This week on The Bigg Success Show , we’re taking a look at opportunities and threats in 2009. Today, we continue the five-part series by looking at business opportunities. In the last quarter of 2008, we witnessed some significant shifts in consumer behavior. We’ve written an article on...

This week on The Bigg Success Show , we’re taking a look at opportunities and threats in 2009. We begin the five-part series today by looking at careers. We recently posted an article on hot careers for 2009. On today’s show, we want to share some more thoughts. It’s a tough market...

Michael Bailey recently wrote a post about an e-mail you may have received before. It was very timely and got us thinking about events of 2008. Let’s test your memory … ___ ___ Who won the World Series? We know it was NOT the Chicago Cubs. Will that ever happen? The Philadelphia Phillies...

It’s the day after Christmas. Here in the United States, that means the customer service lines are long as people return their gifts. In other parts of the world – Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand – it’s Boxing Day. If you’re not familiar with it, you might s...

As if there’s not enough to do this time of year, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, not only to find the perfect gift, but also to make sure it’s wrapped just right. ___ ___ ___ A lot of people laugh at using the comic section as wrapping paper, but I just love that idea! ___ ___ My...

We had a very special guest on The Bigg Success Show today. Straight from the reindeer farm at the North Pole, we welcomed Santa Claus ! Here’s a summary of the conversation: ___ ___ ___ Welcome to The Bigg Success Show, Santa. ___ ___ Oh, thank you Mary-Lynn. It’s always a pleasure visi...

Albert Mehrabian, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at UCLA, is the author of Silent Messages. This book discusses his legendary research into the relative importance of verbal and non-verbal communication. ___ ___ Mehrabian’s rule When you’re trying to communicate emotions, think about t...

Today on The Bigg Success Show , we continued our discussion with Adam Shepard. Adam is the author of the book Scratch Beginnings, which describes his year-long real-life experiment to see if the American Dream is still alive. Last time, Adam told us about the initial stages of his experiment and wh...

We had a special guest today on The Bigg Success Show . Adam Shepard is the author of Scratch Beginnings. After graduating from college, he conducted a real-life experiment, by starting out homeless with only $25 and the clothes on his back, to see if the American Dream is still alive. His book chro...

In physics class, we learned about the law of inertia – an object in motion stays in motion. So it is with our money. We start spending and we keep spending! Now we’re trying to slow down our spending and find ways to save money. Today, we want to discuss a new way to think about your pu...