What NOT To Do If You Want Your Business To Grow
“Create a work culture that values efficiency. Don’t glorify those who work 24/7.” That very questionable advice comes from The Organized Executive, a newsletter that is normally full of sound and often very good ideas. As an example, the newsletter tells about Robert Green, CEO for Ipswich Inc., who refuses…
READ MOREBusiness Success Depends on the Customer Not the Store
“I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.” – Rita Mae Brown After photographing a wedding last weekend, my husband Ward stopped at a bakery to grab a cup of coffee and a muffin. When he stepped out of the ice-cold Montana air and…
READ MOREGood Jobs Are Getting Harder to Find
“I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want it badly enough, and I do believe that. I believe that if I wanted to run a mile in…
READ MOREIs Exhibiting at Trade Shows a Waste of Your Time? Not If You Do It Right
Early in my career, I worked as an advertising manager for Koch Engineering, a company that made mixers and other equipment for the chemical industry. I liked a lot of things about the job, but one thing I didn’t like was managing our trade-show exhibits. (I had also handled trade…
READ MOREBecome a High-Paid Freelance Copywriter
Dear ETR Reader, If you’d like to become a high-paid freelance professional, here’s an opportunity you might be interested in… You probably know that as a copywriter you can make a living. Get to travel often…Set your own hours…Choose which assignments you want to take…and earn a nice income. It’s…
READ MOREHow Do You Want to Make Your Millions?
I’ve said many times that to become wealthy you need to learn and practice a financially valuable skill — and most such skills have something to do with helping a business make money. There is virtually no limit to the amount of money you can make if you become skillful…
READ MOREAre You Taking Advantage of the “Business Within Your Business”?
Your first business is your main one — the one you know you are in. Your second business is the one you automatically qualify to be in as a result of the knowledge you have to possess in order to deliver your main product or service. You can tap into…
READ MOREPut Down 3% and Get 100% of the Profits
When you’re a real-estate investor, you’re essentially in the business of finding investors to back your projects. Those investors are lending institutions or private lenders. They receive interest payments from you and, initially, loan fees. You get to keep the profits. This is what is called “positive leverage.” It means…
READ MORETake Charge of Your Financial Future
“What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” – Henry David Thoreau I said it before more than once — and you may be tired of hearing it. Nonetheless, I need to say it again: You can’t rely on your employer to take care of your financial needs. If the business…
READ MOREHow to Become Rich by Educating Yourself for Success
OK, so you don’t have a medical degree . . . or a law degree . . . and it doesn’t look as if you’re going to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company. What can you do NOW to put yourself on a fast track to achieving success in…
READ MOREHow I Became a “Chicken” Entrepreneur
Fahri Diner and Xiang-Dong Cao were sitting around after work having a few beers (I’m making up the details) and complaining about their employer, Siemens Information and Communication Networks in Boca Raton, Florida. Cao was saying that they were not properly appreciated, when Diner said, “Hell, we should start our…
READ MOREHow to Enjoy a Great Retirement
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.” – Jerome K. Jerome To understand what I’m about to say, you have to understand this: Happiness in life comes not from idleness but from working. Not working at a job you hate, but…
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