Action Tip ...

There are risks and costs to a program of action ... but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

[Thank you, John F Kennedy]

Niccolo Machiavelli Rule of Thumb

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Howard Ruff Rule of Thumb

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!

Albert Einstein Rule of Thumb

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did!

Patrick Collinson Rule of Thumb

Everyone should have a savings pot worth at least three months' salary to meet rainy day needs ... such as losing your job.

Russell Hubbard Rule of Thumb

Banks holding land or buildings as collateral can sell them and usually recoup about half their losses if the borrower files for bankruptcy protection.

Tove Jansson Rule of Thumb

You must always take risks when experimenting!

Erica Jong Rule of Thumb

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more!

Jim Jindrick Rule of Thumb

It takes twenty attaboys to make up for one oh-shit!

Corollary: The attaboys are a lot harder to come by, too!

Flip Wilson Rule of Thumb

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine!

John Preston Rule of Thumb

The only people who never experience failure are those who are not pushing the envelope of what mankind is capable of doing.

Wayne Gretzky Rule of Thumb

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take!

Charles Kettering Rule of Thumb

You will never stub your toe standing still ... the faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere!

Tom Dolnik Rule of Thumb

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

Kenny Lofton Rule of Thumb

You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Henry Kravis Rule of Thumb

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.

Henry David Thoreau Rule of Thumb

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.