How to Get Money — And Keep It
Even if you are already wealthy, some thought on this topic is worthwhile. What would you do if some act of God or of government, a catastrophic lawsuit, or a really serious misjudgment took you back to square one? One thing about a real depression is that everybody loses. As…
READ MORE8 Reasons Your Clients Aren’t Paying You
You did the work. Actually, you did the work extremely well. In fact, not only did you do the work extremely well, you completed the entire project under budget and ahead of schedule. So why isn’t your client paying? All invoicing businesses, from freelancers to major firms, experience delinquent payers.…
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How to Transform Your Copy in 3 Steps
Writing copy can make you feel — as Kurt Vonnegut once said, “like an armless, legless, man with a crayon in his mouth.” Even if you’re passionate about what you do, the keyboard has a magical ability to zap your mojo. The brilliant ideas rattling in your head morph into…
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Make This Action Decision
Make this action decision to stop caring so much. This will open the flood gates of creativity and allow you to fail forward.
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How One Wealthy Family Created a 38-Year-Old Billionaire
This is the story of a rich kid from Silicon Valley… with great connections. His father and stepfather were both successful investment bankers. But this kid’s career path took a different shape. In high school, he wasn’t much of a student. He cruised along with a B average. Most of his time and attention…
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The Number One Rule for Copywriting Success
You don’t have to have great ideas if you hear great ideas — Eugene Scwartz Eugene Schwartz was one of the greatest copywriters of his day, but these days he is one of the most elusive to learn about. Schwartz was the genius who helped large businesses, like Boardroom, Inc.,…
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The 5 Skills to Make You Rich
Longtime readers of mine know I’m always harping on developing skills that will bring their business more revenue. Recently, someone I respect and admire has been humming a similar tune. Doug Casey, founder of Casey Research, echoed my opinions in an essay titled “The single wisest thing you can do…
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Why Split Testing is Pure Profit Science
The second Monday of October is Canadian Thanksgiving. Yes, we Canadians have our own Thanksgiving, six weeks earlier than America. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. The weather is often sunny, starting off with crisp, clear mornings followed by comfortable afternoons, and finishing with beautiful early evening…
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10-Step Action Plan
I love telling this story about the power of the deadline. It takes place in Toronto back when I was living there in 2008, and years before I was able to take over Early To Rise. At the time I was focused on building my online fitness business, Turbulence Training.…
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What Facebook Did Right With Employees
On a cold winter’s day in February of 2004, in a Harvard dorm room, a 19-year old Mark Zuckerberg officially launched TheFacebook.com (Facebook’s original digital home). Membership was originally limited to Harvard College but soon spread to other Ivy League schools, and eventually to the world. Facebook grew rapidly, and…
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Why Smart Investors Apply Next-Level Thinking
Being ignorant of your ignorance is fatal in the world of investing. You could be taking on far more risk than you know. Recently, I was asked at a social function about the volatility of the share market. My distilled response was “The market is reacting to deflation and there’s…
READ MORE3 Marketing Lessons from Coldplay
Think back to the first time when you heard a Coldplay song. Seems like just yesterday, right? Well, the band has been together now for 20 years. Twenty years! My how time flies. Last month Joel Marion and I went to a Coldplay show in Denver. It was good, but…
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