Quotes of the Day

Eat a daily minimum of 1 pound of vegetables above pH 5, half of which should be consumed raw. Consuming both raw and cooked vegetables will help ensure that you get a greater variety of antioxidants. Some vegetables, such as carrots, asparagus, cabbage, mushrooms, and spinach, offer a greater concentration of antioxidants when cooked compared to when eaten raw (if they’re prepared by steaming or boiling, that is). But you’re likely to get more vitamin C from these foods if you eat them fresh out of the fridge. Broccoli is one nutritional powerhouse that you should try to eat raw, at least some of the time, as raw broccoli is higher in sulforaphane, a known anticarcinogen. [2017] - Jonathan Aviv

Every major city has modeling agencies enabling you to go online and choose a model to work your trade show booth. You can get an attractive model or two (a man and a woman is a good idea) for about $300 per day per model. [2007] - Chet Holmes

If your wall-to-wall carpet is more than a year old, cleaning may not be enough. You can carpet a 2,000 square foot home with nylon carpeting that will look great for $3,000 or less. [2003] - Robert Irwin

When the prospect agrees to meet with you at a specific time, you have made your fist sale, the sale that makes the real sale possible. You then confirm by repeating the time, day, and date of the meeting, plus you give the prospect your telephone number in case something comes up. [2004] - Brian Tracy

In Canada, mortgage penalties depend on the type of mortgage. If you have a variable-rate mortgage, you'll pay three months' interest, but if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you'll pay the greater of three months' interest or something called the interest rate differential (IRD). Ask how the IRD is calculated. Is it based on the posted or the discounted rate? If it's based on the lender's inflated posted rate, consider this carefully before signing up. Your mortgage penalty could add up to thousands of dollars. To reduce the mortgage penalty, prepay as much of the mortgage as you can before breaking it. [2017] - Sean Cooper