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Adding Big Shots To Your Personal Network

By Early To Rise | 10/17/2000

““Never refuse any advance of friendship for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one already may repay you.”” – Madame de Tencin In Message #170, we talked about the importance of establishing a network of contacts. Whether your objective is to start your own business or climb to…

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Watch Out For Dependency-Motivated Managers

By Mark Morgan Ford | 10/4/2000

““It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.”” – Seneca There is a certain kind of manager you need to watch out for. He is often extremely bright. Entirely competent. Completely dependable. In…

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How Important Is Loyalty In Your Career?

By Early To Rise | 09/27/2000

“Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.” – Erich Fromm Here’s a question I’ve wrestled with for years: When it comes to success, is loyalty a good thing or a bad thing? Should you be loyal to those who have been there…

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E-Mail And Return Buttons

By Mark Morgan Ford | 09/26/2000

“Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.”  – Michel de Montaigne I did it again. Copied a “sensitive” e-mail to the wrong person. It’s soooo embarrassing. In what I thought was a confidential memo to my partners I characterized someone’s proposition as…

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The Importance of Making Contacts

By Early to Rise | 09/12/2000

“I get by with a little help from my friends.” -John Lennon We have talked about how much faster you will accomplish your career goals if you put yourself out in the marketplace and meet prospective partners/employers/proteges/vendors. One of the best ways to get out there is to attend trade…

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Why I Don’t Gamble – And Why You Shouldn’t Either

By Mark Morgan Ford | 09/11/2000

Why I don’t gamble when I visit Las Vegas, and instead enjoy money and success by placing smart investments that gain me wealth every day.

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Gifts, Free Lunches, Bribery

By Mark Morgan Ford | 09/6/2000

““Corruption will find a dozen alibis for its evil deeds.”” – American proverbOn Friday, we discussed when and how to do – and accept – favors in a business context. Today, let’s extend that discussion to include whether we should accept gifts from vendors.At AG Publishing, there has been a…

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How To Pull Ahead Of Your Competitors Through Cooperation

By Early to Rise | 08/11/2000

““Competition is the offspring of fear; cooperation, the child of confidence.”” – Mark Morgan Ford If you remember the movie Wall Street, you may recollect the character Gordon Gecko (played by Michael Douglas) – a viciously ambitious stockbroker who broke every ethical rule and took advantage of every relationship to…

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How To Make Friends In High Places

By Early to Rise | 08/8/2000

““Shallow men believe in luck . . . . Strong men believe in cause and effect.”” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life Today, I am going to open a little door into your future. First, answer this question: Who in your industry would you like to know? Whose…

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Delivering Bad News: When To Write, Phone, Have Lunch

By Early To Rise | 08/3/2000

““Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.”” – Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677) Someone once told me that you should always deliver bad news in person. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but over…

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How Much Should You Pay Yourself?

By Early to Rise | 07/24/2000

“”Self-Esteem: An erroneous appraisement”” – Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary Recently, Fortune Small Business magazine did a story on executive compensation. It cited the case of two San Diego entrepreneurs who started a high-end home-furnishings business (the Richard Fischer Collection) with the long-term goal of getting wealthy. But getting there…

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Where Should You Be Doing Business?

By Early To Rise | 07/21/2000

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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