The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “The Golden Bucket of Savings”. Mark Ford says, “Once you have figured out how large your spending bucket needs to be, you can start to figure out the size of your saving and investment buckets. You may be wondering what the difference is between saving and investing. To most people, they are the same. But I like to distinguish between them because I believe it will help you acquire wealth safely. Saving and investing are the same in the sense that you are setting... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “How to Be Financially Independent”. Michael Masterson  says, “Are you a doctor, lawyer, or other professional? How about a salaried employee? If so, you’re in a trap. And you’ll never get out unless you listen to me today. In my book Automatic Wealth, I talked about this “trap.” Here’s what I said… “At the end of the day, you are charging for your time. And if you want to make more money, there are only two ways to do... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “The Power of Delight”. Jonathan Fields says, “What if we were doing it all wrong? According to my genius friend and founder of Riddle & Co., Jeff Riddle, businesses are going about growth all wrong. They spend every waking hour and huge line items in their budgets on customer acquisition. Then, once a prospect becomes a customer, they all but forget about them. The common ethic, in fact, is to do the minimum necessary to keep an existing customer from leaving.... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “Dealing with Criticism”. Craig Ballantyne says, “One Monday morning, as I finished my breakfast, I overheard an interesting conversation on the radio between the co-hosts… Female Co-Host: Oprah’s in Toronto this week filming her show, but I guess you’re not a big fan? Male Co-Host: Ugh, Oprah. Can’t stand her. Actually, I guess she’s not so bad now. Female: Why don’t you mind her now? Male: Well, I heard she’s struggling…”. Read... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “The Best Goal is No Goal”. Leo Babauta says, “The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seem to be deeply ingrained in our culture. I know I lived with goals for many years, and in fact a big part of my writing is about how to set and achieve goals. These days, however, I live without goals, for the most part. It’s absolutely liberating, and contrary to what you might have been taught, it absolutely doesn’t mean you stop achieving things. It means... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “How to Be Indispensable”. Jonathan Fields says, “I was recently talking to a COO at a public company about our comparative experiences hiring people. Him, on a giant scale. Me, on a micro-scale. And, what became clear to both of us was… Scale aside… There is a single quality that is so rare, when you find someone who has it, you’ll do pretty much anything to bring that person on board and keep them happy”. Read rest of the article on ‘The... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “Can You Handle Your Success?”. Marie Forleo says, “A few years ago I was in the middle of a yoga class and things went all willy-nilly. I broke into a cold sweat, my head began to throb and I was moments away from tossing my cookies. Yoga class had never felt like that before. What was wrong with me? Turns out, it was the early warning signs of illness, leaving me bedridden for seven days. Of course, this seriously impeded me in the productivity department. I... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “4 Ways You Can Avoid – or Recover From – Burnout”. Yanik Silver says, “Nearly every successful person I know has grappled with burnout. I’ve personally gone through it and come out the other side several times. I did it by using these four techniques: 1. Truly disconnect. In today’s business world, we are constantly tethered to our BlackBerries and “always-on” connections. As a result, when we truly disconnect from time to time, the... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “About You”. Frank Kern says, “Last year I sent this email to my readers: “I’m sending you this because I just spent some time with my Grandfather today. He will turn 89 in a few weeks and when I was younger, he would tell me: Let me tell you something about YOU. YOU can do anything you want. YOU are in control. YOU can achieve as much success as you want to”. Read rest of the article on ‘The New Early To Rise’ newsletter site. ‘The... [...]

The latest issue of ‘The New Early to Rise’ newsletter has been released. The featured article is titled “I Dare You”. Susan Fujii says, “When you were a child did you ever accept a dare from a friend? Or play the famous game “Truth or Dare”? I still remember sweating it out when it came to be my turn, wondering which would be worse: Squirming uncomfortably in my chair while someone asked me a truly embarrassing question that I did not want to answer (and I’m a terrible liar so that was never an option for me – everything I feel and think is... [...]