July 14, 2016

Utopia Corporation

If you are like most people in business, you strive to be the best. Heck, we all do, right? Problem is, so many businesses strive to be the best –...
July 12, 2016

Great Tips For Offering Credit To Your Customers

Let’s face it, we live in a credit society today. Everywhere we go we are paying with credit, getting offers for credit, and wishing we had more of it. But...
July 8, 2016

11 Leadership Styles To Avoid And How To Fix Them

Leadership is one of those things that every successful entrepreneur must have in order to succeed, but identifying what good leadership entails may not always be clear-cut for everyone. So...
July 7, 2016

Cut Down On The 5 Biggest Expenses In Your Business

Every business has expenses. And, as much as we don’t like them, they are part of the nature of what we do. But there are some things that businesses spend...
July 5, 2016

A Review of Skytop Lodge: The Collapse of an Icon

I realize that you may be reading this article because you are considering a stay at Skytop Lodge in Skytop, Pennsylvania. I provide a full review below. But if you...
July 1, 2016

The Lessons My Dog Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

I’m a bit of a business lit junkie: I love reading stories and advice from fellow authors and entrepreneurs. I dig tales of overcoming adversity, and I enjoy getting fresh...
June 30, 2016

Find Great Talent With These 10 Interview Questions

While folks seeking employment may spend hours prepping for their interviews, the failure to adequately prepare typically comes on the end of the person asking the questions.  Your staff can...
June 28, 2016

The Downward Spiral – Bigger Plates = Bigger Cabinets

I was having coffee with Brittany Lanzone, Founder of kitchen design company Rae Design, when she shared a fascinating fact with me. The kitchen cabinet standard recently increased from the...
June 24, 2016

How You Know If You Are Really Wowing Customers

e of my colleagues showed me an email that she sent to a new prospect with the intent of scheduling an appointment.  In fact, this prospect reached out to her...
June 23, 2016

The Dirty Truth About Success

I’m tired of people who say success isn’t about money. Success is absolutely about money. You do need to be rich to be successful. The truth may be dirty, it...

The Dirty Truth About Success

I’m tired of people who say success isn’t about money. Success is absolutely about money. You do need to be rich to be successful. The truth may be dirty, it may not be something you want to print on a coffee cup and give to your mom, but it’s still the truth. Money is an integral part of any success story, and anyone who tells you different is full of it.

Before you get your skivvies in a twist, know that I am not saying the person who has the most money wins. Success is not about counting your money, it’s about freedom, and people with more money enjoy a freedom only money can buy.

People who can do whatever they want, when they want, with whomever (or for whomever) they want are the ultimate success stories. And all of that becomes really easy with money. Money is not the point, but it is the means. So it’s got to be a goal, otherwise life is going to be hard. Or boring. Or both.

You may not want a jet set life, but whatever you do want, money will make it possible. Look at Mother Teresa. She was a huge success, helping tens of thousands of poverty-stricken people on the streets of Calcutta. But none of that would have been possible without money. Being a nun she didn’t have her own money and made a commitment to live without, but she got damn good at raising the money she needed to manifest her idea of success.

It’s time for you to get rich. Rich is good. You need to get rich, now. Before you start bitching and moaning at me – I know. I know the economy sucks. But, screw that! There is still an economy. There is still money exchanging hands. People are just buying in a whole new way now. There is still money to be made for sure, you just need to get the attitude that NOW is the time to get yours.

Don’t be afraid to set a goal to be rich and shout it from the rooftops. It doesn’t mean you’re callous or materialistic. And it doesn’t mean you’re missing the point, ignoring the journey, or focused on all of the wrong things. It means you’re smart, really smart. Because when you’re rich you can do whatever you want. And that is the definition of success.