategy, put your own touches to it, and execute on this newly found plan.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“In your process, say yes to a lot of things until it becomes more beneficial to say no and be aware of where you are spending your time.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“My earliest days of building my personal brand were spent researching my mentors.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I have more potential because of personal development and because of learning from other people who have already made the mistakes.”
Isaac Mashman · Podcasting 101 with RSS.com, 2022
“The quality of which you produced several years ago is not the quality you're expected to be producing today.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I say it's not just about your profession, because you can pivot multiple times in your life and your career. You can go from business to business to business, and people will still know you for you.”
Isaac Mashman · The Deep End with Eric Triplett, 2026
“The comedian should always be working to come up with new material as jokes can only be told so many times before they get overplayed.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Deliverables are seen in different ways and when you understand the complexity of this, you’ll also come to appreciate every small accomplishment and its role relative to your progress.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“There are just certain things that you have to let other people do, feel, and think. You have to control how you feel, do, and think.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“You have to have that self-awareness to even understand when you are taking a situation and blowing it up out of proportion to what it really is.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2020
“I'm not trying to motivate you. I'm very simply saying that if you want results to come to you, you first have to be going to them.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“When was the last time you heard yourself?”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“It's not like you lost control. You gave away your control, which means that if you gave it away, you can take it back.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“2017 was the moment that I got started, and within four or five years, I've been able to combine and gain literally decades' worth of experience through personal development, through personal growth.”
Isaac Mashman · Chase the Vision, 2022
“Follow the person who gives the pieces and the tactics that you can actually use, that are tangible. We don't need more cliches. We need more strategy.”
Isaac Mashman · Lets Have This Conversation, 2024
“I would have to say a lot of the improvements and a lot of the development I've been able to accomplish have been on a personal level, a level that most people aren't able to see, because people really underestimate what personal development can do for a person just because the physical results haven't manifested themselves yet.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“You buy the course, you go through the course, you apply the information, and then you get the results. It requires work and effort.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“I've been talking about small wins a lot because I've really come to understand the power of them. Willpower is built over time.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“So what I do is I look for the positives in every single person. My mentors, the virtual mentors that I have, I look at them and I look at what their strengths are, what I can go ahead and take and use in my own personal life, and then I disregard the negative.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“I kind of look into every single person and I'm like, okay, what can I learn from you? What can I go ahead and use?”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“I know that every single struggle that I've ever been through in life has led me up to this point.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“I don't care about criticism. I'll take your opinion, I'll look at it, and I'll be like, okay, I can actually improve, if the opinion is genuine.”
Isaac Mashman · Zane Speaks Out, 2019
“I honestly feel that I have the advantage because I don't know everything, because there's so much that I can learn and experience and do at the same exact time.”
Isaac Mashman · United Podcast Experience, 2019
“I know for sure that I should always be growing, no matter how old I get or how wise I get; there's always something more to learn, to grow into, to evolve into.”
Isaac Mashman · United Podcast Experience, 2019
“Not knowing what I was doing, I was teaching myself, and not knowing the direction I was going in has helped me out tremendously today.”
Isaac Mashman · United Podcast Experience, 2019
“So what is the solution? Compounding. In time and as your reputation spreads, a funny little thing known as compounding occurs and that’s when the real fun begins.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The worst that can happen is they say no or don’t respond, and you can always follow up in 6 months to a year as your successes grow.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You should be thinking about doing things that establish your personal brand for the long haul, having conversations, doing podcast interviews, creating content, and in ways that other people can edify you and build you up.”
Isaac Mashman · The Small Business Show, 2025
“I'm not speaking with confidence to convince you. I'm speaking with confidence to convince myself.”
