What are the most vexing problems bedeviling American consumers? Some
are new to modern times, while others are older than civilization
itself! You'll learn how to stop these problems before
they happen to you. The mistakes are revealed in a three-column format:
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1. Look at these funny pictures and stay positive! (Disclaimer: A scandalous image or caption does not describe the actual personality or conduct of model(s) shown.)
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2. View the mistake and discover a startling statistic. Find out the easy way to avoid it. And if it's already affected you, learn how to correct it.
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3. It's a trap to think “nothing will happen to me.” Read these motivational quotes and resolve to protect yourself and loved ones.
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| Funny: “Tax Refund Celebration” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... “You don't pay taxes — they take taxes.” |  ~ Christopher Julius Rock III (1965 -), American Stage Performer, Writer, Producer and Director
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Mistake #12: Overpaying on taxes.
Tax Statistic: The tax-accounting firm of H&R Block has been quoted as saying that most Americans overpay their taxes by 14% to 17%.
The Easy Way: There's not enough space for a list of deductions here, but with inside the risk-free Good Life Ticket is a list of the best underused deductions available. Experts estimate the average reward for an improved return at $2,000. Caution: Avoid shady sites that promise tax “deductions” that are really just illegal tax evasions.
Already Overpaid? The IRS allows you to file amended tax returns for the past three years, potentially tripling your overlooked deductions. Experts say this does not cause an additional audit hazard.
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| Funny: “Strings-Attached Loan” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "Be he a king or a peasant, he is happiest who finds peace at home." |  ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German Poet and Author
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Mistake #11: Buying a too-expensive home.
Astounding Stat! Lenders filed a record 3.8 million foreclosures in 2010, up 430% from the 885,000 foreclosures in 2005. Economic conditions may not stay that bad. But consider that if the lower foreclosure rate of 2005 prevails over the next 75 years (an average human lifespan), 66 million foreclosures would happen — yet America has only 73 million homeowners!
The Easy Way: Whenever you're considering buying a home, understand the true costs and benefits of homeowning: visit TrueHomeCost.com and use its easy-to-read nuggets of wisdom. Caution: Most sites covering real estate are operated by people with an interest in selling real estate. Those sites are relied upon by many other “neutral” sites, where your costs are also often reported inaccurately.
Already “In Too Deep?” The Good Life Ticket lists many ways to relieve a burdensome mortgage and even tells
how to avoid foreclosure.
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Funny:
“Mega-Distracted Teen Driver” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "It's also dangerous to catch a cold, to sleep, to drink. But I tell you, my lord fool, out of this thornbush of danger we shall pluck a flower — safety." |  ~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English Playwright, Poet
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Mistake #10: Letting safety slip when driving.
Sobering Statistic: The total cost of traffic accidents is about $300 billion per year. And at the current rate of 2.8 million traffic injuries per year, about half of all Americans will at some point suffer a painful traffic injury. Caution: No one should drink and drive. Habitually intoxicated drivers usually suffer an even worse fate. More than half find themselves in wheelchairs or graveyards.
The Easy Way: Take advantage of AutoSafetyHub.com's “Crash Course” (pardon the pun) to vastly improve your traffic safety in only ten minutes.
Already Been In One? Since you can't reverse the past, enjoy the moment and drive safely — and feel free to pass on this report to anyone you like so they too can remain safe and prosperous.
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Funny:
“REALLY Outrageous Gas Prices” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children." |  ~ John James Audubon (1785 - 1851), French-Creole American Naturalist
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Mistake #9: Tolerating high fuel bills.
Green Statistic: If drivers worldwide reduced our fuel consumption by 10%, we might actually halve the price of gas. Saving that much fuel would drive world demand down to when oil cost half as much. Americans could then save $200 billion dollars per year on oil imports: about $700 per man, woman and child!
The Easy Way: Twelve case studies reported saving an average of over $6,000 on energy using the Good Life Ticket. You too can instantly pinpoint the easiest and most lucrative ways to save money on your energy costs.
“In The Red” On Energy Costs? One good quick energy-saving site is http://www.gasconserver.com.
