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A Good Example Of Bad User Interface Design

In: Advice|Updates

1 Apr 2009

Check out Time Magazine’s web page for the top 100 most influential people of 2009. Lots of people on this list are emailing around saying “hey I’m at #25 right now, vote for me please!” So when you click to their individual page on the website, you move the little slider over to #1 (you [...]

Adding Gasoline To Your Rocket Ship

In: Advice|Updates

20 Feb 2009

I went to a pretty interesting talk yesterday at the Houston Technology Center where Bijoy Goswami was speaking. It was a great chance to network with a bunch of other entrepreneurs. One of the biggest take aways I got from the talk was when he outlined the 3 basic types of startups that you can [...]

The Power Of Thank-You Notes

In: Advice

14 Jan 2009

I have to credit my mother with instilling in me the importance of thank you notes from a young age. As a young man I absolutely HATED writing my thank you notes after Christmas but she would still force me to do it. I remember one year (I was about eight I think) I had [...]

How To Wake Up Productive

In: Advice

7 Jan 2009

Want to make sure you accomplish your goals in 2009? Well Eben Pagan has a new video out that is pretty good. Eben is a very impressive entrepreneur who has built several multi-million dollar companies. I’ve listened and read probably about 100 hours of his material. Some of them three or four times. Click play [...]

What I Wish I’d Known When I Started This Blog

In: Advice

30 Nov 2008

The other day when I posted about breaking the 2,000 subscriber mark, Breaking Free reader Caleb, of http://www.thesoldiermillionaire.com/, asked a very good question that I thought deserved some more attention: Brian, You say it took you about a year before your blog picked up momentum. If you were to start a new blog all over [...]

He’s the guy who did [BLANK]

In: Advice

4 Nov 2008

Do you realize how many doors that simple phrase can open for you? Everything – from meetings with important people to free press any time you launch a new project – is yours if you’re known for something that people love. So how do you do it? Start publishing your ideas. You need distribution. In [...]

How To Tell What’s Bullshit And What’s True – Part 1

In: Advice|Education

31 Oct 2008

I’ve been shocked lately to notice how many of my friends (who are otherwise very intelligent) believe things which are totally false. It’s not just my friends. A remarkably large percentage of the population (and *gasp* maybe even you) believe some things like: You can catch a cold from going outside with wet hair. The [...]

Stop trying to figure out how to get money from people!

In: Advice|Psychology

25 Oct 2008

Instead, start asking how you can create value. Most people get it backwards. They come up with a way to make money first, and then try to add the value in as an afterthought. Do you see why this is putting the cart before the horse: I want to sell subscriptions to the “premium” content [...]

Who have you taken advice from and why does their advice work?

In: Advice|How To|Psychology

18 Oct 2008

An anonymous poster asked this great question on the Breaking Free forum… Who have you taken advice from and why does their advice work for your specific type of business? It is important to figure out what exactly works for you and why, so that we can find the right path for each of us. [...]

Was your meal slow roasted to perfection?

In: Advice

18 Oct 2008

Yesterday I went to one of the most famous barbecue places in Houston: Goode Company BBQ. They are a legend in Houston, people drive from all over to get there, and there is always a line out the door. In fact, the lines are usually so long that I’ve resorted to calling in a to-go [...]


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