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Kevin Hogan, an excellent friend of mine and regular contributor to various Simpleology projects (ok, yes he's the guy you see on TV talking about body language all the time - that Kevin Hogan), released The Secret Language of Business at amazon.com today. He's got an unreasonably nice selection of ethical bribes to induce you to get this book.

Kevin's had three number two best sellers at Amazon and it's time for us to get him to number one. The book simplifies some fairly complex stuff about nonverbal communication and dispels a few myths along the way. Good thing about Kevin's work is it's well researched (amidst a whoooole lot of nonsense in the business book world). The result is a tool box of nifty ways for you to make more sales and hear "yes" a lot more.

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You know you're a geek when you are singing "I've got a crush on Roboform" when everyone else is singing about their crush on Barak Obama.

If you don't have a cyber-crush on Roboform yet, you soon will.  Allow me to introduce you to one of its features.

1.  Download Roboform (do it - it will change your life - and it's free)

2.  Go to a site you search often.  (I am using trademe.co.nz - New Zealand's answer to ebay - as an example)

3.  Enter this as your search term:  rfarg

4.  Hold down the alt key and click on the submit button (or whatever it's called on the site you want to search)

5.  You'll be prompted to name and save

6.  Now whenever I want to search Trademe - or any other site I code this way - all I have to do is type the search term and select the site I want to search from a drop down menu.  In this case I searched for "booya!" - obviously you can pop whatever search term in the query box you like.

You can add any other site that has a query box this way - and this is only a tiny bit of what Roboform has to offer.

Challenge to someone smart reading this:  try a time trial searching this way and the old way - and then figure out how much time that will save the average person per year.

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The Korean Pine Nut contains pinolenic acid - a fatty acid that stimulates the production of cholecystokinin (CCK).

CCK is a hormone that stimulates the digestion of fats and proteins, and also suppresses the appetite.  The American Physiological Society reports that test subjects experienced a 36% reduction in appetite for 4 hours beginning 30 minutes after eating a few grams of the nuts.

So, should you swing out and buy a bag of Korean Pine Nuts and start munching away?

Well, the nuts themselves are high-calorie, albeit in healthy fats, but a calorie is a calorie, so use with caution.

Sprinkle some on your salad - don't go on a Pine Nut gorge-fest.

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Defragmenting your hard drive can give a huge boost in performance on your PC.  Problem is, the Windows "Disk Defragmenter" is "slower than molasses in January."  The new Vista version doesn't even give you any details of the defrag operation, and they seem to have given up on even giving you a time estimate ...

Defraggler (a freeware program from the CCleaner guys), by contrast, is blazing fast.  By allowing you to select individual files to defrag, you can radically cut down the speed of a defrag operation.

Defraggler doesn't have a scheduling option, though, so you should still use the built in Windows Disk Defragmenter tool for scheduled defrags - and use Defraggler when you need a quickie.

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A great new book is coming out today from two of my best friends ...

I'd tell you that this book is great, but you probably wouldn't believe me (hey, of course we love the stuff our friends create - I'm biased like that).

So, I'll let these guys bribe you.  The book is called ...

Inspired Marketing (by Dr. Joe Vitale and Craig Perrine)

They have put together a package of bribes to get you to buy the book today.

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This two minute archive footage will tell you once and for all: what happened to Mind Control Marketing?

Was there really a missing c ______?

Was it really sold for $500 a copy on ebay after it went out of print?

Can you get a copy now without selling a kidney?

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Pop one of these berries in your mouth and hold it there.

Set your timer for two minutes.

Now eat something sour like a lemon or a lime.  It will now taste to you as sweet as an orange.

Science Fiction?

Nope, it's the "miracle fruit" and it's offered in a few select cafes in Japan.  Diners there say the sugar-free (and artificial sweetener free) deserts taste "just like the real thing."

I don't think it's available in the US yet, but there are quite a few people making a ruckus about that so I imagine you'll see it quite soon.

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According to the Consumer Awareness Institute, gambling is statistically more likely to be profitable than participating in multi-level-marketing companies.  (reference)

In fact, they say even illegal pure pyramid schemes have a statistically higher probability of rendering a profit.

Is the CAI correct?  Discuss below.

(Disclaimer:  I am negatively biased against MLM.  I used to own several "network marketing" companies, and was the top distributor in several others.  I don't participate in MLM at all now by choice [I don't believe it is a good model], but I'm still friends with many who do - even though I don't condone it myself.   Many Simpleology members are actively involved in MLM companies as well.  I thought I'd open up the discussion here in a friendly, albeit controversial, way.  Simpleology members run the gamut from those who are staunchly against it to those who live by it.  Let's discuss the facts as friends.  Friends can, and do, often disagree.)

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OK, try this ...

1.  Run the Windows "Disk Cleanup" Tool On Your Machine

Right click on any of your drives.  Select "Properties."  Then look for the "Disk Cleanup" button.  Let it run on the default settings.

2.  Now Download "CCleaner" (Short for "Crap Cleaner") and Run It on the Default Settings

3.  Marvel at How Much More Crap it Finds on Your PC to Clean Up

After you've picked your jaw up off the floor use CCleaner to clean up your registry as well.

Ready to marvel more?  It comes in a "portable" format you can chuck onto a thumb drive to carry around with you (that's what the cool kids are wearing this season).

Keeping your disk and registry clean will really boost the performance of your PC - and this easily translates into more productivity.

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Most people are surprised to find that Windows Vista (for all its flaws) comes with a cool little tool called "ReadyBoost" that can make your system run faster without having to upgrade your CPU, RAM, or drive.

