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WEALTH
Invest
More Than Money in Your Children's Future
As
I've said to you many times - most recently in Message
#1400 - it's probably a bad idea to make your
kids the beneficiary of your estate. History tells us that inherited
wealth is usually squandered. (See "Word to the Wise,"
below.)
But
it doesn't have to be. If you have a ton of money now and would
like your children to benefit from it, invest it in their education.
In order to take advantage of any money you leave them, there
are four things your children will need to learn:
1.
First, they will need to learn the value of money.
You can teach them that by taking your support away from them
and letting them live on the income they earn themselves.
2.
Second, they will need to learn how to work. You
can teach them that by giving them the opportunity to work.
Help them find good employment. Encourage them to seek jobs
that will challenge them.
3.
Third, they will need to acquire a few financially valued
skills. Do that by supporting any studies they do - academic
or "on the job" - that relate to the primary skills
of value: (a) how to sell, (b) how to market, (c) how to create
products, and (d) how to manage profits.
4.
Fourth, they will need to learn how to save. You
can teach them how to save by gifting them with books, tapes,
or seminars on the subject and then letting them practice
on their own. One of the most effective programs for this
is Justin
Ford's Seeds of Wealth.
Probably
the best thing you can do for your children ... in terms of
providing for their financial well-being ... is to turn over
your business to them. But do that only after they've learned
the four skills described above.
-
Michael Masterson
TODAY'S
ACTION PLAN
Your
children can learn all four of the skills they'll need to successfully
run your business - simultaneously - if you can find someone
at your business to mentor them.
Don't
mentor them yourself. The idea is tempting, but the reality
is fraught with trouble. Get a trusted colleague to teach them
the ropes. Monitor their progress. When they are ready, you'll
know.
HEALTH
5 Relaxation Techniques From Dr. Sears
1.
Tighten your neck and draw your shoulders back hard. Hold
this position for 5-10 seconds. Then release. Repeat this
exercise several times. Now release the tension by slowly
rolling your head from side to side.
2.
Take a walk. Walk up and down stairs, down a hallway,
around the block - even around your desk at work. A walk -
even a short one - can give you a much-needed "time out"
when you feel a lot of built-up physical tension.
3.
Sit or stand up straight. Let the air rush out of
your lungs as you give a deep sigh of relief. Don't think
about inhaling. Just breathe normally. Then repeat this process
8 to 10 times.
4.
Deliberately breathe very slowly. This can be very
calming - and a big help in stressful situations.
5.
Take a deep breath. As you do, be aware of your face, neck,
shoulders, and arms. Check for any signs of tension. Then
breathe out. Let your muscles relax, and the tension should
ease with them.
(Source:
Dr.
Sears' newsletter Health Confidential for Men)
WISDOM
David
Ogilvy on Successfully Marketing Your Product
"The
most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST.
If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your
advertising, you will do well in the marketplace."
-
David Ogilvy
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TODAY'S
MESSAGE
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Common
Sense
by Robert Ringer
Awhile
back, I heard Oprah's grandest creation, Dr. Phil, say something
that really struck a bell with me. The interviewer asked Dr.
Phil if it bothered him that so many critics accused him of
oversimplification.
Dr.
Phil answered that it didn't bother him at all. He even volunteered
that one fellow had recently accused him of saying things that
were really nothing more than common sense. To which Dr. Phil
responded, "Golly, that's great. Do you mind if I use it
as a testimonial?"
It
was a very clever way of turning a negative into a positive.
And the nice thing about it was that it's true. The greatest
teachers have a knack for demystifying complex issues by applying
common sense to them.
A
good technical definition of common sense is "sound judgment
not based on specialized knowledge." In other words, you
don't need a Ph.D. to exercise common sense. It's a trait you
develop through purposeful awareness and habit.
Common
sense equates to wisdom, whereas an academic understanding of
specific areas of life equates to knowledge. In simpler terms,
what common sense boils down to is a sound understanding of
how life works.
I
believe most people have a reasonably good understanding of
the right thing to do in any given situation. In other words,
they know the difference between responsible and irresponsible
actions.
The
problem, however, is that too many of these same people - at
the moment of truth - have a habit of ignoring their intellect
and acting on emotion instead. Kids - especially teenagers -
have a tendency to make this mistake more often than adults.
But teenagers have an excuse: They're short on experience.
With
each passing year, an adult has more and more experience under
his belt, and thus less and less justification for acting on
impulse. At some point in time, an adult has to learn through
his experiences or be willing to live a Wile E. Coyote kind
of life (as in, "Beep, beep!").
