Get Rich Quick or Lose Money Quick?
Get Rich Quick or Lose Money Quick?
Recently I got one of those invitations to attend a get-rich-quick seminar. Included were two free tickets valued at over $100 each. The seminar promised to provide life-altering financial strategies. It had been a while since I attended one of these seminars, so I decided to go.
The meeting was held in a lavish setting: an expensive hotel ballroom lit with fancy chandeliers. The room was equipped with a PowerPoint display on a huge screen. Attendees began to fill the room, directed by lots of assistants who gave out colorful brochures. Precisely on time, the speaker walked up to the podium and took command. I’ll call him Slick (not his real name, of course, but it fits).
Slick described himself as a self-made, very wealthy man who made a lot of money in a company buyout, real estate and then the stock market. He had retired very young, got tired of living the easy life and then decided to help others learn how to be successful investors. He was an excellent pitch man who sought audience participation, some of which I suspect came straight from shills planted in the audience.Get rich now
The prospect of getting rich effortlessly has great allure, but the promoters are the ones making the easy money.
Resist the temptation to be a sucker
1. Make a killing in real estate
2. Make a mint in the stock market
3. Make for the exit — fast
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