A Small Skill That Will Bring You Great Rewards
Andrew Carnegie knew it. Dale Carnegie taught it. John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton perfected it. Geno Rice used it to become the most popular bartender at the Right Track Inn. What is it? The ability to remember names. It may seem cosmologically wrong that such a simple little habit…
READ MOREAlways Have Plan B Ready When You Launch Plan A
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” – Jonathan Swift (Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711) For much of my career, I was a pedal-to-the-metal product developer. I’d get an idea, talk it over with someone smart, and then, if it still seemed like a good idea, put it into…
READ MORECreate Infinite Wealth!
Dear ETR Reader, In a past message, I told you about Dr. Van Tharp one of the foremost experts on investor psychology and a living legend among professional traders. He is renowned for helping investors overcome psychological barriers that limit their returns. Recently, Dr. Tharp developed a comprehensive program…
READ MOREThe “Great, But…” Dilemma: Yet Another Solution
We’ve talked about how it’s not such a good idea to use the “great, but …” technique in dishing out criticism. You might say, for example, “Great looking dress, Josephine, but is it supposed to be that tight around your hips?” or “Great presentation, Sal, but I didn’t understand what…
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Many, if not most, successful people attribute a share of their success to the books they read. To keep my mind moving, I try to read one book a week. If you do the same, you may eventually feel as if you’ve run out of good books to read. Here’s…
READ MOREWhen Your Marketing Founders Take Charge of Selling
We are in a recession, and, though most of the businesses I know are still profitable, the margins have fallen and profits are low. Back-end sales are still healthy. What’s changed is the new customer income. All those sales and marketing tricks that worked so well for so many years…
READ MOREHow To Write A Great Business Plan
If you spend countless hours and hundreds of pages planning your new business venture, you are wasting a lot of time. That’s mostly because you don’t know the most important secrets about the new (to you) market. What’s most critical to know about any business is invisible to newcomers. No…
READ MOREDon’t Let What Went Wrong with Islam Go Wrong with You
Bernard Lewis, the Western World’s foremost Islamic historian (whose new book “What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response” is scheduled to be published this month), has an interesting view of Islamic history that provides a lesson to anyone interested in success. Lewis says, “For many, many centuries, the…
READ MORETwo Clever Little Ways To Dramatically Boost Your Speaking Power
In Message #513, I suggested that one of the New Year’s resolutions you should consider is to make yourself a more interesting person. And I said that one way to do that would be to develop your strength as a speaker. Yes, you understand the power of words. And, yes,…
READ MOREFive Business Start-Up Secrets
If you want to be a business-building genius — or just make a ton of money this year — learn these five proven (and absolutely true in my experience) habits of highly successful entrepreneurs. 1. Don’t spend too much time planning. Based on interviews with the founders of 100 businesses…
READ MOREWhy This Is The Best Time Ever To Build Wealth
Some see economic recovery just over the next hill. It doesn’t look that way to me. Still, I’m certain that now is the best time ever to build wealth. Why? Because now is always the best time. Now is always the best time to start something good. Good things take…
READ MOREGet To Work At Least 15 Minutes Earlier
On January 9, 2001, I asked you to figure out, on the average, what time you had been getting to work each day. Then I asked you to promise yourself that you would get there at least 15 minutes earlier from then on. I explained that 15 minutes a day…
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