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Monthly Archives: May 2008

Napoleon Hill Talks About his Meeting with Andrew Carnegie

Have you read Think And Grow Rich yet?
Think and Grow Rich is quite possibly the most famous and influential business philosophy book ever written.
It is literally the bible of the business world, and many a business person owes their success to this groundbreaking book.
The story behind the book is fascinating, and since I can’t tell […]

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The 3 Pieces of Advice from the Dying Buddha

I am not Buddhist.
What I am though, is a humble seeker of knowledge.
So when I saw that Lama Ole Nydahl, one of the greatest teachers of Buddhism here in the west, was here in LA for an evening, I had to check it out.
Lama Ole talked about Buddhism in the Modern World, and it was […]

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Twittering Fools…

In my last post I told you about the networking dinner I had with some Internet Marketing friends at Flemings Steakhouse in El Segundo, CA.
Well my buddy Simon Leung actually had the waiter take a picture of us at dinner, but like the IM mutants we are, we all pretended to be Twittering instead of […]

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Networking, Connecting, and Creating Win-Wins with Social Media

Just a quick note.
I had a great dinner last night with some sharp, sharp Internet Marketers.
One of them was Alejandro Reyes, who, despite his best attempts to not look it (just kidding Alejandro!), is one of the brightest and most talented social media experts I’ve ever met.
He’s such a natural Connector it’s not even funny.
You […]

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A Blackout at UPS Causes Pandemonium

An interesting thing happened today at my local UPS store.
While I was standing in line to get a package overnighted, the power went out at this particular store, and in a few stores on either side of it.
I figured that the employees would simply turn on an external generator, give customers directions to the nearest […]

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A Handy Tip for Entrepreneurial Insomnia

If you’re anything like me, the excitement and possibilities that surround the online business world stimulates your brain at all hours of the day… and night.
To the point where sometimes it’s hard to fall asleep.
Honestly, sometimes I’ll toss and turn for hours, then just give up, turn on the lights, and get back onto the […]

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Ripping Headlines from the Most Ripped Off Copywriter Alive

This is a small sample of John Carlton’s headlines that have brought in millions of dollars for both his clients and himself.
So, NOT sharing them would be a crime.
To be honest, I’m not sure if every single one of these headlines is actually John’s, but I do know that almost all of them are.
The main […]

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Unlocking Your True Potential - with Tony Robbins

Do you know what the TED talks are?
According to the website…

“TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to […]

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A Powerful Lesson in Human Psychology

Do you know who Pete Godrey is?
Pete is a master copywriter and has a blog over at www.PeteGodfrey.com.
In his most recent post Pete talks about the strange, but powerful psychological trigger that makes fear of loss a greater motivator than the hope for gain.
Not only does Pete give actual examples of this phenomenon, he gives […]

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Success Isn’t Just Given to You - Ask Steven Spielberg…

In a former life I was an assistant at a pretty high profile talent agency in Beverly Hills.
(If you watch the HBO series “Entourage” I was ‘Lloyd’s’ character)
And like any ambitious entertainment industry hopeful, I read up on all the legends of the biz, hoping to glean some knowledge of how these icons made it […]

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