Careful with Money and Time
I once knew a man who was so careful with money when he talked on the telephone he would turn the lights out to save electricity. He reasoned that while …
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Fast, Cheap and Quality
Fast, cheap, and quality. Those are the three things we look for when we need a new product or service. The problem is we can’t get all three. We may …
Read More Hours of Work for a New Car
Fire investigators on the Hawaiian island of Maui determined the cause of a recent blaze that destroyed a $127,000 home. It was a short in the home’s newly installed fire …
Read More Landlord Learns to Delegate
A landlord owned several rental properties which he always managed himself. He mowed the yards, picked up trash and did all the maintenance he could himself to save money. After …
Read More Doubling to $1,000,000
Would you like to have a million dollars? The formula is simple enough. Just take one dollar and double it twenty times and you will have $1,000,000. Let’s suppose you …
Read More MasterCard Hall of Fame
Maybe you heard of the man who complained that his wife charged so much on her credit card she was nominated for the MasterCard hall of fame. Many people, myself …
Read More Bartering- $2,000 Dog
A salesman passed a boy on the sidewalk who was trying to sell his puppy. A sign around the dog’s neck read “For Sale $2,000.” Realizing he had overpriced the …
Read More Automatic Funds Transfer
A sign at a car dealership read, “The fastest way to get back on your feet, is to miss a payment.” If that’s not the way you want to get …
Read More Alaskan Gold Miners
Several years ago in the remote Alaskan interior a discovery was made of the skeletons of two men in an old miner’s hut filled with gold. On a table was …
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