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| Funny: “Blinded By Greed” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to
speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and
February." |  ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910), American Writer and Humorist.
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Mistake #8: Money-draining investments.
Shocking Statistic: Financial transaction fees cost Americans $350 billion in just one year according to John Bogle, who has led the way in providing low-cost investment services. Attempts to “outperform the market” by trying to outcompete smart, experienced traders are usually ill-fated.
The Easy Way: Minimize costs and risks by investing in a diverse, mostly buy-and-hold portfolio (unless perhaps you have reliable special knowledge.) We don't advise you on which stocks to buy, because we're admittedly not investing experts — our interest is the public's well-being.
Already Lost A Lot? It's probably inadvisable to try to outperform the market again. Slower but steadier is the risk-free Good Life Ticket — where you'll save a bundle of money, and discover the traps (investing and otherwise) that everybody needs to avoid.
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| Funny: “Shopping Junkie With A New Credit Card” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back,
a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it." |  ~ Ray Charles (1930-2004), American Musician, Singer, Songwriter
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Mistake #7: Wasteful spending.
Make Your Own Stat: People have different views on how much we waste: At one end of the spectrum are enthusiastic free-spenders. At the other end are back-to-nature people who believe the only really good things in life are free. The “statistic” that really counts is each individual's own best judgment: Let's look around us and ask how much we've bought that wasn't enjoyed enough to justify the price. That's how much we've wasted.
The Easy Way: Escape the three different ways people get tripped up:
- Buying out of temporary desire, instead of from enjoyment.
- Maintaining spending habits that you don't enjoy so much anymore.
- Making no effort to reduce or eliminate recurring expenses that are a drain on your income year after year.
Already Got “Clutter”? Yeah, so do we.
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| Funny: “Overworked Gopher-Boy” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "Lost time is never found again." |  ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat.
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Mistake #6: Not saving time to live better.
Monumental Money: Studies show that the average American worker wastes two hours per day, which comes to roughly $1.5 trillion in wages. And that doesn't include the time we waste at home, which may well be an even greater loss.
The Easy Way: You can take advantage of the Treasury Of Time free, whether or not you try the Good Life Ticket. It's a quick fun way to save time.
Already Lost Time? Consider this: The more we can immerse ourselves in this moment, “the eternal now,” the more we enjoy life. And since the moment is forever, maybe it's really time enough.
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| Funny: “The Ultimate Sinburger” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "The greatest wealth is health." | 
~ Virgil (BC 70-19), Roman Poet
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Mistake #5: Sickness and fatigue from mediocre nutrition.
Statistics Be Damned: Forget that hundreds of billions of dollars are lost due to diseases caused by poor nutrition. What really matters is that when people get the nourishment they crave deep down, they can look forward to feeling vastly better and living so much more vitally.
The Easy Way: Good nutrition is so important that we made our top nutrition tips freely available to the public in the World Kindness Card instead of including it in the Good Life Ticket. By going there, you'll discover how to get great nutrition — and avoid the dull taste of many “good for you” foods.
We kindly suggest that you treat yourself to excellent nutrition for just two weeks: You'll notice a great improvement in how you feel. Not only that, by keeping it up you'll feel increasingly much better over the coming months and years! Plus you'll reduce fatigue and slash your chances of developing cancer and many other sicknesses.
Already Sick And Tired? For many people, good nutrition is a very important part of reversing tiredness and many diseases. It's never too late to get good nutrition.
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Funny: “Four Stoned-Drunk
Bunnies Cheating At Strip Poker” |
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| Words Of Wisdom... "Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it." |  ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat.
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Mistake #4: Falling prey to addictions.
Staggering Statistic: Addictions such as smoking, illegal drugs and alcohol abuse result in health care problems costing over $500 billion dollars each year.
The Easy Way: You're smart to stay clean: The best things in life are free. Recovered addicts often say that expanding the spiritual side helps take their mind off their former addictions. Ben Franklin saw that vices have only a superficial appeal. Bitter lessons lie at their core.
