Champion Your Heroes And Create Loyalty
“Nothing comes from nothing.” – Lucretius (On the Nature of Things, 1st century B.C.) As we said in yesterday’s message (“In Times Like This, Resist the Invitation to Gripe”), your boss needs a positive-minded, hard-working team to see his business through these tough times. That’s why, if it becomes necessary…
READ MOREPrepare For A Long, Bad Time Of It
“Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.” – Ursula K. Le Guin (Dancing at the Edge of the World, 1989) Almost every business I know is struggling. Most are in decline. Retail stores are closing in record number. Bankruptcies are up. Banks are being forced to refinance loans.…
READ MOREDon’t Give Up Money And/Or Time That Is Your Due
“In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.” – Euripides (Rhesus, circa 455-441 B.C.) A guy I know just got fired after seven years on the job. There were different theories about why he was let go — insubordination, sub-par performance, his attitude, a suspicion of…
READ MOREThings May Get Worse Before They Get Better
“I walk firmer and more secure uphill than down.” – Montaigne, Michel The stock market took a dive yesterday. Internet resolutions to hold and buy stocks failed to thwart the flood of panicked sellers. Airline stocks crashed. Thousands of workers were laid off. At least one airline has shut down…
READ MOREBack In The Air Again, Six Days Later
“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.” – Ben Jonson (1640) I’m on a plane flying from Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore. In about an hour, we will be flying over Washington D.C. To the left of me is a dark-skinned man, about 25, in a pilot’s…
READ MOREWhat You Can Do To Help
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — Think of it, ALWAYS.” – Mahatma Gandhi Today is — or…
READ MOREHow to Live and Work During a Time of Crisis
Yesterday, SH sent me the following note through the ETR Speak Out message board: “No offense, but I would prefer that you continue to give us your daily message rather than just a quote. “Your statement about gathering thoughts and spending time with family and friends sounds nice but the…
READ MOREIs Your Business Floundering? What Are You Doing About It?
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Crack-Up, 1945) If your business isn’t going the way you want, make sure the problem isn’t you. You may have been a wunderkind in the old days, but it’s the…
READ MOREBeating The Blues
“Our aches and pains conform to opinion. A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.” – Seneca (Letters to Lucilius, 1st Century) I admit it. I’m a moody bastard. But I never made a nickel being negative, so I have trained myself to recognize my bad moods and try…
READ MOREThe World’s Most Valuable Skill
If you want to be wealthy, Ive mentioned (in past messages) the four things you absolutely must do … 1. Master a financially valuable skill. 2. Develop a high income. 3. Invest conservatively in other businesses. 4. Invest aggressively in a business you know. Today, I’d like to talk about…
READ MOREAre You As Smart As A 19th Century 8th Grader?
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.” – Woody Allen 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas, 1895 Part I: Grammar (1 hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name…
READ MOREExtreme Success: It’s All About Passion
“If you don’t get up at 3 a.m. and want to do your work, you’re wasting your time.” – Harold Edgerton Take another look at today’s quote by Harold Edgerton, the pioneering researcher in the field of stroboscopy and ultra-high-speed photography: “If you don’t get up at 3 a.m.…
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