SEPTEMBER 2009
Greetings & Salutations:
This month, I will share with you ...
My Lifelong Success System
Over the past 50+ years, I have made fortune after fortune in
a diversity of businesses ... 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 & coal mining, offshore banking, mailorder,
writing, and publishing.
As I made those fortunes (while I was still doing it),
I wrote down what I was doing, why I had done it, and how
I had done it, for future generatins of aggressive entrepreneurs.
By reading what, why and how I had done it future generations
of enterpreneurs wouldn't have to learn by trial and error
as I had.
It thrilled me no end to learn that students of mine amassed
fortunes ... sometimes even greater than my own ... doing what
I had taught them. -- It saddened me, however, to learn that
other students of mine had not.
Why?
What was the difference between those of my students who achived
great successes and those who didn't? Both had the same
opportunity. Both had the same training. -- What
could they be doing differently?
I found the answer, written some 50 years ago, on a yellowing
piece of paper, in the top drawer of my desk. -- It admonished
...
"Let him who would be
great among you be servant to all."
Whenever I have taken on a product or
service to sell ... whether my own or someone else's ... my first
and only question was "Will this product or service be
of benefit to my customers?"
If the product or service didn't offer a true value
and benefit to my customers, I simply found another product
or service that would ... regardless of how much I could have
made selling it
Unfortunately, all too many beginning entrepreneurs ask only
"How much is the commission to me?"
You will find this attitude prevalent on the Internet where hopeful
affiliates concentrate on "how much" they can make
in commissions without considering the value and benefit to their
customers.
Before taking on any product or service to sell to your
customers, ask yourself "Will this product or service
be of benefit to my customers?" -- If not, find another
product or service that will serve your customers.
My lifelong success system has made me fortune after fortune
based on the simple admonition ...
"Let him who would be
great among you be servant to all."
Adopt the same principle and achieve the success that you have
been seeking.
Sunny Tung
wanted my opinion ...
"What is, in your opinion the best method of financing?
For example, if you have a business deal (eg. cost - $10,000)
which will give you a min 30%-40% returns. --
Do you approach the bank and borrow? Take out an ad in
the papers to find investors? Borrow from friends
and family members? Take out a cash advance from credit
cards? -- Just curious, I'm sure sometimes we may come
across some lucrative deals yet personal financing may not be
sufficient for the business deal."
Sunny ...
When possible, it is best to use your Credit Card.
Second option would be an ad in the papers to find investors.
It has been a long time coming, but as they say
... Good things come to those who wait.
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This is going to blow all your preconceptions of what you
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This course is seriously kick ass. You really don t want to
miss out!
It's a Conspiracy!
My ol'friend Jimmy Krug and I have conspired to bring you our
new online magazine ... "Online Mentor Magazine."
So what does that make us? It makes us the co-publishers
of Online Mentor Magazine.com.
Well, guess what, it is now ready for your consumption (don't
eat it, read it).
So go and enjoy your first issue at: http://www.OnlineMentorMagazine.com
If you haven't signed-up for a FREE subscription, yet, you missed
the link to a free video tutorial; "How to Create
An eBook Using Microsoft Word." -- BUT ...
You may go see it at: http://www.onlinementormagazine.com/video
The templates used in the video are yours for the asking.
Just send an email to the address given in the video and Jimmy
will be happy to send themto you. -- It won't cost you a nickel.
-- Just be sure to click on the "Free Subscription"
button at the top of the page and register so you won't
miss future tutorials.
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If a non-profit charitable organization will serve your needs,
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Don't know what an AdSwap is?
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Go get it ... AdSwap
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Okay, Gang ...
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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
Thoughts For The Month!
"An idealist believes
the short run doesn't count. -- A cynic believes the long
run doesn't matter. -- A realist believes that what is
done or left undone in the short run determines the long run."
-- Sydney J. Harris
"None of us has gotten where we are solely by pulling ourselves
up from our own bootstraps. We got here because somebody bent
down and helped us." -- Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme
Court Justice
"The secret of success is sincerity." --Jean Giraudoux
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.
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Copyright - 2009, J.F. (Jim) Straw. All rights reserved.