That phrase above is a great way to summarize this important issue. I wish I knew who originally said it. Moving on…

Frankly, there are lots of ways to make money.

Some people look for new ways to make money on their J-O-B…

Other people look for ways to make money by changing jobs, adding a second job, changing careers, or starting their own home-based business.

Regardless, the best of all the ways to make money is through building relationships. All real deals and true opportunities are relationship-based. So the best way to make money is to build great relationships.

And since all relationships are 50/50 … [one of those is you,] here are some considerations to add to your own ways to make money in 2007.

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“It Is Better To Be Alone than In the Wrong Company”

Tell me who your best friends are and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. And the simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate – for the good and the bad.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. And any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don’t help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider This: Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how or that you will not succeed, either.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don’t follow anyone who’s not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships and relationships.

Choose to rise…

Don’t settle…

And go for your dreams in 2007!!!

The points made above are so important that I urge you to reread them and apply them to your own life in your quest to discover real ways to make money. The main text of this article originated in an email from an unknown author.

The points are so applicable, and so relevant, that I want you to put them in your toolkit as you look for ways to make money in 2007…