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I’m glad that Michael is having such a good time. We look forward to seeing him back at the office in August. One more thing before I sign off this week… While the 5 Days in July Conference has been going on, my dog George has been living it up…
READ MOREOver-the-Hill “Dabbler” Discovers the M-P-N Formula for Success
For 22 years, I tried to crack the code for running my own successful business. One that would actually support my family and allow me to “thumb my nose” at The Man.
Ad sales, life insurance, soy candles, and software consulting are a few of my attempts at a home business during those years. None of them generated enough revenue for me to quit my corporate job.
READ MOREEvolution, Not Revolution
The average person believes that great wealth is created by revolutionary breaks with tradition. The Instinctive Wealth Builder (IWB) believes in Darwin. It’s not surprising that so many people believe in revolution. Many best-selling books have supported it. Read the popular biographies of Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, or Bill Gates…
READ MOREA Highly Profitable, Laughably Simple Lesson From the Great Depression
I have a daughter in Montclair, New Jersey — hometown of the inimitable Yogi Berra. As a result, I have made a bit of a study of his remarks, and one of my favorites is, “You can observe a lot just by looking.” Well, one thing I have observed a…
READ MOREThe Right Way to Ask For, and Get, Referrals
Asking a client for a referral is no big deal. Provided the timing is right, there’s no reason to worry that you’ll look pushy, presumptuous, or out of place. To boost your chances of success, however, it’s important to know just how to ask.
READ MOREBe Relentlessness in Pursuit of Your Dreams
Although virtually everyone agrees that “time is money,” I’m convinced most people only pay lip service to this truism. If you’re really serious about it, you need to come to grips with the reality that the key ingredient for converting time into money is self-discipline.
READ MOREHow to Find Your Core Values
Before you can jump feet first into changing your life with a set of long-term goals, you have a job to do: Figure out what’s really important to you.
READ MOREIs It Better to Be Pushy… or a Pushover?
Are you a pushy person? Not sure? Take this test: Do you find that your subordinates often work more slowly than you would like them to?
READ MOREDon’t Waste Your Time on the Wrong Problems
A former employee of mine once allowed a serious business problem to go unreported because he thought he could fix it himself. He couldn’t — and it cost the company $400,000.
READ MOREHow to De-Fang Emotionally Charged Criticism
When one of my clients fired “Bob,” he sent me a vitriolic e-mail criticizing nearly everything about the company he had worked for.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: The Cohort Retort
From a U.S. Department of Justice news release: “The following morning, when the first employee of the day entered the bank, Smith and his cohort, armed with handguns, confronted the employee and demanded money contained in the bank’s vault.”
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