Chapter 1
Read the first chapter
The opening pages of every book from the House, newest first. Read them here, then decide.
Nobody Is Coming to Promote You
Stop waiting. Start small.
Maybe you have been in the same job for years. You work hard, you do what is asked, and you wait: for the raise, the promotion, the day someone finally notices. Then the new manager is hired from outside. The budget is frozen again. Your raise is two percent, and your rent went up five. It took me years to learn a hard truth: nobody is coming to promote you. The good news is that you don’t need them to.
This book is for anyone who feels stuck in a job that is going nowhere and wants something of their own. Not a risky leap. Not a big loan. A small business you can start for under $500, in your evenings and weekends, while your salary keeps coming in.
Chargeback Proof
What a chargeback actually is
A chargeback is a forced reversal of a card payment, initiated by the cardholder’s bank, that takes the money out of your account first and asks questions later. That last part is the whole story. In almost every other commercial dispute, the person who wants money back has to ask for it and prove they deserve it. In a chargeback, the money leaves before you have even been told there is a problem, and the burden of proof sits on you.
Notice that only one party in that list is on your side, and even they are only on your side until you become a risk to them. The acquirer is not your friend. The acquirer is your guarantor, and guarantors watch you closely.
Rich People Don’t Explain
Making Money Was Never About Getting Rich Overnight
Making money comes down to a way of thinking and relentless doing. Work, work, work. What did online sellers rely on to make money in the old days? Looking rich. What do they rely on now? Delivering value.
Never judge a person’s true character or true wealth by what they buy. Making money was never about getting rich overnight. For ordinary people like us it is a marathon, long and grinding, and what the race tests is persistence, resolve, brains, thinking, and breadth of experience.