I just picked up a book about copywriting for my Kindle. Though I have enough books about copywriting to sink a canoe, study never ends.

My buddy Shelly Lutz told me when he was single a man over thirty years ago, he only needed to know how to cook two meals to win a woman over.

Though Napoleon Hill coined the term “Mastermind Group” in his classic book, Think and Grow Rich, many successful business owners have chosen to utilize this timeless principle. The theory is to surround yourself with a trusted group of peers/advisors to help you grow your business, like our RCS Monthly Group Coaching Call.

Late last night I flew in from a mastermind meeting in Buffalo. Three times a year I meet with some of the sharpest marketing minds who get “our type of marketing”.

I just returned from a four night cruise with my girlfriend and kids. I resisted the urge to eat their signature chocolate dessert each night.

When I was in seventh grade, my buddies and I loved roller derby. It came on every Sunday night and was the equivalent of wrestling on skates. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were the star team.

The world is truly getting smaller. As a kid, a night out for Italian was a trip to Shoney’s for spaghetti and meat sauce.

Late Saturday night I flew back fromCleveland. I was attending Dan Kennedy’s Direct Mail Conference and walked away with an incredibly simple technique to increase the effectiveness of direct mail I’d like to share with you.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Richie Rich. I could read comic book after comic book of his adventures. Being the “poorest friend” my friends had left a taste for the finer things as displayed by Richie’s over the top wealth.

I guess the highest form of flattery is when your former competitor invites you to speak to a room full of his franchisees, and you piss him off. That’s exactly what happened yesterday here inNashville.