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Learn To Dream

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”  This oft-cited but not-quite-accurate quote is from Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s tale, Alice in Wonderland. In Carroll’s altered reality, the conversation between the disoriented Alice and the mysterious Cheshire Cat actually went like this: “Would you tell me, please, which way I…

Business

How Discounting Can Harm A Business

Some salespeople have a tendency to think that giving a discount is the easiest, quickest way to make a sale. Of course, they may be right, but what about the profit they’re giving away? If a product has a profit margin of 30% and salespeople give a 10% discount to make the sale, a company…

Business

Solving Unemployment by Climbing a Ladder?

Entrepreneurship, and owning your own business, is an exciting concept – some people dabble in it, some master it, and some avoid it like the plague. Not only is owning your own business the fastest route to building real wealth, but the added benefit is also that you can help so many more people feed…