> Hi Michael,

> Michael, thanks for mentioning this!

> One thing I've noticed, Michael, is that
> you're very good at efficiency! This is
> something I can learn from myself....

Years ago, when my body was younger, I did a little piece work for my friend's father - he had his own business.

He said to me once, your problem is that you rush into everything without thinking about it. Ten minutes now, thinking about HOW your going to do it, will save you hours of frustration later.

Then later (about a month later) he said, you think too much. You try to think your way out of a problem instead of doing something.

At first these sound like contradicting statements. But they aren't.

Too much action without thought is dangerous. Look at children. There appears to be no thought behind a lot of their actions. And some are so action oriented they'll just up and fall over while running around.

On the otherhand, too much thinking gets nothing done.

Can we all say P R O C R A S T I N A T E ?

A moderation of both and you're on your way.

And while I'm on the subject of Thinking and Acting I'm reminded of a book I stumbled across years ago in a moment of synchronicity.

The author used the term "Thought - Word - Action".

Everything begins with a Thought. The Thought is set in motion by your Word. And the results are obtained by following up your Word with Action.

Think about something. Say it aloud. Then do it!

I've mentioned that at some point I'll be making a Flow Chart available. I've said it (typed it) in a public place. I'm now forced to make it available for the simple reason I said I would.

I believe the Saying of things aloud is VERY important. And not just the Saying of goals. The Sayings of all sorts of things.

There've been times I've been trying to recall something - a name, place, idea, whatever. I strain my brain trying to get the memory to surface to no avail. BUT, as soon as I start to ask aloud, what I've been mentally asking, the answer pops into my head before the question has passed my lips.

For those of the Christian faith this very concept is at the very start of the old testiment. God didn't think light into existence. He spoke it into existence - God SAID, And let there be light.

Obviously before a word is spoken a thought has taken place. So God Thought light, gave voice to that thought and the result was light.

Anyway. The more we give voice to our Thoughts and follow them up with Action the more we are setting up a habit of doing so.

Onward.

> Sounds great! I don't have that book. Do you
> recommend it? :)

Funny thing about how I came across that book. Just as funny about how I came across my hard-cover version of Donald Trump's The Art of Staying On Top.

I just happened to wander into bookstores I'd never been in before and saw them there and bought them.

What's the big deal about that?

Only that both had been out of print for a long time - so I was told. And neither book store remembered ordering the books in - that's how long they must have been stuck in a back room somewhere.

Do I recommend Creating Wealth?

Yes I do.

And BTW, today I ordered a copy of another of his books called "Nothing Down for the 90s". A Search at Amazon will give you the ISBN, which you'll need to order it, as there doesn't seem to be a book store in Australia that keeps it on hand. And this was confirmed after I called Simon & Schuster who told me they only bring it in to satisfy the orders for it - the last shipment of it a couple of months back was 9 books for the whole country.

And while we're on books... have you read BUFFETTOLOGY? I picked it up today while ordering Nothing Down For The 90s.

> (By the way, I've just recently come across
> a new book which is partly about a "no
> money down" technique for buying houses
> for Aussie laws. The technique uses option
> contracts. It's called "Australia's
> Money Secrets of the Rich!" by John R.
> Burley with Bruce Whiting. I haven't read it
> all yet, but it looks pretty good. There
> doesn't seem to be an American version
> yet, but I expect one will be coming out
> eventually. Some authors seem to use
> Australia as a "testing ground"
> for their books -- to iron out the bugs --
> and I think this is what John R. Burley is
> doing.... John R. Burley is an American,
> that's why I think this is probably the
> case.)

I haven't heard of the book, but have heard of the technique. Isn't it where you tie up the sale of the property for a defined period of time and cross your fingers that you can sell it before the time is up, or something like that? (I believe buying real-state using an option is being done in the US)

> I've never made a flowchart for any of my
> projects, but your posts, Gordon's and
> John's have got the wheels in my head
> spinning! :)

Good!

> Michael, these are all great ideas. I can
> see how they'd help immensely with bringing
> something from conception to reality, as
> well with achieving efficiency, and helping
> with decision making.

> Thanks, those were great posts!

They "were" great posts... as in, they aren't any more? :o( HA! Just kidding :o)

Michael Ross.

P.S. In Creating Wealth, Robert Allen says something I think is something a lot of people could do with remembering...

Whatever you don't have, someone else does.
Whatever you don't have, you can get!

Warren Buffet didn't have vast resources behind him when he began... other people did... and he got it!