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What does it mean?
The speaker claims secretive or unconventional methods for generating income.
In plain terms
I have secret ways to make money you don't know.
What can you take from it?
Success often involves hidden knowledge or methods.

Where it applies

  • competitor analysis
  • business secrets
  • negotiation

Putting it to work

  • studying market trends
  • developing unique skills

Questions to consider

  • What do you know about success that others don't?
  • Should successful methods be shared?

Another view

It is vague and could imply unethical or unshareable practices.

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  2. I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

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  3. I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

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