A New Model of Economic Growth

Front page headline on Friday’s Wall Street Journal proclaimed a big up-tick worldwide in the manufacturing sector. According to the paper, everybody is making more and more stuff. This helps assure that the recovery “has legs.” Auto sales, too, came…

Inner Listening and Intuitive Access

Intuition is knowledge that you can access; however, it is not contained in the logical part of your mind. The logical part of your mind has been over-trained while the other valuable part of your mind where intuition resides most…

Honda and Domino Leading Online Marketing

1. Honda unveils new campaign as it boosts agency roster Honda has unveiled a new digital affiliate marketing campaign to promote its hybrid sports coupé, the CR-Z. The marque has also appointed Elvis to handle its pan-European direct marketing and…

Speech Attention Tips and Grabbers

How you can create a speech in less than 10 mins that is equally effective and to-the-point (without all the fluff!) 1. Start with the conclusion! Echoing Steven Covey’s 2nd habit, it is critical to have the end in mind.…

Break the Rules to Grow Your Business

Marketing rules can be the most profitable ones for you to break. The old “Madison Avenue” rules make advertising agencies rich. To make yourself and your business rich, you’ll want to join a group of rule-breakers known for their expertise…

New Wave In Mobile Push Marketing…

What is mobile push marketing? In a nutshell, it is the ability to get your marketing messages out to mobile devices, using SMS technology, otherwise knows as text messaging. I’m not talking about spamming text messages out to cell phones,…

A “Digital 911” in the Works…

It’s no secret that signs of a major network crash have been appearing for the last few years… Now the cracks are widening, pushing the situation to a boiling point. Just look at what’s happening as we speak… * Just…

Self-disclosure: Be yourself

Day 1 of 30 days of self-disclosure: the real obstacles you face are not technical or strategic problems. They are issues at a deeper level that require some kind of transformation in your thinking to overcome them. Day 2 The…

Brian Johnson – Philosopher Notes

Source: Brian Johnson – Philosopher Notes Laughing Matters “To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humor and look for reasons to laugh everywhere. We become so self-absorbed and serious when it comes to our problems and melodramas that…

Tai Lopez`s 67 steps

1) People often dream about becoming a millionaire. There are 1,645 billionaires in the world. But only 400 or so are self-made (the rest inherited their money). And of these self-made billionaires the largest single category are investors. Investors win.…

How the Internet is Changing Advertising

What exactly do you do…? We create epipheos. Umm, can you be more specific…? Descriptions are usually long, boring, and forgettable. BUT experiences that create amazement, discovery, and inspiration are life changing. They change people to a point that causes…

David Frey

7 Marketing Best Practices Step 1 – Understand Your Market and Competition A big mistake that many small business owners make is to latch on to a cool product or service without first understanding the market and what it wants…

7 principles of Quantum Physics

Why are The 7 Prin­ci­ples so important? Because they affect every­thing in life and have an inter­est­ing rela­tion­ship with each other. The 7 Prin­ci­ples are: 1. The Prin­ci­ple of Men­tal­ism 2. The Prin­ci­ple of Cor­re­spon­dence 3. The Prin­ci­ple of Polar­ity 4. The…

How to get an MBA from Eminem

In 2002 I was driving to a hedge fund manager’s house to hopefully raise money from him. I was two hours late. This was pre-GPS and I had no cell phone. I was totally lost. I kept playing over and…

Agora ETR

Choosing the Best Possible Life By Mark Ford 1. What are you going to do? 2. With whom? 3. And where? Spend More Time with This Destructive Person By Craig Ballantyne Look for a comfort-destroyer mentor who can push your…

The Most Popular Alternative Energy

Solar power doesn’t work at night. Wind power needs wind. Hydro runs into droughts. Geothermal works great, but it’s scarce. Alternative energies are a pain in the neck. They’re expensive and inconvenient. “Biomass” is America’s newest alternative power source. It…

