Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Biggest Mistake You’ll Make When You Retire

Last week I caught a connecting flight from Houston to Las Vegas for a fitness seminar. As the plane boarded, a young couple sat beside me and the gentleman immediately struck up a conversation. “This is our first time going to Las Vegas,” he said, “And we’re wondering what we should do.” To be honest, even though I visit Vegas three times per year, I only do so for work, and aside from visiting a few restaurants, I didn’t have any specific advice for him
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How to Simplify Your Life

Despite a hectic travel schedule and being a partner in several businesses, I like to think I have a pretty simple life – one that I’ve designed almost exactly as I wanted it. I have a simple apartment that isn’t cluttered with material goods I don’t need. I don’t own a car as I can get around Toronto on my bike
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A Must-Have in Any Business

There is nothing that can affect my day like feedback about the customer service in my fitness business. I accept that not everyone will like my products, and there’s nothing I can do about that
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A Foreign Concept for the American Dream

This article was conceived at 5:22am on Monday morning in my hotel room here in Mexico. The first draft was finished just after 6am before my morning workout.
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Are You the CWO of Your Business?

Several years ago I bought a 60 CD set of Dr. Nido Qubein speeches.
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An Open Letter To Those Who Are Struggling

An Open Letter To Those Who Are Struggling Recently we ran a survey here at ETR and we received many comments about how readers are struggling to find the path to their success. After going through the responses, I sat down and wrote an open letter to anyone who is struggling, as I once was back in 2003. I didn’t know exactly what to do, but what helped me was having a long-term vision of where I wanted to be.
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How to Have More Energy

The early fall season brings a hectic travel schedule to my business as we try to squeeze in as many events as possible before Thanksgiving. This weekend I am off to Mexico for a fitness conference followed by four days in Las Vegas next weekend for a business conference.
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Steve, We Hardly Knew Ya…

Wednesday, 11:56pm Reno, NV “ Indeed your dancing days are done… ” (Irish folk song) Howdy.
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A Surprising Website to Boost Your Career

The first thing I do when I get through airport security is to go directly to the magazine store to buy copies of Inc., Entrepreneur , Wired, and Fast Company. Each issue is packed with motivation and inspiration from entrepreneurs around the world pursuing the American Dream.
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Why You Must Not Wait

It certainly was an eclectic group of individuals that Matt Smith and I spent our day with on Monday while down in Austin, Texas.
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