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ine industry are not as important in; say; the school system。

The same is true even for doctors today。 With all the changes in medicine; many medical specialists are needing to conform to medical organizations such as HMO's。 Schoolteachers definitely need to be union members。 Today in America; the teachers union is the largest and the richest labor union of all。 The NEA; National Education Association; has tremendous political clout。 Teachers need the protection of their union because their skills are also of limited value to an industry outside of education。 So the rule of thumb is; 〃Highly specialized; then unionize。〃 It's the smart thing to do。

When I ask the classes I teach; 〃How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?〃 almost all the students raise their hands。 I then ask; 〃So if most of you can cook a better hamburger; how e McDonald's makes more money than you?〃

The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems。 The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little to nothing about business systems。

A friend of mine in Hawaii is a great artist。 He makes a sizable amount of money。 One day his mother's attorney called to tell him that she had left him 35;000。 That is what was left of her estate after the attorney and the government took their shares。 Immediately; he saw an opportunity to increase his business by using some of this money to advertise。 Two months later; his first four…color; full…page ad appeared in an expensive magazine that targeted the very rich。 The ad ran for three months。 He received no replies from the ad; and all of his inheritance is now gone。 He now wants to sue the magazine for misrepresentation。

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