thanks – I’m a firm believer in the power of action. Specially after “The Secret” got big, I talked to lots of people who tried to “manifest” success and wealth. Most of them had painful Bambi meets Gozilla moments since then – I’d call it a bitter medicine.

There’s just too much nonsense floating around. Yes, I like to be told to that things are a lot easier than I make them. But I’d rather work and achieve than dream and wake up poor.

If anything, I believe in the power of doing more than what is expected, doing more than what the other guy does. When I go out for dinner and at one restaurant I get great food, that makes me happy. But when I go to another restaurant and I not just get great food, but also a friendly smile and good service, I’ll forget about that “good food only” restaurant pretty quick and leave my money where the smile is included.

Regarding making an above average income… that surely is a nice idea, but harder said than done. However, I do believe that to get initial momentum going is what takes the biggest amount of energy – just like a plane that uses the most fuel during the start.

Regarding investing in stocks – my personal opinion is that it’s way to easy to lose money there. I just don’t know enough about it, and I’m just not willing to sit over sheets of data and work my way through it just to make a better guess on what to buy and what not. Of course, I’m not nearly in an authoritative position as you in these matters, but it seems to me that it’s a lot easier to make money by investing it in a business where I can see that it creates value and is used useful, rather than in a big corporation that absorbs my money without any noticable effect.

Enjoy your articles a lot,
Joe Paz