One Egg or Two?
Issue #2121
- WEALTHY: An investment that everyone wants to get a piece of (Charles Delvalle)
- HEALTHY: Has one of America’s deadliest food allergies been conquered? (Jason Holland)
- WISE: Albert Einstein on relativity
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
- The real difference between $20 to a poor man and $20 to a millionaire (Robert Ringer)
- Are you sick of your job? (Michael Masterson)
- It’s Good to Know… about housing costs
- Add "incipient" to your vocabulary
Turn the Tables on Microsoft, AOL, & Time Warner!
Oh no! Yet another mandatory upgrade from Microsoft. On top of that, they say you probably need a new computer too. Then there’s your Internet provider hiking rates and fees again. Meanwhile, more time flushed down the drain surfing the web for endless hours. There’s got to be a better way. Shhhh… There is… Let me take you on a trip to T.O.S.O.T.I. – Patrick Coffey
ETR Insider Report: 3 Money-Making Discoveries About My Favorite Commodity
By Charles Delvalle I love silver. Sure, silver means "second-best" when it comes to the Olympics… but it’s so much more than poor man’s gold. In fact, silver is one of the best investment opportunities in the market today. You see, silver is the only precious metal that is integral to the industrial world. Manufacturers use silver to make everything from computers to washing machines to medical equipment. The demand for this material grows every year, but there simply isn’t enough to go around. Which makes it super-valuable. I’ve spent hundreds of hours researching silver. And after all that research, I’m finally ready to release a special investment report about three incredible silver investments I’ve uncovered. The gem of the report, a small-cap silver-mining exploration company, was one that I could only find by doing some legwork thousands of miles away. Last September, I took a flight to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for the yearly Silver Summit conference. At this conference, over 50 companies, silver gurus, and industry hotshots met to discuss the future of this metal. After meeting with every single company and speaking to the executives there, I stumbled across one small company that had the biggest upside of them all. This is a company that trades for under $1 per share, but is sitting on silver worth over $6 per share. In other words, fair value for this company should be $6, not $1. If you’d like to know more about this amazing little company with a huge upside, you can read my special report here. I’m positive that once you finish reading it, you’ll see as much potential in this company as I do, and will become an investor right away. [Ed. Note: Charles Delvalle is the editor of White Hot Profits: How to make a TON of Money From the Silver Deficit. This special report details three amazing silver investments that allow you to protect your money, while giving you the opportunity to make 100%, 200%, even 500% in just a short time.]
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT’S relativity." Albert Einstein
One Egg or Two?
By Robert Ringer I think it was Groucho Marx who used to tell the joke about a guy standing on a street corner and repeatedly hitting himself over the head with a hammer. A fellow comes along and asks him why he’s doing such a terrible thing to himself, to which he replies, "Because it feels so good when I stop." I often think about this bit of goofiness when I’m on the treadmill. When I start out, I set the machine at about 2.0 miles per hour and gradually move it up to 3.5 mph over the first five minutes. Then I keep it at 3.5 mph for another 25 minutes. After a total of 30 minutes, I take another couple of minutes to gradually slow the treadmill down to 3.0 mph… then 2.5… 2.0… and so on, until it’s at zero. What I find interesting about this is that when I first move the speed up to 2.5 mph, I’m conscious of having to move my feet faster to keep pace with the treadmill. Then, after walking at a 3.5 mph pace for 25 minutes, it feels almost as though I’m standing still when I slow the machine down to 2.5 mph. Of course, 2.5 mph is still 2.5 mph. That hasn’t changed. What has changed is my perception of it. Relative to standing still, 2.5 mph seems fast; relative to 3.5 mph, 2.5 mph seems slow. Relativity, then, has altered my perception of how fast I have to walk in order to keep pace with the treadmill. All this got me to thinking about how many of our perceptions are based on relativity. For example:
- If you’re broke, $20 might seem like a fortune. But if you have a million dollars in the bank, $20 is pocket change.
- If a team is a 20-point underdog in a game that it loses by five points, its fans are likely to feel good about its performance. But if that same team is a 20-point favorite, its fans would almost certainly be disappointed if it won by only five points.
- Because I often eat at fine restaurants, I’ve given the thumbs down to many gourmet meals that didn’t quite measure up to my expectations. Yet, I can vividly recall thinking that a Thanksgiving dinner I had in the Army decades ago was just about the best meal I ever ate. Relative to the slop we were served every day in the mess hall, that meal was a genuine feast.
