2007 January

The Daily Frog

Posted on January 29, 2007 Written by John Richardson 4 Comments

I picked up a great audio book over the weekend, entitled “Eat That Frog,” by Brian Tracy. Many people have told me that this little book has changed their lives. From the opening chapter, Brian is an unpretentious host. His humble background and day laborer school of hard knocks lays an interesting foundation. This guy [...]

Filed Under: Personal Development, Time Management

What Happened To My Oreos?

Posted on January 26, 2007 Written by John Richardson 1 Comment

As a kid my favorite cookies were Nabisco Oreos. These delicious little gems were the best. You could take them apart and eat the fluffy filling and then finish off with cookie outsides. Dipped in milk these were like Manna from Heaven. Since they were expensive we didn’t get them very often, but when we [...]

Filed Under: Diet, Marketing

Eat Dinner for Breakfast and Lose Weight

Posted on January 25, 2007 Written by John Richardson 19 Comments

As I walked into my local Barnes & Noble bookstore, I was confronted by the New Year assortment of diet books. They were all lined up on the front table, their covers bright and shiny. Being curious by nature, I decided to look through a few and see what the latest diet buzz was all [...]

Filed Under: Diet, Motivation Tagged: 110, 84, Diet, Nutrition

The 5 Percent Diet Club

Posted on January 22, 2007 Written by John Richardson 3 Comments

My wife Joyce is starting a new diet challenge at her work this week and they have come up with a novel approach. Instead of losing a pre-determined amount of weight over a time period (such as 10 pounds), they have set it up as a percentage of their total body weight. They have set [...]

Filed Under: Diet, Motivation

10 Powerful Quotations

Posted on January 15, 2007 Written by John Richardson 2 Comments

As I put the book down, I came away with the feeling that I needed to take something away. I needed to capture the spirit of the book. I knew from past history that the “Giant Erasers” would soon be wiping away the memories of this profound work. I took out a pen and wrote [...]

Filed Under: Goals, Inspiration, Motivation

Tag Success – You’re it!

Posted on January 13, 2007 Written by John Richardson 5 Comments

In a game of blog tag, a few different bloggers caught me this week. Grigor, Dwayne and Rosa all linked over to this site for the popular “Tell us five things about yourself,” meme going around the blog-o-sphere. After reading their 5 things, I was inspired. Rosa’s was motivating, Dwayne’s was a traffic stopper, and [...]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Success