How To Be Rich And Have a Good Time
by Leon Shepherd

First, you need to choose to be rich and have a good time.

Read books by and about people you respect.

Do and say things that benefit everyone.

Achieve and maintain your ideal body weight and appearance.

Live in a fine home, dine at great restaurants.

Stay at the best hotels.

Dress so that you feel and look proud and great!

Be a specialist in your field.

Collect quotes that inspire you. Copy them to a journal.

Know that you are as good as anyone and anyone is as good as you.

Forgive and care about everyone.

Accept people the way the happen to be and the way they happen not to be.


Keep in contact with the best, meet people engaged in the best, and experience the best.

Be open to ideas, relationships, and experiences all of the time.

Know that what people think of you is none of your business.

Be willing to take risks.

Know that things happen for the very best.

Do what you do so well that others tell others how well you are doing it.

Do what you enjoy doing so well that it will help you achieve your objectives and then you will get paid for it.


Keep your desk, home, office, closets... neat, organized, and clean.

Do what you say. Lead by example, not memo.

Listen to some good music every day.

Take total responsibility for your past, present and future experiences.

Think BIG, dream great dreams. Plan. Take immediate action.

Avoid words like: can't, hard, difficult, don't, impossible, ought to, should, etc.

Use: I can, it's easy, it's simple, it's possible, I want to.

Strive to get more done with less time, money, and energy.

Act as though it were impossible to miss.

Know that when it's to be, it's up to you.

Use a simple and effective time management system.

Eat mostly fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and grains.

Stop using alcohol, tobacco, sugar, salt, wheat flour, coffee, unnatural foods.

Be your own boss doing what you enjoy doing most.

Carry a fresh $100 bill with you at all times.

Exercise at least 20 minutes a day.

Give something away daily.. a postcard, letter, gift, smile, hug, compliment.

Write down your current objectives on the first day of each month.

Save 10 percent of your net income.

Have your income increase daily... whether you are working, playing, or sleeping.

Speak & write down only positive words, & use some of it to support a talented person.

Learn something new daily.

Improve yourself daily... spiritually, mentally, physically.

Get yourself as an example of a person by whom you could be influenced.

Never give up doing what you believe in doing.

Live your life for the fun of it.

Find a need and fill it, then write a book about it.

Do things that are extraordinary and nearly impossible.

Constantly make yourself reach for your objectives.



Success Quotes

"You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough."
- Joe Lewis

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared."
- Whitney Young

"We become what we think about most of the time."
- Earl Nightingale

"If the mind can conceive it, you can achieve it."
- Napolen Hill

"Try to make the world laugh, it already has enough to cry about."
- Richard Pryor

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
- Unknown

"Some people see things the way they are and ask why? I see things as they should be and ask why not?."
- John F. Kennedy

"Minds are like parachutes, they function better when they are open."
- Thomas Robert Dewar

"When you feel like you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- Unknown

"Don't worry, be happy."
- Bobby McFerrin

"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is."
- Unknown

"The road to success runs uphill, so don't expect to break any speed records. All great achievements require time."
- John Mason