2006 - the 700 million dollar man

Here’s the
story: Gary’s gonna hate me for bringing up age, because we’re both
piling up the years. The bad part of being a veteran businessman is that you
can feel a bit cheated that so much time has slipped by. (No matter how
much raw adventure you’ve packed into each day.)

But the good part is that our experience
and knowledge -- both in business and in living life large -- is so vast
and deep, we never need to justify our position as teachers.

We have the goods. We’re the real
thing.

There are lots and lots of
wannabes out there pretending to have the savvy of a hardened veteran...
but in truth, they’ve never been through a recession, let alone an entire
business cycle.

This
experience stuff becomes more and more critical as the world changes
around us.

The bottom line of your quest for wealth and
fame will always and forever be your ability
to craft a killer sales pitch. No matter what business you’re in,
and no matter what you’re selling.

And the reality of our world is...

The Technology Of Delivering That Pitch
Will Always Change,

And Change Abruptly.

You can be the hottest whiz-kid on
the Internet today... and be toast tomorrow, when Google changes the rules,
or smarter competition pulls the rug out from under you, or -- shudder --
the overburdened infrastructure of the Web collapses. (You know that Intel,
Apple, IBM and Yahoo are already putting together an alternate Web,
right? Because they’re convinced the current configuration cannot
withstand the onslaught of millions of Chinese logging on over the next, oh,
year or so?)