APRIL 2007 Greetings & Salutations: 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 a TRUE STORY about those tests. -- You've seen them. They usually have a headline like ... Do You Have What It Takes To Become An Entrepreneur? Back in 1977, an old millionaire friend of mine ... in his late 70s ... sent me a 20-question test with a personal note asking me to answer the questions and return them to him. -- He said he was conducting an experiment and wanted honest answers ... no fudging allowed ... to all of the questions. So, I answered the questions and returned them to him. A couple months later, the old millionaire sent me a letter detailing his experiment and reporting the results. The "test" he had sent to me had been published in a big-name, prestigious business magazine, with a self-scoring answer-sheet at the end of the article. -- It was the "work" of a world-renowned psychologist. After he had taken the "test" in the magazine, my old friend was disappointed to learn that he didn't have what it took to be an entrepreneur. -- As a matter of fact ... even though he had been a real entrepreneur all his life with millions of real dollars in the bank to prove it ... his "test" results indicated that he should have been a 40-hour-per-week wage-slave and put all his money in safe and secure bank deposit accounts. Having failed the "test" ... miserably ... he decided to send a copy of the "test" to 35 real entrepreneurs he knew, just to see if he was some kind of psychological freak. -- Maybe he was just a Bumble Bee, flying with the F-14 fighters. All 35 of the real entrepreneurs ... including me ... who received the "test" from him were self-made millionaires ... no inheritors or lottery winners. Their educational backgrounds ranged from elementary school dropouts to a few with doctorates ... ranging in age from their mid-20s to late-80s. Guess what? -- According to the "test" ... not one of us had what it took to be an entrepreneur. We all failed the "test." The old millionaire sent the fully-documented results of his experiment to the world-renowned psychologist who had created the "test." To which the learned psychologist responded, "The traits indicated in the test are necessary to becoming an entrepreneur but they are not required to be an entrepreneur." In other words ... If you pass the "test," you have what it takes to become an entrepreneur - but - you can't be one. So ... why did I tell that story? Well, I'll tell ya. -- After taking and flunking a number of those tests, I, myself, got to wondering ... What Does It Really Take To Be An Entrepreneur? Since I couldn't find an answer in my own experience, I started asking each and every successful entrepreneur I met, "What motivated you to start and succeed in your own business?" As you can imagine, the answers I received ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime ... from mystical hocus-pocus to ultra-logical reasoning ... from irrational psycho-babble to textbook business plans. Then, a few years ago, a young millionaire ... in his early 30s ... solved the riddle for me. He looked me straight in the eyes and said ... "I don't really know. One day, I decided to do it and just did it!" So ... all it takes to be an entrepreneur is a decision to be one. -- Once the decision is made, you will do it! The decision is yours and yours alone!
APRIL 2007
Greetings & Salutations:
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 a TRUE STORY about those tests. -- You've seen them. They usually have a headline like ...
Back in 1977, an old millionaire friend of mine ... in his late 70s ... sent me a 20-question test with a personal note asking me to answer the questions and return them to him. -- He said he was conducting an experiment and wanted honest answers ... no fudging allowed ... to all of the questions. So, I answered the questions and returned them to him.
A couple months later, the old millionaire sent me a letter detailing his experiment and reporting the results.
The "test" he had sent to me had been published in a big-name, prestigious business magazine, with a self-scoring answer-sheet at the end of the article. -- It was the "work" of a world-renowned psychologist.
After he had taken the "test" in the magazine, my old friend was disappointed to learn that he didn't have what it took to be an entrepreneur. -- As a matter of fact ... even though he had been a real entrepreneur all his life with millions of real dollars in the bank to prove it ... his "test" results indicated that he should have been a 40-hour-per-week wage-slave and put all his money in safe and secure bank deposit accounts.
Having failed the "test" ... miserably ... he decided to send a copy of the "test" to 35 real entrepreneurs he knew, just to see if he was some kind of psychological freak. -- Maybe he was just a Bumble Bee, flying with the F-14 fighters.
