There are a plethora of books on the market advising how to assembly a power wardrobe to convey the image of success, stability, conservatism and reliability in the business world. The mantra for men is to invest in a black, navy blue suit, white shirt, conservative tie, black laced up shoes, minimal jewelry and be cleaned shaven. This applies to women also in a modified presentation, black, navy blue suit, conservative blouse, natural color stockings, conservative hair style, minimal jewelry and minimal elevated heels on black shoes. However, for the successful or aspiring private investigator entrepreneur this will not assist you to stand out from the crowd of other practitioners. Private Investigators historically have always been independent, confidence, self reliant and unconventional individuals equipped with a unique ability to combine creativity and logic to orchestrate their craft and deliver results for their clients. Their ingenuity is legendary as the protagonist and the stuff that film noir are made.
Unquestionably, the professionalism exuded by exemplary handling of your clients cases, stature in the investigative, local, regional and national community are essential components to transcend the normal standards to be exceptional. However, a business owner is an intricate component of his enterprise which determines the personality, identity and position of his investigative firm on the business landscape. It is commonly known that many fledging enterprises under the auspice of its founder do not flourish after their tenor and occasionally it can be attributed to the entrepreneurial attributes possessed inclusive of charisma. Intangible personality components manifested through ones mode of dress, speech, body language, confidence, vision, business ethics; essentially ones thoughts about himself and his business enterprise. It is extremely necessary to administer and integrate your personality, distinctive style and individuality in your business attire while operating within the investigative business paradigm. This does not require complete deviation of conventional business dress, but accentuating stylistic preferences, accessories, clothing combinations, etc. If a more individualistic presentation is desired the investigative practitioner can integrate multi cultural and decadent pieces of body adornment to work within the paradigm but manifest a strong personal statement of individuality.
The true entrepreneur is an individualist, deciding to abandon the convention of a stable job, company benefits and attractive perks to pursue his dream. The dream only he sees vividly and unobtrusively in the realm of his mind, it is more real to him than what is called reality for it transcends it and has the power to subdue it. He has no desire to establish an enterprise which will be controlled by stockholders and a board of directors, venture capitalists and their equity shares or partners and their ownership interest. In the quest to establish his business he might utilizing these relationships to advance his venture, however they represent means to an end and will be conscientiously eliminated as soon as possible to keep the entrepreneur free. Money is never the ultimate end, but seen as a tool, spiritual in nature which allows him to express his ideal on all levels of his being manifesting his ultimate freedom. He is free to build a business as individual as himself, free to define his niche, his market, his product, his service and his life. In pursuing his quest if he makes a lot of money, great, it’s a buy product of living your truth and following the light within. But, ultimately money is not the primary objective any way for true entrepreneurs, it is freedom and self expression.
Pierre A. McLean is the owner of Peace of Mind Private Investigators, located in Linden, New Jersey, an investigative firm which specializes in surveillance and provides services for Insurance Companies, Corporations, Attorneys, private individuals and strives to combine the art and science of surveillance. He is a former New Jersey law enforcement officer of eleven years and licensed private investigator for six years. His agency has specialized in surveillance since being established and he holds the designations of Certified Surveillance Investigator (CSI) and Certified Insurance Claims Investigator (CICI) issued by the National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS). He can be contacted at Peace of Mind Private Investigators, P O Box 2056. Linden, NJ 07036, Tel ((908)587-9118, Tel (609)971-0356, Tel (888)587-9118, Fax (609)971-3999, email: macself@aol.com, website: http://www.peaceofmind-pi.net
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Quick And Easy Ways To Make Lots Of Money
Flies to the honey-pot, that’s what we are. Can you resist those calls to easy riches? I can’t. I’ve been a student of them for 45 years. Along the way I subscribed to numerous business opportunity newsletters and gave half a dozen MLM businesses a try. But after all that time and effort, If the evidence is anything to go by, there is no such thing as QER – quick easy riches.
Actually, that reminds me of a rather neat phrase you can use in the world of sales. The prospect says, ‘I like it but you have to drop your price’ and the salesman can reply, ‘That’s possible. You we can give you high quality, rapid delivery and a low price – just choose any two’.
There is a famous old quote, which says, ‘There is a natural law of business balance prohibiting good quality being available at a cheap price. It can’t be done. To reduce the price, you have to do something cheaper or leave something out. You can’t have quality and low price’.
Let’s see if the idea of ‘pick any two’ applies to QER.
Quick – how can you make money fast, sawn-off shotgun + post office, drug smuggling, hostage-taking + ransom. Evidently you can get your hands on money fast in illegitimate ways, but since jail is the most likely outcome, this option isn’t realistic.
Easy – the lottery is easy, but the odds are so long that in practice, buying a ticket is 99.9% as bad as simply throwing your money away.
Some people inherit. That’s easy enough, if you happen to be named in a will. But how can you achieve that, it’s not within your control, it’s a matter of chance.
Unless I have a blind spot, there isn’t any way to achieve QER. So why are there so many sales pitches saying that it’s only a credit card spend away?
It’s because there are millions, probably billions of hopeful, naive, gullible people who long to believe that QER can be theirs if they can just find the magic to make it happen. But do they succeed? I never have in nearly half a century, Don’t get me wrong, I have made money, sometimes large amounts, but never quick and easy.
