How you experience your life is all about your attitude. You can go through life seeing few choices, feeling trodden upon by the people around you, and having to do things you don’t want to do. Or you can see the silver lining in every cloud, find opportunities at every corner, and take full control […]
Why Facebook and Google Are Here to Stay
As of October 2018, the top five websites in the United States are Google, YouTube, Facebook, Amazon, and Reddit (according to Alexa). Odds are, five years from now this list will look pretty much the same. That’s because there is a network effect that makes it nearly impossible to draw users away from the […]
The Science of Getting Rich
Wallace Wattles is the godfather of the modern self-improvement genre. He wrote The Science of Getting Rich over a hundred years ago, but the concepts are still applicable today. It takes a little getting used to the vocabulary at first. He uses New Age-sounding terms like the “Formless Intelligence,” the “Supreme,” and the “Certain Way.” […]
We All Need to Eat Our Own Dog Food
Everyone wants to be wealthy and beautiful. It’s no coincidence that the most profitable niches in the self-help industry involve becoming rich and more attractive. There are hundreds, if not thousands of gurus online giving advice on how to make more money and look better. Whose advice should you take? The best way is […]
How to Use the The Golden Ratio for Investing
I had always heard and read mentions of a mysterious number called The Golden Ratio, which supposedly can be applied to a whole range of subjects including art, biology, architecture, and even investing. It’s a number very much like Pi or the Fibonacci sequence. I won’t dispute the ratio’s importance in art and architecture […]
Ideas: Child-resistant iPhone Covers
Something is mystifying to kids about iPhones and iPads. They always want to get their hands on one to play with the touchscreen. One button, in particular, is especially tempting to kids, but annoying to parents when they let their children play with their phone. That button is the big round “home” button. There […]