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Recent content by TheSmokey1

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    Quote of the Day - QOTD

    HOT! MINDSET 
    "Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."
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    I Built A Worldwide Business From Broke.

    GOLD! 
    Welcome to the forum, Carol. Your story is so inspiring, and just what we need here. I don't mean to derail your intro thread, but when I saw your words above I just wanted to say I am a bit jealous. I have only been to Australia once, and what a great and beautiful country. I can't wait to...
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    Selling my Ecommerce Business

    GOLD! 
    In hindsight, do you think it would have helped cut down on the training/transition if most of the stuff you did were documented better? As in, more of a handoff of "here is exactly how I run things, review it and I'll be available to fill in the gaps and provide explanation"? I was talking to...
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    Selling my Ecommerce Business

    GOLD! 
    That is awesome. Hope you take a minute and celebrate your success, and then keep going.
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    Selling my Ecommerce Business

    GOLD! 
    Excellent, I'm really happy for you. Thanks for taking the time to share the details with us.
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    Best Whiskey you've ever had

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I have not been much of a whiskey guy until I went to Ireland and Scotland. It is almost like you can't go there and NOT drink it. I got a really good bottle of Jamesons Reserve, and tried a bunch of different one from the highlands. It was a good learning experience for me, as they were all...
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    What are your shortcomings?

    My biggest shortcoming is that I don't know my own shortcomings. But in all seriousness, people are notoriously bad at knowing their own shortcomings. You can see examples of this everywhere.
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    Stop the ride...

    INTRO 
    I was going to write a longer response, but why bother? Seems like a waste of time when your attitude is: you just got here, don't like it, and probably won't be back. But, maybe this will resonate with someone else. A lot of your post seems to be about the analogy of 2 ladders, one being the...
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    Very tired. After succesful exit no more motivation.

    MINDSET FTE 
    One of my favorite books and quotes. Very appropriate here.
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    What's your focus? Making pennies? Or Millions?

    MINDSET 
    Thanks very much MJ
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    What's your focus? Making pennies? Or Millions?

    MINDSET 
    Hopefully this is the appropriate place to ask this. I admit that I am not the most financially literate when it comes to investing, and I didn't fully understand it in the books. If I can ask for advice by way of a simplistic example: If you had 5 million dollars, what would you do with it if...
  12. TheSmokey1

    Using LinkedIn for product/service promotion

    SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING 
    I don't have an answer for you, but have wondered the same thing.
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    Bonjour, from the French Alps

    INTRO 
    Beautiful.
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    How to draw dividends before year end?

    Like I said, at first I was only paying $300/year to my accountant. They helped answer questions to make sure I was doing things the right way. Even now, I only pay my accountant about $1500 a year, for advice and to do my taxes. EDIT - Just make some calls to accountants near you. Ask them...
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    Quote of the Day - QOTD

    HOT! MINDSET 
    "After years of trying to get rich with get-rich-quick schemes, I know I'm going to get rich with this scheme . . . and quick!" -- Homer Simpson
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