Quotes of the Day

Outdoor signs and billboards are superb at reminding people of your existence and your reason for being. They aren't successful as a sole means of marketing except in rare instances. However, they work well in combination with other marketing methods. Advertising specialties such T-shirts, calendars, mousepads, and baseball caps work like billboards and signs to remind people of your existence. [1998] - Jay Conrad Levinson

Positive stress (challenge stress) energizes. Our body automatically reacts to a stressful event within seconds and also reacts to our thoughts about the event. When we start to notice the stress response in our muscle tension, heart rate, and breathing, we can relabel it by saying, "This is good stress, energizing me so I can perform well!" this can help shape the body's response to be more energizing, bringing more dilation to the vessels and more blood to the brain. [2017] - Elizabeth Blackburn

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied a group of 976 men and 1,030 women, age sixty-five and older. Each individual in the study reported how much and how often they consumed foods across thirteen categories common in China, including tea. Researchers drew blood and measured telomere length in the white blood cells. The results were striking: tea drinking was associated with increased telomere length, but only in elderly men, not women. When the amount of tea consumed by men was analyzed, those who drank three or more cups of tea per day had longer telomeres compared to those who drank less than a third of a cup of tea. The difference in telomere length was equivalent to a calculated difference of five years of additional life between high-and low-level tea drinkers. [2019] - William W Li

Once monetary balance is restored, gold and silver will stop being investments promising strong returns and go back to being essentially refined and shaped rocks, as they should be. At that time, stocks should regain their position as the investment of choice and I hope to be selling much of my gold and silver. [2008] - Shayne McGuire

In marketing, a rule of thumb is to do your market research first. "Know your customer." [2005] - Robert T. Kiyosaki