How to Save Two Hours a Day
Hit snooze and lose. Do that, and you’ve already lost the day. For the day is won in the morning. If you don’t get off to a good start, you’ll never have a chance to catch up. Right now you’re getting buried in minutiae, aren’t you? Or at least that’s…
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Slaying the Green-Eyed Monster: How to Deal with People Who are Jealous of Your Entrepreneurial Success
I once heard a great piece of advice concerning whether to tell other people how much money you make. The advice was: don’t. Reason: If you make less than they do, they will look down on you. If you make more than they do, they will resent you. Most people…
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Your Perfect Day Revealed
Good morning. You’ve awoken naturally, five minutes before your alarm clock. You kiss your spouse lightly so as not to wake them, and slide stealthily out from under the covers. Quietly, you exit the bedroom, get cleaned up and settle into your personal space designated for your morning ritual. You…
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Why Your Network is Your Net Worth
I lived in Manhattan for more than seven years, and on any given day I typically went to the same deli, the same coffee shop, the same ATM, and walked the same route to my office.. We’ve all been there, complacent in our comfort zone. What would have happened if…
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3 Steps to De-Clutter Your Life
For several years, in locations all over the world, I lived out of a backpack for months at a time. I’ve travelled on deep desert expeditions into the Sahara, the Mongolian desert, and other wastelands where my personal baggage was severely restricted because we had to carry so much petrol…
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Discovering the Secrets of Life From “Pint-Sized” Teachers
I’m probably the only former-church-organist to grace the pages of Early To Rise. Let me tell you how I got here. My goal as a young man was to be a church organist playing in some beautiful church somewhere that wanted nothing but the highest level of musical offering for…
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Why Looking Out for Number One Is Noble
Over the years, I’ve taken a lot of flak — especially from the media — for the title of my New York Times #1 bestseller Looking Out for #1. As near as I’ve been able to tell, however, those who have been the most offended by the title never took…
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How to Beat the Best
It’s always good to get a compliment. When I rewrote the lead for a promotion that “GX”, a successful copywriter, had been paid to write for one of my clients a few years ago, I felt good about my revision. The sales copy GX had sent in was standard, run-of-the-mill…
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Why You Should Write Daily
One of the most instrumental changes in my life has been writing every single day. For many years I was a writer who didn’t write that regularly. It was always on the back of my mind to write, but I didn’t find the time. Then I started my blog in…
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What I Would Do If I Were a Young Person Today
(NOTE: By young, I’m referring to anyone with a pulse and that still wants to add value to the world. This advice truly knows no age limits.) I’m a lucky man. I was born at the right time in the right place to the right parents under the right circumstances.…
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The Power of “Magic Time” for Stressed Out Working Parents
I was a mess: a stressed out, unhealthy time bomb just waiting to explode. As the family’s sole breadwinner, I let my responsibility to provide for my husband and 2-year-old son weigh too heavily on my shoulders. Simply loving your job doesn’t always translate to a stress-free existence, especially when…
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How to Deal With Fear
I was about seven years old the first time I remember being scared to death. I was sitting in the school cafeteria with my friend Daryl eating lunch. I’m pretty sure I was eating peanut butter and jelly, unless it was during one of those “healthy” periods when my mom…
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