We were walking down a small cobblestone street in Aix en Provence. It was a perfect June day - sunny and still warm in the late afternoon. The old, unpainted buildings had an amber glow.
By Don Hauptman | Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Consider these three sentences, all found via online search: “As per our discussion, I am sending you the details of the American Airlines Inbound Campaign.” “Bryan, as per your request I am posting this as an answer.” “This article lists three websites that can be used to play music as per your mood.” The authoritative language guide Garner’s Modern [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Apr 29, 2011
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Ho hum. Just another really great article from ETR and Rich Schefren! ETR maintains the greatest number of follow-up flags of any e-mail service I subscribe too. In fact, I had to convert my daily praxis worksheet approach to a database-based design, just to maintain and use information from ETR alone. And that has lead to new [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Apr 29, 2011
Big doors swing on tiny hinges. Huge ships are controlled by small rudders. Life-changing events happen in seconds.
By Early To Rise | Thu, Apr 28, 2011
To fetter (FET-er) – from the Old Norse for “foot” – is to shackle; to confine or restrain. Example (as used by Charles Caleb Colton): “Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.”
By Early To Rise | Thu, Apr 28, 2011
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Thank you for the learning opportunity you guys share. It’s a big help, especially for me, a start-up businessman without any system of organization at all. I’m from the southernmost point of the Philippines, and I really want to learn and explore more. I admire companies like Toyota, Ford, Walmart, Starbucks, and McDonald’s. How organized [...]
By Jason Holland | Thu, Apr 28, 2011
On May 27, 1933 – in the heart of the Great Depression – a crowd of more than 30,000 people stood in line to get into the “Century of Progress” World’s Fair, held in Chicago, IL. Over the next 24 months, 39,052,236 people would attend the fair. To put that in perspective, the entire US population [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Apr 28, 2011
The "Century of Progress" brought in well over a billion dollars. And remember... this was during the Great Depression, with unemployment at a whopping 24%.
By Early To Rise | Wed, Apr 27, 2011
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Hi ETR. I am grateful for your daily education and inspirational stories. I am in Kenya – and our economies may be different but the ideas cut across the board. I have already started using them and they are working! Keep up the great work! R.W.
By Early To Rise | Wed, Apr 27, 2011
A roue(roo-AY) – from the French – is a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure. Example (as used by Roger Scruton in the New Statesman): “I spent some time with Desmond, an old roue who was recovering from a lifetime of excesses in a village near Fontainebleau.”
By Michael Masterson | Sat, Apr 30, 2011
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