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Rate – and Improve – Your Business Skills
On a piece of paper, list the following words: starter manager mentor creator defender motivator problem solver leader Now, do this: 1. Next to each word, identify 3 or 4 qualities you connect with that kind of person. In the case of “leader,” for example, you might write “has good ideas.” Or in the case…
Read MoreTwo Things You Must Do to Make Sure Your Good Business Doesn’t Fall Apart
One of the first things I did upon taking on AP as a client, many years ago, was to revamp the customer-service department. Employing models of other customer-service systems I’d established in the past, I replaced most of the staff with better-educated, more articulate, and more conscientious workers … I introduced a training program ……
Read MoreHow Much Do You Want to Make? Here’s How to Do It
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 at one of these trades.…
Read MoreCan You Help This Man Straighten Out His Life?
A recent issue of People magazine on the growing world of the unemployed in the United States (something we’ve been talking about in ETR) profiled Larry Schenone. “Eighteen months after losing his job as an engineering manager for a St. Louis defense contractor,” the magazine says, “Schenone has recovered from the shock. But he still…
Read MoreWhy You Can’t Really “Attract” Success and Happiness — and How to Get Them Both
Michael J. Losier sees a relationship between the subatomic world, in which electrons in atoms always orbit the nuclei in prescribed ways, and human experience, in which positive and negative experiences seem to follow prescribed patterns. “Have you noticed,” he asks, “that sometimes what you need just falls into place or comes to you from…
Read MoreHow to Make the Price of Your Product Seem Cheap — Even If It’s Not
The typical aluminum-siding “package” we sold retailed at $2,600. That was a lot of money back in 1967, especially in the working-class neighborhoods we sold in. Like all good selling pitches, ours focused on the benefits first. We did a very good job helping our prospects imagine how much better, easier, and fuller their lives…
Read MoreTo Readers Who Worry They May Never Succeed: Do You Need “The Mindset of a Champion”?
I believe you can have a mind full of doubts and worries and still succeed. I believe it’s possible to achieve amazing things in life with a frightened heart and a terrified mind. It’s more than a belief, actually. It’s certain knowledge. I know because I have always been full of doubts and fears. I…
Read MoreHow to Be Rich and Successful Without Being Greedy and Insensitive
“A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.” – Jonathan Swift It was 1982. I had just been hired as editorial director for a fledgling newsletter-publishing company in South Florida. Because I had to give the occasional speech, I enrolled myself in the Dale Carnegie public-speaking program. But I…
Read MoreSupplement Your Diet with CoQ10
There have been over 100 studies at major universities and hospitals linking a deficiency of coenzyme Q10 with heart disease. But that’s not the only reason you should be supplementing with this essential nutrient: * CoQ10 is required for deriving energy from oxygen. Without it, energy-guzzling organs like your heart, brain, kidneys, and liver…
Read MoreHow Much Are You Worth?
“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A French woman, upon seeing Picasso in a Parisian restaurant, approached the great master and insisted that he put down his coffee and make a quick sketch of her. Graciously,…
Read MoreBecome Masterful at Conversations
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.” – Robert Frost Can you imagine spending 80% of your communication time listening? Listening to whom? Listening to what? If you did allot that much time to listening, you’d soon be spending most of your time hearing the same-old, same-old — mostly…
Read MoreThe Hidden Weakness of Using Other People’s Money to Finance Your Growth
“Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.” – Robert W. Sarnoff If you can sell stock in your company to finance your growth, some financial advisors would urge you do so. If you are creditworthy, bankers will tell you to borrow what you need. Using other people’s…
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