Why The Ice Bucket Challenge Is a Waste of Your Time
There are many reasons you should not waste your time with the Ice Bucket Challenge. For one, I won’t do it because I don’t like being called out and told what to do. Second, it doesn’t look like a lot of fun (although from what I understand, that’s the point,…
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Shocking Discovery from Regis Philbin
In June, Regis Philbin – known as a TV entertainer, but a very savvy stock investor – interned for a day in hedge fund manager David Einhorn’s office, as a publicity stunt. One of the things he did was to mystery call and shop the stores of a public-company retail…
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More Online Success Stories
I meant to send these… …on Monday because these success stories are even BETTER than those of Dr. Mark Costes and Dr. Peter Osborne. My top 3 coaching clients have achieved so much in just a few short years that you would call them rags-to-riches overnight sensations. They all run…
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The Power of Going ALL In
The phrase “I’ll meet you halfway” hasn’t existed for me for most of my adult life… and I can thank the lameness of some people I love as much as anyone in the world for that… I have a group of ten buddies from high school who are like brothers…
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On Monday I returned from the trip of a lifetime to Rome & Prague. It was my 5th “Trip of a Lifetime” in the past 14 months, including: 1) A 10-day journey to London, Barcelona, & Ibiza 2) My annual trip to Lithuania followed by a week in Croatia 3)…
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Three Qualities to Look for Before You Go into Business with Anyone
I am not a spendthrift. But I’m not a cheapskate, either.I know people who are not happy in a deal unless they feel like they’ve beaten the other guy down to nothing. That approach to business is mean and inefficient. Most times, it will end up backfiring.Let me tell you…
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Doctor Makes More
You are in the right place. In November, you could be in an even better place. On the weekend of November 7-8th, 2014, Bedros Keuilian and I are running a 2-day Online Breakthrough Summit in Southern California. You’ll leave the weekend with a complete 30-day blueprint for online success. Does…
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The Unimportance of Practically Everything
A friend of mine is the Executive Director for an organization with global reach. He is intelligent and driven, but constantly distracted. At any given time he will have Twitter, Gmail, Facebook and multiple IM conversations going. The majority of them are useful in some way. Yet, in the back…
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How to Deal with the Same Problems as Oprah and LeBron
One Monday morning, as I finished my breakfast, I overheard an interesting conversation on the radio between the co-hosts… Female Co-Host: Oprah’s in Toronto this week filming her show, but I guess you’re not a big fan? Male Co-Host: Ugh, Oprah. Can’t stand her. Actually, I guess she’s not so bad now. Female: Why…
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7 Must Do Steps To Improve Copy
By the time you read this I’ll be on a plane from Prague to Frankfurt, or perhaps even on my 8-hour flight from there to Toronto. My annual trip to the www.BlackSmithCamp.com in Europe is coming to an end. It was another unforgettable trip. I’ll tell you more about it…
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Worst Affiliate Email Ever
This is pathetic and doesn’t work. Whatever you do, do NOT ever approach someone like this guy did…”What a LaRue”, as my friend Jason Ferruggia would say. Here’s what happened…last month I received this email from a stranger. The sender probably sent it to hundreds of people in my industry,…
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Recovering the Value of Leisure
Like you, I’ve spent a big part of my life doing and accomplishing things. It’s been both challenging and fulfilling, whether it was during my time as a high school teacher, a pastor, campus chaplain, or presently, as a life and leadership coach. For over four decades I have been…
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