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Hey Niecy Nash … This Guy Needs A Clean House!

Ok, she did it – she forced you to sell your stuff (she called it junk). Again!

You’ve played this game before, but somehow only wound up making like $15 for the thousands you spent on the stuff in the first place. This time however, you did it right: you got your ad in the paper early (two weeks early to be exact) and you posted it all over Craigslist. People have been calling you all week about it, because you were smart enough to put your phone number in the ad, which stated, “Call if you have any questions.” Timing and placement of your ads are certainly critical, and you have this all covered. Good for you!

On the date of this big event, you have a lot of good things to sell (despite what she says) and only a little time to do it in. It’s the night before the big event and you’re starting to get nervous now, so let me help you out — I’ve done this lots and lots of times already, and I consider myself somewhat of an expert. If you truly want to make back some of the money that the retailers “stole” from you, and you also want to keep your shoppers honest, please read on …

Before the early-birders get there (at like 6:00 am [these people are sick]) make sure you did the following: Continued

I Don’t Deal With “Perfect” Companies!

I learned a little lesson last Sunday while I was watching the Phillies make it to the next round in the playoffs — perfection does not exist and shouldn’t be falsely attained! Let me explain (before you start calling me a loser, jerk)…

Ok, so here I was last Saturday, watching the Milwaukee Brewers beat my Fightin’ Phils and crushing my dreams of getting the series sweep that I thought was only inevitable throughout the playoffs (after this game we were now 2-1 in a five-game NLCS). At this point, I thought “dang it … here we go again (we’re synonymous with blowing it at the end),” then came this huge Sunday win and my spirits jumped right back up.

My friend, perfection is only an illusion! Chasing it is never going to make you happy, not to mention it will never make you completely successful in any business endeavors. Sounds bassackwards, right? Well then, let me explain further… Continued