How to Get Rich

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One thing I do to compensate for the style of ownership is to look hard for signs of excellent work. When I spot it, I drop a handwritten note to whoever is responsible. So how do you judge your own aptitudes? Trial and error is the only way I ever heard of. The problem is that we create an image of ourselves in our childhood and youth (often at the urging of parents, siblings or friends), and subsequently attempt to graft reality onto this image. More often than not, the graft doesn't take and the result is bewilderment and disappointment. Far better ruthlessly analyze

Explore the best books for expanding your mind, the best self-help books, the best philosophy books for beginners, books for people who don't enjoy reading, and more great books. Management efficiency really does count, of course. Loyalty counts. Fairness counts. A steady disposition counts. A sense of appropriate compromise counts. An organization will fail without managers who apply such virtues consistently. If you own a company and that company's purpose is to make you wealthy, you will be content, delighted even, for any amount of glory to go to anyone who works there, providing you get the money. In terms of actionable advice on wealth creation, these are right up there with Naval Ravikant’s must-read How To Get Rich tweetstorm, along with his accompanying podcast episodes. Felix was a publishing tycoon and the creator of Maxim magazine, so he knows a thing or two about wealth. If someone came to you with an idea. How far has she gone towards executing this idea? She should not have come to you without protecting that idea very very carefully indeed. However, if she brought out a sample which does not work well, but worked to some degree, the case is altered. She has executed her idea, however badly. If you wish to invest in the idea, you would almost certainly have to come to a legal agreement with the inventor.

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More usefully still, it will make it crystal clear, if you don't have a certain drive and ability to handle fear, that you really should not bother. You should stop dreaming uselessly of what could be or might have been and just get on with your life as either a functionary in the system or as a creative in some field of endeavour in which you have certain talent. Or be poor but honest. The partnership held, and has always reflected two principles as far as sharing the pie : (1) who is putting what capital into a venture? (2) who is putting what work on that venture? You must cut yourself loose from naysayers and negative influences. They drain confidence and optimism from you. Often including your parents, lover, husband, or wife, and friends. They fear you're placing yourself in harm's way - and to them that's not a good thing. They fear that if you should succeed, you will expose their own timidity to the light of day. Talent is indispensable, although it is always replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent : identify it, hire it, nurture it, reward it, protect it. And, when the time comes, fire it. While you can get rich by trying to take a slice of an already-baked pie, the best opportunities often come in new and hot fields. There are three reasons for this:

As soon as you’ve spent, gifted, loaned, or invested money, forget it. Don’t fret about past investments or expenditures. That’s wasting time and energy. If you do not launch the weekly edition, even though you know it's a good idea, then your rivals will do it for you. Most of all, because I learned to delegate a long time ago, and to accept that you must allow young managers the opportunity to make mistakes without crushing or blaming them when thing go wrong, (you can always fire them if they make the same error over & over). Watch out for blowhards. There are a lot of them out there and they are very negative influences. They can stop you from getting started, from getting going, from taking a massive running leap into the dark. Always remember that they want you to fail, just as they did. Ignore them.Don’t assume that money can lure everyone into doing what you need. Many people, including very talented ones, want the chance to prove their skills and grow more than a few extra dollars every month. Money may be one motivating factor, but it’s a mistake to assume it’s everything. Stubbornness is not persistence