The Best Advice a Father Can Give
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn’t believe I’d missed it before. I’d read the book many, many times – but this time was different. A secret was revealed to me – and today I’m going to give it to you. If you are open and receptive…
READ MORE2 Reasons to Take Your Kids Grocery Shopping
My wife and I always take our kids with us when we go grocery shopping. It gives us the opportunity to teach them how to recognize sneaky labeling and deceptive brand names, and how to pick the best foods for a healthy meal. We show them how to read labels…
READ MORESimplify Your Life – Starting With Your Home
Judy and John are great friends of ours. They are kind and generous people who lead a very rewarding life. But what struck my wife and me when we visited them this summer is how remarkably simple it is. Their home is tastefully but almost sparsely decorated with quality furniture,…
READ MORETurn Your Hobby Into a Business
Setting up an e-newsletter or blog starts with a subject you love, a simple website, and some useful content. But unless you want your newsletter to be nothing but a hobby, you’ll want to find ways to generate income from it. You can create your own information products – e-books,…
READ MOREYes, You Can Eat This Much-Loved Snack and Keep the Weight Off
My clients often question me when I tell them they can eat more almonds and cashews. “Don’t you know that nuts are full of fat?” they ask. Well, I tell them, you can have your nuts and eat them too… even if you are trying to lose weight. In fact,…
READ MOREAre You Making a Mistake That Could Be Ticking Off Your Clients?
“Nate,” a freelancer I hired to write an e-book for me, e-mailed the first draft of the manuscript today as an attached Word file. Also attached: his invoice. Why did you do that, Nate? I just got your FIRST draft. I haven’t even opened the file, much less reviewed it.…
READ MOREWhat the Heck Is Alibaba?
Alibaba.com is the largest and most successful import/export marketplace for entrepreneurs in the world. It boasts more than 24 million members in 200 countries. And it facilitates more than $5 billion in import/export transactions each year – everything from sleeping bags to cement mixers. This makes importing a viable way…
READ MOREThe Food Labeling Scam
Are food manufacturers and government officials so callous that they are actually using children as guinea pigs when it comes to food labeling? Apparently so, according to the Chicago Tribune’s 2008 investigative report on hidden allergens in popular food products. Hidden food allergens are part of the reason that an…
READ MOREHow to Get 5 Times the Internet Revenues by Going Offline
Several months ago, one of my favorite clients asked me to create a Web-based promotion for a new investment advisory. But instead of beginning with a series of e-mails – or even a new Web page – I promptly sat down and wrote a 24-page DIRECT-MAIL package. Once the long…
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: A “Proverbial” Proviso
One of my pet linguistic peeves is the frequent misuse of the adjective proverbial. Consider this sentence, from a magazine profile of a government whistleblower: “When she grabs hold of something, she is like the proverbial dog with a bone in its teeth.” But the expression the writer cites is…
READ MOREHow to Avoid the 3 Biggest Mistakes Stock Market Investors Make
I’m not an expert in stocks, but I have been involved with stock market publications and stock market gurus for more than 25 years. During that time, I’ve met a lot of characters – some brilliant men without a trace of honesty and some honest men without a trace of…
READ MOREAre You Suffering from ICLMB Syndrome?
Too many entrepreneurs and business owners seem to believe that they cannot leave their office – even for a few days of fun in the sun – without things getting off track. I call this “I Can’t Leave My Business” syndrome. If that’s the way you feel, you either have…
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