Tag Archive: Business Philosophy

The Dark Jedi Guide to Getting What You Want From Life

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. ―Yoda In Star Wars movies and positive thinking manifestos, we are told to banish fear, anger, and other negative emotions in order to be successful. Modern American society has cast into us a belief that…

Stupid People Making Money

This post isn’t about marketing. It is about stupid people making money so make sure to read the next quote if this one doesn’t apply to you: I don’t care about the size of my list, because that’s not how I do business. I am more social in the way I sell product. I hate…

Make Yourself More Transferable

Author’s Note: Scott Ginsberg a.k.a. Scott the Nametag Guy is celebrating the launch of his new book, -ABLE: 35 Strategies for Increasing the Probability of Success in Business and in Life, by challenging his readers to come up with their own –able word and write about it in a blog post. Reading Scott’s blog post announcing the challenge,…

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…

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…