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Daily Success Quotes Page 2008-06-08 06:26:23 This is an ever-expanding list so you might want to bookmark this page (Ctrl + D)and revisit ... everyday of your life? You could develop worse habits.Enjoy...The List:Delete the word "can't" from your vocabulary. Anything is Possible."Add some levity to your day by doing something that you've never done before. Wear your shoes on the wrong foot or try some new food or walk with a different step. Read more:Daily
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China India. Mexico. Taking Jobs - Taking Oil? 2008-06-07 07:19:42 America Feeling The Squeeze?Maybe I shouldn't tackle this subject on a weekend when you just want to relax and refill the tank - but it crept up on me - so I'll go with it. The whole story of this is that Americans are getting squeezed at the gas tanks for a variety of reasons - and one of the most common re Read more:China
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, Taking
Business Book Reviews 2008-06-07 02:37:45 **June 6th Update. New Business
Book Added**This section is dedicated to reviews of the business books that are out there, and that have been out there. Having read so many, I find myself in the unique position of being able to recommend the very best, most useful business books. It's true that I can find business knowledge in almost any book - but these business books do an especially good job.Th
Donald Trump: Why a Success ? 2008-06-06 07:48:16 Do you know this person? You might, and you might love him or hate him, but whatever conception you have of him it's impossible to deny his spot in the forbes richest people in the world.*Sidenote* I was shocked to see 2 friends listed above Donald
on this list...Hint: If you read my other post then you recognize this sound: *Whi-chh*[Story Continues...]That is the classic whipping sound from the Read more:Success
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, Donald Trump
Learn from the Google Vs. Microsoft War. 2008-06-05 02:03:52 If there are paved roads near your residence, then I'm sure you've heard of the 'corporate struggle' going on between Google
and Microsoft
. Basically the situation looks like this: Google is currently dominating and getting stronger, while Microsoft...is getting soft despite their best efforts. I love this story because at the heart of it is an idea I have talked about for a long while.[Story Cont
Speaking of Spying: Here's a Great Way and a Great Find! 2008-06-04 10:25:58 So the other day - was that only yesterday? I was talking about spying on the competition - it's a great thing. Everyone does it. Come on. You do it too. Only the cool ones do it. Anyway - I was doing a little...."checking up" shall we say, on some websites and I bumped into something. It's a neat little tool that can be useful to professionals and first-time business owners alike. So let me tell Read more:Speaking
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Define Business: A New Definition of Business. 2008-06-03 06:00:05 We're going to define business because it means too many different things to too many different people. The result is confusion, incorrect assumptions, poor ideas, and it can lead to failure. We'll start with how the dictionary tries to define business, then common thought, and of course how might we redefine business?[Story Continues...]Most dictionaries offer 3 basic definitions of business (as Read more:Business
, Definition
The Secret - What Do You Think? 2008-06-03 04:22:23 A few months after The Secret was released I noticed at least 4 commercials - all selling different products - and all used music from the movie. Clearly The Secret was a success on many levels...But what did YOU think of it? And what do you think of this video? It's Saturday. Relax a little. Enjoy Summer if it has reached you yet...it's only May 31st!The Secret Behind 'The Secret'(Read the Review
Small Business: Spying on Competitors & Luck 2008-06-03 02:50:09 Great ideas abound. They can come from anywhere. You can get ideas from watching birds, from listening to music, from seeing a movie. And you've probably heard about watching what your competitors do. But have you really started tracking what they do?[Story Continues...]A lot of times you go to someone for advice and you listen to what they have to say, but you completely forget to watch what they Read more:Business
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Where You Can Find an Online Job 2008-06-01 05:17:34 If you're looking for legitimate work online then look no further. I guess I've underestimated how much information I have come across, but it seems that people are still unaware of all the legitimate opportunities available today online. Well I guess I'll give what I know and add to it later.[Story Continues...]Quickly I want to say a word about the types of jobs you can find online and that is t
Indiana Jones Can Help You Make Money 2008-05-29 23:30:57 This really wasn't a shameless attempt to tie the site in with the new Indiana
Jones release - honestly. But when the thought occurred to me, I wasn't going to keep it out - especially now.Obviously, the Indiana Jones
Saga has been an excruciating success, but how did it start? More importantly - how are you supposed to profit from it?[Story Continues...]It all goes back to Star Wars and 2 friend Read more:Money
Bloggers for Sale to Small Business "Owners" 2008-05-28 05:41:51 A recent article over at Entrepreneur written by Guy Kawasaki talks about what small business owners can do to get bloggers to start blogging about their companies. He goes through a short list, but the easy summation is this advice to small business owners: They will be easy to please, and you should be eager to please because you can't discount the impact of blogging anymore.[Story Continues...] Read more:Business
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2 Quick, Easy Debt Solutions 2008-05-27 12:08:03 I would be completely remiss in my responsibilities if I didn't provide a debt solution when I'm sitting on it. It comes from experience and other experts like Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey, and Abraham.There are 2 variations of this debt solution method.[Story Continues...]Speed Debt-Solving Method:Get paper and pen, turn the paper or notebook sideways and divide it into as many columns as creditors yo Read more:Quick
