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61 " Self-imposed misery is a kind of madness. The cure is to get "
― Felix Dennis , How to Get Rich
62 " There were some smart young boys and girls there, and they grew used to my peripatetic absences. In the interim, they would ‘delegate’ the work to themselves and often keep those responsibilities when I returned. Yes, I think that was how it happened. It "
63 " Even young children know what you get when you pay peanuts. Monkeys! "
64 " Absentee landlords never prosper. I am not absent. But I am not exactly toiling with the troops side by side, every minute of every day. "
65 " If you want to get rich, then learn to delegate. Don’t learn to pretend to delegate. Delegation is not only a powerful tool, it is the only way to maximise and truly incentivise your most precious asset – the people who work for you. Real delegation can help make you rich. But only if you work at it. "
66 " Few things in life are certain except death and being taxed. "
67 " Being rich is fine, and at the very least is better than being poor. But it shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all of your life, or anyone’s life. "
68 " the ability to sell, which is usually nothing more than a talent for hype and keeping a straight face as you demand a fifty times markup from potential buyers who wouldn’t know a Damien Hirst from a pickled sardine. "
69 " A very rich travelling salesman, true. But still a salesman. A hired gun. But "
70 " No one can. You have to create, or work within, the right environment. Humans "
71 " Humans are a cooperative, if argumentative, race. "
72 " Stupid people are easy to hire. "
73 " Getting rich is mostly sleight of hand, but if you acquire no audience but a mirror, then there is no illusion with which to get rich. Paper "