The Big Schlep
“Can they ever retire?” – Time Magazine (July 21, 2002) Poor Martha Parry. The New York woman sold her insurance company and thought she had it made. According to Time magazine’s July 21 cover story, she had $1 million in the stock market two years ago and was looking…
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It’s a common misconception that borrowing money is bad. I’ve had students proudly tell me at seminars that their only debt is their mortgage and that they pay cash for everything else. While it’s good that they have no consumer or credit-card liabilities, these people are not going to get…
READ MOREPummel Your Best Prospecs with Direct Mail
“Much effort, much prosperity.” – Euripides (Hippolytus, 428 B.C.) Your customer list should be mailed to at least twice a year. If the list is good and reasonably large, you can mail to it once a week — even once a day. Prime prospects are people who, for one reason…
READ MOREGetting Back What’s Gone
“If only God would give me a clear sign! Like making a deposit in my name in a Swiss bank account.” – Woody Allen “Steve, I lost over $100,000 in Lucent,” Bill told me. “If I’d been following your advice two years ago, I’d still have most of…
READ MOREWhy You Don’t Want Your Employee-Turnover Rate at Zero
“Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.” – Mark Twain Employment experts will sometimes tell you that the lower your employee turnover is, the stronger your company is. If you accept this claim, you are going to be attracted to all kinds of schemes that…
READ MOREEarly Retirement: Get Paid for Doing What You Want
“What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” – Goethe One reason we often envy professional actors, athletes, and artists is that they seem to be doing what we’d like to be doing — but instead of paying for it…
READ MOREHow To Write Better Copy By Being Honest
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson The unflinching principle of all successful advertising … of all marketing … of all business … of all relationships … is one of the oldest success secrets in the world: “Do unto others as you would have…
READ MORE8 Ways to Immediately Make More Money With Stocks
Warren Buffett and Bill Gross, two of the most influential investors in the world, both think that stocks will return 6% to 7% a year over the next decade. At that rate, you’ll double your money in 10 years. However, if you’re giving away 2% or more in fees and…
READ MOREA Simple Way to Make Your Business Memorable
“Memory is a net; one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook; but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 1858) “People spend $185 on a bed-and-breakfast and remember the…
READ MOREThink Like a Customer and Act like an Owner
“First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus (Discourses, 2nd century) We’ve talked a good deal about how you can elevate yourself to the top position in your business. I’ve recommended that you: * Get to work earlier than everyone…
READ MOREWhen Your Boss is Looking Over Your Back
“A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that.” – Ambrose Bierce (“Saw,” The Devil’s Dictionary) Second-guessers — bosses who delegate authority and then take some of it back — are a very odious sort. And most management books advise you to confront second-guessers and try to get…
READ MOREHow to Grow Your Business Through Endorsements
A famous business publication interviewed me once and asked me this question: “If every one of your marketing concepts but one was taken away, which would you hold on to at any price?” I didn’t need a second to think about the question. I immediately answered that I’d never give…
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