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When writing blog posts, it helps to know who your audience is. What kinds of people read your blog? It may help to profile a few fictitious readers who represent your audience. Write down each character’s traits, what they do for a living, and what problems they have. Name them something memorable. For example, you […]

One way to make money on the Internet is through affiliate marketing. It sounds scary, but it’s simple. Mention products and include special links for interested people to buy the products.  Whenever someone buys a product using the special link, you get a commission. The concept is that simple.  But the execution is harder.  You […]

We all have our perceptions of what rich people are like. Many of us don’t know many millionaires. Television shows and celebrity news skew our ideas about them. Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko set out to find out who the affluent in America are. They compiled their empirical findings in The […]

Even the most practical of us procrastinate from time to time.  We are not machines. But often the difference between successful and unsuccessful people is how much they procrastinate.  It is a constant battle.  Putting off the hard things is tempting. 23 Anti-Procrastination Habits teaches 23 tactics to combat your urge to procrastinate.  These are time-tested […]

It seems to me that most people who have never written a book think that it takes at least a year to write one. It may be true that the traditional publishing process takes that long to get a book on the shelves of Barnes & Noble. But the actual writing process doesn’t take so […]

I have several essays from my college years sitting around gathering dust. Instead of trashing them, I am editing them and putting them online. The following is one such essay. I wrote this one for a U.S. History class. ***   The results of World War II have a significant effect on the United States […]

I have several essays from my college years sitting around gathering dust. Instead of trashing them, I am editing them and putting them online. The following is one such essay. I wrote this one for a U.S. History class. ***   The mindset of the people has always shaped foreign policy. It is particularly the […]

I have several essays from my college years sitting around gathering dust. Instead of trashing them, I am editing them and putting them online. The following is one such essay. I wrote this one for an Ancient History class. *** The Amarna Revolution The Egyptians could no longer ignore the world outside of Egypt. Three […]

  I’m exhausted. Three kids. Family trips. Endless work in between. Things changed. Change is good. The trips made memories of a lifetime. We enjoyed fun times. But too much change is exhausting. We need those down times when nothing much is going on, and there is not much change from day to day. I’ve […]

The original Miracle Morning book by Hal Elrod changed my life.  Who knew that waking up earlier could have such a profound effect on my day? It is the basic idea of The Miracle Morning.  Wake up one hour earlier than you normally do every morning.  During that hour you will do six things: meditation, […]