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You know how to be happy, successful and in control of your own life?  By doing the opposite of what most everyone else is doing.  Hey!  This can be great fun, if you do it consistently.  Of course, it takes guts and thick skin because you will definitely stand out.  You will be exposed to lots of criticism as the cows try to pull you down with them.  Just remember that when the cows disapprove, you are on the right track.

First, let’s charge down success.  Success can mean a lot of different things to different people, so let’s start with “financial success”.  This means that you have to make money!

Now, don’t let the cows fool you.   They may say that they have no interest in making money, but that is a rationalization  to excuse their lack.  Money will not get you into heaven, but down here it is hard to go anywhere without it.

Cows will say that they do not want to make money their god.  The irony is that it is usually those with the least money who worship it the most.  They complain that if only they had enough money, they could rid themselves of all their problems.

If you think that money will solve your problems, you are going to be a frustrated millionaire.  Money will not wipe away all your problems.  You will just have different problems.  If you are overcome with your problems, you need to work on the spiritual side of your life.  See my post on getting a good Safari Guide.

The first step toward financial success is to take a look at what most people are doing, and then do the opposite.  Most people work at jobs their whole lives and never really get anywhere.  How many people do you know who became rich working at a job?  There is only one practical way, besides investments, to become wealthy and that is to have your own business.

Your chances of becoming rich at your job are extremely poor, I think you would agree.  I don’t suggest that you quit your job tomorrow, but I do recommend that you plan on quitting as soon as possible.  The longer that you work for someone else, the longer you put off your chances for financial success.

The work ethic has been replaced by the achievement ethic. Going to college to get a good job is quickly becoming obsolete.  Success today is not having spent forty years of your life with some big corporation and then retiring with a gold watch.  Success, today, is creating your own corporation, and then giving out the gold watches.

Plan on being in business for yourself as soon as you can.  It doesn’t matter what you do – JUST DO SOMETHING!!  Don’t wait until you get your MBA degree.  That will only slow you down.  If the professor knew anything about business, he wouldn’t be teaching it… he would be doing it.  Don’t wait until you have more time, more money, or more energy.  If you wait for any of that, you will be waiting forever!   Do it now or you are just fooling yourself that you will ever do it.

The Obama Regime continues to pockmark our great country with its socialist cancer.  It is up to us Rhinos to save free enterprise!  If Capitalism disappears, all us rhinos go with it.  Be prepared to fight for what you believe in, or else start learning how to chew cud.  Keep charging!!!    Scott Alexander

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