E. Joseph Cossman

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.

A lot of magic happens when you put out a publicity release. I have launched many products with the money I got back from my publicity release.

If you are ready to put a product or service on the market, look at that product or service and see how you can test it inexpensively. Keep in mind, you'll only need one; you don't need 1,000 to get the answer.

If you try to make money doing something you're not enjoying, it's a hard way to make money.

This country is conducive to making money. Once you learn this lesson and make your first deal, you will really appreciate the tools available to you in the United States, the tools that will help you 'boot-strap' yourself into a large income.

Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.

The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

When I returned to the United States after three years of World War II service, my total assets consisted of one wife, one small daughter, $276 in the bank, and an idea. The idea was for an export business to supply items badly needed everywhere in Europe.

For products with revision possibilities, there is no better source available than a company going out of business!

I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.