Monthly Archives: December 2009

The Reason for Success

There is a reason that some people succeed and you don’t It has nothing to do with their current financial situation, their upbringing, or their intelligence. The reason that someone else is succeeding and you aren’t is that they are working their ass off while you are sitting at home watching Lost. I didn’t have…

Are You Trying to Trade A Monotonous Job for a Monotonous Business?

A few days ago, I was watching one of the thousands of videos Internet Marketers have put out there on creating a “freedom business.” All of these videos pitch a similar formula for creating an online business: Create a niche blog. Fill the niche blog with bought content. Inflate your Google search rankings with backlinks….

What You Should Be Doing With Business Cards After a Conference or Networking Event

It never fails . . . After returning from a conference or networking event, I find my mailbox and e-mail filled with newsletters and marketing materials from people with whom I exchanged contact information. That is funny . . . I never remember any of these people asking, “Hey, do you mind if I add…

Why You Are Not As Good As You Think You Are

As I was approaching a stoplight on my way to work this morning, some asshat (Thanks Havi – see full definition here) random person in a red SUV tore past me well over the speed limit, cut in front of me, and came to a complete stop at the stoplight for a good 10 to…