All 35 of the real entrepreneurs ... including me ... who received the "test" from him were self-made millionaires ... no inheritors or lottery winners. Their educational backgrounds ranged from elementary school dropouts to a few with doctorates ... ranging in age from their mid-20s to late-80s.
Guess what? -- According to the "test" ... not one of us had what it took to be an entrepreneur. We all failed the "test."
The old millionaire sent the fully-documented results of his experiment to the world-renowned psychologist who had created the "test." To which the learned psychologist responded, "The traits indicated in the test are necessary to becoming an entrepreneur but they are not required to be an entrepreneur."
In other words ...
So ... why did I tell that story?
Well, I'll tell ya. -- After taking and flunking a number of those tests, I, myself, got to wondering ...
Since I couldn't find an answer in my own experience, I started asking each and every successful entrepreneur I met, "What motivated you to start and succeed in your own business?" As you can imagine, the answers I received ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime ... from mystical hocus-pocus to ultra-logical reasoning ... from irrational psycho-babble to textbook business plans. Then, a few years ago, a young millionaire ... in his early 30s ... solved the riddle for me. He looked me straight in the eyes and said ...
So ... all it takes to be an entrepreneur is a decision to be one. -- Once the decision is made, you will do it!
Now, let's do some ... Questions & Answers, Comments & Other Good Stuff! John Strange told me ... "Here's some free information you may give to your list." Okay, Gang ... Go get your free copy of "Joint Adventures - How Anyone Can Create Financial Freedom with No Cost or Risk, Using Joint Ventures" at: http://www.dollarmakers.com/index.php#ebook
Now, let's do some ...
John Strange told me ...
"Here's some free information you may give to your list."
Okay, Gang ... Go get your free copy of "Joint Adventures - How Anyone Can Create Financial Freedom with No Cost or Risk, Using Joint Ventures" at:
Would You Like To Sell Your Products In Wal-Mart? Have ever wondered if your product or idea could sell to the world s largest retailer, now you can find out ... Free! I've made a special arrangement with a marketer named Joe, who has developed and sold $45 Million of his own products to Wal-Mart and other retailers. Joe has recorded a 60 minute CD that he sells for $39.95 that I ve arranged for you to get free. -- It explains how to develop products that will sell and how to get them into Wal-Mart and other retailers. You can download it completely free at ... SellWal-Mart A few of the many things you will learn on this CD are: - How to eliminate failures and develop products that sell. - How to know if your product will sell before you spend money on it. - 5 ways to get into a mass market retail account, and 3 that cost less than $300. - How to tell if you are ready for Wal-Mart and what to do if you aren t. - How to quickly set up national and international distribution. - Packaging & merchandising secrets that will make your products sell faster. - Secrets of advertising and promotion for retail products - 68 other distribution channels you can sell through in addition to mass market retailers. I hope you enjoy it! ... I did. Although Joe talks about selling "your" products in Wal-Mart, there is no reason why you can't sell other people's products in Wal-Mart to rake-off a nice commission on every sale.
Have ever wondered if your product or idea could sell to the world s largest retailer, now you can find out ... Free! I've made a special arrangement with a marketer named Joe, who has developed and sold $45 Million of his own products to Wal-Mart and other retailers. Joe has recorded a 60 minute CD that he sells for $39.95 that I ve arranged for you to get free. -- It explains how to develop products that will sell and how to get them into Wal-Mart and other retailers. You can download it completely free at ...
A few of the many things you will learn on this CD are:
- How to eliminate failures and develop products that sell. - How to know if your product will sell before you spend money on it. - 5 ways to get into a mass market retail account, and 3 that cost less than $300. - How to tell if you are ready for Wal-Mart and what to do if you aren t. - How to quickly set up national and international distribution. - Packaging & merchandising secrets that will make your products sell faster. - Secrets of advertising and promotion for retail products - 68 other distribution channels you can sell through in addition to mass market retailers.
I hope you enjoy it! ... I did. Although Joe talks about selling "your" products in Wal-Mart, there is no reason why you can't sell other people's products in Wal-Mart to rake-off a nice commission on every sale.
