Tarn Sublett provides advice on purpose, passion, and people. He emphasizes finding challenge through purpose and achieving success through relentless passion. He stresses leveraging relationships with capable people to compound success. Sublett shares what inspired him, including mentors who believed in him, and what gave him confidence through sports and overcoming failures. He encourages developing unique skills through learning from better associates and mentors, and finding passion through coaching others. Sublett advocates a strong work ethic, prioritizing real relationships, and shining your light to help others do the same.

1. Tarn Sublett – What I Wished I Knew at 21
“...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and
imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
• Purpose – Find the challenge
• Passion – Relentless Need to Achieve
• People – Leverage, Compounding, Success

3. Tarn Sublett – Why Listen to Me?
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― Isaac Newton
• I am here/ you are here – coincidence/luck
• My experiences may be relevant to you – similar
skills/career
• I may have a clue to finding your Purpose, Passion or
People who complete you – spark change/growth
/quest

5. Tarn Sublett – What inspired me?
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein
• Paper route/Painting/Sealing driveways/Junk Pickup
• Do the job well – make it personal
• Accountability
• Malcolm Gladwell – 10,000 hours
• Grandmother believed in me
• Father taught me success was dependent on my
choices and convictions

7. Tarn Sublett – What gave me confidence?
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym,
and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
-Muhammad Ali
• Sports – Football, Hockey, Baseball, Wrestling, Basketball, Track, Coed Volleyball
• Effort, Improvement, Friendship, Virtuous Circle
• Measured result/improvement, beginning and ending
• Big Pool – 51 NFL Years (Hugh Millen, Chris Chandler, Cary Conklin, Mark
Brunell)
• “Broke”, 30 for 30 ESPN
• Failure is never final until you quit

9. Tarn Sublett – What made me?
"It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose
behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.“ Warren Buffett
• Business – Arthur Andersen, DLJ, Citigroup, Arena Sports
• Mentors – Rich McCune, Richard Galanti/Jim Sinegal, Tony James/Drexel, Saul
Sanders/Jaime Dimon
• Plan, Commit, Collaborate
• Learn, grow unique skill set, take chances

11. Tarn Sublett – Where is my passion?
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to
excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vince Lombardi
• Coaching – Cleveland, Cal UW, Arena Sports
• Teach, Mentor, Encourage
• Team building
• Success is measured by journey and progress

13. Tarn Sublett – How do I get there?
“One person can make a difference and every person should try. Efforts and
courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” John Fitzgerald
Kennedy
• Grit
• Strong work ethic/business processes/24 hour response
• Relationship/Retention/Referral
• Give more than you get
• Leader gets to sleep/paid last

16. Tarn Sublett – Real Relationships are Success
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is,
perhaps, the end of the beginning.
Winston Churchill
• Relationships
• Parents/Siblings/Children/Extended Family/Spouse/Significant Other
• Neighborhood/School/Work/Charity/Calling
• Do you listen/care/believe in them/Evaluate yourself/Relationships
• Leverage/Compounding/Synergy

18. Tarn Sublett – Parting Thoughts
• Purpose – Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw
• Passion – Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you
do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with
your own personality. Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will
accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
• People – “When we're connected to others, we become better people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

19. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We
ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are
you not to be?You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure
around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest
the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we
let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” –
Marianne Williamson