Burton Kent

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This week is Thanksgiving.  We have a family tradition that makes it better than Christmas - we get together. 

Anyway, it’s supposed to be a time of gratitude.  There’s four people I’ve “met” online that I’ve been grateful for, three of which I can tell you about.  They all have blogs.

Tim Ferriss wrote the Four Hour Workweek, and is a master of figuring out how to make the best of situations.  I really wish I had Jon McCulloch’s (see below) turn of phrase ability here, because my description doesn’t do him justice.

Tim has lived more in his 30-something years than most people will live in 10 lifetimes. 

Jon McCulloch is an irascible (in a good way) marketer and copywriter living in Ireland.  He’s a hoot to read, and is really good at turning a phrase.  He’s a diehard libertarian too.  My favorite quote from him is “I’m deserving but not entitled.” 

My take on this: Entitlement is for wimps - it’s getting something for nothing.  Deserving is the result of effective action.  (I’m signing up for Jon’s newsletter today.)

James Brausch is an “Internet Marketer” who is an expert on reverse engineering.  He’s worked for the military and on medical devices, and turned that skill into figuring out what works for marketing online. 

James was also a drug addict who recovered.  VERY few people hooked on drugs ever kicked the habit, far fewer than you’d think.  This experience made James pretty worldly.  Like Jon, he’s irascible as all get-out.  Points his finger at the stupid stuff people do, and doesn’t care if he pokes an eye while he does it.  (I’m in James’s coaching program.)

All four have blogs, all four are very independent thinkers, all four make me think.  And my life is better for ACTING on what they write.  (Thanks, guys!)

Check them out.  You may just learn something.