Archives | August, 2010

How 10 Minutes Can Change Your Life Right Now

By Michael Masterson | Sat, Aug 21, 2010

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Adela was an energetic, recently divorced 36-year-old, bubbling with ideas. She had come to ETR's Info-Marketing Bootcamp to start her life anew. The goal she had in mind was to become a freelance copywriter -- and she told me she had already ordered AWAI's copywriting program.

Why I’m Excited About Bootcamp

By Jason Holland | Fri, Aug 20, 2010

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Hey, Early to Risers! Laura Rodini is in San Francisco meeting with some of our top copywriters, so she asked me to take over today's issue of The Insider.

Mind Games

By Clayton Makepeace | Thu, Aug 19, 2010

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The simple, objective fact is, there is absolutely, positively no reason why you shouldn't have it all. Billionaires are not a billion times more deserving than you are. Nor are millionaires a million times smarter than you.

Mind Games

By Early To Rise | Thu, Aug 19, 2010

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The simple, objective fact is, there is absolutely, positively no reason why you shouldn't have it all. Billionaires are not a billion times more deserving than you are. Nor are millionaires a million times smarter than you.

The Language Perfectionist: A Congeries of Misuses

By Don Hauptman | Thu, Aug 19, 2010

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Once again, it’s time for a selective roundup and analysis of mistakes in the news: “It is ironical that the author of the book that accurately depicted the lives of China’s rural poor… was rejected by the revolutionaries themselves.” The standard form of the word is ironic, not ironical. In a previous column, [...]

Silly Ideas

By Glenn Fisher | Wed, Aug 18, 2010

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It was an experimental wine that Thierry had been working on... He thought it had potential, so he decided to share it with Guy. He poured two glasses. They sipped it.

Silly Ideas

By Early To Rise | Wed, Aug 18, 2010

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It was an experimental wine that Thierry had been working on... He thought it had potential, so he decided to share it with Guy. He poured two glasses. They sipped it.

Today’s Words That Work: Detritus

By Early To Rise | Wed, Aug 18, 2010

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Detritus (dih-TRY-tus) — from the Latin for “rubbing away” — is debris, the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up (e.g., small stone fragments formed by the process of erosion). Example (as used by Angus MacLachlan in The New York Times): “The year I helped move my parents out of [...]

False Indicators of Success

By Bob Cox | Tue, Aug 17, 2010

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There are three emotional levels most everyone experiences during their journey through setting and achieving their important life goals: 1. THE HIGH 2. THE LOW 3. THE PLATEAU

False Indicators of Success

By Early To Rise | Tue, Aug 17, 2010

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There are three emotional levels most everyone experiences during their journey through setting and achieving their important life goals: 1. THE HIGH 2. THE LOW 3. THE PLATEAU

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