Archive for September, 2008

Come Up With a Business Idea

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Don't think about whether it's a good one right away, just let your mind play. Surely you've had moments when you said to yourself, "Why don't they have left-handed catcher's mitts, or rubber keys?" Brainstorming business ideas is fun to do with someone else. Talk about the idea as if ...

Ask Someone You Admire to Lunch

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Your reasons for admiring this individual can be trivial or serious. You may be the only person you know who admires him or her, and the source of your admiration may be obscure—even incomprehensible—to everyone else. That's not important. What matters is that you admire this person. When you're having lunch ...

Put Everything You Value Most

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Put everything you value most—the objects (regardless of their monetary value) whose loss would upset you—in one place. If there are large things as well as small ones, separate them according to size. Be ruthless in choosing what to include. It doesn't matter how often you use these things, or whether you ...

Follow a Common Stock

Friday, September 5th, 2008

If you have absolutely no knowledge of the way the stock market works, this is a great opportunity to find out. There are a multitude of books on the subject, and The Wall Street Journal Guide to Money and Markets is one readable publication that will explain the basics to ...