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Why I Stumble Podcasts

I love my IPod.  I have Itunes set up to download Podcasts every day and I sync them while I am at the office.  I do most of my listening and watching while commuting while I am nowhere near

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Why Participate in Entrecard’s Contests

In the blogosphere, there is no competition, only cooperation. Companies (like Entrecard) only get ahead by providing value to their consumers.

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Never Do Anything Again Without a List

I have been thinking a lot lately about wasting time and how to stop doing it. I think that it might be me trying to make up for all the time I wasted in my life up until now. Thinking back

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Get Lucky by Working Towards a Four Hour Work Week

This past week I read, (well actually listened to) Tim Ferriss’ book, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich.  I have been meaning to read this book

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How to Get Things Done With No Time

Have you ever had multiple things to do and a limited amount of time to do them?   Who knows?  Maybe you’ll fly through the tasks and have some free time at the end.  When you organize

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Get Lucky by Being Above Average

 Chances are that the people all around you are average.  There may be a couple here or there that are above average at something or below average at something but overall, pretty

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How I Increased My Luck in Just One Year

Today is my birthday, but more importantly, it is about a year from the day that I decided to do something with my financial life and increase my financial luck. I have blogged about my decision in the

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It Takes Six Years to Become An Overnight Success

I was reading a post written by Seth Godin where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”.   I’ve never quantified the amount

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Have Two-Way Conversations Like Google or Starbucks

I was listening to a podcast this past week on Duct Tape Marketing where Charlene Li, a senior analyst with Forrester, stated what should be obvious but for some reason most companies

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Why Your Friends and Family Don’t Want You to Succeed

When you have a great idea that you are sure is going to be a success, the first thing you want to do is tell the whole world. You usually start with the people who are closest to

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Commuting with my IPod

Last week I finally bought myself the 80 gig video ipod and my only regret is that I didn’t get it sooner.  I have about an hour and change of a commute to work each way which

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Was I Lucky or Unlucky? You Choose!

  Two Novembers ago, I was on my way to a friend’s wedding in a car service. I took the car service straight from work because I had to finish up some work and I told my wife that I would meet

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Is a Silver Medalist The 2nd Winner or the 1st Loser?

Jerry Seinfeld has a bit about how winning a bronze medal in the Olympics is better that winning a silver medal in the same event. Everyone knows that gold is the best. It means that you are the winner

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How Bad Luck Can Turn into Good Luck

  David spent his whole childhood dreaming of joining the army as a fighter pilot. Everything he did in school and his social life was specifically for the purpose of enhancing his chance of achieving

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Can You Introduce Me to 300 People?

  Picture is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ms_abitibi/1462557669/ Sociologists estimate that the average person knows 300 people by name. Thinking about this, I probably know a whole lot more

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Putting Luck into Practice

I just want to give a quick apology for not posting over the last week and a half. I have spent a few months posting about luck, luckortunity and how to get lucky and I decided that it is time for me

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25 Ways to Clear Your Head

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulriccollette/2207539987 When you are stuck in a situation and you just can’t think, whether it is writer’s block or a high amount of stress, there is always

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The Gorilla Turned out to be a Bear

A while ago I wrote a post “Stop Trying So Hard to Get Luck” where I spoke about people concentrating so hard that they miss details such as missing the forest because the trees are in the

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Kick Yourself in the Pants and Get Motivated

  To continue writing about the “Get Rich” seminar that I attended in Atlanta, I’d like to give some of my thoughts about “get rich” types of seminars. At the seminar, a nice gentleman

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Now is Your Chance But So Is Tomorrow

In my last article I mentioned that I was at a “get rich” seminar in Atlanta. One thing that the speaker repeated over and over was that now is the only chance to capitalize on the foreclosure market.

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Just F’N Google It

I just got back from Atlanta, GA where I was working at a tradeshow that my company produces. The show took place at the Georgia International Convention Center by the Atlanta International Airport.

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Don’t Wait for Opportunity to Knock

This morning I was reading “Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message” By Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump on my subway ride to work. The book is basically these two great business minds

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Start a Business with No Skills or Money At All

It’s a Small World After All Nowadays with the internet, the world is a tiny place. People all around the world have local United States phone numbers and keep to the USA business hours as well.

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Get Lucky in a Recession

I was just skimming through my rss reader when an article by Lazy at www.lazymanandmoney.com hit me.  The title, “Why a Recession Doesn’t Have To Hurt” is what really caught my interest.  He pretty

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Lucky People Take the Loss

  A year and a half ago I was shopping for my first car ever.  I never needed one until then because I live in New York City and parking is impossible and public transportation is faster and more convenient

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Ask Everyone for a Second Opinion

Second opinions are more than just for doctors or auto mechanics. You can ask a second opinion from any company or organization in almost any situation. When calling an airline, cable or phone company

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First Lucky Blog Carnival: Luck of the Draw

READ THIS: To reach a greater audience and help more people all over the world get lucky, I am starting the first Blog Carnival on Luck and Getting Lucky. This carnival will be open for submissions from

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Avoid Foreclosures by Being Realistic

A big part of the American dream is to own a nice house to live in and raise your family. I remember learning in college how the United States made home ownership possible for the average American by

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Get Lucky by Following the Leader

When starting a business, most people think that they need to think of an idea that has never been done before and will blow the world out of the water. They think that unless you have something that

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Dreaming Has a Low ROI

Last week I was riding the Long Island Rail Road on the way to a meeting and I noticed a great ad for CareerBuilder.com. It said “Dreaming has a low ROI” (Return On Investment) . I thought this

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