Go forth and be successful

From FORBES:

5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8 AM

6 Things You Should Quit Doing To Be More Successful

SOWELL ROCKS!!

(...and he's HOT, too!)

Some people like fake intellectuals such as Obama...I'll take the real thing, anytime:

Thomas Sowell

The Ethnic Flaw 1984 1/2 http://youtu.be/IxH1pCZi4jw

The Ethnic Flaw 1984 2/2 http://youtu.be/nzdJa8NZZ74

WINNING

...the Obama administration’s partnership with the Muslim Brotherhood, while in the short term a nuisance to everyone, including Israel represents in the long run a death sentence for Egypt. Soon America will have to feed Egypt; prop it up and provide snacks to the very same people who will storm its embassy walls.

That country along the Nile used to be the granary of civilization. Now it is the world’s biggest importer of wheat and is rapidly running out of everything except delusions of regional destiny. Hatred blinds and perhaps nothing encapsulates this ethos so perfectly as the now classic statement by labor of how it forced the bankruptcy of the Hostess company to send a strong message of union resolve, resulting in the layoff of everybody — 18,000 and more workers. If that is winning, what is losing?

Perhaps the most important lesson American conservatives can learn from Israel versus the Muslim world is that there is no revenge greater than success. Right after the elections I wrote that “in the coming years revolutionary acts will be indistinguishable from self-improvement.” Although there is always be a need to resist actively, the best resistance is simply to make things work and watch Chicago, Detroit and California fall apart. In the immortal words of that great Communist, Deng Xiaoping, “to get rich is glorious”.

Israel, however, is in possession of the original epigram, from which Deng’s maxim is only derivative.

THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

The Last Man Standing

How to change your life

Yes, we are all still are interested in "change" even after Obama's has basically turned it into a very dirty word (i.e. code for making him King of America).

But few are happy with how 2010 turned out, right? Or maybe even how your life has turned out up until now?

So here are some highly recommended books for those of us still working at changing our lives for the better in 2011:

Power of Full Engagement:

This was just recently recommended by British internet marketing guru now living in Spain, Andre Chaperon.

QUESTION: What's the #1 priority in business today?

My guess is that you're prob'ly way off base.

It's not what I expected when I heard the answer.

ANSWER: Reducing, minimizing and eliminating
distraction and interruption.

Think about that for a second...

Reducing, minimizing and ELIMINATING distraction
and interruption.

Wow!

I was first exposed to this stuff from Eben Pagan
in 2007 at his GetAltitude seminar.

Eben learned it from Tony Schwartz who was a
guest speaker at the $10,000 per person seminar.

Work The System:

British professional mentor extraordinaire Alex Goodall -- who gives the best and most detailed webinars on every aspect of running an online business -- recommended this book last year to his mentees.

Strategic Acceleration:

This was recommended last year by another internet marketing guru, Tommy Liantonio (who would probably object to that description and say he's just a very successful businessman). Tommy, who I think actually lives in New Jersey (not that there's anything wrong with that), gets so excited by the ideas he's discussing that he just can't help letting a few "F" words slip out now and again :-)

50 Success Classics:

The Best Business Books Ever: