I Thought Gluten-Free Was a Scam Until…

Once upon a time, I was a pizza-eating, beer-drinking kind of guy. I stopped drinking beer a while back but that’s a different story. I grew up with a bunch of Italians so eating pasta was mandatory, yum! Italian food is still my favorite category today. But one day, something happened that changed how I eat. On September 30, 2022, my girlfriend and I ventured to eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island where I proposed to her (and she accepted!). I used to read about Mystic Seaport as a kid and we were finally going. I was super excited! I have always had a thing for the sea and New England. I never visited Mystic Seaport when I was stationed proverbially “down the street” in Groton while I was in the US Navy. Finally, I could see the Charles Morgan and several ships I read about as a child. We had…

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No Turning Back

By Michael Neely | April 19, 2020

Your Commitment to Success is Sometimes All You’ve Got On March 30, 2020, I woke up at 3:27am. The Corona virus was just gearing up. I took a job as a web developer in Miami and was, in my opinion, doing well. On March 13, 2020, the “bosses” disagreed with me and let me go….

How Many Times Do You Write Your Goals Each Day?

By Michael Neely | June 6, 2017

Every personal leadership book I have ever read tells me to write my goals daily. But let’s get real. How many of us actually write our goals daily? I never wrote down my goals daily in the past. I also never achieved much either. One day, I began writing my goals. It seemed like some magical power I…

Why Getting Rich and Famous are Essential to Your Entrepreneurial Success

By Michael Neely | May 18, 2017

Getting rich and famous are almost taboo these days. Like a lot of busy solopreneurs these days, I have a few tools that are in auto-pilot on my Twitter feed @michael_neely. Yesterday, I saw the article “5 Wrong Reasons for Becoming an Entrepreneur” by Jayson Demers on my feed from Entrepreneur magazine and I had to read it. I don’t keep…