Quotes of the Day

You can do a flat 20% referral fee or a sliding scale. For instance, 10% if they just give you a name and telephone number but no real information or 20% if you get a name and number plus a whole background on these people. You could also do a sliding scale of 10% on the first two leads a month that someone is sending you, then jump it up to 20%, as an incentive. [2003] - Darryl Davis

Career wellbeing is one of the major differentiators that helps us live into our 90s. Men who lived to see 95 did not retire until they were 80 years old on average. [2010] - Tom Rath

In the coming years the value of seaside real estate is going to rise much faster than the comparable value of inland real estate. [2001] - Dolf de Roos

The key to most successful businesses is that they do their chosen activity better than their competition. A "competitive advantage" is a unique connection, resource, idea, timing, or other factor that means you can produce or deliver your product or service faster or cheaper or better or more profitably than the other guys. If you have an area of expertise, connections, or even just enthusiasm, it may yield a competitive advantage for you. [2006] - Scott Fox

By placing stops at least 1 standard deviation from the current price you are ensuring that you are not being stopped out by random noise. By placing stops at least 2 standard deviations away you can be sure any stop that is hit is real. [2003] - Marcel Link