Posts by Mark Morgan Ford
Where I Live
Knowing that I spend a significant amount of time outside the United States, Michael M. wrote to ask for my thoughts on living well in a foreign country. (Michael’s an ETR reader as well as a reader of International Living, a newsletter published by a client of mine.) Half of my time outside the USA…
Read MoreInvestment Basics
Like most people, I began to think about retiring at about the same time as I started a family. I was relatively young — 29 at the time — and my expenses were increasing quickly. However, my income was increasing slowly, which is typical of most salaried jobs.
Read MoreHow to Have Lots of Good Friends
It’s been said that if you want friends to help you in the bad times, you have to help them in the good times.
Read MoreHow to Time the Markets Today
In a typical bull market, half the gains are made during the last 10% of its duration. At least, that’s something I read recently. And, if true, it’s a remarkable fact. It means in a 10-year uptrend, you would make half your profits in the first nine years and the other half in the last year.
Read MoreWhy You Should Be at This Year’s Bootcamp
Just about every adult I know is concerned about the economy.
Read MoreHow 10 Minutes Can Change Your Life Right Now
Adela was an energetic, recently divorced 36-year-old, bubbling with ideas. She had come to ETR’s Info-Marketing Bootcamp to start her life anew. The goal she had in mind was to become a freelance copywriter — and she told me she had already ordered AWAI’s copywriting program.
Read MoreThree Ways to Get Rich
Last night I watched Michael Moore’s documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. As always with his films, I found it to be entertaining propaganda.
Read MoreThe Importance of Motivation in Your Business
I was once characterized by a book reviewer as a “motivational writer.” Apparently he felt that this moniker debased me. It didn’t.
Read MoreThe Most Important Thing I Ever Learned About Health
The most important thing I ever learned about staying healthy came to me late in life.
It wasn’t a formula or a therapy. It wasn’t even advice in the formal sense of the word. The most profound lesson I ever learned came to me after years and years of reading about the human body and how it works. It came to me after consulting with some of the best doctors in the business, including Dr. Robert Atkins and, more recently, Dr. Al Sears.
Read MoreThe Ninja Turtle Marketing Strategy
About 15 years ago, traveling to California with K and Number Three Son, I met one of the originators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He was sitting next to my son. We got to talking. My son was a big fan of the turtles back then. This guy, I forget his name, drew a turtle for him.
I asked him how he came up with such a creative idea.
“It wasn’t creative at all,” he said. “It was a calculated marketing strategy.”
Read MoreThe Only Business Start-Up Strategy I Recommend
When Mary Kay Ash retired from her job in 1963, she took her life savings, $5,000, and opened her own business. Boy, did it pay off! Mary Kay Cosmetics is now a billion-dollar company.
Read MoreGetting Wealthy From Inflation: Part II: Gold
The most convenient way to own physical gold is in the form of bullion coins. Be sure to buy top quality — coins that aren’t damaged in any way. Nicked or scratched coins won’t get you full value when you go to sell them. And make sure that you are not paying a big premium for them. Five or six percent is the absolute limit, in my opinion.
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