I have seen one man build an entire house with a glorified bowl and a stick.  I know it sounds impossible, but there’s a video to prove it.  For countless days on end, he works alone in the depths of the jungle. No electricity, power tools, or A/C. But with each pile of dirt, he … Continued

It’s 7 pm on a Friday and I’m going into panic mode. I’m pacing my living room floor, biting my nails and trying to calm down the feeling of a thousand butterflies in my stomach. What am I going to do? There is no time! I need to submit a story for peer review to … Continued

We can all agree that Henry Ford was a smart businessman. His legacy and business models still live on today. But there is more we can learn from Henry Ford than just assembly-line efficiency.  Henry Ford taught business owners how to say “no”. Ford famously insisted, “Any customer can have a car painted any color … Continued

Everyone knows how to sell online. You stick to a simple acronym: AIDA. Then you set up a website and… …you have no idea what to do next. Fortunately, there are tools for people who have been in this exact scenario. But while it’s always good to be able to create an average website and … Continued

It’s 2 am when I wake up and I hear nothing.  Normally, at 2 am, hearing nothing would be ideal.  It’s not a scene out of a horror movie when hearing nothing means there’s a bad man hiding in your house. But it’s the hottest night of the year so far and I don’t hear … Continued

Do you know who Josh Kalk is? He’s a human curveball.  Upon first glance, Kalk appears to be nothing more than your average Joe…a shy intellect if you will.   The 44 year-old started out as a math and physics professor at a small state college in West Virginia and a small-time writer of his own … Continued

This is a story about how website with live chat made one man very happy. Beauford was having a busy Monday. It all started, as it usually does, with an alarm clock. (Beauford was an old-fashion kind of guy and liked to use an old-fashion alarm clock. None of that new generation mumbo-jumbo) And so … Continued

I was helping my brother with an estate sale once, and he was having trouble selling what we both thought was the prized item: a perfectly good printer. The printer had no major flaws. It was new-ish. He just didn’t need it anymore. The price was appropriate. In fact, it was a total bargain for … Continued

In the mid-1960s a man walked into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s admissions office.   “I’m here to study electronic surveillance technology,” he said.  The statement caused some confusion since MIT had no record of the young man ever applying to the school. The fact that he also didn’t have a matriculation certificate complicated the matter.  … Continued

If you’re anything like me, you absolutely LOVE the feeling of clean teeth after you’ve been to the dentist. Sure, I follow the recommended brushing and flossing rules they say to follow, but nothing compares to the cleanliness of freshly clean and polished teeth. A handful of dental practices were able to remain open during … Continued