Starting Young – The Miracle of Compound Interest
If you take a penny and double it every day for a month, how much would you end up with? A hundred dollars? A thousand dollars? How about a million dollars? Not even close. If you start with just a single penny and double it every day for 31 days,…
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How to Be a Successful Negotiator
9 steps to becoming a successful negotiator, which can propel your business forward at a quicker rate and help you foster better relationships.
READ MOREA $79 Investment That Can Make You Millions
About 25 years ago, my business partner and I started a private investment club for Americans who were interested in increasing and protecting their wealth by banding together and hiring dedicated experts to advise them on all sorts of international investment options. From day one, the club was successful. But…
READ MOREBorrow Low, Deposit High
Had you invested $100,000 in a portfolio of Emerging Asian currencies in October 2005, you’d now be $75,000 richer. In March of this year, a mere 20 weeks later, your investment would have ballooned to $175,000. That’s a whopping return of 75%. It may be hard to believe, but this…
READ MOREWomen in Business: Glass Ceiling? What Glass Ceiling?
There has been a good deal written about the difference between men and women in the workplace. Men are said to be more decisive, more logical, and better able to make tough decisions. Women are said to be more intuitive, more communicative, and more compassionate. Popular books like Men Are From…
READ MORENotes From Michael Masterson’s Journal: Airport Security
Almost everything about airport security is idiotic. The X-raying of shoes, the prohibition against cigarette lighters and cigar cutters, the puff machines, the random searches. Today, a wizened (see Word to the Wise, below) old Palm Beach County airport cop dressed me down for leaving my bags “unattended” while I…
READ MOREAn Options Trade Well Worth the Risk
I had been looking forward for months to meeting a dozen gurus who I knew would be presenters at ETR’s annual Wealth-Building Bootcamp last week. These guys … the likes of Brian Tracy, Bob Bly, Frank McKinney … didn’t disappoint either. They all have such memorable ways of driving…
READ MOREGetting Personal Online
My fellow Brits are rather sensitive about titles and how to address each other. In British society, proper etiquette is still prevalent and is considered important, though perhaps less so than during my childhood. It is there, I am assured, for everyone’s benefit – to help avoid embarrassment in any…
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How to Roll Up a $10,000 Investment into a 7-Figure Portfolio
How to move up a $10,000 investment at the residential level up to a top-ranked competitor in the heavyweight division, building a 7-figure portfolio.
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A Workaholic’s Secret to a Happy Marriage
Choosing the wrong spouse can be “deadly to your career and to your happiness,” and you should know that not all expectations will be met.
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Lessons from a Millionaire Taxi Driver
While visiting Australia about six years ago, I received a surprising lesson on the ETR principle of “Living Rich” from my taxi driver.
READ MOREBusiness Is Business — Even If It’s “Not for Profit”
In the Frank Capra film “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”, Gary Cooper plays Longfellow Deeds, a humble small-town man who comes into a fortune. Deeds has aspirations of giving away a large part of his money to charitable causes. But when he moves to the big city, he is stunned…
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