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Lies, Lies, And More Lies!
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” – George Bernard Shaw One of the biggest lies weve been told by government lately — and this comes from both Democrats and Republicans alike — is that the federal budget is in surplus. Almost everyone I know believes…
Read MoreStick with ETR’s New Year’s Resolution Program for 2 Weeks
In the next 10 days, we are going to make 10 promises for the New Year. Each one is going to set you on a path that will, at the end of the year, make you happier, healthier, and more successful. Today, as you might expect, we are going to talk about setting goals. January…
Read MoreWhat If You Can’t Afford To Retire?
If you’re bridging the age when retirement is the next step, but feel you can’t afford to retire, use this mindset to approach what to invest your time in.
Read MoreFitness For Overachievers
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.” – Pietro Aretino Because were busy people, we like to say that staying fit is not about the way we look in a bathing suit. Its about self-confidence and performance. We want to go nonstop, alert and energized 18 hours a day. Still,…
Read MoreSudden Wealth Loss Syndrome
“Show me a good loser and Ill show you an idiot.” – Leo Durocher Want to catch the next new trend in mental health? How about a business that caters to all the Internet investors who find their mania-based stock-market wealth suddenly disappearing? A Silicon Valley psychotherapist has done just that. Two years ago, Stephan…
Read MoreZara: A Company For The 21st Century
A company profile in a recent issue of The New Yorker suggests what you have to do to be competitive in the 21st century. The company is Zara, a Spanish clothing retailer based in Galicia. It is the third largest business of its kind and the fastest growing, with profits increasing at better than 30%…
Read MoreGetting Your Personal Master Plan In Gear
“It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.” – Publilius Syrus (the first century B.C.) In Message #155, we talked about the way Jack Welch used a Master Plan to communicate and achieve his vision for General Electric. In Message #191, I suggested that this was the best way for you to achieve…
Read MoreThe Secret To Getting Everybody To Be More Productive
“Men can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to be effective without producing weariness.” – Bertrand Russell In his book Motivation, Saul Gellerman makes an interesting point about the way groups of people perform. He says that in any…
Read MoreDeflecting Envy – How The Beatles Did It
“Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.” – Gore Vidal As you become more successful, the people who know you will change in two ways. First, they will begin to think of you as smarter than they do now. Second, they will sometimes resent your good fortune. You will probably notice the first…
Read MoreManaging Employee Turnover
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at something worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt Most businesspeople recognize that high employee turnover is costly. But we sometimes fail to appreciate how insidious the costs are. Besides the actual costs of processing a changeover (accounting, personnel, insurance, workmens comp,…
Read MoreMake Your Next Encounter A Good One
“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they cant find them, make them.” – George Bernard Shaw Every time you have a conversation, exchange e-mail, attend a meeting, make a presentation, or attend a business seminar (see yesterdays Message…
Read MoreSo What? This Is America, Isn’t It?
“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.” – William BlakeLike all countries, America is a land of inequalities. And despite the billions of dollars our government has spent on leveling the field, economic differences persist. While politicians, bureaucrats, social activists, and other collective thinkers struggle futilely to regulate what cant…
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