Rick W. Davies says ... "You owe it to yourself to break-out of the perpetual cycle of online failure and start making money today." So ... check it out for your ownself at: http://www.profitmart.com/4Secrets.htm
Rick W. Davies says ...
"You owe it to yourself to break-out of the perpetual cycle of online failure and start making money today."
So ... check it out for your ownself at:
Keionyi Atkinson wanted to know ... "Can you attach a Finder's Fee to a listed property if you are not a licensed Real Estate Broker/Agent?" Keionyi: No ... the Real Estate regulations in every state forbid the payment of finder's fees to anyone other than a licensed broker or agent. -- However ... You can work using a "Contingency Advertising Contract." -- That's where you agree to "advertise" the availability of a specific property and the Real Estate Broker/Agent agrees to pay you a fee ... a set dollar amount; not a percentage ... for advertising the property IF any of the potential buyers your advertising produces buys the property. -- You simply "advertise" the availability of the property and turn the leads over to the Real Estate Broker/Agent ... IF the property sells to any of those leads, the broker/agent pays your fee. -- But ... Even using that method the broker/agent may refuse to pay your fee because he/she will claim that it is against the regulations. You would be better off using an option.
Keionyi Atkinson wanted to know ...
"Can you attach a Finder's Fee to a listed property if you are not a licensed Real Estate Broker/Agent?"
Keionyi: No ... the Real Estate regulations in every state forbid the payment of finder's fees to anyone other than a licensed broker or agent. -- However ... You can work using a "Contingency Advertising Contract." -- That's where you agree to "advertise" the availability of a specific property and the Real Estate Broker/Agent agrees to pay you a fee ... a set dollar amount; not a percentage ... for advertising the property IF any of the potential buyers your advertising produces buys the property. -- You simply "advertise" the availability of the property and turn the leads over to the Real Estate Broker/Agent ... IF the property sells to any of those leads, the broker/agent pays your fee. -- But ... Even using that method the broker/agent may refuse to pay your fee because he/she will claim that it is against the regulations. You would be better off using an option.
THIS is what I live for! Cynthia P. (Pismo Beach, CA) recently bought my report, "How To Get $1,000-$5,000 Free & Clear within 30 days." -- She sent me this and I got her permission to share it with you ... "Just wanted to let you know, I ordered your report about making $1,000 in 30 days. -- I've made $400 in just under 2 weeks, and can't believe how easy it seems to be (well, aside from the 'elbow grease'). I've teamed up with my teenage son, and expect to really go at it over the next month or so. He is wanting money to buy his first car. -- I'm happy to have found something we can do together, and that he will now also have as a 'fall-back' in the future." If you want to learn what Cynthia learned, check it out at: > This is the same report some of my readers are using to get free stuff to sell on eBay at 100% profit. Frank Kern (Macon, GA) wrote to tell me ... "I bought your Real Estate options book. It inspired me to do a deal and I ended up making a hair under $30K ... on my 30th birthday at that. Just goes to show that this stuff works when you actually get out there and do it." You can also use the same Option form to control just about any kind of property (tangible or intangible) you can imagine. -- I tell you how in the report. Darrell Tippett wrote to tell me ... "I recently bought your snooping around course and did my first deal. I made $50,000 for the first time in my life. I think from now on I'll stick to buying just your products since, of all the info products I have bought over the years, your products seem to work in the real world where others have not worked for me." Find out how he did it at ... You can do it, too! It absolutely thrills me no end when others do the same things I have done.
Cynthia P. (Pismo Beach, CA) recently bought my report, "How To Get $1,000-$5,000 Free & Clear within 30 days." -- She sent me this and I got her permission to share it with you ...
"Just wanted to let you know, I ordered your report about making $1,000 in 30 days. -- I've made $400 in just under 2 weeks, and can't believe how easy it seems to be (well, aside from the 'elbow grease'). I've teamed up with my teenage son, and expect to really go at it over the next month or so. He is wanting money to buy his first car. -- I'm happy to have found something we can do together, and that he will now also have as a 'fall-back' in the future."
