Issue #2552 WEALTHY: More than a movie subscription service (Christian Hill) HEALTHY: 5 reasons to eat more chocolate (Dr. Ray Sahelian) WISE: George Sheehan on success ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: 10 simple ideas that could make this the best year ever for your business (David Cross) How – and why – to find out what your [...]
By Early To Rise | Tue, Dec 30, 2008
Drum roll, please… “Bailout” tops the list of the most-searched-for words in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary in 2008. Rounding out the top five are four words that just might be familiar to those who followed the run-up to November’s presidential election:
By Kelley Herring | Tue, Dec 30, 2008
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD tested the effect of dark chocolate on platelet activity, C-reactive protein (CRP - an indicator of heart disease and stroke risk), and lipid profile in 28 healthy volunteers. For one week, the volunteers ate dark chocolate (providing 700 mg of flavonoids per day). At the end of that time, the researchers found that, on average, their LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) had fallen by 6 percent and their HDL cholesterol ("good" cholesterol) had increased by 9 percent. Their CRP levels, too, were reduced.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Dec 30, 2008
“Furtive” (FUR-tiv) - from the Latin for “thief” - means secretive, sly, or sneaky.
By David Cross | Tue, Dec 30, 2008
Your website sales and sign ups can improve dramatically just by implementing David Cross’s simple usability technique.
By David Cross | Mon, Dec 29, 2008
In tough economic times - like right now - you may have fewer new customers or your existing customers may be more cautious about spending. Worse, you may feel that there’s nothing you can do. As unfair as it may seem, you’re on your own. Nobody is going to give you a bailout, nobody owes you a thing, and you have no right to anything except that which you create.
By Early To Rise | Mon, Dec 29, 2008
“Lassitude” (LASS-uh-tood) - from the Latin for “weary” - is a lack of energy or vitality.
By Early To Rise | Mon, Dec 29, 2008
If, after everything you’ve read in Early to Rise, you still doubt that the Internet is the best place to do business, consider this: According to a recent Harris Interactive poll, 46 percent of women and 30 percent of men would rather give up sex for two weeks than Web surfing.
By Dr. Ray Sahelian | Mon, Dec 29, 2008
You may think you’re up on the latest health information. But even if you were to read all the thousands of medical journals out there, you probably wouldn’t be getting the whole story. Because when they are trying to get their studies published, drug companies are more likely to submit outcomes of those that favor benefits of the new drugs they are promoting.
By Robert Ringer | Mon, Dec 29, 2008
Have you ever asked yourself what it is that gives someone power over you? The truth be known, it’s a matter of perception - both the other person’s and yours. By this I mean that most power is abstract, and therefore impossible to quantify.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Dec 30, 2008
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