5 Days Redux

As I write to you today, it’s been about a week since the Early to Rise team and about 70 new Internet business owners wrapped up our 5 Days in July Internet Business Building Conference in Miami. The first thing conference attendees learned to do was some market research. As a result, they can be…

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A La Carte

I’m glad that Michael is having such a good time. We look forward to seeing him back at the office in August. One more thing before I sign off this week… While the 5 Days in July Conference has been going on, my dog George has been living it up at the Turnberry Resort. I’m…

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A Summer Across the Pond

We got a lot of feedback on last week’s piece about the importance of starting your day off on the right foot. I also gave you a special look at Michael Masterson’s daily routine. Here’s just one email we got, from Rita: Michael Masterson’s daily routine is an inspiration to me (with 100s of things…

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Build a Website, Change a Life

One of the most touching stories I heard this week was from Dr. Mark Mauldin, a practicing ER physician from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.Some people came to our 5 Days in July Conference looking for a part-time or full-time income stream. But it’s not just about the money. “We were west of the eye…

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Latest News

The Internet Money Club — the world’s premier Internet business-building coaching program — is launching tomorrow… and you have to act fast if you want to join. There are limited “seats” (we sold out last year), and registration lasts for only two weeks. We’ll be sending you a letter tomorrow with all the details… don’t…

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What’s “The Point” In A Mortgage?

Loan-discount, or “buy-down,” points are a one-time cost you may choose to pay your lender to reduce your interest rate. These points are usually optional. A point is equal to 1% of the size of the loan. So on a $100,000 mortgage, if you decide to pay a point up front, it will cost you…

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Feedback Friday: The Positive Thinking Uproar, Part 2

Positive thinking alone just isn’t enough to change your station in life. That’s what Michael Masterson said in his recent article “Why Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work.” This topic has caused quite a ruckus among your fellow ETR readers. We printed a few of their comments last week. Here’s more: “I just finished reading your article…

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Feedback Friday: The Positive Thinking Uproar, Part 1

Stand in front of the mirror in the morning and repeat 20 times: “I am a good person. I can do anything. I will be successful.” And poof! Your wildest dreams come true. Sounds appealing, right? But the reality is different. Forget about positive thinking. Instead, start working toward the goal you want to achieve…

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Whose Side is the FDA On?

  Whose side is the FDA on — that of the consumer … or that of the multibillion-dollar drug industry it’s supposed to be policing? In a recent “Health Alert” to his subscribers, Dr. Al Sears points out: * Over the last 10 years, the FDA has approved nine drugs that proved to have deadly…

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Three Virtues of the Successful Inventor

Have you ever been on a diet? Can you remember being tempted to eat a certain something? Resisting the impulse and then allowing yourself to take just “one bite”? What happened? If you’re like me (and most people), that one bite simply stimulated your appetite and led to other bites . . . which led…

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An Interesting Way to Invest in Foreign Real Estate

About a year and a half ago, Lief Simon advised readers of his “Global Real Estate Investor” report to buy Argentinean real estate. Since then, property in Buenos Aires is up 30% to 40%. In December, he got his readers in on the ground floor of a development where prices increased 76% in four months.…

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