Sunday, 9:07 AM
Dear Friend,
Remember a couple months ago when I gave you the REAL secret behind The Secret?
Well, guess what showed up on my doorstep this past Friday just in time for my birthday.
I'll give you a hint…
Yes, I'm still in my PJ's. FedEx arrived pretty early… 11:00AM.
Here I am excitedly pulling it out of the box…

Look at this beauty! Even Chiqui Rikki is impressed.

She's finally mine! (Donner's not so thrilled his post-breakfast nap has been interrupted.)

Here are the steps I took to manifest this guitar in just …

Thursday, 12:17 AM
Dear Friend,
Today I'm going to share something a little different… and somewhat controversial.
Chances are nobody has ever cared enough about you to teach you this.
Nobody ever taught me either.  I had to learn it the hard way.
And I prefer you NOT have to learn it the hard way.
Anyhoo… here's the story:
I was recently invited to participate in an online radio program called The Marketing Doghouse.
It's a (mostly) weekly call with a small group of copywriters and entrepreneurs that is simulcast to a streaming audio website. (On the next …

"This may be the most important moment of your life. Commit to it."
- V in V For Vendetta
Friday, 3:50 PM
Dear Friend,
If the past 20+ years as a "kitchen table" entrepreneur have taught me anything, it's this…
The bigger and stronger the opposition, the bigger the reward.
Considering the opposition that has come out of the woodwork since I announced my first free seminar in Orlando, the only logical thing I can assume is…the few attendees lucky enough to get in on this are going to make some…
Life-changing breakthroughs!
Seriously.
I ain't no Einstein, but …

Wednesday, 12:26 PM
Dear Friend,
I kinda freaked out at the doctor's office this morning.
I don't think their air conditioning was working very well because my eyeballs started to sweat… and in the heat of the moment I used some "colorful metaphors".
Yeah, the same kind of words that seem to get everybody's panties in a bind when I've occasionally used them here on the blog.
The nurses were pretty nice, caring and understanding… and didn't seem offended. But I immediately felt really bad afterward.
Still do.
Everybody has their limits… and this has been a …

Wednesday, 10:05 AM
Dear Friend,
I've been on a very important mission the last couple weeks.
I've been searching for my very first "jazz box". (That's what they call those big hollow body electric guitars.)
I've finally narrowed it down to the one I want.
Actually "want" isn't the proper word.
I am literally LUSTING after this guitar.
Once you see her, you'll understand why.

Ain't she a beauty?
Can you see why I'm lusting after her beautiful curves and longing to caress her long gorgeous neck?
She's an Eastman AR803CE-16D with a sunburst finish.
And she will be mine.
Oh, yes… …

"Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today"
- John Lennon
Dear Friend,
Can we talk like intelligent and rational human beings for a few minutes today?
Actually, I doubt it.
Most people cannot.
Seriously… in my experience, something like 98% or 99% can't have a rational conversation about ANYTHING that contradicts their lifetime of wrong programming.
So I'm taking a big risk today publishing an article only for that 1% to 2%.
It's going to be completely over everybody else's …

Friday, 10:19 AM
Dear Friend,
Donner, the doberman you see in the various rotating photos on the immediate right, celebrated his 12th birthday on August 18th.
He sleeps a little more than he used to… but he'll still "snap to" like a little Marine at my beck and call.
He's as healthy and active as ever, too. Runs and plays outside four to five times a day.
In fact, right this very second he's chasing and wrestling with his little brother, Chiqui Rikki, the shih tzu… (the Colombiana's dog).
Oops, hold on a sec.  Now they're …

Thursday, 6:36 PM
Dear Friend,
I kept my former life a secret for a long time.
I only recently revealed it to the 11 people in my Kitchen Table Entrepreneur coaching program I did earlier this year… and more recently to the folks on my "Turn Failure Into Success" teleseminar.
For years I kept it a secret from all the new people I met. I wasn't embarrassed about it or anything… it was just a chapter of my life I wanted to put behind me.
Heck, I even avoided THINKING about it for the longest …

Tuesday, 6:49 PM
Dear Friend,
A few years ago I had my swimming pool completely redone.
Sandblasted down to the bare concrete… starting all over again from scratch.
New marcite… yadda yadda yadda… the whole enchilada.
I also had what they call "pavers" installed in a cool design around the outside of the pool.
Pavers are these decorative brick-looking things. They come in all different colors and look much better than just having the typical concrete slab around the pool.
It took a crew of three guys about 4 days to design, cut, fit and install them… …

Friday, 12:01 AM
Dear Friend,
Happy Friday the 13th!
It's not like I'm superstitious or anything but it might be a good idea to avoid guys in hockey masks today.
(Insert rim shot here… followed by chirping cricket.)
Oooooo-K…
I'm going to get into some of my down and dirty "street level" entrepreneurship stuff today… but first I want to talk about somebody who has been getting on my nerves lately…
No, not any of the online con-men.
The Colombiana.
I think she is the most persistent person I have ever met in my entire life.
Seriously.
I thought …