Posts by Early To Rise
Profiting From What You Love
“Work is much more fun than fun.” -Noel Coward I had a conversation the other day with OP who converted his love of flying airplanes into a business. OP used to be in the wallpaper business. It made money, but left him uninspired. There must be something better and more stimulating to do, he decided.…
Read MoreAndrew Carnegie: How He Got Wealthy Using ETR Secrets
“The place to improve the world is first in ones own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Like most people, whenever the name Andrew Carnegie was mentioned, I used to think industrialist or philanthropist although Ive always been…
Read MoreBook Review: “Who Moved My Cheese?”
”Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.” – D.H. Lawrence Who Moved My Cheese? the best seller by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is a small book (94 pages with wide margins). It is arranged in three parts: a fable wrapped between two made-up conversations. Ive got to tell you, I…
Read MoreDouble-Check Your Sales Letter
“Cheat me in price, but not in the goods I purchase.” – Spanish Proverb Your sales letter is probably the most effective means you have to grow your business. (If you are in the direct-mail business, I dont have to tell you this.) Its so important, in fact, that you should regularly take the time…
Read MoreWhy Ebonics Isn’t Good For African-Americans
“He may well win the race that runs by himself.” – Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richards Almanack If you want your children to be good at something . . . or if you want your friends . . . or peers . . . or employees to be good at something, there is one thing you…
Read MoreAdding Big Shots To Your Personal Network
“Never refuse any advance of friendship for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one already may repay you.” – Madame de Tencin In Message #170, we talked about the importance of establishing a network of contacts. Whether your objective is to start your own business or climb to the top of the one…
Read MoreHow I Became A Movie Mogul
”Always do sober what you said youd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” – Ernest Hemingway At the risk of humiliating myself and losing your attention entirely, I am going to tell you about a new venture I’ve gotten into. In my recounting, I will illustrate some of the business…
Read MoreMaking A Success Of Your Business Or Yourself Is A Matter Of Making Decisions
“Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.” – Juvenal, from Epictetus Some of the decisions you face are major. (Should I quit this job and go into business for myself?) But most of them are minor. (Should…
Read MoreA Lesson From Martha Stewart
“Productive work is the process by which mans mind sustains his life, the process that sets man free of the necessity to adjust himself to his background, as all animals do, and gives him the power to adjust his background to himself. Productive work is the road of mans unlimited achievement and calls upon the…
Read MoreA Strategy For Making Your Life More Productive
“Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.” – Joseph Conrad There is a happy development in the otherwise gloomy world of self-help. Gurus are getting tough. Although this well-intentioned terrain is still cluttered with self-empowerment mongers who use lazy, unfocused thinking, gimmicky ideas, and politically correct pseudo-concepts to sell…
Read MoreBreaking Through The Pain
Yesterday, my older boys and I had a breath-holding contest. It was my idea. I had just been trounced by the two of them in an underwater-propulsion contest. (Imagine human torpedoes bouncing off pool walls. Holding our breath? You just want to do something you can win at, No.2 son Patrick astutely pointed out. (I…
Read MoreThe Secret Of Inertia
When we talk about selling, we speak of greed and fear, but never of laziness. Yet laziness and its many emotional cousins (lethargy, indolence, inertia, and procrastination) can make a big difference to your companys bottom line. I was reminded of this yesterday morning. My colleagues and I were wondering how a…
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