Quotes of the Day

In any selling environment, there are two basic philosophies, or approaches. The first involves low volume and high profit-margin. The second is the opposite--high volume, low profit-margin. Sellers on eBay have to have better prices than what's out there. To create a successful business with a low profit-margin, it is necessary to sell more product than if you were able to charge retail price. Historically, on eBay, this high-volume-low-margin philosophy tends to be the more successful. If you can purchase your product for below the average eBay selling price, you have margin and you're in business. If not, try to find something else. I recommend a product that will yield a profit margin, is available in large enough quantity, and is "UPS-able". [2005] - Adam Ginsberg

Over time, night shift workers tend to experience more ulcers, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. They also experience more insomnia, depression, and dementia. [2020] - Nir Barzilai

The Rule of 5: Every day, we do five specific things that will move our goal toward completion. [2005] - Jack Canfield

The acceptable industry standard is one complaint per 1,000 messages. If the complaint-to-message-sent ratio passes that threshold, future messages may be blocked and the e-mailer can be blacklisted. [2007] - Bruce C. Brown

Women want sex as much as-if not more than-men; they just don't want to be pressured, lied to, or made to feel like a slut. [2005] - Neil Strauss