Can you believe that?  Floating strawberries?

Well!  Actually, it’s quite true!  I attended the Mother’s Day tea party for my youngest son, and for a yummy treat, the kids donned on their Food TV personas and hand-crafted strawberry shortcakes. 

Now, as a devout Atkins kinda mom myself, I shunned the cake and reached for my cup of paradise (ie, coffee).  I was about to sip and enjoy when all of a sudden….

An opportunity arose!  I’m used to enjoying various no-calorie sweeteners in my coffee…and other only thing I could spy with my little eye was (gasp!) real sugar!  The horror!  The agony!  But instead of panicking and completely melting down being mildly unhappy, I chose to [Read more]

Morning!

It’s now been, hmmmm, 4 months since I’ve started problogging, and the amount of knowledge and tips I’ve gained is amazing.  Truly the blogosphere is a superb resource for teaching yourself just about anything regarding the art of communicating with people about whom you care.

I’ve also discovered that blogging can really help boost your income as well! 

One of my trademarks is always walking the walk I talk and consistently putting into practice everything I teach.  That’s why I maintain several blogs besides this one, including: [Read more]

Morning,

You know, I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason.

You might not know today, or you might not know next month, or you might not know 4 years from now…but everything really does happen for [Read more]

You’ve probably read tons of "how to build self-confidence" articles in blogs and dozens of "you can do it!" self-affirmations and scores of "make it happen today!" posts to last you a lifetime.

 And generally, I adore these kinds of posts myself; positive attitudes and self-confidence can go light-years towards making one successful online.

Which, of course, is why I have to rock the apple cart, tip the bathtub, spread the peanut butter on the down side of the toast, fill up the car with water, shine up the trumpet with sandpaper, mix the coffee with carrot juice….in other words, present ideas from the other side of garden!  With that, let me now ask you: [Read more]

Money is good.  Happiness is better.  Both of them together…well, that can really make life rock (especially if you add coffee!  :)  ).

Thus, let me now as you:

What inspires you to make things happen and excel past all possible predictions? 

It can be many things.  Consider the:

• Desire to better your financial position.
• Love for your family.
• Love for your true friends.
• Passion for a cause.
• Desire to teach by example money-making skills to your family

Many, many many MANY reasons [Read more]

Morning!  You really don’t appreciate the concept of "silence" until your 15 office Twitter Budgies decide to do their best to imitate a heavy metal concert minus earplugs at 4:28am in the morning.   Such are the, ahem, joys, of having them reside in one’s office. 

But I digress. 

Are you on Twitter?  I’m on Twitter!  And so is Chris Garrett!  While contemplating Paradise in a Brimming Cup (ie, my morning coffee), he tweeted:

chrisgarrett Reading:
100 Tips to Become an Authority Site in Your Niche

What a super super super post!!  Hats off to Chris for mentioning that - it’s really worth sharing.  Some of the insights include: [Read more]

Have you heard of the 2008 Olympics that are scheduled in Beijing?

 If so, you’ll know that there is a HUUUUUUGE market of diehard Olympics fans!  Not only do they adore following the Olympics, but they also collect Olympics memorabilia, look for HDTVs to watch the Olympics (NBC will offer an incredible amount of HDTV hours), buy Olympmics-sponsored goodies and much much more.

And thanks to the wonders of the Internet, you can make money from the Olympics as well by providing the niche audience current news, reviews and discounts for the things they crave most. 

If you’re an Olympics fan…and you want to make money from this niche, you can set up a blog that, by the summer, should be bringing you in a respectable income.

Here’s how! [Read more]

Have you heard of Google?

Okay, true, that’s like saying, have you ever experienced real life breathing, or put on a shoe, or checked your email, or…. you get what I’m saying. 

How do you search on Google?  Let’s say that you want to write a metablogging article about ‘blogging tips’.  Do you [Read more]

The clock is ticking, you know.  Soon it will be (gasp!) tax time! 

But you know, taxes are a concern year ’round.  And if, by chance, you have an insane love for taxes and tax time and the Schedule C and the 1099 and the …. you get the idea, did you realize you could blog about taxes all the time and generate an income as well?

Yes indeedy, it’s true indeed.  And here’s how you can do this.

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Morning!

Have you ever embraced pain?

No, wait, nix that question, let me ask you this one instead:

"Have you ever been faced with imminent damage….and chosen to TAKE that hit because you knew the knowledge you’d gain would far offset any short-term undying soul-searing agony?"

Let me tell you, this is THE epitomy of character-building. 

I was reminded of this earlier [Read more]