Yeah... so what?

I'm not fawning over Steve Jobs' in the wake of his resignation. He may have resurrected Apple, but he's not nearly as charitable as his arch-nemesis Bill Gates, and he's known as a tyrannical manager. To me, he represents everything that's wrong with young America -- a culture known for being materialistic and shallow. You can't take it with you, you know?

Greenwich Post, 8/18/11

Former Post editor wants to help you ‘Stick It 2 the Man’ with new Web site

Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter
Tuesday, 23 August 2011 12:00

As former editor of the Greenwich Post, Peter Moore was famous for bringing readers a little “common sense” where he tried to speak truth to power in the community.

Now he’s hoping to bring the people a little more by offering them information he claims they won’t be able to find anywhere else because the powers that be don’t want it out there.

For people looking to get out of debt, fix their credit, get through a divorce, save money on their groceries or simply make their lives a little bit better, Mr. Moore is offering them a chance to overcome the obstacles and effectively “stick it to the man.” By visiting stickit2man.com online, people will have access to 50 e-books over a variety of categories that provide methods for people who are seeking answers outside of the mainstream. These are online books that claim where others say “no,” a person may overcome the challenges and obstacles in their way and turn it into a “yes.”

While each book available on the site comes with a full money back guarantee, all Mr. Moore is promising is a new perspective and urging his customers not to give up just because an obstacle seems insurmountable. He said he saw the opportunity here to develop a digitally based business that could actually help people.

“This is a gateway to people having the opportunity to improve themselves,” Mr. Moore said in an interview this month with the Post. “So many people when they face these challenges they feel like they should just give up because there’s nothing they can do. I’m an optimist and I’m a tenacious person. I believe we can overcome our problems, and this is a chance for people to face what’s holding them down and beat it. It’s a way of ‘sticking it to the man’, so to speak. This is how I live my own life and I wanted to help others and let them know that this information is out there.”

Mr. Moore, a father of two who lives in Bridgeport but who grew up in Greenwich, said he is a firm believer that tenacity is critical to individual success and this site promises to provide tips that can help. The books provide information that a person can’t find just with a Google search, Mr. Moore explained.

The prices for the e-books range from under $10 all the way up to $97. Mr. Moore did not write the e-books. He simply researched them and brought the best ones to the site that fit his message. These are not tips that are going to break the law, he stresses, but rather provide people with methods that are already out there. This includes everything from being able to get out of a speeding ticket to being able to rebuild your life after a divorce. The site features authors ranging from attorneys to business leaders to ex-police officers to licensed therapists often speaking from their first-hand experiences.

“We want to empower individuals to lives of a better quality, not just ‘beat the man’,” Mr. Moore said.

The basis for him wanting to do this comes from his own experiences, something he shared in a press release announcing the launch of the site.

“In 2009, I lost my job, my marriage and any semblance of normalcy in my life,” Mr. Moore said. “But what I never lost was my tenacity and determination. I decided I would never again be subjected to the often selfish, back-stabbing culture that pervades corporate America. I knew I deserved better and so does everyone else. That’s why I’m doing this.”

While these kinds of promises may too often be the stuff of Internet scams, Mr. Moore stresses these are methods that are going to work if people invest the effort into it. After launching in June after more than four months of research and work putting the site together, he’s gotten great feedback from customers. He said people are responding to the kind of “insider information” they can get from his site, which comes with the attitude he was famous for in his tenure at the Post.

“We’re off to a great start and this is only the beginning,” Mr. Moore said. “We want to bring this to the masses as our next step.”

More information is available at stickit2man.com or twitter.com/stickit2man.

Stickit2Man.com: It's a Lifestyle

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Stickit2Man.com was NOT conceived out of bitterness. Rather, it was derived from experience. There were a couple e-books that really helped me in times of need. From experience, I know that self-published e-books can often lead you to insider tips you're just not supposed to know.

To live the "Stickit2Man" lifestyle, you don't need to be hell-bent on revenge. You shouldn't live your life in perpetual anger. One does not need to be a therapist (like my dear friend Megan Cassano, LCSW, Ph.D) to know that's the path to misery. Instead, you should wake up every morning and ask yourself, "What could be better? How can I make it happen?" Then GET GOING!

But simultaneously, be grateful. Be very grateful. You are on a path to enlightenment. It will never end, but one day you will look back and say, "Wow." The fact that you are even trying to better yourself puts you above many people who just stick with the status quo and are too scared for a better life. You are different. You are empowered.

