The Language Perfectionist: Are You Intrigued?
While reading the business pages of a newspaper recently, this lead caught my attention: “Next Jump may well be the most intriguing Internet business that you’ve never heard of….” No, I don’t follow high-tech stocks for investment purposes. What, er… intrigued me about this sentence was the word intriguing. Is…
READ MOREDrop Fat Fast Just by Walking and Resting
When Terri came to my office, she was so overweight and out of shape she could barely get out of bed. It took her hours to run basic errands, even grocery shopping. Hauling all that extra weight around made life difficult. So we tried a new approach to exercise. She…
READ MOREThe Three Possible Responses to ALL Your Advertising
Most of your advertising won’t find quite as targeted an audience as a Yellow Pages ad or Google ad, where people are hunting for a specific product or service. In most cases, your offer will be delivered to people who were not expecting to see it. For this reason, you…
READ MOREThe German Secret to Olympic Gold
Back in the 1930s, two Germans — a doctor and a track coach — came up with a breakthrough in fitness. They were the first to figure out that doing a short burst of activity followed by rest is the best way to exercise… and burn fat fast. Using the…
READ MORETake the Outrageous Path to Outrageous Success
You can (and should) always be different with your advertising. Because when you are… you accomplish your #1 goal. GETTING NOTICED! OUTRAGEOUS doesn’t always mean getting wild (like me on the cover of my newest book, where I’m wearing a straightjacket). It can be as simple as changing the font…
READ MOREMotivating Yourself With Rewards
Some success coaches suggest giving yourself big rewards for big accomplishments. You might, for example, reward yourself with a sports car when you make your first million dollars. But rewards like that never motivated me, because the payoff was too far in the future. What motivates me are smaller rewards…
READ MOREAn Interview With Bob Irish
CHRISTIAN: Bob, you have been with Investor’s Daily Edge for approximately six months now. When you came aboard, you talked about upping the ante in terms of the quality of the research coming out of IDE. What grade would you give yourself? BOB: I would say an A-minus so far.…
READ MOREThe Secret to Making a Billion Dollars
Love him or hate him, you have to admit it. Rush Limbaugh is a phenomenon. He doesn’t promise riches, better health, social status, to ease your workload, or get you dates. In fact, he never offers anyone one single benefit or presents a single “Reason Why” listening to him or…
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: What’s Due and Proper
I found the following sentences online. Can you spot what’s wrong with them? “NYC’s ‘Sidewalk Santas’ sidelined due to economy.” “When is school closed due to weather?” “[Basketball’s Utah] Jazz star Deron Williams had to leave his team on a road trip to return to Salt Lake City due to…
READ MOREDiscover Your Talents
When we do strategic planning for corporations, the first thing we think about is how to increase the company’s rate of return on the equity it has invested in the business. This is done by allocating more resources to areas with higher potential, and taking resources away from those with…
READ MOREHow to Invest Like a Multimillionaire
Okay. You want to be a super-successful investor. I get it. You are already living on a fixed income. Or you are nearing retirement and worrying about whether you’ll be able to kick back and earn a passive living from your investments. I’ve been there. I’ve retired three times. I…
READ MORECatching Up With an Old Friend
I met up with a friend from college the other day. I hadn’t seen him in years. And the last I heard, he was fixing computers — living and working in his parents’ basement. And then he rolls up to my house in a BMW Z4 Roadster. “How they hell…
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