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For the Week of:
February 23 - 29,
2012
ISSUE #538
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best interests.
“It’s a potential return of at least 25%,” pushed the
investment rep. “In a few months, people will be begging
to get in. No bank or GIC is going to offer you that kind
of return on your money. You’ve got nothing to lose,” he
continued. The investment rep had this guy sold. All he
needed was a signature and a cheque. That’s when his
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like a sure sale, with a question.
“Think about this, Bill. Before you make any rash
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In the Headlines every time he tried to give his potential investor some
reassurance, Bill’s friend would raise another concern
This Week... about potential losses. “What happens if the value goes
down?” or “You only have five years until retirement. What
if the investment became worthless?” and, “Shouldn’t you
talk this over with your wife and children first?” You could
Pipe Burst? Emergency see the colour leaving the investment rep’s face as he
slowly watched his sure sale fade into a refusal.
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Now, I don’t know if that gentleman’s friend talked him out
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of the best investment opportunity of his life, or if he saved
him his entire retirement savings. But I do know that his
friend made him aware of the fact that everyone has some-
thing to lose, even if they don’t recognize it. Too often in our
Screen Printing lives, we are tempted by greed or the easy way. Too often
we are tempted to take shortcuts instead of persevering on
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the straight and narrow. Too often we are tempted to
ignore our moral values and principles in favour of
prestige, money or leisure. We fail to recognize that for
every choice we make, we give up the possibility of a
Mardi What? different outcome. We often discount the effect our choices
may have on our families in favour of the possibility of
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instant gratification. We get so focused on our wants that
we forget to protect our abilities to take care of our needs.
Imagine if we were all conditioned to always ask ourselves,
“What have I got to lose?” I doubt we would see as many
Mortgage Headaches?
divorces caused by infidelity. Most of us would have a lot
The Doctor is In more life-long friendships. There would be a much greater
trust and respect for ourselves as well as others. And
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consideration for how our decisions affect others would
have us taking each other for granted a lot less frequently.
Most of all, it would cause us to stop and recognize what we
have more often. Maybe even humble us a little as we
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See page 15 So the next time you hear yourself saying, “Why not? ... I’ve
got nothing to lose,” maybe stop yourself and rephrase that
statement. Ask yourself, “What have I got to lose?” As Bill’s
friend so wisely pointed out….. everyone has something to
lose.
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