Isaac Mashman · The Scoop With Erica Krupin, 2026
“Should you fall into a crisis, like accidentally doing business with a scammer, being at an event where one of the speakers is ousted, or other mistakes of your own making, crises are very rarely the end of the world.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If you wanted to take it a step further, you could turn your mistake into a public learning lesson, and share your findings.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The time leading up to publishing this book, I barely spoke to anybody to such a point I had people reaching out to see if I had died. That is nobody's fault but my own.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“This past year I came to the realization that where I am today, younger me wanted to be.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“A professional isn’t going to start by charging $1,000 for one consultation. I only charged $20 for my first call.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Do not refrain from taking action over the fear of failure, for if you do, how can you anticipate ever developing the skill?”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“In marketing, there is no such thing as failure unless your tactic is outright egregious and generates near irreversible and negative public relations.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“There was once a time where I left business cards in the self-development section of a well-visited bookstore in The Grove, a popular shopping mall of Los Angeles. A few weeks later I got a message from somebody who found my business card in the book they bought. Outside of the one message there wasn't any correlated ROI, but it was the mentality which I developed that made it worth it.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“The stories you told years ago will not be the same stories you continue to tell.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Early on, this was one of my biggest mistakes as I wanted to chase so many new shiny objects and didn’t have the discipline to consistently execute.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Testing the Waters is about getting advice and opinions from people who want to see you succeed and have little to gain from offering their assistance.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Getting outside perspectives and surveying responses is a great way to catch things that the biased eye tends to overlook.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Do not discriminate on the size or caliber thereof until several years into your process. The executive may not take every meeting, whereas the early-stage startup founder will.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I would say ‘um’ and use other filler words such as ‘like.’ To young Isaac they felt like the end of the world but I eventually came to understand that unless these quirks show in every sentence, it's less than likely that others will consciously take notice.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I have gotten comfortable being in situations that others would normally run from.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“On that same business trip, I was one of the only distributors who came dressed in a full suit. Where others were more interested in the Vice President’s Rolex I was more interested in the knowledge he was teaching.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Get comfortable asking for preferential outcomes even if you don’t expect it to work.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I don’t come from a well-known family, I didn’t have mentors around me who could guide me on this new path, and I lacked the tools that I needed to grow. I had to build myself up as much as I had to build my personal brand.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“City skylines are constructed over time. Sometimes skyscrapers are added, other times they’re demolished. Don’t be afraid to switch up your marketing or pivot as you see fit.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I started building my brand as an ignorant, sometimes arrogant, young entrepreneur just trying to figure out his way in the vast jungle known as life.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“In retrospect, I didn’t lose any time because I was more effective at the tasks that mattered. In every new endeavor I used the skills I learned in the one prior.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I would make the argument that if you're just starting and don’t know the figurative difference between up and down, you have a considerable advantage over the person who has years of experience and all of the degrees.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“If you can show the crunchiness and dirtiness of starting and share your lessons along the way, there is a home-field advantage. You are doing the things that might not be sexy, but are real.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Arguably, there are more lessons in showing failures and mistakes than there are in retroactively sharing stories that might not be relevant for today’s world.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Building a team for your personal brand is not about taking things off your plate so you can slack off, it’s about giving you the room to enter into full-blown expansion mode.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I went from the industry of Network Marketing to working in the podcast industry, managing musical talent and building a record label, to building a public relations firm, and now consulting through Mashman Consulting Group.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Developing trust with your fanbase gives you the security to take those leaps and change directions.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“You are not trapped in your current pursuits and do not be fearful of how people might respond.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“An example from my own personal brand would be taking photos every time I get dressed up, recording a video as ideas cross my mind, and talking to strangers when I go to the store. These micro-habits contribute to the macro-picture.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Nothing that you could do and no amount of time spent dwelling on these passed over opportunities will ever change the fact that you missed them.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Momentum is built over an extended period and is combined with dedicated actions.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“I used to live under the belief that my legacy was one of the most important parts of success, that is until the people around me who I cared about passed away. Death became my acquaintance and it acted as my mentor.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
“As with all philosophical works, the greatest value will come through introspection and reflection.”
Isaac Mashman · The Manifesto, Second Edition
