Are You Sick Of Your Job? It Shows!
Almost everybody, no matter how smart, ambitious, energetic, etc., 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…
READ MOREWhat’s Wrong With Nepotism?
The toughest and most important part of building a business is finding great employees. When you take the regular paths — help-wanted ads and interviews — you end up hiring a lot of disappointing people. I recently spent weeks trying to find someone to fill a part-time position. After a…
READ MOREHow To Become Wealthy In Friendship
OK, I admit it. I’m rich. Rich in health. Rich in wealth. And rich in family and friendship. Although I don’t know exactly what friendship is, I have lot of friends. I mean dozens of them. And they aren’t just friendly acquaintances but individuals I know well and care about,…
READ MOREMust You Be Cutthroat To Succeed In Business?
A young man who is beginning what I hope will be a long and profitable career in business said this to me recently: “But isn’t that the way you HAVE to be in business? Like ruthless and all?” He is climbing up the ladder of success with the grease of…
READ MOREPaid Vacations
For the past six years, I’ve had a little sideline job that’s allowed me to relax on Caribbean white-sand beaches, play golf on some of Ireland’s and Scotland’s best links courses, and visit more than 25 countries around the world. Not only do I get to go on these trips…
READ MOREHow Secure Is Your Business? What Are Your Top People Telling You?
In the months that followed September 11, Bush ordered a bunch of undercover audits of airport security. 783 were conducted. The results, according to an article I saw in USA Today, indicated an amazingly high level of incompetence. The president’s investigators were able to carry knives past screeners in 70%…
READ MORETaking The 20-Something Factor into Consideration
Every once in a while, some bright young kid I’m mentoring does something really stupid or really shiftless — something so wrong that it causes me to wonder if I’ve made a mistake committing my time to him. This happened yesterday. PSG temporarily closed a profitable operation so he could…
READ MOREAn Important Rule of Lasting Wealth
One of the most important rules of profitable investing (and profitable business too) is to get out of losing ventures quickly and spend more time and money pursuing your best opportunities. If you can follow the straightforward technique I’ll outline for you here, you’ll never lose another night’s sleep worrying…
READ MOREBusiness 101: When Change is Bad
For as long as I could remember, the direct-mail publishing industry was serviced by a newsletter titled (very smartly) “Who’s Mailing What!” It was written by Denny Hatch, an old pro, and was full of the wise and pithy observations you’d expect from an experienced insider. Recently, it was sold…
READ MOREA Starbucks Secret: How to Keep Good Employees
While I was traveling over the weekend, I picked up a copy of a good book in the Las Vegas airport called “Lessons from the Top: The 50 Most Successful Business Leaders in America — and What You Can Learn.” One of the profiles in the book is on Starbucks…
READ MOREHow Big Should The Type Be In Your Advertising?
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the problem is that I don’t know which half.” – John Wanamaker One of the questions you will face when you review your direct-response advertising is “How large should the type be?” On the one hand, you want the type…
READ MOREPowercharging Your Networking
To solidify an acquaintanceship — that is, to get someone you admire to remember your name — you might want to try something brazen and calculating…such as sending a gift along with a personal letter. I was the subject of such a transparent and disreputable effort last week — and…
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