Got your attention
?
If yes, good. My intention.
The way you win in everything, every game, is by knowing one thing: The Rules of that Game.
The only game though that has no rules and no real ending is: The World of Money.
In the World of Money you really make your own rules. There are set rules we are all expected to follow. Though the best way to survive the madness of those rules is by creating your own game rules and be the best you can be on playing by those rules.
Let us take the game of PR (public relations), for example, and how to influence people to think your are trustworthy and, well, someone to entrust your money to. Anyone who can guess how you can beat the game with an ACE? Want me to give an insight? Really?
Answer: You hire friends, family and/or unknown people and have them go around and spread "roses and bees" feelings about you and/or your company. They will do it artfully and they will be pretending to be customers and loyal ones too. They will surf around on the internet and post on blogs etc. They will write fine articles about you in the hottest magazines and they will brag about you on the buses and trains with their "closest friends" (obviously staged, but unbeknownst to the listeners).
Sound like a trickery and a deceit? Then I can only tell you this: This is how you win, this is a just another Big Game after all. And the best one on playing the game wins. It sucks if you are a sucker looser at it, but it sure is sweet if you are skilled at it. And it sure is fun.
Everybody here can be absolutly calm, I have not done anything of this on this forum. People have given my speed points and they have voluntarily and without compensation from me given me complimentary posts. Their choice and no manipulation from me. OK?
But you can actually see this PR "thing" work on this forum already, not by dishonest means, but it still works as I mentioned above. We believe those with high speed points more than those with low speed points. It works per automatic, the judgement process that is. We also trust those members on this forum who gets the most favourable words from the most members on this forum. The higher the speed point members you get to compliment you, the more they (the rest of the crowd) see you as a believable guy.
I just came to think about this and had to write this down for you to read.
What I want you to get out of this post/thread is this: There are laws you can beat in all games. The only area this do not really apply to is the Accumulation of Money and Wealth. In this area you are in essence the ultimate lawmaker. You decide the rules and when the game ends. The game ends at different levels for different people. Some see $100,000 in networth as the end stage. Others see $1Billion in networth as the end stage. Others see $10,000 in monthly passive income as the end stage. You decide the end stage and you decide the rules you will follow to take you there. No one else but you.
Just test yourself with a little challenge (I find this challenge very stimulating, because it is so creative in it's nature. I am a Creator profile after all):
You are going to accumulate $100,000 in cash in the bank in 2 months. How many ways can you come up with to accomplish this? Just think about it for a long time. Sleep on it even. It is not so much about the money, the sum is just the stage where you "win the game". It is the method you use to "win the game" that matters. Which method would be the absolute fastest and easiest way to accumulate that sum? It has to be the absolute fastest and easiest way to the goal.
Let me mention the game of golf. How many here play golf? I don't, but I will start as soon as I feel like it. But anyways, golf in it's simplicity is all about hitting a golf ball as few times as possible and have it go into a cup in the ground far, far away from the starting point. The less hits, the better the handicap. Then the question will be how can I either hit this ball really, really hard and with extreme precision and with a craziness no man has ever seen OR how can I win this game on pure technicalities? What I want to reach out with here is: find the technicalities, if you know certain game rules better than the opposition or if you can exploit one game rule to your advantage so as to shield you from your big handicap, then do it. Be smart. You are there on the field to win. That is why you play.
It would be very interesting to see how Tiger Woods play golf and what kind of technicalities he uses to increase the odds of winning. I can bet you all that Tiger Woods uses every technicality he can get his hands on. Every professional do that. Just pure common sense.
I read a book about commercial real estate where the writer (and also a full time commercial investor by the way) said this "The difference between the real estate deal that succeed and the one that fails can in many cases depend on how well you play the tax game". With tax incentives you can in many cases make a negative cashflowing RE deal, a positive cashflowing deal. That's power and "magic".
I am no detailed guy by any means, but I bask in finding creative ways to beat whatever game I am involved in. That is why I am an entrepreneur. But you could very well be a working guy/girl too and use this to your advantage. Take a defending lawyer (last example). He/she could use one little technicality in the theory of defending criminals (or non-criminals). That technicality, as always, is to create as much doubt about the defendent as possible regarding the defendents involvment in the crime at hand. The better they are at doing this little thing, the higher pay they will, sooner or later, fetch. Why higher pay? Well, more demand and little time supply and of course richer clients.
