There’s something about a calendar that causes people to set goals. In December, with the holidays on our minds and a new year afoot, millions of people vow to lose weight, save money or find the love of their life. Why does a date on a calendar cause such a renewed spirit? Why doesn’t May

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Imagine your life as a spectacular journey. Your brain, with all it’s complexities has a driver and a passenger. A chimpanzee is driving. This chimpanzee is your emotional, animal self. Your awareness of “you” is sitting in the backseat….a passenger. The chimp drives around and does what is fun. It’s impulsive. It’s a chimp, for

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Sometimes we have a brush with death. A swerve on a sheet of black ice, a bout with cancer or even something we never know that occurred. In most cases, these moments or experiences shake us up, enhance our “spider senses” or even create lasting permanent perspectives on our lives. Or, sometimes, they make incredible,

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Freedom or Fairness? It seems there are two polarized schools of thought in the USA. On one side, independent, “fend for yourself” free-marketers with Ayn Rand-based philosophy passionately protect our right to claim our independence, create our own destiny and reap the rewards of our work. On the other hand, well-meaning people cry, “unfair!” and

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There is a reason your cable company, cellular carrier and insurance provider are BILLION dollar companies. The reason isn’t due to corporate structuring, branding or any other hoity-toity nonsense. The single biggest factors these behemoth’s are insanely profitable is due to 3 factors: They are subscription-based (membership). Once you use them, you can’t live without

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Swinging from a hammock… Sipping your Mai Thai… Checking your online bank account and it’s just increased $10,000…. Your life? Or is it just a dream? For millions of entrepreneurs, a “lifestyle” business is and will remain a fantasy only. The practical aspects of moving abroad and living the “4 Hour Work Week” have too

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