No one can doubt that there are a ton of books on entrepreneurship and success. Every time you turn around someone is trying to offer advice on how you can succeed. There are hundreds of thousands of websites telling you for instance how to make a million dollars on the Internet, yet very few of those folks really know how, they just hope that you give them some money, usually $39.95 for secret instructions of how to do it.

You see they hope 10s of thousands of people will send them money so that they might make the million dollars that they are telling you that you can make. Silly isn't it? Well, what did the famous circus founder say; "There is a sucker born every minute" and I guess it goes with out saying, if you are buying secret promises on the Internet; "Buyer Beware!"

Still, with all the shrills and hype out there is a little unnerving some time. So, perhaps I might save you some time and money by telling you right here and now that the secret to success is simple and I give it to you FREE, yes I know a four-letter, word, still we both know; free is your favorite price. So, what is the secret to success? Well here it is:

Work Hard, Work Smart, Make Lots of Friends and Never Give Up - Lance 2007.

"Secrets of Entrepreneurial Leadership - Building Top Performance Through Trust and Teamwork" by Ted Nicholas - 1993.

Have you developed a sense of mission and shown your team how to set goals, while learning how to say NO, eloquently and use rewards for superior performance only when applicable? Do you provide your employees and team an innovative and creative setting - have you developed a strong company culture and are you keeping score of the results? The author suggests 20-trust building methods, and those alone are worth the price of the book.

When I say that you need to make lots of friends, one thing I mean is you need to work together with a team you can trust, an inner circle of friends and rather than compete you need to learn to cooperate:

"The Death of Competition - Leadership & Strategy in the age of the Business Ecosystem" by James F. Moore - 1996.

Let me just list a few of the chapter headings in this book: Why do businesses fail, Why use the ecological metaphor, Co-evolution, Searching the Terrain for Opportunities (Common Ground), The revolution is spreading, The Red Queen Affect, Renewal or death, The Paradox of Prowess Activity. Just the chapter titles gives you a sense of how to get it done, what works and why.

So, let me recommend that you pick up a copy of this book too and read it thru. The biggest secret of all to success is that there is no secret; Work Hard, Work Smart, Make Lots of Friends and Never Give Up! Think on it, try it out, you will see what I mean, a happier, and more successful you.

L. Winslow is an Economic, Political and Technology Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur http://www.worldthinktank.net . Mr. Winslow's motto in life is; "Work Hard, Work Smart, Make Lots of Friends and Never Give Up!" Lance's future challenges include bicycling across the US and writing 100 eBooks, he has written 10 so far, even considering co-authors for a few, perhaps you wish to write a book too?

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