Issue# 2723 WEALTHY: Does money really matter? (Alex Green) HEALTHY: Should you eat before you work out? (Kelley Herring) WISE: Fanny Burney on happiness ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Online publishing is easier than you think (David Cross) You’re not really irreplaceable (Yanik Silver) It’s Good to Know… about the new generation of ATM skimmers Add “occiput” [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
Someone who’s “obstreperous” (ob-STREP-ur-us) – from the Latin for “to make a noise against” – is noisily and stubbornly defiant. Example (as used by Marilyn Stasio in a New York Times review of Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich): “Eye on the reward, Stephanie’s obstreperous fat friend, Lula, decides to enter the cook-off, which [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
India has long been the go-to country for companies looking for low-cost customer service and software programming. And now Hollywood studios are increasingly looking to India for special effects artists to help make movie magic. Currently, the Indian companies are doing mostly midlevel work. But they hope the higher-end jobs, such as creating entire computer-generated [...]
By Shane Ellison | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
My wife recently competed in the Arnold Amateur Figure Competition – the largest competition of its kind in the world. This is like a beauty contest in a bikini. Women are judged on their muscular physique and posing. A 30-year-old mom of two, she swept the competition! (And the women she was competing against were 21- [...]
By Matt Furey | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
Many people wonder where so-called “creative” people get their ideas. They’re looking for answers that are profound. There aren’t any. Ideas are in the air at all times. You simply reach in and pull one out by doing something that all young kids do in their imagination each and every day. That is – you “make [...]
By Howie Jacobson | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
This recession has revealed a psychological rift in the world’s consciousness. A lot of people are scared and angry. They’ve lost their jobs, their businesses, their insurance, and in some cases their self-worth. They feel victimized by events, by elites, and by entities. So they bob up and down, waiting to be rescued by a government [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
Issue# 2722 WEALTHY: Have you turned yourself into a victim? (Howie Jacobson) HEALTHY: The key to a lean, sexy body that makes heads turn (Shane Ellison) WISE: Warren Buffett on the business world ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: The power of the T-Factor (John Forde) Why you should “make it up” (Matt Furey) It’s Fun to Know… [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 16, 2009
“Sempiternal” (sem-pih-TUR-nul) – from the Latin for “always” + “eternal” – is another way of saying “everlasting.” Example (as used by Thomas L. Jeffers in Commentary): “… Syon’s orchards are the world as our imagination would like it to be – not wilderness, since orchards are after all planted and cultivated by [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jul 15, 2009
A “lamster” LAM-ster) – a word with obscure origins – is a fugitive, especially from the law. Example (as used by Christopher Loudon in The Financial Post): “The vast majority of identity-changers become scurrying lamsters, spinning an endless wheel of lies and deception… .” [Ed. Note: Become a more persuasive writer and speaker... build [...]
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jul 15, 2009
“Vacuous” (VAK-yoo-us) – from the Latin for “empty” – means lacking in ideas or intelligence. Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “This is a very bad strategy. In a job interview, it makes the interviewee look pompous and vacuous – two traits any sensible employer wants to avoid.” [Ed. Note: Become a more persuasive writer [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jul 17, 2009
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