Saving Money VS. Making Money. Road to Wealth. 2008-05-27 09:51:50 Oh. This should be a good one. Money
and Success Books are usually divided into 2 categories: The ones that want you to save your way to millions and the ones that want you to create your way to millions. Well, millions sound so tastey - I don't think I care how I get there. Just gimme, gimme, gimme.Whoa. Down. Sit. Hey. Siiiit. Ok.[Story Continues...]Saving
your way to millions sounds great. You Read more:Wealth
When You Want to Make Money Online... 2008-05-27 08:29:04 You want to make money online - I get it. But before you get ahead of yourself and click on the first flashing promise of a steady income while you're in your underwear, let me quickly prepare you. You might also figure out what went wrong and why it might appear that you aren't making any headway.[Story Continues]First you have to know that when there are a lot of people ...and I mean billions of Read more:Money
Constructing Confidence 2008-05-25 01:33:24 Out to lunch the other day I happened to take notice of a nice brand new Mercedes. It almost blinded me it was so reflective, and then I noticed its occupants. The driver had to be 97 years old with his youthful wife of around 94. Nothing new there, but then I couldn't miss a smile on the wife's face which made me inspect further. She was wearing a pair of those huge sunglasses popular in the 60's Read more:Confidence
Your Own League of Business Leaders 2008-05-21 02:46:12 Benjamin Franklin used to get together with a few friends at a local pub where they would discuss the world. They would mention problems and then each would come up with solutions. They did this with each other' s business endeavors as well. The idea being that two heads are better than one, or that an idea formed by many individuals would be worth far more than the sum of its parts. The point is Read more:Business
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What The Most Successful Blogger Can Teach You 2008-05-19 09:23:41 The most successful blogger might be a Swede or an Indian - but what he (or she) is not is depressing and beaten. I recently did a search for "the most successful blogger" and in the list of returns I clicked on a few.[Story Continues...]In the first page I was instantly confused. You know those blogs where there is so much crap going on that you can't tell left from right? I gathered myself and f Read more:Blogger
Turn Your Cheek. 2008-05-17 20:08:31 If you're living in any major part of the world, then you've probably heard about 'the crisis'. Yeah it's about energy or the economy or housing or ... well you get the point. Lots of people are complaining - and let's not even get into the political arena.And so, a lot of these people are making a lot of noise, and they seem to be everywhere. They're on TV, they're in magazines and books, and the
How Much Would You Pay for this Advice 2008-05-17 20:05:22 I read about a story once about a company owner who was talking to a friend of his - who happened to be a consultant - over the phone. The owner told the guy he was feeling overwhelmed, like he was choking on all of his daily tasks. He asked his friend for help.[Story Continues...]The friend replied with something to the effect of: "This will be simple to understand, but it's as powerful as anythi
Marketing Strategy that Works Online or Offline 2008-06-09 00:48:16 A lot of different books and sources of information come up with so many gimmicky ways to attract customers. They say: 'make flashy intros,' or they say: 'Be unique, and do something that the competition isn't doing.' But I noticed that too many of them are offering the same advice and it's in the wrong direction! Marketing
can be a lot of things - but there's a common denominator at the core of i Read more:Strategy
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Business Owner Advice: Wear All Hats? Or Pass them Out? 2008-06-11 02:48:12 As a small business owner it is impossible NOT to wear many hats. You're the employer, the manager, the founder, the sales person, the marketer, the HR department - you are IT.Yes - it happens that when a business is small that means fewer people will be handling more tasks. But don't hurt your bottom line by falling into this time-honored business mistake.[Story Continues...]Some have called this Read more:Business
, Owner
Gas Stations Price Gouging? or Smart Business? 2008-06-10 04:09:03 Don't get upset by what I'm about to reveal, because I'm guessing it goes on all the time across industries and it's more the norm than we think. Everyone is talking gas prices and I've been paying attention to them as well. Within the last month I've seen inspectors at 3 different locations - when I have NEVER seen gas inspectors before in my life. Something was going on....and then I noticed tha Read more:Business
, Stations
, Smart
How to be an EFFECTIVE Entrepreneur 2008-06-12 01:46:06 Oh the joys of Entrepreneur
...ing. The word 'entrepreneur' has such a fantastic connotation that using the word alone to define yourself can make you seem like you know something the rest of the world doesn't."Excuse me, um...I'm an Entrepreneur.""Oh Really? Wow, what's it like? You must be very successful."Yeah - don't let her know that you clean gutters once a month because you can't find any cu
Business Tools: Creating a Team 2008-06-13 02:43:29 In past articles I've delved into the fact that you can't make any business succeed on your own. You may leave your position as 'employee' and crown yourself president of your very own corporation, but you can't even make THAT work without the help of others. That being the case, let's talk turkey here, as they say. How can you get your team...or how can you transform your current bunch of individ Read more:Business
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Business Tools II: Finding More Customers 2008-06-14 04:26:12 Without customers, you're just another waste of space. Well that's a little over the top, but you understand the point - which is your business needs customers. So either you have no customers or you have hit a plateau and it's time to go for that next ledge, that next boost of clients - but you have no idea what to do.Sometimes you need to step back for a minute and look at the whole marketing pi Read more:Tools
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