Denise Lee Porter

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*John is an entrepreneur, he’s popular on all of the social media sites, has multiple streams of income, and is always giving advice  online about how to succeed in business.  The funny thing is that John’s advice usually lands the person who asked for it on his business prospecting list, and if they don’t watch out before they know it they’ve landed in his downline - and still don’t know what to do to improve the business that they already have!
My question …

I am a pretty emotional person who feels things deeply. Back in 97, I got up at 2 am to watch Princess Di’s funeral- and cried through the entire thing (she died on the day I finally received my bachelors degree and they buried her onmy birthday, should have been a great week for me, I know). When my dog Storm passed last month, I cried for days afterwards. And let’s not even talk about Tupac.
Of course I am mourning MJ and my husband knows this, so last night …

Michael Jackson and I were exposed to America in the same year 1969.  The Jackson 5 landed their first megahit “I Want You Back”  and I landed in New York City. Michael Jackson with (and without) his brothers provided the soundtrack of my life - and a beautiful and memorable soundtrack it is.
I remember house parties in Brooklyn apartments from Ebbets Field to Vanderveer where the kids entertained the adults by  mimicking the choreography of  “I Want You Back”, “ABC”, and “The Love You Save”. I wasn’t in love with …

Has this ever happened to you? You signed a new person to your business opportunity, they were gung ho and ready to rock and roll, you are just totally over the moon about the possibilities. But it’s been two weeks and Jane doesn’t respond to your emails and has not returned any of your calls.  You’re starting to wonder if there is something you said or didn’t say that may have caused this situation.
Jane  is MIA and, trust me, it’s no one’s fault. You ASSUMED that Jane planned to just …

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I want a nickel for every time that I’ve been told “This product sells itself”. It wouldn’t bother me so much if there weren’t such a proliferation of advertising across the Interwebz about opportunities where the product or service is so necessary to everyday living that , well it just jumps out of the cases in your garage and into the waiting arms of consumers across America.
It got me to thinking ,  food is a bare necessity but my local supermarket has to send a sales paper to …

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The election cycle of the past two years saw health care plans being proposed by both the  Democrats and the Republicans, but now that politicians actually (once again) have a chance to vote on changes that could benefit all Americans we find the bill being used in a dodge ball fight between the have, the have not, and the don’t have a clue crowds.
I watched Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko” this week and I was moved to do something that I usually try to avoid - weigh in on …

Today we are blessed with the ability to have just about anything we want quite quickly. If we get lost on a road trip, a GPS system will give us the correct directions instantly (failing that you can text your location and destination to Google and they will text directions back to you); we don’t just have restaurants we have “fast food” restaurants, and even conventional restaurants now allow fast ordering and pickup via the internet; can’t remember the name of that actor in National Lampoon’s vacation? Google it. Need …