If you want to learn what Cynthia learned, check it out at:
"I bought your Real Estate options book. It inspired me to do a deal and I ended up making a hair under $30K ... on my 30th birthday at that. Just goes to show that this stuff works when you actually get out there and do it."
You can also use the same Option form to control just about any kind of property (tangible or intangible) you can imagine. -- I tell you how in the report.
"I recently bought your snooping around course and did my first deal. I made $50,000 for the first time in my life. I think from now on I'll stick to buying just your products since, of all the info products I have bought over the years, your products seem to work in the real world where others have not worked for me."
Find out how he did it at ...
You can do it, too!
Ankesh Kothari wanted me to tell you ... "I want to pass along this Free PDF file to you." Get your free copy of "Domain Parking Cash" at; http://www.NetHotsheet.com/DomainParkingCash.pdf
Ankesh Kothari wanted me to tell you ...
"I want to pass along this Free PDF file to you."
Get your free copy of "Domain Parking Cash" at;
Karen Beaver would like to know ... "I would like to know how to make money from doing surveys on the internet." Karen: I just did a search for "paid survey" and found this one: http://www.surveyclub.com You might want to do the search yourself ... there are over 68,000 hits.
Karen Beaver would like to know ...
"I would like to know how to make money from doing surveys on the internet."
Karen: I just did a search for "paid survey" and found this one: http://www.surveyclub.com You might want to do the search yourself ... there are over 68,000 hits.
Christopher S. Zak, Sr. wanted me to ask you ... "Did your PC hiccup this month? -- In 2007 Daylight Savings Time will begin in March, and end in November. -- 60-million PC clocks are NOW 'out of sync.' -- Since PCs aren't human, they don't know this and will not change on the proper dates. -- IF someone has a PC OLDER than Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft will not support the update, leaving people with a PC that is completely out of sync with the rest of the world." But ... but ... but ... you can let DST-Update do it for you once, and then you can forget it until 2012! DaylightSavingsTime
Christopher S. Zak, Sr. wanted me to ask you ...
"Did your PC hiccup this month? -- In 2007 Daylight Savings Time will begin in March, and end in November. -- 60-million PC clocks are NOW 'out of sync.' -- Since PCs aren't human, they don't know this and will not change on the proper dates. -- IF someone has a PC OLDER than Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft will not support the update, leaving people with a PC that is completely out of sync with the rest of the world."
But ... but ... but ... you can let DST-Update do it for you once, and then you can forget it until 2012!
Abel Cheng sent me this ... "I believe most of your subscribers are parents. My team has developed a site for parents, you may want to share it with your subscribers. It's a content site with tips on parenting, marriage, pregnancy, and so on. Tell them to post a blog and subscribe to the newsletter while they are there." Probably a good bet for Grand Parents, too. http://www.parentwonder.com/ It is a slow loading site so be patient.
Abel Cheng sent me this ...
"I believe most of your subscribers are parents. My team has developed a site for parents, you may want to share it with your subscribers. It's a content site with tips on parenting, marriage, pregnancy, and so on. Tell them to post a blog and subscribe to the newsletter while they are there."
Probably a good bet for Grand Parents, too.
It is a slow loading site so be patient.
Luigino Cancian informed me ... "I would like to inform you and your Business Lyceum e-Letter readers about a unique all-in-one web site development/marketing system which Finders (and anyone) can use to build highly targeted top ranking web sites, without technical knowledge." For details, visit the following web site: http://findersfee.sitesell.com/targeted-traffic.html
Luigino Cancian informed me ...
"I would like to inform you and your Business Lyceum e-Letter readers about a unique all-in-one web site development/marketing system which Finders (and anyone) can use to build highly targeted top ranking web sites, without technical knowledge."
