“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had a very smart individual, Jon Cartier, once tell me that you [...]

I just had a friend of mine call me up to ask whether or not something was a scam. He had clicked to purchase a $3 informational brochure. The brochure wasn’t great, but it was probably worth the $3 he paid. He decided that continuing with that company really wasn’t going to give him what [...]

I want my money and success now. I don’t want to wait. I don’t want to work for it and I certainly don’t want anyone telling me that I have to get up out of my Barco-lounger in order to win big.
I have clients who use the term “dire need”. They ask for instant success [...]

Don’t sell me something, give me a reason to believe in you. I can’t drive two cars at the same time, but I can believe in one more than the other. If you believe in your product more than the other guy believes in his, then I’m going to feel more confident in buying [...]

People don’t become successful in a vacuum (if they did, then the Dirt Devil would sell off the racks). You NEED everyone else. This really sucks when you are an introvert. No more rock and island songs. None of the “I can do it all by myself” routines.
There was a lady last year [...]

Well Christopher and I are headed off to Las Vegas for Affiliate Summit West. We had to get up at o-dark-thirty to catch our flight out from Dallas and while we were waiting to board I snapped this picture on the terminal wall.
Given the fact that we’re headed to an event that’s filled with work [...]

If you like doing something and were going to do it anyway, is it really considered work?
Old way:
Work hard in school, learn a lot, get a good job, work even harder, earn your way up, retire after 40 years.
New way:
Start an internet business doing what you love to do, retire immediately.
Working is doing a task [...]

It’s nice to have a name
Hugh MacLeod captured the essence of a lot of people in the image above. This is the difference between the person who is constantly spouting “what if…..”, and the person who responds with, “that’s impossible”.
When working a project, I can weed out the good programmers from the bad rather easily. [...]

I asked this question last night on CinchCast and I’ve received answers from several people on Facebook, Twitter, and CinchCast. Most of the answers are very conservative like, “I’d pay off bills”, but none have knocked it out of the park like I thought they would. Let me explain what I mean.
When I posted the [...]