“Jocular” (JOK-yuh-lur) – from the Latin – means facetious; comic or jesting. Example (as used by Don Hauptman today): “Unless the writer is Tarzan or Frankenstein’s monster, he meant to say methinks, an archaic form of ‘I think’ or ‘It seems to me’ that, nowadays, is used only [...]
By Early To Rise | Sat, Jul 25, 2009
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon 40 years ago, it was a huge technological feat. Here are a few fun (and little-known) facts about the mission: The computers on the mission had less processing power than a cellphone does today. Neil Armstrong’s “one small step” was actually a 3.5 foot jump [...]
By Dr. Al Sears | Sat, Jul 25, 2009
The biggest breakthrough in anti-aging medicine in our lifetime involves telomere biology. Each time your cells divide, they copy your DNA to make the new cell. But the telomeres – the sections of DNA at both ends of a chromosome – get shorter with every copy. And the shorter your telomeres are, the “older” [...]
By Raymond Aaron | Sat, Jul 25, 2009
Wealthy people have a secret that makes it easy for them to dramatically increase their income. You instinctively know this secret… and are probably even using it without realizing it. What is it? Leverage. When people order in pizza for dinner, they are leveraging the resources of a local pizza place – its staff and [...]
By Early To Rise | Sat, Jul 25, 2009
Issue# 2730 WEALTHY: When your customers want more, here’s what you give them (John Wood) HEALTHY: 3 anti-aging secrets (Dr. Al Sears) WISE: Alex Mandossian on “repurposing” ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: 4 ways to increase your success immediately (Raymond Aaron) Another roundup of linguistic errors in the news (Don Hauptman) It’s Fun to Know… about [...]
By Yanik Silver | Fri, Jul 24, 2009
Nearly every successful entrepreneur I know has grappled with burnout. I’ve personally gone through it and come out the other side several times. I did it by using these four techniques: 1. Truly disconnect. In today’s business world, we are constantly tethered to our BlackBerries and “always-on” connections. As a result, when we truly disconnect from time [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jul 24, 2009
Issue# 2729 WEALTHY: The “free rent” strategy (Paul Lawrence) HEALTHY: Why you need more magnesium in your diet (Dr. James LaValle) WISE: Goethe on self-rejuvenation ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: If you start to feel burned out… (Yanik Silver) 6 ways to make people like you (Dale Carnegie) It’s Good to Know… about the tourist remover Add “skimble-skamble” [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jul 24, 2009
“Skimble-skamble” (skim-bul-SKAM-bul) – probably coined by William Shakespeare – means rambling and confused. Example (as used in Shakespeare’s Henry IV): “Sometimes he angers me / With telling me of the moldwarp and the ant, / Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies, / And of a dragon and a finless fish… / [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jul 24, 2009
You’re in Paris, snapping a series of pictures as the sun sets behind the Eiffel Tower. You’re sure you must have captured the perfect image… until you check and notice an “intruder” in every shot: a fellow tourist, the rear wheel of a passing bicycle, a stray bit of debris in the foreground. And that’s [...]
By James B. LaValle | Fri, Jul 24, 2009
You might think that a head injury has little in common with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurogenerative diseases. And, yes, they are unrelated on the surface. But when it comes to protecting your brain from all of these traumas, you can rely on one natural nutrient: magnesium. Studies have confirmed that better magnesium levels help protect [...]
By Early To Rise | Sat, Jul 25, 2009
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