For details, visit the following web site:
Well ... that's it for this month. -- In order to make every issue responsive to YOUR needs, please send me your questions; or tell me what sources or resources you need to build your business; or give me any thoughts you want to share with your fellow members. Believe it or don't ... I ain t a mind-reader. -- If n you doesn't tell me what you need, I may never touch upon the information, sources or resources you need. This is your publication for you to use to your benefit ... I am just your moderator. Until next month, keep well ... J.F. (Jim) STRAW Grande Panjandrum
Well ... that's it for this month. -- In order to make every issue responsive to YOUR needs, please send me your questions; or tell me what sources or resources you need to build your business; or give me any thoughts you want to share with your fellow members.
Believe it or don't ... I ain t a mind-reader. -- If n you doesn't tell me what you need, I may never touch upon the information, sources or resources you need.
This is your publication for you to use to your benefit ... I am just your moderator.
Until next month, keep well ...
J.F. (Jim) STRAW Grande Panjandrum
Thought For The Month! DON'T vs WON'T We often excuse our performance with the words I don't. I don't have the time to. I don't know how to do that. I don't think I can. The truth is, with few exceptions, you can find the time for the important things. -- You can learn to do whatever you wish. -- You can do what you set your mind to do. Don't hide behind I don't. -- Instead, use I won't. I won't make time for. I won't learn how to do. I don't is most often just an excuse. -- I won't more accurately states what is really happening.
We often excuse our performance with the words I don't. I don't have the time to. I don't know how to do that. I don't think I can. The truth is, with few exceptions, you can find the time for the important things. -- You can learn to do whatever you wish. -- You can do what you set your mind to do. Don't hide behind I don't. -- Instead, use I won't. I won't make time for. I won't learn how to do. I don't is most often just an excuse. -- I won't more accurately states what is really happening.
I don't have the time to. I don't know how to do that. I don't think I can.
I won't make time for. I won't learn how to do.
Can you stump the old master? -- Betcha can't! Over the past 50 years (man and boy), I have made bundles of money in direct selling, service contracting, wholesale merchandising, entertainment (I was a professional Trumpet player, vocalist & Radio Announcer), freight forwarding, import/export, retail merchandising, warehousing, real estate, electronics manufacturing, finder's fees, closeout merchandising, financial brokerage, business consulting, steel fabrication, gold and coal mining, offshore banking, mailorder, writing, and publishing. -- That being the case ... No matter what business you're in ... whether you're just starting, well on your way, or at the top of the heap ... I've probably been where you are, done what you are doing. -- So ... Anytime you have a question about 'how' to do something in your business - or - if you have any comments about anything I've said in issues of this e-Letter; or if you want to add your 2 cents worth ... just "ask" me or "tell" me. Send your Questions, Comments or 2 Cents Worth to ... with "Question" - "Comment" - or, "2 Cents Worth" in the SUBJECT. If I, personally, don't have an answer to any question you may ask, I will contact some of the professionals in your field of endeavor (I will probably know one or more personally) to get the real 'skinny' for you. Note: If you want to ask a question anonymously just tell me so when you send in the question. -- Nobody but you and I will know who asked the question.
Over the past 50 years (man and boy), I have made bundles of money in direct selling, service contracting, wholesale merchandising, entertainment (I was a professional Trumpet player, vocalist & Radio Announcer), freight forwarding, import/export, retail merchandising, warehousing, real estate, electronics manufacturing, finder's fees, closeout merchandising, financial brokerage, business consulting, steel fabrication, gold and coal mining, offshore banking, mailorder, writing, and publishing. -- That being the case ...
No matter what business you're in ... whether you're just starting, well on your way, or at the top of the heap ... I've probably been where you are, done what you are doing. -- So ...
Anytime you have a question about 'how' to do something in your business - or - if you have any comments about anything I've said in issues of this e-Letter; or if you want to add your 2 cents worth ... just "ask" me or "tell" me.
If I, personally, don't have an answer to any question you may ask, I will contact some of the professionals in your field of endeavor (I will probably know one or more personally) to get the real 'skinny' for you.
Note: If you want to ask a question anonymously just tell me so when you send in the question. -- Nobody but you and I will know who asked the question.
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