• Archive for January, 2008

    Get Lucky by Disciplining Yourself

    by  • January 30, 2008 • Books, Luck Advice • 2 Comments

    Another piece of advice from The Richest Man in Babylon  is to discipline yourself when it comes to saving your money. They give the example of a man who decides that he is going to throw one pebble in the river each day. It would make sense if this person would miss a day that [...]

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    Get Lucky By Flying Out Of Bed

    by  • January 28, 2008 • Kid Lessons, Luck Advice • 1 Comment

    One of the most remarkable things about being a parent is how much I can learn from my children in any situation. Children are pure and don’t have any outside motivations or involvement in politics or anything else. That is why what you hear out a child’s mouth is often the truth. Unless they are [...]

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    Get Lucky by Helping the Future You

    by  • January 25, 2008 • Luck Advice • 2 Comments

    Jerry Seinfeld has a routine about people always messing over their “future selves”.  Be it “night me” vs. “morning me” or “present me” vs. “me in 12 months”, it’s all the same idea.  He talks about staying up at night is great for “night me” but it will mess over “morning me”.  He can party [...]

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    Free Advice Has a Price

    by  • January 24, 2008 • Books, Luck Advice • 2 Comments

    I started reading the book, The Richest Man in Babylon this morning on the subway on the way to work. I have read a few reviews on the book, added it to my amazon.com cart and it arrived this past week. I knew that it was a must read but I didn’t realize how useful [...]

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    Blame Yourself Because it is Your Fault

    by  • January 16, 2008 • Luck Advice • 3 Comments

    I know this woman who always has an answer for everything. The answer is usually “I am this way because…” and then she ends off with either “that’s how I was raised”, “my parents abused me”, “my schooling screwed me over” or something else to that effect. The point is that nothing is ever her [...]

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    Get Lucky with your Social Network

    by  • January 11, 2008 • Social Media • 3 Comments

    There are two different thoughts on building up social and professional networks. One is to invite and accept anybody and everybody and the other is only to accept friends and people you actually speak to. I use both of these with my social networking as well as a third. For certain networks such as Facebook, [...]

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