What better way to start the week off than with a little laughing. Studies have found that ten to fifteen minutes of laughter a day can burn up to 40 calories, depending on how funny what you’re watching is of course. Watch these 5 videos and you’ll be able to check that weight loss resolution of your list in less than 10 minutes.

Here are the rules of the YGG Bookclub. 1) The book must have been read at least twice. 2) It must relate to young go getters. 3) That’s pretty much it.

It’s been a while since we reviewed a book and I’d love for you guys to pick the next one(s). I went through my library/closet and picked out a few dozen books that follow the rules above. Share your picks in the comments and hopefully we’ll be able to get a majority vote on a few books and cover the choices for a handful of upcoming reviews.

Here are the books with an Amazon link for each from left to right to help you make your decision.

Blue Ocean Strategy
Beyond Disruption
The Ten Faces of Innovation
Bang!
The Martha Rules
The Now Habit (CD version. Book I have seems to be out of print)
No B.S. Business Success
Marketing Warfare
The Tipping Point
The Big Moo
Ideaship
You’re Hired
Broken Windows, Broken Business
Brain Tattoos
Go it Alone!
Secrets of the Young & Successful
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs
How to Get Ideas

About two months ago I decided that I wanted to focus on my online ventures and make them the priority of 2007. To do that I figured I’d need to find a developer that could handle the technical aspects while I focus on the creative end.

So I posted a request for help on Programmer Meet Designer. In less than a day I got one reply. Some Alaskan fellow named Brandon. I replied to his comment immediately, we swapped e-mails and it all began.

Less than a month ago, Eric and I decided that YGG was due for a revamp. So we asked Brandon if he’d be interested in working with us on this project. With no hesitation, he gave us a huge “SURE�.

We gave him a rough idea of what we were looking to do and sent over some mockups to help illustrate our madness a little better. Over the course of about two weeks we we’re blown away each day.

Brandon is the sixth or so developer that I’ve worked with personally, and there is no question, he’s the best I’ve ever seen.

Notice anything new? Take a look around, I’ll wait. Welcome to version 3 of YGG.

If you’re a visitor or member, you’ve probably seen how quiet YGG has been for the past month or so. Most of the feature sections have been inactive for over a month and new bugs have popped up here and there.

What happened was, we kind of got sick of YGG, more specifically, the process of maintaining it. What you don’t see behind the scenes is a complex admin that we used to add content to each of the sections. It’s a very tedious process that consumed a lot of time and energy, even for minor updates.

That process pretty much frustrated us to the point where we lost the enthusiasm to maintain everything. It was a pain in the ass.

Our original priority was to create great content and enable young go getters to do the same. We lost sight of that vision in a web of technical details. We stopped having fun.