Developing A Financially Valuable Skill
Well, here you are, still plugging away and its already day four. You are now in the top 30%. Good work! Did you reread your list of New Years resolutions last night and this morning? If not, do it now. Today, you are going to promise yourself that this year…
READ MOREAccomplish Something from Your New Year’s Resolutions List
If you forgot to reread your list of New Year’s resolutions this morning, do it right now. If you already have, you can feel good about yourself. By day three, another 10% of the population have abandoned their promises. By sticking with the ETR New Year’s resolution program, you are…
READ MOREStick with ETR’s New Year’s Resolution Program for 2 Weeks
In the next 10 days, we are going to make 10 promises for the New Year. Each one is going to set you on a path that will, at the end of the year, make you happier, healthier, and more successful. Today, as you might expect, we are going to…
READ MOREMaking An Adjustment In Your Schedule
“I answer the heroic question, Death, where is thy sting? with It is here in my heart and mind and memories.” – Maya Angelou Ive had to adjust my schedule today, because Im going to a funeral. He was someone whose connection to me fell somewhere between being an acquaintance…
READ MORE4 Steps To Wealth Building
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Lee Travino If you want to be wealthy one day, there are four things you 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…
READ MOREA Story To Make You Smile
“Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.” – Plutarch This inspirational story was sent to us by EN. His name was Fleming and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help…
READ MORESpend An Hour By Yourself Today
“A child shows gratitude the way a woman / Shows she likes a pretty dress / Puts it on and takes it off again.” – Archibald MacLeish This is a good week to reflect upon the things that really matter in your life. So find an hour today to…
READ MOREDon’t C, C, Or C
“You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.” – Akio Morita One of the most powerful personal-development experiences you can have comes from Dale Carnegie. In his How to Win Friends and Influence People…
READ MOREWhy, When, And How To Pursue Excellence
“Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.” – Louise Brooks Long before In Pursuit of Excellence became a best seller, prominent businessmen touted excellence as the ultimate corporate objective. And maybe it is for Fortune 500 companies. But…
READ MOREGetting Your Personal Master Plan In Gear
“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.” – Publilius Syrus (the first century B.C.) In Message #155, we talked about the way Jack Welch used a Master Plan to communicate and achieve his vision for General Electric. In Message #191, I suggested that this was the best…
READ MOREThe Secret To Getting Everybody To Be More Productive
“Men can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to be effective without producing weariness.” – Bertrand Russell In his book Motivation, Saul Gellerman makes an interesting point about the way groups of people perform.…
READ MOREDeflecting Envy – How The Beatles Did It
“Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.” – Gore Vidal As you become more successful, the people who know you will change in two ways. First, they will begin to think of you as smarter than they do now. Second, they will sometimes resent your good fortune. You…
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