http://www.gurugilbert.com Adam Gilbert's Entertaining Ideas on Business, Fitness, and Life... Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:50:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, I have a special treat for you. I’m very excited to be interviewing singer/songwriter extraordinaire, Mikey Wax. If you don’t know who he is yet, I’m certain you will, soon enough! Who said a picture is worth a thousand words? Before you continue, I strongly suggest you listen to these two songs ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2011/09/20/interview-with-singersongwriter-mikey-wax/ Whenever a new client joins MBT, I always ask them a bunch of questions so I can learn more about them. One of the questions I ask is, “What have been your biggest obstacles in the past when trying to reach your goals?” And, by far, the most common response is ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2011/07/08/do-you-always-sabotage-your-weight-loss-efforts-read-this-plus-a-very-limited-time-special-offer/ I’ve become fascinated with websites of the deceased, who are generous enough to share their final thoughts with the world. Never before has there been such an easy way for people to express themselves. And of course, once something is posted on the internet, it will live on forever. Derek Miller, who ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2011/05/12/are-we-going-to-live-on-forever-because-of-the-internet/ “That went really well!” I said to myself after getting off the phone with one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our generation. 1 week before the call, I got an email directly from him. He said that one of his friends is a client of MBT (I had no idea they ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2011/02/10/it%e2%80%99s-my-birthday-and-i-want-to-celebrate-with-you-limited-time-promo-ends-on-tuesday-21511-at-midnight/ What’s up world?! It’s been a long time since I’ve written here. I apologize! (And thank you to all of those who've emailed me asking me where the heck I was.) I’m here alright. In fact, I’m writing more than ever. You can catch me on the MyBodyTutor blog where I ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/12/29/my-most-popular-blog-posts-of-2010/ I’m sitting at my desk listening to the Matt Burke Band’s debut CD, “Pretty close to very good” and it has inspired me in many ways. It’s inspired me to not only tell the story of Matt Burke (with his permission of course) but also to be more relentless when it ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/11/11/the-story-of-matt-burke-%e2%80%93-how-a-chicago-rock-star-lost-39-pounds-without-changing-his-rock-star-ways/ In my experience, having had intimate relationships with literally 100’s of people throughout the US and world solely online via MyBodyTutor and my blogs, and then meeting some of these people offline, we’re all very different offline compared to how we are online. In what is by far the most interesting ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/10/07/are-you-taller-or-shorter-online-than-you-are-in-person/ AOL.com in Canada recently interviewed me for one of their web properties – That’s Fit. You can read the interview by clicking here. Fitness couturess and fanatic, MizzFIT, recently reviewed MyBodyTutor.com. You can read her review of MyBodyTutor.com by clicking here. All gyms offer weekly or daily guest passes to entice us ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/08/12/mybodytutor-com-featured-on-aol-com-more-press-plus-2-things-you-probably-didn%e2%80%99t-know/ As you know, I’m very interested in the subject of happiness. Here’s a question for you: What is your goal in life? When I ask people this question, I get a lot of different answers. Whatever your goal is, think about the answer to the next question: Why? And then keep asking ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/07/29/my-thoughts-on-happiness-%e2%80%93-my-interview-with-a-1-ny-times-best-selling-author/ Along with envy comes the desire to stand out, and on the contrary not wanting to stand out (read: keeping up with the Joneses). This leads to signaling and conspicuous spending which is a fascinating art. Here’s the problem with stuff: when the people around you have stuff, you want more stuff. ... http://www.gurugilbert.com/2010/06/14/the-art-of-signaling-and-how-to-possibly-do-what-you-really-want-to-do/