Posted by:
Clayton Makepeace
June 29, 2009
Issue #463
- The hard truth "get rich quick" gurus never tell you …
- What it really takes to hit the big time …
- Why what you do the rest of today matters …
- Much more …
Dear Business-Builder,
My mom’s cousin married Ty Cobb’s son, Herschel. Since I’m not good at math, I can’t really tell you what that makes me. Ty Cobb’s grand nephew once removed? I dunno.
But still, I’ve always been proud to be related — even distantly — to the man who invented modern baseball. So a few years ago, I read Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump and later, watched the movie starring Tommy Lee Jones.
Great book; good flick. Not because they heralded Cobb’s exploits on the field, but because they painted a crystal-clear picture of the man behind the legend.
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Posted by:
Clayton Makepeace
June 11, 2009
Issue #196
Dear Business-Builder,
In April of 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscated all gold coins, ingots and notes owned by Americans. Anyone caught with more than $100-worth of non-jewelry gold would be slammed with a $10,000 fine – about $143,000 in today’s dollars.
Fast forward to the early 1970s: Huge federal deficits from the Vietnam War were coming home to roost and inflation was raising its ugly head. The value of the U.S. dollar was plunging. Our cost of living was beginning to soar.
And because owning gold – the world’s most time-honored store of value and inflation hedge – was still a crime, American consumers, savers, investors and retirees had little choice but to watch helplessly as inflation robbed them blind.
That’s when an obscure Louisiana school teacher decided to force the mighty U.S. government to legalize gold ownership.
He didn’t care that he was “just one man” and that he’d be challenging America’s mightiest financial institutions and most powerful politicians.
Nor did his lack of funds to mount such a daunting national campaign faze him.
The fact that a horrendous automobile accident had left him paralyzed from the chest down and confined to a wheelchair didn’t even begin to enter into his thinking.
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Posted by:
Daniel Levis
April 29, 2009
Issue #662
“A man should learn to detect and watch for that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dear Web Business-Builder,
From a young age, we are appointed.
Appointed by our parents … old enough to stay home alone. Appointed by our institutions … educated enough to enter the full-time work force. Appointed by our employers … responsible enough for promotion.
Important question: Have you become mentally conditioned by all this external appointment?
Have you given your power to someone or something outside of yourself?
Could this be the invisible Great Wall of China that’s blocking you from rocketing toward your goals and reaching your full potential?
For most of us, to one degree or another, the answer is “yes." Take a look at this note I received from one of my subscribers:
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Posted by:
Troy White
December 19, 2008
Issue 571
In this issue:
- Crackberries, e-mail, and a nasty ringing phone – gone forever …
- The best addiction any entrepreneur can create …
- How to ‘un-plug’ and get back your life (and sanity) …
- Is technology really helping you build a better business? Or hurting?
- And Much More!
Fellow Business-Builder,
Sometimes you just have to walk away. When things are piling up – the phones are ringing off the hook – 300 e-mails a day (all urgent, of course) – and a million things to do before Monday.
Sounding familiar?
In the ADD world we live in with most people I see wiring their brains into electronic devices, we are headed into a very precarious time.
With all the technology tools you now have at your disposal – are you (honestly) feeling like you are getting more done and more in control of your life and business?
Or do you feel like technology
and clients now control you?
My beliefs are that this current situation is going to get worse – and the average person is going to find themselves sick all the time, and feeling completely out of control and overwhelmed.
You cannot be plugged in 24/7 to your Blackberry, your computer, instant messaging and a cell phone … it is THE recipe for disaster.
There are now support groups for this problem.
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Posted by:
Troy White
December 12, 2008
Issue #566
In this issue:
- Getting more done in a day than you used to in a month.
- Is it better to work on one BIG idea … or 10 small ones?
- How to build your own secret society for getting things done.
- The secrets of getting people to help you grow your business … for free!
- And Much More!
Fellow Business-Builder,
Is there truly a single secret to small business success?
Or is the idea that there is one single secret a joke?
Having worked with some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, I think I found it.
There are many secrets to growing a business and remaining profitable and sane throughout the process.
Why are they secrets?
Because if they were well known, more entrepreneurs would be more successful … earning more and working less.
Here is the most valuable skill you can master …
… Massive implementation mode
The ability to make many things happen simultaneously sounds good in theory … but is it feasible? And if it is, what can the average business owner do?
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