Each Friday I’m going to answer at least one reader question in addition to bringing you more great content. Today, a reader has a question on my habits, and I have an article for you on your legacy. Let me know what you think of the QnA – good or bad – in the comments below. Question: [...]
By lesa | Thu, Jul 28, 2011
I’m off to beautiful Austin, Texas this morning for a Mastermind meeting with information marketer Ryan Deiss. I’ve known Ryan for over four years now, and he’s always on the leading edge of what’s working. Recently, Ryan introduced me to a couple of great information marketing teachers, Jeff Vacek and Ken Preuss. Last Saturday afternoon, when [...]
By lesa | Wed, Jul 27, 2011
Ask any entrepreneur about when they had their biggest breakthrough, and the answer will almost always be, “When I finally found the right mentor.” It certainly was for me. For six years I stumbled along with my website business, grinding out small increases in sales each year. It wasn’t until I finally got help from a [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Tue, Jul 26, 2011
When I first met my friend Carrie Wilkerson at a seminar in 2008, she was one of those people that everyone else was talking about – in a good way. I lost track of how many times I heard, “You need to meet/speak with Carrie,” over that weekend. And when I finally did [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Mon, Jul 25, 2011
I can still remember the day, 5 years ago in March of 2006, when I had my initial phone call with my first ever business coach. I was sitting in my tiny, overpriced, bachelor apartment in downtown Toronto simultaneously dealing with an anxiety attack (another story for another day) and the coaching [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Fri, Jul 22, 2011
On Thursday afternoon, me and my ol’ pup, Bally the Dog went for a short walk outside on the farm, down to the river for him to cool off with a swim. It’s been a little hot up here in southern Ontario, with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees. Add in some humidity, [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Wed, Jul 20, 2011
The one thing I admire about people who have strong nutrition beliefs is their dogmatic behavior. For example, a vegetarian, under no circumstances, will ever eat meat. There is no, “well, everyone else is having a burger, so just this once, I will too.” That’s not how it works. Not when a vegetarian has a strong personal [...]
By Craig Ballantyne | Wed, Jul 20, 2011
My Final ETR Message By Michael Masterson This is a goodbye message. After writing hundreds of essays in Early to Rise and more than a dozen books since 1999, I’ve decided to retire the Michael Masterson brand. The reason is simple: I’ve written down in great detail and repeatedly everything I know about entrepreneurship, marketing and advertising copy. Effective [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jul 14, 2011
Bucolic (byoo-KOL-ik) – from the Greek for “herdsman” – refers to an idyllic rural life. Example (as used by Raymond Blanc): “I had the archetypal French bucolic upbringing, in a peasant village in deepest Burgundy.”
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jul 13, 2011
Temerarious (tem-uh-RARE-ee-us) – from the Latish for “rash/heedless” – means recklessly or presumptuously daring. Example (as used by H.G. Wells in The New Machiavelli): “I have confessed myself a temerarious theologian, and in that passage from boyhood to manhood I ranged widely in my search for some permanently satisfying Truth.”
By lesa | Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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