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Never, never, never give up! (Also an open invite to guest posts!)

Jeremy Day — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:02:13 +0000

You know you have a good thing going when you more or less take a break for a few months and come back to more subscribers. Last time I checked I had maybe 125-150 subscribers. Today’s count? 231 Subscribers!!!

Why did I decide to check this? Well I unfortunately had 3 people unsubscribe by email in one week. I thought that maybe it was time to check my numbers and low and behold I had more then last time.

Also, Jack the Web Design Dude, suggested I open things up to guest posters to add more content. Great minds think alike Jack because I was already thinking about it. (And not doing anything about it of course.) Do you want to be my first guest poster of the year?

All in all, things are going pretty well here. I averaged 79 visitors a day in the past week. Normally I hover around 50 per day. Guess all that hard work in the past is really paying off!

I say all that to say I am sorry. Sorry for letting my readers down. Sorry for being so lazy about this website. I also want to say now is not the time to give up. Now is the time to press ahead and keep going. Because I do believe I have a thing going here.

You know, my mom asks me all the time when my next post will be. (Hi mom!) She also says I don’t call enough, but thats another story.

The thing is I don’t write enough either. Writing helps us all to cut through and find clarity in a murky world. I know my writing helps me, and I know it helps you, the reader, as well. I am happy for all your feedback, both in the comments and by other means.

So here is me writing more, and inviting you all to do the same. Don’t be shy. Whether you have your own blog or not I would love for you to contribute here. You can comment here, or send me an email. Whatever works best for you. I have no strict requirements for a guest post. Just that it has to deal with some personal development issue. Which means you can write about anything in life!!!

So again, thank you all for sticking with me. And for all you first time visitors as well. You are most welcome here!

Cheers,
Jeremy

How To Be An Outstanding Conversationalist

New Year, New Start!

Jeremy Day — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:36:19 +0000

Hi Everyone!

Right off the bat I want to thank everyone who is reading this for sticking with me (or finding this site for the first time). As most of you know I was a fairly prolific writer until this past summer. Then I let things slide until I was hardly posting at all.

A lot of that had to do with my personal life at the time. And a lot just came down to sheer laziness.

Yes, my last post was for Thanksgiving. And I couldn’t even get off a Christmas or New Years post. And we all know how much personal development bloggers love seizing the opportunity to write about the New Year, and especially New year’s resolutions.

Well here ya go. My New year’s post…

Ill start off by doing a small Saturday wrap for ya. In beginning to think about what I would like to write about I started reading some other blogs. Of course, one of my stops is Zen Habits which continues to be one of the best blogs out there.

Leo included some of his top posts for 2009 including one that still applies for 2010. Here it is…

The Single Secret to Making 2009 Your Best Year Ever

Well the secret is out… Don’t wait for happiness. Have it now. It’s well worth the read.

As for me I would just like to apologize for not posting more. I just approved over 30 comments waiting for me from December. And I would just like to say I love the fact that I am still getting tons of visitors and people who take the time to leave comments. My hard work from the past is still living on without me.

That is what I love so much about writing and blogging especially. You write a good tidbit of information down and people get a lot of value out of it. And that value continues on without you. And you get to see a little of the result in the grateful comments. It is a real satisfying thing to have.

I have also became friends with some fellow bloggers. And sad to say, without blogging, the friendships kinda fade. However, one blogger friend emailed me out of the blue about a project she is working on to help the homeless in her area. If you are looking for a good cause to support I would suggest you check out her blog article Holidays and Homelessness.

I know this is a bunch of random stuff, but it is a byproduct of not posting more frequently.

As for the future, here are some things I want to do…

Economics and politics still continue to be my biggest “hobbies”. I would like to post some of the things I have learned about health care, our banking system, and the economy in general. You don’t wanna miss out on this juicy stuff.

I also want to start getting back to cooperation I had with other bloggers in the past. I am still welcoming guest articles and I will be looking to guest write on a few other blogs here in the near future.

I also have to check out my web analytics stuff. My numbers have been pretty steady without me doing much. It’s good to see I have a good baseline of visitors coming from google and other sources without the need for much promotion on other sites. And without the wild spikes of Stumble Upon. etc. I’m excited to see where I can take things from here.

Last but not least, I would like to start replying to comments again. I am going to leave the past couple months of comments go, but I would love for you to leave a comment on here saying hi. It will help me to get back to your blogs so I can get back on track again.

Happy New Year everyone! May this one be one of the best you have had!

Cheers,
Jeremy

Get Out Your BS Monitor

Jeremy Day — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:12:55 +0000

When I was younger (not much younger), we used to play this card game called Bullsh*t. The point of the game was to call out people for what cards they had in their hand. Basically it was a card shuffling game where one could make an educated guess about what cards any given person had at any given moment.

