What’s Your Constraint?
The starting point of great success has always been the same. It is to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important than to begin by fantasizing about what you can become, have, and do.
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The starting point of great success has always been the same. It is to dream big dreams. There is nothing more important than to begin by fantasizing about what you can become, have, and do.
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jun 16, 2011
Concupiscence (kon-KYOO-pih-suns) – from the Latin for “to wish” – is yearning; strong desire (especially sexual desire). Example (as used by Blaise Pascal): “Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.”
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jun 16, 2011
Your marketing team has looked at your products and has developed a plan for getting those products in front of your prospects. Part of that plan might include creative tasks... don't let the "fun" stuff take precedence over the plan's real purpose: making a profit!
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jun 15, 2011
Comely (KUM-lee) – from the Old English for “lovely” – means pleasing in appearance; proper or seemly. Example (as used by Francis Bacon): “The speaking in perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love.”
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jun 15, 2011
I have a daughter in Montclair, New Jersey - hometown of the inimitable Yogi Berra... I have made a bit of a study of his remarks. And one of my favorites is, "You can observe a lot just by looking."
By Early To Rise | Tue, Jun 14, 2011
Perfervid (pur-FUR-vid) – from the Latin for “to boil” – means ardent or impassioned; exaggeratedly emotional. Example (as used by Armond White in an article titled “Best Movies, Saddest Culture”): “Good movies evaporate, while the market is flooded with inanity. Critics can’t do much to stop this, but when you read perfervid reviews of the latest [...]
By Early To Rise | Tue, Jun 14, 2011
"Touching all the bases" is an appropriate metaphor that may well have its roots in the tragic tale of Fred Merkle. At the time, Merkle was only 19 years old and in his second major league season...
By Early To Rise | Mon, Jun 13, 2011
A jibe with means to be in harmony or accord; to agree. (Don’t make the mistake of using “jive with” instead – a common error.) Example (as used by Judith Warner in a NYT review of Violette Noziere: A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris by Sarah Maza): “The story of incest simply wasn’t one that [...]
By Early To Rise | Mon, Jun 13, 2011
To create powerful marketing campaigns, you must go beyond the demographics to understand what motivates these people ...
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jun 10, 2011
I realized that one of the things that had been holding me back from accomplishing my goals was the desperation of wanting success too badly.
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jun 17, 2011
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