In all religions, the faithful are constantly admonished to “read your Bible every day” — or whatever Holy Book the religion adheres to. Unfortunately, too many people read a book once and, thinking they know everything it says, never open it again. Those who really succeed read and study their “bibles” every day — re-reading those books …
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My Secret to Making Insane Amounts of Money (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Let me tell you a true story … Some years ago, a very dear friend of mine who was retired and living on Social Security came to see me. He had with him a mailorder “drop ship dealer” program he wanted to get involved with and wanted to use some of my mailing list. The offer …
11 Important Facts I Learned That Will Get You Rich (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Do you want to get rich? I mean … Do you really want to get rich? Here are 11 important facts that I learned in my many years in business that allowed me to make over $500 million. That’s … Five. Hundred. Million. Dollars. Or … $500,000,000. (A five followed by eight zeroes.) I learned …
Bet the Jockey Not the Horse (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Lately, I have been asked in various ways, How do I go about picking winners in the Small Cap Companies, Initial Public Offerings, Start-ups, and Private Held Companies for Investment? Well, since my personal win/lose ratio is about 80/20 (more winners than losers), you might expect me to go into some detail about … … reading …
Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur? (J.F. (Jim) Straw
Believe it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits! From my test score, it appears I am probably better adapted to washing dishes than running a business. Then again, according to the governing laws of aerodynamics, bumble bees can’t fly either. Let me tell you the true story about those tests. You’ve …
Do You Need to Be Motivated? (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about “How to Motivate Your Sales Team” in the multitude of e-zines I receive. As always, the ideas ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime. To be quite frank with you, I have never tried to “motivate” any of my sales people (dealers, associates, affiliates, whatever). I always figured that those individuals who …
What The Secret to Success Is (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Over the past 50 years, I have been thrilled and delighted to see hundreds of people succeed in business. But I have watched, sadly, as literally thousands of people have achieved little or no success. There are a multitude of common characteristics among those who succeed, but there seems to be only one glaring common …
So You Just Want to Make Some Money (J.F. (Jim) Straw)
Sometimes I get tickled pea-green over lavender, especially when I receive an email like this… Please remove me from your list. I don’t want to know about how to do business, I just want to make some money. This puzzles me. You see, the only way I know to make money without doing business is …