Living Rich: Fake It Till You Make It: How To Tour An Art Museum
Nothing will enrich your life as much as the appreciation of art. By art, I mean the fine arts — painting, sculpture, and all that — but also the crafts (woodworking, needlepoint, masonry, etc.) and sports. If you want to Live Rich, you have to — absolutely have to —…
READ MOREGood Manners Are Critical At Business-Related Social Functions
When you are attending a business dinner (or some other business-related social function) with your customers and colleagues, you have an opportunity to improve or degrade the opinion others have of you. Only a foolish person would ignore this fact. Here are a few recommendations, all based on very recent…
READ MOREDon’t Betray Your Partner/Boss
What do you do when someone who works for you walks into your office and says, “I have something I want to tell you, but you must promise you wont tell your partner/boss?” If you agree to listen, you have made a serious mistake. You have betrayed the fundamental relationship…
READ MOREHow to Encourage Loyalty
In business, if not in all of life, there is no more important virtue than loyalty. Courage and conviction are critical to making progress by yourself, but the moment you enter into any kind of collaborative effort — and virtually all businesses are collaborative — you are in a world…
READ MORESometimes It’s Smart To Shoot For Second Place
It may sometimes seem like I’m always pushing you in the direction of becoming No.1 — of being your own boss and having your own business. And I won’t deny that I spend a lot of time talking about the advantages of entrepreneurship and equity. But some people are better…
READ MOREWhy You Should Listen More And Talk Less When You Want To Impress
We’ve often cited Dale Carnegie on “winning friends.” Carnegie believed that listening well makes you appear to be a better conversationalist than does speaking well — and that it’s certainly better than speaking too much. He told a good story about sitting next to an important businessman at dinner and…
READ MOREHow To Use Your Little Black Book
“It’s all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.” – Bertolt Brecht Last week, you started your little black book of powerful contacts (Message #265). This week, you are going to use it.Heres what youre going to do: Go through your address book quickly and select one person whom…
READ MOREThe Truth About Office Gossip
What is more fun than hearing about the misfortunes or misdeeds of a fellow worker? Does life in the office offer any sweeter revenge than seeing a nasty boss or surly subordinate get his comeuppance? None — and that is a memory you can (and will) carry with you forever.…
READ MOREWhy You Need Professional Management
I was talking to someone the other day about how many people you can manage well. Experts say it is six, seven, or eight. My own experience confirms this. At times, I’ve had more than a dozen people reporting to me — and it wasn’t good. I was not able…
READ MORESix Degrees Of Seperation
“Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.” – W.H. Auden Every time you meet someone, you are given a chance to make a connection…
READ MOREAnother Good Reason You Need A Lifelong Income
ETRs dont believe in traditional retirement. We think its a mistake to count on the government – or even the value of savings – when it comes to our future well-being. The cost of living is always increasing, as are the ways our wealth is taken from us. Personal taxation…
READ MOREGet Up Early Tomorrow
My son, LSF, has many extraordinary talents and all the peccadilloes you’d expect from a 20-year-old going to school in New Orleans. Every time I see him, as I did this holiday, I’m impressed by his intelligence and good nature. He is more and has more than I was and…
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