There are many good reasons to take note of the relationship between relativity and perception, and I believe two are especially important. First, it’s healthy to always view your problems in a relative light. If, for example, you have a child with a serious learning disability, it’s a problem that looks a whole lot worse in a vacuum than it does when juxtaposed against the thought of a child with, say, muscular dystrophy. Second, in your dealings with others, remember that people are going to base their perceptions on their belief systems. So, when you offer a product, a proposal, or an idea to someone, you can help swing the odds in your favor by adding a pinch of relativity to help guide his perception of it. One of the best examples of this time-tested phenomenon was given by the legendary Elmer Wheeler, thought by many to be the world’s greatest salesman clear back in the 1940s. Wheeler said that when someone orders a malted milk at a soda fountain (both items a bit outdated today), the clerk should not ask, "Would you like an egg in your malt today, sir?" Rather, he should matter-of-factly say, "One egg or two today?" If the clerk simply asks the customer if he would like an egg in his malt (which, of course, would increase the cost of the malt), it’s easy for the customer to say no. But by eliminating the no-egg option and giving the customer the choice of one egg or two, it becomes relatively easy for him to make a knee-jerk decision in favor of that same single egg he might have said no to. What becomes relatively difficult in this scenario is to say, "I don’t want any egg in my malted today." Trust me on this. Using relativity to help shape another person’s perceptions works. It’s a powerful tool which, when consciously applied, will almost certainly give you better results in all areas of your life. [Ed. Note: Take a gigantic step toward achieving all your personal and professional goals - faster than you ever imagined - with Robert Ringer's best-selling personal-development program And sign up for his Voice of Sanity e-letter here.]
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The I’m-Sick-of-My-Job Cure
By Michael Masterson Almost everybody, no matter how smart, ambitious, or energetic, grows tired of his or her job at some point. Usually, the feeling passes after a while. Sometimes, it lingers. It’s not much fun to work when you lack passion – and in case you are in any doubt, it’s not much fun for those around you. Ennui shows. It shows in your face, in the way you sit at your desk, and the way you walk into a meeting. When your body language says, "I don’t love this anymore," the rest of the world knows it. The danger is not in missing the fun or in risking public exposure, but in the infectious way ennui can debilitate a group. Like the common cold, it won’t infect everyone, but three out of four people around you will eventually get the bug unless you stop it. You might be able to stop it by taking a short vacation or reading a pile of inspirational books. But you’re far more likely to "cure" yourself by figuring out the biggest thing you hate about work and fixing it. [Ed. Note: Michael Masterson and his team of business-building and marketing experts will be revealing their strategies for getting a brand-new business of the ground... and making an existing business grow like crazy. Reserve your spot at this fall's Info Marketing Bootcamp- Making a Fast Fortune on the "Other Side" of the Internet - today.]
Have You Been Missing Out on Peanuts?
By Jason Holland You may already know that peanuts are chock full of protein, fiber, vitamin E, essential fats, and resveratrol (a proven anti-aging nutrient). Unfortunately, about 1.5 million Americans suffer from peanut allergies. Symptoms can include vomiting, hives, shortness of breath, and abdominal pain. Even worse, people who are allergic to peanuts can go into anaphylactic shock. (In fact, peanut allergies cause 100 to 150 deaths per year.) But now, peanut allergy sufferers may have reason to rejoice. After a lifetime of eating PB and J sandwiches minus the PB, forgoing Snickers bars (which is a good idea anyway), and not being able to enjoy Pad Thai, they might soon be able to enjoy the peanut in all its glory. A North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University researcher has developed a simple process to make allergen-free peanuts. Tests of the treated peanuts triggered no adverse reactions in severely allergic subjects. The process, which does not affect taste or quality, is being investigated by food companies for commercial application. According to the Mayo Clinic, people who are allergic to peanuts share a common immune system malfunction. And they can have an adverse reaction simply by kissing or touching someone who’s been in contact with peanuts, handling foods that have touched peanuts during processing, or inhaling peanut flour or peanut oil cooking spray. Until this allergen-free peanut is widely available, everyone with a peanut allergy should continue to closely monitor labels on foods, medicines, cosmetics, and other products to avoid accidental exposure. [Ed. Note: An investment in your health is the single most important investment you can make. And it can be surprisingly easy. Sign up for ETR's FREE natural health e-letter. Our panel of medical, fitness, and natural-health experts will provide you with practical strategies and real-world scientific discoveries that can help you melt off the pounds, pack on muscle, and eliminate the underlying causes of disease.]
It’s Good to Know: Housing Costs
Four of the five most-expensive U.S. cities, in terms of average housing costs, are in California: Santa Barbara ($816,000), San Francisco ($670,000), Los Angeles ($527,000), and San Diego ($486,000). Honolulu, at $624,000, ranked third. The five least-expensive U.S. cities for housing are Tulsa, OK ($97,000), Columbia, SC ($110,000), Cleveland, OH ($124,000), Columbus, OH ($127,000), and Pensacola, FL ($132,000).
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Word to the Wise: Incipient
Something that’s "incipient" – from the Latin for "to take in" – is beginning to exist or appear. The word is related to "inception." Example (as used by Shena MacKay in The Artist’s Widow): "She sighed for him; so young, and yet so passe, and with an incipient beer belly." [Ed. Note: Become a more persuasive writer and speaker ... build your self-confidence and intellect ... increase your attractiveness to others ... just by spending 10 VERY enjoyable minutes a day with ETR's new Words to the Wise CD Library.] Michael Masterson Copyright ETR, LLC, 2007
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