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If you’re into investing, you know how successful Warren Buffett is. The investing genius is now worth an estimated $65 billion, and his Berkshire Hathaway is an international conglomeration with investments in nearly any industry you can think of. A Buffett investment can send shocks running throughout the investing world, which can be demonstrated by Berkshire Hathaway’s surprising decision to invest in Apple Inc . How has Buffett come so far? Some of it is just a knack for business which he has shown since he was a young boy. But a huge part of Buffet’s success is his voracious appetite for books. When a student asked Buffett how he could prepare for an investing career, Buffet told him to read 500 pages every day. Some of it is the standard stock information, but much of Buffet’s reading has taken the form of financial and investing books. A total Buffet book list could last for pages, but here are five books which have played a key role in Buffet’s life and what an ordinary inv...

Building a Pipeline to Wealth (The Four CASHFLOW Quadrants) By Robert Kiyosaki Each of us resides in at least one of the four quadrants of the CASH FLOW Quadrant. Where we are is determined by where our main source of income comes from. Many of us rely on pay checks and are therefore employees, while others are self employed. Employees and self-employed individuals reside on the left side of the  CASHFLOW Quadrant. The right side of the CASH FLOW Quadrant is for individuals who receive their cash from businesses or investments they own. My Rich Dad told me a simple story when I was 12 years old that has guided me to great wealth and financial freedom. It was Rich Dad’s way of explaining the difference between the left side of the CASH FLOW Quadrant, the ‘E’ and ‘S’ quadrants, from the right side of the ‘B’ and ‘I’ quadrants. It goes: "Once upon a time there was this quaint little village. It was a great place to live except for one problem. The village had no water unless it rain...

Bad Entities 􀁺 Sole proprietorships 􀁺 General partnerships Case No. 1—Johnny Johnny was a plumber. He had been at it for five years and was starting to succeed. His customers were satisfied with his work and the word of mouth for Johnny’s Ace Plumbing was good. While Johnny was a good plumber, he felt intimidated by legal matters. Lawyers and accountants were supposed to be smart, so the work they did must be difficult. When Johnny was a young boy his father had been unfairly treated by a lawyer. He remembered it to this day, and wanted nothing to do with them. So instead of consulting with a professional on how best to conduct his business, Johnny let his part-time bookkeeper select an entity off the menu. The results were disastrous. Johnny’s part-time bookkeeper knew only that forming a corporation required filing special documents with the state but did not know how to file them. He knew that a corporation needed to file a separate tax return but was not sure of the ins and out...

1. Ask one question at a time. Inexperienced questioners often fall into the trap of asking a flurry of questions all at once. Usually this happens because the questioner hasn’t thought through the question they want to ask. Listen in. “Sarah, I was wondering what issues customers have been raising lately? I mean, why is a call is escalated to you? Is that new policy we instituted last week really having a negative effect?” Poor Sarah. Which question is she supposed to answer? Bombardment happens because the questioner opened their mouth before they engaged their brain. A moment’s reflection would have helped Sarah’s leader realize that what they really wanted to know was the effect of the new policy. “Sarah, what customer reactions have you seen regarding the new policy we instituted last week?” This is a straightforward, unbiased question that Sarah could feel comfortable answering. 2. Pause at the end of a question. Make it long enough for the answerer to think, formulate, and deli...

Fundamental Techniques in Handling People   1. Don't criticize, condemn or complain. 2. Give honest and sincere appreciation. 3. Arouse in the other person an eager want. Six ways to make people like you 1. Become genuinely interested in other people. 2. Smile. 3. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. 4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. 5. Talk in terms of the other person's interests. 6. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely. Win people to your way of thinking 1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. 2. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." 3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. 4. Begin in a friendly way. 5. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately. 6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. 7. Let the other person feel that the id...

If you are like most people, you are often confronted with fears that hold you back - consciously or subconsciously. Although you weren’t born with them, you are under the strong influence of the environment that implanted them. You might even be tempted to think that worry and fear is the primary base from which your actions stem. Salespeople know of this powerful influence. People buy truckloads of insurance in preparation for some disaster that “might” happen. “It is better to be safe than sorry.” Do you have an extra set of keys (or two) for your house or car? Do you buy food, drinks or even pills that will help you improve your complexion or lose unwanted weight? Whether it is a fear of losing something good, or getting something bad, fear is a driving force that is always there ... New situations in life force you to confront a new set of fears. You may even comfort yourself by saying it isn’t so bad. Have you ever made a doctor’s appointment, a dentist appointment or a hairstyli...

