Barbells, Ladders, and Avoiding Bondage
Investing right now – when the economy is so shaky – may sound mighty risky. In fact, your main concern is probably not how much money you can make … but how well you can keep your existing money safe. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s in unpredictable times like…
READ MORETake Your Water Bottle With You When You Leave Your Car
You know that water bottle you carry with you everywhere? Or the bottles you use to feed your baby? If they’re plastic, they could be making you or your baby very sick. Fortunately, there’s one easy step you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones from the “toxic” effects of plastic.
READ MORELiving Rich: Drawing on Your Inner Resources
Being totally self-reliant, able to fend for yourself – it’s an appealing idea, one that’s been romanticized in literature and the movies.
READ MORERe-Entering the Workforce
Finding a new job after being out of the workforce for an extended period of time can be tough. Maybe you left work to raise your kids. Or took a few months to care for a sick family member. Or had to quit your job because of an illness of your own. Whatever the reason, you probably want to know what you can do to improve your chances of getting hired again.
READ MOREHow to Be on Top of Everything
Since January, I’ve been writing a series of essays in ETR intended to give you tools to help you “master plan” your life. As you put this master plan into action, you will find that you will be able to accomplish more than you ever have before. Much more.
READ MOREThe Perfect Gift for Your Graduate
When my little brother graduated from high school, I gave him a copy of Michael Masterson’s best-selling book Automatic Wealth for Grads… and Anyone Else Just Starting Out. It turned out to be a book he’s read a dozen times. One reason: It’s packed full of strategies for building wealth from the bottom up.
READ MORETaking All the Right Supplements, but Still in Pain
You may have heard that glucosamine HCL and chondroitin can help rebuild damaged cartilage in your joints. But what if you’re taking supplements to relieve your aching joints, and you just aren’t feeling better?
READ MORELower the Bar
To succeed in business and your personal life, you often hear that you need to be more competitive – that you need to keep “raising the bar.” But is that really necessary… or even a good idea?
READ MOREThe Best Bread for a Healthy Diet
When you’re trying to get healthy, fiber is a super-substance that you can’t get enough of. That’s why I try to include 100 grams or more of fiber in my daily diet.
READ MORE7 Sizzling Business “Discoveries” From Stanford’s Facebook Project
Combing back through the longstanding principles you’ve come to know and love by reading ETR and Michael Masterson’s new blockbuster book, Ready, Fire, Aim, I found at least seven “power principles” with fascinating parallels to the Stanford project.
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The Truth About the Vending Business
So one of the first “insider secrets” I learned about the vending business is that your written agreement with the distributor must describe the kind of locations you will be getting.
READ MORE2 Eggs or a Pop Tart?
An egg has approximately 200 mg of cholesterol, and frying or scrambling it can up the cholesterol to approximately 245 mg. According to Kellogg’s, a Blueberry Pop Tart contains no cholesterol, but it does have 39.8 g of carbohydrates – almost half of them from pure sugar. So which is a healthier breakfast – an egg or a Pop Tart?
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