SPOTLIGHT: Profile
Philip Jalufka is Unstoppable
A LEGACY OF NO EXCUSES, JUST SOLUTIONS BY CINDY CLARKE
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His is a language of competence, of being
solutions,” into what he calls his Life Equation
able to talk, interact, listen and learn through
for success.
all kinds of different lenses in just about every
“I didn’t develop that equation early on,”
situation. He has an impressive resume – high
he admits. “It really didn’t come together until
school football star, West Point graduate, MBA
probably 10 years after founding my company,
from Embry Riddle University, captain for the
Legacy International,” which he says is not
US Special Forces, entrepreneur, author, real
what you want to do if you want to create a
estate guru – with a strategically calibrated
solid career path for yourself. “I would argue
arsenal of battlefield skills to match. A small-
that if you are going into high school, or
town Texas boy raised on the kind of core
college or into your first job, no matter your
family values that the greatest generation
age, you need a set of pillars, bedrocks, that
was weaned on, with personal responsibility,
allow you to operate from on any given day
service and commitment taking the lead,
in any given situation. The sooner the better.”
Philip Jalufka cut his teeth on the football
What exactly does he mean by an equa-
field, parlaying his mantra, “no excuses, just
tion? According to Philip, it’s about building
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