“I’m Thinking...But I’m Not Growing Rich!” by Bob Doyle So you’ve read “Think and Grow Rich”, and you’ve got an intellectual understanding that you “become what you think about”. You have a list of affirmations about wealth, and you recite them every day. But you still have no money. Wealth doesn’t seem to be anywhere around. What’s the deal here? According to Napoleon Hill, you ought to be filthy stinkin’ rich, right? Well, here’s the real deal: If you’re not “Wealth Conscious”, than all this thinking, and all this affirming isn’t going to bring you wealth. Thinking, and affirming are simply actions you’re taking. But they are just PART of the sequence of creating wealth. If you skip the FIRST step, you simply can’t get anywhere. So what’s the first step? Being. To attract wealth, you first have to BE wealthy. THEN, you think wealthy thoughts, speak wealthy affirmations, and take wealthy action. “But how can I BE wealthy if I’m NOT wealthy?” you ask. Logical question, but it’s based o...

The 8 Myths About Creating Wealth by Nikola Grubi  You have probably read or heard about various myths surrounding wealth and wealthy people, all of which hinder your quest for financial independence. Here are the most common and most destructive: Myth No. 1: How much you earn depends on how hard you work   If this were true, then the physical, blue-collar workers, who have been working hard for years, would have been the wealthiest people on earth. Of course, this isn’t true. They form most of the workforce and the vast majority of the middle-class. If you witnessed your parents coming home tired from a long day’s work in your youth, you probably learned that money wasn’t a sufficient reward for all that effort. People who work “just” for the money often have debts because they comfort themselves with whatever they can buy, beautiful things they lack when working. Myth No. 2: Being paid for something you enjoy isn’t work and you shouldn’t ask for money for doing something...

1 Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. The more restricted and narrow your own propositions remain, the easier they are to defend. 2 Use different meanings of your opponent's words to refute his argument. Example: Person A says, "You do not understand the mysteries of Kant's philosophy." Person B replies, "Of, if it's mysteries you're talking about, I'll have nothing to do with them." 3 Ignore your opponent's proposition, which was intended to refer to some particular thing. Rather, understand it in some quite different sense, and then refute it. Attack something different than what was asserted. 4 Hide your conclusion from your opponent until the end. Mingle your premises here and there in your talk. Get your opponent to agree to them in no definite order. By this circuitous route you conceal you...

24 QUOTES FROM THE BOOK OF 101 MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES COMPILED BY STEVEN GRABEK.   The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going Napoleon Hill Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself James Allen The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it Michelangelo Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose John Kehoe Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you. Jim Rohn I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk. Anthony Robbins The secret of getting ahead is getting started Mark Twain For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Wh...

The Edgewater Beach Hotel In 1923, at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, eight of the world's wealthiest financiers met. These eight men controlled more money than the United States' government at that time. They included: The president of the largest independent steel company; The president of the largest gas company; The greatest wheat speculator; The president of the New York Stock Exchange; A member of the President's cabinet; The greatest "bear" on Wall Street; The head of the world's greatest monopoly; The president of the Bank of International Settlement. Certainly, one would have to admit, that a group of the world's most successful men was gathered in that place; at least, men who had found the secret of "earning money." Now let's see where these men were twenty-five years later: The president of the largest independent steel company, Charles Schwab, lived on borrowed money for five years before he died bankrupt. The president of ...

 From the book 100 QUOTES FROM 'THE SECRET'   1. We all work with one infinite power 2. The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA) 3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting 4. We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think 5. Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy 6. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same 7. Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation 8. You attract your dominant thoughts 9. Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it..etc.. 10. It's not "wishful" thinking. 11. You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it 12. Choose your thoughts carefully .. you are a masterpiece of your life 13. It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into reality immediately (if we saw a picture of an elephant and it instantly a...

1. "If offered to you, how long do you plan to stay in this role?" Sample Answer(s) I approach every new job with a long-term view. I would like to think that I can make a positive contribution to XYZ Corp for the foreseeable future. Advice from the recruitment consultant Recruiting, hiring and training a new employee is an expensive process and represents a major investment by an employer. The interviewer wants to ensure that your goals are compatible with the firm's investment. 2. "What kind of salary are you seeking?" Sample Answer(s) Answer1: I would expect a salary which reflects the experience and qualifications that I bring to the role. What range do you have in mind? Answer 2: I've got a strong background in this industry and my skills are a perfect match for this role. I would expect my compensation to be at the upper end of the position's salary band. Can you tell me what that salary band is? Answer 3: Based on the information I have about the ...

365 DAILY SUCCESS QUOTES  Compiled by Steve Strahl July 7/1 "Success equals goals... all else is commentary." - Brian Tracy 7/2 "If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe." - John Maxwell 7/3 "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby 7/4 "The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work." - Arthur Brisbane 7/5 "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." - David Bly 7/6 "As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big." - Donald Trump 7/7 "Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier 7/8 "No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind." - Napoleon Hill 7/9 "Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan...