Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

STARTING CAPITAL
In generations past, it may have taken many years for a person to
accumulate enough capital to start and build a successful business
in manufacturing or services. Today, such a large investment in
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physical assets can actually be a liability. A change in technology on
the other side of the world can render a $100 million manufactur-
ing plant obsolete in a few months.
But what you have between your ears can be invaluable. It is ca-
pable of countless applications and uses. It is completely portable.
It is versatile. It is flexible, and can be increased almost without lim-
its, if you learn how.
An immigrant could arrive at a U.S. airport with the ability to
create a billion-dollar industry in his head. He could walk up to cus-
toms; open his hands and say, “Nothing to declare;” and walk on
through. His assets are all in his knowledge and skill. Many of the
most successful and respected entrepreneurs and businesspeople in
America arrived this way.
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