Category: Advice

What are the potential problems that arise from smoking during pregnancy?

• Ectopic pregnancy: Fetus implants itself in the wrong spot, resulting in miscarriage
• Smoking causes 115,000 miscarriages and 5,600 stillbirths each year
• Increased risk of placental abruption: this condition is where the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus and the baby suffocates from lack of oxygen
• Increased risk of premature babies
• Increased risk of apnea and infant sudden death syndrome
• Increased risk of genetic defects, like cleft lip and retardation
• Increased vaginal bleeding
• Smokers fetuses receive less oxygen and nutrients, resulting in smaller & sicker children

Scary stuff, eh?

Persistence is the number one factor in whether someone is successful in business and other areas of life or not.  Persistence is far more important than intelligence, looks, physical strength, or anything else.  Below is a simple, but 100% accurate article from Trizle on how to be successful:

Take Jimbo.

1. Jimbo takes years to build his business.

… read more “Persistence Power”

The biggest mistake I see being made by online marketers today is pursuing only one tactic to the exclusion of others.  Some people focus only on SEM and ignore social media, some who focus on analytics optimization ignore viral content, and some focus only on PR to the exclusion of SEO.  Each tactic has its pros and cons, and those who combine two or more tactics in their efforts see their results multiplied.  … read more “Number One Mistake in Online Marketing”

Old post written a while back, but not posted.

Like Cinderella, I have decided that going home at midnight is my best option.‚  Going out is a lot of fun and I meet many interesting people, but it seems that the only thing that happens after 12:30 is that I get more drunk or get myself into trouble.‚ … read more “Home By Midnight?”

Today’s world is unfortunately strongly segmented by age group.‚  Instead of the traditional tribe style family group where young and old are together all the time, the young stick together with their peers and older people move to retirement communities in Arizona and Florida or hide out with their friends in their home towns.‚  I think that this hurts both the young people who miss out on learning from the older generations experience and harms the old who only see sickness and death around them.‚ … read more “Age Segmentation”

People have these genius ideas all the time, then forget them. ‚ The real key is to publish them and share them and let them grow and meld with other peoples ideas and perhaps even inspire true greatness.

If you write something good, send it to me and I’ll post it either under your name or anonymously.… read more “Publish Your Ideas!”

A major news story in recent days has been that President Barack Obama called together his Cabinet and instructed them to find $100 million in budget cuts in the coming months. ‚ This has been heralded by many people as Obama getting “tough” and trying to solve the national debt crisis.

However, this $100 million is rarely compared to how much he is spending on bailouts and the stimulus plan… which is approaching $8 trillion dollars.… read more “President Barack Obama’s Misdirection”

My favorite little section in the NYTimes.com website used to be their little widget halfway down the page on the right side listing their ten “Most Popular” posts in each category. ‚ Recently though, the quality of the articles that are listed has vastly decreased. ‚ The section used to contain the most interesting or relevant news of the day, but now it is mostly ill-considered opinion pieces by Paul Krugman and others.… read more “New York Times “Most Popular” Section Decomposing”

A former bully victim asking such a question may seem silly, but I think the topic deserves analysis. ‚ Today’s schools have become a padded cocoon, intended to protect students from exposure to anything that can be potentially harmful. ‚ Most schools have zero-tolerance policies towards drugs, guns, bullying, and many other potentially harmful activities. ‚ Students caught engaging in anything remotely close are usually immediately expelled.… read more “Is School Bullying Really That Bad?”

Due to the stupidity of political and business leaders in America, we are facing a depression.‚  Since I was a junior in high school in 2001, I have been telling everyone who would listen that the United States was going to tumble very hard if many policies weren’t changed.‚  Our government stuck its fingers into regulation and mucked up the stock market, housing market, job market and corporate governance.‚ … read more “American Economy Getting Hammered: What Should You Do?”