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Challenge Completed

I successfully quit drinking for an entire month and I gotta say after the first week or so it was very easy. I realized quickly how unnecessary alcohol really is.

Don't get me wrong I am still going to drink but I don't feel that urge to need a drink whenever I am stressed out about something.

I lost almost 10 pounds, and I'm not even close to overweight. I started running every other day or so and started eating healthier.

I really enjoyed doing this little challenge, I'll have to think of a new one to do soon. Maybe I'll do another not drinking month in January.

Maybe if others want to join me we can start a group on Facebook or something.

Updated: December 3rd, 2011 at 12:11 am  |  Posted: December 1st, 2011 at 08:55 am
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Quit Drinking For a Month - Week 3 Update

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.

Can't believe I'm almost done the month already.

I remember the first week all I could think about was how awesome it would be to finish the month and have a drink again, but now I don't even care.

I'm not gonna lie I am definitely going to have a celebration drink on December 1st, but I don't see myself going back to my old ways.

I think the stress that comes with being your own boss can be overwhelming at times and by what I've seen in our industry it seems like a lot of people take to having some drinks to ease the stress. I wouldn't call it an addiction or abnormal to have a couple drinks after a day of work. We

Updated: December 3rd, 2011 at 12:11 am  |  Posted: November 21st, 2011 at 09:06 am
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Quit Drinking For a Month - Week 2 Update

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.

Still going strong and half way done!

I realized the always needing something to drink (non alcoholic) thing was to do with the dryness of my house right now as I am waiting for my new humidifier to be installed. It takes a commercial size steam humidifier to work in a 6,000 sq ft house.

On to the next week!

Updated: November 18th, 2011 at 03:49 am  |  Posted: November 15th, 2011 at 10:29 am
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Quit Drinking For a Month - Week 1 Update

At the start of this month I started a challenge to not have a single drink for a month.

Today is day 7 and everything is going great.

Some observations I have noticed:

That's pretty much it for now.

Happy making monies!

Updated: November 18th, 2011 at 03:49 am  |  Posted: November 7th, 2011 at 09:41 am
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My Quit Drinking For a Month Challenge #2

Over a year ago I attempted to not have a drink for an entire month. You can see that post here.

I think I lasted like 12 days, which isn't that great but I was also in a different stage of my life where I went out a lot more. This time should be much easier since I live out of the city now and rarely go out.

I will be starting November 1st. Anyway I'm not sure what else to say about it, but I will write updates.

Bonus Rant:

I feel this constant need that I should be writing more on this blog. The problem is most things I could write about I don't want to because they will just increase my competition and hurt business. And then there are other things I don't want to write about because they are just

Updated: November 18th, 2011 at 03:49 am  |  Posted: October 28th, 2011 at 09:02 am
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Who I Would Like To See As A Keynote Speaker At Affiliate Summit

Mark Cuban.

Who would you like to see?

Updated: September 29th, 2011 at 05:25 pm  |  Posted: September 1st, 2011 at 10:17 am
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Using Social Proof To Increase Conversion Rates

I have seen very good results by simply adding a Facebook "Like" button on my landing pages. Put it somewhere below but close to where you want the visitor to interact, your email submit, click here button, etc.

Of course you're going to want some "likes" to begin with so it doesn't hurt to purchase a few hundred to get it rolling, then it can naturally grow from there.

Some tests I have done showed the like button almost doubled the conversion rate which is pretty huge for something so simple.

Time to add a Google +1 into the mix?

Updated: September 29th, 2011 at 05:25 pm  |  Posted: August 17th, 2011 at 11:26 am
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Kiva - Support Entrepreneurs Around The World

I last wrote about Kiva 2 years ago here and I still really believe in how great it is.

It's not like donating money to a traditional charity where 15-20% of the money actually goes to the cause and the rest goes to things like the salaries of overpaid CEO's.

You loan money to entrepreneurs all around the world, they repay the loan and you can now loan the money out again to someone else. It's genius.

You can diversify the risk by only loaning small amounts (from $25) to each entrepreneur, many people donate to make up the total amount.

They have almost a 99% repayment rate, which is incredible.

If you haven't checked it out yet or were never convinced I really think you should give it a chance.

Here is

Updated: August 12th, 2011 at 01:46 am  |  Posted: June 24th, 2011 at 02:32 pm
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Working To Live vs. Living To Work

While playing 36 holes of golf yesterday with a buddy of mine we got to talking about how many people don't understand how we can play so much golf. It's costly and time consuming. Most people I know only have time to play at night after work or on weekends.

I understand how most people don't have the luxury to be able to do whatever they want whenever they want, so I take complete advantage of it. Who wouldn't?

I watched a short video the other day titled 3 things I learned while my plane crashed (watch it, it's inspirational). It got me thinking about how short life is and how we need to utilize every moment that we have. I particularly liked when he talks about being a "collector of bad wine" and how he no longer wants to

Updated: August 12th, 2011 at 01:46 am  |  Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 09:44 am
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Chillin Music To Listen To While Working

Props to Ben @ Pof for sharing this the other day.

http://www.stereomood.com

Enjoy! Other Posts:

Updated: April 21st, 2011 at 08:46 pm  |  Posted: March 31st, 2011 at 08:50 am
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