Here's how it works:

1.  Simply plug in a compatible flash memory (NAND) device, let it auto-detect, and Vista will give you the option to run ReadyBoost.

2.  Run it.

3.  Your system is now using the free space on the device to enhance system performance.

Compatible devices:  USB 2.0 Flash Drives, SD Cards, and CompactFlash.  Not every device will work, so be sure to check the specs of any flash device before you purchase it hoping to exploit ReadyBoost.  (If you have a laptop just bring it into the store and test the device to see if ReadyBoost will detect it - you'll know in about 2 seconds when the device is detected.  If you see the option to run ReadyBoost, run it and see if the device is compatible.  Voila.)

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Youfa Wang, M.D. PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found a clear connection between lack of sleep and child obesity (Journal of the Obesity Society February 2008).

In her study group, each additional hour of sleep a child received would decrease their risk of obesity by 9%.

They recognize that the following areas still need further research:  how quality of sleep factors in, if this connection carries on through adulthood, exactly how lack of sleep causes obesity ...

... however, since the connection between healthy sleep and general health is so strongly established (mental acuity, immune strength, stress and exercise recovery), there's no reason why you shouldn't take this as a call to begin improving your sleep patterns immediately.

"8 hours" is the generally accepted recommendation for healthy adults, but the exact amount you personally need for peak performance may not be so simple.  For further study: How Much Sleep Do I Need? (Web MD) and How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?  (National Sleep Foundation)

Suggested Resources:  Simpleology 103: The Simple Science of Energy

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"I'd really like to be a best-selling author, but I don't know how to write."

What's funny is that most of the "best-selling authors" I know can't either.

There are some writers, like me, who do indeed write all their own work, but most of the writers I know use other tactics to get the job done.

Here's just a small sample ...

1. Hire a ghost-writer

You'd be surprised by how cheaply you can find quality writers overseas. They'll write an excellent book for you at a price you'd scoff at and say, "Surely this figure is too low!"

And get this: you then even have the legal right to say you are the author of the work.

(Just make sure you use a good contract.  You can find boilerplate contracts of all sorts at places like nolo.com or lawguru.com - or you can hire an intellectual property expert like Bob Silber if you want to fly first class.)

2. Record conversations with experts

This is so simple it's funny that so few people do it.

Just record a collection of conversations with experts, have the conversations transcribed, and - poof! - instant book.

You may not be an expert yourself, but by association everyone then thinks you're an expert, too.

It's so easy it's almost unfair.

And experts will fall over themselves to do these interviews with you because the smart ones know it's long term free publicity for them.

3. Record a conversation with a buddy

OK, so you don't want to write, but you have some thoughts.

Well, ask one of your friends to talk to you about it and ask questions.

You then have those conversations transcribed and massage the final result into a book.

If the conversation is good, it may stand as a book on its own.

If not, you can just massage your responses a bit and - voila! - instant book!

Suggested Resources: 1.  7 Day Business Turnaround Kit (for the "Outsourcing Secret Weapon" module - shows you how to find qualified people overseas for pennies on the dollar - without exploiting anyone), 2. Conversations with Bestselling Authors

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I watched each of these videos myself.

It took hours upon hours.

I asked for the opinions of many, weighed them against my own notes, and there you have it.

The judging was hard.  Damn hard.  There were so many and so many of them were absolutely brilliant.

Not everyone is going to agree with our choices, but keep this in mind: part of what we factored into the three winners was how much "best-seller mojo" the presentations had.  Remember, this isn't a competition for best-writing authors - it's a competition for bestselling authors.

Read on ...

Other Notables:

OK, this isn't' a "runner up" list so please don't determine that yours wasn't worthy if you're not on this list either.

And who the heck am I to judge anyone?  Remember that many bestselling manuscripts are turned down time and time again before finally getting picked up by the right publisher.

Becoming a bestseller has less to do with pleasing editors than it does with believing in yourself.  Sounds trite, but the wisdom of that keeps proving itself to me time and time again.

Bonnie Jean Schaefer

"Miss Schaefer" enlisted the help of her class to launch her book.  Right on!  Start these kids out young in their entrepreneurial learning.  Contact our help desk and I'll send a copy of the Simpleology print book to each of the students in the video.

Barry Thomas Bechta

Hey dude - points for dreaming!  Now here's the really contest prize:  you don't need my personal help to make it as a bestselling author.  With the Blueprint, you can make this happen for yourself quite easily.

Demon Daddy

Maybe one of the strangest video effects I've ever seen. 

Doc Williamson

Well, he knows how to push my buttons - this is exactly the kind of thing that interests me right now ...

Wayne Buckhanon

Wayne read The Rise of the Author and fictionalized the challenge I put to the world in that document (to come together to create an uncontrollable version of the Internet).  Wayne calls it "alternet" which wouldn't be my first choice - since the name is already associated with something else.  However, he totally gets it - the new Internet needs to run on uncontrollable devices in a way that is completely unblockable. 

Donna Sheehan

An awesome children's book that will take less than two minutes to read.  (Whether or not you are a fan of the "law of attraction" stuff, this book would have a positive impact on kids.)

Some Heavy Epiphanies

Michael Seeley

Pheonix Rising

Kenyon Salo

John Flynn

Dale Smith

Lisa M. Robbin

Cameron Thompson

Debbie Mahler

Videos with 3,000+ Views

Mykola Kindrat

Lisa Young

Anna-Barbara Warga

Margie Remmers

Jim Love

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