Sound Dumb
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I personally hate when I meet cats who don’t know how to use words properly. Most of the time I can see the big picture but truthfully it gives me the impression they are dumb. You know that old saying if you don’t have anything good to say don’t say anything at all? Well it applies to chips as it’s better to know the words that get the job done and be quiet after that. In fact if you have to speak just keep it plain as only a wannabe intelligent cat uses words that only they understand. Almost everything in this world can be explained with simple everyday words but since you want to seem like you know what you are talking about you end up sounding like a Con Man.
Read! The way you improve your vocabulary is to read. Most of your magazines and your books are written in perfect English. This means if you read enough you will start to copy the way they arrange their sentences and the way they define their thoughts. After you know how to use the words then true intelligence will come about in recognizing the right time and situation to go from using the big words to keeping it plain with your own folks. It’s another skill that is essential in business, not because you want to impress people, but because you want to be effective and not be so damn chatty. All money transactions are on a strict timetable. The faster you give the pitch, the less words you use in getting the point across, the less you waste someone’s time is extremely valuable.
Now I’m not telling you to read so you can sound like some dude with a stick up his ass. Neither am I am telling you that you want to sound smart because that doesn’t make sense either. (Either you are or you aren’t!) What I am saying is you need to be effective in getting to your money. You need to damn near remove yourself from all transactions so you not knowing how to say hippopotamus just slows down the transaction. I know a lot of you are averse to reading but no one is asking for you to read bullshit like To Kill a Mockingbird! You can read books like I do on how everyone made their empire. You can read marketing books in order to pick up game on how to sell to people. You can pick up psychiatry books to understand the true nature of people and what you have to satisfy. All of these readings will help your vocabulary and proper word choice.
To not correct this about yourself is a major major mistake. You can work on writing properly later as it’s not as important especially since most people have Microsoft Word and SpellCheck! The game is and always will be about presentation of yourself and/or your product. You sounding like a ignorant preteen only makes the cat with money hesitate to give you money. Don’t do it to fit in, do it to Win!
Extra: I know I don’t write in perfect English but I ain’t selling shit to you!
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Short and sweet is the best policy. I do and have worked in marketing and the best way to get someone’s attention is to keep a pitch short, sweet and straight to the point. Don’t try to sell anything. Just spark their interest enough to stop and listen to what you’re saying.
I think so many people think that making money is about looking and sounding fancy that they feel the need to speak the King’s English and over present themselves. The fact is, people have short attention spans and usually respond to buzz words. So, say what you need and nothing more.
And reading is definitely the way to expand your vocabulary and writing skills. I love to read. In fact, I’m working my way through your recommended list of books. I’m finishing up the notes portion of “Outliers”, which was a very interesting book.
By the way, what made you put “Outliers” on your list? It does not have a business focus like most of the others. After reading it, I think I have an idea but I would be curious to hear what caught your eye about it and how you think it can help us on the road to the chips.
My thing is speaking is a simple fix. Just read any books or magazines and the brainwashing will have a affect on your speech and a effect on your hustle. A lot of people don’t like to read books and I can understand as To Kill a Mockingbird is a waste of eye movements. But, we have to do everything we can to sharpen ourselves to make money the most efficient way we can. Writing I believe is secondary as most of us communicate informally and since we aren’t writing a paper most of us can see the big picture. I make typos all of the time as my brain is faster than I can possibly type so you’ll see gaps in my sentences. I don’t have time to edit for perfection as I want people to leap to the next word just like I do when I am writing it.
Outliers has a lot for a person to mull over when it comes to what you can take from a book. When a person analyzes the reason why things are he’ll find multiple reasons and come away thinking they aren’t worth that much praise. But, a couple of highlights for me was the 10,000 hour rule – that the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours. His thoughts on the American School system being backwards and also how one’s environment can even stop a genius. But, it’s a great book to read over and over again as if you are a thinking person it’ll make you start to investigate things yourself. So to wrap it up… it’s a book that makes you think sideways and I appreciate anyone who really researches alternate ways as I think I am similar in that nature.
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Some people that I used to hang out with are making 6 figures. some are making a few million a year. now they are about 10 years older some 15. So I see where I can be. I used to look for short cuts for start up money and done everything in between. nothing worked. Now im on my school hustle.
I plan on opening tax business, cpa business, day care centers, at risk facilities, laundry mats, cash checking places, and a realty company. Im also going to invest in stock. I will have my first degree in 2013 and my 2nd in 2014..
How long do you think it will take me to own all of these things once I gradaute from school. ( say that because I need access to the money first) I figure If they are making 6 figures to a few million a year I dont see why I cant make a few million a year myself.
Its crazy how the people i used to hang with making so much money and I got married..sigh wtf was I thinking. but again theya re much older than me so i guess. They was poor as me Its surprising what 5 years turned into.
If you have friends that make money if you do something similar to them or they school you to it then you should be able to make what they make in a short amount of time. They had to struggle to figure it out and you can get the knowledge and know that it works. Now that’s if they give you the real game or if they do what most cats do and say I just got my license and it blew up.
Whatever flips the biggest the fastest will get you there. But lets say you buy 10 houses and rent them out for 1k a month. You’ll probably average 90K a year. If you took that 90K and bought 5 houses you’ll have 15 houses making 150K a year. Take that 150K and buy 10 more houses and you’ll have 250K a year. IN four years of just managing your 25 houses you’ll have 1 million. That’s just on one angle. But let’s say you took the money from the houses and put it into a business that made 5k a month and still bought 5 houses. Now your money will flip even faster.
It really depends on yourself and how disciplined you are. Are you willing to sacrifice 3 to 4 years of your life so you can live the life forever? Most cats get the money and trick it off. Most cats get the money and think they have plenty of time. So who knows you as a individual will take. The game is simple but our lack of discipline fvcks it up. Who knows if you like to be at Magic City or groupie loving celebrities and tricking down Ocean Ave in Miami.
Again most cats are millionaires in their 40′s. Primarily because they are more focused on what the chips can really do and they are faraway from tricking. You can open up one business and be right on time and get that million done in a couple of months.
It can happen today, tomorrow or Never! It depends on what kind of cat you are and your willingness to sacrifice and flip your chips!
Freeman, can you suggest a good real estate book that you have read? I want to know the basics because I really interested in this angle especially how you just broke the game down to Anubis. I hear cats saying their buying houses with no money down, I read up on tax liens a little. I’ve heard a lot from people hear and there but something with the basics to start out would be great
Creating wealth is the only book I know that gives a blue print. You’ll have to take what he says and adapt it to your ground game as it’s a theory. Most of these tax lien crap angles might be real but I never seen a cat doing them. Most of the cats I know buy foreclosures or buy at auctions with cash and then fix them and rent them.
The basics of all things is save enough money to play the game. Go to homepath.com or homesteps.com and put in your zip code in your area. You’ll see some houses are going for 5K and since you know the areas surrounding your house you should be able to see what areas are worth the risk. All houses near elementary schools are good renters as most moms would love to walk their kids to school in the morning.
All those infomercials at night are trying to sell you a book. You might as well go work for a property managment company and get to know the people who own the places you guys will manage. They will explain game just by you being a young interested respectful cat.
Ok I got Creating Wealth on your suggestion, haven’t read it yet. I’ll start reading it now. Thanks for those links.