The whole deck is passed out to the participants and each person is asked to lay down a specific card for their turn. The first person is asked to lay down an Ace and it goes up from there until it starts over again. You don’t have to lay down the correct card, but you have to be a good bluffer. At any time someone can challenge you and if you didn’t lay down the correct cards you have to pick up the whole discard pile. However, if you did lay down the correct cards the challenger would have to pick up all the cards. This game is also called by its more politically correct names of Cheat and I Doubt It.

To win it is important to bluff but it is even more important to call people out on their BS! For whoever gets rid of all their cards first wins and it is a near statistical improbablity of having the correct cards to lay down from the beginning.

It is the same in life. Rarely do we have the cards we need to win in any given moment. Heck, some people aren’t even playing with a full deck. Some are even playing with rigged or stacked decks.

BUT, it is really important to be able to call people out on their BS because we can never win if we don’t.

In the end, I think everyone benefits when the truth prevails. So don’t be afraid to call things like you see them. Get out your BS Monitor and start detecting that stuff all the time.

I made it as a Top 50 Personal Development Blogger

Jeremy Day — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:38:32 +0000

It seems I keep getting recognized for past achievements. Today I wanted to let you know that Vincent over at Health Money Success has featured me as a Top 50 Personal Development Blogger. I am honored to make the list. Here is the link…

Top 50 Personal Development Bloggers

I know things have been a little dry here at Insight Writer, but I promise that things will pick up here soon. I have no real excuses anymore… In fact, that sounds like a good first article!

To all my American friends, have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Cheers,

Jeremy

Interview with Jeremy Day of Insightwriter.com by James King @ Atmmultimedia.com

Jeremy Day — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:04:29 +0000

James King at atmultimedia.com had asked me to do an interview a couple of weeks ago and he has finally published it.

In the interview I talk a lot about blogging and why I started this website. I gave him heart and soul answers which I believe he deeply appreciated.

I have a feeling you will too. I certainly hope it will give you some food for thought.

Here is the link…

Interview with Jeremy Day of Insightwriter.com

I hope you enjoy it and please don’t forget to leave a comment. They are always appreciated!

Cheers,

Jeremy

Carnival Of Personal Development: April Fool’s Edition

Jeremy Day — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:09 +0000

Welcome to the March 30, 2009 edition of carnival of personal development.

The Carnival has finally made it back to it’s home here at Insight Writer. I must say I am excited to have it back. It has been about 4 months since it started and has been really successful. Not only do we constantly get upwards of 100 submissions each week, we have been one of the featured carnivals on the front page of blogcarnival.com And, we will be featured again on April 2nd. As far as I know, no other carnival has been featured twice yet so it is a special privilege.

With all that being said I want to thank everyone, and especially our hosts for the past 4 months for making this happen. It wouldn’t happen without you. Now on to my editor’s picks.

Editor’s Picks

Mark Foo presents Personal Development Blog | The Power Of Feedback – The Big Dreamer posted at The Big Dreamer. – Mark has recently come into the personal development blogger scene and he has a lot to offer. He has already written a guest post here at Insight Writer that was well received and here he has another great article about the power of feedback.

Anna Farmery presents 10 Reasons Why Your Relationship with You Matters posted at The Engaging Brand. – Anna’s post here is short and sweet, but very powerful and to the point. This could be a good little thing to print out and hang on your bathroom mirror or refridgerator so you can see it everyday.

Abigail Perry presents Are we too optimistic? posted at i pick up pennies, saying, “When we always think the future holds better things, we may be crippling our long-term savings plan” – Abigail’s post will really get you thinking. Most of us are optimists, but sometime a little pessimism can pay off.

Mike King presents 8 Steps for Acting on Inspiration posted at Learn This. – I’ve known Mike since I started blogging and this post is one of his better ones. Inspiration comes and goes, so make sure to read Mike’s article and learn to act on it!

Robin Birch presents How To Find Happiness posted at Let’s Live Forever!, saying, “The things that make other people happy won’t necessarily make us happy – we have to learn to follow out own inner guidance to have a satisfying life.” – Ahhhh, finding happiness. Sometimes we have it and sometimes it proves quite elusive. Robin gives us some food for thought by talking about how we need to follow our intuition to find happiness.

Onto the rest of the carnival…

Don’t forget to start submitting your articles for the next carnival using the link at the bottom!

Personal Development

Relax presents Knowledge can become your enemy if you are not careful (The Curse of Knowledge) posted at The Wise Curve, saying, “Common sense tells us that knowledge brings power. But do you know that knowing too much might do you harm?”

Marcus Smith presents Knowledge Murders Nervousness posted at MarcusASmith.com.

Ricky Wijaya presents Simple Steps to Make Cheerful Day posted at Chapters of My life, saying, “Simple steps to make a joyful and cheerful day”

Michael Miles presents Let your subconscious do the work posted at Effortless Abundance.

