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7 Rules To Save You Time And Money When Dealing With Small Businessmen

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

In case you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of small businesses out there. They are responsible for a huge chunk of our economy. Many are run by good, courageous heroes who are on their way to bigger and better things in life. However, many are run by fools, and will stay small and insignificant [...]

The Big Money Secret People Will Kill You For

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Dean Kamen spent 10 years of life and $100,000,000 developing the Segway, a gyroscopically balanced transportation device. Investors predicted it would crush golf carts, wipe out global warming, and render cars obsolete in big cities. It was hyped through the roof as some kind of “mystery transportation device” that would “revolutionize how we travel.” They [...]

How To Have The Courage To Stand Up For What You Believe In

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Not long ago I was stuck in a dingy machine shop 20 miles from nowhere waiting around for the mechanics to install a new pipe and muffler on my car. This was not because I love automobiles or get some kind of visceral thrill from rumbling engines and screaming tailpipes. No I was here because [...]

Life Lessons From Nazi Grade School Teachers

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Not long ago, I posted a bunch of my favorite quotes. One of the most important of those was “The Professional’s Code” as spoken so well by John Carlton. It went like this: The “Professional’s Code” is very simple: You show up where you’re supposed to be… when you said you’d be there… having done [...]

5 Reasons Why Guys Leave The Girls They Love… And What To Do About It

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

You’ve been with your guy for awhile now… he’s into you, you’re into him. As an anniversary fast approaches, you imagine nothing but a shining future together. Happiness. Then – out of nowhere – he calls it quits. What went wrong? Since I’ve had some experience with this and since, obviously, I am a guy [...]

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