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I just booked a dozen flights on Southwest Airlines, all over the country. But before you call me crazy, let me explain… Flights right now are super cheap AND the airlines let you change them with no penalty. So think of this like a pre-paid discount voucher you can use later. Make sure you don’t […]

That’s about how many minutes you get on this planet. That’s 27,375 days, which is 75 years. Every one of those minutes that sneaks past you– whether it’s watching Netflix, sitting around, or doing something you don’t like– is one minute you can’t get back. But at the same time, look at how much you

Our website is down right now since we’re moving hosts (back to AWS) and also re-doing the Academy. We should be back in a couple of days– then give everyone new logins to get access to the videos, exercises, and certifications. If you’re looking to start an agency or grow your agency– even if you’re

I’ve held on to old, limiting self-beliefs for too long. I’ve felt that I wasn’t worthy of success or good things to happen, that it was okay for others to have these things, but not me. My goals have been way too low, as I was afraid to really go for it. I’ve been caught

In my first real job, I took home $1,123 every 2 weeks. I worked 70 hours a week, which works out to $8.02/hour. Factor in the commute time, gas, dry cleaning (suit and tie every day), and other expenses and I’m down to $6/hour. I oversaw people who made $250/hour, fully billable, which was $500,000

I used to be a real smartass. Thought I knew better than anyone else— proclaiming my opinion to others, without experience or facts to back it up. I was on a righteous crusade to prove how smart I was, creating a lot of damage along the way. And then I discovered two things. People make

They live in the Philippines, which has a cost advantage, but more importantly, they are super loyal (unlike the US) and work when we sleep (so work is ready when I wake up). But managing remote employees is challenging. My friend, John Jonas, is the founder of onlinejobs.ph, where a million Filipino workers are (including

It never gets easier– the pain is as much as the first time– even if they clearly deserved it. But one thing I am proud of is that, through the years, our team has developed a de-boarding checklist. This list (below) covers every single system or asset we need to account for, so the company

Today my feed was flooded with people putting their perfect selves forward– idyllic happiness. And it made me feel like I had to do the same- to show my life is amazing, too. Admit it, you felt the same way? Sometimes, I get so caught up in maintaining my online presence that I forget about

Dylan Collins got 300,000 likes on TikTok in just 3 hours so far. See https://www.tiktok.com/@nathantriska/video/6793877980411219205 Key takeaways: It was on only 800,000 views, meaning that his 28% engagement rate is key to feeding the TikTok algo, which is more sensitive to engagement rates than any other social network. Nathan Triska posted it (a larger account