Who Wants a Free Pass to the American Airlines Admirals Club?

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Fellow Riskologist, Funny thing about running a blog: If people read it, there’s a whole world of folks who will want to give you free stuff. An audience is a valuable thing and, if you have one, there are lots of people and businesses who will do anything they can to get their name in…

The Risk Taker’s Boogeyman Syndrome

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Fellow Riskologist, First, a confession: I used to be terrified of the dark (I was a little kid, gimme a break). I’m over it now, but it was a fear that terrorized me every night before I was forced to confront it. We’ll come back to this in a minute. Each one of us spends…

My 16-Year-Old Bike Explains Which is Best: Quality or Quantity (Hint: They’re Both Wrong)

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There’s a silly debate that’s been raging since, I guess, the beginning of time. One side says, “Focus on quality! Always get the very best you can!” The other side says, “No, quantity is what’s important. The more the better!” Both sides have fair enough points, and you can see the debate rage in almost…

27 Riskologist Resources Worth $1,379 for $97 (+ I’m Retiring Guerrilla Influence Formula)

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Fellow Riskologist, An important part of being a prudent risk-taker is finding the courage to strike while the iron is hot. Usually, the things you need to find success in any project are always available to you if you’re willing to do the work to find and use them. But a smart Riskologist knows patience…

11 Lame-Ass Excuses You Make Every Day that are Ruining Your Life (And 11 Non-Lame-Ass Alternatives)

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These days, when I make a silly excuse for myself, I can usually catch it—and correct it—pretty quickly. But it wasn’t always like this. I used to struggle a lot, making excuses that kept me from doing things I really wanted to. I’d waste my time with TV and video games and not work on…

How to Complete the Biggest Project of Your Life: An interview with Dave Cornthwaite

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Fellow Riskologists, What does it take to make a big project happen? What do you do when you want to start something that’s going to require a lot of planning, focus, and even team building? These are questions I ask myself all the time as I think about some of the projects I want to…

The Dairy Queen Story: A Smart Riskologist’s Guide to Building a Better Microbusiness [Reader Contest]

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I’m not a fan of fast food. It’s horrible for you, it doesn’t taste good, and I hate myself every time I eat it. Luckily (for both of us), this story is not about fast food. It’s about a very clever business that built a small empire called right under the nose of its competition….

Read Only if You Want to Help Set A World Record

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For nearly three years now, I’ve been a part of the “action team” for this little thing called The World Domination Summit. Maybe you’ve heard of it. I haven’t talked much about it here because tickets always sell so fast there’s never been a need to actively promote it. In our first year, we brought 500…