?If yes, good. My intention.
The way you win in everything, every game, is by knowing one thing: The Rules of that Game.
The only game though that has no rules and no real ending is: The World of Money.
In the World of Money you really make your own rules. There are set rules we are all expected to follow. Though the best way to survive the madness of those rules is by creating your own game rules and be the best you can be on playing by those rules.
Let us take the game of PR (public relations), for example, and how to influence people to think your are trustworthy and, well, someone to entrust your money to. Anyone who can guess how you can beat the game with an ACE
? Want me to give an insight? Really?Answer: You hire friends, family and/or unknown people and have them go around and spread "roses and bees" feelings about you and/or your company. They will do it artfully and they will be pretending to be customers and loyal ones too. They will surf around on the internet and post on blogs etc. They will write fine articles about you in the hottest magazines and they will brag about you on the buses and trains with their "closest friends" (obviously staged, but unbeknownst to the listeners).
Sound like a trickery and a deceit? Then I can only tell you this: This is how you win, this is a just another Big Game after all. And the best one on playing the game wins. It sucks if you are a sucker looser at it, but it sure is sweet if you are skilled at it. And it sure is fun
.Everybody here can be absolutly calm, I have not done anything of this on this forum. People have given my speed points and they have voluntarily and without compensation from me given me complimentary posts. Their choice and no manipulation from me. OK?
But you can actually see this PR "thing" work on this forum already, not by dishonest means, but it still works as I mentioned above. We believe those with high speed points more than those with low speed points. It works per automatic, the judgement process that is. We also trust those members on this forum who gets the most favourable words from the most members on this forum. The higher the speed point members you get to compliment you, the more they (the rest of the crowd) see you as a believable guy.
I just came to think about this and had to write this down for you to read
.What I want you to get out of this post/thread is this: There are laws you can beat in all games. The only area this do not really apply to is the Accumulation of Money and Wealth. In this area you are in essence the ultimate lawmaker. You decide the rules and when the game ends. The game ends at different levels for different people. Some see $100,000 in networth as the end stage. Others see $1Billion in networth as the end stage. Others see $10,000 in monthly passive income as the end stage. You decide the end stage and you decide the rules you will follow to take you there. No one else but you.
Just test yourself with a little challenge (I find this challenge very stimulating, because it is so creative in it's nature. I am a Creator profile after all
):You are going to accumulate $100,000 in cash in the bank in 2 months. How many ways can you come up with to accomplish this? Just think about it for a long time. Sleep on it even. It is not so much about the money, the sum is just the stage where you "win the game". It is the method you use to "win the game" that matters. Which method would be the absolute fastest and easiest way to accumulate that sum? It has to be the absolute fastest and easiest way to the goal.
Let me mention the game of golf. How many here play golf? I don't, but I will start as soon as I feel like it. But anyways, golf in it's simplicity is all about hitting a golf ball as few times as possible and have it go into a cup in the ground far, far away from the starting point. The less hits, the better the handicap. Then the question will be how can I either hit this ball really, really hard and with extreme precision and with a craziness no man has ever seen OR how can I win this game on pure technicalities
? What I want to reach out with here is: find the technicalities, if you know certain game rules better than the opposition or if you can exploit one game rule to your advantage so as to shield you from your big handicap, then do it. Be smart. You are there on the field to win. That is why you play. It would be very interesting to see how Tiger Woods play golf and what kind of technicalities he uses to increase the odds of winning
. I can bet you all that Tiger Woods uses every technicality he can get his hands on. Every professional do that. Just pure common sense. I read a book about commercial real estate where the writer (and also a full time commercial investor by the way) said this "The difference between the real estate deal that succeed and the one that fails can in many cases depend on how well you play the tax game". With tax incentives you can in many cases make a negative cashflowing RE deal, a positive cashflowing deal. That's power and "magic".
I am no detailed guy by any means, but I bask in finding creative ways to beat whatever game I am involved in. That is why I am an entrepreneur. But you could very well be a working guy/girl too and use this to your advantage. Take a defending lawyer (last example). He/she could use one little technicality in the theory of defending criminals (or non-criminals). That technicality, as always, is to create as much doubt about the defendent as possible regarding the defendents involvment in the crime at hand. The better they are at doing this little thing, the higher pay they will, sooner or later, fetch. Why higher pay? Well, more demand and little time supply and of course richer clients.
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