Already Addicted? Caring experts agree that your chance of success greatly increases when you find common cause with fellow recovering addicts (e.g. an online support group), or helpful friends, or anyone who can act as your kind advisor. Some great online resources are http://www.quitnet.com to quit smoking, http://www.drugfree.org for illegal drugs, or http://www.aca-usa.org to refuse the booze.
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Funny: “Deranged Software
Pirates Running Amok” |
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| Words Of Wisdom...
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." |
 ~ Martin
Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), American Civil Rights Leader | | |
Mistake #3: Not being crime-aware.
The Incredible Cost: The colossal cost of crime in America is proven to be over one trillion dollars annually from theft, fraud, and the damage and injuries caused by criminal violence and abuse. Some experts have even put the cost at over ten trillion!
The Easy Way: Safety from crime boils down to simply this: Never be caught alone and/or vulnerable, especially if you have something somebody wants. In practice, that means: (1) When you're outside travel in a safe group, or go only to public places; and (2) When inside your home, securely lock it down and don't let strangers or unsafe people inside. Those principles are enough to keep you fairly (but not 100%) safe. For expert anti-crime advice, get risk-free instant access to the Good Life Ticket now. Caution: Don't think burglars have no tricks to get around your home's defenses.
Already Been Burned? Because everybody's situation is different, we can't offer advice — except to point you to sites set up by the federal government to help crime victims: CrimeVictims.gov and DOJ Office For Victims Of Crime. One good non-governmental anti-crime resource is The Crime Doctor.
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Funny:
“America's Modern Education System” |
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| Words Of Wisdom...
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." |
 ~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American Scientist, Publisher and Diplomat. | | |
Mistake #2: Learning the hard way.
The Mind-Boggling Stat Totals: The total cost of the previous ten mistakes adds up to somewhere around half the fifteen trillion dollar economy of America (give or take a few trill — no two “stat guys” would ever arrive at the same number.) If people could learn the easy ways to avoid those mistakes, most of that money would be saved.
The Easy Way: “Knowledge always pays the best interest” — that's just good common sense. If you invest a ten-minute peek in the Good Life Ticket now, you'll see for yourself how it makes you immensely safer, healthier and wealthier.
Already Learned The Hard Way? We offer congratulations on getting wiser, along with sympathies for any “hard knocks.” If only the Good Life Ticket had been available! Fewer hard knocks, more strawberry fields. Fortunately you can now access it instantly and risk-free, live happier, and rarely again have to learn the hard way.
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Funny: “Three Schmucks Sucking
Down With Their Sucky Values” |
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| Words Of Wisdom...
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon... The great point is to bring them the real facts." |
 ~ Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th American President | | |
Mistake #1: Drifting away your own values.
We're Way Beyond Statistics: If we let our core values decay, it eventually shows up as some type of problem with money, health, safety or relationships. Usually that's how we end up in some officially tracked statistic.
The Easy Way: Our wish for you is happiness, freedom (both personal and financial), and The Good Life. The Internet may be inadequate to give you those things, but here you can gain three solid building blocks: Be safer, healthier and wealthier by accepting your own risk-free Good Life Ticket.
Values Already Down The Drain? If you've made it this far, probably not. But for anyone at rock bottom who needs to go back to square one, Shakespeare offers one last quote:
“This above all: to thine own self be true, /
And it must follow, as the night the day, /
Thou can not then be false to any man.”
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 Like Good Times With Friends? 
Then Hey, Check This Out Too!
We're guessing you like laughing with friends, right? 
You don't want them to start sucking, do you? 
You want them to be mistake-free, right? 
(except maybe when they try to argue with you)
That's Great!!
Okay, so here's the righteous-cool thing to do next:
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I found this cool helpful site that shows the 12 biggest goofs that people out there make.
Gave some great tips and made me LOL! Check it out:
http://www.goodlifeticket.com/12goofs.htm
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- Bring up your email, paste in the text (just press [Ctrl]-V) and send it to all your contacts.
Or at least your friends.
Or at least friends you really like.
- Do everything else you feel like doing today!
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