Baby Boomers About to Face a Rude Awakening
“I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.” – Fidel Castro (in a 1967 Playboy interview) America is getting older fast, as the 79 million members of the 1945-1965 baby-boom generation start closing in on their 60th birthdays. And, as Kiplinger’s Personal Finance recently pointed out, they…
READ MOREHow Some Investors Made 10,400% in 1 Year
I call this investment “stock options that never expire.” Since the beginning of 2003, this strategy has produced amazing profits. Look at just a few of the results: 1,840% on Integrated Biopharma Inc. — Every $500 you put into this strategy with this company in January would now be worth…
READ MOREShould You Include Fine Art in Your Investment Portfolio?
“Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied, and as many original artists as there are, so many worlds are at our disposal.” – Marcel Proust (“Remembrance of Things Past”) When you hear the word “investment,” it usually refers to common stocks, bonds, real…
READ MOREA Lead-Generating Idea That (Almost) Always Works
“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” – Walt Disney If you need sales leads but don’t know how to get them — or if your marketing efforts aren’t generating enough of them — here is a proven lead-generating…
READ MOREYour Million-Dollar Business May Be Closer Than You Think
TG tells me he has accepted a job selling water-purification systems. He will visit homes bearing gifts — turkeys around Thanksgiving, Easter baskets in April, etc. — and demonstrate the wonders of water filtration. “I figure I can close two presentations a week. At a thou a close, I can…
READ MORETwo Jobs You Should Never Delegate
“Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them — this is of the essence of leadership.” – Theodore H. White (“The Making of the…
READ MOREThe Wealth Machine
Dear ETR reader, There are numerous benefits of owning your own business… · Being financially free · Reduced stress · Getting rid of your boss · Working from next to your new pool · Having more control over your life · Doing something you care about These things are very…
READ MORESave As Much As $1,046,428…Simply by Moving to Another State
“Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.” – Alfred A. Montapert About 20 years ago, I relocated from Washington, D.C. to Boca Raton, Florida because of a career opportunity I couldn’t resist. It was a reluctant move on my part.…
READ MOREDo What You Were Meant to Do – Even If You Don’t Get Paid For It
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Recently, DF, a friend and colleague, wrote me: “From the time he was a small toddler, Mozart was playing the piano. He could play the piano…
READ MOREAn “Artful” Way to Cut Your Tax Bill
“The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov If — as I do — you feel it is important to give to worthy charities, here’s a way you can be generous to others while you cut your tax bill by several thousand dollars…
READ MORECreate Change Safely
“When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.” – Martin Luther King Jr. For years, Kimberly-Clark had made nice, steady profits selling paper wholesale. But when Darwin Smith took over as CEO, he believed the future was in consumer paper…
READ MOREThe Awful Truth About Teamwork
“Look over your shoulder now and then to be sure someone’s following you.” – Henry Gilmer In Dick Lyles’ book “Winning Ways”, a parable on success, Albert is hampered in business by his inability to work as a team member. His supervisor tells him to visit a local college-football coach…
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