While millions of people are watching the news
and crying in their beer feeling sorry for
themselves, some smart young people are
making a whole bunch of money by selling
products on the internet.
I happen to know one pretty well, and he has
done some business with me. His name is Nate
Rifkin, and he dropped out of the University of
Massachusetts because he was bored, and
wanted to make some money so he could do t
he things he dreamed about.
When he informed all his friends about his
decision they were all negative. They called him
stupid, and ignorant, and those were the nice
things they said. But Nate persevered, and
spent money he didn't have on acquiring some
marketing expertise.
His family didn't support him either, and that
didn't discourage him in the least. He just kept
pushing forward.
He developed an improbable product, called
Lumberjack Yoga, which you can find at:
www.lumberjackyoga.com.
and he started selling it on the Internet with
a fine salesletter that he wrote himself.
In the beginning things were slow, but Nate
kept his eyes on the prize. Pretty soon things
started looking up, and these days Nate's
garage operation is doing somewhere north
of $30,000.00 a month in sales. Nate nets a
very nice percentage of that, and is now in the
top 1% of all wage earners in the U.S.. Not to
shabby for a self confessed lazy college dropout.
Nate has recently writen a book entitled.
"Go For Greed - How To Get Whatever The Hell
You Want Out Of Life - Even If You're Lazy, Miserable,
And People Don't Like You." You can get a copy for
yourself at: NateRifkin.com
Nate's next goal is $100,000,00 a month
online. When he hits it, and I have no doubt that
he will. he will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt
that all this emphasis on college is a crock.
Among my many successful friends, only one
finished college, and it took him close to 8 years
to get an undergraduate degree.
Again I repeat the advice in a story told by Dr. Al
Sears, "there are a thousand ways to make money,
and all of them involve selling."
Nate is a seller, and in the drivers seat because of it.
Someday he will have his own plane, several homes,
and a business that will need accountants and advisors
to keep track of it all.
Not bad for a college dropout.
From the big saddle,
Jim Whelan
Chairman of the Board
P.S. I wonder why they don't teach selling in college?
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