The One Formula to Find Your Passion in Life
I was passionate when I was throwing hard pointed rocks at other little kids. “I hit him!” My friends and I would climb around construction sites, pretending they were forts. And throw rocks at each other until we were caught by parents. By adults. Einstein found his passion because he…
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Your Morning Challenge
At nine o’clock in the morning on January 20th, with only two hours to spare until his inauguration, the new President was still in bed. Were it up to him, meetings wouldn’t start until 11 a.m. Like Presidents Kennedy and Obama, President Reagan preferred to work at night, but he quickly…
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The Truth About Night Owls
It was the type of schedule that only a young man could keep. He began the night at an official government reception. When that ended, he moved on at 2 a.m. to a private party at a friend’s house, finally arriving home at 3:40 a.m. Yet the next day he was still up in time…
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Add This Magic Line to Your Day
A few days after Christmas I had to rush my mom to the hospital. She had been having chest pain for days and it was getting worse. Luckily, it turned out to be nothing more than a pulled muscle. But it shook me up. As I waited in the ER,…
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The Most Important Hour of Your Life
An executive called me up a few months ago in existential pain. He had spent the last several years pursuing a career path he now admitted was not right for him. He had overstayed his time building a software company when he really wanted to be teaching and writing. An…
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What You Need to Know Today: September 7
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know “Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.” – Ulysses S. Grant TECH Sneak peek inside Facebook’s virtual assistant ‘M’. Two weeks ago Facebook announced M – its virtual assistant that will compete with Apple Siri…
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The WRONG Way to Labor Day
Elmer had spent his life laboring in warehouses. He was no stranger to hard work. But that didn’t mean he deserved these conditions. Every day he and his fellow employees in the LeHigh Valley “were pushed harder and harder to work faster and faster until they were terminated, they quit, or they…
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This Habit Will Put You in the Top 1% of Experts and Money-Makers
What if you could become an international expert and top earner with ONE habit for only ONE hour per day? This one strategy changed everything for me. I used to be a huge TV junkie. I still have a few favorites on Netflix that I turn to when I need a…
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What You Need to Know Today: September 3
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do…
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What You Need to Know Today: August 31
Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today TECH Why Justin Bieber made me cry. Because you have better things to do on a Sunday night then watch the VMAs, here’s what you need to know: Taylor Swift won pretty much every award, Kanye West announced he’s…
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How to Beat Procrastination
To beat procrastination is to win the daily battle. It was 4 a.m. Time to get up, pet the dog, clear the cobwebs from my mind, and sit down to write. That’s my Magic Time and I can’t waste a minute of it. But one morning last month, I struggled to get started.…
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What Makes a True Gentleman
I’ve always enjoyed Oscar Wilde’s comedy An Ideal Husband. But New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is out to help women find the genuine item. In a column, she shared the wisdom of Father Pat Connor, a Catholic priest with several decades of experience as a marriage counselor. Too many women marry badly,…
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