When
I watch the daily news, it amazes me how many sad, even tragic,
stories are a result of people's common sense taking a leave
of absence when they most need it. I always try to focus on
the common-sense angle of these stories and file away the lessons
I learn in my subconscious filing cabinet.
My
hope is that by doing so I will be able to avoid similar lack-of-common-sense
mistakes in my own life. As a result, I often find myself thinking
of these mistakes at critical moments.
The
whole Terri Schiavo tragedy is a perfect example of supposedly
responsible adults ignoring common sense. With the possible
exception of the cast of Survivor, everyone is familiar with
the multitude of facts in the Schiavo case, so they need not
be repeated here.
Forget
about the alleged broken bones and bruises. Forget about all
the testimony painting Michael Schiavo as the reincarnation
of Darth Vader. Forget about his recovered memory regarding
Terri's wishes after a seven-year mental lapse. Instead, let's
just cut to the common-sense chase of this sad spectacle.
Even
if Michael Schiavo is a kind, gentle, well-meaning saint, the
reality is that he is married (sort of) to another woman with
whom he has fathered two children. This being the case, Judge
Greer's common sense should have concluded that Terri Schiavo's
husband had a conflict of interests when it came to her well-being.
Common
sense also should have dictated to him that guardianship be
handed over to her birth parents, who had no such conflict of
interests and whose love for her was uncompromised and unconditional.
Further, since Terri Schiavo had no living will, and since there
was a mountain of controversy concerning her wishes on the question
of choosing between life and death, common sense should have
led Judge Greer to err on the side of life.
Finally,
and contrary to what the pundits kept saying on television,
a living will may not have resolved the Terri Schiavo debate.
Why? Because there was a major controversy over whether or not
she was even in a persistent vegetative state. Enter common
sense: Again, when in doubt, err on the side of life.
Then
there's the bizarre trial of Michael Jackson. Again, let's assume
that Jackson is completely innocent - that he has never molested
a child in his life. Even so, if a lack of common sense were
a felony, he would almost certainly be sentenced to life in
prison.
A
normal person's common sense would tell him that it's not a
real good idea to have young boys sleep in your bed. Common
sense would tell him that it's an even worse idea to say, in
a worldwide television interview, that one of the most loving
things you can do is share your bed with a child.
Unfortunately,
Jackson's common sense deteriorated even more after his indictment.
Being 45 minutes late for his first day in court was not a great
way to win over the judge. Neither was his having a photo op
while standing atop an SUV and waving to his fans outside the
courthouse.
And
shouldn't his common sense have told him that jurors were not
likely to be favorably impressed with his bodyguards? Or by
his calling into Jesse Jackson's radio show to complain about
being the victim of racism before his trial had even begun?
Michael Jackson is, indeed, very fortunate that he isn't on
trial for exhibiting a lack of common sense.
And
how about common sense and steroid usage? Who would knowingly
inject a dangerous drug into his body and, to boot, do so with
the knowledge that he's cheating?
Further,
as part of the fallout from the steroid scandal, how about living
legend Mark McGwire's destroying his Paul Bunyan image by essentially
invoking his Fifth Amendment rights before Congress? Had his
common sense overridden his attorney's bad advice, he may very
well have walked away with his hero status intact.
To
quote the King of Siam from the classic musical The King and
I, "Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera." The examples of
high-profile people displaying a lack of common sense at critical
moments are endless. And, unfortunately, the rest of us are
not immune to this human defect.
One
of the reasons I became so enamored with Albert Einstein's quote
"Nothing happens until something moves," is because
it is the epitome of profound common sense. Tens of millions
of people seem to be waiting around for something good to happen
in their lives, while expending enormous amounts of energy complaining
about their "bad luck."
As
I've written so often, most people tend to miss the obvious
things when it comes to success in any area of life. While in
search of the magic formula for success, they mistakenly overlook
the importance of something as simple as common sense.
Employing
common sense on a consistent basis doesn't guarantee success,
but a lack of it can come pretty close to guaranteeing failure.
Deferring to common sense before making decisions is nothing
more than a habit - and, fortunately, all habits can be learned
by anyone who brings willingness to the game.
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NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL SOMETHING MOVES
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WORD
TO THE WISE
To
"squander" (SKWON-der) is to spend
wastefully - to throw away money (or something else that represents
an opportunity). The origin of the word is unknown, but it dates
back to at least the late 16th century. Shakespeare used it
in "The Merchant of Venice" (1593) in the sense of
something being scattered over a wide area.
Example
(as I used it in today's Wealth article): "History tells
us that inherited wealth is usually squandered."
