Public Speaking
Diligence Beats Following the Rules! (True Stories About 4 Famous People)
March 11, 2013









In this week's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offer excerpts that I personally transcribed (inserting sub headings in relevant sections) from the audio clip of an edition of the Speaker Match Radio Series titled “Success Strategies for Speakers from the Pros”. The host – Bryan Caplovitz – interviewed Burt Dubin – a 25 […]







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Writing/Blogging
10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak’s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga
March 9, 2013









This is an excerpt from my new ebook, which includes my 20 page VERBATIM text transcript of Yaro Starak’s 29MB podcast – with headshots and time stamps. Patrick Meninga achieved fame as a blogger by building a $2,000 a month adsense website while doing a full time job, and then selling it for $200,000. Between […]







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Parenting
Your Child Needs to Decide What She Wants In Life
March 8, 2013









What would it take to have one's child grow up and become a sports superstar, like Michael Jordan or a famous personality like Larry King? History has shown that it is possible to deliberately coach children, from a very early age, to develop their unique skills and talents towards excelling as adults. The Williams sisters […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Treat Even a "Demotion" As a Good Thing
March 7, 2013









Imagine you get a letter from your boss notifying you of management's decision to temporarily redeploy you to a position that's about 2 steps below your current management grade? If you're like most people, you'll most probably interprete such a career move as a demotion. This article presents a different perspective that you can adopt […]







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Self-Development
Cheating Denies You The Opportunity to Improve Yourself
March 6, 2013









Tough times can be blinding. Hardship can be traumatizing. When things are not going the way we want, we humans, despite our high level of intelligence, can be so quick to forget the good times that preceded any bad ones that emerge. And so we complain and whine, asking "why me?. Those who feel they […]







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Entrepreneurship
Do You Have To Be Popular To Get Rich? (Case Study: Michael Jackson vs Warren Buffet)
March 5, 2013









"Quiet Success" vs "Loud Success": Which Is Better? If you think that's an odd question, bear with me as I explain. Generally, wealth acquired through creative endeavours (like entrepreneuring, sports, entertainment) are especially popular measures of success. In contrast, less widely followed avenues to success (like investing) can often be more lucrative, even as they […]







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Public Speaking
What If a TV Reporter Requests To Interview YOU Live?
March 4, 2013









"Can we ask you a few questions?". What if the foregoing question was suddenly directed at you at a formal public event, by a TV reporter holding a microphone, followed closely by a colleague with a camera? A live interview (on an important subject in your area of expertise), right on the spot. No opportunity […]







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Writing/Blogging
How To Make Your Writing Effortless
March 2, 2013









Writing can be hard. I know this from over a decade of doing it as an entrepreneur. But I've learnt how to do it easily, almost effortlessly. I do it faster and better with each passing day. This article exposes the real reason why writing gets too hard for some people to continue. Read it […]







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Parenting
Train Your Kids To Do Housekeeping Chores & They'll Thank You For It
March 1, 2013









Proper upbringing of children across the world's societies generally involves teaching them to uphold good values like truth, honesty and integrity. It also involves telling them the importance of putting family first, as well as being comfortable doing housekeeping chores. Yes. You read that last part right: It is my experience based opinion that one […]







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