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Monthly Archives: February 2011
A Different Approach to the Import-Export Game
In my recent essays in ETR on starting your own import-export business, I’ve focused on the business-to-consumer track. You find suppliers and manufacturers, buy their products for pennies on the dollar, and resell them online to customers in the U.S.
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Today’s Words That Work: Dissolute
Dissolute ?(DIS-uh-loot) – from the Latin for “to dissolve” – means indifferent to convention or moral restraints; given to improper conduct. Example (as used by the Marquis de Sade): “Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell.”
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Today’s Words That Work: Omniscient
Omniscient (om-NISH-unt) – from the Latin for “all-knowing” – means having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding.
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The Language Perfectionist: The Whether Is Fine
In an eerie coincidence, two acquaintances almost simultaneously sent me e-mail messages that concerned the proper use of whether . One suggested that my use of whether should have been if .
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Getting Started As a “Connector”
Yesterday, I introduced you to Matthew Adams – and I told you about the very profitable form of networking he has mastered. I don’t mean handing out business cards at Chamber of Commerce mixers. I’m talking about actively building a group of contacts who can help you with your wealth-building goals… as you help them with theirs
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Today’s Words That Work: Foment
To foment (foh-MENT) – from the Latin – is to instigate or foster; to promote the growth or development of.
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The Business of Bringing People Together
Michael Masterson was shocked. He was at a meeting with some heavy hitters in South America – government officials and developers who were discussing a massive housing project
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Operation MoneySuck 2.0
Tuesday, 2:32pm Reno, NV “ And you may ask yourself, where does that highway go? ” (Talking Heads) Howdy. Quickie post today… … on a very important topic
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