Think you’re being good when you buy low-fat products? Do you marvel that such healthy items taste so good? There’s a reason for that, says Total Health Breakthroughs’ Managing Editor Jon Herring. “The fat has been replaced with sugar and refined carbohydrates. And those are more dangerous to your health.”
By Dan Kennedy | Tue, Nov 17, 2009
On any given day, I go down to my cave at 7:00 a.m. and do not emerge until 6:00 p.m. When I do, my wife goes through a litany of everything she accomplished in that time. Then she asks: “And what did you do all day?” My answer: “Nine pages.”
By Michael Masterson | Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Astute businesspeople don’t gamble. They take calculated risks when the odds favor success. Walk through any casino in the wee hours and you will notice how miserable the gamblers look. Even at the high-stakes tables, otherwise successful people will be slumped over, watching their money disappear, one stack of chips at [...]
By Michael Masterson | Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Important phone calls are stressful. And when you’re under stress, you’re not as clearheaded as you should be. The result is often an incomplete conversation. (“Damn! I should have said this.” Or, “Why didn’t I remember to ask that?”)
By Early To Rise | Tue, Nov 17, 2009
A litany (LIT-n-ee) — from the Greek for “entreaty” — is a long, formal, ritualistic prayer. The word is also used for any tedious, repetitious speech or recital.
By Michael Masterson | Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Here’s a statement worth thinking about: “The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in the long, drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness itself makes things go and creates confidence.”
By Early To Rise | Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Nugatory (NOO-guh-taw-ree) — from the Latin for “trifling” — means worthless or ineffective; of no real value.
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Nov 16, 2009
DL, a senior executive, sat next to me on the plane ride to LA. During the four-hour flight, he read a detective novel. It relaxed him, he said. I wasn’t impressed.
By Jon Herring | Mon, Nov 16, 2009
When Israeli medical doctors went on strike in 2000, the number of deaths in that country went down. They went down so far, in fact, that funeral directors were protesting the strike! Emergency care and other vital services were not disrupted during the strike. What decreased — drastically — were visits to outpatient [...]
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Nov 16, 2009
It’s a common story. Entrepreneur starts company. Company gets too big for one man to handle. Professional managers take over. Business tanks. Original (or new) entrepreneur takes over. Business is saved. I’ve seen it from afar and have experienced it firsthand.
By Michael Masterson | Wed, Nov 18, 2009
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