Spectators gasp as the red and white pole comes down, tangling up four dark legs as they search for the sand. Above flies a young equestrian, her love for her horse and self-preservation locked in a battle as she has only a split second to decide if she can save them both or only him. He stumbles as she bails, the only option is to let go, and the ground and darkness swallow them both.  The horse untangles himself from the pole and runs off across the arena, where someone on the far side...

So I love database, all parts of it, but I didn’t start that way. I’m a 9 I, a massive introvert, the last thing I want to do is go out and have a bunch of conversations with strangers, especially conversations about myself. So why do I love it?  Well, let’s talk about it.  When I started the program, I heard, “you need 1000 people in your database to graduate.” My brain said, that’s a requirement and you can’t afford to have to pay more because you don’t build your database. Now having...

There are a million ways to grow your database, but sending out email requests sits at the top of that list in terms of efficiency. When writing your email and sending it out, you need something formulaic (needs to be generic enough that you can copy and paste, no matter who the recipient is) and personal.  So how do you create something that works as a copy-and-paste email, only changing your signature or greeting, but also ensuring that it is personal and relatable enough that people don’t...