Marc Sparks: On Life
Marc Sparks on Life: What Gets Written, Gets Done
Marc Sparks is an entrepreneur who has been involved in more than sixty start-ups since the Eighties. Marc is also the founder, owner, and CEO of Timber Creek Capital, a private equity firm. We’re now almost a month into 2014, and I’m willing to bet that for most people, your New Year’s resolutions are on life support, if you haven’t already buried them altogether. Some of the most common resolutions involve making some fundamental change in life—such as losing weight, quitting smoking, saving more money, or achieving better work-life balance. It’s easy to say you want to do one or more of these—but simply wanting change won’t make it happen. Let’s face it; change can...
Read MoreMarc Sparks On Life: Never Be the First to Break a Holiday Family Tradition
Marc Sparks is an entrepreneur who has been involved in more than sixty start-ups since the Seventies. He is also the founder, owner, and CEO of Timber Creek Capital, a private equity firm. Family holiday traditions are so important to the fabric of our society. I love asking people about how they spend the Christmas holiday and what they do with their family. My family and I have a tradition whereby we give each other one gift (plus a stocking), and we give this gift on the evening of Christmas DAY! The anticipation all day on Christmas is so thick you can cut it with a knife! Our “one gift” policy is pretty solid; however, a few of us have figured out that if we get...
Read MoreOne day, your life WILL flash before your eyes…make sure it’s worth watching!
Marc Sparks is an entrepreneur who has been involved in more than sixty start-ups since the Seventies. He is also the founder, owner, and CEO of Timber Creek Capital, a private equity firm. My wife and I are somewhat haunted by an event we recently experienced; however, we look at this tragic circumstance as another reminder as to how we should live life with an exclamation and not an explanation. Most weekends, we take off on Friday morning at about 9:30 (after traffic) and drive 2 hours to our ranch in East Texas (I have an office there). Something came up this particular Friday that held us in town, and we decided to go out on Saturday after our Spin Class...
Read MoreMarc Sparks: Driving a Stick Shift Takes Discipline
Marc Sparks says it would be easy to significantly reduce texting-and-driving incidents—simply make more people drive vehicles with standard transmissions. It would be next to impossible to text and drive when you have one hand on the wheel, the other on the shifter, and you need to focus to coordinate eyes, hands and feet to safely operate the vehicle. Read more about why this serial entrepreneur says driving a stick shift is a skill everyone should learn. Read entire article on...
Read MoreMarc Sparks On Life: You’ll Never Hear Me Say ‘Never say Never’
Marc Sparks is an entrepreneur who has been involved in more than sixty start-ups since the Seventies. He is also the founder, owner, and CEO of Timber Creek Capital, a private equity firm. As a rule, I look for the positives in life. Why? Because that’s where the best opportunities are often found—opportunities to grow … to learn… and to make a difference in this world. And make no mistake—opportunities are everywhere! That’s right… I am not one of those guys who say, “Never say never.” Never has an important place in my vocabulary—but it has to be used in the right context. Sure, I use never when describing a situation or circumstance you should avoid at all costs....
Read MoreMarc Sparks on Life: The Power of Passion
One of the things in life that I’m passionate about is, well, passion itself. Passion is one of the key drivers of success. The Marc Sparks Definition of Passion What do I mean by passion? It’s an attitude. Having passion about what you are doing screams volumes about your sincerity toward what you want, your goals. Your body language, eye contact and verbal intensity toward your subject is what matters most … facts are important but PASSION IS PURE GOLD! Why Marc Sparks Hires Passionate People Think about it this way. Let’s say I’m interviewing two young men for a financial job with one of my companies. Both young men have an impressive educational background, but...
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