by Michael Rucker | Jan 30, 2011 | Entrepreneurship
Customers have inherent questions when they visit any business online. Some of these questions are determined by the customer’s personality, while others are influenced by the customer’s first impression of the Web page they landed on. If your potential customers can...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 30, 2011 | Well-being
Just like most popular worthwhile endeavors, there is a plethora of information out there about health and fitness. The Internet has a lifetime of information you can consume about various, and sometimes competing, ways to get healthy or start a fitness program. With...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 30, 2011 | Having Fun
Well honed concentration skills are a cornerstone of being able to perform at our peak. Concentration is the ability to do a chosen task by focusing on the outcome and either blocking or mitigating distractions. Recent studies have shown that concentration can be...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 16, 2011 | Well-being
Many people think peak performers are always burning the candle at both ends. I certainly believed that at one point. Others of us struggle to find balance and give up healthy habits like exercise, or spending time with friends and family, in an attempt to work harder...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 16, 2011 | Entrepreneurship
This post is about using Kaizen principles as an entrepreneur. Kaizen is a Japanese concept meaning “continuous improvement” or “change for the better”. When applied to entrepreneurship it honors improving processes — and optimizing the entrepreneurial journey...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 16, 2011 | Functional Supplements
What is a reasonable PQQ dosage for an active adult? This question off what PQQ dosage to take has not been fully resolved and is complicated by the inability to truly measure all forms of PQQ (pyrroloquinoline quinone | methoxatin). However, it is possible to make...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 16, 2011 | Having Fun
This week we are going to discuss making fitness fun. Too many of us drag ourselves to the gym to get in a quick workout because of some sort of self-imposed obligation. While the gym is great, why do we drive 20 minutes to sit on a treadmill for 30 minutes?...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 2, 2011 | Having Fun
New research shows that creativity and imagination are two important qualities in human performance and are often overlooked attributes. Today, most employee performance evaluation checklists show metrics that measure one’s analytical skills, job competencies,...
by Michael Rucker | Jan 2, 2011 | Entrepreneurship
This post is about the five steps in permission marketing found in the classic book aptly titled Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers by Seth Godin, and includes 10 things you can do to increase permission marketing in your...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 23, 2010 | Thought Leader Interviews
Matthew Szymczyk has been the CEO of Zugara for more than a decade. Zugara is a successful employee owned Augmented Reality (AR) development company located in Los Angeles, California. Matt and his team create custom and proprietary Augmented Reality software along...