Today’s Words That Work: Discombobulate
To discombobulate (dis-kum-BOB-yuh-late) — a fanciful alteration of “discompose” or “discomfort” — is to befuddle, perplex, or frustrate.
To discombobulate (dis-kum-BOB-yuh-late) — a fanciful alteration of “discompose” or “discomfort” — is to befuddle, perplex, or frustrate.
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Nov 9, 2009
When you’re traveling on business, it’s tempting to skip exercise and grab fast food to save time. Bad idea. You’re on the road for a good reason: There’s something important that requires your attention — and you need to stay mentally alert. The best way to do that is to maintain as healthy [...]
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Nov 9, 2009
If you want to become the boss one day, think like a customer and act like an owner. How do you think like a customer? Let’s start with the obvious. Your customers are interested in what’s good for them, not you. They don’t really care how hard you work or how [...]
By Jason Holland | Mon, Nov 9, 2009
What do you really need to start building a life-changing amount of wealth? Your 401(k) ain’t gonna do it. Neither is your day job. The 200 aspiring Internet entrepreneurs at Bootcamp know. It was the subject of Michael Masterson’s keynote speech: The Special Theory of Automatic Wealth.
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Nov 9, 2009
ETR’s Info-Marketing Bootcamp started last night. And for those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ll be publishing breaking news throughout this week from the conference. Writing those Bootcamp dispatches will be Jason Holland, ETR’s Managing Editor. He’ll be playing the part of roving reporter. (His first dispatch is below.)
By Don Hauptman | Fri, Nov 6, 2009
Can you spot anything wrong in this sentence? “Also on the front page, just below the Citizen’s masthead, the paper’s publishers added the phrase ‘Belmont’s Only Prize-Winning Newspaper,’ a thinly veiled dig at their hometown competitor, The Belmont Herald.”
By Michael Masterson | Fri, Nov 6, 2009
There are basically two ways to get the people who work for you to do what you want. You can bully them into it. Or you can lead them. The bully’s method is initially effective, because it takes advantage of his superior power. But everything changes with time — including the balance of [...]
By Michael Masterson | Fri, Nov 6, 2009
Did your doctor tell you to lose weight? It may be good advice. Then again, he may have based it on bad science — the outdated Body Mass Index (BMI). Calculated from height and weight, it can be grossly misleading. For example, according to the BMI, Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime — [...]
By Michael Masterson | Fri, Nov 6, 2009
There’s a small cafe in Annapolis, Maryland. A great breakfast place. And they will add nearly $20,000 to their sales this year by using one little trick: They make it extremely convenient for their customers to add a $3 item to their order.
By Brian Tracy | Fri, Nov 6, 2009
You get more out of your relationships with others — more easily — by not approaching them directly. It’s because of something called the Law of Indirect Effort. For example, if you want to impress someone, the direct way to do it is to point out your admirable qualities and accomplishments. But talking about [...]
By Early To Rise | Mon, Nov 9, 2009
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