This isn't an article on how to get rich. This is an article on how possibly you might not be poor. The rich invest. The poor and the middle-class try to get this thing called careers and earn paychecks. The rich make paychecks and move, create, or destroy careers. Do you want to be a paycheck signer or a paycheck earner? A career seeker or a career maker?<p>If all you can think about is saving money, then you'll never think about how to use money to lobby congress and entertain foreign officials.<p>If you want to save money, why not do as the rich? Hire a top-tier wealth manager, and put some of the best accounting firms on your retainer.
The one thing I have noticed over the year in reading and talking to very successful people is that the one factor they almost alway leave out is luck. The truth is, if they are really really honest, is that random chance played a huge role. They do not like to admit that to themselves because it is much more ego enriching to imagine that it was all due to how great they are, but really, if Bill Gates Mommy had not been on the board of directors of IBM... come on. Almost every example is like that.
Sorry to burst anyones bubble but life is largely a game of craps...
That is probably the worst advice ever. Wonder how this guy can sleep at night. Here's some good advice:<a href="http://appsumo.com/sivers/" rel="nofollow">http://appsumo.com/sivers/</a>
Too bad that site takes ages to load up an iPad specific theme which makes the site slower and harder to use. This is getting to be a real irritation when trying to read sites on an iPad.<p>I'm hoping Erica Sadun can be persuaded to extend her sites of shame to include this.