Christmas Eve 2009, 1:33 PM
Location: Cali, Colombia
Dear Friend,
I'm celebrating Christmas in South America this year.
If you're on my e-mail list you also know about the other little secret that brought me down here.
(If you're not on the e-mail list you missed out on some pretty big news… and a very valuable life lesson.)
Over the past couple days, I've had the opportunity to hang out with Yuri Buenaventura, a Salsa singer and composer, quite famous here in Latin America and Europe.
The other night I had the pleasure of seeing his concert …

Tuesday, 10:59 AM
Dear Friend,
Something has been stuck in my craw for a while… and I can't keep quiet about it anymore.
Wanna know what's got me all tensed up like a tightly coiled spring?
All these people constantly hitting me up to promote their product launches.
They're so damn arrogant about it.
First of all, in almost all cases, I make more money promoting my own products.
So what incentive do I have to promote their products? In almost all cases there is none.
They never tell me WIIFM. (What's in it for ME!) They just …

Thursday, 9:28 PM
Dear Friend,
I received an offer yesterday from someone who wants to buy one of my "kitchen table" businesses for one million dollars.
Yup… a cool million.
A "1" with six zeroes after it.
Seven figures.
One MILLION dollars. (Spoken in my best Dr. Evil accent.)
Now I realize that the gaggle of gurus will laugh at that as "small change". After all, those guys allegedly make that per MINUTE on the Internet. But dag nabbit, for a poor kid from a broken home in Barberton, Ohio… that's still a lot of money.
So I …

Thursday, 11:14 AM
Dear Friend,
Today I'm going to write whatever pops into my demented little head.
You see, every time I sit down to write a newsletter I imagine having a personal conversation with you. And the goal of the conversation is to help you however I can.
If you need a kick in the butt… I'm gonna kick your butt.
If you need advice from a wise older Uncle (I said "older" not old. I'm not old yet!)… I'm going to be that Uncle for you.
If you need an understanding pair of ears …