The 4 Hour Work Week Myth?
Today’s question comes from David: I saw your email the other day about the people in the Olympics and your clients. Of your clients who are doing super well, are they able to take off lots of time and...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform – The Unspoken Debate
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been fuming and irritated about the whole health care reform debate. Now, I’ll leave politics aside (really) in terms of what I personally feel about the whole thing,...
View ArticleA Politician Who Tells The Truth?
I was glancing at recent excerpts of Time magazines 100 most influential people in the world earlier today. One of the people featured was the Canadian government’s lead banker (A Canadian version of...
View ArticleObama – Small Business Lending Bill
“WASHINGTON — President Obama exhorted Congress on Monday to make passage of a long-languishing small-business aid package its first order of business when it returns next month from its break. “I ask...
View ArticleAre Greek Protesters Smoking Crack?
I’m writing this article on my way home from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I spent a week here meeting several dozen CEOs who run mid-size businesses in the area. The weather and people were great (actually...
View ArticleJob Creation in Private Sector Remained Weak in June
TweetThe United States added just 83,000 private-sector jobs in June, a dishearteningly low number that could add to the growing number of economists who warn that the economic recovery has slowed to...
View ArticleObama Job Growth
“President Barack Obama on Friday said he recognizes the economy isn’t growing fast enough, as a report showed job losses in June and a broad slowdown. Nonfarm payrolls fell by 125,000 last month as...
View ArticleSBA Lending Drops 50% in Q2 2010
Q2 2010 SBA lending has dropped by roughly 50% compared with Q1 2010. The major cause? The government stimulus money designed to fund small business lending guarantees has been depleted. This can be...
View ArticleLarry King – Talk Legend or Obsolete Dinosaur?
Larry King is “retiring” – which is code for he has been forced to retire. The legend of talk television has suffered several years of bad ratings and the powers that be have decided that it’s time for...
View ArticleMel Gibson: How to Destroy Your Personal Brand in 60 Seconds
TweetWow, Mel Gibson really stepped in it now. While I continue to believe that the whole social media scene is way over-hyped (ahem… show me the money), it is probably under-hyped in one area — the...
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