Book Reviews

Fight Mediocrity Summaries How to Be a Man – The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida – Goals: dont expect completion of something to pursue your goals, dont pospone or procrastinate – Passion: dont get lost on task…

Secure Internet Surfing

The government has the legal right to access your entire Internet activity history without asking for any permission. It’s authorized through the Patriot Act, which runs around the Fourth Amendment – “unreasonable search and seizure” – by getting the info…

10 FAQ for Trading Strategies

Former floor trader on the IMM, IOM, NYFE and LIFFE as well as a risk manager of a large, multinational corporation in Geneva, Switzerland, also author of best selling books on forex trading and trend following. In 1995, he founded…

The Most Interesting Ad in the World

“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.” – David Ogilvy Have you seen The Most Interesting Man in the World? I’m referring to the…

Smile and Move your World

It’s all about attitude & action. Mattering to the world all with a smile. How to Smile? Wake Up: engage with care and attention Be thankful: the opportunity to serve is a gift Be approachable: We are at each other´s…

Financial Predictions for 2010

As the manic-depressive decade of the 2000s came to a close, stocks staged a spectacular, global bust and powerful rebound. Housing also did the bust thing; we may be waiting a long time for the powerful real estate rebound, however.…

Industry Aggregation with Gordon Bizar

How to Depression Proof Your Business? Why Traditional Recession Tactics Are Doomed To Fail This Time? Tomorrow’s sources of advantage aren’t like yesterday’s. … Ultimately, they are about a true advantage — one that accrues not just to the corporation,…

The Best-Performing Stock of 2009 and 2010

After climbing 9,589% since 2009 began, Diedrich Coffee (Nasdaq: DDRX) is valued at roughly $200 million today. Shares trade for $34 apiece. I’m not at all surprised. Diedrich, which is in the (big) business of roasting coffee beans and then…

The Simplest Marketing Test of All

I have a good marketing test for you. It’s the most basic, fundamental test you can run on the marketing for your business. In fact, it involves asking yourself one simple question… “Would I buy from me?” Be honest. If…

This Man is Truly Changing Lives

Dr. Geoff Tabin is changing lives: A Vision for Eliminating Blindness with Innovation. I just read a powerful story in the December issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine. A story that has caused me to shift my thinking about a…

Current Stock Market Condition: Strong Bull

“People do not trade the markets; they trade their beliefs about the markets.” – Van Tharp The Big Picture Can you predict when a country will default or go bankrupt? In 1999, Alan Greenspan and Paul Guidotti published the Greenspan-Guidotti…

The Return Path to Joy, Happiness and Bliss

Simply put, what you do each day has a compound effect on your life, your happiness and outlook. I’ve always experimented with what provides me with more bliss, joy, confidence and a feeling of accomplishment. I’ve applied all 9 ‘M-Power’ on…

Giving Thanks in Thanksgiving Day

“My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to.” “He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant, total amazement.” –…

Top 10 Investment Mistakes

You Weren’t There For The Wedding, Don’t Be There For The Funeral. This is an old horse racing proverb. The ongoing credit crisis continues to caste an ominous shadow over the stock market and the light at the end of…

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

This book is split into three books, Resistance, Combating Resistance, and Beyond Resistance. Book One identifies what is known as resistance. Resistance is the little devil inside us all that prevents us from doing our work. The devil that pulls…

¿Cómo Diferenciar tu Empresa?

¿Estás en un mercado donde el 90% de los clientes deciden por precio? ¿Pueden los clientes diferenciar tus anuncios y beneficios sobre que ofrecen tus competidores? ¿Están todos tus competidores utilizando los mismos medios y mensajes publicitarios? ¿Tú equipo de…

Entrepreneurs are greedy, really?

When’s the last time you turned on CNN and heard an encouraging story about business owners doing good in the world? When’s the last time you heard somebody in the media or education system say, “We need to build up…