On many occasions I’ve been paid $3,000 a day to talk. That’s relatively quick. Was it easy? Definitely not. It took a lifetime of experience to acquire the necessary knowledge and the extra ingredient of being able to present that information to a demanding audience.
Another ‘Quick one’; I sold a database of business organisations. It contained 300,000 records. Rather amazingly, they all fitted on to one CD. My buyer paid $18,000 for it. Despite the fact that handing over the CD and depositing the money to my account only took minutes, in reality, that was neither quick nor easy. To build the database had taken 5 years of painstaking additions and amendments.
The learning point: don’t believe any claims that you can have easy riches by buying something. Doing is what it takes to make money, not buying.
Here are some real ways to make your fortune.
Hustle in the world of real estate. Property is expensive, sales commissions are large. Sell some expensive houses and you’ll have a lot of money. Free Sales-Training Master Class
Buy dilapidated properties, fix them up, rent them to more than cover the financing, then repeat. When the next real-estate boom comes along, sell them.
Start a business which can be replicated throughout a large territory – look at Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Body Shop, Car Hire outlets as examples. Once the company is established, go public or sell it.
Do something very unusual, which is in strong demand. Those two properties naturally conflict, so it will take some searching to find an activity which fits, but the famous Red Adair, who put out oil well fires had just such a one. The entertainment industry is a place where this can be found too. David Blaine, David Copperfield, top sports people and TV celebrities etc are in this category.
Less dramatic, but easier to identify, any occupation where the problems facing the customers are very nasty, scary or expensive. That’s how lawyers and medical practitioners can afford to drive Mercedes cars.
Those are real world ways to make a lot of money. You could do something like that, you could be rich, but it will take hard work and time. That’s reality, don’t waste your money and become frustrated and cynical trying to find the illusory short cut, it doesn’t exist. Forget QER – it ain’t going to happen.
Life is short, do something that you enjoy, if it happens to make you rich, that’s a bonus.
More articles by this author
Selling for Engineers manual and Seminar
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Seviour
Actually, that reminds me of a rather neat phrase you can use in the world of sales. The prospect says, ‘I like it but you have to drop your price’ and the salesman can reply, ‘That’s possible. You we can give you high quality, rapid delivery and a low price – just choose any two’.
There is a famous old quote, which says, ‘There is a natural law of business balance prohibiting good quality being available at a cheap price. It can’t be done. To reduce the price, you have to do something cheaper or leave something out. You can’t have quality and low price’.
Let’s see if the idea of ‘pick any two’ applies to QER.
Quick – how can you make money fast, sawn-off shotgun + post office, drug smuggling, hostage-taking + ransom. Evidently you can get your hands on money fast in illegitimate ways, but since jail is the most likely outcome, this option isn’t realistic.
Easy – the lottery is easy, but the odds are so long that in practice, buying a ticket is 99.9% as bad as simply throwing your money away.
Some people inherit. That’s easy enough, if you happen to be named in a will. But how can you achieve that, it’s not within your control, it’s a matter of chance.
Unless I have a blind spot, there isn’t any way to achieve QER. So why are there so many sales pitches saying that it’s only a credit card spend away?
It’s because there are millions, probably billions of hopeful, naive, gullible people who long to believe that QER can be theirs if they can just find the magic to make it happen. But do they succeed? I never have in nearly half a century, Don’t get me wrong, I have made money, sometimes large amounts, but never quick and easy.
On many occasions I’ve been paid $3,000 a day to talk. That’s relatively quick. Was it easy? Definitely not. It took a lifetime of experience to acquire the necessary knowledge and the extra ingredient of being able to present that information to a demanding audience.
Another ‘Quick one’; I sold a database of business organisations. It contained 300,000 records. Rather amazingly, they all fitted on to one CD. My buyer paid $18,000 for it. Despite the fact that handing over the CD and depositing the money to my account only took minutes, in reality, that was neither quick nor easy. To build the database had taken 5 years of painstaking additions and amendments.
The learning point: don’t believe any claims that you can have easy riches by buying something. Doing is what it takes to make money, not buying.
Here are some real ways to make your fortune.
Hustle in the world of real estate. Property is expensive, sales commissions are large. Sell some expensive houses and you’ll have a lot of money. Free Sales-Training Master Class
Buy dilapidated properties, fix them up, rent them to more than cover the financing, then repeat. When the next real-estate boom comes along, sell them.
Start a business which can be replicated throughout a large territory – look at Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Body Shop, Car Hire outlets as examples. Once the company is established, go public or sell it.
Do something very unusual, which is in strong demand. Those two properties naturally conflict, so it will take some searching to find an activity which fits, but the famous Red Adair, who put out oil well fires had just such a one. The entertainment industry is a place where this can be found too. David Blaine, David Copperfield, top sports people and TV celebrities etc are in this category.
Less dramatic, but easier to identify, any occupation where the problems facing the customers are very nasty, scary or expensive. That’s how lawyers and medical practitioners can afford to drive Mercedes cars.
Those are real world ways to make a lot of money. You could do something like that, you could be rich, but it will take hard work and time. That’s reality, don’t waste your money and become frustrated and cynical trying to find the illusory short cut, it doesn’t exist. Forget QER – it ain’t going to happen.
Life is short, do something that you enjoy, if it happens to make you rich, that’s a bonus.
More articles by this author
Selling for Engineers manual and Seminar
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Robert_Seviour
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