What You Need to Know Today: March 7
Your Early to Rise Daily Briefing Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH To your friend who says: ‘Macs don’t get viruses.’ Thinking about torrenting the latest episode of Billions? Might want to check that your Transmission app is above or below version 2.90. A security research…
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Why Everyone Should Write a Journal — And How to Start
Despite spending a big chunk of my early adult years as a television sports anchor paid to ask a ton of questions, one of the few regrets I have in life is not asking even more of them. Having a grandfather with a treasure trove of knowledge, an essential time…
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3 Big Life Lessons from a Dog
Bally the dog has taught me some of the biggest lessons of my life, and reminded me that our lives are passing even faster than we think.
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How to Find Your Life Purpose: An Unconventional Approach
Let’s say you’re feeling unmotivated, unsure of yourself, aimless, can’t find your passion, directionless, not clear on what your purpose in life is. You’re in good company — most people are in the same boat. Now, there about a million things online telling you how to find your passion in life, and…
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Do You Suffer From “Status Anxiety?”
Depressed you don’t own a new car? It could be Status Anxiety.
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16 Things To Stop Doing In 2016
I’m not much into making New Years’ resolutions, but I have to say, it is a good time to self-reflect, reassess goals, and create a plan for the upcoming year. This year, my husband and I made it a habit of going on “retreats,” from the advice of Craig Ballantyne.…
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The Truth About Luck and Success
Luck has been in my corner since day one back in 1975. I was extraordinarily lucky to be born in Canada into a lower-middle class family. Lucky enough to have been educated in the years of the first home computer, to have come of age with the first Internet generation, and…
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Your Family System — Open or Closed?
A family system that is closed will be restrictive and negative, where as an open family system is one of joy and encouragement. Which do you cultivate?
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Think About This Christmas Morning
Woo hoo! I have great news to brighten your already amazing Christmas season! It was a very special weekend here at Early To Rise. Every December we bring our business partners, family, and friends together to visit local Wal-Marts where we buy as many toys as possible to give to…
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What Are You Saying NO To?
This is what I did to ruin my life. I had a policy: always say “yes” to opportunity. If you grab enough opportunities, I thought, then one would work out and be a winner. What does “a winner” mean? It might mean that the goddess, Oprah, would call me. Or that…
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Making Every Day Thanksgiving
Here it is, Thanksgiving again. I love Thanksgiving because it brings back a lot of great childhood memories — turkey, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, five or six desserts, the Packers and Lions doing battle on our black-and-white television set, snow flurries, the long weekend and, best of all, family. Most everyone loves the festive atmosphere…
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