Woman Divorce Support presents Divorce Advice for Women: Help with Support and Recovery at Woman Divorce Support posted at Divorce Advice, saying, “Help for divorcees.”

Jim DeSantis presents Have Fun Unleashing Your Latent Creativity posted at Unleashing Creativity at On Line Tribune, saying, “You have some great ideas. You toss them around in your mind. You tell friends about them. They go nowhere. Why? They go nowhere because of what your friends said or because you have the misconception that only a select few are able to unleash a steady flow of creative genius. And, you, of course, couldn’t be one of that select group. That is not true at all.”

PicktheBrain presents 5 Fascinating Video Lectures from Academic Earth posted at Universities and Colleges.

Mike King presents 8 Steps for Acting on Inspiration posted at Learn This.

Burak Bilgin presents Realize Your Vision posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “A vision is an ultimate goal, an idea that is worth devoting your life to. We don’t need a reason to live, but living without a vision, without a purpose is nothing but a bare existence.”

Nate Desmond presents 5 Ways to Waste Study Time posted at Debt-free Scholar.

Fred Black presents Thermodynamics, Proverbs, and the Law of Attraction! posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog..

vsocorp presents 5 Steps for Creating of Successful Business by VSO Corp posted at VSO Corp: Logica Uspeha, usluga razvitie internet portal., saying, “VSO Corp is a business resource, where you can find a large amount of helpful information for: 1) creation profitable, effective, successful business from nothing; 2) growing of yours business; 3) maintaince of yours project. As well here there is info about such topics: usluga, razvitie, internet-portal of partnership, logica, strateg, uspeh.”

Relax presents The art of taking risk posted at The Wise Curve, saying, “mastering the art of taking risk will bring you one step closer to success in your career, study, relationship, investment, and many more areas in your life.”

Juliet Chase presents Love yourself because of (not in spite of) your imperfections posted at 7 Green Stairs.

endtorture presents Instant Problem Solving Strategies Anyone Can Use posted at EndTorture, saying, “A person can find various strategies in solving problems either if it’s something personal of it has to do with something that involves business intentions. Actually there are several ways that are being offered in looking into solving problems the easier way, probably the public library or online as well. If you are interested in knowing more about obtaining such techniques in an instant you can go through this article for further information.”

Kevin Ngo presents How to Change Your Focus posted at Motivational Blog, saying, “The ability to control your focus is the ability to control your fate and change your life.”

Mark Foo presents Personal Development Blog | The Power Of Feedback – The Big Dreamer posted at The Big Dreamer.

Burak Bilgin presents 3 Achievement Strategies posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, “three strategies that will empower you to achieve your goals, and realize your vision.”

Amit presents 7 Steps to Help You Meet Deadlines – TimeBoxing in Different Perspective posted at Mystic Madness, saying, “A well researched through posting.”

Caterina Christakos presents Experience Self Hypnosis with This Video posted at Trance You Out.

Anna Farmery presents 10 Reasons Why Your Relationship with You Matters posted at The Engaging Brand.

Warren presents How to be Lucky posted at GenerallyThinking.com, saying, “Some people have all the luck… or so it seems. In reality, lucky people just think and act in different ways. This article explains what those ways are, and how you can use them to become luckier.”

Marelisa Fabrega presents Tutorial: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) posted at Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online.

Nicholas Powiull presents How to Access the Other 90% of the Brains Potential posted at Conscious Flex, saying, “The mind is part of the brain was developed shortly after language was discovered (brain and mind are just concepts I am using, in order to simplify the context in this article). The mind has a four fold process to it:”

Astrid Lee presents Earth Day 2009 posted at World Healing, saying, “It is only about time that we are realizing that we have to cherish our planet with our every action. Let is be soon. April 22, Earth Day, is a day to help raise awareness of you simply can do. I find that by raising my awareness in one area of my life, the other areas are almost automatically getting a lift also, as it is human nature to want to live in balance. So it does not matter where you begin, as long as you start… to care for the planet.”

Brad Trnavsky presents SMART Goals and You posted at Sales Management 2.0 Podcast, saying, “The key to achieving whatever you want in your career, business or life is to set goals that are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. How can you use these five qualities to create goals that will accelerate your sales efforts? Once your goals are set, how can you stay motivated to see them through to completion?This article will answer all of these questions and more in a method that is inspiring and entertaining.”

Alvaro Fernandez presents Change Your Environment, Change Yourself posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “Trading expert Brett Steenbarger’s Lesson #4: “When you act as your own trading coach, your challenge is to stay fully conscious, alert to risk and opportunity. One of your greatest threats will be the autopilot mode in which you act without thinking, without full awareness of your situation. If you shift your trading environment, you push yourself to adapt to new situations: you break routines.”"

