3 Golden Rules for Avoiding Most Legal Nightmares
One year before 9/11, I was cooling my heels on the 86th floor of Manhattan ‘s World Trade Center . I was waiting to be grilled by a team of government investigators and wondering how IN THE HECK I wound up there. I flashed back to the moment, two years…
READ MOREWhen younger/smarter beats older/wiser
Recently, I read the following post on ETR’s Speak Out forum from Ryan Chludzinski, a young man who needs some direction. He writes: “I am a 21-year-old student who works over 40 hours a week to keep up with paying for bills, tuition, and living expenses. I need a way…
READ MOREWho or What Makes the Best Tenant?
When you think of commercial property, you probably think of tall skyscrapers, office buildings, and warehouses. But what about large apartment complexes? If you ask any banker, he’ll tell you that a building with more than four units is considered a commercial property. If you ask any municipality regarding trash…
READ MOREETR Insider Report: Open Up the Spigots!
Graduation is near, and Automatic Wealth for Grads …and Anyone Else Just Starting Out is now stocked, displayed, and ready to go in bookstores across America . Day 1 of our launch begins here at ETR. As marketing manager for this campaign, I turn on my computer first thing in…
READ MOREGetting More Sales
Ask the right questions. That’s one of the techniques I mention in Power and Persuasion to get people to see things your way. In How to Become a Rainmaker, Jeffrey J. Fox applies the technique to several typical sales situations. See how many of the following questions you can adapt…
READ MOREA Charitable Foundation for Entrepreneurs?
Time magazine recently named Bill Gates one of its three “Persons of the Year” (along with his wife, Melinda, and rock star Bono). Queen Melinda was certainly deserving of her share of the honor, as she long ago demonstrated her enormous ability to marry well. And Bono appears not only…
READ MOREHow to Buy a U.S. Post Office With Your IRA
Over the last few years, Americans have struggled to recover from the devastation of their IRA and 401(k) stock portfolios. “Steady the course” and “Ride it out” are Wall Street’s mantras to get people to keep their dwindling retirement assets in commission-generating stocks. But not all of them are buying…
READ MOREHow to Be an Extraordinary Employee
If you want an extraordinary income, you have to transform yourself into an extraordinary worker. Here are six ways to do that: 1. Get in early. There is no better way to demonstrate your commitment to your company than by getting to work earlier than everybody else. Getting to work…
READ MORECompensation: How Much Is Too Much?
Last year, Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon’s CEO, made about $20 million in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and other compensation. During the same period, shareholders watched their stock plunge more than 25 percent. Bondholders got hit hard, too, when credit agencies downgraded Verizon’s debt. For years now, top employees of big companies…
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Living Rich on $65,000 a Year
After inheriting over $1 million, a friend of mine found that he could retire, buy a house, and start his own business if he lived off $65,000 a year.
READ MORESalespeople Who Don’t Sell
Recently when I was in Phoenix, I went to a cowboy boot store. To buy boots. I have a pair of ostrich boots I’ve had for quite a few years. Re-soled them a few times. They have a lot of miles on ’em, but I’m very reluctant to give them…
READ MORENotes From Michael Masterson’s Journal: Superstars Are Superstars
California Senator Dianne Feinstein is afraid that foreigners are “snatching places at American universities from deserving American students.” And she’s trying to make it harder for foreign students to study at American universities. But the truth must surely be, as a recent New York Times essay by Steven Clemons and…
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