- Home
- Success
Success is an Ongoing Process NOT a One Time Event
Would you believe it? This week I surpassed the 600-post mark on this blog. I started this blog in January 2008, about five and a half years ago. So that works out to roughly 109 posts a year. Which reminds me…
Continue readingHow to Instantly Increase Your Business Profits Today
There are really only two ways to increase profits in your business. One way is to increase sales (assuming you can already generate a sale at a profit). The other way is to reduce your expenses. For some reason, the subject of increasing sales seems to hog all the attention. Cost cutting? It’s the ugly […]
Continue readingMore Strong Evidence College Degrees Are Crazy Worthless
The “Perspective” section of the June 2, 2013 Denver Post leads with the following question: Cheating Epidemic? The column is quite good, but the statistics are what I’m interested in. Pulling from a variety of sources, The Post reports the following figures: 60.8% of students have admitted to cheating 3.41 is the GPA of students […]
Continue readingHow to Keep Your Competitive Edge and Feel Great with 6 Kids
My dad is not a betting man, but when I got married he made a bet. It was a simple bet: “Ryan, I bet you $20 you’ll go up at least one pants size within two years of getting married.” I was instantly indignant…
Continue readingHow This Successful Copywriter Reads 25 to 30 Books per Year
In an average year, I finish reading about 25-30 books. Less than 25 is a bad year; more than 30 is a good year. This is the pace that I’ve been keeping for about 20 years now. My annual target is achievable for me but still forces me to stay focused in order to hit […]
Continue reading