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.

As Christmas nears, many of us including myself have yet to kick into full shopping mode. We have the choice; do we crawl through the maze of shoppers at the nearest mall? Or do we order the gifts online and hope they arrive in time?

The numbers continuously shift each year from the amount of dollars spent at brick and mortar stores to spent online during Christmas season. So you’d think launching an e-store would be a safe bet.

There just happens to be one big issue. Adults.

As my parents ask what I’d like for Christmas, I yank ‘em over to my monitor, and pull up a few websites that just so happen to be in my bookmark toolbar (wink wink). I mention all the techy details in an ecstatic display in hopes of sealing the present deal and wait for their reaction.

Nine out of ten times I’ll hear, “can we get that at the store?� or “I don’t want my credit card to get hacked�. I’m not too sure exactly how a credit card would get “hacked�, but I cut them some slack.

An agency named teehan+lax has created a unique investment fund. They’ve purchased $49,672.90 worth of stock that they feel “have great user experiences�.

At the time of this writing the fund is worth $52,006.15; a gain of 4.7% over the past two weeks. Not only is it a remarkable gain, …

Some time ago I looked back at my past failures and successes, not just in business but in life overall. Standing them side by side I realized one very obvious theme: My state of physical well being seems to be directly tied to the kind of success I was having in life at the time.

i went through a rough time briefly prior to and immediately following high school where I was very unhealthy and out of shape. My diet was atrocious, I was pushing 300lbs and moved like a slug. I had the lowest self esteem imaginable and was constantly thinking about how others viewed me. It was all consuming, and I was completely unproductive.

I don’t know what happened, but one day I looked at myself in the mirror and realized the person staring back wasn’t me at all. The person inside didn’t match the shell. The shell was suffocating the real me with self conscious thoughts. It was that day that I decided to make a change.

I’m not sure how many of our readers smoke. To each his own. But I wanted to share the latest ad from The Truth initiative. It’s not just a prime example of effective advertising but possibly the best public service announcement …

To go hand in hand with this week’s poll, I’ll talk about a habitual notion. If you’re like most people, you can look around your office and within arm’s reach will be a ream of cds or dvds. They’ve been anxiously staring at you for a few months’ time.

You heard …

When’s the last time you went skating or played a little hockey? It’s been much too long for me. Are you a good skater? Have a mean wrist shot?

It’s nice every now and then to go out with your buddies, play a little shinny and feel that crisp air …