Opportunity Knocks My Head

When I was a kid, my grandparents would always send me and the rest of my family members checks for Christmas (as well as some presents like underwear and socks). There are eight kids total in my family, making a $20 check/child a considerable investment on their part. They were grandparents… retired. Their monthly income [...]

After having slept through most of the 2 hour premiere of the new Knight Rider on NBC last night, I was about to say it would have one season of life. That was until I paid closer attention to the sponsors: Ford and Microsoft.
The new K.I.T is a Mustang. Depending upon what happens to sales [...]

What would happen if everyone in America watches The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC? First, there would be a run on the cable companies because you can only get CNBC on cable. Second, fellow blogger Tony Iovino would take his $600 check he’ll receive from the Federal government in May and actually cash it to [...]

Anyone who says the Bush stimulus package of a $600 tax rebate is not going to stimulate the US Economy hasn’t been watching The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. I’ve seen more millionaires made from $600 or less on that show than I ever thought was possible. The moral of the story: Your wealth is [...]

Think again! Gotovertime.com has compiled a list of common reasons we think we are exempt from overtime:

Paid on a Salary
Paid more than $95K
Supervise two people
Comp time given for overtime
Only clocking 40 hours
Not clocking in and out
Not paying for travel time

Chances are you’ve fallen into one of these traps. I [...]

Sometimes chalked up as “hippie consumerism”, green products have not received as much mainstream coverage as some of these great innovations deserve. Nor have they been accepted as widely as there is a true market for green products. There is a laundry list of reasons that green products have been muddling along for the last [...]

My company is gearing up for a significant push into Internet Marketing. One of the first things I did was go an find a great resource for researching keywords. There are dozens of them on the market: Keyword Tracker, SEO Book (which uses several other research tools), Google Keyword Suggestion Tool, and my personal favorite [...]

Bernanke’s rookie year was a bit rough for the nation. His second year hasn’t had much success either. However, it appears that he is coming out of the textbook world of economics and into the real world. Yes, the world where living, breathing humans with names actually lose their jobs and houses rather than his [...]

You don’t realize it yet, but in the next 3 minutes you’re going to learn why God has not been answering your prayers. Before I get to that, I’m going to share with you an experience that I’ve had several times in the past and, most recently, this morning. My confession is that this is [...]