Did you make any resolutions about getting things done this year? How are those going? Maybe you wanted to start focusing more on a certain area of your online business, or cut down on distractions like mindlessly surfing the Internet. If you have slipped a little in your resolve, don't be discouraged. After all, the key to success is not to never fail, but to keep trying. So if you have resumed sleeping in in the mornings or are back to fritteri ...continue

By: David Allen You don't have to be a CEO or a high-powered executive to relate to the fundamental problem that this book sets out to solve. We live in a world and many of us work in an environment where the demands made on our attention and our time are so constant that we are left overwhelmed and stressed and unable to accomplish much of anything, really. This frazzled state is the opposite of where we need to be in order to accomplish our ...continue

Don't you just love clean slates? Whether or not you are a fan of making New Year's resolutions, the end of the calendar year is a great time to take stock and think about your goals for the coming year. How are you going to go about accomplishing your goals of online business growth in 2011? We here at the Top One Report have been working hard all year to provide you with some ideas and methods of doing just that, and we plan to continue on into ...continue

Chances are you had a busy year. And in the midst of reading countless blog posts, Facebook updates, and Twitter feeds, it's just possible that you may have missed a few things. If that's the case, here are 10 of the essential Top One Report articles that we published this year that you may have missed out on, which would be a shame. So here's your second chance: Tips for Writing Your Ebook Of all the ways to make money online, writing a we ...continue

Two weeks ago, we talked about choosing a life coach, and some reasons why you would want to do so. So what if you think you would make a good coach yourself? Again, if you are put off by the term "life coach", you don't have to call it that. Think of it as just plain coaching, or mentoring, or simply teaching in whatever field you happen to know something about. The point is that chances are you have something to give to the world, and there is ...continue

Here are some statements for you to ponder. True or false: People work harder and better the more money you pay them. Human beings are inherently lazy creatures and must be threatened with punishment or rewarded with treats if you want them to be productive. The best way to improve your bottom line is to meticulously monitor and control every aspect of your employees’ jobs, hours, and production levels. ...continue

By: Malcolm Gladwell This is a fascinating book. It sets out to learn the true stories behind some of the world's most famous success stories, as well as a few that aren't so famous. What are the ingredients for success according to this book? One is hard work; the author concludes that, based on the most successful people in their respective fields, it takes around 10,000 hours of practice to master a given sport, instrument, or field. On the ...continue

By Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell writes an extremely readable book, full of fascinating stories and an interesting way of juxtaposing them. In this book, he takes a close look at the first impressions, gut reactions, and split-second decisions that we humans sometimes make in the blink of an eye, and attempts to explain them. The result is a riveting read with lots of food for thought on the things that influence us without us really being ...continue

By: Marshall Goldsmith This is a book about people's fatal flaws. You know, the ones that you and everyone else can see, but the person in question seems blind to (or at least indifferent, in some examples in the book). On the surface, this is a book geared towards the successful person in the corporate world -- someone who has climbed the ladder to a decent height but needs to do a little work on him or herself before they can become a world- ...continue

There are lots of great themes out there, many of them free. And while these themes might be perfectly fine for someone setting up a personal blog and nothing more, if you are planning on building a business online, you probably want to consider investing a little more in your website up front. By purchasing a premiere theme, you still will be spending far less than you would on a web designer, and what you'll get will be more suited to making mo ...continue