Dr. Rick C. Ernst
Coaching The Affluent To A Fulfilling Life
of Peace, Passion, Profits And Philanthropy.
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Tom Wallisch built a sport one ice chip at a time
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According to a recent survey by Snowsports Industries America, 46 percent of U.S. skiers now classify themselves as "freeskiers". "These sports are in a transition from being a lifestyle to real world-class sports," said Kelli Clark, 30, a two-time …

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On vacations, curb the urge to splurge
www.thehindubusinessline.com

What explains our spending behaviour during vacations? You typically take a vacation with your family after a continual period of hard work in the office. You, therefore, believe that you are entitled to splurge on luxury products and services …

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The myth of the deserving rich
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But the myth of the undeserving poor persists, and so does a counterpart myth, that of the deserving rich. The story goes like this: America's affluent are affluent because they made the right lifestyle choices. They got themselves good educations …

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Top 10 luxury branding efforts of Q1
www.luxurydaily.com

Luxury marketers repositioned brand objectives, embraced new technologies and unified different channels in the first quarter of 2014. Net-A-Porter launched a print magazine, Fendi cruised through fashion week with drones and Marc Jacobs rivaled …

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Online Scams Lure Shoppers With 'Luxury' Handbag Ripoffs
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The indictment, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, describes a scheme, operated through a network of websites that purported to offer authentic luxury goods – primarily handbags – at prices of up to $3,000. The websites …

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Field Poll: Californians view of economy improving
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This probably is the result of who lives and works in the Bay Area: Democrats and more affluent people are far likelier to say we're having good times, according to the poll. "That says a lot about the Bay Area, people here are just … "That makes you …

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Prospectors hunt for – and find – gold in OC mountains
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Placer mining involves minerals – usually gold – found in loose materials, such as gravel or sand. Discoveries often come through researching areas with a history of strikes, then doing the hard work of surveying the land with a metal detector and …

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Talking-Car Systems to Be Required as U.S. Weighs Rules
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David Strickland, who stepped down as NHTSA administrator last month, said in May that the agency was looking at whether to regulate crash-imminent braking, a technology featured in a number of luxury models that applies brakes automatically if sensors …

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Specialty spirits dominate Brazilian market: Report
spirits.drinks-business-review.com

More than 90% of the spirits consumers in Brazil preferred branded products to private label products. The market had been mostly driven by older young adults and pre-mid-lifers groups, which hold a share of 24.9% and … for 48.9%, followed by …

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