Need an Extra $15,000?

Need an extra $15,000?  I have a proposition for you.  Recently I purchased 5000 copies of the Spanish edition of 48 Days to the Work You Love from my publisher.  While sales of 48 Days to the Work You Love continue to rock I didn’t really have any plan for these Spanish versions and as of right now they are just sitting in our warehouse.  So before I initiate my own plan to sell these out I’m offering you an opportunity to exercise your creativity and innovation.  Many of you are looking for new opportunities.  New opportunities come easiest with new ways of thinking, so here’s your chance. 

This book retails for $9.95.  I’ll give you anything over $3.00 each. So if you discount them 40% and sell them for $6.00 each you’ll get 5000 x $3.00 or $15,000.  Sell them for $7.00 each and you’ll get $20,000.  Get a deal for $3.50 and you’ll get $2500.  You determine where you’ll end up. 

You could:

• Have one included in each freshman welcome packet at the University of Mexico this fall.
• Include a book in McDonald’s Happy Meal.
• Have Bank of America give a book as a bonus with any new account opened in San Antonio.
• Recycle the paper and print your own book.
•  ??????

What I want is an imaginative but doable plan to sell all 5000 copies.  I don’t want a plan to sell 50 or 100.  I reserve the right to accept or reject any plan presented – but trust me, I’m open to something really radical.  You’ve got until the end of July.  You don’t need any investment, any credit approval process – only your unique plan.  And I do mean a plan – I don’t want just an idea that I have to implement.  You make the arrangements – close the deal!

This could be your ticket for several months’ mortgage payments or your nest egg for your own business start-up.  The clock is ticking.  Be the first with a real plan and we’ll let everyone know how brilliant you are.   Just post your plan here – you’ll obviously be credited with the idea if you’re first in line.

Recession-proof Bank Deposits – Guaranteed

We all watched the news in amazement on January 15^th when Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger skillfully splashed US Airways Flight 1549 down in the Hudson River right there in New York City.  All 155 passengers and crew members survived in the process.  Captain “Sully” had a simple, yet compelling explanation in his interview with CBS news anchor Katie Couric:  “One way of looking at this might be that, for 42 years, I’ve been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience: education and training. And on January 15^th the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal.”

I’m always shocked when I talk to someone who is losing their job and then realize that they’ve gotten no new knowledge or training since getting that position 20 years ago.  How could that possibly happen?  In working with a laid off $230,000 accounting professional recently he said, “Dan, for 26 years I’ve had my head down and pencil up.” 

Inflation and declining stock values have eaten up a whole lot of people’s financial investments already this year.  But here’s a no-lose proposition for you.  Deposits made in your own personal development can never be eroded or taken away.  If you read a book, attend a seminar or participate in a network discussion, that information and knowledge can never be downsized, outsourced, fired or uninstalled.  It’s yours forever and can quickly give you a reservoir that will make you a top contender for a job or put you in a position to launch your own business.  When your opportunity shows up you’ll be able to make your own large withdrawal and easily outshine the competition.

So here’s a question:  What if over the last ten years you had invested just $1500 a year in buying great books, going to two seminars a year, starting your own mastermind group, and spending 20 minutes a day on idea sharing sites like 48Days.net?  How would your life be different today?  How many new options do you think would be available to you?

So here’s an idea – if you have $250 this month I’d suggest you go to a seminar or buy some books rather than investing in that GM stock you’re broker’s been suggesting. 

You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read. – Charles “Tremendous” Jones