Don't waste a single day. But if you do, forgive yourself and move on. Remember, The Man works hard to keep you down. So keep getting up and rising above. Fight the good fight, my friend. Peace.

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The Minor League Business

Tonight, my fiancee and I took in a game by the Bridgeport Bluefish professional baseball team. They're part of the Atlantic League, an independent faction that plays at a level that can be roughly described as somewhere between Double-A and Triple-A. We enjoy these games a great deal. Tonight, we got in extra cheap -- as the Bluefish hosted a promotion offering all lower-level seats for $3 apiece.

Atlantic League teams are a unique blend of ballplayers -- and the Bluefish are no exception. Some are young guys who were perhaps overlooked in the Major League drafts and are just looking for a big-league team to notice them and pick up their contracts. More often, however, these Atlantic League players have played some minor-league or even big-league ball. Somewhere along the road, many got hurt, suffered a slump or were just viewed as washed up and released. These players now seek a second chance. Few make it, but since forming in 1998, over 50 players from the Bluefish alone have had their contracts purchased by affiliated clubs and some have made it back to the majors.

Thanks to The Blogging Ladder, a group I created last week on Facebook that now numbers about 100 people, I now feel a real sense of community with other Web site operators, bloggers and small business owners (who often hold the former two titles as well). I feel like we're a community of minor-league business owners. That's not to disparage anyone's business but merely to point out that we're all trying to grow into something greater than ourselves -- and leaning on each other to do so. That's the beauty of Facebook -- it's filled with individuals determined to succeed but less cold and corporate than a pure business networking site.

Like every Bluefish player who dreams of making it to the majors, I ponder whether most of us will become independently wealthy through our businesses. Statistics might suggest only a few of us will get there. But if the camaraderie, teamwork and "ladder" concept -- designed to pull us all up together -- prevails, we certainly stand a better chance than most!

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Remembering the original rebel

In the mid-1950s, music, like much of America, was quite segregated. A record company owner from Memphis, Sam Phillips, knew he couldn't reach the white teenagers directly with a black artist but knew there was no sound like the rhythm and blues. Seeking a white singer with a "black sound," he recruited a 19-year-old trucker who had recorded a demo as a present for his mother a year earlier. After several frustrating attempts failed to produce anything substantial, the trucker, Elvis Presley, casually jammed during a break with his two backing musicians, Scotty Moore and Bill Black. The result was his first regional hit: a version of the Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup classic "That's All Right." The rest was history.

Some ignorant folk like to accuse Elvis of pilfering a style for his own race. The best retort for this accusation came from black soul singer Jackie Wilson: ""A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis."

But Elvis was more than a uniter of race. He was a pioneer and a rebel. He taught American teens that they could express themselves through music without the constraints imposed on their parents' generation. He brought rock n' roll to the masses. And he redefined what it meant to not only be a musician but an entertainer. As a result, he inspired a whole generation of musicians, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and even Led Zeppelin -- all of whom credit Elvis's influence to their success.

Elvis died on Aug. 16, 1977 -- 34 years ago tomorrow. Yet his influence, music and memory will last forever. He's still the King. And we honor him for Sticking it to The Man.

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Why I go to church

I don't fear hell. I've been there. I don't judge the "saved" and "unsaved." I don't judge other religions. My views are pretty much "one God, many paths." I've gotten plenty out of Buddhism, Judaism and other "isms." But when I'm in worship, I'm reminded of one very powerful fact: God is in charge. I've seen WAY too many miracles to believe otherwise. It's convinced me beyond any reasonable doubt that God not only exists but is ultimately plotting out a plan -- or at the very least, a short term one. That's a Christian interpretation and those of other faiths may feel otherwise. But few can dispute that those with faith can bring light and happiness to the darkest places. Life can still be very difficult sometimes, but imagine it without faith! What a black hole.

I don't pretend to think God wants me to be rich or professionally successful. Maybe he/she doesn't. But what I do know is that the ego of the rich and powerful is not the ultimate authority. Wealth is transient. God's glorious grace is forever.

Stick it to The Man,
Pete

Death, taxes and Hugh Hefner?

As long as I'm avoiding going to bed, let me assure you of two things:

1. Hugh Hefner is not dead.

2. I don't know enough about video games to show you a proper Leona Build.

3. I just used two of the most popular search phrases on the Internet within the last 30 days ("Hugh Hefner dead" and "Leona Build"), thus this blog should get more traffic. Isn't SEO wonderful?

4. For more SEO and other revenue generation tips, visit the "Start Your Own Business" section of Stickit2Man.com!

Stick it to The Man! (I can't count, that was four things!)

Pete