280 visits
2,587 page views
9.24 pages/visit
11.79% bounce rate
00:09:56 average time on site
These figures tell the story of how members like my new ‘Private Group’.
On average, they explore TEN pages every visit - and spend close to 10 MINUTES exploring.
Remember the last website you spent 10 minutes at lately?
Yes.
That’s the point.
You can join the Private Group here… [...]

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One of the wonders of this virtual world we occupy through the Internet is the number of people you’re friends (even very good friends) with, but have never ever met in person!
Indeed, I’ve got to know some very nice, very rich, very famous and very interesting (not all the same person!) people over the years [...]

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On Twitter this Thursday, I started a meme asking for suggestions to build a MASSIVE list of “Best Business Books”.
The response was great - and threw up some titles that I hope will make it on to your reading list and book shelf shortly. Here’s a compilation. You can see who recommended what, [...]

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By now, you’ve no doubt heard of Yanik Silver’s Maverick Business Insider and the impressive package he’s put together for the launch of a monthly newsletter with CD.
You’ve heard or read glowing reviews from delighted affiliates who are boosting the program to the sky and higher.
Smart, shrewd and savvy as you are, you no doubt [...]

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I’ve decided.
I’m going back to being a maverick.
Because I can.
Long ago, I made the choice to specialize in pediatric heart surgery, when not many in India were willing to hinge their future on the uncertainty of pursuing what was then a non-existent sub-specialty.
After graduating, I made the even more unusual choice to follow a charity-based [...]

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In all that Seth Godin says about the TV-Industrial complex, he talks about how the ‘old’ pattern was to buy mass media ads that made more money than they cost - so that companies could run more ads and keep repeating the cycle.
Today, we are MICRO-markets. And this approach may not work as well, [...]

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At a wedding reception last week, I met many professional colleagues.
The banter was conventional, predictable, ‘doctor speak’.
Only a few knew about my online persona, and referred to it sparingly,
often with a snide smile or quiet wink twixt themselves.
Because I am different.
Unfamiliar, unusual, unlike what they are used to.
It doesn’t bother me these days. I [...]

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Early this morning, I drove my friend to the airport.
Driving in my city is an exciting, risky and nerve-wracking experience at the best of times. On the road to the airport, there’s an element of dare-devilry added to the mix.
Formula 1 wannabees rev up their aging motorcars, or souped up sedans, and weave crazily [...]

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As kids, many people dream about becoming a doctor. Saving lives. Curing illness. Making a difference.
And then, something happens; interests change; life takes a different direction. But a deep yearning still remains of what might have been.
Well, let’s play ‘Doctor’. Imagine that you have become a doctor. A surgeon. [...]

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Imagine you are a heavy smoker with a bad cough. You visit the doctor.
Dr.A is courteous, polite, professional. He examines you quickly, prescribes a cough medicine, and hands you a brochure about the ill-effects of smoking. He even signs you up to his newsletter mailing list - for free.
Dr.B does [...]

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