Greatest Lines from Literature

BuzzFeed recently surveyed their readers about their favorite lines from literature. Here are some of their most beautiful replies. 2. “In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.” —Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3. “She wasn’t doing a thing that Read more…

25 Life Lessons from Albert Einstein

1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. 2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. 3. Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. 4. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, Read more…

Kobe Bryant Sucks At Basketball

You may have read that tittle and thought… “Ludicrous! What about his five rings? His 81 point game? His legacy with the Lakers??!” Well in addition to all that, The King of Clank, The Baron of Bricks, Kobe Bryant has missed more shots than any player in basketball historymissed more Read more…

How To Suck At Sales

My good friend and business partner Brady Rhoades covered these points on a conference call this morning and I thought them well worth sharing. Remember, unsuccessful habits will always outweigh the positive and progressive habits. These are the habits of unsuccessful sales professionals: 1) Be lazy (get distracted by no-pay Read more…

Billionaire Book Recommendations

The following was written by Tim Ferriss – himself one of MY favorite authors. Bookmark this page (or his original post) and come back often to download more brain candy for yourself. Who are the mentors to billionaires, chess prodigies, rockstars, and mega-bestselling authors?  Who teaches them to do what they do? To Read more…

The Art of Being Wrong

I love being wrong. There is nothing better than being wrong. In fact, it is often far preferable to be wrong than right. This may sound like a strange thing (especially for me!) to say, but hang in there with me and you might make this your mantra too. Because you learn more when Read more…

Getting Referrals with LinkedIn

My friend Dustin Hillis is a Senior Partner with Southwestern Consulting™. You can find his blog online at DustinHillis.com. He posted this article and I thought it was just dynamite and worth sharing with my readers. Nothing has had a bigger impact on my business than improving my flow of Read more…

Mark Twain’s Top 9 Life Tips

You may know Mark Twain for some of his very popular books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He was a writer and also a humorist, satirist and lecturer. Twain’s life was the thing of legend. Here are his top 9 tips for squeezing the Read more…