Do More by Believing Less
"I've never done a deal that big," he said. "So what!" I said. "Just go for it. You've done similar deals lots of times."
"I've never done a deal that big," he said. "So what!" I said. "Just go for it. You've done similar deals lots of times."
By PJ McClure | Wed, Aug 11, 2010
"I've never done a deal that big," he said. "So what!" I said. "Just go for it. You've done similar deals lots of times."
By Early To Rise | Wed, Aug 11, 2010
The word efflorescent (ef-luh-RES-unt) — from the French for “to flower out” — describes something that bursts forth or erupts suddenly. Example (as used by Steve Paul in a syndicated review of Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain: “I suppose it’s a [...]
By Early To Rise | Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Personally, I'm sick of BP. I don't care if they survive. But I am interested in making money off of BP's problems.
By Bob Irish | Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Personally, I'm sick of BP. I don't care if they survive. But I am interested in making money off of BP's problems.
By Early To Rise | Tue, Aug 10, 2010
A Panjandrum (pan-JAN-drum) is a very important or influential (and often overbearing) person. The pseudo-Latin word was coined by Samuel Foote, an 18th-century English dramatist and actor. Example (as used by Max Byrd in a New York Times review of The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno by Ellen Bryson): “[P.T.] Barnum, in reality a great 19th-century panjandrum [...]
By Early To Rise | Mon, Aug 9, 2010
In midstream, the fundraising speech I was giving for the Hospice Foundation got away from me. I paused and the room became slow-motion silent. The crowd of attendees, some with folded arms and some with legs crossed at the ankles, sat there, waiting for me to continue."
By Elle Swan | Mon, Aug 9, 2010
In midstream, the fundraising speech I was giving for the Hospice Foundation got away from me. I paused and the room became slow-motion silent.
By Early To Rise | Mon, Aug 9, 2010
To articulate (ar-TIK-yuh-late) — from the Latin for “to divide into distinct parts” — is to express clearly in words. Example (as used by Elle Swan today): “Here I was, 10 years later, a professional speaker. And I had never given a speech about the stale popcorn from trashcans or the [...]
By Michael Masterson | Fri, Aug 6, 2010
When I was first getting into the business of selling educational programs, a famous zero-down real estate guru asked me, "Do you know the thing people who take my courses want most?"
By Early To Rise | Wed, Aug 11, 2010
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