http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Gary+Wollin Education Gary Wollin Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=526612&ca=Education "What do you do for a living?" We ask and are asked this question all the time. If you have a superior answer to this question, you can create a never-ending stream of qualified and motivated prospects that you will convert into paying clients, and, more importantly, you can avoid a lifetime of miss... Finances Gary Wollin Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=517470&ca=Finances Most people think of stock market risk as the chance that they will lose money in a particular investment. Actually, the risk of investing in the stock market falls into many categories. “Market risk” is the risk that the entire market will go down. When that happens, most of the stocks you own will... Finances Gary Wollin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=269686&ca=Finances Once upon a time, a prince was looking for a real princess. He traveled about the world searching for a real princess but returned home disappointed. One evening, a young woman claiming to be a real princess seeks shelter from a storm in the prince's castle. The prince's mother decides to test the v... Finances Gary Wollin Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=269694&ca=Finances A dog with a large piece of meat in his mouth crossed a bridge over a river on his way home. Looking down, he saw his reflection in the water below. Thinking it to be another dog with another piece of meat he let go his own and dived at the other dog in order to get his piece of meat as well. When... Business Gary Wollin Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=149432&ca=Business Batteries not included. Three of the dumbest words. Your Company spent millions of dollars to develop this wonderful product. Engineers spent countless hours creating and refining it. You spent additional millions of dollars in advertising to get me to buy it. I bought it. I took it home and now... Finances Gary Wollin Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=149434&ca=Finances The 10 dumbest things investors say to advisors. 1} When my investment gets back up to what I paid, get me out. This is surely a big mistake. That stock has absolutely no idea that you're waiting for it to go up so that you can sell. 2}The stock is selling at $3.00 a share. How much can I lose? $3 m... Business Gary Wollin Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=149435&ca=Business Good salespeople are aggressive, dynamic types. Everybody knows that. There are plenty of good salespeople out there. They have good product knowledge. They have good selling skills. And they are likable. The more competition you have, the more products that can do the same or similar things as your... Finances Gary Wollin Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=144651&ca=Finances One day, while Chicken Little was walking in the woods, an acorn fell and hit him on his head. "Goodness gracious me!" said Chicken Little, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling. I must go warn everyone." We see this all the time. The stock market goes straight up for eight or nine months, and if... Finances Gary Wollin Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=144663&ca=Finances Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again! You know this tragic story. During the 45+ years that I have been a financial advisor, I have seen this over and over and over again. A new client comes into... Finances Gary Wollin Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=144665&ca=Finances Once upon a time, there was a young hare, a hotshot rabbit investor who would always brag to anyone that would listen and that he was the smartest, fastest, best performing investor in the world. He would constantly tease the old tortoise about his slow, solid investment style. Then, one day, the an...