Things May Get Worse Before They Get Better
“I walk firmer and more secure uphill than down.” – Montaigne, Michel The stock market took a dive yesterday. Internet resolutions to hold and buy stocks failed to thwart the flood of panicked sellers. Airline stocks crashed. Thousands of workers were laid off. At least one airline has shut down…
READ MOREBack In The Air Again, Six Days Later
“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.” – Ben Jonson (1640) I’m on a plane flying from Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore. In about an hour, we will be flying over Washington D.C. To the left of me is a dark-skinned man, about 25, in a pilot’s…
READ MOREWhat You Can Do To Help
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — Think of it, ALWAYS.” – Mahatma Gandhi Today is — or…
READ MOREHow to Live and Work During a Time of Crisis
Yesterday, SH sent me the following note through the ETR Speak Out message board: “No offense, but I would prefer that you continue to give us your daily message rather than just a quote. “Your statement about gathering thoughts and spending time with family and friends sounds nice but the…
READ MOREIs Your Business Floundering? What Are You Doing About It?
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Crack-Up, 1945) If your business isn’t going the way you want, make sure the problem isn’t you. You may have been a wunderkind in the old days, but it’s the…
READ MOREBeating The Blues
“Our aches and pains conform to opinion. A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.” – Seneca (Letters to Lucilius, 1st Century) I admit it. I’m a moody bastard. But I never made a nickel being negative, so I have trained myself to recognize my bad moods and try…
READ MOREThe World’s Most Valuable Skill
If you want to be wealthy, Ive mentioned (in past messages) the four things you absolutely must do … 1. Master a financially valuable skill. 2. Develop a high income. 3. Invest conservatively in other businesses. 4. Invest aggressively in a business you know. Today, I’d like to talk about…
READ MOREAre You As Smart As A 19th Century 8th Grader?
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.” – Woody Allen 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas, 1895 Part I: Grammar (1 hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name…
READ MOREExtreme Success: It’s All About Passion
“If you don’t get up at 3 a.m. and want to do your work, you’re wasting your time.” – Harold Edgerton Take another look at today’s quote by Harold Edgerton, the pioneering researcher in the field of stroboscopy and ultra-high-speed photography: “If you don’t get up at 3 a.m.…
READ MOREYour Decisions Should Move Closer to Your Objectives
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann (search for the Real, 1967) The pressure is on. You have no time to waste. Everybody is shouting. Which do you choose? Door No. 1 or door No. 2? Decide quickly! But…
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How To Be A Powerful Person Almost Instantly
Tony Robbins teaches us a lesson in finding our inner power and coming face-to-face with the fears that keep us chained to helplessness.
READ MOREHow To Think “Out Of The Box”
“We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.” – Louis L’Amour (Education of a Wandering Man, 1989) Much has been made of the importance of thinking “outside the box.” To solve difficult problems, it is said, you need…
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