So I didn’t make it over to my favorite local coffee house as early as I like, and the place was PACKED. Every table and seat was taken. I had to settle for moving my “portable office” to a nearby … Continue reading
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My newest product, Breakneck Branding, is live! You can get the lowdown on it right here. I think you’ll really like this one. You and I both know that your personal brand is critical to your success. So the LAST … Continue reading
Seen the pictures and films from southern California this week? Whatta madhouse! Wind gusts of up to 123 mph have ripped through there, downing power lines, cracking concrete light poles, and shoving trees on top of houses and businesses. They’ve … Continue reading
After much work and gnashing of teeth, my newest product, Coffee House Kingpin: How to Become the High-Profit Godfather at Your Offline Hangout, has finally gone live! And here’s what a handful of happy campers have said about it so … Continue reading
Plenty of so-called gurus offer formulas for the “perfect” business. One says affiliate marketing is the real deal. Another trumpets the glory of creating hundreds of niched mini-websites. A third’ll tell you that quick Kindle publishing is the way to … Continue reading
I’m the ultimate fanboy when it comes to stuff like comic book heroes, film noir, Sherlock Holmes, hardboiled crime fiction, Tarzan, retro sci-fi… You name it. But I’m not a Harry Potter fan. I read the first novel a few … Continue reading
This past Fourth of July weekend was nerve-wracking for Cheyenne, our 82-pound boxer-shepherd mix. She was already kinda edgy from the steady rumble of dune buggies and ATVs. But the nonstop barrage of bangs and booms that drifted up from … Continue reading
Didja happen to see the news story yesterday about Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney? He was asked what keeps him up at night during the “grinding adjustment of the global financial crisis.” Carney’s answer: “Nothing. To be totally honest, … Continue reading
Seen The Manchurian Candidate? I’m talking about the classic 1962 movie, starring Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, and Lawrence Harvey, NOT the forgettable 2004 remake with Denzel Washington. It’s a Cold War thriller in which the unwitting Harvey is brainwashed by … Continue reading
Greetings from Happy Town, U.S.A.! Seems this guy Dan Buettner’s got a book on “happiness” coming out this month. He visited the happiest spots on earth to find out why they’re so damn cheerful. One of them was San Luis … Continue reading