Ben Dinsmore presents Be A Better Employee (or Boss): The #1 Element in Effective Performance Appraisals posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “Don’t wait until your next performance evaluation to get feedback on your ob performance. Here’s how to make meaningful improvements in your job performance now.”

Personal Finance

Silver Investor presents Why I’m Piling Into Silver posted at Gold Investing Info, saying, “Given the prospects of stagflation, buying silver is looking like a good investment option.”

nickel presents How to Save Money on Health Insurance posted at fivecentnickel.com.

Jay Green presents Remote Computer Maintenance: RCM posted at Remote Computer Maintenance, saying, “Save Money”

Nate Desmond presents 7 Ways to Save Money on College Transportation posted at Clever Dude.

FIRE Getters presents Early Retirement Case Study – Sandy Aldridge and Dale Lugenbehl posted at FIRE Finance.

ishanbansal presents 10 Tips to Reduce Car Expenses posted at Save Few Bucks, saying, “Expenses on your car are one of the biggest drain on your wallet. We sometimes do not realize the complete impact of these. However, if you try to add up the all the expenses that we have to do on our car every year (including insurance, gas, any repairs, state inspection etc.), you will be really amazed with the amount. So, I decided to write this article about some Money Saving Tips to reduce Car Expenses.”

The Investor presents The number one money maker for 99 per cent of people posted at Monevator.com, saying, “Don’t forget your salary when looking for ways to get a financial edge.”

Bank Champ presents High Yield Reward Checking Accounts posted at Bank Champ.

ifvat presents Junk Silver Coins – How to Purchase Silver Bullion Under Spot | ifvat.com posted at ifvat, saying, “I’m going to tell you about a certain type of coins that you can purchase under the spot price of silver.”

retirehappy presents You Can’t Borrow From An IRA posted at My Retirement Blog.

Bohden James presents 8 Easy Ways To Save Money Right Now posted at Easy Ways To Save Money, saying, “Take control of your personal finances and do it today. If you aren’t watching after your money than nobody is but the cash registers and in todays market that’s just foolish. Find 8 super simple and easy ways for you to put that money back in your pocket for the better today!”

Ben Dinsmore presents Motivation and Your Financial Plan posted at Trees Full of Money, saying, “If you think about it, starting a budget is really no different than starting a new diet and exercise routine. How many of us have started off on a new “health kick” with enthusiasm and passion using better health and appearance as our inspiration? We eat right, exercise religiously, and vow never again to go back to our gluttonous habits.”

jim presents Five Money Saving Bank Hacks posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

Abigail Perry presents Are we too optimistic? posted at i pick up pennies, saying, “When we always think the future holds better things, we may be crippling our long-term savings plan”

Erika presents Dominican Republic Travel Guide posted at Visiting Spanish Speaking Countries, saying, “Although you may not have heard much about it, the Dominican Republic is a lively place to go on your vacation”

etrades presents Why Buy Silver Bullion? posted at eTrades, saying, “Buying Silver Bullion is becoming hugely popular. At present, silver is relatively cheap if you compare it to the cost of gold. With it’s lower price, the vast majority of people can afford to buy greater quantities of it. If you compare it to gold, your average person may be able to afford 1 ounce whereas the same person purchasing silver could buy many more times that amount.”

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Best Online Stock Brokers For Cheap Stock Trades posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Here’s a review of my favorite top brokerages that have some of the lowest transaction fees around.”

Pinyo presents Why A Financial Education Should Not Be Postponed posted at Moolanomy.

The Smarter Wallet presents 10 Personal Financial Tools and Sites To Help With Your Finances posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!”

Personal Health

Pregnancy Hut presents How to Exercise Safely During Your Pregnancy posted at Pregnancy Calendar, saying, “Some ideas for exercising safely during pregnancy.”

thebarefootbadger presents Finding Time for Exercise and Play posted at The Barefoot Badger, saying, “When life gets busy, exercise can be the first thing we cut out of our schedule. But that’s a really bad idea, and here’s why.”

Mesquite Pete presents Some Effective Mosquito Control Products posted at Mosquito Help, saying, “Some products to rid your place of mosquitoes.”

FitJerk presents Mercury In Tuna – Making It Safer To Eat posted at FlawlessFitness, saying, “Tuna is the ultimate meat when it comes to inexpensive protein, but there is a problem in the meat that needs to be addressed before you consume it.”

Jayadev R presents Vegetarianism! A new vogue or something that could liberate you? posted at SingerJai.

Carole Fogarty presents Boost Your Energy Now: posted at THE HEALTHY LIVING LOUNGE, saying, “Low energy, exhaustion and fatigue are at epidemic levels. Now is not the time to suck it in, grit your teeth, clench your fists and press on. Get wise and stop or dramatically reduce all unnecessary energy drains. It’s time to get clever and start rebuilding your personal energy levels now.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of personal development using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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