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I hope you are having a good week.
We finally got whomped with snow around here on Valentine's day ...about 24 inches in my backyard.
I received a nice email this weekend from a subscriber who had invested in my 'How To Own Your Paycheck Again!' program recently. She recounted the positive changes in their lives. It was all very flattering but I deserve little credit...they took the action.
They mentioned a question they now ask when faced with a decision... 'what would Leo do?' Again, flattering and it made me chuckle because at the same time I was reading a book entitled, 'Why Not? How to use everyday ingenuity to solve problems big and small'
That book suggests asking the question 'What would Croesus do?' for coming up with creative ideas. Croesus was the supremely rich king of Lydia (modern day Turkey), reigning from 560 to 546 B.C.
How HE would solve problems, with his vast riches, is probably much different than you or I. That's not to say, however, that we could not benefit by imagining how he might solve our problem/challenge.
This also made me recall a book I'd read some time ago entitled '10 Days To A Great New Life'
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That book proposed the interesting question...
'Imagine that you're suddenly faced with the necessity of doing things on ten times the scale you're now operating.'
-Your group needs to raise $2,000 for new equipment. You'd probably come up with all the usual ideas...bake sales, charity auctions, magazine sales etc. etc. etc. What if your group had to come up with $20,000 instead? How would your thinking expand?
-You need to get 10 new customers this month. What if you had to get 100 new customers this month?
You get the idea. Personally, I LOVE stuff life this. I carry a small digital recorder around with me at all times for when I get ideas.
For 15 years I was a volunteer at a nearby conference on 'The Positive Power of Humor and Creativity'. I was able to see and meet some big names in, well, humor and creativity.... Jack Canfield, Art Buchwald, Steve Allen, Soupy Sales, The Smothers Brothers, David Hyde Pierce and Sid Cesaer to name a few.
Last year they changed the format to a cruise ship and my volunteer services were not needed. (darn it).
Luckily they moved back on land and the conference this year is in June. You can get all the details at: http://www.HumorProject.com/ Let me know if you'll be there.
I can't recall where I heard it but one of my favorite sayings is 'you don't have money problems, you have idea problems'.
And if you think about it, that saying is absolutely true. There are, no doubt, millions of stories of people in bad financial shape who had one idea... took action on that idea...and turned their lives around.
I only wish I'd pursued my ideas of placing advertising before movies in theaters or placing advertising above urinals or in public bathroom stalls. :>)
So get out there and start THINKING!
-10X your thinking -What would Croesus do? and even... -What would Leo do? :>)
I had an idea over the weekend to show people what their debt is REALLY costing them each month.
If you don't have my 'How To Own Your Paycheck Again!' and you don't have a plan to pay off your debts fast, then please check out the calculator I had made just for you at: http://www.LeoQuinn.com/howmuch
If I can answer any questions for you, please drop me an email at Leo AT LeoQuinn.com and if I don't know the answer I can point you in the right direction.
Sincerely,
Leo
518-857-6346
P.S. The first thing I ever bought online was a book by Jim Daniels on the topic of email. I think that was way back in 1998. Jim is still putting out great stuff and you can learn a lot just by watching him. He has a new report called 'The New Age Wo*rk at Home Plan: Internet-Based Financial Independence in 10 Simple Steps' You can read about it at http://www.webbusinesswizard.com/app/?af=392594 IMPORTANT: DO NOT PAY FOR IT. Click on the GOLD KEY toward the bottom of that page for immediate access.
Leo J Quinn Jr.
In November of 1996 I took a class on how to get out of debt fast. A light bulb went ON that night and I decided to teach a class just like that. In the seven years I have been teaching my class, I have identified 10 of the most common financial mistakes people make that mess up their lives. The effects of the class have been phenomenal--
read some of the stories from people who have attended. It's getting letters from those that have attended that make my classes the most rewarding. For private groups I call my class "How To Avoid The 10 Financial Mistakes People Make That Mess Up Their Lives". Please contact me at 518-857-6346 or via email at Leo@LeoQuinn.com to discuss the details and for my availability.
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