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Midweek Ramble 2007-09-19

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to post part two of my Dark and Stormy Night article. I was called away on business and simply have not had time to get the posting ready. If you haven’t read it already, have a read at Part 1 of Dark and Stormy Night. Grand Slam On a positive [...]

Around the Blogs and Back Again 2

I’ve been busy again this week both off and online. Through all my hours of reading and commenting on the web, here are some items that I found very interesting: Real Estate Editorial gives a good article on city buildings and residences going “Green” by implementing green roof technology. The Laidback Buddhist has a great [...]

The Jack Of All Trades Myth

Tim Ferriss’ recent post The Top 5 Reasons To Be a Jack Of All Trades really opened my eyes to the world of business. He targets the idea of being a “Jack of all trades, master of none” and then discounts the “master of none” part! The basis for his article goes back to the [...]

Useless Office Chatter

I had an interesting experience the other day. I was in the mood for another coffee so I decided to go for a walk to the coffee room. As I entered, another employee was standing there making herself a tea. I said, “Hello” and she replied, “It’s tea time” then walked out. As I thought [...]

It’s What You Experience, Not What You See

In my posting, The 4-Hour Workweek Just Cost Me $100,000 I discussed my family’s new goal of taking a mini-retirement and spending a year travelling through Europe. To make sure my motivation level stays strong, I have visited a few travel agencies to pick up their selection of travel guides. I wanted to really get [...]

Around the Blogs and Back Again

I want to start this weekender edition of LewisEmpire.com with a hilarious joke I once read. (I have no idea where I saw it but I’ll give the proper credit if anyone knows – it may have been Foxtrot) There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary code and those [...]

How To Create Your Own Empire in 30 Days – Pt 2

In How To Create Your Own Empire Pt 1, I revealed the first three ways you can create your own Empire – Must have an Emperor, Must have a territory and must have a core and a periphery. In today’s post, I discuss the last three items: Create Your Own Religion Dominate Your Domain You [...]

The Pimento Challenge

Before I post part 2 to my How To Create Your Own Empire I’ve got a mid-afternoon article up for discussion! I just read a funny post over at rickcaminiti.com called WTF Is a Pimento!?!? It’s true that the average person probably has no idea what a pimento is or why it is stuck into [...]

How To Create Your Own Empire in 30 Days – Pt 1

Creating your own Empire is not a simple task. It took the Roman Republic 150 years to become the Roman Empire (Imperium Romanum.) In this post I am going to tell you how to do the same thing in as little as one month. Before I get into the details, let’s just define the requirements [...]

The 4-Hour Workweek Just Cost Me $100,000

As I continue to read through the The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss I have found out a lot about my own goals for the future. The reason Timothy cost me $100,000 is because, since reading this book, my wife and I have decided to spend a full year traveling throughout Europe starting in 2017. [...]