In 1976, Professor Muhammad Yunus started the Grameen Bank with $27 out of his own pocket.
In 2006, Professor Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize for demonstrating the possibility of eradicating poverty through micro-lending to Entrepreneurs in developing nations throughout the free world.
Today, the Grameen Bank serves more than six million poor families with loans, savings, insurance and other services.
Yet, the bank remains fully owned by its clients and is a model for microfinance institutions around the globe.
Fast forward to Februrary 29, 2008 at 8am PST (11am EST)… this is the date SmartStartGiving.org was officially launched!
The mission for SmartStartGiving is simple, yet profound, and here it is: “Give less, help more.”
It is my aim to [Read more…]
On March 1st at the LAX Westin I’ll be revealing my Virtual Book Tour SecretsTM on stage at Mark Victor Hansen’s Mega Book Marketing University.
Recommended: I’ve read over 2,300 books in my life thus far and one of the top 5 that I recommend most is Stephen M.R. Covey’s 
RECOMMENDED: I just watched a 20-minute video created by a friend of mine who has the initials: “F.K.”
Why Work “Environments” Influence Productivity
Most entrepreneurial CEOs give little thought to how much a “workspace” can determine their personal productivity. But once you decide to construct a work environment that mentally “anchors” you in a positive way, you will start getting more done, faster, better and with less human effort.
Resource: www.AlexWorkSpace.com
Glossary: The “mental anchoring” of your workspace can have a powerful impact on your personal productivity by conditioning you to more supportive emotional states with visual triggers (like Pavlov did with auditory triggers linking food with the sound of a bell).