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How
to "Have Your Cake and Eat it Too"

(Using Clichés to Improve Your Life)

By Robert Kothe author of Millionaires' Secrets Revealed

The clichés you have heard time and time again
actually contain the most timeless advice ever written. For advice to
become a cliché, it must stand the test of time. Clichés
bridge generations. Knowing this you should be using clichés for
decision making and problem solving.

Today, many people are complaining that they do not have
any time to do what the want. Working people feel that they are stuck
in a dead end job. Worst of all, peoples' stress levels are at the highest
point ever. You can use clichés to solve some of these situations.

I am not going to tell you how to solve all of your problems,
but I can share with you some creative solutions to help you move forward.
Using clichés, I will help you sculpt the life that you have always
dreamed about.

A little background about myself; I am a person who strongly
feels that if you do not get advice where there is a similar cliché
already available, the advice is probably not worth anything. (Reread
that last line it is a killer.)

If somebody tells you that you should do the right thing
right now or else it will come back to haunt you, it translates to the
cliché, "A stitch in time saves nine".

When a friend advises you that you should probably stop
arguing with someone, you made your point, the cliché, "Quit
while you are ahead" is interchangeable. Clichés are based
on redundancy and years of experience. You can be assured that they are
factual and true. Advice that can not be related to a cliché, is
simply untested. Perhaps some day it may become a cliché but in
the mean time I'm not applying it until it is a cliché.

HOW I FOUND OUT CLICHÉS ARE SO
POWERFUL

When I was writing my first book, "Millionaires'
Secrets Revealed, I conducted countless hours of research. I interviewed
self-made millionaires. I read self-help books. I studied success classics
like, "Think and Grow Rich", by Napoleon Hill. (Incidentally,
the book's title is practically a cliché these days. Entire motivational
speaking careers have been built on this single phrase.) As I researched
my book, I kept seeing the same advice phrased in different ways.

In the beginning of my research it seemed like a coincidence.
As the same information continued to surface I knew that I found some
common factors that made successful people. Essentially, many of these
authors took a cliché and turned it into a chapter. This article
will show you how to take a chapter and return it to a cliché.
A cliché is probably the most sincere form of the truth.

For example, most successful people insisted that you
must care for your body. You must exercise and eat well. This translated
to, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." It can also be said
that, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." These
days the cliché is forming, "eat well and exercise."

BAD ADVICE IS NEVER TURNED INTO A CLICHÉ

Have you ever heard this one? "Sticking your finger
in an outlet saves the amp meter". OR, "Lying to friends, makes
amends." What about this one, "An ounce of procrastination is
worth a pile of time." These will never make the mainstream because
they are all bad advice. This further proves my point that when advice
become a cliché it is absolutely true."

NOW LET'S FIX SOME OF YOUR PROBLEMS WITH
THE RIGHT CLICHÉ

First we must address the dead-end job and your high stress
levels. We will need my favorite cliché. "I would rather be
the watch maker than the time keeper" (that cliché made it
into my book.) What does this mean? Lets suppose that you work in a retail
store. If you did not show up for work, the schedule would probably be
ruined. You would fall into the category of "Time Keeper". Is
your job, "mission critical"? Do you have to trade with people
to get days off? Are you the only person who performs certain tasks? Do
you need to plan in advance to get time for yourself? If you answered
yes to any of these questions, you are a "Time Keeper".

The solution, take small steps today that will take you
closer to becoming a "Watch Maker." The "Watch Maker's"
job is finished when the watch is made. From that point on it is up to
the person who purchased the watch to check what time it is.

You don't have any time for yourself. Why don't you, "take
a moment to smell the roses." Lets break down this cliché.
'Take', is an action. 'Take', empowers you to do something. It is up to
you to give yourself the time. If you rely on others, they will only ask
you to do something for them. 'A moment', is a small period of time. Sometimes
it is just a little nap, or a small break that will recharge your energy.

In closing, I would like to leave you with a little investing
advice, "Buy low and sell high." Before you give any investing
advice yourself, you should, "Put your money where your mouth is."

Keep applying those clichés and you will improve
your live. Always remember, unless it is a cliché, it is not worth
listening to. A cliché is the most notable quotable!

About the Author:

Robert Kothe is the author of "Millionaires' Secrets Revealed. " This book is a guide written for people who are determined
to become self-made and successful. It is a balanced perspective on how
to have a good family life and financial freedom. Millionaires Secrets
Revealed is available at http://www.factxback.com
Robert can be reached at (631) 427-3292 Ext. 611. OR Write to FActXback
PO Box 152 South Huntington NY 11746.

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