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Can’t or won’t

Find another industry.  You work in the steel industry or for a newspaper, video rental, tobacco or clothing company, consider packing your bags because technology and foreign competition are killing these industries.   Forget the wishful thinking and the politicians empty promises.  Get off the ship.

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How to make a million dollars

On January 24, 2012 By

Eighty percent of millionaires in the United States started with nothing, zero, zilch.

If you have nothing and want a million dollars, eight out of ten people who reached their goal started where you are, from the ground floor, from scratch.

There are 7.8 million millionaires in the United States.

You know what not to [...]

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How to build your life

On January 22, 2012 By

You’ve heard the old saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

Old sayings get passed on for a reason – they resonate.  You hear them.  They make sense.  You remember them.

Rome wasn’t built in a day.  Rome was built by thousands and thousands of workers over thousands and thousands of days.   [...]

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What is life teaching you?

On January 20, 2012 By

Pay attention.  Your life is teaching you.

You saw Shelia Hersh.  She paid attention in class and was on the honor roll.  She sang in the church choir.  She worked 20 hours a week at Friendly Freddie’s Supermarket.  She went to Columbia and Yale Law School.  She has a solid marriage and has two great kids.  She [...]

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You tried and failed, now what?

On January 17, 2012 By

Bankruptcy, foreclosure and unemployment are very bad things.  However, if you are an entrepreneur, a rebel, a risk taker, bad things can happen.

Now what?

1.  Make a voodoo doll.  Sick pins in the doll while placing a curse on everyone who  has every done you wrong.  This may not work, so [...]

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Over the last decade plus, I have spoken to thousands of martial arts school owners.

Most school owners make a reasonable living.   Month to month, they live at a standard commensurate with their income.  They never get too far ahead or fall too far behind.  Regular middle class people leading regular middle class lives.

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Should you be a poet or a plumber?

On January 10, 2012 By

If you majored in medieval studies, you best job option would be to find employment selling jousting equipment at a Renaissance fair.

If you majored in Elizabethan poetry, you would probably be happy setting up Open Mike nights at a local coffee shop.

If you majored in psychology, you have many choices [...]

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How to run a successful deli

On January 9, 2012 By

Lisa runs a great deli.  She owns and operates Barry’s Village Deli in Waban, Massachusetts.

If you want to run a deli or any successful small business, you should follow the advice in the Action Principles(R), take the Master Small Business Courses and COPY SUCCESS.

Do what Lisa does.

It’s not a [...]

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Many young job applicants were sold a bill of goods.

Professors and counselors and parents had no incentive to cause friction by telling “youngsters” that getting an “A” in courses like “The Role of Movies in Society” will not get them a $60,000 entry level professional position.

Young job applicants sailed blissfully [...]

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Succeed with a niche

On January 7, 2012 By

Maybe this would only work in New York or other big cities but NYC has a very expensive high-end apartment cleaning service.  Don’t worry, your place will be absolutely, positively spotless if you are willing to pay top dollar.  This is a lucrative niche.

There are dog walking services.  There are dog walking services operating [...]

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