Is The Way To Success One Or Many Paths?
“The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who keeps the wrong one.” -American proverbToday were going to talk about something very important a key question about wealth. Is it better to spend your time on one moneymaking activity or many?Many success gurus argue that the…
READ MORE3 Ways To Listen More Effectively
“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.” – Zeno of Citium, quoted by Diogenes I’ve been listening to an audiotape program about listening. It makes the argument that you can increase your personal power by…
READ MOREThe Early to Rise Golden Rule of Customer Service
A commercial on the radio this morning caught my interest. It was for a men’s clothing store. All the usual claims were made, but one was phrased in a way I hadn’t heard before: “We treat all of our customers as if they were the only one.”
READ MORETaking The Big Leap
“The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the SoulSometime in your business career, you will have a chance to do something or sell something and it will be obvious to you that you are looking at…
READ MOREDon’t Underestimate the Importance of Education
”Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living are to the dead.” – AristotleStudies show, and experience confirms, that of all the factors that determine financial status in life, education is primary. High-school graduates out-earn dropouts, and college grads do considerably better than workers with only…
READ MOREA Very Rich Guy You Never Heard About
“My wife and I were in the country a few weeks ago. We were standing in front of a wishing well and she fell in. I never dreamed those things worked.” – Milton Berle Sitting in the audience at a publishers convention a few years ago, Roy Reiman heard a…
READ MOREHow I Became A Movie Mogul
”Always do sober what you said youd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” – Ernest Hemingway At the risk of humiliating myself and losing your attention entirely, I am going to tell you about a new venture I’ve gotten into. In my recounting, I will…
READ MOREE-Mail And Return Buttons
“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. Its soooo embarrassing. In what I thought was a confidential memo to my partners I characterized someones proposition as…
READ MOREHow To Speed Up The Learning Process And Achieve Perfection
“Ultimately the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” – Elie Wiesel Heres a great way to become perfect at just about anything: When you practice, dont ever do it wrong. If you practice perfectly, you will become perfect. I want to propose…
READ MOREHow To Get Out Of That Damned Rut
“I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” – Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)Good friend and business partner PH asked these questions:”How do you get out of a rut? Regain passion for your work? Get yourself up for each day? Have you thought about…
READ MOREMaking Your Dream Worthwhile
Last week, we talked about leadership (Message #173). I said that of all the qualities good leaders possess, none is more important than the ability to make the work seem worthwhile.I’ve been thinking about this since then, and I’m certain its true. All great leaders have this quality. I mentioned…
READ MOREQuestions…From A Born Salesman
Today, I’d like to get back to the question of questioning. A few weeks ago, in Message #160, we talked about the effect of asking questions in the world of business. My argument, in a nutshell, was this: When you ask a question, you cede power, so be very careful…
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